Chapter 355: Overwhelming
Dwyane Wade was unmoved by Yang Mo's helplessness. Ever since LeBron James whispered in his ear last season, he felt that Yang Mo was a hypocrite who said one thing in front of him and another behind his back. This is also the reason why the two of them are drifting further and further apart. Dwyane Wade no longer trusts Yang Mo. No matter what Yang Mo says, he will have a psychological presupposition that is in opposition to it. In this way, it would be strange if the two of them didn't have a grudge.
Yang Mo no longer cared about Wade's continued lack of understanding. It was like this anyway, so let him do whatever he wanted. Just forget about winning tonight.
When Larry Hughes brought the ball to the front court, Yang Mo immediately reached out to take possession of the ball. As soon as he received the ball, Wade quickly stuck to him and said provocatively, "Stinky boy, if you have the guts, don't call a pick-and-roll. I want to see how you can get past me and break through my defense."
Yang Mo was not a person who liked to play tricks, but he was also looking for a stronger opponent to test his hard training during the offseason. So, he stretched out his hand and gestured to Jeffries who was preparing to come up behind him, meaning that he should run over and not come up for pick-and-roll.
When Jeffries saw this gesture, he immediately stepped back and took the initiative to run. It must be said that Jeffries was reborn after that slap, and his attitude on the court was basically a world apart from before. Isaiah Thomas, who was sitting in the VIP room watching the game, saw that Jeffries' attitude had changed to this, and directly crossed him off the trading list. If he continues with this attitude, he will definitely become an important role in the future championship lineup. Because, if you want to win the championship, you can never leave this kind of defensive stalwart.
While Jeffries was actively moving, Yang Mo also slowly bent down, lowered his center of gravity, and slowly changed direction in front of his body. His movements were very slow. But Dwyane Wade, who was standing opposite him, felt a great threat. He had played against Yang Mo in team training before, and even often gave Yang Mo instructions on how to break through with the ball. But he had never felt as much pressure as he did now.
This was a familiar yet unfamiliar feeling that made him dare not attack rashly and he could only choose to defend passively.
Yang Mo bent over and dribbled the ball slowly for four or five seconds. Just when Wade was getting used to this rhythm, suddenly... Yang Mo suddenly moved up and rushed to the left with the ball. Wade subconsciously stepped back. At this moment, Yang Mo dribbled the ball to the right. Wade immediately changed the direction of defense, but he kept his center of gravity steady and was not fooled.
Wade is an old hand at breakthroughs. To him, Yang Mo's tentative moves are not considered too advanced.
But at this moment... Snap!
Wade only felt a gust of cold wind blowing through his crotch. Before he could react, Yang Mo had already rushed past him. At the same time, the entire Madison Square Garden erupted in enthusiastic cheers. Instantly, Wade understood what was going on: crotch penetration! It was actually crotch penetration!
Wade had never expected Yang Mo to perform such a juggling move on him. He thought that since he could take care of both sides, Yang Mo would definitely not be able to break through him this time. However, he overlooked the middle. Generally speaking, no one would use the crotch-penetrating move in a formal competition because it was too difficult and would attract too much hatred.
But Yang Mo did just that, and succeeded. Therefore, he successfully ignited the enthusiasm of Madison Square Garden, and everyone was cheering and screaming.
After breaking through Wade's defense with a crotch pass, Yang Mo did not continue to rush into the penalty area, but instead made a clean mid-range shot...swish!
The basketball went into the net, and Isaiah Thomas in the VIP room shook his fist hard: Yes!
This move was what he repeatedly asked Yang Mo to practice. Although it was an extremely simple mid-range shot, it was also the most difficult killer move. It looked ordinary, but in fact it was the most lethal offensive method. Especially in today's league, all teams' defensive attention is outside the three-pointer and in the paint area, and the vast space in the middle is actually the defensive hollow area. Therefore, the mid-range shot is definitely the most silent and deadly killer move.
After Yang Mo made the shot, amid the cheers of the audience, he turned around and looked at Dwyane Wade, and asked quietly: "Hey, Dwyane, didn't you say that I couldn't get past you without a pick-and-roll?"
