Chương 151: Chapter 151: The Best Tactic
Fortunately, even in the US, it is possible to watch the Spring Festival Gala.
Before the Spring Festival Gala started, Wade Dong deliberately looked up the program schedule.
After looking at the program schedule, Wade Dong realized that this world was quite different from his previous life.
In the Spring Festival Gala, almost all the celebrities were unfamiliar to Wade Dong.
He only recognized a few, mainly those who appeared at the end of the show, Zhao Dashuai and Zhang Yang. That was because Wade Dong had met these two during the summer on Meteor Shower Island and had drinks with them.
"Cheers! Happy New Year!"
"Cheers! Happy New Year!"
"Cheers! Happy New Year!"
The whole family raised their glasses and started the New Year's Eve dinner at 4 AM in the US.
After eating and drinking their fill, Qi Juan and Han Ru also took out the red envelopes they had prepared for Wade Dong and Li Jiajia.
Wade Dong, with his annual salary of several million dollars, naturally didn't care about these small red envelopes, but he still felt the joy of receiving them as he did when he was a child.
The Spring Festival Gala was just an accompaniment to the New Year's Eve dinner.
Before the Spring Festival Gala ended, everyone went outside to set off fireworks.
"Boom!!!"
"Boom!!!"
"Boom!!!"
Bundles of fireworks lit up the early morning sky in Phoenix.
A new year had begun.
Wade Dong had been reborn for almost a year and was about to pursue his second championship.
...
The next day, the Suns flew to Los Angeles.
Before the season started, the Lakers were highly favored due to the addition of Howard. They were considered one of the top contenders for the championship.
It should be noted that Howard, known as the "Magic Beast," had once led his team to the Finals and, at his peak, was considered a player who could be traded one-for-one with James.
However, the chemistry of this team did not seem to be very good.
Now, halfway through the season, the Lakers were only ranked seventh in the Western Conference, seven games behind the first-place Suns.
Last season, the Lakers lost to the Suns 1-4 in the playoffs.
Two days ago, in the game against the Celtics, Wade Dong used garbage time to get 5 blocks and 5 assists, achieving a quadruple-double and breaking the league's 30-year-old single-game blocks record.
This incident also put Wade Dong in the spotlight.
However, due to the relationship between Shana Media and Bulls Entertainment, most news outlets were praising Wade Dong.
Of course, many players also expressed their opinions on Twitter, with mixed reviews. Padding stats during garbage time was frowned upon by many players, but 18 blocks were indeed impressive. After all, scoring is easy, but blocking is hard.
"Wade Dong, congratulations~"
Before the game, only Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol from the Lakers came to congratulate Wade Dong.
Strong players respect strong players. Kobe understood Wade Dong and even joked, "But it's impossible for you to get 18 blocks at the Staples Center."
"Idol, who knows what will happen before it does?" Wade Dong also smiled and said, "Maybe I can break your 81-point record here."
Kobe shrugged, "That's also impossible."
"Hahaha..." Wade Dong laughed, "We'll see."
81 points? Is it that hard?
...
"Beep!!!"
With the referee's whistle, the game officially began.
Lakers starting lineup: Kobe Bryant, Pau Gasol, Metta World Peace, Dwight Howard, Steve Blake.
Suns starting lineup: Wade Dong, Steve Nash, Bynum, Middleton, Gortat.
This was Bynum's first time returning to the Lakers' home court since his trade, and he was greeted with boos from the crowd. If Bynum had joined another team, it might have been different, but he joined the Suns, who had defeated the Lakers in the playoffs last season.
Losing and then joining the enemy? Who taught you that bad habit!
After joining the Lakers, Howard's performance had declined. This season, he was averaging only 18 points and 14 rebounds, but even with Howard's decline in form, he still easily won the jump ball against Bynum and passed the ball to Blake.
Blake dribbled the ball to the front court and passed it to Howard.
Howard received the ball and, facing Bynum's defense, made a small turn and used his strength to push Bynum aside, followed by a powerful dunk.
"Wow~!"
The home crowd instantly erupted.
Bynum frowned, feeling a bit unhappy. He wanted to respond with a three-pointer, so when he reached the front court, instead of going inside, he stood at the three-point line and shouted to Nash, "Pass me the ball!"
"Huh?!"
Before Nash could respond, Wade Dong furrowed his brow and said, "Get your ass to the paint!"
With just that one sentence, Bynum obediently ran into the paint, not daring to act like a child again. This scene was also witnessed by Kobe, who clicked his tongue. The childish Bynum was surprisingly obedient to Wade Dong.
Last season, the Lakers traded Bynum because he was unmanageable.
However, seeing that Bynum was doing well with the Suns, averaging 19 points and 11 rebounds and becoming the second star of the team, Kobe thought Bynum would become even more arrogant. But surprisingly, in front of Wade Dong, Bynum was like an obedient child.
There was a small story behind this. Wade Dong often scolded Bynum during team practices.
Once, Bynum acted up and refused to train. He thought Wade Dong would say a few comforting words to give him a way out, but instead, Wade Dong scolded him even more harshly.
Angered, Bynum wanted to confront Wade Dong, but he was chased around the court by Green, who wanted to beat him up! Although Green was a rookie, in his eyes, only Wade Dong was the boss. After that incident, along with Coach Gold's pep talks, Bynum became more obedient and rarely acted like a child on the court.
Bynum entered the paint, and Wade Dong ran to the three-point line. This was a simple tactical cooperation.
Then Nash passed the ball to Wade Dong, who received it and faced Metta World Peace's defense, launching a three-pointer.
"Swish!!!"
The ball went through the net, a perfect response to Howard's first basket.
2:3!!!
In response to Wade Dong's three-pointer, Kobe also made a move, scoring a turnaround jumper over Middleton.
Both teams traded baskets, and the score kept rising. In this game, Wade Dong did not guard Kobe; Wade Dong was guarding the court bully Metta World Peace, and Kobe was guarding Middleton. Both players found it easier to score.
The Lakers' head coach did not let Kobe and Wade Dong guard each other to maximize Kobe's scoring ability, as the internal consumption would be too severe. Everyone knew that the best defender on the Suns was Wade Dong.
And Metta World Peace's defense was not much worse than Kobe's.
The Suns and Lakers engaged in a high-scoring battle.
At the end of the first quarter, the score was 31:34, with the Lakers trailing the Suns by 3 points.
Kobe scored 15 points on 6-of-9 shooting, while Wade Dong scored 21 points on 8-of-11 shooting. Wade Dong's offensive desire was clearly higher than Kobe's, attempting 11 shots in the first quarter, which was quite rare for him. However, a 73% shooting percentage also indicated how hot Wade Dong's hand was.
At this point, giving the ball to Wade Dong was the best tactic.
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