Chapter 272: The Last Dance
Sun Hao went down to the venue to cheer Yi Jianlian, and his appearance was captured by the photographer, causing a burst of cheers at the scene.
Although the Mavericks have a good record in the past two seasons, their popularity is not as high as they imagined.
On the contrary, after the start of this season, it has become hot.
Anthony also looked up at this time, with a little envy in his eyes.
Yi Jianlian, there are people up there.
But it also made him want to show more, this is the NCAA stage, and he is the protagonist!
Sun Hao encouraged Yi Jianlian to return to the stands, and as soon as he sat down, the people around him chatted with him.
Soon Sun Hao also knew their identities, these are NBA scouts.
But this is no coincidence.
Yi Jianlian knew that Sun Hao was going to come to the home court to watch him play, and spent a lot of effort to find him the position with the best vision.
These NBA scouts, naturally, are also trying to find a similar position.
Because this NCAA strong dialogue is the highlight of the play.
Anthony, Okafor, Yi Jianlian, Ben Gordon and Varick are all star-studded, and they don't want to miss any shots.
The game started quickly, with the Trident on UConn's side and Anthony on Syracuse's side.
Dry pull three points, dry pull two points, fake shot real sudden dunk, turn over jump shot, washing machine maneuver......
Anthony's performance in the NCAA is not inferior to Maddy's performance in the NBA this season.
Even in terms of playing style, it may be more comprehensive.
Historically, when the draft predictions were made, scouts said that Anthony had mastered all the offensive techniques, and it turned out that he didn't blow that at all.
However, the two fists are invincible to the four hands after all, and the Kang University has been suppressing Syracuse University.
This fight is very similar to the Mavericks' previous fight against the Magic team.
At halftime, UConn led Syracuse by eight points, 36-28.
Yi Jianlian performed well in the first half, scoring 6 points, 3 rebounds and 1 block.
Anthony scored 14 points in the half, but looked like he was going to cut it empty.
Sun Hao could hear the scouts next to him talking non-stop.
Anthony's name appears from time to time, and there are even some things about Yi Jianlian.
And he found out that the one sitting on his far left turned out to be a scout from the Pistons.
At this time, I have to mention the Pistons, they have a good record this season, and theoretically have no lottery picks.
But in a trade with the Grizzlies six years ago, they got the first round pick of the season for each other.
Don't think it's surprising, a lot of things in the previous NBA were not perfect, even the contract was guaranteed for six or seven years, and this kind of trade was a lot of operations before the draft many years later.
In the 2001 draft, because of Sun Hao's intervention, the Grizzlies failed to select Gasol, and their record was worse than the same period in history.
Although Stern is here, the chance of winning the top prize is very small, but the odds of drawing the top spot are still very high.
And I have to mention that unlike in history, Hamilton is still a wizard at this time!
Prince has only played another year, and the probability that the Pistons will choose a small forward is still very high.
If Anthony goes to the Pistons......
I don't know if that melon can be sweet.
However, the current positioning of Yi Jianlian, entering the NBA seems to be sf/pf?
Returning from half-time, the two teams continued to compete.
Syracuse University is starting to catch up.
Years later, Anthony recalled the game when he said the midfielder spooked the tactics board and TV in the dressing room.
But it worked, and they started to catch up.
Anthony was the first to attack, followed by second-year power forward Hakeem Varick and fellow first-year point guard Jerry McNamana.
This may also be the difference between Syracuse University and the Magic.
McNamana hit back-to-back three-pointers from the outside, and even had a three-pointer from beyond the arc.
Sun Hao didn't know the white point guard, who probably hadn't played in the NBA either.
However, there are too many such guards in the NCAA and they perform well, but they are difficult to be favored by the NBA because of their physical fitness.
Syracuse University is frantically chasing points, and Kangda is trying to maintain the score difference, and the field is white-hot, and the fans at the scene are also very excited.
It has to be said that a slower pace of play tends to lead to more tactical coordination, and there is a reason why the NCAA does not reduce the offensive time to 24 seconds.
In the final moments, the two teams were tied, which is not often seen in the NCAA.
