Chapter 71 Being Cut
Kevin Johnson, who served as the captain of the bench, personally handed Wang Tiejun a towel and a cup of hot drink, then took the basket and shouted excitedly while playing with it:
"Come on, Lao K, tell us how good it feels to break the opponent's backboard and tear off the rim?"
“It’s awesome!”
Comrade Lao Wang smiled without hesitation.
As soon as he sat down, the team doctor Andrew John came over and helped him massage his arm. After all, his body must have suffered great damage from hitting the basket so violently.
"Old K, you should do less violent slamming of the rim in the future. It's too easy to get injured. And the possibility of stress injuries in the future is also very high."
Andrew John exhorted.
"Andrew is right, Old K, you have to be careful, your career has just begun." Head coach Paul Westphal also said.
"I understand." He nodded quickly.
At this time, a stadium staff member came over, came to him, pointed at the basket in Barkley's hand and said: "Old K, this is the property of our American Airlines Center, please return it to us."
He stretched out his big hand, took the basket from Barkley, stood up and put it on the seat, then pressed it down with his butt, and said to the man: "I'm sorry, I damaged your backboard and basketball stand. You can send me the bill and I will pay it according to the bill."
The staff member shuddered and cursed in his heart, "Do we want money? No, we want face, no, the basket."
Lao K refused to return it and also promised to compensate for the losses. This was a very reasonable solution. He couldn't snatch it back, so he could only return disappointed.
Seeing that man leave, Wang Tiejun had an idea and turned on the system.
"Congratulations to the host. The basket collection achievement mission is officially open. For every additional opponent's basket collected, 200 points will be awarded."
"Not bad, not bad. The second basket also rewards 200 points. Now I have 300 points. It seems that I need to collect more of my opponent's baskets in the future. This is the right way."
He was secretly happy, but he didn't know that Stern had already ordered to find a new supplier. With his current strength and explosiveness, it would be impossible for him to pull down the basket in the future unless he continued to gain weight to a certain extent.
It just so happened that his strength training started on November 28th, and the two-month training period will end at the end of this month. He decided to exchange for another strength training card to continue to increase his strength and strengthen his strongest point.
His hook shot accuracy near the basket is still not good, so he has to focus on attacking under the basket, which requires him to have greater strength and tonnage.
No one paid attention to him before, so there was no double-team. But in the last game, he scored 20+10 over Dream Team, which should attract the attention of some teams. Once he is double-teamed, it will be very troublesome for him with his current strength, so he must continue to increase his strength and tonnage so that he can gain a foothold under the basket.
"Everyone listen to me, don't let that damn rookie get close to the basket. We have lost face. This is our home court, but he took away our basket. This is the biggest humiliation. Remember, don't let him get close to the basket. Once he enters the basket, even if you fall down and commit a foul, no matter what means, make him fall to the basket."
In front of the Mavericks bench, head coach Adu growled in a low voice.
"Kill him!"
"Kill that Chinaman!"
"Kill that Chinese coolie!"
The Mavericks fans behind and beside the bench heard what Durant said and started shouting in anger.
"Yes, coach."
Sweat was pouring down the foreheads of the Mavericks players. Under such great pressure from the fans, they had no choice but to agree.
"You damn Mavericks fans." Wang Tiejun cursed.
He squeezed his hands, his fingers and wrists felt sore, otherwise he would have to hit him with another basket later.
Twenty minutes later, the game resumed.
"Brother, watch out for me, don't let them take it back."
When Comrade Lao Wang stood up, he handed the basket to Kevin Johnson and gave him some careful instructions.
"give it to me."
Kevin Johnson patted his chest to make a promise, then he hung the basket directly on his head, then took out one arm and hung the basket diagonally on his body.
"Qian Kun Circle?"
Lao Wang's face twitched, brother, have you turned into Black Nezha?
The Mavericks attacked and hit a three- , the ball changed, and the Suns attacked.
Wang Tiejun entered the paint area from the low left wing, and Sean Lux tried his best to resist.
His goal is to prevent Old K from getting close to the basket smoothly. As long as he can delay it a little bit, plus the time for passing the ball, there will not be enough time for offense.
However, this time Wang Tiejun only forced his way in half a step, about forty centimeters, and then he stopped pushing. Instead, he immediately turned around and leaned forward to ask for the ball.
But the ball did not come down and was given to Barkley on the right. Barkley took advantage of Wang Tiejun's attraction on the left and took the opportunity to dribble into the paint area, where he dunked the ball and scored another goal.
Three more rounds later, Wang Tiejun got the ball in the low post on the left wing.
He only played once before Doug Smith on the weak side double-teamed him, and Smith came along the baseline, blocking his chance to slip to the bottom.
One step above, the Mavericks' small forward was already moving towards him, eyeing him hungrily. As long as he dared to turn around from above, a triple-team was possible.
On the sidelines, seeing Wang Tiejun being double-teamed, Paul Westphal remained calm, with his hands in his trouser pockets, looking relaxed.
Old K's height is there, his vision in the low post is wide, and his ability to receive and pass the ball is good. Now he has the hook shot technique near the basket. He is not afraid of double-teaming at all. He can shoot or pass. He just needs to handle it calmly.
Sure enough, Wang Tiejun passed the ball, playing quite selflessly, with a sideways hook shot to Barkley who had already cut into the paint area on the weak side.
If Doug Smith comes over from the weak side to double-team him, then Barkley will definitely be open. In this case, he must pass the ball to the weak side.
"boom!"
Barkley received the ball and jumped up for another slam dunk.
"Ha ha……"
Assistant coach Lewis laughed and said to Paul Westphal, "We have two guys in the low post who need to be double-teamed. Double-teaming any one of them is courting destruction."
Paul Westphal nodded and smiled without saying anything.
"Remember, Old K, don't grab the basket after dunking to avoid hurting your hands." Big brother Barkley began to preach again.
"Okay." Wang Tiejun said quickly.
However, the Mavericks have made up their mind tonight. They will allow Wang Tiejun to shoot near the basket, but will never allow him to shoot under the basket.
As long as he gets close to the basket, he will be double-teamed. They would rather Barkley score 50 points than let him score at the basket.
Moreover, their defensive movements were very aggressive and they were not afraid of fouls. Sometimes two of them directly hung on Wang Tiejun.
And the whistle tonight also favors the Mavericks. As long as the action is not obvious, it will not sound at all.
Even though the shot rang a few times and he got a lot of free throw opportunities, with his 50% hit rate, he didn't get many points, which was not worth it at all.
Simply put, tactically speaking, he was cut.
Of course, he doesn't know what the hack-and-slash tactic is now. He has never been exposed to it when he was in China. This tactic was formerly called the hack-and-slash tactic, which was specifically used to deal with Chamberlain, who had poor free throw shooting skills.
