Chapter 28: Minnesota's Celebration
In the night sky, the Target Center, Wolves' home stadium, was bustling with people.
The cheers and shouts intensified.
Fans were thrilled and excited by Luo Long's performance as they saw a new hope for the team's rise in the new season.
But what they are even happier is that the Trail Blazers did not choose to sit back, but under the internal and external outbursts of Roy and Aldridge, they played with the interior trio of Loron, Love and Jefferson, which made fans addicted.
A massacre without an opponent certainly makes fans feel happy, but what can be more exciting and thrilling to defeat an opponent who has the strength to resist?
As the absolute core of the Wolves, Luo Long not only does whatever he wants on the offensive end, but also has 5 assists, 3 blocks, 4 steals, and zero turnovers on the defensive end when the game ends in the third quarter.
Before the start of the fourth quarter of the game, during the intermission, Wolves head coach Hortman was the first to hand Luo Long a towel, and this appreciation and value made Luo Long very satisfied.
"Coach, don't worry, as long as I am on the court, they will lose!"
Hortman looked at this tall and handsome Chinese boy with appreciation, and he really liked it more and more.
"Don't worry, in the fourth quarter, I will give you unlimited firing rights, you can use your talents to the fullest, I believe you will definitely surprise me even more."
Luo Long put his arm around Hortman's shoulders and said in a stinky manner:
"Coach, I knew you had a vision."
Hortman smiled kindly, not caring about Luo Long's casualness, but encouraging: "Listen, give me a hard beating, I won't let you work hard in vain." β
"Great!" Luo Long glanced at Aldridge in the distance, and showed a crazy smile again, and the evil spirit was full of confidence.
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In the first 8 minutes of the fourth quarter of the game, Luo Long used the blessing of Abdul-Jabbar's special skills to turn over the river and sea on the inside of the Trail Blazers, and scored 10 points on 5-of-5 shooting in just eight minutes.
Therefore, in desperation, McMillan could only let the double wrap Luo Long.
Then he was even more helpless to find that two people were not enough.
McMillan gritted his teeth and hesitated, but finally made up his mind to let Aldridge guard the inside line, and then let the three players surround the hateful Chinese Dragons.
Luo Long, who was closely targeted, did not choose to be stupid and tough.
Although Luo Long's personality is very arrogant, it doesn't mean that he has no brains.
On the court, stubbornness and willfulness like nagging, that requires a certain amount of luck and enough talent from God to work hard.
It can be said that a basketball player in a conventional situation should emphasize the ball quotient on the court, the cooperation with teammates, and the most rational pursuit of the timing of the shot.
For example, Zhang Lili of Huaxia guided him to create his historical status as the strongest striker in Asia by virtue of his deep insight into the situation on the court and the most reasonable offensive shots.
And under the three-person package, although Luo Long can continue to score hard, it is not cost-effective.
So, Luo Long looked at the three Trail Blazers players who surrounded him with a wicked smile, and then waved his long arm and passed the ball to Jefferson.
After Jefferson received the ball, he was a violent dunk inside, murderous and domineering.
The two brothers excitedly bumped fists in celebration after scoring a goal, and the morale of the Wolves team was once again greatly boosted.
And in the next round, Roy of the Trail Blazers dribbled past the Wolves guard again, and he certainly didn't hesitate when he got the chance to shoot.
Outside the three-point line at a 45-degree angle on the right side, Roy jumped high and calmly hit an outside three-pointer.
At the moment, Wolves are still five points ahead of the Trail Blazers.
In the next round, the parallel all-star Lefu desperately wanted the ball, and after getting Luo Long's clever assist, he threw iron in a chic manner, contributing +1 iron value.
Then, Aldridge, the soul core of the Trailblazers, turned around and made a jump shot unexpectedly in the inside confrontation with Luo Long, although Luo Long jumped up and interfered with the trajectory of the ball, but the ball smashed the basket a few times, and finally fell into the basket.
Aldridge exclaimed excitedly.
He looked at Roy happily and said, "Man, I don't think it's a big problem for us to win this game. β
Roy put his arm around Aldridge's shoulders and said:
"That's for sure, brother."
And looking at the high morale of the Trail Blazers twins, the Wolves' interior trident once again ignited a surging fighting spirit.
Over the next few minutes, the scores of the two teams alternated between the scores, with the Trail Blazers playing a small high-tech surge and the Wolves pulling the score apart.
Soon, with the fans becoming more and more enthusiastic about watching, the time came to have 16 seconds left in the game.
In terms of aggregate scores, Wolves are one point ahead of their opponents, and as long as Wolves hold on to this goal, then they will win this game.
At such a critical moment, Wolves manager Hortman immediately called a timeout.
During the timeout, Hortman re-emphasized a lot of the details of the game he observed, but he focused on the fact that in the following period, the defensive tactics were that Love assisted Jefferson to kill Aldridge on the inside, while Rowon was responsible for strangling the Trail Blazers' Mr. Mamba Huang.
Wolves had to defend this ball, otherwise they would have to gamble their luck with free throws with only a few seconds remaining.
This is clearly a bottom line.
What Hortman wants is a surefire crushing victory.
This season, the Wolves are not aiming for a championship, but Hortman is also hoping that the team can build on last season's results and then go far in the playoffs.
Wolves have been on an unbeaten winning streak in the first few games of the new season, which has given Hortman expectations and greater hopes for the team.
And after the players came on the court again, sure enough, the final offense, after the Trail Blazers passed the ball several times, the ball finally fell into the hands of Aldridge.
At this moment, Aldridge stood in the high position, and with less than 10s left in the game, he calmly retreated to the three-point line, and then tied his body to make a block for Roy on the outside, and successfully blocked the fierce and pressing Luo Long for a few tenths of a second.
In this brief gap, Roy was like a cunning assassin, and after Aldridge pulled out Love and Jefferson, the Wolves' interior was actually empty.
This is the real purpose of the pioneers.
Aldridge was just a trick to lure the enemy, and the Huang Mamba, who was incredibly fast enough to get into the box, was the real killer for the Trail Blazers head coach.
However, just as Roy rushed to the penalty area and jumped up, ready to give Minnesota a humiliating kill, a tall figure behind him suddenly jumped up at the same time, and the black shadow stretched out his long arm and slammed a row behind Roy, and actually pressed the must-score ball on the rebound, and then calmly held the ball with one hand and took it off.
It turned out to be a one-handed nail board hat of Luo Long!
"Toot ~~~~~"
The red light on the rebound came on, and the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game.
In the end, the Wolves narrowly defeated the Trail Blazers who fought back fiercely by one point and won the final victory of this home game.
Minnesota fans shouted loudly for the team, and some sexy beauties even danced sexy.
Hortman nodded and patted Luo Long's shoulder, with a kind smile like an old father, and said:
"Very good, I'm satisfied, just play like this, and this season we will create new glory for Wolves together!"
Luo Long laughed, full of pride.
"I'm not wrong, Coach. As long as I'm on the court, even if it's Jordan, I'm confident that I'll beat him! β
And just as the players were happily celebrating the victory of the game, the system's prompt sounded again.
γDing! Congratulations to the host, mission accomplished! γ
[Rewards have been distributed!] γ
[The host's current proficiency situation: Jordan's special skill is 30%, Kobe's special skill is 30%, and Abdul-Jabbar's special skill is 20%. γ
Luo Long had a mad smile on his face again.
Hehe, although "Babyface Killer" won't be coming to the Warriors until next year, it's good to win the next game.
I'm looking forward to it!