Chapter 122: Death's Buckle
September 25, 2000, Sydney Olympics men's basketball group stage, United States VS France. www.biquge.info When there were 16 minutes and 03 seconds left in the second half of the game, Carter broke the ball in the frontcourt, faced the defense of the French team center Weiss, jumped directly over the opponent's head, and smashed the ball into the basket with a tomahawk dunk, which was named "Death Dunk". Since then, the "death dunk" has specifically referred to the dunk behavior of the attacker facing the defender in a basketball game, blocking or riding the defender, and with Carter Zhuyu in front, basically the default dunk is to leap over the interior player.
And this "death button" completely changed the careers of Carter and Weiss. Carter, who entered the NBA in 1998 as the No. 5 pick in the first round, quickly became one of the league's hottest superstars, his dunks have risen to the level of art, and he later became one of the league's four top outside players, the so-called "West Codon Ai, North Carolina South Mai". As for the tragic background, Tuvis played for CSKA Moscow throughout his career until 2008, when he announced his retirement, but his life was followed by a drunken and suicide attempt that led to another trajectory in his life.
Of course, Ye Feng wants to try the "death button", but it looks like this may be a beggar's version, because the Knicks' interior players on the court are not tall now, and David Lee and Al Harrington at 2.06 meters are already their first height on the court, and it is not easy to find a center above 2.10 meters. But forget it, 2.06 meters is 2.06 meters, height is not the point, riding buckle is the key, as long as you can fly, your own evil breath can be regarded as out.
But if you think about it, it's really not too easy, first of all, there can't be other players between him and the defender, otherwise the speed can't rush, basically no player can jump on the spot and leap over the defender of 2.06 meters, right? Secondly, you should take advantage of your good condition to make this action, if you wait until your physical strength is insufficient to deduct it, then you can only have a weak heart, even if you increase the laughing stock, it is not impossible to get injured. Of course, the best thing to do is to learn from Carter, and the fast-break dunk after the steal can perfectly meet all the conditions, and it is also very suitable for slapping in the face.
After making up his mind, Ye Feng instantly turned into an outside iron gate, and he was particularly active in switching defenses with his teammates, and he maintained pressure on the ball carrier most of the time. Blake and Roy didn't know what he was going to do, but they were happy to have someone who stepped up to defend the ball carrier. However, if you steal directly, there is a chance that it will become a super simple fast-break dunk, and there will be no way to enjoy the pleasure of riding and dunking the opponent, thinking of this, Ye Feng decided to take a risk, first pretending to make a mistake and losing the ball, and then breaking the ball back, so that he should be able to face the Knicks' interior alone.
If McMillan knew what he thought, it would definitely be a scolding, after all, the two teams are still in a tug-of-war, and any round is very crucial, and it may be a difference of four or five points back and forth. Of course, it is good to be able to come back, but the probability of directly sending two points to the opponent is much greater, and the risk of Ye Feng's idea is not ordinary. In fact, he dared to think about it in the first quarter, if it was a critical moment like the fourth quarter, it was likely that one goal would decide the winner, and he wouldn't dare to play like this at that time!
Ye Feng is very confident in his own strength, but it is still difficult to do this kind of thing seamlessly, at least not to let the head coach see that he made a deliberate mistake. However, the best time is for a teammate to be stealing the ball, and then stealing it himself, so that he does not have to bear any responsibility, and he can also get praise from the coach and teammates by the way. It's this kind of mentality that is quite dark to say......
The Knicks' starting backcourt combination for this game is Dujon and Quentin Richardson, but these two guys are not good at defense at all, and it is undoubtedly difficult for them to steal, maybe when they can steal the ball from Blake's hands if they are in good character, right? As for Roy, he just faced Dujon with a fast-break layup after completing a steal, so he didn't expect him to contribute a steal to the opposite side.
Maybe it was Ye Feng's obsession that worked, maybe it was the Knicks' backcourt combination that was really good in this game, and the opportunity that Ye Feng was waiting for soon came. Blake's pass to the inside at the top of the arc was intercepted by a quick-eyed Dujon, and the next moment someone near the free throw line flipped on his back, and the players on both sides were in chaos. Dujon, who had already fallen to the ground, was very clever in turning the ball towards Chandler, who did not hesitate to grab the ball and sprint towards the Trail Blazers' backcourt.