"Don't be so complacent. I'll get back at you." Wade gritted his teeth and responded viciously.
"Don't worry, I won't let you pass the ball through my crotch." Yang Mo smirked and said, "If you don't believe me, how about we make a bet?"
Of course Wade would not gamble with Yang Mo, because the crotch pass is an unexpected move. When the defender is consciously defending, it is too difficult to get a crotch pass, and almost every time he gets a crotch pass, there is a mistake.
It has to be said that Yang Mo is too cunning. He always finds unexpected tricks to get his business, which makes people grit their teeth but helpless. When Wade was a teammate with Yang Mo before, he didn't think Yang Mo was hateful. Now that the two of them are fighting on their own, they immediately feel that Yang Mo is difficult to deal with, and at the same time understand LeBron James' resentment. It's really... a headache to be an opponent with such a guy.
Back in the half court, Wade immediately took the basketball from Mario Chalmers. However, Yang Mo did not play a one-on-one game with him, but called Larry Hughes and Jeffries to double-team him.
Yang Mo alone was difficult to deal with, and with Larry Hughes and Jeffries, Wade was no match for him. He quickly passed the ball to Chalmers, who shot immediately after receiving it... Bang! He missed the shot because he didn't adjust the shot well!
After Milicic grabbed the rebound, he immediately passed it to Larry Hughes. Larry Hughes took the ball and was about to speed up, but Yang Mo quickly signaled him to slow down and everyone started positional offense.
While running back to the half court, Wade said to Yang Mo with endless resentment: "You are so insidious. Why don't you dare to challenge me one-on-one?"
"Because I can't defend you!" Yang Mo said very frankly: "I can't defend you by myself, so of course I have to call on my teammates for help. Basketball is a sport for five people."
Yang Mo's words were flawless, but Wade still felt cheated. Why did you turn around and ask two big men to double-team me when I was defending you alone?
Wade felt that he had been deceived and wronged.
But Yang Mo didn't think so. In his opinion, if your opponent lets you punch him, would you just punch him stupidly? Of course you would just hit him randomly and win first!
"LeBron is right. You are indeed a sinister and cunning person." After feeling wronged for a while, Dwyane Wade suddenly seemed to see through everything. He said to Yang Mo with an extremely angry expression, "I was wrong about you before."
If Dwyane Wade had said this in other situations, Yang Mo would have explained it. But on the court, he didn't want to say more, so he remained silent.
Yang Mo didn't respond because he didn't want to be distracted by explaining this matter on the court, but in Dwyane Wade's mind, Yang Mo acquiesced to this matter. Suddenly, the little bit of good impression he had left on Yang Mo was completely destroyed.
Yang Mo didn't know what Wade was thinking. As soon as he returned to the half court, he actively operated the half court offense. Under his command, a strange lineup began to play well. The ball was passed back and forth between the five players to find shooting points. The offense was dense and patient, quite like the style of the Spurs.
D'Antoni, who was watching all this, was amazed. He had originally changed the lineup with the intention of letting Yang Mo play casually. But he didn't expect Yang Mo to play with all his tricks. The cooperation between the players didn't seem like the first practice at all. It felt like a tacit understanding that they had played basketball for a lifetime.
In fact, the reason for this is very simple. All five players are selfless and have no distractions. Larry Hughes is a player of system warfare, Jeffries's attitude is more academic than that of an academic, Chandler played college basketball for four years, Milicic was a waste of talent, but the team spirit brought to him by European basketball has been deeply rooted in his bones. Coupled with Yang Mo's extraordinary overall view, it is difficult for this lineup not to produce a good chemical reaction.
The Heat were originally a bunch of half-baked players who couldn't even defend against fast breaks. Now the Knicks were using this high-end, sophisticated half-court tactics. How could they resist? In less than ten passes, Chalmers got an open shot opportunity... Bang!
Chalmers missed an open shot, but Milicic, who was under the basket, reached out and tapped the basketball into the basket at the right time.
