The Heat moved on to the rest of the schedule.

On December 10 and December 11, they ushered in the second round of the season "back-to-back".

Stan Van Gundy is still going for the old plan, trying to win the weaker opponents and give up the stronger ones.

The Heat will face the Sacramento Kings and the Washington Wizards in this round of "back-to-back".

According to the ranking of these two teams, the Kings are currently third in the West, and the Washington Wizards are currently the twelfth from the bottom in the East, so it can be said at a glance which team should be waived.

So Van Gundy decisively gave up the game against the Kings and took a turn to rest the three main players, including Woody. Let Dwyane Wade lead the team alone against the Gorgeous Kings. In the end, the Kings won by 15 points, and Wade, who led the team alone for the first time, lost himself in front of the old and spicy Kings generals, shooting 5 of 17 and shooting less than 33%.

So I'm so far behind, huh?

As soon as Wade finished the game, Pat Riley's disappointed look came to mind, and he suddenly felt a sense of urgency.

After returning to Miami that night, I only slept for 5 hours, and then I consciously ran to the Miami Arena to practice!

After spending time with Pat Riley, he realized that he could be sorry for everyone, but not Pat Riley!

It's just that I just finished a game with the Kings, and when I didn't have much rest, I practiced alone, which was not enough physical fitness, and it was even more insufficient.

In the game against the Wizards that night, Wade played poorly against Arenas.

It's not just him, the whole Heat team is in a slump this night.

It's just that he's the worst of the starters.

In the end, this round of "back-to-back" Heat ended in two consecutive defeats.

Coupled with the loss to the Spurs, the Heat experienced a "three-game losing streak" for the first time this season!

Although there are "back-to-back", coupled with the factor of encountering strong opponents in a row, the Heat team has only gained such a "three consecutive defeats", but ......

The media doesn't care what your reason is!

A large number of media began to think that the Heat's routine had been studied, and this team full of newcomers was about to gradually begin to "reveal its original form"!

Most of the media even thought that Woody had hit the "rookie wall"!

Because of this wave of "three consecutive defeats", although he only played two games, he didn't play very well, and in the game with the Spurs, he only got 11 plus 10, and in the game with the Wizards, affected by the travel schedule, his offensive state still did not adjust, and he only got 13 points and 12 rebounds, which is far from his previous excellent and comprehensive data!

When "Magic" Johnson heard these doubts, he quickly called Woody.

Woody's entire basketball career has been relatively smooth, since he decided to play basketball, it can be described as "a flat horse", and even "super newcomers" like LeBron James have been stolen by him.

The current skepticism is something he has never experienced.

Johnson was worried that something would go wrong with his mentality.

It's just the result......

Woody was far calmer than he thought, and didn't take the doubts seriously at all.

Johnson was a little curious as to how he did it.

No matter what, it's just an 18-year-old child, is this ability to resist pressure really so strong?

Woody said: "It's simple, I didn't read the reports about me at all! ”

To be precise, from the time he played that Spurs game, Woody unilaterally cut off the habit of reading the newspaper.

Originally, the media boasted about themselves, and it was Woody's daily arrangement to satisfy his "star disease".

But after playing the Spurs, Woody, who was dissatisfied with his performance, was keenly aware that the media was likely to give him a wave of "suppression packages".

He is well aware of the pee nature of this gang of media!

The "repeated horizontal jumps" of their attitude towards Yao Ming back then, he still vividly remembers them.

Because you understand, you "defend" as early as possible.

His popularity is too high, and he won the "Player of the Month Award" in the first month of his rookie season, and such a limelight does not allow him to have any downturn, otherwise these media reporters who are sharpening their knives will definitely attack him immediately.

But his current ability can't do every game to play as exaggerated and comprehensive statistics as before.

So he had no choice but to ......

Don't look!

As long as I don't read it, it means that these reports have not been reported!

A real man never plays against the wind!

Johnson also had to sigh that he had signed a terrific newcomer.

