When Wang Zhizhi walked onto the court with a somewhat wooden expression, his heart was by no means as calm as his face, because this was not only his first appearance in the regular season this season,

It was the first time in his career that he appeared on the pitch as a starter. In his previous more than a year of playing with the Mavericks, he played in a total of 60 games, an average per game

The time is about 10 minutes, and it is often played during the main break or garbage time.

After coming to the Celtics, Wang Zhizhi didn't get a chance to play in the first eight games, and even in garbage time, Leon didn't put Wang Zhizhi on the court. To the king

Zhi, for his part, was a little used to sitting on the bench, so when Leon told Wang Zhizhi in the morning training before the game that he would be the starter for this game, he was bad

He blurted out a sentence "Are you kidding me?" ”

However, Wang Zhizhi knew that Leon's Chinese was terrible, so he still held back this sentence, and just pursed his mouth and nodded to show that he knew.

In the evening, when the fans saw Wang Zhizhi wearing the No. 12 shirt and walking in the middle circle, they also showed an expression of "you tease me", but then the scene erupted

cheered, and the voices of cheering for Wang Zhizhi also came and went. Wang Zhizhi still had a wooden expression, but Leon could see that Wang Zhizhi's face was slightly red

It seemed that he was not nervous, but excited.

That's good news, for a player, it's inevitable to be nervous when he's given the opportunity to perform, but if he's just nervous, he's probably not

Will seize this opportunity. A player with potential should be more excited when they encounter an opportunity again, because it means that they finally have room to play what they have learned and practiced!

Wang Zhizhi has been in the league for a year and a half, and his talent is not outstanding, and those advantages that can be regarded as talented among yellow players are not so outstanding in the United States

Finish. And those shortcomings that are masked among Asians. Instead, it is magnified exponentially. Leon has always believed that the important thing for a player should be to develop his strengths, not blindly

Make up for your shortcomings, but only if they're not so short that you can't get a foothold in the league.

Wang Zhizhi's strength, defensive attitude and spirit of communication and cooperation have always been his big shortcomings, in order to make him reach a qualified level, Leon specially sent Dave Cowens to Wang

Zhizhi conducts one-on-one special training. Cowens was nicknamed "Big Red" when he was a player, but he also had a lesser-known nickname called "The Big Mafia" for that reason

The fierce and strong style of the ball guards the territory of the team's basket like a ruthless mafia.

At the end of each day's training, Leon would force Wang Zhizhi to stay and practice strength training and strong confrontation exercises under the supervision of Dave Cowens. At the same time Leon will act

Translated by Wang Zhizhi to explain the technical essentials in detail. Leon's Chinese was so good that Cowens felt that Leon should be a university professor of Chinese instead of here

Instructor.

When it comes to language, Wang Zhizhi's English has always been a shortcoming, and the experience of growing up in a sports school made him miss a good period of learning languages, which is why he has few friends since coming to the United States

, and finally had to rely on Chen Weiming's reason. This time, Leon asked Wang Zhizhi to fire Chen Weiming, only maintain a friend relationship with him, and then give him the time after training every week

Wang Zhizhi took an hour's language lesson.

For this kind of high-pressure training content, Wang Zhizhi not only did not resist. On the contrary, he is very adaptable, because compared with the training camp of the national team and the Bayi team, this kind of restriction is already very much

It's small. In the past, he didn't practice like this only because in the United States coaches are not responsible for the personal development of players. These are all trained by the players themselves by the assistant coaches

Yes, only Leon, a person who understands China's national conditions, really understands Wang Zhizhi and knows that he is not not hardworking, but he is not very suitable for such an environment. He needs to have

Personally, lead him.

So, when Wang Zhizhi stood in the middle circle and jumped the ball, Leon knew. This guy is really ready to play. His expression was wooden and calm, with a hint of imperceptible excitement

Strive to be the best you can be in a short period of time, because Leon only gives him five minutes.

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Wang Zhizhi's opponent in the center circle was not Nahura, but Nowitzki, a player nicknamed "Germany's Wang Zhizhi" by some Chinese fans. Maybe some of them

The places do look somewhat similar, and some people even think that Wang Zhizhi has more potential than Nowitzki, but Wang Zhizhi, who has been a substitute for Nowitzki for a season and a half, knows

There is no way to compare himself with this German, his feel, his core strength, his stability, his dribbling, his coordination, only really with him

Only when you get along with each other and train together day and night will you know that there are indeed some things in this world that cannot be surpassed.

But just from the jump ball, Wang Zhizhi felt that he would win! Although both of them are bouncing matchboxes, after more than a month and nearly two months of hard practice, Wang Zhi

Zhi's strength has improved considerably, his arms are thicker, but there are no muscles, and Leon doesn't want too much strength training to take away his shooting touch.

Cowens trained more of Wang's large muscle groups in the legs, hips and torso, which are crucial for interior players both offensively and defensively, as opposed to a few taels on the arms

Biceps don't matter.

As the referee threw the ball into the air, Wang Zhizhi took the lead in jumping, anyway, he couldn't jump high, so it was better to jump early! Nowitzki was a little slower to react, but neither man was on top of the ball

At the penalty point, he dialed the ball, because Wang Zhizhi used his body to push on Nowitzki, pressed him, and then flicked the ball to Arenas with his fingers at the moment when the ball fell

of the hands.

