Chapter 596 Dazhi and Alian

Wang Zhizhi received the ball, and the real touch of the basketball made the veteran surge with infinite pride and excitement at this moment.

You know, when he first went to the NBA in the Mavericks, Nowitzki was his substitute!

But in just half a season, this relationship has completely reversed.

Is it because of the NBA's suppression?

No, if the Mavericks wanted to suppress him, they would not sign him with a high draft pick, and they would not have planned to let Nowitzki be his substitute for Wang Zhizhi from the beginning.

It was because his performance after entering the NBA was too poor. The reason was that when he left Longguo to enter the NBA, he was entangled with a series of negative things such as the high asking price of the CBA parent team and certain rigid conditions of the Basketball Association. He was entangled in these trivial matters and could not calm down, so that he wasted his most critical six months of improvement time.

Coupled with the later success of Yao Ming and Lin Dong, the Longguo audience completely forgot about him, and the NBA also thought that he had completely lost his value and abandoned him.

He had lost all hope. If it weren't for Lin Dong pulling him to Mobis, if it weren't for Lin Dong's training and reuse of him in Mobis in the past two years, Wang Zhizhi could hardly imagine what he was doing now. He would either be rotting in the CBA or maybe he had already retired.

But now, he has become an All-Star player in La Liga, and also the No. 5 player in the national team. He stood in front of those NBA players who had crushed him with this national team, and swore to fight with them to the death!

Everyone in this team has different dreams and goals.

Lin Dong may be for this nation, Yao Ming may be for historical status, Zhu Fangyu is for money and future, Chen Jianghua is for pure basketball dream... and what about himself?

A gleam of light flashed in Wang Zhizhi's eyes, and he suddenly jumped up on the spot, holding the ball with both hands, and smashed the basketball into the empty basket.

Maybe it's to prove himself!

Prove that he was abandoned by the team not because he was useless, but just because he took the wrong path.

To prove that I am no worse than those NBA players who have crushed me!

What they can do, I can do, we can do, and even do better than them!

Boom!

The basket was buzzed by Wang Zhizhi's dunk, and the backboard trembled violently. The 214-centimeter big man was hanging on the basket and roared angrily.

"Must win!"

After all, he is the first Dragon player to land in the NBA, and he was once the No. 1 player in Dragon basketball.

The exciting sound waves accompanied by violent abuse of the frame seemed to announce the return of the former Dragon King to all the audiences who had forgotten him.

The entire Wukesong Arena was slightly peaceful under the shock of the veteran's bloody outburst, but only two or three seconds later, accompanied by the jumping numbers on the electronic scoreboard.

16:8, the score continued to expand.

Wang Zhizhi's "must win" ignited the quiet crowd like a prairie fire.

——Must win! Must win! Dragon Country will win!

It is impossible to defend. The core of Dragon Country's offense seems to be Lin Dong and Yao Ming. When they are together, they can form an invincible pick-and-roll. When one of them is not there, the other can also organize an offensive system with themselves as the core.

It seems that all the offensive tactics of Dragon Country are developed around these two people. As long as they are locked up, it will be fine.

But in fact, it is just because the halo of these two people is too dazzling that people ignore that this Dragon Country team is actually a completely inseparable whole.

If you don't guard Lin Dong and Yao Ming heavily, then you can't defend the pick-and-roll cooperation of the two strongest basketball players on the earth.

But if you pay too much attention to Lin Dong and Yao Ming's offense, and send a two-on-one or three-on-two lineup to lock and limit them, then it is time for other people in Dragon Country to play a role.

In the past two years, Lin Dong has made their outside players into 3D players like Rukawa Kaede.

Not only can they participate in the rhythm of rotation defense on the defensive end, but also use the team strength and the upgraded second-tier rotation defense of Longguo to limit your offense, so that these players who were originally only NBA substitutes can play the role of All-Stars or even above. What's more, they all have accurate 3-pointers.

In this case, with Yao Ming as the main force and Lin Dong's omnipotence, they are not afraid of fighting a positional war with you!

