jdhmnovel Chapter 551 Jokic: "Young Hansen is far from good enough!"
Chapter 551 Jokic: "Young Hansen is far from good enough!"
"If you don't have a three-point shot, it will be hard to establish yourself in the NBA. Practicing three-pointers is something you have to do. Listen to me, shoot three-pointers. Even if you can only make 20% of them, the Nets will cover for you."
In addition to regular training, David Mullaka has been practicing three-pointers with Ben Sullivan for two hours every day for the past two months.
Even when they went to Europe for training, this kind of training never stopped for even a single day.
Although his shooting percentage has never been great, at least now David Muoka dares to shoot when he has an open shot.
He just hasn't scored much in training matches.
In the stands, David Mullaka's parents waved the national flag and shouted.
Nobody around them paid any attention to them because everyone was shouting.
Wang Xiucheng squatted down slightly, placed his hands on his knees, and looked at Calick Jones opposite him.
He had a skill card that increased his three-point shooting percentage by 35%, which allowed David Muoka to make his first three-pointer after two attempts.
The three-point line in FIBA games is shorter than in the NBA, which is why NBA players have a higher three-point shooting percentage in international competitions.
However, for Wang Xiucheng, his "three-point shooting percentage improvement card" only looks at the three-point line and not the distance.
Whether it's the NBA's three-point line or the World Cup's three-point line, it makes no difference to Wang Xiucheng.
Therefore, Wang Xiucheng's advantage in the World Cup is actually smaller than that in the NBA.
This is why Wang Xiucheng upgraded the effects of his skill cards before the World Cup.
David Mullaka, a player who rarely appears in front of Chinese fans, has already made 1 of 2 three-point attempts tonight.
This means that South Sudan can no longer afford to give up on David Muoka and allow him to shoot indiscriminately.
With a whistle, the referee blew his whistle, and Roy Ivey called a timeout.
For South Sudan, the tactic of attacking Wang Xiucheng from both sides appears to have failed.
Therefore, he had to make a change.
All the contingency plans he had prepared for the Chinese team during the preparatory meeting were rendered useless.
Because none of these contingency plans are related to David Mullaka!
How could someone who can't even get playing time in the NCAA possibly attract Roy Ivey's attention?
The name in his plan was Wang Xiucheng!
Guo Shiqiang stood outside the advertising barrier and gave each player a high-five.
Four minutes into the second quarter, he should have substituted in the starters long ago.
However, these substitutes worked very well with Wang Xiucheng, so he actually had no reason to make substitutions.
Sometimes Guo Shiqiang is also a bit troubled, because it seems that the gap between the main players and substitutes of the Hebei China Fortune team is not as big as it used to be.
It seems that every player performs well when playing alongside Wang Xiucheng.
This is probably the positive impact a good point guard can have on the team and other players.
After taking the tactics board, Guo Shiqiang began to arrange the next tactics and personnel adjustments.
When the timeout ended, the fans at the stadium noticed that Hebei China Fortune had made another substitution.
Wang Xiucheng, Zeng Fanbo, David Muoka, Li Kaier, and Yang Hansen.
This lineup is actually quite unusual because it lacks a shooting guard.
Wang Xiucheng alone led four forwards and a center on the field.
This instantly diminished South Sudan's height advantage.
Moreover, all five of them can shoot three-pointers.
Guo Shiqiang stood with his arms crossed in front of the technical table.
He wanted to see if the Chinese team could field an ultimate five-man lineup.
David Mullaka's three-point shooting allows him to field a wider range of lineups.
The game resumes.
South Sudan launches an offensive.
South Sudan scored a two-pointer in this round.
But before they could even celebrate, Wang Xiucheng quickly dribbled the ball to the frontcourt.
Then, standing at the top of the arc, Wang Xiucheng used a feint and a turn to smoothly get past Calick Jones.
Yang Hansen, making his first appearance tonight, stood at the free-throw line and reached out to catch the ball from Wang Xiucheng.
The next moment, Yang Hansen tossed the ball behind his head, catching Gabriel completely off guard.
By the time Gabriel realized the basketball was behind him, it was too late.
Wang Xiucheng, who had just passed the ball, used Yang Hansen's body as a shield to tightly block Calick Jones behind him and had already reached the basket.
Catching Yang Hansen's seemingly casual pass, Wang Xiucheng easily jumped and lifted the basketball into the air.
With a whoosh, the basketball bounced off the backboard and went into the basket.
Wang Xiucheng slapped Yang Hansen's hand and immediately caught up with Calick Jones, preventing him from launching a fast break.
In the stands, Lu Han, who was holding a red flag, suddenly stood up and instinctively shouted, "Jokic?"
"Just now, I also saw Jokic's shadow," Deng Chao said at this moment.
Yang Hansen's seemingly casual toss just now already showed a hint of Jokic's style.
At this moment, in a rural villa in Serbia.
