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Washington is a nice city, and the number of fans is huge, and the Wizards, despite their poor record, have consistently sold good tickets.

However, for these fans, they buy tickets to watch the game just for fun.

All along, they didn't treat the Wizards as their home team. It's not that they're not qualified as fans, it's that, at all, they don't have this concept in their hearts.

Guarding a league belly team is fine for one season, but after one or twenty seasons, the hearts of this fans are numb, and it is difficult for them to have the concept that the Wizards are the only one.

It's no wonder that fans of the capital city have kept the Wizards in the role of underdogs for most of the club's history.

However, the arrival of basketball god Michael Jordan awakened a latent sense of belonging in the hearts of these fans. After two seasons, the Wizards have gradually gained a home court, and the team's cohesion has improved a lot.

For fans in Washington, the 02~03 season was a season like no other, as they made the playoffs and started the playoffs with a fourth-place record in the East.

And, more importantly, the team has set a new team record of 47 wins and 35 losses, which is undoubtedly the most gratifying and exciting for those of them as fans.

In their view, the team's history of humiliation is about to be a thing of the past, and they will usher in a different era.

Heading into April, the streets of Washington were filled with banners and posters cheering for the playoffs, and the first playoff T-shirts produced by the Wizards were sold out on the day they went on sale.

From this, it can be seen that it is not that the fans in this city are not good, but that there is a lack of things that can make them excited and make them willing to go crazy.

After the end of the regular season, in the capital and several surrounding areas, it was Wu Di and Arenas who became famous.

Many fans praised them, and even some promotional posters even printed a photo of the two of them separately, and next to it: The future of the Wizards.

In fact, for the fans, the deepest memory in their hearts and always in their minds is Jordan's hand-selected Wu Di, who is different from Arenas.

Arenas is a Warriors rookie, and he was already playing his worth with the Warriors before he came to the Wizards. So, the fans just love him.

And Wu Di is different, Wu Di is what they watched step by step through the rookie season, from being considered a parallel commodity to the current Wizards future, everything he has experienced is exactly what these fans have experienced, therefore, the fans' feelings for Wu Di are full of joys and sorrows, which is completely different from Arenas in exchange for trade.

In the first half of April, the best selling jersey for Wizards players was Wu Di's No. 14 jersey, and it is clear that he is now very popular among fans.

Wu Di knows these things, and he can see it from the number of fans he has on the BBS forum. For this reason, he couldn't help but sigh, maybe this is because the greater the disappointment at the beginning, the greater the support and popularity he has now.

Soon, the time will be on April 19, and today will be the Wizards' first playoff game since entering the 21st century.

Although the game didn't start until 8 o'clock in the evening, it was just past noon, and the whole city was already full of people. Unable to sit still, the fans rushed out of their homes to meet with friends and friends at various nearby places where they could meet, and then chatted happily while waiting for the game to be played in a few hours.

And some fans with tickets are also ready, after packing up, one by one to the stadium in the center of the city, in their opinion, in the stadium, the players of the home team must be training intensively, they go so early, obviously able to watch from the side.

Wu Di arrived at the stadium at 3 p.m. Before that, he took a nap, and after lunch, he rested at his lodgings for a while, and then spent an hour at a nearby swimming pool.

Wu Di felt that he had come early enough, but when he drove to the stadium, he found that it was already quite lively.

There are fans who drive their cars into the parking lot all the time, and at the main entrance of the stadium, there are fans who go in from time to time. Although the number of people is not that large, it is enough to surprise Wu Di's heart, he didn't expect the home fans to come so early.

Entering the stadium through the back door, Wu Di encountered only a few team staff members along the way.

The dressing room was deserted, and apparently, because it was too early, no players had arrived. So, putting things in the closet, Wu Di changed into training clothes and went to the practice venue.

The arena was sparsely populated with fans, visibly bored, moving around from time to time, their eyes looking at the tunnel from time to time.

"Someone's coming!"

There was a sound in the stadium, and suddenly everyone seemed to be in good spirits.

The fans, as well as the staff and caddies who were preparing on the side of the field, all looked down the tunnel in unison.

"It's Wu Di." There was some excitement in their voices, they didn't expect that the first one to come today would be this Chinese player.

"Good afternoon, guys."

Wu Di waved his hand and smiled.

Because there are not many people in the stadium, Wu Di can almost hear what he says.

After Wu Di's words fell, the fans burst into laughter, and some fans couldn't help but shout: "Wu, good afternoon." Hope you'll be able to punch those guys' ass......"

Wu Di laughed and replied loudly: "It's no problem at all, God is above, this is a trivial matter, dear Wu will fulfill your wishes." ”

With a burst of laughter, the atmosphere in the arena was noticeably much more lively.

After that, Wu Di walked onto the court, talked with some caddies and staff, and then began to warm up the training.

