basketball swingman

December 26th, the day after Christmas.

The All-Star starter voting channel is officially open.

When Jiang Dalin answered questions related to starting voting, he was obviously much more calm and didn't seem to take it seriously at all.

Of course, he does have the qualifications to be calm.

Generally speaking, if All-Star level players play well, their popularity will be higher than themselves to a certain extent.

The most typical example is Owen.

His gorgeous playing style made him a super star.

But in fact, he has never proven his ability to lead a team on his own.

But with his gorgeous playing style, when talking about super defender, the name Irving will definitely be mentioned again and again.

As for Jiang Dalin, in addition to his wild playing style, his own strength is also beyond doubt.

Last season’s finals mvp.

Although there are some Finals MVPs who have a rookie No. 1 pick under their control.

But that's Yao Ming after all!

What's more, Jiang Dalin himself is also a Chinese player.

All in all, he is in a favorable situation on anything related to voting, which gives him reason to be so confident.

It's just a pity that he may be the only starting All-Star for the Wizards this year.

With the retirement of Michael Jordan, the star of this city has also dimmed a lot.

Fortunately, Hamilton's scoring average has increased again this season, averaging more than 20 points per game. With such an average, it is impossible for him to be selected as an All-Star substitute.

Therefore, we can still have two All-Stars.

This gives some comfort to Washington fans.

The loss of Michael Jordan also made them focus all their energy on how to vote for Jiang Dalin.

Since the only superstar in Washington right now is Jiang Dalin, then it’s not too much to be the “voting king”!

On December 27th, the Wizards played their first game after Christmas.

They are going to face the San Antonio Spurs away from home.

The Spurs, who were originally the champions last season, were eventually defeated by the "ok" team, ending the season early.

At the end of that season, "Admiral" David Robinson could only retire with regret.

He originally wanted to win another championship, just after his pension contract was almost over.

Unfortunately, it didn't happen.

The Spurs this season still have Tim Duncan at their core, coupled with the growth of Tony Parker and Ginobili.

On the contrary, they have a better team strength, and therefore they are firmly ranked among the top three in the Western Conference so far.

This kind of strength has been called by many media as "the Spurs have successfully passed the transition between the old and the new, and what is waiting for the Spurs is the next championship trophy."

To be honest, the experts were right this time. In 2005, 2007 and 2014, the Spurs won three championship trophies with this lineup.

Of course, this is the future that originally happened. Now that Jiang Dalin is here, it's hard to say what will happen in this time and space.

Jiang Dalin received huge boos when he came on the field. To this day, they still remember Jiang Dalin's elbow.

In their eyes, Jiang Dalin is definitely the most heinous villain!

Although this bad guy looks pretty good playing ball!

But this is definitely not the reason why the Spurs stadium was filled with fans tonight.

Absolutely not!

They felt aggrieved for Tim Duncan and came to take revenge by booing him.

Didn’t you see they were booing so hard now?

Kenny Smith listened to the boos at the scene and suddenly reacted: "A lot of people came to the Spurs today!"

It’s full of pits and valleys, which was hard to see in the past.

San Antonians are accustomed to the Spurs winning games. They don't care if they win, but they will be surprised if they lose.

Of course, the main reason is that the Spurs' style of play is more in line with the aesthetics of old fans, who prefer to see this kind of tacit pass-cut coordination.

Hmm... at the same time, it would be better if there are two people who can play more intensely!

The game starts soon.

The Spurs had the first right to attack. When he reached the frontcourt, he gestured to Tim Duncan in the paint. Then the two of them cooperated in a tacit pick-and-roll. Tony Parker, who was holding the ball, went straight to the basket and completed the layup.

2-0.

It can be seen that in the third season of his career, the "French little sports car" attacks the inside much more calmly than before, and has truly grown into a reliable outside ball-handling point for the Spurs.

Billups also called Jiang Dalin to cooperate with him in pick-and-roll.

But after reaching the basket, Billups did not hit the board himself, but chose to throw the ball high.

