บท 308: Chapter 308: I'm Not a Scorer
Huang Yu was unaware of Coach Jackson's thoughts; all he could see was the basket.
After hitting three consecutive three-pointers, Huang Yu drove to the basket for another score.
"Durant, go defend Huang Yu!" Coach Gentry put down his thermos and shouted to Durant.
Previously, Thompson had been guarding Huang Yu, and his defense was only average. It was challenging to contain Huang Yu in this state.
Huang Yu scored 11 straight points.
On the next possession, Huang Yu drove to the basket against Durant's defense and attempted a layup.
"Still too young..."
Wade Dong muttered and then circled behind Huang Yu from the baseline.
As expected...
Swat!
Durant swatted Huang Yu's shot.
If Wade Dong hadn't rotated, the ball would have gone out of bounds.
Durant's block was impressive, but Wade Dong's anticipation was even more remarkable.
Wade Dong grabbed the rebound and dribbled to the frontcourt.
In a game, every second counts, even when you're leading. Wade Dong didn't wait for the referee's whistle to initiate the offense.
The Warriors players hustled back on defense.
However, their speed couldn't compare to that of the world's fastest sprinter, even with the ball in Wade Dong's hands...
Swish!
Wade Dong dribbled to the frontcourt and finished with a one-handed slam dunk.
The Suns led 79:63.
After Huang Yu's 11-point streak, Wade Dong's dunk extended the Suns' lead back to 16 points.
Wade Dong then used the Dream Shake to blow past Landry and easily scored a layup.
Next, Wade Dong stole the ball and hit a three-pointer in transition, pushing the lead back to over 20 points.
Third Quarter, Last 3 Minutes
Wade Dong checked out to rest and didn't return until 5 minutes into the fourth quarter.
Swat!
Wade Dong checked back in and immediately stole the ball from Dragic, then passed it ahead to the frontcourt.
Durant sprinted with his long strides, received the pass near the free-throw line, took one dribble, and slammed home a dunk.
Swish!
Durant's dunk was followed by two chest pounds and a point towards Wade Dong, "Great pass!"
Durant had played with excellent point guards like Harden and Westbrook, but their passing abilities couldn't compare to Wade Dong's. Durant often had to choose his shots after receiving the pass.
The Suns led 102:81.
During Wade Dong's rest, the Warriors' starters narrowed the gap, but with Wade Dong's steals and assists, the Suns regained a 20-point lead.
With 6 minutes left in the game, the Warriors had lost all hope of a comeback.
With 2 minutes and 17 seconds left in the fourth quarter, both teams subbed out their starters.
The Game Ends
With the referee's whistle, the game ended.
The Suns defeated the Warriors 116:93, a 23-point blowout at home.
The game's stats:
- Wade Dong: 37 points, 11 rebounds, 13 assists, 7 steals, 2 blocks.
- Durant: 25 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals, 3 blocks.
- Curry: 27 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 steal, 0 blocks.
- Thompson: 15 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assist, 0 steals, 0 blocks.
- Huang Yu: 35 points, 5 rebounds, 7 assists, 2 steals, 0 blocks.
- Bynum: 21 points, 13 rebounds, 3 assists, 0 steals, 2 blocks.
Wade Dong was just three steals away from his Nth quadruple-double. However, in this game, Wade Dong, Durant, Curry, and Thompson combined for 104 points, while the rest of the Suns' players only scored 12 points.
This was the scary part about the Suns; they didn't even need to rely on Carter, McGrady, and others to win comfortably.
Post-Game Press Conference
Wade Dong held the stat sheet and answered reporters' questions.
Reporter A joked, "Congratulations, Big Brother Dong, on scoring 37 points, a new season-high for you."
"Hahaha..."
Wade Dong chuckled and replied, "I'm a bit surprised to score so many points."
Reporter B, "Big Brother Dong is being modest. 37 points is just your average from last season. If you wanted to, you could score 50+ every night."
Wade Dong said, "No, no, no. I'm not a scorer. Our team has Durant, Curry, Thompson, Carter, and McGrady, all of whom are excellent scorers. I'm just assisting them!"
"I believe you..."
Reporter A couldn't help but want to retort, but he held back.
Wade Dong noticed the half-spoken sentence and raised his eyebrows.
Reporter A sighed, "Big Brother Dong is right. You're not a scorer because, besides scoring, you lead the league in the other four categories."
"Not in rebounds..."
Wade Dong sighed, "In this game, I only grabbed 11 rebounds, so Howard has surpassed me in that category."
"Huh..."
The reporter wanted to boo but dared not.
Wade Dong was a bit hypocritical, claiming not to care about stats while studying the stat sheet to see that his average rebounds had been surpassed by Howard.
However, the reporter knew that Wade Dong earned every stat on the court.
In the first six games of the regular season, Wade Dong sat out the fourth quarter in three games. If he had played the entire game, his stats would have been even more terrifying.
Of course,
Wade Dong's current stats were already terrifying. In the first six games, he had recorded three triple-doubles, including a 20+20+20, two near-quadruple-doubles, and he kept breaking NBA historical records, leaving no room for future players.
Mid-December
The regular season started at the end of October, and now, a month and a half had passed.
Christmas was approaching, and the most anticipated game was the Christmas Day showdown between the five-star Heat and the five-star Suns.
The regular season was already one-fourth over, and each team had played around twenty games.
The Suns had a 23-2 record, ranking first in the league. The Lakers were close behind with a 22-3 record, followed by the Heat with a 21-4 record.
However, the Heat's four losses revealed that the five stars hadn't fully meshed yet. Although Paul and Anthony took pay cuts to join the Heat, the team sacrificed bench depth to assemble the super-team.
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