Chapter 239: The Lion of the Rose Garden

As the first regular season award to be announced this season, the news that Yiyang won the best sixth man has undoubtedly become the focus of discussion between the whole league and fans.

The next day, many stars who had a good personal relationship with Yiyang posted a message on their social media congratulating Yiyang on winning the award. Among them, there are many big names such as Kobe, Wade and Yao Ming.

But one of the most eye-catching ones is from the Italian Women's Basketball League Lazio team guard, Valentina. Vignary.

Other stars send news, using very common blessing words. And Vignari is different, on the photo of Yiyang holding the trophy, Vignali typed such a sentence. "Congratulations, dear."

That's right, the word "dear" has become the reason why this dynamic has attracted so much attention. In the case that neither of them has made their relationship public, Vignarie's ambiguous words undoubtedly made fans who pay attention to Yiyang explode. In particular, some female fans of Yiyang even threatened that this was just an unrestrained performance of an Italian woman, and it was impossible for the two to be together.

Not to mention the fans, even Yiyang himself felt a little uncomfortable when he saw the word "dear". Maybe the Italian girl is really too generous? In short, in the eyes of Yiyang, a Chinese, the word Vignali is still used too much. Vignarie, of course, enjoyed it herself.

In addition to these lace news, most of the media in the outside world naturally praised Yiyang. After all, for a rookie, if you're playing off the bench, then it's proof that you don't even have the ability to fully establish yourself in the NBA. Because those real talents have long been pushed to the starting line by the head coaches of various teams to save the team.

But Yiyang is different, although he plays as a substitute, he is not as easy as a starter. At the Mavericks, he's also an integral part of it. Moreover, there are few rookies in the entire league who are better than him, and even the rookie statistics who play the starting line are not necessarily better than Yiyang.

There aren't many examples of people winning the Sixth Man of the Year award in their rookie season. And after Yiyang became one of the few cases, it will naturally become the focus of discussion among fans in the past few days.

Of course, not everyone has a positive opinion of Yiyang's award. Every time the regular season awards are announced, there are praises, and naturally there are doubts.

For example, the local media in Portland are almost all pouring cold water on Yiyang. No way, who made the current Mavericks a public enemy of Portland?

Among these objections, the most vocal was undoubtedly a report in the Portland Evening Post.

"A lot of people are happy that they won Sixth Man of the Year and they think it's great to be a rookie to win Sixth Man of the Year award in their first season. At the same time, they are also looking forward to the rapid growth of helicopters in Yiyang. But let's not forget, he wasn't the first person in NBA history to win the Sixth Man of the Year award in his rookie season. The last guy who accomplished this feat was in 2004, when he was considered the next Michael by the Bulls. Jordan looked at Ben. Gordon! Ben of the year. Gordon is in high spirits, especially in the fourth quarter of the game, when this guy often plays like a superstar. But now, there are a few more people who can say Ben for the first time. Where does Gordon play? You have to admit that this guy has faded out of sight for too long. But when the British defender won the Sixth Man of the Year award in 2005, people thought the next superstar was about to be born, as they are now. But as it turns out, the reality is often very cruel! ”

The report was sharply worded and gave a living example to refute why Yiyang wouldn't be a superstar. Ben in the case. Gordon isn't playing badly now, but it's true that it's far from what people expected of him.

However, these opposing voices could not prevent Yiyang from receiving the $1 million bonus promised in the contract from Adidas, nor could they stop Yiyang from continuing to seriously prepare for the third matchup between the two sides tonight.

The report, it seems, was more like the self-consolation of the Portland media.

"Tonight, the Trail Blazers players are going to fight back like crazy! It's their home ground and they're dreaming of a win here. Because if they lose this game, then they will be no different from being out! This is the last line of the Trail Blazers, so they're going to do everything they can to prevent us from winning! But as long as we continue to play like we did in the last game, believe me, the victory will be firmly in our hands! 'Before today's game, Carlisle was yelling in the dressing room to get the players emotional.

However, the academy coach didn't know that there was a guy in the Trail Blazers team whose emotions had been mobilized by Peja the day before yesterday......

April 21 at 8 p.m. in the beautifully named Rose Garden Arena. The third meeting between the Mavericks and the Trail Blazers has officially begun.

Before the start of the game, various commentators and experts were very optimistic that the Mavericks could win back-to-back victories. This group of wallgrass, as if they have forgotten the beginning of the playoffs, said that "the Trail Blazers are the team most likely to cause an upset". Now, however, they have all turned into Mavericks supporters.

That's why Yiyang doesn't care about the media's comments on him, sometimes what these guys say, they themselves will selectively forget.

On the first shot after the start of the game, Yiyang opened the scoring for the Mavericks with a pull-up jump shot after a breakthrough. Of course, after this goal, Yiyang was greeted only by endless boos from the Trail Blazers fans.

It was also a good start for the Mavericks, a Chinese rookie who only became the sixth man of the season yesterday. I believe that today, we will also show a better state. ”

Just when the commentators were touting Yiyang, suddenly, there was a loud noise on the field.

Everyone looked up in surprise, only to find Gerald with a hideous expression. Wallace was now with his hands on the basket.

"Incredible dunk! Gerrard. Wallace! From breakthrough to violent buckle, the action is done in one go, and it is very smooth! Looking at Marion's surprised expression, this guy definitely didn't expect Wallace to fight so decisively! ”

"Pretty buckle, that's Gerrard. Wallace's level! Don't forget, this guy is the first All-Star in the history of the Bobcats. ”

After completing the dunk, Wallace raised his head to the sky and roared, and then hammered his chest hard. In an instant, Wallace stole all the limelight from Yiyang. The guy who yelled on the field didn't catch Carlisle's attention, and he didn't believe Wallace could be the key player he is today.

