NBA: James wants to team up with me

Chapter 90 Why not pass the ball to Wang Chong?

On the other side of the ocean, China.

Many NBA fans sat in front of the TV early, waiting for the start of the Rookie Challenge.

For them, the attraction of this Rookie Challenge is even higher than that of the All-Star Game. After all, this is Wang Chong and Dayao competing on the All-Star stage. Considering that Dayao will no longer be a rookie next season, There is no way to participate in the Rookie Challenge. This will be the only confrontation between the two in the Rookie Challenge.

As for whether the two will meet in the All-Star Game in the future, that is another matter.

After a long and painful commercial, the TV screen turned and finally came to the game screen.

Still a very familiar face on sports channels.

"Hello, viewers, welcome to the NBA 2004 All-Star Weekend live broadcast brought to you by Sports Channel..."

Director Yu began to introduce the origin of the NBA All-Stars and the contestants of the Rookie Challenge, but the audience was already impatient.

"Why hasn't the game started yet? It's so long-winded!"

"Hurry up and start the game, we want to watch Dayao, we want to watch Wang Chong!"

Unfortunately, it is now 2004. Computers and the Internet have not yet been fully popularized. The vast majority of ordinary people can only watch the games through live TV. There is no future online comment room, no barrage, and only you can hear the audience's complaints. , the fun of watching the game is greatly reduced.

Fortunately, after a long wait, the game is finally about to begin.

On the field, the referee came to the midfield with a basketball. Dayao and Kaman jumped the ball. Dayao easily defeated Kaman without any effort.

Chris Kaman is 2 meters tall and is already considered outstanding among the league's insiders.

But standing in front of Yao, who is 2 meters tall, he looks like a child.

As a white center, Kaman's physical fitness is not very good. His jumping is slightly better than Yao's. This jumping advantage cannot make up for the huge gap in height.

The second-year rookie has the ball.

Jason Williams dribbled the ball across half court. After the players took their positions, he passed the ball directly to Stoudemire who was standing inside and actively asking for the ball.

Stoudemire's opponent was none other than Wang Chong.

No way, Wang Chong actually doesn't want to play the power forward position. Although his height is more than enough to serve as an inside post, and is even slightly taller than his opponent Stoudemire, his tonnage and strength are not a serious inside player at all.

Stoudemire, who is full of tendons, directly chooses to face the frame and force a breakthrough after receiving the ball in the mid-range.

Wang Chong stepped forward to try to defend, but took two steps back the moment he made physical contact with the opponent.

Stoudemire rushed to the basket and scored with a one-handed dunk, which attracted loud cheers from the fans at the scene.

Wang Chong rubbed his chest, which was hurting from the impact.

The little bully Stoudemire is indeed well-deserved. In terms of strength alone, Stoudemire's current strength is still higher than that of James.

Of course, after James gets stronger for a few rounds in the future, it will be difficult to say which of the two is stronger.

First-year rookie ball rights.

The basketball was passed to James.

After the latter dribbled the ball past half-court, he raised his hand and made a gesture to signal everyone to pull away.

Standing in the top arc facing Ginobili's defense, James dribbled the ball for more than ten seconds. Finally, he accelerated his breakthrough and rushed to the basket for a layup. He was slapped away by a big block from Yao, who had been waiting for him for a long time.

Fortunately, the basketball that was blown away happened to fall into the hands of Wang Chong. Wang Chong picked up the basketball without any pause, and directly scored from a mid-range shot, winning a victory for the first-year rookie.

<divclass="contentadv">In the transition between offense and defense, the sophomore team began to focus on Dayao.

Facing Kaman, Dayao was just like playing the simple mode selected by the game, easily and without any difficulty.

After receiving a pass from his teammate in the low post, Dayao hit a fadeaway jumper easily, and then grabbed an offensive rebound and scored a tip-in when his teammate missed the shot.

The effect of having a Dinghai Shenzhen inside is indeed different.

At the beginning of the game, the first-year team's offense was completely suppressed. Both James and Wade are players who mainly break through with the ball. When the second-year rookie stood under the basket with a 2-meter big man, the breakthrough pressure It's so huge that even James is forced to use mid-range pull-up jumpers and floaters in his offense.

Of course, these techniques themselves are not the style of play that James is good at and accustomed to, and his shooting rate is naturally average.

Five minutes before the start of the game, the score difference between the two teams began to widen quickly.

The Chinese fans in front of the TV were a little dissatisfied.

"What are you doing? Why don't the first graders pass the ball to Wang Chong and let Wang Chong play? Even a person who doesn't understand football can see that the breakthrough effect of the first graders is not good, why don't they let Wang Chong use the mid-range? Shooting the ball solves the problem?”

The problems that ordinary fans can see, of course, can also be seen by first-year rookie head coach Collins.

In the first half of the first quarter, James controlled most of the team's ball possessions, and even Wade, who was the defender, received very few passes.

Obviously, James wants to shine in this rookie challenge.

Even if he sees through it, Collins has no intention of taking care of it.

In an exhibition match like the Rookie Challenge, everyone must rely on their ability. Whoever has the ability will show up. As for the outcome of the game, is it important?

Therefore, even though the team was already lagging behind, he had no intention of calling a timeout for adjustments.

But for Wang Chong, the outcome of the game is really important.

Before the game started, he thought that James might not pass the ball to him, but he didn't expect that this guy would be so alone. He had already taken 6 crazy shots in the first five minutes.

Good fellow, if you are unkind, then don’t blame me for being unjust!

Wang Chong sneered twice in his heart.

In the second-year offense, Boozer pushed his back to the basket and hit the board with a hook shot.

Bosh, who had just replaced Kaman, was about to go to the baseline to serve, but saw Wang Chong running out of the baseline first and reaching out to grab the basketball.

Wang Chong is now a power forward and an inside player. It is not surprising that he sends a baseline ball. Bosh didn't think much about it and turned around and ran towards the frontcourt.

James, who took the initiative to come to Wang Chong and stretched out his hand to catch the ball, looked at Wang Chong with a slightly evil smile on his face, but felt bad.

Sure enough, he was obviously closer, but Wang Chong did not pass the ball to him. Instead, he passed the ball to Wade who was slightly further away on the other side.

After receiving the ball, the latter immediately turned his head and advanced towards the frontcourt without even looking at James.

After arriving in the frontcourt, as soon as Wade took his position, Wang Chong had already caught up from behind and took the initiative to screen for Wade.

With the help of Wang Chong's pick-and-roll, Wade accelerated into the penalty area, and after attracting double-teams, passed the ball back to Wang Chong behind him.

Wang Chong shot twenty feet away from the basket and hit the ball steadily.

Wang Chong and Wade, who had successfully cooperated, high-fived and celebrated when they returned to defense, causing cheers from the audience on the sidelines.

James' mentality has changed.