Chapter 392: An Interesting Chinese Derby
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"Coach, it's a special feeling."
Stephen Green, who was smiling on the bench of the Boston Celtics, looked at the teacher next to him and said with a smile, it was the first time he saw the head coach next to him have this feeling of standing uneasy, it seemed that he didn't know where to stand at all, if it was a normal time for his coach to start standing on the sidelines at this time, but today, the top coach of the NBA was a little hesitant, just standing one step away from the team's bench.
"yes, it's a special feeling"
Zhuang Fei nodded, this was the first time he had stood on the bench of the visiting team in the target center, he had been on the other side for the past three years, and the person who occupied his place in the past at this time was Van Gundy.
"But I think it's more important that coach, you are a little dodging those Timberwolves players on the court," Green said with a smile again after seeing Zhuang Fei's admission, and the main reason why his head coach stayed away from the court at this time was because the Timberwolves players on the court were all players he had coached, and in this case, it was impossible for any coach to direct the game at such close range.
"Hehe, maybe, I'm afraid that I can't help but shout to the players on the Timberwolves' side" Zhuang Fei still didn't deny this, and said with a wry smile helplessly, and at the same time he also felt a little lost in his heart, in fact, when he left the Timberwolves, he knew that sooner or later there would be this day, but when he really faced all this, all the countermeasures he had thought of in his heart were useless.
This is a 'civil war' between all the players under Coach Z, and it is also a 'derby' battle for Zhuang Fei's players.
In fact, Zhuang Fei is in a similar mood now, as well as the group of reporters from China in the media seats in the grandstand of the Target Center.
For Zhuang Feilai, it was a derby for his players. And for Chinese fans to come to this is the first Chinese derby in NBA history, Wang Zhizhi of the Timberwolves vs. Yao Ming of the Celtics, and more importantly, both of them are centers, and the two will talk directly in this game, which is a derby in the real sense.
"Old Su, no matter what happens in today's game, I'm going to wash your dust in Minnesota. You've been out of here for a long time."
In the media seats in the stands, Yang Yi smiled at Su Skirt beside him with a smile on his face, and now Yang Yi is very happy in his heart. As the first two reporters to come to the NBA, Su Skirt and Yang Yi were very famous in the Chinese basketball press circle at this time, and they had a bit of a sense of confrontation.
"Hmph. It's time," Su Skirt raised her eyebrows and said to Yang Yi, with a look of displeasure on her face, looking at Su Skirt like this, Yang Yi was also a little stupid.
Three years ago, Zhuang Fei first came to the NBA, and the only reporter interviewed at that time was Su Skirt, and in the following year, Yang Yi, who had just graduated from college, came, both of them were the first batch of NBA reporters, three years have passed, and the NBA is now popular in China. Then Yang Yi, who used to be like a fart in front of and behind people, had stiff wings at this time, and now when he looked at Su Feidong, he didn't shout 'Brother Su', and began to shout 'Old Su', especially after Zhuang Feidong went to Boston, Su Skirt chose to give up Wang Zhizhi and follow Zhuang Fei. This makes the two belong to different camps even more.
Now Wang Zhizhi is very hot, as the first Chinese to land in the NBA and the first Chinese to enter the All-Star, and even the first Chinese to win the championship, such a player is even more popular than Yao Ming in Zhuang Fei's previous life, in this case Su Skirt actually gave up staying in Minnesota, and now Yang Yi has completely mastered Wang Zhizhi's resources through Su Skirt's departure. also makes him qualified to be on an equal footing with Su Skirt. It's just that Su Skirt is very unaccustomed to Yang Yi's somewhat 'ambitious' appearance.