To Woody's surprise, Scarlett called him, as if she had seen the news and wanted to comfort him: "This is actually the same as us actors acting, you can't act well in every play, and when you act in a bad movie, these gossip reporters will be like flies that have found rotten eggs, and they will immediately rush up to 'buzz', but as long as you perform a good play below, these flies will disappear immediately, and the cycle will start over and over again, again and again, it's really not a big deal!" ”

Woody was moved, but had a question: "I understand everything, but why am I a rotten egg?" ”

“……”

The angle was novel, and it directly made Scarlett hang up the phone.

At this time, she didn't realize that Woody was not affected at all, and she was worried about it!

"Stinky man!"

She whispered a curse to Woody's mobile phone number.

It was only at this time that her phone vibrated and a text message was sent from Woody:

- Thank you!

December 13th.

The "back-to-back" schedule is over, and the Heat's next game is still on their home court, and their next opponent is the Golden State Warriors!

Lu Xun once said: "The water dog even wants to come up and kick the lame"!

That's what Woody is in right now.

Although he doesn't feel like a "reservoir dog", he just didn't play two games, and things like this happen every day in this league, let alone a rookie.

But the media's full of doubts made some people feel that he was a "water dog".

For example, tonight's opponent, Golden State Warriors center Eric Dampier, asked in an interview before the game: "Woody is currently ranked No. 2 in rebounds per game, second only to Kevin Garnett, and you are two places lower than him, who do you think is better than Woody?" ”

When Dampier heard such a question, he immediately said confidently: "What else is there to say?" He's just entered the league and everyone is unfamiliar with him, which gives him some advantage, but it's been so long since the new season started, and now we have more information about his game, just look at his last two games, he has been thoroughly studied! In this game, I believe that his rebounds will never be able to make a double-double! And I'm going to get a career-high number of rebounds in a single game! ”

At the end of the speech, only two words remained:

Take it!

It wasn't as if he didn't take Woody seriously at all.

At the same time, Woody's mind suddenly popped up with the system's prompt sound, it's time for a mission!

"Mission 1: Grab more rebounds than Dampier in this game and reward 7,000 achievement points;

Task 2: Break the highest single-game rebounding record in your career and reward 10,000 achievement points;

Mission 3: Break Eric Dampier's career record for the highest single-game rebounds in a single game and reward 50,000 achievement points! ”

！！！

50,000 achievement points!

When Woody saw task three, he gasped directly.

This......

Don't be so wild!

Woody couldn't help but think again, holding the 35,000 achievement points in the system panel!

However, he looked at his offensive rebounding and defensive rebounding ability, both of which reached 85 points, but at this level, if he goes up again, 1 point will cost 10,000 achievement points, and his 35,000 achievement points will be enough for 3 points.

From 85 to 88 points, this improvement is not a big one!

And he doesn't know what Dampier's career-high single-game rebounding record is......

Eddie Jones happened to enter the door at this time, and Woody asked in passing, and Jones immediately reacted when he heard this: "It seems that you already know about Dampier provoking you!" ”

Woody nodded, even if he didn't know exactly what Dampier was talking about, he could probably guess based on the requirements of the mission.

Jones said, "This guy is really a bit tough to deal with......"

He took the scouting report about Dampier to Woody.

Because the Warriors are currently only 13th in the West, Woody didn't specifically study the team.

Not only did he not study, but Stan Van Gundy, too, did not emphasize much.

Although the Heat team is currently "three consecutive defeats", there is a reason for it, and the whole atmosphere is quite relaxed.

Of course, there are other reasons for Woody......

Alonzo Mourning was in Miami for the past two days, and Woody had a meal with him, just in time to pull him to the arena to ask some questions about blocking.

Before the start of the new season, under the words and deeds of Mourning, Woody's blocking ability improved very quickly, and soon came to more than 60 points, after the start of the new season, the more games were played, Woody's experience became richer, and the blocking ability also directly broke through to more than 75 points, and in December, it came to 80 points.

The potential value is high, and the speed of improvement is fast!

But this is also because the cap is not very skillful.

It's just about physical talent and awareness!

Especially awareness!