As soon as the ball flew over the basket, a pair of hands slammed the ball into the basket.

The whole audience burst into boos.

They... couldn't help but whisper, so they could only boo instead.

Amidst the bursts of boos, Jiang Dalin returned to defense.

His expression gradually became serious.

Shush me, right?

Okay, let’s come back later with a more brutal one.

The Spurs still had Parker holding the ball from outside the three-point line and heading inside.

However, this time Billups blocked the position early, and when Tim Duncan came over to cover, he still successfully stuck to Tony Parker who wanted to go inside.

This time Tony Parker's rough side in handling the ball was revealed.

He was unable to get rid of Billups' defense. When he lowered his head and rushed to the basket, he forced a layup to complete the shot.

Such an impatient attack naturally cannot score the ball into the basket.

On the way back to defense, Popovich could be seen yelling at him, yelling at him until he was furious.

Although Tony Parker's ability continues to increase, his status in front of Popovich obviously has not increased along with it.

Jiang Dalin gave the protected ball to Billups.

As he walked toward the frontcourt, he even made a "attack me" gesture.

Sensing Jiang Dalin's strong offensive awareness, Billups slowed down as he held the ball toward the frontcourt, and even made a special gesture to cooperate with other teammates.

His superb acting skills deceived the rest of the Spurs team into glancing at the target he was guarding.

But just as Jiang Dalin was walking towards the free throw line, he immediately threw the ball into his hands.

Jiang Dalin's steps didn't stop, so he didn't need to accumulate strength. He took a long stride and rushed in from the opponent's defense line.

Throwing the ball toward the basket, Jiang Dalin then jumped up and slammed the ball into the basket. He staged a self-throw and dunk.

This was supposed to silence the scene, but unexpectedly these guys started booing even more energetically.

this……

Jiang Dalin had a vague feeling that something was wrong.

Tim Duncan was quite touched at first. As expected of the San Antonio fans, they really share our hearts!

However, before he could be moved for too long, he also discovered something was wrong.

These people are shushing...why are they all smiling!

Jiang Dalin, who discovered the little thinking of Spurs fans, stopped competing with them.

A few possessions later with a jump shot to complete the scoring.

After scoring this time, Jiang Dalin actually heard the sighing sound, which made him look like he had seen a ghost.

These fans in San Antonio are really, really mean!

The Spurs were not in very good shape tonight. After Tony Parker scored the first goal, they only scored one in the next few attacks.

The Wizards successfully widened the point difference.

Leading 11-4 by 7 points.

Popovich scolded and cursed next to him, but when it still didn't work, he called a timeout.

It still had no effect, and in a fit of anger, Popovich put all the starters on the bench.

Everyone, led by Tim Duncan, stared at each other with big eyes and small eyes. No one dared to say anything and just watched the game end.

From here we can see what kind of authority Popovich has in the team.

At the end of the game, the Wizards won the first game after the Christmas Day game 109-94.

What followed was a "back-to-back" that ended 2003 with a loss for the Wizards.

In the first game of 2004, the Wizards faced the Rockets at home.

This season Jiang Dalin and Yao Ming finally met for the first time.

For Chinese fans, this day has been a long time coming, and it finally came to them.

It is worth mentioning that in the current league, two of the most popular center positions are Jiang Dalin and Yao Ming.

Apart from the two of them, only Shaquille O'Neal is the only one left who can average more than 18 points per game.

Of course, if we really want to say it, there is still a slight gap between Yao Ming and Jiang Dalin and Shaq.

However, Yao Ming performed very well in the regular season, having already played against Shaquille O'Neal, scoring 19 points and 10 rebounds.

Yao Ming, who has gained some weight, is no longer afraid of confronting Shaq.

Physical fitness is also much better than before.

Last season, Yao Ming was out of shape in less than two quarters against Shaq.

But now, it can at least last for a little more than 3 quarters.

However, Dayao's physical fitness does have certain problems, which cannot be overcome easily.

When the Wizards arrived in Houston, Yao Ming called out Jiang Dalin and took him back for a meal.

