Chapter Seventy-Two: That's What I Said

So far this season, Russell Westbrook's rebounds per game rank first on the list of guards, whether it is offensive rebounding or backcourt rebounding protection, he is the league's leader in central guards.

Regardless of the suspicion of brushing rebounds, at least in terms of rebounding ability, Westbrook's excellent explosiveness is enough to stand out from the crowd.

Even at the Amway Arena in Orlando, when the Thunder were behind, Wei Shao's rebounds were the highest on the team, and even the most among all players on both teams!

This is enough to show how deep Wei Shao's obsession with rebounding is today!

However, Westbrook, who was in such a state, lost two backcourt rebounds in two consecutive rounds with the help of his teammates!

"Can you believe it, Sir Charles?" On the commentary bench, O'Neal sighed again and again: "Michael is faster than Russell's bullet speed, and he is more obsessed with rebounding!" ”

"To be honest, it's a bit surprising." Barkley also had to convince him: "Michael Wu is like a tiger who hasn't eaten meat for a few days, he's so hungry, this kind of hunger for rebounding is really rare." ”

"No, folks, there was a guy like Michael in our day." On the side, Kenny Smith smiled, "That guy is another Michael's teammate." ”

"Dennis Rodman!"

Dennis Rodman, a Hall of Fame player who is the same height as Wu Rui, but has wreaked havoc on the inside, has been the rebounding champion of the season for seven consecutive years!

In his career-high season, Rodman averaged 18.7 rebounds per game, a time when almost every team had a 2.10-meter center defending the basket and grabbing rebounds.

And Rodman, who is only 2.01 meters tall, has been elected as the rebounding king in a row, which shows that his understanding of rebounding is unsurpassed!

Wu Rui has the same height as Rodman, and Kenny Smith is understandable for the same active scramble for rebounds, but on the court, Westbrook, who was continuously robbed of rebounds by Wu Rui, did not have this idle thought.

There are only two rebounds from his triple-double, if there is no Wu Rui, he would have already gotten a triple-double, which makes Wei Shao very unhappy, seeing that Wu Rui is reorganizing his teammates on the outside, Wei Shao is the first to block in front of Wu Rui, and he wants to sanction this young man with defense!

"Russell, I said a long time ago, you can only get two pairs at most today." was followed by Wei Shao's retaliatory defense, Wu Rui was in a good mood: "You chose to score and assist, then the rebound, it is impossible to play a double!" ”

"Who are you listening to?" Wei Shao sneered, completely disagreeing with Wu Rui's statement, and at the same time stuck Wu Rui behind him, facing the basket, in order to grab the backcourt rebound: "On the court, there has never been a rule, I can only get two doubles!" ”

The words landed, the magic two-point iron, the basketball popped up, Wei Shao jumped up again, he had already seen the position of the rebound ball when he was stuck with Wu Rui, and he took the lead in jumping at this time, the prediction was perfect, and the ninth rebound was no problem!

However, the familiar formula is still a familiar taste, even if Wei Shao jumped one step first, Wu Rui still took the lead, relying on his height advantage, once again juggling the ball high, and then landed, jumped twice, and grabbed the offensive rebound!

Sent the rebound ball to Ibaka, who scored on the board with a small hook, Wu Rui did not forget to respond to Wei Shao: "I said the rule just now." ”

“WoooooW!”

At the scene, tens of thousands of Magic fans in the audience all jumped up, before Wu Rui took away Westbrook's backcourt rebounds in two rounds, and now, Wu Rui directly let Magic get two chances to attack twice, and these two times were snatched from Wei Shao's hands!

"Dude, see it, Michael can dance better than MVP!"

"Man, I said it a long time ago, Michael will make the MVP shine!"

"Russell Westbrook can't get a triple-double!"

The tsunami-like shouts of the away fans made Wei Shao, who had missed rebounds in a row, irritable, holding the ball and raiding, he directly rose up in one step inside the three-point line and scored two points!

"Russell turned on his own offensive mode, and although he was one step away from a triple-double, scoring was the most important thing."

On the sidelines, Charles Barkley agreed with Wei Shao's choice, but also did not forget to mention: "But Michael Wu is indeed very remarkable, and in him, I do see Dennis." ”

"Hey, my dear Sir Charles, are you apologizing to little Michael?" On the side, Shaquille O'Neal was amused by Barkley's words: "I think you should have given Michael enough time in the TNT live broadcast room in the evening." ”

"Of course, Shaq." Barkley nodded: "But I still maintain the original opinion, Michael, who has no projection, will not become the backbone of a team after all, he still has a long way to go." ”

Wu Rui still has a long way to go, but at least tonight, his performance is excellent, Wei Shao after missing three rebounding opportunities, it is difficult to grab a rebound, but on the offensive end, his firepower is very ferocious.

Hitting the basket again and again, it seems to be venting the anger of not being able to grab the rebound.

In the second half of the third quarter, due to physical reasons, Billy Donovan still replaced Wei Shao, and similarly, Wu Rui was already replaced by Frank Vogel with Jeff Green.

At the end of the third quarter, Wei Shao scored 9 points and 4 assists in a single quarter, but he failed to grab a single rebound, although he scored 29 points, 12 assists and 8 rebounds, and the Thunder also approached the score again under his leadership, but the quasi-triple-double was worse than the triple-double after all.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Coach Donovan sent Wei Shao to the court for victory, and Wei Shao did not disappoint the team's head coach.

In the last minute and a half of the game, the Thunder trailed the Magic by four points, and Wei Shao accelerated again, entered the inside line, and after air contact, he scored the 40th point of the game!

"40 points, 15 assists, 8 rebounds, Russell is still only one of the last two rebounds away from a 40-point triple-double!" On the commentary bench, Charles Barkley glanced at the time: "If those three rebounds in the third quarter belonged to Russell, then he would have been the best today, but unfortunately, the rookie of the Orlando Magic is called Michael Wu!" ”

In the end, the next round of the Magic's offense, Vucevic withstood the pressure, turned over and hit a jumper, Wei Shao finally assisted his teammates, but unfortunately Roberson shot a little shorter, Wei Shao grabbed his ninth rebound, and threw it to the basket against time, but in exchange for another missed shot.

In the end, the game was over, and the Magic narrowly defeated the Thunder 119-115 on their home court, and after the game, Shaquille O'Neal walked straight down from the commentary box, grabbed the microphone of the reporters on the sidelines, and walked towards the home team's bench.