"Yao is a good player, but it's probably better than him now" Yang Yi looked at the backs of the two Chinese players who were ready to jump on the court and said with a smile, he was really not wrong, when he was in the CBA, Wang Zhizhi pressed Yao Ming, and now the NBA is even more so, whether it is honor or data, Yao Ming is not as good as Wang Zhizhi, Wang Zhizhi, who has become the team's main offensive point this season, can contribute an average of 16.5 points and 10.2 rebounds per game, which is the third scoring point of the Timberwolves, while Yao Ming can only contribute 15.5 points and 10.5 rebounds per game in the Boston Celtics, which is very good for a rookie, but it is still a little short of Wang Zhizhi. This is also Yang Yi's self-confidence, he is confident that he can move forward after holding the roughly thigh. …,
"Yes, it's not necessarily," Su Skirt said a little coldly again. Yang Yi did not make any more response to Su Skirt's rebuttal this time, because the game had officially begun, and both of them looked at the court, and the result was decided by the game. O, who has rarely failed on the jump ball this season, failed to jump after meeting Garnett, and the Timberwolves won the first wave of ball possession.
There is no change in the Boston Celtics' lineup for this game, with James Posey and Stephen Jackson on the guard line, and Maddy, Ao and Yao Ming on the front line, which is the main lineup of the Celtics this season.
On the Timberwolves side, the guard line is Argentine Manuginobili and veteran Bruce Bowen, and the front line is Pierce, Garnett and Wang Zhizhi, this important game as last season's Finals MVP Nash sat on the bench again, this is also the second consecutive game he sat on the bench, but he has lost Van Gundy's trust.
"Coach, the Timberwolves are advancing so slowly right now"
Stephen Green looked at the speed of Ginobili's dribbling on the court and sighed, Ginobili is now completely slowly dribbling through the half, and after the dribble has passed the half, he will only start to prepare to attack after everyone is in position, at this time, there is only 14s left in the offensive time of a 24s, if you follow the rhythm of the previous Timberwolves, the Timberwolves have already finished an attack at this time, which also makes the former Timberwolves assistant coach feel a little emotional.
"Yes, the style has indeed changed a bit" Zhuang Fei took a deep look at the court and nodded, as a defensive coach, the most important thing is not how to let yourself score. It's about how to make the opponent unable to score, in this case it is inevitable to reduce the pace of the game, and only when the rhythm of the game comes down, the defending team will have an advantage.
It's just that Zhuang Fei was a little surprised that this team was a little too slow
Yao Ming stood under the basket and looked at Wang Zhizhi in front of him, a little uncertain, for this game has appeared in his dreams no less than 100 times or even 1000 times, in the past few years, he has been thinking all the time if he is on the battlefield of the NBA and his lifelong goal to catch up, what will happen?
When he first got into basketball at the age of 12, he had already heard from his parents' coaches about the invincible big boy in Beijing. At that time, Wang Zhizhi was being fought by Bayi and Beijing, Wang Zhizhi at that time was the best basketball seedling in the country, and it was also at that time that he did not admit defeat and set the goal of surpassing Wang Zhizhi in the future.
It's just that Yao Ming is a little disappointed. In his first year of joining the CBA, he was beaten by Wang Zhizhi, who was already in the CBA and already had the No. 1 center in Asia. The Chinese center didn't complain too much about his first-year defeat. At that time, he was too weak and his opponent was too strong, and it was at that time that Yao Ming first appreciated Wang Zhizhi's strength.
Originally, when Yao Ming was ready to fight again next year, he got a piece of news that he regretted, the No. 1 center in Asia finally landed in the NBA, and went to the hands of Zhuang Fei, the head coach of the No. 1 NBA at that time, which almost made Yao Ming lose his goal of moving forward, but in the end, the 2.26-meter giant still caught up, and after successfully overthrowing the Chinese basketball hegemon Bayi in 2001, he also successfully joined the NBA. Because he vividly remembers being told by someone that summer that he was going to be the best center in the NBA. For the NBA's No. 1 center, he has nothing. There was only one belief in his heart now, which was to defeat the man in front of him.
"Count the days. It's been almost 10 years since that goal was set, I was too weak a few years ago, and we weren't on the same level, but this time, it's time for us to fight it out," Yao Ming thought secretly as he looked at the back in front of him. At this time, the heart of this young Chinese insider is full of fighting spirit. …,
This is the battle that has been awaited for 10 years. It's just that Wang Zhizhi didn't know about all this, as he had always been the pride of the sky, he never knew that there was a young man behind him who was chasing after him.
