Chapter 168: A cry of pain
"Wang, your popularity at the Mavericks' home court is still so high!"
Roy looked at the fans holding the sign supporting Wang Dachun in the audience and said with a sigh.
"Hehe, it's okay, how can I say that I've been fighting here for a year, and the fans still remember me!"
While chatting with Roy, Wang Dachun waved from time to time to greet the fans in the audience.
He was still in the audience and saw a few familiar faces, including Abang and a few others.
Today is December 22nd.
The Trail Blazers' last game before Christmas.
It may be that the game between the Trail Blazers and the Mavericks has always been very interesting.
The league specially arranged this game for them during this time period.
The Internet jokingly called this game a Christmas war, not a Christmas war.
Before the start of the game, Wang Dachun wanted to say hello to his old teammates on the Mavericks bench.
However, Wang Dachun saw that after the general manager of the Mavericks, Nelson Jr., appeared there, he temporarily gave up this idea.
I felt that it might be a little awkward to go over now, so I decided to go over and chat after the game.
Today's starting lineup for the Mavericks is:
Kidd, Barria, Marion, Nowitzki, Dampier.
The starting lineup for the Trail Blazers is:
Miller, Roy, Malte, Juwan Howard, Wang Dachun.
Wang Dachun only learned that Oden was injured again after coming to Dallas.
He originally thought that in this game, he could compete with Oden on the inside.
But after knowing the news, he felt that today's game was a bit boring.
After all, most of the Mavericks are his old teammates. He also doesn't want to use his own strength to bully people too much here.
The game begins.
The trilogy was a success.
Dampier looked at Wang Dachun hanging on the basket and smiled bitterly.
"This guy is still so fast, he can't catch up at all."
The opening game is 2:0.
Mavericks offense.
Wang Dachun came to the defensive position.
The Mavericks did not give this ball to Nowitzki, and Wang Dachun chose to guard the penalty area first.
"Wang, be gentle for a while, I'm afraid that this old bone won't be able to stand your strength!"
Dampier was joking at Wang Dachun as he walked around the restricted area.
"Don't worry, old man, I'll use 8 percent at most, hehe."
Wang Dachun still likes this kind of playing atmosphere.
We all know each other's strengths, and although victory or defeat is important, we won't do anything brutal.
It is indeed as Wang Dachun thought.
In the first quarter, both teams played at a very slow pace. The atmosphere of the game was a bit like a training match.
Everyone in the Mavericks understands Wang Dachun's deterrent power on the inside, so they are also playing tactics.
Even in all the tactics, there is no strategy for attacking the basket.
The fights are all blocking, three-point, mid-range shooting, and positional battles.
When Wang Dachun was on the inside, no one from the Mavericks even rushed to the penalty area.
The offensive rhythm of the Trail Blazers is also affected by the Mavericks, and they play relatively slowly.
It also seems to be affected by the pace of the game, and the players of both teams do not feel high, and the scoring is relatively low.
Such a rhythm of the game made the audience listless.
The crazy rebounding and exciting game rhythm they were expecting from Wang Dachun did not appear.
At the end of the first quarter, the scores were just 18-14 and the Trail Blazers led by four points.
In the second quarter of the game, both teams wanted to break this. The score difference is not safe, and the offensive tempo has begun to become faster.
But what is unexpected is that after the offensive rhythm is faster, the Mavericks' hand opens up and begins to score efficiently on the outside.
The Trail Blazers' hand was unusually cold, Roy hit three consecutive irons, and Miller only scored one goal from mid-range. The other players barely scored.
At the end of the 2nd quarter.
The score between the two teams became 35-43, and the Trail Blazers trailed by eight points.
was able to maintain this score, thanks to Wang Dachun who grabbed several offensive rebounds on the inside and played several secondary attacks in a row, otherwise the point difference might have been even greater.
Wang Dachun scored 13 points in the first half.
The half-time break ended, and the second half began.
After playing two minutes in the third quarter, Wang Dachun still didn't come back when he saw the feeling of his teammates, although he didn't have any desire to attack today, but for the sake of the team's victory, he was ready to take over the game himself.
Another reason is that the score in this time period is also one of his operational processes.
On the Mavericks' side, Dampier has been consumed by him, and it is Gooden who is sent to defend him.
Gooden was originally playing the power forward position, but because Oden was injured and there was a shortage of people in the center position, he was pushed up.
The game continues.
Wang Dachun began to score points under the basket. Gooden simply couldn't defend it.
In order to prevent Wang Dachun from scoring, the Mavericks defended Wang Dachun from one person named Gooden to two people named Nowitzki.
And tried his best to cut off the pass to Wang Dachun from the outside of the Trail Blazers.
It still works, but it only works!
There's one person they can't stop with a pass, and that's Roy.
Roy had a tough time scoring tonight. In addition to feeling a little cold, Marion has been defending him.
But Marion can hold on to his score, but not his pass.
Roy can rely on his ability to control the ball and can break through to the inside. At close range, pass the ball to Wang Dachun.
Wang Dachun under the basket, the Mavericks are unstoppable. The score was gradually caught up, and Wang Dachun's score continued to increase.
3rd quarter final attack.
The Mavericks asked for a timeout.
They are to defend this last attack.
Both teams are now 64-64 in score.
This offense belongs to the Trail Blazers.
Wang Dachun has scored 28 points so far.
If this attack is successful, he will score 30 points.
The Trail Blazers' scoring will also surpass the Mavericks.
Roy with the ball.
Wang Dachun didn't die waiting for the ball inside, he came out to cover for Roy.
Roy breaks through Barria.
Wang Dachun blocked Marion for him.
As soon as he entered the box, Nowitzki was in front of him.
Roy threw straight at Nowitzki.
He didn't throw the ball to the basket, but to the top right corner of the rebound.
He wants to assist Wang Dachun to complete an empty catch.
After the ball was thrown, he didn't stop his movements, but quickly rushed to the inside to stop Nowitzki's return.
This is to create a jumping space for Wang Dachun behind him.
He is very confident in Wang Dachun's bounce.
Wang Dachun did jump up when he was about to stop Nowitzki.
But Roy miscalculated, and he blocked Nowitzki's ability to turn around.
In doing so, he hindered a little bit of Wang Dachun's space to jump.
After Wang Dachun jumped up, he thought that this height was blocked by the two of them, and he might not be able to touch the basketball.
However, he didn't expect that when he jumped to his original highest point, the altitude was still rising a little bit.
His hand barely grasped the basketball!
"I almost forgot, I have a 5% bounce increase in my stat sneakers!"
The ball was unsteady and a little far from the basket.
But Wang Dachun was still reluctant, and pressed the basketball into the basket with four fingers of his right hand.
After completing the dunk, he leaned a little too much, and when he fell, his body was a little out of balance.
When he was about to adjust the landing point. He was suddenly hit in the waist by someone.
The body, which was already out of balance, fell sideways.
When Wang Dachun landed, a cry of pain came out.
But this cry of pain was not made by Wang Dachun!