The game officially began, and Celtic got the ball on the first offense.

"This guy has finally learned to use his body to find confrontation, and time has not been in vain." Dave Cowens watched Wang overtake Nowitzki in the scrum and knew every time

The devil's extra training after training was not in vain. At first, Cowens was reluctant to help Wang Zhizhi practice, he felt that a player like Wang Zhizhi would be done practicing three points, and the practice was right

Resistance is a bit of a waste of time. Under Leon's repeated persuasion and even coercion, Cowens began to train Wang Zhizhi, and he soon found that although his foundation was weak

Poor talent. But he was extremely resilient and enduring, and no matter how much Cowens criticized and yelled at him, he was able to silently fulfill Cowens's request and persevere.

This quality reminded Cowens of his former self, the under-size center who fought on the quality of will in the Jungle of Giants.

Leon nodded, he was engrossed in the game, obviously the opening attack is very important, and playing against an attacking team is very important

Be sure to open the feel as soon as possible, the offensive feeling is open. The game can be played, otherwise a team like the Mavericks is likely to be stunned by a wave, just like the Celtics

It's the same as stunning others.

"You have become stronger, king." Nowitzki didn't care after the failure of the jump ball, and accosted Wang Zhizhi in the process of returning to the defense. During his time with the Mavericks, the team had a free atmosphere

The open Mavericks still left a deep impression and nostalgia on Wang Zhizhi, and before the start of the game, when the Mavericks players saw Wang Zhizhi starting, they even came up to Wang Zhizhi one by one

Hugs, Nowitzki is one of them. Nowitzki's personality contains both German seriousness and melancholy. There is also a German unknown debauchery and uninhibitedness, from

You can tell that he has a hairstyle that is long and short for a while.

He also regarded Wang Zhizhi as a teammate when he was a Maverick, and wanted to chat with him and joke, but Wang Zhizhi ignored him. When falling into the position, Wang Zhizhi shelfed

Raised his arm to push away Nowitzki and made a pick-and-roll for Arenas. Although Wang Zhizhi's action was suspected of covering the foul, the referee was still holding the ruler at the beginning

Degree. Arenas took advantage of this decent cover and shook off Nash's defense with great ease, breaking through to a 45-degree position on the left 14 feet from the basket. And then a hurry

Stop the jump shot, and the ball hits the board into the basket.

"Arenas' offense is as swift as thunder, and it must be admitted that this season's Celtics may be changing the league's offense, and more and more teams are going down the road of strangulation, but the Celtics and Mavericks are holding high the banner of offense. And we can see that the Celtics' offense isn't just built on high speed, their high shooting standards, and concise, decisive style of play are just as refreshing as their head coach Fox Leon. "Wharton was able to pick up a bunch of words from Arenas' first offense.

Looking back, Nowitzki, who had just been ignored by Wang Zhizhi, immediately returned the color, he and Nash completed a block, cut the ball outside, and directly received the ball at the right of his favorite free throw line, an unreachable shooting point, the ball drew a beautiful arc, hollow into the net. Obviously, Wang Zhizhi had no way to interfere with Nowitzki, he did not pause after conceding the ball, and immediately served from the baseline, Arenas received the ball and ran all the way through the halfcourt, gave the ball to Pierce and cut in. Walker had come to the free throw line to pick up, Wang Zhizhi was 45 degrees to the left, Pierce was on the right at the top of the arc, and Reed, who followed up at the end, landed in the bottom right corner of his favor, a typical two-fast break formation.

Walker and Arenas attracted the Mavericks' defense, Arenas circled the baseline from right to left, and then Arenas got to the left side with the help of Wang Zhizhi's cover to get rid of Nash again, Pierce passed the ball to Arenas who came back and cut inside from the left side, at this time Nahura was pinned down by Walker, this three-point maniac has begun to go outside the three-point line, Nash was thrown away by Arenas, the right side was empty by Ridra, Pierce was about to move, Nowitzki could only let go of Wang Zhizhi and slid inside to stop Arenas.

At this time, Wang Zhizhi was on the bottom line on the left side, he was vacated, Arenas did not ignore him, because in the morning training, this set of their best tactics was practiced countless times, Arenas turned sideways and passed the ball to Wang Zhizhi with both hands, Wang Zhizhi no longer took off the ball like the first time he received the ball, he caught the ball firmly with both hands. He didn't think anything in his head, he just started at a faster pace than he did when he practiced in China, and threw the ball to the basket with his feelings.

The same beautiful arc, the same unreachable shooting point, no one interfered with Wang Zhizhi, the ball fell steadily into the basket, two points! Wang Zhizhi's first two points in the Celtics!

After the goal, Wang Zhizhi quickly ran back to his team's half-court defense, because if he didn't return quickly after scoring a goal in training, he would be scolded to death by Dave Cowens behind his ass. But at this moment, there is still a picture flashing in Wang Zhizhi's mind, that is his first goal in the NBA game, when he was in the Mavericks, facing the Hawks, the same on the left bottom line, the same 15-foot middle distance, Wang Zhizhi just wanted to say, it feels good to score.

And Leon, who was still sitting on the bench at the beginning, also stood up from the bench after Wang Zhizhi scored, he looked up at the timer, the time had passed 35 seconds, and there were still four and a half minutes left for Wang Zhizhi. (To be continued.) )