At the same time, Chen Jianghua and Xu Yong, who just came up at the No. 3 position, are another sharp weapon for them. They are young, have strong impact, burst, and endurance!

With the speed of these two people, plus Lin Dong's dispatch and occasional bursts, the Longguo team has a top-notch counterattack speed. Their defense and counterattack fast break are not only stronger than the US team, but even stronger than the Supersonics in their peak era!

After all, apart from Lin Dong, the Supersonics had no other absolute speed type. Whether it was the elderly Payton or the defensive stalwarts such as Sakuragi Hanamichi and Iguodala, speed was not their best at the time.

The offense of this Dragon Country team is simply impeccable, and with their rhythm and lineup changes, they can switch between positional warfare and running and gunning at any time.

Adding the advantage of the home court, the will of the Olympics at home, and the expectations of more than one billion people behind the Dragon Country team, all of these have invisibly increased the strength of the Dragon Country team, enough to make all their opponents feel at a loss. Even the American team, which is known as the strongest in history, cannot limit them.

Lao K frowned tightly. He really didn't expect that Dragon Country has become so strong.

Now, we can only hope for the offense of the American team. As long as we can hold on to the score, we can seek changes in the long 40-minute game. After all, the individual strength of the American team's super giants is stronger and the bench depth is deeper. As long as the Dragon Country players begin to get tired, even if they can change the lineup at that time, some lineups will not be able to play their power because of limited physical strength. Then they can use the depth of the American team's lineup to...

When thinking of this, Lao K couldn't help but feel a little sad and scared.

When did the American team, composed of all NBA super giants, only hope to turn the tables by relying on the depth of the lineup?

While Lao K was thinking this, the American team made another mistake.

At this time, Yao Ming was not on the court. Facing the rotation and double-teaming of the Dragon Team and the threat from Lin Dong, all the players of the American team, including Lao K, undoubtedly thought of the same thing: using Duncan's advantage under the basket to play the success rate.

It's not that Durant can't force a one-on-two, it's not that Anthony and Kobe can't pull out a space where Lin Dong can't defend one-on-two, and it's not that Wade can't force Xu Yong, but compared to these, using Duncan to force a quasi-All-Star Yi Jianlian under the basket will be more cost-effective and sure.

However, what the Americans can think of, the Dragons can also think of, not to mention that there is a basketball god in the Dragon Team who seems to have the eyes of God!

Wade passed a high lob to Duncan, and the latter received the ball steadily, while Yi Jianlian tried his best to block it.

Duncan tried to force it, after all, no matter in terms of strength, basket skills, etc., he has an absolute advantage over Yi Jianlian.

At this time, he came up with a tough back-to-back defense. The top-level back-to-back technique was enough to squeeze out 99.9% of the inside players in the world.

In fact, as long as he put on a back-to-back posture, most centers could actually give up defense.

But what surprised Duncan was that the Dragon Country power forward behind him didn't intend to give up!

At this time, Yi Jianlian held his hands in front of his chest and supported himself with his legs backwards. The moment Duncan exerted force backwards, he also puffed up his cheeks and pushed forward with all his strength.

Facing an inside monster like Duncan, it is not easy for any center in the world to resist. Even a body like Yao Ming would find it difficult to resist. I am afraid that only O'Neal, who has gained more than 300 pounds after wantonly gaining weight, can easily resist.

But what about Yi Jianlian? He is just a power forward!

In terms of strength and level, he is at least two levels lower than Duncan.

But so what?

——Alian, if Yao Ming is not on the court, you are the inside defensive pillar of the Dragon Country team!

——When Dayao is not here, I will rely on you. No matter who wants to force the inside line, they will have to pay the price!

——Don't forget, you have the strongest teammates in the world around you, and as long as you can stop them for a while, Lin Dong's support will definitely arrive! Come on!

Bang!

The huge impact force was transmitted from Duncan. Although it was just a short-distance force, it made Yi Jianlian feel like being hit by a truck.

Even if he held his hands in front of his chest, the impact made his bones all over his body feel a little broken in the tremor, and his upper body was uncontrollably leaning back in the collision, but...