Wu Di first did stretching exercises, and only after feeling that the activity was almost there, did he start running laps around the sideline.

When his body was hot, Wu Di practiced dribbling again.

"Hey, Wu, don't you think that's boring, show off your shots." A fan walked over to a row closer to the field and sat down, then shouted excitedly.

His words were immediately echoed by everyone.

Obviously, everyone wants to see Wu Di practice shooting.

The caddie pulled out a basket of basketballs at Wu Di's motion, and then Wu Di began to try to practice shooting.

After a few minutes, Wu Di's hands were already warm, and he came to the bottom corner three-point line, and then motioned to the caddie to pass the ball to him.

Wu Di has always been the best at three-point shots. Many people have seen Wu Di's three-point crosshairs in the game, but they have rarely seen Wu Di's three-point shooting drills with their own eyes.

So when they saw that Wu Di was going to conduct three-point training, the fans present were all excited. You must know that Wu Di's three-point shot was in a state of rage after the All-Star, and it seemed that he rarely missed.

At the end of the season, in 64 games, Wu Di shot a terrifying 47.2% three-point shooting rate, ranking first in the league, and the 166 three-pointers he hit can rank sixth in the league.

It is precisely such an accurate pitcher who wants to show off his projection skills in front of them, how can they be calm as fans?

"Wu, our god pitcher, let's get started." All the voices were full of anticipation.

After receiving the first basketball, Wu Di took a look at the basket and waited for 1 or 2 seconds before throwing the ball.

The whole action, he did very slowly, but unfortunately, the basketball slammed into the basket.

Call~

Wu Di raised his hand, and another basketball was thrown, and the fans actually let out a cry as the basketball flew.

"Bang~"

The basketball slammed into the hoop again.

Some fans couldn't help but frown slightly, this is their god pitcher? The shooting action is so slow, and there is no crosshair.

"Bang~"

Another basketball slammed into the hoop.

The expression on Wu Di's face did not change in the slightest, and it seemed that the cries of regret around him had no effect on him.

"Bang~"

"Bang~"

"Bang~"

……

This kind of sound continued, and the fans present began to be a little unbearable, and some fans simply stopped watching Wu Di shoot and went to chat with their friends.

Listening to the gradually rising discussions around him, the fan who shouted for Wu Di to shoot seemed a little embarrassed, he frowned slightly, and looked at Wu Di who was still shooting three points with a puzzled expression.

In fact, this fan is just trying to keep himself patient, and he can't understand Wu Di's performance.

In any case, it is impossible for a player who has made 166 three-pointers this season and maintained a 47.2% shooting rate not to shoot three-pointers in practice, and what is even more speechless is that his shooting is so slow.

This situation is actually a shortcoming of Wu Di, the fans don't know what to do, but the caddies who have accompanied Wu Di to practice around him do.

Because of his big hands, Wu Di is often a little slow to shoot from a distance, and he needs a long time of shooting practice to find the feeling of shooting. This is a shortcoming that he has always wanted to solve, but there seems to be no way, so Wu Di usually comes early to practice shooting to find a feeling.

After a while, the fans who were chatting on the sidelines suddenly came back to their senses, and the nasty sound of striking iron seemed to disappear!

And at that moment, the fan on the sidelines let out a scream: "Beautiful! Hit 10 three-pointers in a row! Great, Wu, that's what you should be. ”

Hearing this voice, everyone couldn't help but look at the venue, but Wu Di was still expressionless.

Is it worth that surprise for an NBA player to hit 10 three-pointers in a row? The others couldn't help but despise the shouting fan.

However, just as they were thinking, they saw that Wu Di obviously accelerated the speed of his shot, and what did not change was the crisp sound of the basketball brushing the net.

"Brush~"

"Huh~"

……

The sound is constant all the time, and it seems to be getting more and more compact.

In the entire arena, there was an abrupt silence, and everyone was watching Wu Di shoot.

After a while, I heard a concerted exclamation in the arena.

“49……”

“50……”

……

“98……”

“99……”

“100！”

The fans were sluggish one by one, a full 100 three-pointers were hit in a row, and the arc had not changed at all, and more importantly, Wu Di's shooting speed was getting faster and faster, and when it came to the end, they felt that it was difficult to keep up with the count.

One by one, the fans are already shocked in their hearts at this time, this is their marksman!

However, Wu Di, who won the applause of the house, did not seem to have any intention of stopping.

His shooting is still going on......

After about 10 minutes, the entire arena was already dripping.

Everyone felt incredible, in the period after that, Wu Di didn't miss a single shot, and what was even more terrifying was that he kept changing shooting spots, just like the three-point contest on All-Star Weekend, around the three-point line, taking turns shooting in different positions.

When witnessing Wu Di throw in 20 three-pointers at each point, everyone felt that their brains had lost the ability to think.