Chapter 49: Accidental Injury
The game was suspended for 25 minutes, and the staff slowly replaced the backboard and basket before the game resumed.
It was the seventh minute and twenty seconds of the first quarter, the score was 12:18, and the Suns were leading by 6 points at home.
Wang Tiejun scored three points and got 6 points.
The Hornets attacked and Mourning retreated to ask for the ball.
After he attracted Wang Tiejun out, he suddenly turned around, bypassed the latter and entered the paint area. At this time, the ball came in, he received the ball and slammed it, overturning the Suns' basket.
"Prison escapee, wooden stake, perverted coolie, idiot, these are all synonyms for you." After succeeding, Mo Ning excitedly sprayed at Lao Wang.
"You can only be described as a wimp who got dunked by me." Lao Wang drove Morning crazy with just one sentence.
"Fuck you!"
You rode me and now you are humiliating me, are you still a human being? An angry Mo Ning rushed to Lao Wang and pushed him hard with both hands.
Lao Wang was pushed back half a step. When he was about to fight back, he was stopped by the referee who rushed in recklessly.
“Dog food!”
He cursed, pointed at Mo Ning and roared, "Coward, if you dare, fight me head-on."
"I'll wait for you." Mo Ning shouted harshly.
The two men came to the Suns' frontcourt cursing.
"Old K, knock his lungs out!"
Kevin Johnson was not afraid of trouble and threw the ball to Lao Wang in the low post on the left wing.
"Okay!" Lao Wang cheered.
“Puff!”
Barkley couldn't control himself and started laughing.
"Old K, hit him!"
All four Suns players moved away, smiling as they watched Lao Wang play one-on-one against Mourning in the low post.
"Hit him! Hit him..." The whole audience was shouting, cheering for Lao K.
"Shit!"
Mourning glared at Kevin Johnson angrily. This guy is not a good guy. All the members of the Suns are not good guys. They should all be arrested and put in jail.
"boom!"
Leaning over to dribble, Wang Tiejun began his back-to-the-basket shooting again.
Starting from the edge of the paint area and posting up is difficult for him since he does not have very good finishing skills near the basket, because if he encounters strong resistance, it will be difficult for him to get to the basket and complete the shot within three seconds.
"Bang! Bang!"
After two consecutive hits, the powerful Mourning fought desperately, using every bit of strength in his body, but was still pushed back by Lao Wang by two small steps, a distance of about 80 centimeters.
But at this time, more than a second had passed in the attack time, and he still had to advance at least one meter. He could not complete this distance without two hits.
“Bang!”
The third time, Wang Tiejun fought with all his strength. The ferocious force instantly broke the center of gravity that Morning was barely holding on to, and his defense collapsed.
"Hey!"
With an angry shout, Lao Wang turned around, stepped past Mourning and walked to the basket. He grabbed the basketball with his right hand, jumped up and was about to smash the basket.
"Don't even think about it!"
Having lost his defensive position , Mourning angrily grabbed Lao Wang's open left arm.
But Wang Tiejun's momentum was unstoppable. Even though his explosive power was far less abnormal than O'Neal's, he still jumped up with all his might.
"boom!"
Amid the loud sound of the ball hitting the basket, the basket frame was pulled down suddenly by the tremendous force and the tonnage of the two players.
"Oh yeah!"
There was a burst of exclamations at the America West Arena, and then it instantly turned into a boiling ocean.
"Softie, call for a double team, you can't stop me by yourself."
In a one-on-one match, Wang Tiejun was so excited that he could crush the No. 2 pick Alonso Mourning and started talking trash to the opponent.
"Never!"
The veins on Mo Ning's neck were exposed, and he pushed forward with his chest forcefully, his momentum was no less than that of Lao Wang.
"You have already done that, but you still can't stop me." Lao Wang said disdainfully.
"you?"
This was true, and Mo Ning was furious.
Next, Wang Tiejun took the free throw and actually made it. He had made 4 of 4 shots and 1 of 1 free throws, and scored 9 points in the first quarter.
But in retrospect, Mourning taught Wang Tiejun a lesson with a mid-range shot after retreating. In extreme anger, his condition was surprisingly good and his accuracy improved a lot.
"See, prison escapee, you'll never be able to make a shot like this." After succeeding, he sprayed at Lao Wang.
"I can only dunk on you, not shoot a soft jump shot." Lao Wang cursed.
"Shut up, Old K, and don't talk nonsense." Barkley and Kevin Johnson cursed at the same time.
"Uh, well, accidental injury, accidental injury."
Wang Tiejun touched his head, thinking that Barkley and the others were all good at jump shots, and this wimp had also scolded them.
After the next round, both sides made substitutions and the substitute lineup came on the court.
It was not until the 9th minute of the second quarter that Wang Tiejun came on the court again with the main lineup.
However, in the remaining three minutes, he did not get any offensive opportunities and only grabbed a backcourt rebound, and then the half ended.
In the second half, he came on from the start.
When he was in the low post on the left wing, Mourning adopted side defense, that is, he stood between him and the point guard at the top of the arc, cutting off his route to receive the ball.
He quickly turned and went to the basket, but Mourning reacted quickly, caught up with him immediately and started to defend him from the front.
He pushed Alonso away from the basket and Kevin Johnson passed the ball in.
"careful!"
Buckley's voice rang out.
"What?"
He was startled when he was about to catch the ball. Suddenly, a person appeared from behind him and slapped the basketball that was falling into his hand away.
"Beautiful! Larry Johnson stole the ball. That Chinese idiot actually caught the ball with his back to the weak side. He is a fool! "
"marvelous!"
In the TNT commentary booth, the two commentators shouted excitedly.
“Fuck!”
Wang Tiejun cursed angrily.
There was indeed something wrong with his positioning just now . He was facing away from Barkley and Larry Johnson, which made his vision completely useless and he was unable to observe the help defense from the weak side.
"Old K still needs more time and opportunities to hone his skills."
On the sidelines, head coach Paul Westphal was not surprised. Old K played too few games, especially high-quality games, which were almost nonexistent.
This situation is easy to solve. Give him playing time, give him the ball, let him take shots, and give him a certain tactical position. After one or two seasons, as long as his basketball IQ is not bad, there will be a good improvement.
Of course, if the basketball IQ is not good, no matter how great the potential is, it will not be realized.
Based on observations over this period of time, Old K's basketball IQ is still good.
Next, the Hornets significantly increased their help defense under the basket.
That is, when Lao Wang dribbled the ball into the basket or took a position under the basket, the double-team on him was strengthened.
With Mourning as the main defender, he is a defensive-oriented guy and is very strong in defense. He showed this trait when he first entered the league.
With the help of defense, the quality of his defense against Wang Tiejun improved immediately.
When Lao Wang was asked to shoot from outside the paint area, he fought hard to defend, which consumed a lot of Lao Wang's physical energy.
This method is just like when Lao Wang played against O'Neal, he consumed a lot of O'Neal's physical energy in the first offensive and defensive rounds.
Once Lao Wang reaches the basket, he will go around the front or sideways to buy time and opportunities for his teammates to double-team him.
With Lao Wang’s current strength and competition experience, the impact is still very large.
