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In this game alone, Jiang Dalin made everyone understand what the Wizards lacked when they lost three consecutive games in the past, and what he can bring to this team...

Absolute defensive core!

And doping for the entire team!

Not to mention dunking on Ewing, dunking on Tracy McGrady, other alley-oops, and personal dunks in small scenes. Almost every time he gets the ball on the offensive end, he can stimulate the fans at the scene and infect the fans on the court and on the bench.

teammates.

"No one can replace this guy, even if he has only been in the league for 2 months!"

In the post-game summary, Bill Walton continued to praise Jiang Dalin. Drexler looked at his expression and muttered in his heart: This is the fanboy who has really become the number one pick in China!

Jiang Dalin sat carelessly in front of his closet in the locker room, stuffed his feet into the ice bucket, and looked at the reporters surrounding him: "What do you want to ask? Hurry up, I don't have that much time to accompany you today. You didn't watch my game."

I didn’t even go to the press conference afterwards!”

This statement made all the reporters laugh.

They naturally knew what Jiang Dalin meant.

Hilton is still waiting!

This is the first time that he has taken the initiative to mention his private life in front of the media. Although it is a joke, it can also be seen from this how good Jiang Dalin is in a good mood at this moment.

But it's normal.

After returning after 3 games, his number of blocks in a single game reached a career high, and he did not encounter any "milestones". He helped the Wizards end their embarrassing 3-game losing streak, demonstrating his personal importance to this team.

To the fullest.

Can you be in a bad mood?

However, Jiang Dalin really wanted to end the interview quickly. With so many people surrounding him, he was exhausted. Anyway, he kept asking the same questions.

After the interview, Jiang Dalin called Hilton. She had already asked the nanny to drive to the entrance of the arena and wait.

Tomorrow morning is the day they take the cover photo for that car magazine.

The appointment was originally at a New York studio, and the Wizards had an away game against Madison on January 16. Now because Hilton and Jiang Dalin have made their relationship public, the editor-in-chief of the magazine chose to advance the appointment and added money.

, it was US$70,000 before, and now it is US$350,000.

This is already the price of most top-tier supermodels.

Moreover, most of the supermodel's money goes to the agency, while Jiang Dalin gets all the money. The concept is completely different.

She has paid more to Hilton, cooperated with many famous model companies, and endorsed many big-name luxury brands. Indeed, her net worth is much higher than that of top-tier supermodels...

What's more, this is Jiang Dalin's first collaboration with Hilton after they made their relationship public, so it's normal for them to be expensive.

For this money, their magazines don’t publish them, and some of them are published by other magazines.

The media reports related to the NBA the next day were, as expected, once again dominated by Jiang Dalin's comeback debut.

The cover is basically Jiang Dalin’s dunk after the head-on confrontation with Tracy McGrady…

Showing his domineering power to the fullest.

At the same time, the entire media is also more open-minded towards Jiang Dalin.

During the Wizards' previous "three-game losing streak", some media said it was because of the lack of Jiang Dalin, but some media said it was because the Wizards' team state had experienced ups and downs, and other teams also had in-depth research and understanding of them.

This is not a problem that can be solved by Jiang Dalin's comeback...

Scott's worries before the game came from this statement in the media.

But now, in just one game, Jiang Dalin has proved that this team has no problems. Even if there are problems, it is because of the lack of him!

In fact, after the league announced the ban on him, Jiang Dalin knew that the Wizards would suffer during this period.

It's not that he is narcissistic.

But he knows very well what the original Wizards team was like!

Without him, maybe there won't be any problems in the offensive phase. Hamilton and Michael Jordan at the same time also averaged 20 plus points per game.

But in the end, the original Wizards were only ranked ninth in the Eastern Conference...

What this team lacks even more is a core player on the defensive end!

This is exactly what Jiang Dalin is responsible for on this team.

It's just that he didn't expect that without him, he would lose three games in a row. Originally, he thought he could win at least one game!

Now it seems that he still underestimated his importance to this team!