Under Spoelstra's tutelage, Woody has improved his consciousness very quickly, not to mention his physical fitness, and he was already in the middle of the NBA before entering the NBA, and he quickly reached the upper reaches of the NBA after entering the NBA.

And with the badge of "Monster Bullet Speed......

It is normal for the cap ability to increase fast, but slow is abnormal!

Woody also wants to continue to improve his blocking ability and make his strengths more obvious......

So far in the new season, Woody has a clear understanding of himself, focusing on rebounds and blocks.

If he wants to improve in other areas, he will have to do his homework in both areas if he wants to compete for the "Best Rookie" award.

This can also make up for his lack of average points per game in the face of other "two great talents......

With his ability, it is still very difficult to average 20 points per game in the new season!

But if he is among the best in rebounds and blocks per game, is there still a problem with him scoring a little lower per game?

But at this moment, after reading Dampier's career single-game rebound record, he also understands the reason why this system gives 50,000 achievement points......

Dampier has a career record of 31 rebounds per game!

Woody's current highest number of rebounds per game is just 21......

The gap of 10 is not so easy to cross!

What's more, Dampier is in the best form of his career, because 31 rebounds in a single game is what he just refreshed in November!

is in such good shape, no wonder he dares to mock him, a rookie who has hit the "rookie wall".

Of course, Woody knew very well that if he wasn't so hot, Dampier wouldn't really be sarcastic.

To put it bluntly, it's still "a shot shot at the head"!

Dampier is also averaging a career-high 12 rebounds per game this season.

That's twice as fast as last season......

Against such an opponent, Woody decisively gave up the idea of "Mission Three".

This task is different from the previous mission against Artest when he played the Pacers, there is no hole to drill, and it is clearly written that "break Dampier's career single-game rebounding record".

It is more realistic to strive to complete "Task 1" and "Task 2"!

It adds up to a lot of points, a full 18,000 points!

Among them, "task two" is not so easy to complete.

20 rebounds in a single game, where is it said that you can grab it?

However, compared to "Task Three", the difficulty of this task is significantly lower.

The reporter squatted on Woody before the game, wanting him to respond to Dampier's taunt, Woody said: "There's nothing to say, as soon as I debuted, I was already standing at a height that he couldn't reach in his 7-year career, so I really don't care what he says!" ”

What is "blasting"?

It's called "Explosion"!

Dampier was the 10th pick in the first round in '96, the eighth season of his career.

Prior to this season, his highest rebounds per game season was 8.7 per game!

And even this season, he averaged only 12 rebounds per game, which is very close to Woody's average rebounds per game, but it is only close, and the difference of 0.3 is still real.

Lies don't hurt, the truth is the quick knife!

Woody's knife stabbed directly into Dampier's lung tube.

When he heard Woody's response, his whole face turned red, but he couldn't say anything to refute it for a long time.

can only scold fiercely: "When the game starts, this rookie will know how big the gap is between him and the top rebounders in the NBA!" ”

Tonight's American Airlines arena isn't as full as it was some time ago.

The Heat's "three-game winning streak" has killed the enthusiasm of some fans.

Woody noticed this when he came out and frowned slightly.

He knows that changing a city is not so easy!

But these Miamians are too easy to back down, right?

Wait, sooner or later, let you kneel and sing "Conquest"!

There was a vacancy in the position at the scene, which greatly stimulated Woody's "star disease", and the more he thought about it, the more angry he became, and he couldn't wait to vent immediately.

He wants to restore the American Airlines Arena to a "full" state as soon as possible!

Not a week, not two weeks, not three weeks......

Before the start of the game, the big screen on the scene also gave the starting lineups on both sides:

"Heat: No. 1 Wade, No. 2 Eddie Jones, No. 3 Woody, No. 4 Odom, No. 5 Grant;

Warriors: No. 1 Speidy Claxton, No. 2 Jason Richardson, No. 3 Mike Dunleavy, No. 4 Clifford Robinson, No. 5 Dampier. ”

As you can see from the Warriors' starting lineup, they are really not wronged at all in the bottom of the West.

