Chapter 50 Round 1
"No matter what Yang Mo did on the court, it is undeniable that his NBA debut was the best ever among Chinese players. Yao Ming even only got two points and one rebound that year, but now Yang Mo, who has been on the court for about a minute, has achieved these data and even had one more block. The American media can temporarily put aside the issue of Yang Mo being a fake, because Yang Mo, who was just the eighth pick, ruthlessly beat the second pick Swift on both offense and defense. The latter was called a super rookie with unlimited potential by the American media." The CCTV commentator said this during the timeout. As a Chinese, he certainly supports his compatriots.
What he said is indeed objective facts. After this match, the voices in the United States that Yang Mo is a fake will definitely weaken.
"Haslem, you go off the court and rest. Magloire, you play." Under the guidance of Pat Riley, Heat head coach Spoelstra put Magloire at the center position because he had guessed that the Nets would definitely put Brook Lopez up. Although he supported Yang Mo in beating Brook Lopez, now was not the time for them to meet head-on.
In fact, Yang Mo took the initiative to bring up this point. When she told Pat Riley about this, Yang Mo also mentioned a Chinese allusion, which goes, "The first push is strong, the second is weak, and the third is exhausted."
When Lopez came up, he must have been aggressive and ready to settle the score with Yang Mo, but... Yang Mo did not confront him head-on, allowing his momentum to gradually weaken, and then defeated him in one fell swoop.
Pat Riley agreed with Yang Mo's statement. He also thought he had really found a treasure. When Yang Mo was yelling and provoking the fans on the court at the beginning, he was a little worried, afraid that he had chosen an emotional player. But after Yang Mo said this to him, he understood everything. It turned out that everything Yang Mo did was for victory, even the technical foul was carefully planned. He likes smart players, and even more players who can control their emotions, and Yang Mo has both. How can he not be proud of such a Yang Mo?
drop!
Soon, the game resumed and Brook Lopez really walked onto the court.
When Brook Lopez came on the court, the whole stadium cheered and everyone was shouting his name, as if they were welcoming a superhero. For the Nets fans, their biggest wish now is that Lopez can give Yang Mo a good beating for them. They really can't stand Yang Mo's unbridled arrogance on the court again and again.
"snort."
Amid the cheers of the entire audience, Yang Mo sneered and muttered in his heart: The happier you shout now, the sadder I will make you later. You have placed all your hopes on that loser Lopez, and you are destined to leave this stadium sad tonight.
After the referee announced the start of the game, Yang Mo caught up with Yi Jianlian. This scene immediately excited the Chinese fans who were following the game: Is the Chinese Derby finally here?
Chinese fans were looking forward to the Chinese Derby, but Lopez was clearly a little angry. He felt that he had been deceived. He said loudly to Yang Mo: "Boy, your opponent is me! Are you afraid now?"
Yang Mo didn't even open his eyes to look at him, just rolled his eyes at him and continued to defend Yi Jianlian.
Yang Mo's ignoring action made Lopez very sad, as if he had swallowed dozens of flies into his stomach. He gritted his teeth and cursed in his heart: What the hell? How dare you ignore my existence! Wait, brat. I will let you know the price of ignoring me.
Lopez's mental quality is undoubtedly several levels lower than Yang Mo's. Yang Mo was able to calmly face the boos of more than 20,000 fans and even dared to tease them with a silencing gesture. However, Lopez's mentality was unbalanced because of Yang Mo's slight disregard. With this mental quality, he will never achieve great things.
After Devin Harris brought the ball to the frontcourt, he immediately called Yi Jianlian near the free throw line to screen for him. Although Yi Jianlian was the sixth pick last year, his status in the Nets is not particularly high now. He is basically a mobile turret.
Yi Jianlian set a screen for Devin Harris, but Yang Mo did not follow him. Instead, he stood one step above the free throw line and waited. He did not believe in Harris' three-point shooting ability.
Harris was really disappointing. After using Yi Jianlian's pick-and-roll to create an opening, he did not directly shoot a three-pointer. Instead, he dribbled the ball towards the inside at a rapid speed, trying to directly attack the Heat's inside line.
How could Yang Mo let him do what he wanted? He immediately took a step forward and stuck close to Harris. As soon as Yang Mo stuck close to him, Harris felt like he was being squeezed by a bull, and the ball was almost squeezed away. In this way, there was no chance of breaking through the inside line.
Just at this time, Lopez was actively positioning himself in the paint and quickly passed the basketball in.
Lopez caught the basketball and used his back to push Magloire twice. Magloire was old and his bones were almost broken. How could he withstand his impact? He took two steps back.
Seeing Lopez so fierce on the court, the fans clapped their hands excitedly and almost sang. They were suppressed by Yang Mo just now, and now it was finally their turn to be proud. They were already imagining that Lopez would knock the old Magloire away like Shaquille O'Neal, and then turn around and dunk.
Unfortunately, Lopez is not Shaquille O'Neal. Moreover, the player who is closest to Shaquille O'Neal among the ten players on the court is none other than Yang Mo, who makes them hate him so much .
Lopez inevitably withered under the eager anticipation of more than 20,000 fans in the stadium. After pushing Magloire four or five times in a row, he finally ran out of strength. Although Magloire is old now, he was an All-Star in his day. A lean camel is bigger than a horse. His 221cm figure is still a pile of flesh and blood weighing more than 300 pounds.
After Lopez arched his back three or four times, he immediately turned around and used a sliding step to instantly deflect Magloire's center of gravity. This was not a high-level move, but it caused the fans in the stadium to exclaim, as if Lopez had performed a wonderful juggling trick.
Amid the cheers of the audience, Lopez seemed very happy, so after completely shaking off Magloire, he jumped high, held the basketball in one hand and prepared to slam the ball into the rim for a slam dunk.
Just as he raised the basketball, Vince Carter's exclamation was heard in the stadium: NO!
Lopez heard the exclamation but before he could react, he felt a huge black shadow suddenly appear behind him, completely covering him in the shadow. When he reacted and was about to throw the basketball quickly and hit the backboard to score a goal... Snap!
He only felt the basketball being hit hard, the sound pierced his eardrums and caused some pain, and then the basketball that originally belonged to him was hit hard on the backboard, and then bounced back rapidly.
By the time he turned around, Dwyane Wade was already running to the frontcourt with the ball.
"You almost thought you were a combination of Shaquille O'Neal and Hakeem Olajuwon, didn't you? I'm very familiar with both of them. You're probably just 1% of O'Neal plus 1% of Olajuwon. By the way, the game has just begun, please work hard and don't let the result lose suspense too early."
At this moment, Yang Mo's cold and disdainful voice came into his ears.
This made him very angry, but he could do nothing about it. Who let this guy sneak attack and block one of his? He silently swore in his heart that he must block it back later and never let this guy be so arrogant for too long.
Yang Mo didn't know how to 'swear', and didn't care about his anger. His purpose was to make him uncomfortable. When Lopez was shaking with anger, Yang Mo turned around, smiled and blew a kiss to Jessica who was sitting on the sidelines, and deliberately said in a loud voice in English: "Jessica, this block is for you, I hope you like it."
When the Nets fans heard this, they became even angrier. Did he think of this as a place for flirting?
But, so what?
If you have the guts, please let your players do better!