But think about it, since he is the core of the defensive end, he is naturally the one the Wizards rely on most on the defensive end. Once he can't play, the Wizards' defense at this time will not be as good as the original Wizards team.

Worse than the ninth-best defense in the Eastern Conference...

"Three consecutive defeats" is not surprising.

It is worth mentioning that after this game, Jiang Dalin once again had a new nickname: Rainbow Bomb!

There's no way around it, his current hairstyle is too ostentatious, and if he doesn't add it to his nickname, it won't be so colorful.

It’s just like Rodman’s nickname is “Flower Bug” for the same reason...

The only difference is that the nickname Jiang Dalin was given by the media in the United States, while the nickname Rodman was given by domestic fans.

Originally, the American media called Rodman "The Big Worm" because he liked to crawl around on the ground like a bug in the park when he was a child.

After this nickname spread to China, it was thought that this "Big Chong" was the commonly recognized "Tiger". Coupled with his conspicuous hairstyle, the name "Hua Da Chong" came into being.

In fact, domestic fans are quite talented. "Cousin", "Silver Horn King", "Great Emperor", "Du Xiaoshuai"... these nicknames that reflect the extremely distinctive character of the players are all given by domestic fans.

Cousins ​​was very upset when he found out he was called "cousin".

Then the nickname became "Unhappy"...

However, when it comes to domestic players, they prefer to call them by their nicknames, most of them like "Dayao", "Shou", "A-Lian", etc., probably because they sound friendly to them.

Therefore, regardless of Jiang Dalin's various nicknames abroad, at home, fans, commentators and the media prefer to call him by his nickname: Dalin.

As soon as I hear it, I feel very friendly.

In order to match Jiang Dalin's dazzling hairstyle, Hilton made her hairstyle colorful overnight and paired it with wilder clothes. A group of photos for the magazine cover were quickly taken.

After finishing her work here, Hilton will have to go to New York, where "Zoolander" is being filmed, in which she will star in her true role and have a small cameo role.

This is her screen debut, and it can also be regarded as a signal to the outside world.

Hilton is going to get involved in the film industry...

Before leaving, she felt Jiang Dalin's wildness in her nanny car, and then went to the airport with satisfaction.

Jiang Dalin returned to the team to report.

They had already started shooting at 7 o'clock in the morning. Coupled with the matching of male and female friends, the work was not tiring, and the whole shooting process went very smoothly. Therefore, when Jiang Dalin arrived at the arena, it was only 9:30, far from the team's requirement.

It was an hour early at 10:30.

He found a massage chair and lay on it to sleep for a while.

At 10:40, training officially started. Jiang Dalin's condition also adjusted. As he thought, training was not delayed because of making money.

In the next game, the Wizards will still be at home and face the Los Angeles Lakers!

This is a game that the outside world has been waiting for for a long time.

O'Neal refuted the media in person, believing that Jiang Dalin was not the next "shark." Jiang Dalin did not give him any face, saying, "Compared to a shark, the person he wants to be more is Karl Malone."

This indirectly led to a fight between O'Neal and Karl Malone.

Although there has been no interaction between the two people since then, the atmosphere has never eased. This can be seen from the fact that both of them have lively personalities, but they never mentioned a word to each other.

If two people like this meet on the field, there will definitely be a big fight.

The outside world has really been looking forward to this game for a long time!

Let alone them, Jiang Dalin himself is also looking forward to this game. There is no doubt that O'Neal is a mountain that the league cannot avoid. The distance between him and Shaq is equal to the distance between him and the league's top insiders.

He himself also wants to know what level of inside player he is in this league now!

So far, of the many inside players he has met, there are only a few who can be called All-Star players in their prime. However, he has defeated All-Star forwards like Antoine Walker and also dunked on Sacramento's "King."

"Chris Webber.

But when facing Tim Duncan, he didn't seem to take advantage...

Therefore, the scenery is scenery, but it doesn't matter how many ruthless characters he has killed. He has not yet met top stars such as Nowitzki and Kevin Garnett, and the game against Shaquille O'Neal is tomorrow.

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The test has really just begun.