The whole lineup itself is filled with this feeling:

We are just running for the lotto area, if you want to win, hurry up!

Amid the cheers of the scene, the game officially began.

Woody saw Dampier walk up to the center circle of the court and gestured toward Grant, I'll come.

Grant didn't hesitate at all, and immediately stopped walking forward, allowing Woody to step forward.

Woody and Dampier's beef, he's also heard about it. He is also very clear about Woody's character.

In addition to being tough, it's still tough!

Barkley's name "hard of hard" is no joke.

The cheers that had been slowly subduing became louder again at this moment, as if a flame that was gradually extinguishing met alcohol, and a "bang" sounded directly.

Woody's reaction stimulated their adrenal hormones, and they liked this kind of man who would not retreat and would do it when he raised his hand!

The big screen on the scene was given to Dampier.

A hint of surprise clearly flashed in the latter's eyes.

Woody's toughness gradually became famous in this league, but he didn't expect this guy to be so tough!

But......

You're here to make a fool of yourself, aren't you?

Dampier is 2.11 meters tall, the standard height of a center, coupled with an excellent arm span, Woody stands in front of him, obviously shorter than him, and he doesn't think he will lose to Woody in jumping!

The "slap in the face" sent to the door, don't be in vain.

He had a strong premonition that tonight was going to be a very pleasant night!

It's just that......

"Toot!"

The referee's whistle blew, and the ball was thrown into the air by him, and at the same time as the ball flew to the highest point, one hand approached at a very fast speed, and in a fraction of a second, there was almost no interval, and the ball touched the ball as it slowly fell.

There was another huge cheer at the scene.

The first to touch the ball was Woody!

Dampier was about to bend his knees and jump up when he heard the whistle, when he saw the person on the other side "grow taller on the spot", and the whole person flew straight up like a rocket taking off into the air.

This instantaneous force!

Dampier was directly dumbfounded.

Coupled with this momentary delay, he was already slow, and almost watched Woody snatch the first attack on the spot.

"Did you buy a standing ticket on the court? How much and where did you buy it? Woody met his somewhat stunned gaze and didn't hesitate to speak, sending trash talk.

Dampier replied with some annoyance: "You just jumped to the ball, what are you proud of?" Are you afraid that you won't have a chance? ”

Woody raised an eyebrow slightly.

Dare to respond to trash talk after suffering a loss, he seems to ......

Met a "dead duck" with a hard mouth.

Okay, let's see how hard your mouth really is!

There is one thing he has answered from the jump ball in the opening game:

Dampier is not as athletic as he used to be due to a knee injury, and he's now relying more on his height and reach, as well as his excellent basket positioning and anticipation of rebounding to grab rebounds.

Coming up for the first ball, Wade held the ball to face Spedy Krasketon.

Spedy is only 1.80 meters tall and weighs only 75kg.

You know, against a guard like that, Wade never misses.

The first step that gradually became an iconic means, successfully leaving Krasketon behind, Wade bumped into Clevered Robinson, who entered the league in 89, Robinson is the earliest well-documented "headband gang", and the Trail Blazers' own a headband is inseparable from his influence.

Now he's bringing the headband trend to the Warriors.

This season, the 37-year-old has relied entirely on his enthusiasm to continue to get new contracts in the league.

This defense can show his motivation.

It's just that Odom was leaked.

The ball got into his hands, and Mike Dunleavy on the flank rushed to make up for it. But when he got closer to Odom, he realized that this guy seemed to be waiting for him to come forward to make up for it.

Odom: I'm not interested in scoring!

I'm interested in......

"Whoosh!"

A decisive two-handed cross-handed putt, and the ball flew straight towards the basket like a cannonball.

Dampier was about to go up to intercept it, when he caught a glimpse of the Heat's red jersey out of the corner of his eye, and the alarm sounded in his head, which made him subconsciously avoid the bottom line.

"Phew!"

The next second he dodged, a loud bang rang out on the basket.

Woody flew high, grabbed the ball in the air, and smashed it straight into the hoop.

Completed a beautiful "air tie match" with Odom!

