Chapter 80: Winter in Milwaukee

Yi Jianlian's single finishing method information has been known by more and more teams as the regular season is played one by one.

It may be that there have been too many reports about Yi Jianlian on various basketball websites before, and the media has blown too much, resulting in Yi Jianlian's weaknesses being studied, and every team that plays the Bucks is extremely excited.

For Yi Jianlian's defense, it is strictly in accordance with the strategy.

11 points.

13 points.

14 points.

This is the scoring data handed over by Yi Jianlian in the last three games in November.

Well, there's also the bright red glare shooting percentage of 41.3%

For him, the downturn seems to have become the norm.

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On December 1 and December 3, the Bucks challenged the Knicks away and faced the Clippers at home, and Yi Jianlian, who had been in the doldrums for many games, finally broke out once, scoring 21 and 24 points respectively.

It's just that these two games have not changed the public opinion of the outside world, and Yi Jianlian has a new nickname - the killer of the weak team.

The reason is mainly that in these two games, Yi Jianlian did not encounter the supplementary defensive tactics arranged by those teams in the past, which made it as easy for him to score as before.

A weak team is a weak team, no matter how good the coach is, it is useless, and the defensive tactics arranged cannot be played at all. Some fans even shouted: "Even Yi Jianlian can't prevent it, the Knicks and Clippers are really rotten, the kind that can't be saved!" ”

Of course, there are also some fans who think that Yi Jianlian's form has finally picked up.

But in the next few games, Yi Jianlian's average shooting rate of 42.2% per game made them understand that Huaxia Yi has a long way to go to recover his state!

In the first week of December, Yi Jianlian's average points per game dropped to 16.8 points;

In the second week of December, the latest edition of the official rookie list, Yi Jianlian, who had been in the rookie list for almost six weeks, was squeezed into second place for the first time.

As the only rookie player averaging more than 20 points per game, Durant rose to No. 1.

Some experts even said that if Yi Jianlian can't find a way to crack it, then his ranking will fall, and Al Horford and Joakina Noah are infinitely close to his position.

December 14 was arguably the decisive battle.

The Bucks host the Orlando Magic, who have just moved up to second place in the East.

I still remember the opening game, "Anthy Coach" Van Gundy put Turkoglu in the small forward position, because the latter had no way to deal with Yi Jianlian's singles.

But no one thought of this helpless move, but the Magic team completed its transformation this season, with Turkoglu as the offensive core and Howard as the defensive core, the Magic team was like a dark horse in the East, killing all the heroes one after another.

And Yi Jianlian, who looked threatening at the time, is not in the limelight until today.

I have to sigh that creation makes people!

The Bucks ultimately lost, 89-108, losing by almost 19 points.

What's more, after losing this game, the Bucks officially fell from the eighth position in the East to the tenth place in the East.

It is also worth mentioning that in this game, Yi Jianlian did not get even one chance to play singles, and completely became a blue-collar player who helped his teammates block and dismantle and receive passes from teammates to have a chance to score.

Yi Jianlian's more light and heat can only be placed on the defensive end.

Milwaukee die-hard fans, who once thought the Bucks were about to rise, were sad after the game:

"Hey, sure enough, a rookie can't save the Bucks!"

"I'm so happy too soon!"

"I can only look forward to next year, I'm not greedy, I just hope that I can sign a newcomer to the same level as Huaxia Yi, and I can train it, and there is still hope for the next few years!"

At the same time, Milwaukee's media exposure to the Bucks and Yi Jianlian is gradually decreasing, and the "Milwaukee Herald" originally had a post-game interview with Yi Jianlian, but it has also been quietly stopped from one day.

Just like the winter in Milwaukee that is getting colder and colder, the heat of Yi Jianlian and the Bucks is gradually getting cooler.

And the media that originally boasted about Yi Jianlian on the Internet have now called Yi Jianlian "a good rookie, if he can continue to improve next season, he may enter the All-Star in the future".

That's all.

It's just that no one noticed that after Yi Jianlian gradually became a blue-collar power forward, his average rebounds per game soared from 7.3 to 9.2, and his blocks also rose from 0.6 to 1.3.

Max Pierce wrote a special article on Twitter "The sluggish Yi Jianlian has new growth, and he is trying to develop in a new direction", but unfortunately, today is different from the past, Yi Jianlian has become a joke, and most of the comments under this article are mockery:

"Still blowing? The hit rate is as low as that! ”

"Don't you defend? If you don't defend, I'm afraid you won't be able to keep your starting position! Can you not defend as hard as you can? ”

"Picking up a few rebounds is called growth, and Bogut also grows! Hasn't he scored a lot more points lately? ”

On December 20, the all-star voting channel opened.

Yi Jianlian's name is impressively listed, but at this time, the fans haven't realized what the problem is, and they joked as usual:

"The Eastern Bad Pitch King and the Western Rotten Pitch King are going to compete on the same stage in the rookie game, and I'm really worried about whether the basket can survive a game!"

"Just hit the basket diagonally, otherwise how would they score!"

"Hahahaha!"

However, no one thought that in this atmosphere of national ridicule, the rookie of the week of the week in week 7 was won by Yi Jianlian again!

With a double-double of 12.2 rebounds and 2.1 blocks per game in the past week, he squeezed out Horford and Noah and was re-elected Rookie of the Week after six weeks.

Moreover, his shooting percentage has also improved in these games, reaching 49 percent.

It's just that the scoring is not high, averaging only 13.6 points per game.

Of course, this can't be helped, Yi Jianlian, who has no singles tactics, has greatly reduced the opportunity to attack with the ball, and at the same time, there are many fewer opportunities to shoot.

As Max Pierce wrote on Twitter not long ago, Yi Jianlian is indeed growing, in another direction, and the latest Rookie of the Week is the official recognition of his growth, and it is also a proof that he has grown.

But in the eyes of Milwaukee Bucks fans, there is still something missing!

Yi Jianlian, who is used to beating the Rockets' three big forwards on the offensive end, although the Bucks No. 9 at the moment is still helping the team in his way and proving his ability, but... It's still a little embarrassing.

Could it be true that this is the case?

Is that super-rookie who can score 35 points in front of All-Star forward Pau Gasol really going to be a blue-collar player?

On December 25th, the Spring Festival in the United States, which should be celebrated all over the world, Milwaukee die-hard fans are a little uninterested.