diskusbooks Chapter 304 An unremarkable dunk, actually a tribute to Carter?
Chapter 304 An unremarkable dunk, actually a tribute to Carter?
Wang Xiucheng stepped back while giving Durant a high-five.
"Beautiful pass, bro," Durant yelled.
Durant hadn't expected to lead the Celtics 7-0 before the game.
Wang Xiucheng nodded in response and stepped back with a smile.
During the retreat, Wang Xiucheng glanced at Jin Zhenni on the sideline.
Jin Zhenni's face immediately turned red, and she dared not meet Wang Xiucheng's gaze.
"Is he...is he looking at me?" Kim Jisoo asked Kim Jennie next to her in surprise.
"It seems so," Jennie Kim could only reply softly.
Suddenly, Park Chae-young asked, "Is he Chinese or Japanese?"
Although Park Chae-young is not a basketball fan, if there were a South Korean player in the NBA, given the South Koreans' domineering nature, they would have made a big fuss about it long ago.
"A Chinese." That was Kim Jisoo's reply. "There's no one named 'Wang' in Japan!"
"What a pity, he's so handsome, it would be great if he were Korean," Kim Jisoo muttered softly.
Jennie glanced at Jisoo, as if she sensed something was amiss.
The game continued, and White brought the ball up the court. After a physical challenge with Joe Har, he passed the ball to Horford, who bounced out from the inside.
Horford chose to pitch himself this time.
So he received the ball and faced Claxton directly, faked a drive, and then shot his first three-pointer of the game.
Bang!
The basketball spun around inside the rim and then spun out.
Claxton followed Horford out of the paint, but Durant was close enough to get the rebound before Tatum.
Seeing Jaylen Brown and Wang Xiucheng sticking together, Durant chose to dribble the ball across half-court himself.
Claxton led Horford into the paint, then led him out again.
Wang Xiucheng and Claxton passed each other, while Jaylen Brown was blocked by Claxton.
Wang Xiucheng drove into the paint, and Durant threw the basketball toward the basket.
Wang Xiucheng kept his eyes fixed on the basketball, and when the basketball reached its highest point, Wang Xiucheng jumped up with both feet.
Wang Xiucheng used one hand to maintain his balance, which spread out like a wing, while the other hand intercepted the basketball and moved behind his head along with the force of the basketball, as if he were gathering strength.
At the same time, Wang Xiucheng's feet were slightly raised backward, as if he were stepping on something.
Bang!
Just as Wang Xiucheng's head was almost parallel to the basket, a loud bang was heard, and the basketball behind Wang Xiucheng's head was chopped into the basket with one hand!
O'Neal yelled and exaggeratedly held up the microphone as if he was about to rush out, but Barkley stopped him.
At this moment, all the fans in the stadium stood up again.
Some fans held their heads in their hands, their eyes wide with shock.
If Wang Xiucheng's previous dunk seemed unremarkable and lacked any real difficulty, then this one is a good example.
But they were all too familiar with that dunk.
Because the dunk that Wang Xiucheng just performed is one of Carter's signature dunks!
Was Wang Xiucheng reenacting Vince Carter's dunk?
Was that seemingly ordinary dunk by Carter also his?
Carter, standing on the sidelines, stood up and applauded, extending a hand to interact with Wang Xiucheng from afar.
beep!
The referee blew the whistle to call a timeout.
9:0.
Mazura finally called a timeout ahead of schedule.
He sensed something was off about the atmosphere!
If the two teams are allowed to continue playing like this, then by the timeout of the regular 6 minutes, my team may be even further behind.
Therefore, he had to call a timeout in advance.
Both teams' players returned to their benches.
The on-site director seems to have finally found the original version of Wang Xiucheng's dunk.
The large screen on the dome flickered a few times, then began playing a video.
In the vintage-looking footage, Vince Carter, wearing a Raptors jersey, receives a pass from his team, jumps over the basketball, and then performs a 180-degree back dunk.
The video has a grainy texture and looks at least 20 years old.
Sure enough, a line of text soon appeared below the video.
"2000, July 1."
It's a video from the year 2000; no wonder it's so blurry.
At this moment, all the fans in the stadium finally understood what had happened with Wang Xiucheng's first dunk.
So that’s it!
Wang Xiucheng was actually paying tribute to Brooklyn Nets legend Vince Carter.
At this moment, all the fans stood up and applauded Wang Xiucheng, and also Carter.
The video is not over yet.
After this very dated video, the big screen played the next video.
It was Carter again. After receiving a pass from the team beyond the three-point line, Carter intercepted the basketball with one hand and slammed it into the basket behind his head.
That was Wang Xiucheng's second dunk!
Wang Xiucheng has unknowingly performed two of Vince Carter's signature dunks!
The Barclays Center erupted in a deafening roar.
Fans who didn't know what Wang Xiucheng was doing before finally found out.
Is Wang Xiucheng going to perform all of Carter's dunks?
Carter then stood up again and waved.
He himself was a little embarrassed.
It wasn't because Wang Xiucheng was performing his dunk.
Rather, it's because he's a Nets legend; the Nets even retired his jersey, which is now hanging high in the rafters of the Barclays Center.
But he only came to watch the Nets game at this time.
Although on the very first day Wang Xiucheng transferred to the Nets, Carter received a call from his cousin McGrady.
During the phone call, McGrady even subtly mentioned that if possible, he would like to go to the games to watch more games and even give the young Chinese player some pointers.
Carter was somewhat bewildered.
You have a good relationship with Yao Ming, and you have a good relationship with the Chinese people.
What does this have to do with me?
So even though the Nets' PR team invited him several times, Carter declined each time.
This was Carter's first time attending a Barclays game this season.
Then, he saw Wang Xiucheng block Tatum and Jaylen Brown's shots in four minutes, steal the ball from Jaylen Brown, and even perform two dunks of his own!
It's fair to say that those four minutes were entirely Wang Xiucheng's personal showcase!
"Perhaps my cousin is right," Carter thought to himself, "but what can I teach him?"
On the Celtics' bench, Mazura squatted on the ground drawing on the whiteboard, "We can create a double-team to prevent him from passing the ball."
Tatum glanced at Wang Xiucheng, who was blocked in the distance, and seemed to be thinking about something.
The game resumed quickly, and neither side made any substitutions.
The ball is inbounded from the baseline, and Jaylen Brown carries it up the court.
Horford ran out again and set a screen for Tatum.
After blocking Durant, Tatum received the ball from Jaylen Brown and faced Claxton, who had switched onto him.
Compared to Durant, Claxton seemed less agile on his feet.
After a series of feints, Tatum dribbled the ball into the paint.
With a resounding thud, Tatum slammed home a dunk.
They finally secured the Celtics' first point of the game.
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I've been in the "little black room" for two days now, and the previous section has been drastically altered again. If you haven't seen it, hurry up!