The sound of smashing the basket made Dampier feel a tingling in his scalp.

After all, if he was one second late, this dunk would be dunked by others.

How can you not be afraid?

2-0！

Woody landed and glanced at Dampier's position: "It turned out that I bought a sideline ticket!" Seriously, you're moving a lot faster than I thought you would! ”

Dampier didn't react to Woody's compliment for him at the first time.

When he looked up at the replay of Woody's dunk, and saw Woody holding the ball in the air and gliding close to the basket, his back of rushing to dodge immediately reacted.

Embarrassed and annoyed, he was about to reply something, but Woody had already turned around and didn't wait for him to reply.

Damn the guys!

Wait!

I'll be back later!

I scolded secretly in my heart, but I was not angry at all.

The cheers continued, and Woody's ball blew up the entire Heat bench, and Haslem was so excited that he had to watch them, for fear that if they accidentally crossed the sideline, it would be bad to eat a technical foul.

They were all so excited, let alone the Miamins who were there.

Woody opened with a violent dunk, which made them go straight to the high point!

They are already waiting for the "live party" after this game!

The Warriors counterattacked.

The ball goes to Jason Richardson, the absolute heart of the team at the moment.

As the "dunk king" of the NBA All-Star "Slam Dunk Contest" in the 02~03 season, Jason Richardson is known for his explosive physical fitness.

It's just that his offensive ability with the ball is not too good.

What he is better at is that he makes direct jump shots.

For example, in this round, Claxton gave him the ball, he dribbled forward, and when he got to the three-point line, he jumped up and shot, and he shot a mid-to-long-range jumper.

The arc of the ball was not bad, but unfortunately it slammed into the inside of the basket and bounced out again.

At the same time as he made his move, Dampier squeezed Grant behind him and built up his legs, ready to grab the board.

The whole process was so easy that he felt ......

That's too easy, right?

There is always an illusion that the other party deliberately let him succeed in the card position.

It wasn't until the ball popped off the basket and he was ready to jump up to grab the rebound that he realized it wasn't an illusion.

The other party deliberately let him get stuck in the position.

Then, when the ball was about to jump out, he suddenly increased the intensity of the confrontation, and this time it came down suddenly, and Dampier couldn't get past Grant when he jumped up, causing him to watch Woody protect the rebound in front of him.

This is......

Hit the match, huh?

It turned out to be such a routine!

Dampier thought he wouldn't be fooled next time.

Woody, who could grab the rebound, quickly pushed the counterattack with the ball.

The five people on the court of the Heat team were stunned and ran out of the galloping momentum, which shows the ferocity of the Heat's offensive and defensive conversion situation.

The Warriors also showed their basic qualities as 13th in the West:

Completely unable to keep up with this wave of counteroffensive of the Heat!

The Heat scored another goal.

Once again, it was the Warriors' turn to attack, and Dampier was still decisive this time, and Jason Richardson's shot was delayed by Jones this time, and he did not force the shot, but gave the ball to Dunleavy on the wing.

The Duke pitcher is averaging 11.7 points per game this season and, as the third pick in the first round last season, is known for his accuracy.

It's just that as soon as he got the ball, Woody blocked in front of him, reached out to interfere, didn't give a little space to shoot, he dribbled the ball and transferred, and the ball was in Richardson's hands again.

"Dunk King" cut the basket in the air and made a layup.

The angle is bigger!

There was a "clang" sound.

Grant repeated his old tricks, but this time Dampier was on guard, and he made a fierce effort to successfully push away Grant behind him.

Pregnant......

Right?

Dampier looked up at the moment Grant pushed it away, looking at the basketball above his head, he was very confident, until he caught a glimpse of Woody rushing over, and he suddenly felt a little weaker.

"Smack!"

He immediately picked up the speed of his power and hugged the ball.

But the ball that was about to be touched was slapped to the rebound by the other hand.

This rookie mobility!

Dampier was a little staggered.

Woody is defending Dunleavy!

It's like saying that he came back from the three-point line.

