Chapter 313: 32vs29!
On March 30, 2013, the much-anticipated 32-game winning streak against the Hornets vs. 29-game winning streak against the Heat finally began at the New Orleans Arena.
The match attracted the attention of fans and media around the world, and was arguably the most watched match outside of the tournament.
"Audience friends, everyone has been waiting for a long time, this 32vs29 game is about to start, are you sure you have ready popcorn and drink Coke, are you ready to watch this game?" O'Neill grinned and spoke to the audience in front of the TV.
"Hey! Look over there, Van Gundy's mustache is playing soy sauce over there, and the kid next to him seems to be Miller, right? Barkley said excitedly, pointing to another live broadcast room not far from their live broadcast room.
"That's right, it's Reggie Miller, I didn't expect him to come, it seems that TNT also attaches great importance to this game, today is also the game of the Western Conference powerhouse Spurs vs Lakers, but it seems that not too many people pay attention to it, and they all ran here to watch the game between the Heat and the Hornets." Smith smiled, "Next to us, there is also a TV station, which seems to be from China's Tianchao TV, and this is not yet the playoffs, and they have come all the way to come, which shows the importance of this game." ”
"Of course, this is a slight collision of passions in history." O'Neill shook his huge head and said meaningfully: "I wish I could participate in this competition, but unfortunately I have retired." In this game, neither the Hornets nor the Heat can accept the word defeat, because no matter which one of them fails, the winning side has a great chance of breaking the 33-game winning streak set by the Lakers that year. ”
"It's going to be a battle of the dragons." Barkley said seriously, "By the way, O'Neill, let's make a bet that we can win this game." ”
"Stop!" Hearing Barkley say the word bet, O'Neill suddenly became clever and hurriedly said, "I'm afraid of you, okay?" Don't bet on me, I don't want to be beaten to death! "What O'Neill said, of course, is the last time he broke into the Hornets locker room and was beaten by Wang Meng's shoulder, he was really scared, and the feeling of being beaten was not comfortable.
Looking at these two living treasures on the TV, the audience in front of the TV all laughed in unison.
Of course, only most of the American audience laughed, and for Chinese audiences, the commentary in front of the TV was not as funny as the commentary in the American EPSN.
"Welcome to watch the NBA New Orleans Hornets vs. Miami Heat game broadcast live by Tianchao Channel 5 for everyone, I'm Yu Jia, this time we invited Coach Zhang to explain the game to you, Hello Coach Zhang."
"Hello." Zhang Weiping nodded indifferently, this set of appearance greetings has lasted for several years, but the two of them have never felt a trace of boredom.
"In this game, do you think the odds of winning on that side are higher?" Yu Jia asked.
"Wasp, of course! The wasp has Wang Meng! As long as you give the ball to Wang Meng, the Hornets can win! ”
Of course, this is just the evil conjecture of the audience, and Director Zhang is not so unreasonable. Although Zhang Weiping always used this set of words when Yao Ming was in the rocket, but now, his rhetoric has long changed.
"I think the Hornets are a little bit more likely to win." Zhang Weiping slowly analyzed: "First of all, the Hornets' winning streak is 32 percent, while the Heat is 29 games, and in terms of psychological advantage, the Hornets are obviously a little higher than the Heat." Secondly, the average age of the Hornets' players is 28 years old, which is still counting Fisher, a veteran who is almost a soy sauce player, and the average age of the Heat is as high as 30, of which Kidd and Ray Allen, the two oldest players on the team, are still the backbone of the Heat, so, in terms of physical strength, the Hornets are obviously better than the Heat. In the end, the Hornets are more modest, the offensive firepower of the interior is much stronger than that of the Heat, and the configuration of the outside line is only inferior to the Heat, and there is not much backwardness in the bench lineup, so in the lineup, the Hornets still possess. With these three points in hand, the probability of the Hornets winning is greatly increased. ”
Listening to Zhang Weiping's analysis, the fans in front of the TV couldn't help but nodded, "It seems that Director Zhang is still a bit of a brush, and the analysis is quite reasonable."
