On May 5, the Lakers host the Mavericks.

After the players appeared, Guo Xu took the initiative to greet Wang Zhizhi and talked cordially in Chinese.

"Dazhi, leave a phone number, if you need consultation or help in the United States, contact me, I can let you avoid detours."

Wang Zhizhi was flattered and hurriedly said his phone number.

Guo Xu wrote down the number in a small notebook, said that he would call him after the game, and then encouraged: "You have to practice English well, so that you can integrate into the team faster." You have a good offense, you have to strengthen your defense, practice more defense and pick-and-roll, otherwise you won't be able to gain a foothold in the NBA. If you have something to call, leave a number for you to call, you're welcome. ”

"Okay, thanks." Wang Zhizhi's smile was a little restrained.

As the first Chinese pioneer to join the NBA, Wang Zhizhi's adaptation to American culture, how to balance the relationship between all aspects, and how to adapt to the rhythm of the game are far more difficult than later generations.

It's not just basketball, the first person to go out of China in every sport is not adapting well, such as the Dakar Rally and UFC unlimited fighting, because they have no resources to use, no friends will help, and they can only grope their way forward on their own.

Now, Guo Xu, who has only one side, said that he was willing to help him, Wang Zhizhi felt like a dream, and his heart was warm.

At home he was a star, and after playing for the Mavericks in the NBA, he found that his quality was nothing big here.

Who is Guo Xu? Although he was not selected to the All-Star Game this year, he is already a recognized point guard star, and he has locked up the Rookie of the Year this season. Guo Xu has no quarrel with him at all, and he is willing to take the initiative to make friends with him, which has improved his self-confidence, as if it is not so scary to go alone in the NBA.

Guo Xu knows that some people's fates can be easily changed, and Wang Zhizhi is one of them. He only needs to pull Wang Zhizhi to indirectly help the Chinese national team, and if Wang Zhizhi participates in the Olympic Games in 2004, the Chinese team will definitely be stronger.

Guo Xu is willing to do this kind of good deed, and he can also win the favor of Chinese fans.

Guo Xu's previous life, Wang Zhizhi did not represent the Chinese men's basketball team in the Asian Games in 2002, and the Chinese team was reversed by the South Korean team in the men's basketball final and lost the championship, and Wang Zhizhi was unlucky after that.

During that time, fans couldn't know any news about Wang Zhizhi in the national media, and what is even more exaggerated is that whenever Wang Zhizhi's game is broadcast, as long as he appears on the bench, the TV station will cover the entire TV screen with a reasonable face, no matter how many inches your TV is......

And Wang Zhizhi caused such a big trouble, just to compete in the summer league, what is there to play in that level of competition? Guo Xu will definitely have to mention him at that time.

After the game started, Wang Zhizhi, who was a spectator on the sidelines, quickly figured out why Guo Xu advised him to practice defensive blocking and dismantling, if the big man could not change the defensive guard, he would become a colander on the defensive end.

"Big Bamboo Pole" Bradley started for 3 minutes and then committed two fouls and rested, the Lakers made a move to block and dismantle in the middle, Guo Xu held the ball and burst into him without discussion. Guo Xu wore the crotch and accelerated, Bradley was easily gotten rid of, and when he turned around, Guo Xu made a layup.

Bradley, who is 229cm tall, played as the starting center because the Mavericks were unavailable, and he couldn't keep up with the pace of the game for a long time.

The Mavericks are eager to sign Wang Zhizhi in the final six games of the regular season in order to strengthen the depth of the interior, especially the defense. It's a pity that Wang Zhizhi is a player who is strong in attack and weak in defense, he can only be a substitute for Nowitzki in the team, and he can't carry people when he plays center, and he is easy to be eaten by the opponent's singles.

After Bradley went off the court, the Mavericks' two interior players were Nowitzki and Juwan Howard, and their single defense of O'Neal was like an egg hitting a stone.

Mavericks coach Nelson Sr. has always looked down on the blue collar center with a meat shield, he likes big men who can shoot, but a team does not have excellent blue collars, and no matter how good the offense is, it is impossible to win.