Even if it's a small forward, this speed is too exaggerated, right?

But in the next second, another scene that made Dampier staggered happened......

Woody came from behind and touched the ball first.

This guy landed on the ground at about the same time as him, he had just accumulated strength on his feet, and before he could bend his knees, he had already risen into the air, and the whole person ran to the rebound.

I reported that someone was wearing "stretch shoes"!

No......

Can someone's "second jump" really be so fast?

Dampier also fought against Rodman, but after all, it was an elderly Rodman, which gave Dampier more feelings, because this "flower worm" was too dirty, and all kinds of small actions.

Woody is different.

This round completely relied on the perverted physical fitness to crush him!

Successfully protected the second rebound, Woody still played the same offensive routine, winning the rebound and playing the fast break.

Fortunately, Warriors head coach Eric Musselman on the sidelines reacted quickly enough, and after seeing Woody jump faster than Dampier on the second jump, he immediately urged the Warriors to hurry back to defense.

It's just that Dampier still doesn't give up and wants to try to grab it.

As a result, as soon as he jumped, Woody had already landed, and taking the ball was a fast break.

The Heat are most familiar with the rhythm.

The Warriors have been quick to return to defense at the urging of their head coach.

But it was only 4 people who defended back.

The Heat played 4 5 in the frontcourt, running the ball smoothly, and dismantling the Warriors' defensive formation with three hits and five divisions, Wade received a pass from Woody and scored on the frame.

That's when Dampier returned to the basket......

But Woody felt he was back just in time, just in time to serve!

"This should be what you do best, right?"

Woody graciously tossed the ball to him.

Dampier had a big temper and threw the ball back to Woody.

I don't want your balls!

Woody saw that Dampier was angry and passed the ball back again.

Dampier got the ball and threw it back for Woody.

Woody's stubbornness also came up, and he threw the ball towards Dampier again......

Claisketon, who was about to catch the ball next to him, looked confused.

Dampier was about to throw the ball at Woody again, but the referee next to him stopped him in time.

The ability is not big, and the temper is not small.

The Miami people at the scene weren't used to him, and the loud boos filled Dampier's eardrums, making him even more upset.

Such a start was something he didn't expect.

No, I've got to respond to one!

Thinking about it, Dampier's movement on the offensive end was also very different from the first two rounds.

In the first two rounds, he went to the basket and focused on grabbing the board, but in this round, he obviously had a desire to catch the ball.

This was not only seen by the Warriors players, but also by the Heat, who glanced at each other without a trace, and the entire defensive formation quietly shrunk a little.

As long as the Warriors dare to put the ball in Dampier's hand, they will definitely form a basket in no time.

Warriors ......

How dare you give!

In the first two rounds, the Warriors failed to score from the outside, and it is time for someone else to try it out.

Dampier isn't the Warriors' offensive core, but he's averaging 12.3 points per game and is the Warriors' third-leading scorer.

What he does best is to stand up to defenders, take two steps to the front of the basket, use his height and reach, and force a layup.

Facing Grant, who is only 2.06 meters tall, tonight, the success rate of this move should be very high.

It's passed!

The next second the ball got stuck in Dampier under the basket, it reached his hand.

Dampier was unequivocal about the ball, and he actually noticed that the Heat's entire formation was slowly shrinking, so he had to attack the frame as soon as possible, otherwise he really didn't have a chance.

He quickly walked with the ball against Grant to get close to the basket, and then quickly turned around, but when he raised his hand to put the basket, he suddenly stopped.

But Woody was seen flying over his head.

Really!

I knew it!

Dampier, who was afraid of Woody's ability to assist in defense, kept an eye on this ball when he was ready to attack it himself, and when he shot later, he must make a feint.

I'm shaking it!

Damn rookie!

This time it's really ......

"Smack!"

Dampier struck firmly, already in his head organizing trash talk to humiliate Woody for a while.

But the ball hadn't flown out of his hand yet.

Woody, who was dangling by him, appeared in front of him again and slapped the ball directly out of the three-point line......

What the hell is this......

What a monster!

(End of chapter)