Then, there is the display of Anthony's big heart, he faces the double bag and directly pulls out the hit.
In the end, Anthony scored 30 points and 10 rebounds to help Syracuse University win the battle of the spotlight.
The fans poured into the stadium like crazy.
Every NCAA game has a large number of homegrown fans who travel thousands of miles to support the team, and this is the home of UConn, but there are also more than half of Syracuse fans.
Sun Hao heard the scouts around him discussing Anthony excitedly.
It also includes the Pistons' scout.
Well, work hard, Yi Jianlian must not go to the piston.
However, it was also at this time that Sun Hao noticed that the Clippers fans had been watching Yi Jianlian's reaction after the loss.
Yi Jianlian's high school at Sierra Leone Canyon Academy is very popular in Los Angeles.
Yi Jianlian also said before that if he wants to buy a house in Beverly Hills, it is a good choice to go to Los Angeles.
Speaking of which, Yi Jianlian finally got 15 points, 6 rebounds and 2 blocks, and his performance against Anthony was not bad.
Sun Hao, his draft expectations have also been raised.
Just when he was looking forward to it, there was a small scene after the game.
The white guard named Jerry pulled Anthony and ran over to Sun Hao to ask for an autograph.
"I'm a fan of yours."
Jerry said adoringly as soon as he came up.
In fact, in retrospect, this Jerry's style of play is indeed very Sun Hao.
Sun Hao unconsciously remembered Nash's fan again at this time.
He smiled and signed Jerry's clothes, and asked for his home address.
He had to send someone a pair of .hao when he went back.
After all, this is also his first fan player in the NCAA.
Oh yes, who's that, just you, Cameron, come over and take a picture for us.
I've got to tell Nash about it, and look, I have fans too!
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Just when Sun Hao was watching the game, a big thing happened in the NBA.
After the Wizards' loss to the Nets, Jordan announced that this would be his final season in the NBA.
"My body told me it was going to be Michael Jordan's last dance."
The last dance, in history, Jordan used this word in future documentaries.
And he is talking about the 97~98 season, before his second retirement.
At that time, he was still physically playing, but the management of Klaus decided at the beginning of the season not to keep the dynasty lineup and prepare for a rebuild, and the final dance was born.
But it seems that after Sun Hao appeared, the place where the word was used changed.
He should also change.
Joe, the comeback wizard of history, has entered the stage of repaying the loan to God.
But the current wizard Joe, who is still dragging the body of the elderly, is fighting for the end, and it is also the 7th championship he had in mind when he was with the Bulls.
For the current Jordan, if there is really one last dance, it must be in Washington.
It's just that Jordan chose to say this kind of thing at this point in time, which is a bit surprising.
Including Sun Hao, he originally thought that with Jordan's competitive state, he would play one year longer than in history.
But if you think about it, it seems to make sense.
After entering December, because Yao Ming began to try to gain weight, his personal performance was a little up and down, and even the record of the Wizards team was a little up and down.
Especially recently, the team has struggled a bit after Tim Hardaway's injury.
He may have had this idea in his heart, but he chose this time to say it for a clear purpose, which is to boost the morale of the Wizards.
He also worked hard for the Wizards.
But then things turned out that it really worked.
The Wizards then played the Celtics, showing a completely different temperament from the previous game, and finally won the opponent.
Morale plays a vivid role in the game of basketball.
This also reminds people of the Bulls in the 97~98 season, when the overall structure of the Bulls was on the verge of collapse, otherwise Klaus would not be so decisive.
But it was that lineup that finally completed the second triple championship.
This Wizards, because of Jordan's words, it's like adding a buff.
This year, they may really hope to be the final winners in the East.
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It's January, and the Mavericks' first game of January is against the Warriors.
After the run-in at the beginning of the season, although there was no previous news about D'Antoni and the Warriors, the Warriors slowly got on track.
Nash's performance has been indispensable, and he has averaged 18.6 points and 7.9 assists per game so far this season, which has been a good link for the Warriors' offense.
The Warriors' points per game average has improved a lot compared to last season, showing great potential.