Ye Feng saw all this, he did not rush up to fight for the ball with his teammates at a 45-degree angle on the left wing, but was ready to rush to his own half at any time. And when Chandler dribbled to the other half, Ye Feng had already started, and there was only a half-meter distance between him and Chandler just after the halfway. Before the Knicks players who were left behind could remind, Ye Feng rushed to Chandler's side with an arrow and slapped the ball off with one palm. At this time, Chandler didn't notice what was happening at all, he only felt that his hands were empty, and he rushed forward a few meters by inertia, only to find that the ball had been directly tackled by others, and naturally this counterattack could not be played.
Ye Feng quickly stabilized his center of gravity after getting the ball, and at this time, several backcourt players of the Knicks just got up from the floor and prepared to participate in the fast break. Ye Feng did not hesitate to rush forward with the ball, easily bypassing the crowd that still looked chaotic and entered the Knicks' interior line. Harrington, who is relatively nimble, has run near the three-point line, and strictly speaking, there are only two people in the entire basket, Oden and David Lee, which is the best situation that Ye Feng dreams of.
He yelled, "Greg, get out of the way!" Auden watched him rush towards him menacingly, and quickly dodged to the side. Just kidding, what are you still doing standing under the basket at this time? Looking at Ye's expression, it is bitter and hateful! Uh, no, but it's definitely not good-looking, and it seems better to say that you have a hideous face. Oden left the basket, but David Lee was confused, he didn't know which one to defend! At this time, his teammates have not recovered from the change of defense to offense and then to defense, and the only one who can protect the basket is himself.
But David Lee hesitated so much, originally he stood in a pretty good position, with his ball quotient can even directly cause Ye Feng to attack the foul, but after hesitating for a while, his body did not remain vertical, such a state can not cause offensive fouls at all. At this moment, Ye Feng's speed had already rushed up, and he saw all David Lee's hesitation, and now he didn't even have the last doubts.
I saw that Ye Feng jumped with all his strength with the ball in one hand when he was still one step away from David Lee, and the whole person flew over David Lee's head like a roc spreading its wings. At that moment, the noise of the entire Madison Garden Plaza seemed to have died away, and the arena sounded as if there was no one, and the silence was as silent as a tomb. Die-hard Knicks fan Spike Lee's ass was out of his seat, his mouth spewing trash wide open and his eyes staring as if they were about to bulge out completely. If he knew that it was his own trash talk that added fuel to the fire of this young man, he must have regretted it a little, right?
As another client, Lee felt it more clearly than the others. He only felt the lights above the arena dim for a moment, and then a young, explosive body crashed into it, and he involuntarily staggered back a few steps. But the man flying over his head ignored his reaction, and from his point of view, the Trail Blazers' No. 3 jersey seemed to float in mid-air, and the hand holding the basketball was still slowly reaching for the basket.
"Boom!" Ye Feng slammed the basketball into the basket with one hand, and made a pull-up movement on the basket. According to NBA rules, if it is not for the personal safety of himself and other players, it is absolutely forbidden to do pull-ups on the basket after a dunk, and a technical foul will be blown if it appears. Obviously, Ye Feng is not within the range of eating T this time.
It wasn't until the referee's whistle sounded that the entire arena resumed its original noise, Ye Feng listened to it, many of them were scolding him, among which Spike Lee was the loudest, he was really frightened just now, no fan in the NBA could tolerate a visiting player making such a foul but obviously insulting action on his team's home court. But Ye Feng felt very cool, and he even did Iverson's classic move without hesitation: put his hand to his ear, as if hoping that the Knicks fans would boo more. In fact, Iverson's celebration was more to mobilize the cheers of the 76ers fans, and Ye Feng made it at this time, which was very provocative.
However, Spike Lee then restrained his trash talk, and the few fans holding signs that were close to racism quickly put away the props, and Ye Feng's "death button" was like a slap in the face. In the next game, although David Lee scored a double-double of 19 points and 12 rebounds, and Du Hong scored 23 points and 13 assists, Ye Feng's 35 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists helped the Trail Blazers get away from the road.
And after this game, maybe Ye Feng has been blacklisted by Knicks fans.