It's just that Jiang Dalin and the outside world were so looking forward to this game, but the Lakers announced on the morning of the game that "Shaquille O'Neal will miss tonight's game due to a foot injury."

Suddenly, all expectations turned into disappointment...

But before the media and experts could say anything, the Wizards also announced that "Michael Jordan will miss the game against the Lakers."

Barkley: "Good, now I have no idea what to watch in this game..."

But it's his fault to complain. For the Wizards, this arrangement is completely reasonable.

January and February are originally the "peak periods" for the ups and downs of teams in the league and for injuries. Especially for an old man like Michael Jordan, taking a break is a very necessary thing!

Originally, there was a big battle between Jiang Dalin and Shaquille O'Neal, and Scott was still hesitating whether to let Michael Jordan rest, but now that Shaquille O'Neal has decided not to play in this game, he has nothing to hesitate about.

Michael Jordan has no complaints either.

He has gradually realized the joy of taking turns, and there are benefits...

Although it was only a game of two or three weeks off, it did greatly ease the load on his body and prevented his condition from fluctuating so much. Even during the three-game losing streak, his shooting percentage basically remained the same.

Around 45%.

It was also at this time that Michael Jordan also figured out that compared to being injured for a week or two or even more due to injuries, even he himself would not know what kind of state he would be in when he came back.

This method is indeed more suitable for him at this time.

Jiang Dalin was asked by a reporter, "If Kobe and Jordan were 1 on 1, who do you think would win?"

Originally, there would be an answer at the end of this game.

But now that Michael Jordan is taking a rest and choosing to miss this game, they can only make this kind of hypothetical conjecture.

Jiang Dalin: "I will choose...Michael!"

After Jordan learned about this, he was very moved and asked Jiang Dalin the reason: "Why do you think I can beat the 24-year-old Kobe at the age of 38?"

"Do you want to hear the truth or lies?" Jiang Dalin asked back.

Jordan thought for a long time and finally said: "I suddenly don't want to know the answer..."

Jiang Dalin laughed heartily.

His reaction made Michael Jordan even more convinced that this kid's reasons would raise his blood pressure.

Because of the absence of Michael Jordan and O'Neal, the excitement of the game that night was reduced by more than half.

But even so, the competition was still quite fierce.

At the beginning, Kobe Bryant scored 8 points in a row, helping the team gain a 5-point lead. This advantage was maintained by the Lakers until the end of the first quarter.

In the second quarter, under the leadership of Hamilton and Jiang Dalin, the Wizards' overall condition improved. Finally, at the end of the first half, the 5-point difference was not only tied, but also led by 3 points.

Kobe continued to work hard in the third quarter.

Valley

But starting at 6 minutes and 15 seconds of the third quarter, Hamilton, who had finished warming up, hit consecutive shots.

The Lakers did not take the lead until 5 minutes and 14 seconds into the fourth quarter.

Because of Kobe's strength on the offensive end and the fact that he has been chasing Hamilton during the following period, his efficiency on the offensive end declined.

At 11 minutes and 14 seconds of the fourth quarter, Jiang Dalin hit a mid-range shot, and the Wizards locked the point difference at 8 points, thus winning the final victory of the game.

"Peter Pan" scored 29 points.

Unfortunately, he needed both the offensive and defensive ends to work hard at the same time, and he also withstood all the Wizards' defensive attacks. He was unable to survive alone. He made 2 of 7 shots in the fourth quarter, causing the Lakers to regretfully lose the game.

After only scoring 6 points in the first half, Hamilton scored 14 points in the third quarter, 8 of which were scored in the second half of the third quarter.

At the end of the game, his statistics were fixed at 27 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists.

He is the highest scorer on the Wizards.

Although Jiang Dalin did not score as high as him, he still scored 24 points, and also contributed 15 rebounds and 3 blocks.

Since they had to challenge the Nets away from home in the next game, Scott chose to go to New Jersey overnight.

On the passenger plane, Michael Jordan looked at Jiang Dalin sideways for a long time. Last time, he felt that Jiang Dalin was playing him. After today's game, he had another proof.