"Of course! And most importantly! That's the performance of the team's leading stars. "Zhang Weiping immediately made the same mistake again, and subconsciously advocated the Chinese players." Wang Meng has been able to contribute an average of 24 points and 12 assists per game this season, during the 32-game winning streak, Wang Meng's average points per game are about 3 points less than before the 32-game winning streak, but the assists have risen by 1, and there is no particularly big change, not only that, Wang Meng can also grab 3.5 rebounds per game, 2 steals, shooting rate as high as 53 percent, three-point shooting rate is also about 45 percent, all of which are within the top five in the league. ”
Compared with Wang Meng, James's statistics are not inferior, but they are even stronger, averaging 27 points, 8 rebounds, 7 assists, 1.7 steals and 1 block per game. James is definitely the most versatile player in the world, he won the team's scoring title, rebounding leader, and assist leader, which is the first player in the league to win the team's points, rebounds, and assists this season. ”
"These two players, I can't say who is stronger, after all, Wang Meng and James will not be directly opposed, so I count it as 55 open." Zhang Weiping finally concluded, "In terms of teams, the Hornets have a slight advantage, and in terms of stars, the two sides are evenly matched, so I think the Hornets have a higher chance of winning." ”
Zhang Weiping's analysis was excellent, but the long words made the audience in front of the TV all drowsy.
'Let's put the perspective back into the field, the players from both sides are already on the pitch and the game is about to start. Yu Jia saw that the situation was not good, and immediately changed the topic.
On the court, Wang Meng and others were shooting to warm up.
"Okay, it feels good today." Roy saw Wang Meng try to shoot several shots in a row at the three-point line, and hit all of them, and couldn't help but say: "Is it because Taylor is watching the game from the sidelines?" ”
"Guess?" Wang Meng smiled, but he still subconsciously glanced at the sidelines, the most eye-catching place on the sidelines was there, where there were two beauties.
That's right, in this game, in order to encourage Wang Meng to make history, Taylor specially came to the sidelines to cheer Wang Meng.
Basketball courtside, this position is generally only preferred by professional fans, and people like Taylor, who don't particularly pay attention to basketball, are not very interested in this position. It's crowded and noisy, and there's no benefit to it other than being able to feel the atmosphere of basketball up close. But in order to cheer for Wang Meng, Taylor still chose this place.
Of course, she didn't come alone, and Liz of course became a companion to the suffering.
"Oh my God, Taylor, I've never seen a game like this!" Liz complained to Taylor very seriously, "I can even feel the pervert caressing my ass!" ”
"Alright, alright! Just this once! Taylor smiled at Liz, "Isn't that a special reason?" Aren't the Hornets your team? You don't want the Hornets to win this game? ”
"Not really." Liz muttered under her breath, "It's just that I'm not used to being so crowded here." ”
"How?" Taylor noticed that Liz was a little depressed, and couldn't help but ask strangely.
"Nothing!" Liz quickly shook her head, "The game is about to start!" Hurry up and cheer for you! ”
Taylor turned his gaze, Liz breathed a sigh of relief, in fact, somehow, when he saw that Wang Meng and Taylor were very warm and affectionate, Taylor always felt like something was blocked, very uncomfortable.
"Could it be that the old lady is in love with this guy?" Taylor couldn't help but think to himself, "But how is this possible?" What is it about him that appeals to me? Just because of his talent for playing basketball? How much money can you make playing basketball? A lifetime of hard work may not be as much money as my father's transfer from a business. And he's Taylor's boyfriend, so I should have thought about it a lot. ”
Taylor cheered for Wang Meng in front, and Liz was worried in the back, but in terms of expression, she couldn't see anything at all.
Wang Meng turned his head on the field and saw Taylor and Liz standing together.
"Hey! Wang Meng! Come on! Taylor raised his snow-white arm high and waved it at Wang a few times. Fight hard! ”
Wang Meng smiled at Taylor, and somehow, Wang Meng suddenly felt a sense of being a thief in his heart, especially when he saw Lis, who was expressionless behind Taylor, (in fact, he was in a daze) Wang Meng panicked for no reason.