Hold on!

A ball of fire burned in Yi Jianlian's eyes, his lips were tightly bitten, and his cheeks were puffed up, and he didn't even intend to take another breath.

There was no way to breathe. At this time, breathing was equivalent to losing breath, which was equivalent to losing the defense!

He forced his left leg back, endured the pain of his whole body falling apart, and swallowed the force that pushed back.

Yi Jianlian's body seemed to stop at the moment of leaning back, and then he tried his best to accumulate strength for the second time.

The opponent will not end here. It's nothing to resist once. There will be a second and third blow!

At this time, Duncan, who hit him, was also pushed back by the reaction force between them. He could feel the will of the guy behind him trying to resist him, and he could also feel the huge power erupting from that relatively thin body, making the guy stand like a wall, and he couldn't force it directly.

But, after all, he was just a big forward!

With Duncan's experience, he could feel the difference in strength between them in just this collision. Although the opponent pushed him back with his unyielding will, his center of gravity had been lost. Even if he could barely stand, his whole body would probably be in pain like falling apart.

For any normal person, this time would be the end of his strength. As long as he took the second blow...

Duncan didn't know what mercy was. As soon as his body stabilized, he digested the reaction force and immediately exerted force for the second time.

But unexpectedly...

Bang!

The guy who should have lost his balance and was in pieces in Duncan's eyes, actually burst out with unimaginable fighting spirit and strength in this rush, holding his hands on his chest and pushing back again, and the force of the push back was not weaker than before!

After the violent collision, the two were evenly matched again, and Duncan was also surprised.

The world's No. 1 center was actually blocked by a power forward... Duncan thought that his opponent was Yao Ming, but he never thought that an unknown thin power forward could actually block him twice in a row under the basket.

At this time, he was bounced back by the reaction force again, and he tried his best to block twice, but he couldn't make a single step forward!

If it was Yao Ming or O'Neal who blocked Duncan at this time, Duncan might not be so angry, and he would definitely choose a tactical retreat and back-up. His mid-range shot is also one of the most stable means.

But he was facing a power forward from Dragon Country...

Duncan didn't think much, and almost instinctively organized a third block!

After blocking Duncan's two waves of power, Yi Jianlian's whole face felt red, not only congested, but even his brain began to feel a lack of oxygen.

Yi Jianlian's cheeks finally couldn't hold back the breath anymore, and he let it out in one breath.

Huh! Huh! Huh!

Yi Jianlian could hear his heavy breathing and even feel his heartbeat that was beating violently because of the excessive explosion.

However, Duncan seemed to be just playing normally. The third wave of attack was approaching again like a torrent of water...

Tired? Out of breath?

When he was on the training ground, he never sat down. When others trained, he trained with them. When others sat down to rest, he jogged to rest!

In terms of endurance, even Lin Dong may not be better than him!

In terms of will, he will never lose to any other player on this planet!

He is not Lin Dong and Dayao. He does not have so many so-called righteousness for the country and the people.

He is not Chen Jianghua. He got in touch with basketball purely because of his tall stature and excellent physical condition, not just personal interests and hobbies.

He does not have the "dream of enjoying life" that middle-class children like Zhu Fangyu imagine. He does not have the dream of making money and popularity, and finally opening a bar and nightclub.

He only has a simple sentence that his father told him on the phone last night before the game.

The father who was silent on the phone for at least several minutes said only five words at that time.

——Alian, don't lose!

He was born in poverty. Although his father was once an athlete, he was only a handball player with no commercial value in Longguo, and he had not yet made a name for himself. In the end, he became a postman. Later, when the post office gradually withdrew from the stage of history, he was even unemployed for a time...

His father did not give him too much material wealth. Even the simplest few pairs of sneakers for training, his father had to save for a long time to afford them.

However, his father gave him the most spiritual wealth.

His father's fighting spirit as an athlete, that kind of will to never give up, has been engraved in his bones since he was a child!

People in the Yi family admit everything, but they don't admit defeat!

Alian, don't lose!