Jiang Dalin took 10 mid-range shots tonight and hit 5 of them!

In the three games that Michael Jordan rested, this guy took a total of 32 mid-range shots and hit 21 of them!

The hit rate is as high as 66%!

But so far, he has taken nearly 200 mid-range shots in total, but only hit 67 times, with a hit rate of only 35%!

If these 21 times are not included, the hit rate will be even more difficult to see...

"Little bitch, what do you mean?"

Michael Jordan called Scott over.

The data came out of Scott's mouth, and the questioning was handed over to Michael Jordan. In this way, it seemed that it was not the "God of Basketball" who was fussy, but the head coach who discovered the problem and worked with him to solve it.

That's all...

If you come from a famous teacher, then it will be perfect~

Jiang Dalin also felt that it was necessary to solve this mystery!

Once or twice, maybe it was because he felt hot, but this was three times. Every time Michael Jordan took a break, Jiang Dalin's shooting percentage skyrocketed!

There is clearly a problem here!

Jiang Dalin asked himself that he had been training very hard for mid-range shooting. He would train for shooting 3 to 4 times a week, but it never worked. He was also puzzled.

Although the league's open shooting training times are accurate, there are many people who have loose shooting during games!

But the problem is, this is too different!

Jiang Dalin feels that he has made great progress in grasping the timing of mid-range shots and adjusting his shots, but his efficiency has never improved!

He is really anxious himself!

If you can't practice shooting, it will be useless to practice holding the ball, footwork, etc.

No matter what style of play, shooting is the last way to shoot, and the previous skills all serve this way. This is also the reason why Jiang Dalin has been practicing shooting so hard.

The originally small meeting of three people was expanded to an eight-person meeting as Jiang Dalin looked serious. All the assistant coaches and the trainer who accompanied Jiang Dalin in shooting training took the video together and analyzed the problem.

The answer is surprisingly simple...

The existence of Michael Jordan and Hamilton influenced Jiang Dalin...

Brooks: "Mid-range shooting is Michael's usual move. Richard is also more accustomed to catching and shooting from mid-range. Darling's long-range mid-range shooting has not yet been developed. His running position is nothing more than two high positions and free throws."

The line happened to be highly coincident with their shooting areas. Although the opponent's defense was aimed at Michael and Richard, it also unexpectedly restricted Jiang Dalin's shooting space. Under such circumstances, even if Darling

Without the need to defend against each other, the opponent can often make up defense quickly..."

"Although Darling's shooting ability has made great progress compared with before, it is really difficult to achieve a high shooting rate under such defensive pressure!"

"When Michael is not on the court, the opponent will notice Darling's destructive power inside, which in turn makes the space for shots in the mid-range larger..."

Michael Jordan really didn't expect such an answer in the end. He thought Jiang Dalin was playing him, but it turned out that he was playing himself...

When there were only two of them left.

Jiang Dalin: "Old man, otherwise you should really retire, you have affected my growth!"

"Fuck you!"

Michael Jordan replied.

But he was in no mood to argue with Jiang Dalin now.

He suddenly realized a problem... If the shooting spaces of the three of them are no longer so highly overlapping, does that mean that Jiang Dalin, the little bitch, will perform better on the offensive end?

This means that the Wizards can get one step closer to strength?

This discovery made him very happy.

The Wizards' salary situation, as well as the entire trade bargaining chip, is in a mess.

If you want to complete reinforcements through trade, at least this season, there is no hope.

The original Wizards only made a major deal after this season, and they still used Hamilton as a bargaining chip...

Jordan was originally worried about reinforcements.

Now it is discovered that the Wizards' combat effectiveness has not yet reached the limit of this lineup.

This surprise caught him somewhat off guard.

At the same time, I also regret not paying attention to this issue earlier!

He found Scott and asked the coaching staff to discuss a result...

The result came the night I arrived in New Jersey.

"Michael, and Richard, you two must change your scoring habits and increase your shooting from beyond the three-point line..."

