Chapter 08: Long Shot
The high-decibel shouts resounded throughout the stadium, making people faintly feel that it seemed to be soaring into the sky.
At this moment, although the Golden State Warriors are still three points behind at home, the enthusiasm of the fans is ignited by the accidental injury of Harden, the star of the Rockets, at the end of the third quarter.
"How are you feeling now?"
"It's not a big deal, but there may not be a way to play in the fourth quarter."
Wang Yu and Harden looked at each other and smiled, and the two stretched out their fists as they spoke, slapping each other's chests.
"Aren't you going to score in the fourth quarter?" Harden asked with a smile.
"Huh? What the? Wang Yu was slightly stunned.
"I feel like you're always holding on...", Harden said, reaching for the ice pack at his ankle and adding, "You don't think you have shot from the outside until now, right?" ”
"What does it matter, isn't our team still ahead of the score?" Wang Yu said with a smile.
"Hehe, I guess you're going to make a shot after the start of the fourth quarter." Harden smiled wryly.
"Why?" Wang Yu was puzzled.
"The reason is very simple, because Pitt, who replaced me, couldn't defend the opposing Thompson at all." Harden explained quietly with a laugh.
"Are you worried about Pete's height?"
Wang Yu followed Harden's gaze and looked at Pete, who was seriously doing warm-up activities on the side, and said with a smile: "But in my opinion, Pete's speed can completely keep up with Thompson's footsteps, are you thinking too much." ”
"Hehe, wait a minute, you'll see how accurate that Thompson is." Harden smiled and shook his head, not taking Wang Yu's words to heart at all.
Seeing that what Harden said was very decisive, Wang Yu smiled slightly, and just wanted to say a few more rebuttals, when suddenly the whistle at the beginning of the fourth quarter sounded violently, and Wang Yu had to immediately put away the distractions in his heart and step into the court with his teammates.
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Swish...
With a crisp sound, the basketball passed through the net.
Seeing Thompson shaking his head and roaring while running back to his team's defensive half, Wang Yu smiled bitterly in his heart.
At this moment, he finally somewhat believed that Harden's prediction just now was true.
At this moment, less than three minutes into the fourth quarter, Golden State Warriors shooting guard (SG) Thompson had already scored three 3-pointers in front of his team's bench shooting guard (SG) Pete. Due to the height difference of more than ten centimeters between the two, Wang Yu faintly felt that Thompson seemed to treat Pete directly as air every time he caught and shot, ignoring his defense at all.
In addition, Wang Yu also clearly felt that Curry, who scored wildly in front of him in the first three quarters, seemed to be deliberately changing his style of play at the moment. After entering the fourth quarter, this guy carried the ball on the outside or broke through to the inside, but every time he passed the ball to his teammates as the end of the offense.
Thinking of this, Wang Yu turned his face to look at the bench on his side with a wry smile, and sure enough, Harden was looking at himself with a very smug smile on his face at the moment, and he had a big look, "How about it, I'm right."
"King, give you the ball." As he spoke, Parsons, who received the serve from the baseline, immediately passed the basketball to Wang Yu's hands, and then quickly ran through the half court.
"What are you doing in a daze, you're going to violate the rules in 8 seconds." Howard passed by Wang Yu and smiled and slapped him lightly on the head.
"Dwight, wait a minute..."Wang Yu came back to his senses for a moment, and immediately dribbled the ball to catch up with Howard.
"What's wrong?" Howard slowed down and turned his face to ask.
"Now that we're four points behind, do you want to play a few singles with the ball?" Wang Yu asked with a smile.
"Neurotic, do you really think I'm strong in singles?"
Hearing this inexplicable suggestion, Howard glared at Wang Yu fiercely, and then explained in a low voice: "To be honest with you, I only like to grab rebounds, catch and dunk and make up for baskets, and I have no interest in anything else." ”
"Hungry..."
Wang Yu never expected Howard to give such an explanation, and he didn't believe it for a while, and asked tentatively: "Legend has it that you don't hope that you can get a lot of balls in every game?" ”
"That was before, and now I've already recognized myself."
Hearing this, Howard was very dissatisfied and gave Wang Yu a big roll of his eyes, and then bared his teeth and said, "Don't talk nonsense, hurry up and attack." There's me grabbing rebounds in it, so you can just play with confidence.
After saying that, Howard grinned at Wang Yu again, and then ran quickly towards the half of the opponent's guard.
Looking at Howard's sturdy and tall back, Wang Yu suddenly smiled after a while, and then immediately slapped the basketball in his hand and rushed towards the opponent's half.
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In the fierce battle, half of the time of the game quietly flowed away.
At this moment, the game of the fourth quarter has entered the decisive moment in the final five minutes.
Harden's prediction has come true at this time, but the Rockets have been behind the score under the dribbling of Wang Yu, but until this moment they still keep the game in suspense, after all, the 6-point gap cannot be regarded as a real lag in the NBA game.
Hush...
The whistle blew, and tonight's game finally ushered in the final official timeout. The players of both sides immediately hurried back to the bench where their side was located.
"Hey, are you alright?" Wang Yu reached out and patted the panting Pete, and asked with a smile.