In the villa's huge courtyard, a dozen horses were roaming around, and the grass on the ground was being eaten away piece by piece.
Behind the courtyard, there is a two-story villa that looks quite old.
Inside a room, a fat man took a big gulp of cola, watched Yang Hansen run back after assisting Wang Xiucheng, and curled his lip.
"Far from it. Why didn't you pass the ball higher? That way, Wang could have easily slammed it on with an alley-oop dunk. What a waste of such a great opportunity to show off. You've been learning from me for two months and all you've learned is this little bit?"
Grabbing a bag of potato chips, the fat man started eating them unhappily.
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With Yang Hansen's assist ability, Wang Xiucheng's pressure was greatly reduced.
Fans quickly noticed that Wang Xiucheng, who scored 19 points in the first quarter, was actually dealing cards from the top of the arc.
After receiving an inside pass from Yang Hansen and scoring two more points, David Muoka was substituted by Cui Yongxi by Guo Shiqiang.
With all players contributing, the Chinese team has unknowingly extended its lead to 20 points.
Roy Ive kept yelling at his teammates, hoping to change the situation on the field by making substitutions.
However, the effect was not obvious.
At most, they could only keep the score at a stalemate.
A stalemate means the 20-point gap hasn't narrowed.
Finally, in the last minute of the first half, Wang Xiucheng hit a buzzer-beating three-pointer, giving China a 23-point lead at 63-40.
As soon as the whistle blew to end the first half, Roy Ivey walked toward the players' tunnel, shaking his head.
He didn't want to see the score at all.
But at that moment, the glaring score was deeply imprinted in his mind, and he couldn't shake it off!
South Sudan scored 24 points in the second quarter, compared to 16 points in the first quarter.
24 points is a relatively high score, but it's still within the normal range.
Most teams in the World Cup don't even get that many points in a single quarter.
However, the abnormal team is China Fortune.
After scoring 30 points in the first quarter, the Chinese team scored another 33 points in the second quarter.
This is the World Cup, not the NBA!
Scoring over 30 points in two consecutive quarters, is the whole team on performance-enhancing drugs?
Roy Ivy really wanted to swear, but he couldn't do it here.
This time, Wang Xiucheng didn't waste any time and went straight to the players' tunnel.
A large number of Chinese fans gathered on both sides of the player tunnel, shouting at Wang Xiucheng and holding up their phones, hoping that Wang Xiucheng would look up at them.
Lu Han and Fan Chengcheng had somehow gotten here.
Upon seeing Wang Xiucheng approaching, the two of them leaned forward and shouted repeatedly.
Perhaps the two people were shouting too loudly, or perhaps Fan Chengcheng was craning his neck too far.
In any case, it caught Wang Xiucheng's attention.
Wang Xiucheng looked up, then smiled and waved before quickly disappearing into the players' tunnel.
"Ah... Wang Xiucheng looked at me... Wang Xiucheng looked at me..."
A young female fan screamed as she carefully saved the video she had just recorded of Wang Xiucheng smiling at her.
During the intermission in the Penguin Live broadcast room, Wang Meng began reading out the data.
"Wang Xiucheng didn't score much in the second quarter, only 6 points, but he had 6 assists."
"Wang Xiucheng has already achieved a double-double with 25 points and 10 assists in the first half."
"Among the others, David Muoka has become a surprise weapon, scoring 12 points with 4 two-pointers and 2 three-pointers."
"David Muoka is also the second highest scorer in the Chinese team."
After reading the data, Wang Meng looked at Yang Yi.
Yang Yi said directly, "We saw in the first quarter that Wang Xiucheng's playing style was to score points himself."
"In the second quarter, Wang Xiucheng became an organizer again."
"Wang Xiucheng demonstrated to everyone through his actions just how well-rounded he is."
"I think nobody could have predicted that we would score 63 points in the first half."
"Two days ago, we lost to Serbia here 105-63, and we only scored 63 points in the whole game."
"And tonight, we've already scored 63 points in just the first half. I think everyone knows why without me having to say more."
Seeing that Yang Yi seemed to have finished speaking, Zhu Fangyu continued to praise David Muoka.
In his view, David Muoka was indeed very talented, but he lacked shooting ability.
Although he didn't know if David Mullaka's performance tonight would be a flash in the pan, Zhu Fangyu knew he had no chance of becoming a fan of Wang, but he could become a fan of Dai!
"David has already made two of his three-point attempts in the first half of this game."
"I didn't expect him to have a three-point shot ability now. It seems he has put in a lot of work recently."
"Like I said, with his three-point shot, David already has the ability to establish himself in the NBA."
"I think this game is being watched not only by Chinese fans, but also by many team executives or scouts in the United States."
"David, who went undrafted in the NBA draft this summer, I think he will soon get a two-way contract."
"Perhaps after the new NBA season starts, we will find that the number of Chinese players has reached a new high!"
After both players finished their calls, Wang Meng finally said, "The first half is over. Let's take a short break and come back right away."