บท 141: Chapter 141: Data Padding
"I won't do data padding!"
Wade Dong shook his head vigorously, rejecting Ginobili's good intentions.
Ginobili looked at Nash and Dragic and casually said, "I'm not asking you to pad data. It's just that Nash's back injury seems to have flared up again, and Dragic's ankle is a bit uncomfortable, right?"
"Ouch..."
Nash showed a pained expression. "My back is hurting again. I can't play the last few minutes."
"Me too..."
Dragic's expression was even more pained. "I think I twisted my ankle during that drive."
"You guys!!!!"
What a terrible performance!
Wade Dong could easily see that Nash and Dragic were faking it.
"That's settled!"
Ginobili clapped his hands and said, "Nash and Dragic, go rest. Bynum, Green, Middleton, McGrady, get on the court. Wade Dong, you'll have to work hard as the point guard."
"I'm so..."
Wade Dong was speechless!
What kind of god-like coach and teammates were these?
They actually didn't care about the outcome of the game and changed the lineup in the last 7 minutes, making Wade Dong the point guard, just to help him get four more assists.
The key was, Wade Dong could actually play point guard!
He had already proven that he was one of the strongest point guards in the league.
The timeout ended.
Wade Dong, Bynum, Green, Middleton, and McGrady took the court.
...
Yu Jia, "The Suns are using this lineup to make Wade Dong the point guard."
Zhang Coach, "Wade Dong is only 3 rebounds and 4 assists away from a quadruple-double."
Yu Jia, "???"
Zhang Coach, "This lineup is to help Wade Dong get four more assists."
Yu Jia, "This is too obvious."
Zhang Coach, "No quadruple-double is padded. Only Wade Dong could do it. If it were any other player, even if you gave them the opportunity, they wouldn't be able to pad the stats."
...
The Suns were on offense, and Wade Dong dribbled the ball to the frontcourt.
The Suns players started moving, and Middleton and Green executed a pick-and-roll, creating an open shot. Wade Dong passed the ball to Middleton.
At that moment, Bynum also found an open spot under the basket.
The best option would be to pass the ball to Bynum, but Middleton had received a pass from Dong, and he couldn't pass it to anyone else, or he would waste Dong's assist.
Middleton raised his hand, jumped, shot, and prayed in his heart.
"Swish!!!"
Fortunately, the ball went in smoothly.
Middleton also breathed a sigh of relief, glad he didn't waste Dong's pass.
7 assists! Wade Dong needed 3 more assists to reach double digits.
This play was still somewhat normal, but soon, the Bulls missed a shot by Boozer!
The rebound was clear, so... a very strange thing happened on the court. Bynum and Green could easily grab the rebound, but they stood still and even blocked the Bulls players, "letting" Wade Dong get the rebound.
"Huh~~~"
Even the fans in the arena could see that Wade Dong was padding his stats!
Even in the Bulls' home arena, the fans booed, but it was more in jest! If Wade Dong got another quadruple-double, the home fans would also be proud.
31 points, 8 rebounds, 7 assists, 10 steals!
With 6 minutes left in the game... Wade Dong, as the point guard, also became the team's second scoring option.
The teammates worked hard to help their team leader "pad" his quadruple-double.
"9 rebounds!"
"8 assists!"
"10 rebounds!"
"11 rebounds!"
"9 assists!"
The fans in the arena were also keeping track of Wade Dong's stats, and this quadruple-double was full of drama.
With 3 minutes left in the game.
"Swish!!!"
As McGrady made a jump shot, Wade Dong got his 10th assist of the game.
31 points, 12 rebounds, 10 assists, 10 steals!
"MVP! MVP! MVP!"
"Quadruple-double! Quadruple-double! Quadruple-double!"
The fans in the arena were ecstatic! They had witnessed another quadruple-double miracle. Wade Dong was the only active player to achieve a quadruple-double, and he had done it twice, becoming the first player in history to achieve a quadruple-double.
"Old Ginobili, that's enough!"
Wade Dong was so angry he wanted to smash the basketball. During this time, the Suns hadn't played any teamwork. Whoever received a pass from Wade Dong would immediately shoot, never choosing to pass, and they were especially polite when grabbing rebounds. Although Wade Dong got a quadruple-double, the Bulls took advantage of this, and now the Suns were down by 3 points.
"I know, I know."
Ginobili wouldn't really disregard the game's outcome, especially in a nationally televised Christmas Day game.
Now, everyone who cared about basketball knew that Wade Dong had padded his stats to get a quadruple-double. In reality, if he hadn't padded his stats, Wade Dong might not have gotten a triple-double in this game.
In the new season, after returning to the shooting guard position, Wade Dong's assists had significantly decreased, averaging only 7.9 per game. Based on his performance in this game, the probability of getting 4 more assists in the last 7 minutes was very low. But if he hadn't padded his stats, he would have wasted the hard-earned 10 steals.
Among the five stats, steals and blocks were the hardest to reach double digits.
In the last 3 minutes, Nash's back injury "suddenly" got better, and he returned to the court. Gortat also replaced Green.
When Wade Dong took control of the game, being down by 3 points was nothing!
"Swish!!!"
"Swish!!!"
"Swish!!!"
Wade Dong hit three consecutive three-pointers, stopping the Bulls' comeback.
Thibodeau called another timeout!
But after the timeout, no one could stop Wade Dong from scoring.
In the last 3 minutes, facing the Suns with Wade Dong, if you didn't have a double-digit lead, winning against the Suns was almost impossible.
"Beep!!!"
The referee's whistle signaled the end of the game.
117:112!
The Suns won against the Bulls at home.
Game stats:
Wade Dong: 46 points, 13 rebounds, 10 assists, 10 steals, 2 blocks.
Nash: 11 points, 3 rebounds, 9 assists, 1 steal, 0 blocks.
Rose: 42 points, 4 rebounds, 7 assists, 2 steals, 0 blocks.
Boozer: 23 points, 11 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal, 2 blocks.
This nationally televised Christmas Day game finally came to an end. Rose played well, and Boozer played well, but they couldn't stop the Suns from winning.
The Suns were stronger against strong teams and weaker against weak teams, losing both games to weaker opponents.
...
On the other side, the Heat also defeated the Lakers.
That game was just as highly anticipated as the Suns vs. Bulls game because James and Kobe were so popular.
But Wade Dong stole the show in the Christmas Day games.
Because Wade Dong got another quadruple-double, and this quadruple-double was hard-earned. Wade Dong padded his stats in the fourth quarter under the world's attention, with the whole team working together to help him get a quadruple-double!
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