After all, Jiang Dalin is still a rookie, and now he has a lot of abilities in additional training. Compared with him making changes, Michael Jordan and Hamilton make changes, which is more suitable and better able to adjust!

For example, increasing three-point shooting...

In fact, there is another way, which is to let the two of them increase their penetration of the inside.

But Hamilton has yet to develop his ability to hold the ball, and Michael Jordan also has old arms and legs.

Rather than letting them attack the frame more, it would be easier to increase three-point shooting...

Well, it’s not easy either!

Hamilton plays in the same style as Reggie Miller and Ray Allen, but few people compare him with these two. The reason is that he is more accustomed to shooting from mid-range.

Given the same shot opportunity, he would definitely choose the mid-range shot.

Not to mention Michael Jordan.

The record for the lowest score in the Three-Point Shooting Contest during the All-Star Weekend is still there!

He is not someone who is used to shooting three-pointers...

But after Scott gave this answer, Michael Jordan didn't say a word. During the team training the next day, he began to practice additional three-point shooting.

The 39-year-old "Basketball God" is trying to step out of his comfort zone and unlock the weapon he has ignored in the 1990s: the three-point shot!

The results so far this season have far exceeded his expectations.

He really didn't expect that two months into the new season, the Wizards would still be sitting in second place in the Eastern Conference.

Having such good results and being able to hold cups also brings more pressure!

With such a record, it would be a bit embarrassing if we fail to go further in the playoffs...

This comeback is already half successful, and Michael Jordan's competitive spirit is fully up.

It's not his style to drive high and go low.

Since there is hope to create a new legendary story, there is no reason for him to let the opportunity slip away!

Even if he is asked to make changes.

He knows very well that if you want to succeed, you have to work hard!

When Jiang Dalin saw this scene, he had to admit that there was a reason for this guy's success...

He took the lead in practicing three-pointers, and Hamilton had nothing to say. He also practiced three-pointers together to enrich his arsenal, and also to allow Jiang Dalin to fully utilize his mid-range shooting weapons.

To put it bluntly, Hamilton has changed even more than Michael Jordan.

In addition to practicing three-pointers, Scott also asked him to increase his running without the ball into the paint.

Although it is not as threatening as breaking through with the ball.

But this at least increases the frequency of the Wizards' perimeter attacks!

This can also help Jiang Dalin open up space for shooting.

However, it is rare that Jiang Dalin's name is not included in today's additional training list.

When he arrived in New Jersey, of course Jason Richardson had to do his part as a landlord.

This is the first time they have met since the draft in June.

There is already a big gap between the two people.

Although Jason Richardson also has good immediate performance and can even be ranked in the top five among this year's rookies, the gap with Jiang Dalin is still too big!

If the comparison is in terms of popularity, let alone the comparison, it is completely incomparable...

Well, let alone Richardson, even Pau Gasol is no match for Jiang Dalin in terms of popularity.

This guy's current popularity is definitely something only players above the All-Star level can possess.

Richardson also had bragging rights: Isn’t Dalin awesome? He was my little brother for one year in college!

Ever since he learned about Jiang Dalin's abnormal talent, he knew that he was destined not to reach Jiang Dalin's height. In fact, in his peak period, he was content to be as popular as Jiang Dalin is now!

After dinner, Richardson did not take Jiang Dalin to fool around. Originally, he had such an idea, but now that Jiang Dalin has just made his relationship public, it would be inappropriate to take him to fool around again...

Besides, considering Jiang Dalin’s recent scandal in the news, there is a Kim Kardashian and a Hilton. Richardson has reason to believe that Jiang Dalin will definitely not be able to drink ordinary tea!

The two reminisced about the past for a while, and then Richardson sent Jiang Dalin back to the hotel.

Turning around to watch Richardson's car disappear into the night, Jiang Dalin walked towards the hotel door. As soon as he reached the door, his cell phone rang.

Pick it up and take a look, Lilith.

Normally, this woman would not look for him. Once she looks for him, it means that the variety show preparations have encountered some problems...

Jiang Dalin picked up, but before he could speak, Lilith spoke first: "Damn it, Kim Kardashian is pregnant!"