"I'm fine, but I'm really sorry, I was blown up by Thompson." Pete smiled wryly.
"No, you've done your best..."
Before Wang Yu finished his words to comfort Pete, he was suddenly hit on the head from behind. Wang Yu smiled bitterly in his heart, he knew that this slap must indicate that Harden was going to 'reprimand' himself again.
"Why are you hitting me?" Wang Yu asked with a smile.
"Why do you think I hit you?"
Harden glared and said angrily, "Why don't you shoot on the outside?" Do you have to wait until we're 10 or 15 points down before you're willing to make a move? ”
"I haven't been able to get a good vacancy, how can I make a shot?" Wang Yu quibbled.
"So you mean Curry's defense is much better than mine?"
Harden said, seeing that Wang Yu's eyes were full of incomprehension, he immediately lowered his voice and approached Wang Yu's ear to explain: "Last time when the two of us were fighting bulls, did you have a better chance to make a move every time than now?" ”
"You can't compare that, can you? After all, this is a regular game, and that time is just..."Wang Yu Nuo said.
"Don't talk nonsense, I've already told the coach that after the game starts, you have to shoot from the outside as soon as you have the chance, do you hear..."Harden said, without waiting for Wang Yu to answer, he immediately pulled him and strode towards head coach McHale, who wanted to continue to argue.
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"Shoot..."
"Hurry up and vote..."
"What are you doing, hurry up and vote for me..."
On the bench, Harden's screams came into the court, which not only made Wang Yu smile bitterly, but also made Curry, who was standing in front of Wang Yu at the moment, confused. Although Curry knew that Harden's words meant to let Wang Yu shoot, he didn't understand why this bearded man screamed so heart-rending when Wang Yu was still a meter away from the three-point line.
"Is he crazy?" Retracting his gaze, Curry looked at Wang Yu in confusion.
"Probably, hehe." Wang Yu replied with a helpless wry smile.
"By the way, I can't believe you've already delivered 14 assists, which is so surprising to me." Curry laughed.
"It's just a matter of luck."
Wang Yu smiled faintly, quietly glanced at the scoreboard as he spoke, and suddenly accelerated the speed at which the basketball in his hand hit the ground.
Curry wanted to say something again, but suddenly noticed that Wang Yu had moved, immediately put away his smile, and quietly took a step back. Curry, who has been broken through countless times by Wang Yu, already has a shadow in his heart at this moment, and seeing this, he thinks that this guy may be breaking through the ball again.
But it's a pity that this time, although Curry made a defensive judgment, he made a wrong guess about Wang Yu's next move.
Seeing that Curry had taken a step back in fright, Wang Yu smiled coldly in his heart, and immediately jumped straight up one meter away from the three-point line after quickly dribbling the ball under the two crotches.
"Uhhhhhh
Wang Yu's actions not only made Curry's eyes widen instantly, but also made all the fans on the scene immediately burst into exclamations. Although people have been deeply impressed by the unpredictable passing of this Asian kid, no one expected that he would choose to shoot such a long-range three-pointer for the first time from the outside tonight.
Swish...
The next moment, with the crisp sound of the basketball passing through the net, the Rockets' bench and all the Asian fans on the scene instantly fell into a frenzy, and in the strange screams, people high-fived each other and laughed one by one.
In the midst of the drumming noise, Wang Yu fell to the ground and stretched out his thumb to flick his nose lightly, then grinned at Curry and turned to run towards the half of his side.
"Luck, it must be luck."
Looking at Wang Yu, who was high-five his teammates one by one in the distance, Curry came back to his senses in a daze, and said in a low voice: "Hmph, I won't let you have a chance to make such a move again." ”
With a decision in his heart, Curry immediately took the basketball from his teammates, and then secretly gritted his teeth and led the Golden State Warriors to run through the half court again.
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"Wang Yu, how much potential do you still have in your bones..."
Wang Yu's performances again and again not only conquered his teammates, fans and opponents, but also made Han Binle, who was sitting on the sidelines watching the game at the moment, smile. Although he always believed that Wang Yu could stand on the court again, he really didn't expect that Wang Yu would be so good and even terrible when he stood on the court again.
"Cousin, do you see, not only has he stood up again, but now he is standing on the highest basketball stage in the world."
In the excitement, the corners of Han Bin's eyes were already slightly moistened unconsciously, and he whispered to himself: "Don't worry, I promise you that I will definitely accompany him to the highest peak." ”
Before Han Bin's words fell, he suddenly felt the mobile phone in his arms vibrate violently, and when he took it out, he saw that what was displayed on the screen was actually an international call.
I don't know why, looking at this unfamiliar number, Han Bin's heart suddenly flashed a trace of inexplicable strangeness, but after a little hesitation, he finally connected the call out of prudence.
"Hey, hello, who is it?"
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The next moment, Han Bin, who put down the phone, raised his head and looked at the field, and a pair of eyes stared straight at Wang Yu, who was running back and forth and jumping back and forth in the field with a very strange gaze.
"Hmph, I really didn't expect it to come so soon..."
After a moment, Han Bin retracted his gaze, whispered with such a sneer in his mouth, and then stood up and strode out of the arena.
(Three shifts a day, the second shift today.) )