"Well done! Great!" Yang Mo couldn't help but cheer loudly for her two teammates.
If these four guys can continue to play like this, Yang Mo will definitely not be willing to trade them. Because they are the only possibility to beat teams like the Celtics and Spurs. Relying on running and gunning? Dream on!
Yang Mo originally wanted to try out some tactics, but he didn't expect that these five people got into the game right away.
When a set of half-court tactics was in place, wouldn't it be a clean and neat stranglehold on the weak Heat? Wade wanted to save the Heat, but unfortunately, his power alone was limited. At the end of the second quarter, the Heat had expanded their lead to 35 points. Basically, the only suspense of this game was whether the Knicks could pull the point difference to more than 60 points.
In fact, the Heat's morale had already disappeared as the score gap continued to widen.
Before the game, it was said that this game was the ultimate PK between two bad teams, but the actual situation was that the Knicks unilaterally strangled the Heat. This almost broke everyone's glasses, including the Knicks fans.
Knicks fans couldn't imagine that their team would suddenly become so strong. Their impression was still that the Knicks were a perennially bad team. They didn't even have any expectations for the Knicks' new season because they felt that Yang Mo was simply not good enough.
However, after this game, they had to change their mind. Because Yang Mo's joining directly turned the Knicks from a scattered army into a regular army. Although there are flaws in the lineup, and although there are deficiencies and bloatedness in the personnel configuration, it is still enough to slaughter the bad teams in the league. And most importantly, this team finally has hope. Even if they don't wait for LeBron James in 2010, there is hope!
At the beginning of the third quarter, D'Antoni switched back to his run-and-gun lineup. But it didn't matter anymore, because the Heat were already giving up the game. Except for Wade, all the players were thinking: When will the game end? Why hasn't it ended yet?
In the end, the Heat defeated the visiting Heat 125:78.
This gimmicky game ended with Yang Mo's perfect comeback. After the game, Yang Mo tried to find Wade to shake his hand, but Wade refused and walked straight into the locker room with a stern face.
Yang Mo was a little embarrassed about this, but finally gave a bitter smile, then turned around and walked towards her locker room.
At the same time, TNT was commentating on the game.
"I originally thought that this would be a evenly matched game, but the result is: the Knicks slaughtered the Heat. From the first minute of the game, the Knicks always took the initiative and continued to expand their lead. In the entire 48 minutes of the game, the Heat did not lead at any time. It can be said that the Heat this season does not see any hope. Their only hope is to be elected the team with the worst record this year. Of course, in the competition for the 2010 No. 1 pick, they will be far ahead of other players. To be honest, I really don't know why Pat Riley made the decision to buy out Super Yang. Even if Super Yang saw no hope of recovery from his injury at the time, his strength, his experience, and his control over the entire team were definitely worth a midfield contract. Is the Heat afraid of exceeding the luxury tax? But their salary is only about 40 million?" Collins said helplessly.
"Pat Riley is a fool, there is no need to analyze him. But Super Yang proved with this game that he has the ability to bring the Knicks to the peak. And the talk about him becoming a useless man can stop, have you ever seen a useless man score 28 points and 11 rebounds in an NBA game? Finally, what I want to say is that in the entire Knicks, Jeffries is actually Super Yang's best partner. On the offensive end, he can do the best and most timely , and on the defensive end he can also actively understand Super Yang's defensive intentions and use the most accurate defense to stifle the opponent's offense. This is something I couldn't believe before the game." Charles Barkley concluded.
"Dear viewers , please don't be misled by the game. The Knicks are not as strong as they say. The Knicks just defeated a super bad team that had no fighting spirit, no offensive power, and no defensive ability, that's all." Kenny Smith very calmly gave a cooling shot to the fanatical Knicks fans.
"Yes, the Knicks are not as good as we say, but they are definitely not as bad as some people say. Also, everyone must remember to watch the Lakers vs. Knicks game, because you will soon find that an ugly man will lick a handsome man's sexy buttocks." Charles Barkley said meanly: "By the way, do you think Emma Watson will have dinner with tonight's MVP Mr. Super Yang after the game?"
