Chapter 342: Overwhelming the Audience
Time ticked by, and finally came the much-anticipated Asian Championship final. The tension of this game reached its climax because of the verbal battle between Yang Mo and Haddadi before the game. The stadium, which could only accommodate 10,000 people, was packed with nearly 15,000 spectators. The whole scene was a sea of red, with great momentum, like a devil's home court.
The stadium was overloaded with more than 5,000 people, and the number of viewers in front of the TV was incredible. The ratings of CCTV Sports Channel, which was responsible for broadcasting this event, directly reached an all-time high. This was five minutes before the game started. When the official game started, it was very likely to reach a viewership share of more than 40%. This was likely to become the program with the highest viewership share besides the news broadcast. I dare not say that there will be no one who can surpass me, but there was definitely no one who could surpass me before me.
If the normal audience share of the Asian Championships is 5% or at most 10%, then... the remaining 20 to 30 % are all for watching Super Yang's first show in China. In the past, everyone watched Yang Mo play on the other side of the ocean through TV broadcasts, and now, finally... he is wearing the national team's uniform and playing at home. The audience who have been whetted their appetite will of course watch it with all their strength, and the main audience group paying attention to Yang Mo is not just basketball fans, but also crazy entertainment fans.
When Yang Mo appeared in the stadium, the whole audience immediately shouted like a tsunami: Super Yang! Super Yang! Super Yang!
After hearing this, Yang Mo couldn't help but feel as if she was in another world, and even had tears in her eyes. She was so moved. Even though these people's English wasn't very standard, Yang Mo was moved by this. This was what it was like to be brothers and sisters!
Before the game started, when the national anthem was played and more than 10,000 people in the stadium sang in unison, Yang Mo couldn't hold back his tears again. He had heard enough of the American national anthem in the NBA, and now he could finally sing to the flag of his own country openly.
After the national anthem was played, the game officially began.
The starting lineups of the Iranian team were Haddadi, Afagh, Karini, Bahrami and Sahakin, while the starting lineups of the Chinese team were Yi Jianlian, Yang Mo, Zhu Fangyu, Sun Yue and Liu Wei.
In this lineup, Yang Mo is still the power forward. In a sense, this is a lineup with one point guard and four forwards.
However, before going on stage, Yang Mo said to Liu Wei: "I will be the main controller later."
"You?" Liu Wei was a little surprised. He had seen Yang Mo's games and knew that Yang Mo was an inside player.
"Yes, me." Yang Mo nodded and answered with certainty: "Just give the ball to me."
"Well, okay." Liu Wei nodded and agreed with the attitude of giving it a try.
When the two players shook hands before the game, Yang Mo walked up to Haddadi and asked with disdain, "My new contract is 50 million US dollars. What about you?"
Yang Mo's words were clearly aimed at Haddadi's previous statement that Yang Mo was a useless player and could not get any offer from any team. At that time, he thought that Yang Mo would definitely not be able to return to the NBA. In the end, reality gave a big slap in the face. The Knicks used a 50 million US dollar contract to entice Yang Mo. And he is still the rubbish player sitting on the bench with a minimum salary.
"This contract will soon be proven to be a garbage contract," Haddadi responded in his thick Iranian-accented English.
"Really?" Yang Mo sneered, then held up five fingers to him: "Remember, I will dunk five times on your head tonight."
"Just you? This is the FIBA rule!" Haddadi replied with disdain.
"Whether it is the NBA rules or the FIBA rules, in my eyes, you are nothing but a poor reptile." Yang Mo said this contemptuously, walked aside quickly and took his position.
Let Yi Jianlian compete with him for the jump ball!
drop!
When the referee blew the whistle and threw the ball into the air, Haddadi and Yi Jianlian jumped at the same time. Yi Jianlian's bounce was better, but Haddadi was taller and had a stronger arm span, so... Haddadi still hooked the ball with his fingers first.
However, just as he was about to hit the basketball towards his own camp, a black shadow swept past like a tornado, snatched the basketball directly from behind his head, and then ran straight the front court.
When Haddadi turned around, he saw that Yang Mo, wearing the red No. 16 jersey, had rushed towards his penalty area with a basketball at the speed of thunder and lightning. Although Bahrami tried his best to catch up, he was completely outspeeded. In the end, he could only see Yang Mo flying into the penalty area, opening his body in mid-air, completing a fancy 360-degree turn, and then slamming the basketball into the basket... Boom!
When the basket roared, all the fans in the stadium immediately started shouting loudly. At the same time, there were wolves howling all over China.
This is so fucking awesome! This is our Chinese player, and this ball was dunked by a Chinese! So domineering! Fuck!
After Yang Mo landed after his dunk, he quickly ran all the way to the technical table, put his right hand on his ear, and asked loudly: "Friends from Tianjin, are you happy?"
Cool!
More than 15,000 Tianjin gentlemen responded to Yang Mo's questions with their powerful shouts.
At this moment, they were really enjoying themselves to the extreme.
