basketball never sleeps

Chapter 67 Where is my son!

Woodson originally thought that this game was the home opener and that Walker would be more serious. But who would have thought that Walker had no intention of trying to win and repay the fans, but chose another path - entertaining the public.

The surrounding fans were really happy watching the replay on the big screen. In terms of the effect of the program, it was Walker.

Harrington stood like a clown for a long time. Although he was also angry, he thought about the group of young models that Walker had called at the previous party. Forget it, let's settle the matter later.

Jason Kohler passed the ball to Anderson on the sidelines. After three passes and two passes, the ball came to Walker's hands again.

Walker became serious this time. After all, we are also a superstar with an annual salary of 15 million, and we must have an "answer ball." He protected the ball sideways, leaned against Mo Wen, and started to play left and right singles.

After he hit the three-point line with his flexible big butt, he felt that the distance was almost there, so he wanted to turn around, make a handsome turn and attack towards the basket.

But unexpectedly, Mo Wen not only reacted immediately, but also guessed the right direction of his turn.

Mo Wen is definitely the one with the most say among the current players when it comes to guarding against back-ups. He has "enjoyed" the games of that era when there were no five-second back-ups.

Whether it was Barkley, the "biggest butt in history" who hit the basket from outside the three-point line, or Mark Jackson, the "back-hitting cancer" who forced the league to change the rules and started sticking his butt out after halftime, he

Have experienced it all.

Mo Wen's rich experience allows him to judge based on the rebound force of the back slapper's butt, what offensive choice they will probably make next, not to mention that Walker's back hitting level is only average.

Walker missed a forced shot and the rebound was picked up by Doliak and passed to Mo Wen.

Mo Wen taught a backhand wave in front of Walker.

"Xiao Mo's proficiency in back-up play is quite good, and his rhythm is much smoother than that of the 'big-headed' player he's playing against."

"In terms of physical talent, Xiao Mo is not top-notch in the NBA, but when it comes to skills, there are few stars in the entire history of the NBA who can be as outstanding as him among his peers."

"Hey, look at this ball. Walker was knocked unconscious by Mo Wen's shoulder shake, and he defended in the opposite direction and completely missed Mo Wen!"

Zhang Weiping directly applauded Mo Wen's pleasing goal in the commentary room.

The players on the Heat's bench were also there to applaud Mo Wen's goal, but Mo Wen himself didn't have any trouble in his heart. Walker is a well-known defensive black hole in the league, so it's not difficult to beat him.

It was Wade next to him who was sore looking at this smooth back slap.

He also knew how to hit from the back, but he felt that the back hit was not elegant enough and inconsistent with his dashing temperament, so he hid it.

After the first quarter, the score difference between the two teams had widened. Although Walker was very uncomfortable being guarded by Mo Wen, he only scored 7 points with a whopping 8 shots.

Harrington fought several times against Haslem, but unfortunately, he didn't take many shots and couldn't make up for the hole poked by Walker.

Mo Wen made 4 of 5 in a single quarter, 1 of 1 from three-point range, and efficiently scored 9 points, 3 rebounds, and 2 assists.

The Heat's inside line is not strong, and the aging Anderson's legs and feet have difficulty keeping up with the rhythm. Wade also scored 8 points by relying on breakthroughs.

The two led the Heat to lead the home Hawks by 7 points at 26:19 in the first quarter.

However, in the second quarter, after Mo Wen and Wade left the game one after another, the Heat's problem was exposed. Their protection of rebounds was too poor.

Mo Wen and Wade relied on their experience, one relied on their body, and Haslem, who had initially practiced, could barely guarantee that they would not fall behind in rebounds. But when Mo Wen and Wade came off the court to rest, the others were stuck.

He was very anxious when it came to positioning and fighting for rebounds.

Especially when facing a team like the Hawks, which has sufficient forward reserves, the frequent loss of backcourt rebounds made Mo Wen frown while off the court.

"I feel that after Shaq comes back, we may need to adjust the previous playing arrangements, or discuss with Pat to trade for an inside man who can protect rebounds better. These guys are too soft."

a Heat assistant coach suggested next to Stan Van Gundy.

"Well, let's discuss it when we get back."

Stan Van Gundy crossed his arms and still maintained a cold attitude, but inside he started to curse.

"What the hell, why did that little brat get it right again!"

As early as before the start of the regular season, Mo Wen had a separate chat with him about the lineup arrangement, including a lot of things about the lineup, players' playing time, as well as the personnel that the team should focus on developing and the team's signings.