"King, Catch the Ball"
When the Timberwolves and Boston Celtics were all in position, Ginobili, who was controlling the ball outside the three-point line at the top of the arc, quickly handed the ball to Wang Zhizhi, who had already won the position, after observing the surrounding situation, and at this time Pierce was entangled by Maddy. And Garnett is also being entangled by Ao, from the current point of view, only Wang Zhizhi is suitable for launching the first wave of offense, as for Bowen on the other side, Ginobili directly chose to ignore it, the Timberwolves' offense has never had his share, he only needs to defend well, or he can shoot a three-point shot when there is a three-point opportunity.
Wang Zhizhi received the ball in the left waist position under the basket after Yao Ming has been pasted, in this position Wang Zhizhi is not very good at handling the ball, this position is about three steps away from the basket, just a 45-degree three-point line to the inside of the position of two steps, if it is against other centers he can use the hook hand to shoot in this position, but this time this hook hand may be a little difficult, for the Chinese teammate behind him He is extremely jealous, this young man is 10 cm taller than him. And what made Wang Zhizhi even more helpless was that at this time, if he used his footsteps to break through the big guy behind, Ao on the other side would already be eyeing him.
So after Wang Zhizhi passed the ball, Ginobili also regretted a little, at this time he shouldn't pass the ball like this directly, he should let Wang Zhizhi come out and play a block with himself, and then pass or attack after expanding the offensive space. The Timberwolves' offense was a bit dead.
"It seems that it is difficult for Wang Zhizhi to attack, but at this time, the Timberwolves do not have much opportunity to reorganize the offense, this is the consequence of their rhythm down, although the opponent can't play fast, but their offense will also become a little simpler, this ball Boston Celtics defended down" ABC dismissal Michaels said with a smile, as an individual he has been looking forward to this game for a long time, he is very eager to see what kind of game the Timberwolves led by Coach Z and the team led by Coach Z will play. Although many people are now criticizing Van Gundy's change of style, he is desperate to see such a change, if it doesn't change, this game is just Coach Z vs. Coach Z, then it won't be so interesting.
"Yes, not necessarily," McHale on the side said with some disagreement after listening to Michaels' words.
When Michaels was about to speak, Wang Zhizhi moved at this time, only to see the center of the Timberwolves directly complete the half-turn after dribbling a step on the side and then immediately jumped up on the side, and at this time Yao Ming was also preparing to block his shot, Wang Zhizhi's shot was expected by Yao Ming. But to Yao Ming's surprise, this time he failed to block the shot.
My nephew hit a long-range hook from the left side of the waist. When Wang Zhizhi scored the goal, Michaels, who was dismissed, was also a little stunned.
"Is this a heavenly hook? It's really amazing, such a long distance, such a high amplitude, and the difference between the general hook wrist force is that this is the finger force" Yao Ming looked at Wang Zhizhi deeply after falling from the air and thought, he lost this direct battle. He had underestimated the power of the Heavenly Hook.
"Yao, are you okay, don't care too much, even Kevin can't do this kind of hook in Wang's hand"
When Yao Ming was in a daze, Ao next to him came over to comfort him, Ao also thought that Yao Ming was a little emotionally lost because of this ball, and the Kevin in his mouth was naturally the boss of the Timberwolves, Kevin Garnett.
"I'm fine, thank you, Jermaine, let's attack" Zhuang Fei sent a smile to the Boston teammate after listening to Ao's words.
There is no way he will lose confidence because of this goal, and the goals and expectations of the decade will not be cooled by this. At this time, Yao Ming clearly knew that his fighting spirit was stronger than before, and such Wang Zhizhi was worthy of him to catch up and surpass.
"Looks like this game is getting interesting"
Zhuang Fei looked at Yao Ming's changes on the court, the corners of his mouth turned up slightly, and Green on the side was a little puzzled.