So, just a dozen seconds later, Wallace scored again.

This time, it was Aldridge who was holding the ball inside, and Gerrard. Wallace ran aggressively with Marion's close heels. Finally, after completing an off-ball pick-and-roll with Camby, Wallace shook off the kraft candy Marion and pocketed beyond the three-point line.

Seeing this, "Boxing King" Tyson immediately changed his guard and ran out with Wallace.

But Chandler didn't press closely, but spread his arms and let Wallace go a few steps. He knew that Wallace preferred attacking the basket to shooting.

But Gerald. Wallace was unexpectedly decisive today, seeing that Chandler didn't post it, this black forward with dirty pigtails directly pulled up and shot!

As an athletic small forward, Wallace's 33-pointer shooting percentage this season isn't too bad. Like Yiyang, this guy just doesn't like to vote, it doesn't mean that he can't vote!

Chandler's remedial blockade no longer has much effect. Although Wallace's shot was a little hard, this time the basketball flight trajectory was very soft.

"Brush!" Basketball hit the net, and the Trail Blazers fans jumped to their feet. Suddenly, the entire Rose Garden Course seemed to tremble!

"Wallace is excited today." Carlisle lingered off the pitch for a while, but hadn't changed tactics that quickly.

In the subsequent game, the two sides played inextricably and attacked and defended each other. You can see that everyone on the Trail Blazers team did their best today. Because 3 to 0 and 4 to 0, there is not much difference in nature.

And if we lose again today, the aggregate score will be 3-0. When the time comes, it won't be the Trail Blazers' efforts that will bring it back.

After five minutes of play, the bout went into Carlisle's rotation time. At this point, the two sides were tied, and Carlisle replaced Peja, who scored 21 points in the previous game, to increase the team's offensive points on the court.

If you say just now, Gerald. Wallace was just warming up. Then from the moment Peja came on the field, Wallace really started to go berserk!

After returning from the timeout, Yiyang used a very wonderful back pass to give the ball to Peja, who ran out of the vacancy.

Although delayed by the off-ball block, Wallace still pounced hard. His efforts were not in vain, and the black small forward with a strong style of play eventually interfered with Peja's shot before he could make a move.

The basketball went over Wallace's fingers, but was kept out of the hoop. Peja was defended off by his former own bench, and the Mavericks missed the opportunity to turn the score around.

In the next round, Wallace, who came in a hurry, asked Miller Sr. for the ball and tried to play Peja alone.

Peja's defense is very focused, and he even blocked Wallace once in the last game.

But today, Gerald. Wallace would never be defeated so easily. He did a couple of triple threats with the ball and then suddenly burst into Peja's left-hand side!

Wallace started so quickly that he even let people see the "Elvis" in the Charlotte period.

Then, after stepping into the box, Wallace first threw himself into the air. Then, in a physical collision with Peja and Chandler, the strong Wallace struggled to stabilize his center of gravity and pushed the basketball towards the basket with a gentle push of his hand.

Grazing the rebound, the orange basketball crashed into the net. Gerrard. Wallace scored again, but Peja could only shake his head helplessly.

But fortunately, Yiyang immediately used a scalpel-like fatal breakthrough to cut through the defense of the Trail Blazers and successfully made a layup, which stabilized the situation for the Mavericks. But Wallace's crazy performance never stopped.

In the following games, Wallace was like a robot with no physical limitations, running all over the field.

Rushing to grab rebounds, falling to the ground to save the ball, flying heavy dunks, hot pot hats...... You can see this guy anywhere on the pitch and he seems to be doing everything.

Wallace's bandit-like desperate efforts naturally infected others. Why did the Mavericks win their first two games? Because Yiyang inspired the morale of all his teammates. And today, Wallace has done it all.

The dreadlocked guy chewed on his braces, slammed into the basket and fell to the ground, shaking his long hair like an angry lion as soon as he entered the defensive end.

It's hard to believe that this is a man who once lost 40 lung function. It's also hard to believe that this guy was once beaten to a third-degree concussion on the court. God knows where he got the courage to continue to behave in the playoff box. But you have to admit that Gerald. Everything Wallace has done, and it has paid off!

With the efforts of "Elvis", the Trail Blazers fought with the Mavericks until the last minute.

When Wallace hit the basket again and again, fell again and again, and stood on the free throw line again and again, even McMillan felt a little heartache.

This guy may have really been beaten stupid back then, because normal people don't play like that!

That's it, Gerald. Wallace worked hard to make a kill, allowing the Mavericks to drop back-to-back points in the final moments and eventually lose the game.

92 to 97, five points is not much, but Gerrard. Wallace, but put everything into his own.

When the game was over, Wallace didn't even celebrate. Just surrounded by his teammates, he was quietly panting.

This guy can't even celebrate. At this moment, he can only fight!

Yiyang scored 21 points, 7 assists, 3 rebounds and 2 steals today, and Nowitzki also scored 25 points. But in Gerald. Under Wallace's crazy performance, the Mavericks were completely dumb from beyond the three-point line. The outside situation can't be opened, and the defensive end is frequently killed, so it can be said that in today's game, the Mavericks lost to Wallace.

He's the king of the Rose Garden, he's saved the team, and he's undoubtedly the brightest star of the day! Ladies and gentlemen, he is Gerald. Wallace! At this time, only the shouts of the commentators were still suspended above the arena......