At that time, Da Fan only thought that Mo Wen had become distracted after successfully getting involved in the team's tactics, and started to make random comments. Mo Wen's suggestions were used by him like the team's "iron-blooded culture" and the "fighting spirit" of the locker room.

They were refuted one by one.

But judging from the team's performance in the second quarter, it seems that part...most...all of what Mo Wen said at that time was on point.

With the advantage of five offensive rebounds, the Hawks recovered the point difference in the second quarter.

Although historically, the Hawks had the worst record in team history this season, with 13 wins and 61 losses, in the home opener, the Hawks still showed the temperament that an NBA team should have.

After halftime, Mowen's defender became this year's high school rookie Josh Smith.

Woodson had no choice. Even though the Hawks had many forwards, there were few who could defend above the horizontal line. He also tried several others, but the results were average.

When he was with the Pistons, because there was Prince in the team, Mo Wen didn't have much shot power, so he didn't feel how powerful Mo Wen was.

But now that he became an opponent, Woodson realized how difficult Mo Wen was.

With sudden shots and passes, there were no technical blind spots, no covering players like Prince, or defensive gates like Artest. He really didn't know who to guard.

Josh Smith's athletic talent is the best among the four players on the Hawks' front line. His static talent is not particularly outstanding, with a height of 2.06 meters and a wingspan of 2.13 meters. However, his explosive power, fast movement speed, and jumping are even better in the NBA.

Ranked high in history, with his explosiveness and bounce, Josh Smith later became the youngest player in NBA history to reach 200, 300, 400, 500...1,000 blocks.

However, Josh Smith is just a high school rookie after all.

A rookie with only one NBA game experience.

Although Woodson had repeatedly stressed to him not to take off easily, with Mo Wen's realistic acting skills, he still couldn't help but perform the trapeze again and again.

"Hey, this Eagles player jumped really high. Mo Wen even took a step forward and he hasn't even landed yet!"

Director Zhang, who was commentating on the competition, couldn't help but sigh.

For a moment, Woodson wanted to pack up all the forward players on the team except Harrington and send them to the Heat in exchange for Mo Wen. The negative emotions he had accumulated in the Pistons for a year were gone after he came to the Hawks.

Two games have accumulated a lot.

Mo Wen and Wade returned to the court together, and they worked together to open up the score again.

After the NH rules were introduced, although the referees did not strictly follow the rules for every ball, they did implement them.

Wade's breakthrough is inherently difficult to guard against, and without the interference from his hands, the breakthrough becomes smoother.

Seeing Wade's desire to attack so strongly, Mo Wen was happy to stop playing hard. While directing his teammates' outside positions to open up the space, he and Wade played hand-to-hand cross screens, playing with the Hawks.

line of defense.

The score between the two teams quickly widened.

Not only did Walker, the head coach of the Hawks, not feel depressed at all, he was even interested in showing off his eye-catching "twerk dance" to the audience after the hit.

During a counterattack at the end of the third quarter, Mo Wen looked at the empty basket after the breakthrough. He seemed to have thought of something, stopped his movements, and then shouted a mysterious summoning spell to Wade next to him——

"Where is my son!" (Chinese)

Wade rushed over from beside him. Mo Wen threw the ball onto the backboard. Wade jumped up to catch the basketball in the air and dunked the basket with both hands.

Done in one go.

Wade fell from the basket and bumped his chest with Mo Wen excitedly.

"You are my muse, Mo!"

"No, I told you, I am your Zeus!"

Mo Wen had a faint smile on his face, and he was still 2 rebounds short of a triple-double, Bashi.

At the end of the third quarter, the score difference between the two teams reached 87:72.

But Walker, who had reached 20 points, didn't have the slightest bit of frustration on his face at this time. He was still two rebounds short of reaching double figures, Bashi!

In the last quarter, Mo Wen played for another half of the quarter and took Da Zhi to brush up the data for a while.

After brushing up his own data to 25+11+11, he was satisfied with the end. Dazhi, who only scored 8 points in the first three quarters, also got 12+3 data under the help of Mo Wen.

"Hey, Wang, what did Mo mean by that 'spell' when he and Wade were working together?" Haslem asked Wang Zhizhi quietly in the locker room.

"Did you mean that sentence 'where is the wrist'? That sentence means where the star is." Da Zhi suppressed his laughter and said according to what Mo Wen taught him.

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