The Dayao I met this time gradually matched the Dayao in Jiang Dalin's memory.

The smile gradually matches that classic emoticon.

The Rockets did not make any big trades this summer, which made Jiang Dalin a little strange, because this did not fit Ballmer's character. When he got the Clippers, he immediately began to make drastic changes.

Now, there has been no movement for an entire off-season.

Could it be that because Yao Ming is still quietly "replenishing his development", the Rockets management is still waiting to see what the mature Yao Ming lacks.

This reason...Jiang Dalin thinks it makes sense.

He is not worried about this matter. He is not worried about Ballmer's ambition at all. When the time comes, he will definitely make a big move.

The game then officially started, with "Big Brother" carrying the ball to the frontcourt.

The obvious cost of Yao Ming's improvement is Francis's decline in statistics.

The average points per game dropped from 21 points to 16.6 points.

To be honest, although Francis' passing ability is average, he is indeed a player who is really willing to cooperate with Yao Ming and is also willing to accept his position change.

At this point, Yao Ming has never worked with such a dedicated teammate.

Although, but then again, Francis is indeed a little bit unsuitable for Yao Ming. If he deliberately finds Yao Ming's position, he can pass the ball to Yao Ming's hands, but once he rushes by himself, especially if he rushes fiercely,

, he only had eyes for the basket.

No, on the first goal of the game, he missed a layup.

Yao Ming was confronting Jiang Dalin. Now Jiang Dalin also felt some changes in Yao Ming. His confrontation ability was much stronger than before. However, Jiang Dalin's continuous jumping ability was indeed better. He hit the ball towards the board and took off again.

, holding the rebound firmly in his hand.

It’s so high!

Jiang Dalin rarely fights against such a tall person.

Although the Cavaliers have a big Z, they don't need him to fight against them at all. Moreover, just attacking can push the Cavaliers away, and there is no need to consider anything else.

The Rockets' record this year is neither good nor bad. They ranked seventh in the regular season and are a few points better than the Cavaliers.

The ball was given to Billups, who faced Francis with the ball and failed to find a chance, so he handed the ball to Arenas.

Faced with Mobley, who was obviously not tall enough to play the second position, Arenas succeeded.

2-0.

After a period of running-in, Arenas and Billups have become more and more chemically reactive, even though they still cannot achieve the effect of 1 plus 1 greater than 2 together.

But the current situation is pretty good.

After all, you can't ask two guys who both need to hold the ball to really get along, and one of them will definitely have to make some sacrifices.

The Wizards chose to sacrifice on both sides.

Billups did the same thing in this round. Without a chance, he gave the ball to Arenas at the first opportunity. A strong attack from the flank is Arenas's specialty.

When it comes time to play tactically with the ball, Arenas needs to coordinate with Billups' movements.

In short, everyone needs to get used to each other.

Everyone was not in very good condition tonight, and the score was only 24-20 after the first quarter.

Jiang Dalin is in a league of his own and has already scored 7 points...

To be honest, most of the young people with weird physical fitness will never be in a sluggish state, and their playing style has basically nothing to do with their state.

Just this kind of strength under the basket...

What kind of feel do you want?

Yao Ming, on the other hand, found it very uncomfortable to have Jiang Dalin go around to defend.

This guy is much shorter than him, but his overall core strength is no worse than him. This makes it impossible for him to occupy familiar spots under the basket for singles.

After the first quarter, he only made 2 of 5 shots.

Jiang Dalin: There is no way. Although you have only been in the league for two years, I have watched you play for several years. How could I not know that going forward is the best defense for you?

Of course, Jiang Dalin also knew that the prerequisite for using this trick was that Yao Ming did not have a good passer.

Otherwise, keep going around to catch him the lob and score easily...

The game started quickly in the second quarter, and the Rockets obviously changed their strategy. Yao Ming began to pull toward the outside to make room for the basket.

Obviously, they think that if Jiang Dalin is not under the basket, it will be a good opportunity for the Rockets to attack the basket!