NBA: Strongest In The History Of Holding A Large Ball

Chapter 131

Seeing that Giannis would play normally, Chang Tiancheng couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief in his heart. He learned from this that while Cuban may be working the Giannis trade, it doesn't seem to be going as smoothly as he thought, and Giannis is still playing for the Bucks, which means that he won't run to Dallas for a while.

On the other hand, Chang Tiancheng very much hopes to be able to face Giannis today. In his opinion, it will be far less difficult to defeat Giannis's Bucks than in the previous game against the Nuggets. But the focus of this game is not whether they can win against the Bucks, but what will happen to Wembanyama and Giannis.

In the last friendly match, Wembanyama can be said to have been completely blown up by Giannis at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, and there is almost no way to fight back.

However, with Wembanyama's competitive personality and his high requirements for himself, Chang Tiancheng didn't believe that Wembanyama hadn't studied Giannis's game video after returning from that friendly match, and he had already found a way to deal with Giannis, so he asked Coach Popovich for leave to let him be in the best condition to confirm whether his newly researched routine could target Giannis.

The Bucks are in a state where all players can play, while the Spurs have not returned because starting center Drummond has been suspended by the league for three games and has not yet returned, so backup center Collins was temporarily pulled into the starting lineup to save the game. Of course, considering that Collins was the team's starting center last season, he didn't feel uncomfortable and quickly accepted the role.

The game started quickly, and both sides were ready to jump the ball.

The Spurs, on their side, are still sending Wembanyama to jump balls, and since Wembanyama entered the NBA, he hasn't lost to anyone with his jump balls.

The Bucks sent Da Lopez to jump the ball, the reason is that Giannis had already tried the jump ball with Wembanyama in that friendly game before, but in terms of jump ball, Giannis is indeed not as good as Wembanyama, so he also simply let Da Lopez try it, maybe there will be a different result?

Chang Tianchen came to the front court with the ball, and was just about to call Wembanyama to block it for himself, but found that Wembanyama went directly to the inside of the Bucks by himself, stuck Giannis behind him, and stretched out a hand to Chang Tiancheng to ask for the ball.

This move startled Chang Tiancheng. Although Wembanyama has a great height and arm span advantage in the face of Giannis, Giannis's physical fitness is also much stronger than him, and if it is really a one-on-one heads-up in the low post, Wembanyama may not be able to beat Giannis.

However, Chang Tiancheng saw that Wembanyama wanted the ball very resolutely, so he chose to trust his teammates and passed the ball through a high hanging pass.

After receiving the ball, Wembanyama first landed with both feet at the same time, which would ensure that he could use either foot as the pivot foot, and then suddenly turned around and was about to roll over and shoot in the face of Giannis's defense.

Giannis was highly motivated to play at this time, and he also wanted to see how far this talent monster in front of him, who has never been seen before in the history of the NBA, could grow in two days.

But this time, Giannis's enthusiasm hurt him. Wembanyama took the ball back after turning and shaking Giannis, and then bypassed Giannis's defense and threw a shot directly at Da Lopez.

The basketball hollowed into the net, and Wembanyama scored two points for the Spurs with his inside footsteps as soon as he came up.

Giannis, who was shaken away, was a little unhappy in his heart, he didn't expect Wembanyama to choose to deceive himself with feints. Obviously, he used to be tough with himself, but now he suddenly plays tricks.

It was not only Giannis who was shocked by Wembanyama's action, but also Chang Tiancheng, who stood outside the three-point line and witnessed all this. In the process of returning to the defense, Chang Tiancheng couldn't help but ask Wembanyama: "Why did you suddenly start playing this game? Didn't you say that you would confront him head-on?" "

But I also told you before, only when it comes to friendly matches, I will give myself that chance, and when it comes to the official game, I will use a more stable method." Wembanyama replied lightly, "And, who told you that you don't fight head-on with your foot? According to you, can I say that Olajuwon has never faced any player head-on?"

Chang Tiancheng was amused by Wembanyama, but still did not forget to remind him: "Pay attention to defense, if you do this, I guess Giannis will rush by himself in the next round."

As Chang Tiancheng said, the two had just returned to their own half when they saw Giannis alone with the ball and advancing wildly, all the way to the Spurs' three-point line. Until this time, he had no intention of stopping, but rushed towards the Spurs' interior line.

Wembanyama immediately took up his defensive position and prepared to create an offensive foul on Giannis.

Chang Tiancheng, who saw this scene, immediately shouted to Collins: "Zack! Go and help the defense, you must stand on Victor's side!"

Collins heard Chang Tiancheng's instructions, although he didn't know what he meant by this, but he still obediently did it.

After seeing Wembanyama's defensive posture, Giannis instinctively used the European step, but when he just took a step, he found that Collins defense suddenly appeared in front of him.

This caught Giannis off guard, and in a hurry, Giannis took two steps directly with the ball, all of which was seen by the referee, and naturally he would not let him go, and gave him a walking violation.

Giannis was visibly annoyed as he threw the ball straight to the Spurs' baseline before turning and heading straight back into his own half.

Wembanyama walked over and picked up the ball and gave it to Chang Tiancheng.

Chang Tiancheng took the ball and confirmed his thoughts with his eyes and Wembanyama.

Wembanyama raised an eyebrow, then squeezed to the inside, stuck Giannis's position, and waited for Chang Tiancheng to pass.

This time, Chang Tiancheng was very decisive. He understands that as long as Wembanyama scores another goal, it will definitely be a very big blow to Giannis's mentality, and maybe he will lose his mind, which will affect the outcome of this game.

After Wembanyama received the ball, the thoughts in his heart were the same as Chang Tiancheng.

Gotta score this one!