Chapter 263: Fight, young man!
After finishing the phone call with Lu Xueman, Yang Mo went straight to Washington. After a day's rest, he had to start the second half of the regular season.
After arriving in Washington and meeting up with his teammates, they came up to encourage Yang Mo, asking him to forget about being isolated in the All-Star Game, and vowed that they would never do such a thing again. This touched Yang Mo very much. Miami gave him the warmth of a family. Although this group had conflicts with him before, after the storm, they were closely united.
But Yang Mo knew very well that he couldn't stay in Miami for long. If he wanted to maximize his potential, he had to go to a team where he could control the shooting power alone. It is true that superstars are nurtured by unlimited shooting power. If Yang Mo wanted to be a superstar, there were only two ways to go. Either he could get rid of Wade and take over. Or he could leave and find a weak team to be the leader.
Wade was so good to Yang Mo, it was impossible for Yang Mo to do something treacherous, so he had no choice but to leave.
But this idea can only be buried deep in his heart. Now he is still a player of Miami, and he can't let the team have centrifugal force.
In the team training the next day, Yang Mo and Jermaine O'Neal, who was traded, cooperated for the first time. The two cooperated very well on the defensive end. Yang Mo has thickness and momentum, while O'Neal has experience, height and blocking skills.
So basically, as long as Yang Mo used his strength to block the opponent's lower body, he could accurately come from the side to help defend and destroy the opponent's shot. And when grabbing rebounds, they had a tacit understanding. Yang Mo blocked the opponent and he picked up the rebound. Or he blocked the opponent and Yang Mo grabbed the rebound.
On the defensive end, the two fit perfectly. However, on the offensive end, some problems inevitably occurred. Jermaine O'Neal is a power forward in the true sense. Although he had the ability to play low-post singles in his peak period and excellent offensive skills, he is now very weak in confrontation after several injuries. He is afraid of low-post collisions both physically and psychologically. Therefore, he relies more on mid-range shots for offense.
However, Yang Mo is also a shooting inside player. Not to mention the ball possession issue, just from the offensive type, a team cannot have two shooting inside players, right?
For the Heat coaching staff, this is undoubtedly an issue that needs to be addressed urgently.
In the pre-game interview before the game against the Wizards, all the reporters kept asking Yang Mo about the All-Star strike. In response, Yang Mo said in a unified tone, "Sorry, I don't want to ask this question again. I'll talk about it when I'm dominant enough in the NBA."
Yang Mo's silence did not mean that he had forgotten about it. On the contrary, it had become the biggest motivation for him to move forward. The reason why he did not speak of it now was because he had not yet trampled all those isolated people under his feet.
Since Yang Mo remained silent, the reporters could only turn to other issues. As for other issues, Yang Mo answered all her questions without reservation and the conversation was quite speculative.
Soon, the competition began.
Washington is a well-known bad team, so within five minutes of the game, they were stunned by the Heat's trident. Wade broke through repeatedly, Yang Mo scored from three-point range, and although O'Neal did not make any achievements on the offensive end, he and Yang Mo built a strong defense together on the defensive end. Haywood, Blaze, Jamison and other Wizards inside players were all killed by the strong defense.
In the second quarter, the Wizards were completely exhausted. The players were in a state of depression on the court, with expressions like, "Oh my God, why isn't the game over yet? Hurry up and take the victory away."
The game lost its suspense early on, and the only bright spot in the stadium was the thousands of female fans cheering for Yang Mo. Whenever Yang Mo got the ball, they would cheer and shout in unison, feeling like they were watching a concert.
With the support of these beautiful fans, Yang Mo scored 16 points and 11 rebounds in just 21 minutes. Although his points and rebounds were not particularly high, his efficiency was the best in the game.
In the next dozen games, Yang Mo almost continued this data, averaging 15 or 16 points and 10 rebounds per game, as stable as an old player. Although he has always been ranked first or second on the rookie list, it always feels like he lacks the amazingness of the past. Those commentators who originally predicted Yang Mo's bad luck were extremely happy when they saw Yang Mo's data, and immediately concluded that Yang Mo had reached his limit, and he was the next big dog Robin Xu or Damon Stoudemire, the kind of player who reached the peak of his career in his rookie season and then continued to decline.
They were so arrogant, but Yang Mo was not moved at all. He was not in a hurry to slap them in the face, because they were shameless anyway. Yang Mo always tried some new skills in every game, such as mid-range shots, post-ups, hook shots, and floaters. He learned all the offensive methods, whether inside or outside, and was not afraid of learning too many things.
Pat Riley was very satisfied with this. He admired Yang Mo's practice of using the game to level up. Wade was not unhappy either, because Yang Mo either practiced these moves during garbage time or performed them when he was not on the court. In short, Yang Mo did not steal his limelight at all. This made him play very comfortably.
In addition to practicing these complicated offensive techniques, Yang Mo put more energy into thinking about breakthrough techniques. Whenever he trained, he would always pull Beasley and Qian Mos over to double-team them. At first, he could never break through, but later he was able to play them around. Because Yang Mo actually found some unique breakthrough rhythms.
This made him particularly happy, because the first thing to become a breakthrough master is to have your own breakthrough rhythm. Whether it is Nash, Kidd, Iverson, Wade, Marbury or Chris Paul, they all have their own unique rhythm, which is the ultimate reason why they can always easily tear through the defense.
However, Yang Mo never used this skill in the game. His main way of scoring was to play pick-and-roll with Wade, either sprinting dunks or retreating three-pointers. In short, it can be described in one word: low-key.
Yang Mo became more and more calm, playing more and more like a veteran who had been in the league for many years . He could score 15 or 16 points and 10 or so rebounds in every game, without any big problems.
This situation continued until the away game against the New Jersey Nets. Just when everyone had almost forgotten that Yang Mo was once the king of talking nonsense and slapping faces, Yang Mo stood in front of the reporters and said a classic sentence: "Please pay attention, I will beat Devin Harris in the next game. The TV station can change the broadcast time of the game."
The entire basketball world was shocked when these words came out. Is Super Yang, who has not said anything harsh for a long time, finally going to kill? Is he finally going to avenge the humiliation of being eliminated in the All-Star Game ?
On the same day that Yang Mo made the harsh statement, the Heat announced that Dwyane Wade was on the daily observation list, which means that he will not play in the next game against the New Jersey Nets. The reason given was pain in his left knee.
But in fact, more than one reporter photographed Dwyane Wade running fast and making breakthroughs as fast as lightning in the stadium.
When facing reporters' questions, Dwyane Wade said with a smile: "Yang has been working hard to improve his offensive ability during this period. He should get a stage to fully display his ability."
The meaning of Wade's words was very clear. He clearly wanted to give up the stage to Yang Mo and let him teach Devin Harris a lesson.
Yang Mo made a ruthless statement, and the Miami Heat took the lead. Devin Harris also quickly stepped up and gave him a strong response: "I'm waiting for him to challenge me. I will let the world know how big the gap is between an idol who is built by women's pursuit and a real All-Star!"
Devin Harris' response was undoubtedly tit-for-tat, and instantly attracted the attention of basketball fans around the world, as well as Super Yang fans around the world. They were all waiting to watch Yang Mo watching Devin Harris.