"Why did you suddenly remember at such a time?" Wang Meng and Lisi have had a relationship, and it has been more than half a year now, as long as he doesn't take the initiative to mention it, Wang Meng can't remember this matter at all, but at this time, Wang Meng remembered for no reason that although Wang Meng was drunk at that time and didn't know anything, but this thing really happened!
At this time, the referee signaled the players on both sides to jump the ball to the middle line, Wang Meng calmed down, temporarily guarded this matter, and concentrated on this game, which was too critical.
As early as the 31st consecutive wins, Wang Meng got a prompt from the system, the sub-task of the great dynasty, only 3 games away from breaking the A-level record of 33 consecutive wins, breaking this record, Wang Meng will get an A-level record task reward.
Wang Meng didn't know what the A-level task reward was, but Wang Meng knew that this was definitely a very generous reward, just a C-level record, the system would reward a reward of 100 points, not to mention a team's A-level record?
There is almost no need to guess, Wang Meng knows that this A-level task will definitely raise his strength to a higher level again.
Wang Meng didn't use the 200 points he had for completing the task last time, and in fact, Wang Meng couldn't find the exchange he needed in the store.
The skills of those stars are dispensable for Wang Meng now, although learning will increase Wang Meng's strength again, but compared to the 100 reward points for the comeback, which point of increase is dispensable, the surname price ratio is too low.
Therefore, Wang Meng finally chose to keep the 200 points in case of emergency.
Back in the game, Oden and Bosh's jump balls were not much suspense at all, and Wang Meng quickly touched the basketball.
"Fight according to the plan!!" As soon as Wang Meng got the ball, he immediately raised his hand and shouted loudly.
The Hornets players immediately split the game, with Tony Allen and Wallace running to the bottom corner of the three-point line. Oden stood on the weak side of the inside penalty area, while Gasol slowly stepped out to block Wang Meng.
"Pick-and-roll tactics?!" Kidd was blocked by Gasol, but he didn't panic, because Wang Meng naturally had someone to take care of.
James, who played as a guest power forward, quickly appeared in front of Wang Meng when Kidd was blocked. Wang Meng looked at James's eyes and found that James' eyes were very serious, it was obvious that James was already serious, you know, a few minutes before the game, he was still joking with Wang Meng.
"What if you're serious? I'm serious! Wang Meng sneered, and suddenly opened and exploded instantly.
James found that Wang Meng's speed suddenly skyrocketed, as one of Wang Meng's old opponents, James naturally had a deep understanding of Wang Meng's sudden convulsions, and James, who had been prepared, did not use brute force to squeeze Wang Meng, but used his body to close to Wang Meng, and then Wang Meng's breakthrough momentum, Wang Meng squeezed Wang Meng to the outside, in this case, when Wang Meng broke through to the inside line, there must be a long distance from the basket.
"Butterflies wear flower steps!" Wang Meng snorted coldly in his heart, and the basketball in his hand suddenly flew up like a butterfly, James only felt a flower in front of him, and Wang Meng disappeared in front of his eyes!
At his peak, Iverson's butterfly wore flower steps, and even Jordan was almost shaken down, how difficult was it to prevent? What's more, the butterfly through flower steps that Wang Meng is using now are still the bonus version of the instant explosion when Iverson is at peak speed, James can't react at all, and he is passed by Wang Meng's disguise.
"Oops! Still a little can't keep up! "Passing James, but it doesn't mean that Wang Meng is successful, the butterfly is too fast, coupled with an instantaneous explosion, even if Wang Meng is prepared in advance, but basketball is still not as easy to control as in the phenomenon.
Instant burst is just a skill that simply increases the physical fitness of players, and Wang Meng's reaction speed does not increase because of instant burst.
So, an embarrassing thing happened, Wang Meng broke through James, but he couldn't effectively run the basketball with the surging speed. He could barely hold the basketball with both hands, but he stopped because of this.
(To be continued)