Old Nelson, known as the "mad scientist", has a bit of a feeling of not eating the fireworks of the world, and even forgets some common sense.

O'Neal singled out Nowitzki with two easily, the "German Chariot" has not yet been selected as an All-Star, and is recognized as a soft egg in the league, and the foul was not hard enough, and he was knocked to the ground by the dunk, and the second time he finally fouled O'Neal to the free throw line.

During the dead-ball period, Nelson Sr. decided to replace Edondo Nahura as the main defense O'Neal, a 203CM tall, 109kg forward, a rookie with the 9th pick in the second round in 2000, who averaged 10.8 minutes per game, 3.3 points and 2.4 rebounds this season.

Old Nelson said seriously: "Kid, I see that you have a wonderful skeleton, you are a defensive wizard like no other, and the defensive center O'Neal depends on you." ”

The English was profound, and that wasn't what old Nelson had said, but that's pretty much what Nahura had heard.

A rookie striker of 203CM and a 216CM Ao Fat defender, what kind of experience is this? It was a difficult scene to describe, as Nahura was knocked to the ground six times in the next four minutes and soon had two off-the-shelf breaks.

Nelson Sr. had no choice but to replace Nahura and Howard with Wang Zhizhi and Buckner, adding two more scoring points.

He said to Wang Zhizhi again: "Defensive center O'Neill depends on you." ”

Wang Zhizhi wanted to say: I'm sorry I didn't understand what you said, in our country, a creature of O'Neill's size is not called a center, it is called a wild black bear, is this something I can prevent?

Fortunately, Guo Xu took good care of his Chinese fellow countrymen, took the ball to the front court to give O'Neal a code and began to find cover, Nash was blocked by O'Neal and it was difficult to get around, Guo Xu moved sideways and began to soar three points. One, two in a company.

Wang Zhizhi knew that this was Guo Xu leading by example to show him the importance of blocking and dismantling for inside players, and began to change defenses, and then was passed once, twice, and three times.

What's worse is Nash, who can't cover the shot, and is one step slower to bypass the cover and chase the defense. Even if he kept up, Guo Xu dribbled the ball to the bottom line, and after his teammates cut into the air, he passed lightly to the middle, and Ao Fat took off after receiving the ball.

The Lakers led 37-11 in the first quarter, and if O'Neal hadn't made 2 of 8 free throws, the Lakers would have scored more than 40 points in a single quarter. The Mavericks' offense also messed up the rhythm and took turns to hit the iron. Nash was 0 of 2, Finley was 1 of 7, Nowitzki was 1 of 4 and Howard was 1 of 2.

If it weren't for Wang Zhizhi who made a mid-range shot in the face of Guo Xu after blocking and dismantling, the Mavericks would not have scored a double in a single quarter.

CCTV5 broadcast the game live, and the two commentators couldn't stand it anymore.

Dazhi entered the second round with the team in the playoffs for the first time in his career, and Chinese fans were very happy before the game, looking forward to the confrontation between him and Guo Xu, and the result was ...... Abuse or not? Abuse or not? Do you say abuse or not? Oh my god! Tortured to death!

In the second quarter, Fisher and Kobe Bryant partnered with substitutes, and faced the two-guard combination of Tyrone Lue and Howard Ellis with obvious advantages.

Fisher played very confidently, and when he was training with the Lakers, he won the appreciation of the coaching staff by beating Tyrone Lue.

Poor "Lu Yuanwai", because of the butterfly effect, failed to leave the legend of "preventing Iverson" in the NBA, and could only leave the joke of "replacing Jason Guo alone" and "being beaten by Fisher in the playoffs".

In the second half of the Kobe Bryant rested, O'Neal and Guo Xu came back to lead the team, and the mixed doubles combining inside and outside began again.

After O'Neal received Guo Xu's pass and caught the dunk with both hands in the middle, Zhang Reasonable sighed: "The quality of rebounds in the NBA is really good now, if it was put before 1996, it is estimated that O'Neal would have been broken." ”

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