Chapter 166 Switching Roles
"Yang Mo's defense just now was a bit too bullying. She caught the ball, gave it back, then stole the ball and gave it back again. Is this playing tricks ?" CCTV host Yang Jian said while holding back a smile. No matter what people from other countries say about Yang Mo, the Chinese people still firmly support Yang Mo's playing tricks on others in the NBA.
"I guess it might be Weaver who stimulated Yang Mo. I found through these few games that Yang Mo is a bit similar to Jordan. He will beat anyone who provokes him to death. In the first game, the Nets rookie Lopez was taught a lesson, and then it was Randolph. Later, against Garnett, he was helpless and left the court injured. In the previous game against the Bulls, he still pressed Noah and made Noah leave the court dejected. This is the aggressiveness we usually emphasize, and it is very good for basketball players to have this kind of aggressiveness. You see Jordan, Miller, Barkley, they all like Yang Mo very much and always speak for him. And the active Garnett and Duncan, they also think Yang Mo is good. Maybe this is the so-called mutual appreciation." Basketball commentator Zhang Weiping started chatting.
"I agree with Coach Zhang. Weaver must have offended Yang Mo. Otherwise, Hayes, Yao Ming and others would not have gone up to talk to Yang Mo. Weaver is really something. He doesn't mess with others, but he just messes with Yang Mo. Yang Mo beats those who provoke him to death without any mercy. Moreover, it is really difficult for Weaver to break through Yang Mo's defense. Yang Mo may not be able to defend those tall and strong inside players who can shoot, but he can defend a small guard like Weaver. First of all, his strength can suppress almost all the guards in the league, and his speed can keep up with more than 95% of the guards. Coupled with his pair of 2.18-meter long arms and excellent defensive awareness, Weaver really brought shame upon himself!" Su Qun also analyzed every detail, as if he had seen and heard it with his own eyes and ears.
"Players with Yang Mo's personality are rare in China, not to mention in the United States. Although Jordan and Kobe also like to teach players who provoke them a lesson, they have never done this. This is a slap in the face in front of the global audience." Yang Jian was a little worried about Yang Mo: "I heard that the media in the United States are not very friendly to foreign players like Yang Mo. Now, they have to seize this issue and make a big fuss."
"The American media love to do this kind of thing. Iverson was criticized a lot by them when he debuted. It was not until 2001 when Iverson won the regular season MVP and led the team to the finals that they criticized him less," said Coach Zhang.
"It is useless for the American media to just report negative news. I heard that Yang Mo's jersey sells better in the United States than Wade's. Yang Mo has a very good relationship with the New York rap superstar 50cent. They are close friends. Fifty Cent even wrote a song for him. Now the song is very popular in the United States. I heard that it has been nominated for the Grammy or MTV Awards. It is also because of this song that more and more young fans in the United States like Yang Mo and imitate his tone. Imitate his death block." Su Qun said happily: "Maybe you all don't believe it, but Yang Mo is more reliable than Confucius Institutes in conveying culture. He joined the NBA for only one month and has created two or three Chinese buzzwords, one is 'fuck' and the other is 'cool'. Now young kids on the streets of the United States often shout 'fuck' at the top of their lungs, or cover their ears and ask: 'Friends in Miami, are you cool?'"
Su Qun imitated the performance vividly, just like he was telling a crosstalk, which made the audience watching the show grin subconsciously. They thought it was so funny, and they really couldn't imagine the scene of black people and white people yelling and cursing.
Yang Mo's image has become more and more full because of the commentator's words. In this way, Chinese fans probably also know Yang Mo's situation in the United States. Anyway, for them , it's OK as long as Yang Mo is doing well in the United States. No one wants their own people to be bullied abroad.
While the domestic commentator spoke up for Yang Mo, Spoelstra criticized Yang Mo: "Yang, you can't do this anymore. It's not in line with sports ethics to treat your opponent like this."
Spoelstra said this, Yang Mo was very disappointed. He didn't expect that the head coach of the team would say such things to him. What do you mean by unsportsmanlike? Did I trip him up? Or did I hit him? All my actions were within the scope of the rules, so how could it be considered unsportsmanlike?
Yang Mo was disappointed, but she didn't argue with him. She simply ignored him and let him mutter.
After a while, the whistle sounded and the game continued.
The Rockets replaced him with Hyde, a very ordinary shooting guard, even more ordinary than Weaver.
Since the basketball was finally taken away by Hayes, the referee awarded the ball to the Rockets. Yang Mo had no objection to this. It was just a ball possession and they might not be able to score.
As expected by Yang Mo, the Rockets failed to score. However, Joey Dorsey grabbed the rebound again , and just as he jumped up to dunk, Yang Mo rushed over and slapped his ball out of bounds.
After Yang Mo blocked the shot expressionlessly, he pulled Haslem aside and said, "Keep an eye on Hyde for me. I'll defend the inside. We can't let this guy have his way."
Haslem nodded and quickly ran to stare at Hyde.
Although Haslem was still not convinced by Yang Mo off the court, he was still conscientious and obeyed Yang Mo's orders on the court. After all, he was still a straightforward person. If he was really scheming, he would not turn against Yang Mo in person. With his qualifications, if he chose to stab Yang Mo in the back, the success rate would definitely be much higher.
After Yang Mo made a simple switch with Haslem, he immediately stuck to Hayes and said, "You just took my ball, so don't even think about grabbing my rebound next time."
"That depends on your ability."
At this moment, Brooks took a three-point shot from the outside... bang!
The basketball hit the basket and bounced high. Hayes tried to get around Yang Mo's body and get a strong position, but Yang Mo locked him firmly behind him with both hands, not giving him a chance to move. When the basketball fell, Joey Dorsey rushed over and tried to grab it, but Yang Mo would never let him do that.
He let go of Hayes, twisted his hips and pushed hard, immediately knocking away the bear-like Dorsey, then jumped up and grabbed the rebound.
Although this backcourt rebound looks very easy, it is actually very difficult, because Yang Mo is equivalent to taking the basketball off in the gap between these two guys. However, Yang Mo enjoys this kind of confrontation very much. Compared with the outside shooting, he prefers the solid feeling of this muscle collision.
Therefore, after returning to the half court , he decisively went into the restricted area and changed his identity to that of an inside player. At the same time, he also reminded Mario Chalmers to slow down the tempo and play positional offense.
Yang Mo's idea was this: since everyone's shooting was not good now, he could use positional offense to slowly regain his touch. Anyway, with him in the interior, there was no need to worry about rebounds.
Bang!
Beasley's mid-range jump shot missed the basket. Yang Mo quickly moved forward, stretched out his hand and pushed the ball out with force, overpowering Dorsey. Beasley received the basketball and shot again...swish!
This time, Yang Mo was finally not disappointed.
Back in the half court, Hyde missed the shot. Yang Mo grabbed the rebound, passed the ball to Qian Moss, and slowly ran back to the half court at a slow pace, playing like a seasoned defensive team.
Bang! Haslem missed the mid-range shot, and Yang Mo scored the rebound again!
Haslem caught the ball and shot again, making it!