This kind of performance also made Sun Hao feel more and more that the Warriors would get on the right track earlier than in history.
When entering the competition venue, Sun Hao discovered it even more unexpectedly...... That Nash fan!
Nash was traded in the offseason, and in the first game of the season, because he was also playing the Warriors, he watched on the sidelines that Nash's fan was still there.
As a result, he didn't see it, and he thought at the time that the fan must have been heartbroken because Nash was traded, and he stopped watching the game.
Unexpectedly, this guy actually ran to Golden State!
True love fans are undoubted.
In the first game of the season, the Warriors didn't have much run-in at that time, and the offensive battle that fans were looking forward to didn't show up because of the Warriors' own power outage.
But tonight, the fans saw it.
The Mavericks and the Warriors staged an offensive battle that was not in keeping with the times.
The three-point fast break on both sides is dazzling to watch.
This kind of game is indeed a breath of fresh air, and the fans who watch it are full of adrenaline.
In the end, the Mavericks came out on top, beating the Warriors 135-125 to complete the double.
Nowitzki and Sun Hao both scored 30+, and Bodi Loga delivered his first career triple-double with 18 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists.
On the Warriors' side, Nash also had a big double-double of 32 points and 15 assists, setting a new career high in points and assists.
It's a special competition, but it's also exciting.
If the two teams meet in the playoffs, it will be a series full of spectacle.
After the game, Sun Hao, Nash and Nowitzki went outside to have coffee together.
Now in different teams, I don't usually have much time to get together, and the only number of games we play in a season is only a few games, and the number of parties is only a few times.
It's a shame that Nash wasn't sent to the East, or he wouldn't have seen him a few times in the middle of the season.
Nash, after a while, talked to Sun Hao about his fans.
It's a touching story.
That fan's name was Steve Horner, a very ordinary white man.
Interestingly, his name is Steve, but he suffers from depression due to the stress of his life, and then he relies on watching football to distract himself.
And he quickly fell in love with Nash's style of play, which is why he is so fanatical.
Depression is caused by not being able to see through certain things.
When he has a new preference, the cathartic emotions are also very explosive.
Nash also learned about these things after meeting him in Golden State.
He then applied to Warriors general manager Chris Mullin to request a special spot for Horner at the Warriors' home court.
As for the money for watching the game, he will help pay for it.
Sun Hao was thinking at first about inadvertently revealing a photo of himself and Jerry in front of Nash, but after listening to it, he silently put it away.
Nash, although jealous, is a very loving person.
I also hope that the fan, also named Steve, can accompany Nash all the time like the big boy in history who danced for Garnett.
"Oh yes, I met Mike."
After talking about the fan story, Nash told another thing.
Sun Hao didn't react at first.
It wasn't until Nash said that he realized that this Mike was referring to D'Antoni.
His previous hunch came true, and Nash really hooked up with D'Antoni ahead of schedule.
The meeting of two people can be described in four words: meet and hate to be late!
D'Antoni has a set of bombardment tactics in mind, and he can't play in Portland, while Nash feels that he hasn't been able to play as well as he should.
Although Nash can't decide whether D'Antoni will come to the Warriors or not, D'Antoni still shares his tactical system with Nash.
And, because of that fan thing, Nash and Mullin communicated more privately.
After Nash shared that system with Mullin, the "left hand of God," a member of the "TMC" bombardment group in Warriors' history, was ecstatic.
He went straight to head coach Eric Musselman and was quick to try to apply his tactics to practice.
Although D'Antoni himself is not coaching, the result of the experiment is that the Warriors' record has recovered and is starting to get on the right track.
It sounds a little magical, but it does happen.
"Chris told me that Mike was coming to Auckland as an assistant coach."
Nash couldn't hide his excitement at the end.
Sun Hao couldn't help laughing after hearing this.
It all looks like a chain reaction.
Perhaps the moment Nash's fan appeared in Dallas, Nash was destined to meet D'Antoni on the same team later in his career.
The only difference is whether it's in Auckland or Phoenix.
Perhaps, this is fate. (Recommended reading: Reading Files 2013)