At the same time, all Chinese fans shouted this word in their hearts: awesome! It's so fucking awesome! China finally has a player who can turn 360 degrees and dunk in an official game. At this moment, Yang Mo satisfied all Chinese fans' extravagant dreams of a top forward-guard swingman. His appearance is undoubtedly a shot in the arm for Chinese basketball fans, giving them reason to believe that in the post-Yao Ming era, Chinese basketball definitely has a reason to go further, and that reason is the unruly Super Yang!
At the same time, CCTV commentator Zhang said with trembling lips: "We can finally produce a superstar who can be compared with Kobe, Carter and Iverson. Yang Mo's ball fully reflects his physical fitness, the speed of a leopard, the strength of a black bear, and the judgment of an eagle. He is definitely a basketball genius that is rarely seen in the Chinese basketball world in a century."
After greeting the fans, Yang Mo quickly jumped down from the technical table. As soon as he jumped down, he hooked his finger at Haddadi and said disdainfully: "Boy, now you know why I can get a million-dollar annual salary, while you can only guard the water dispenser?"
Upon hearing this, Haddadi's eyes widened with anger.
At this time, the referee quickly came over to warn Yang Mo, signaling him not to do anything too outrageous, as this is the Asian Championships, not the NBA.
In response to the referee's warning, Yang Mo smiled slightly and quickly retreated to defend.
Back in the restricted area, Yang Mo said to Yi Jianlian: "Leave Haddadi to me, you pay attention to protecting the backcourt rebounds, understand?"
"Yeah. OK." Yi Jianlian nodded immediately. Haddadi was definitely a nightmare to him, because Yi Jianlian was completely unable to withstand the huge Haddadi, and his defensive skills were indeed not smart enough, so when the two were matched up, he basically let Haddadi do whatever he wanted.
Haddadi's strength is more than enough to beat Yi Jianlian, but when facing Yang Mo, he is just like a fly in the toilet, looking for death. Yang Mo is not afraid of O'Neal, so why should he be afraid of this pile of Iranian cow dung?
Haddadi returned to the penalty area and saw Yang Mo coming to push him. He was so stubborn that he dared to block Yang Mo to get the ball. Yang Mo didn't push him hard when he was blocked by him, but let him lean on him.
But just as he relaxed his vigilance and Carini passed the ball in, Yang Mo suddenly relaxed his force, and the huge and clumsy Haddadi immediately took half a step back. At the same time, Yang Mo quickly rushed out... and jumped directly to grab the basketball.
Then, he rushed to the front court at lightning speed. When he rushed to the three-point line, Bahrami tried to block and steal the ball. But unfortunately, this guy who is known as the best small forward in Asia was shaken by Yang Mo's high-speed emergency stop, and his head was completely tilted to the left. Yang Mo easily broke through his right side and continued to run to the front court.
Yang Mo's easy stop and change of direction and then quick breakthrough caused a burst of exclamations in the eyes of the fans: This ball dribbling is too awesome, isn't it? He actually passed the pressure so easily, much more reliable than those point guards. Who dares to say that Yang Mo is not good at dribbling?
At the same time, Michael Jordan, who had been paying close attention to Yang Mo, was watching the game on the Internet, but when he saw Yang Mo's breakthrough, he couldn't help but frowned: Isaiah Thomas?
Others may not understand Thomas's technical style, but Jordan, who was suppressed by him for six years, knows it very well. Yang Mo's move is obviously a classic passing move of Isaiah Thomas. How could he copy it perfectly? And it is even more tricky and sharper than Thomas's.
After Yang Mo passed Bahrami, his speed did not slow down, but became even faster. Carini chased him all the way, but he was left behind by at least three positions just after crossing the midline. In the end, he could only watch Yang Mo rush into the penalty area at lightning speed and make a windmill dunk.
Yang Mo's dunk once again brought the atmosphere to a climax.
There is no doubt that Yang Mo's personal strength is overwhelming in Asian-level competitions. Although he is called an idol in the NBA, he is the ace of aces in Asia. There is no player in Iran who can match his speed. When Yang Mo is fully accelerated, you only need to do one thing, stop and enjoy the dunk!
drop!
The Iranian head coach decisively requested a timeout. Two consecutive dunks at the start not only disrupted his pre-match plan, but also caused a serious crisis in the confidence of the Iranian players. Yang Mo's sudden appearance made them wonder, "Am I playing basketball with the devil? I can't defend against him at all!"
When the Iranian coach requested a timeout, the CCTV reporter on the sidelines didn't care about the rules and asked loudly, "Yang Mo, are you trying to tell the Iranians that this is our territory ?"
"Yes." Yang Mo nodded, and added: "A general in the Han Dynasty once said that anyone who openly violates the majesty of the Han Dynasty will be punished even if he is far away. Now, the Iranians dare to show off their power at our doorstep. Then, we can only beat them so that they will never dare to mention the word champion again. I came to Tianjin tonight just for two words: conquer!"
