Chapter 154 The pass was too good, and the opponent was very upset
In the past, Wang Yan's passes were basically high-pitched, relying on his height and long arms to pass to his teammates, and his error rate was indeed very low.
But the threat is average because the intention is obvious.
Therefore, in these two seasons, Wang Yan only averaged 4.7 assists per game.
But when he passed the ball just now, no one could see clearly how he passed the ball.
If Butler hadn't reacted quickly, he would have almost missed it.
After scoring the goal, Wang Yan was very excited inside, but he tried to remain calm on the surface, otherwise it would seem like he was just lucky.
The commentators for this game were Gary "The Glove" Payton and Magic Johnson.
Both are top guards, but one is a defensive guard and the other is a playmaking guard.
They didn't even see how Wang Yan passed the ball.
Payton thought that Wang Yan had made a mistake, and then by accident, the ball flew into the hands of his teammate, completing an assist.
"Is this a pass? It doesn't look like it!" Of course Payton couldn't say what was in his mind. After all, Wang Yan is a superstar now. If he said something wrong, he would be criticized to death by Wang Yan's fans.
Johnson rubbed his eyes and analyzed: "I feel that the ball fell out after Wang Yan and Stoudemire confronted each other."
They had similar ideas, that Wang Yan had hit the jackpot by accident.
However, when the two looked up at the big screen, they were completely dumbfounded.
The audience also exclaimed!
The slow-motion replay from various angles clearly showed that Wang Yan grabbed the ball with his big hands, made a fake move, and then accurately passed the ball to Butler from behind through the gap between people.
The imagination of this pass and the precision of the technique are truly exquisite!
The teammates all ran over with surprise on their faces and high-fived Wang Yan to celebrate.
Although everyone was happy for Wang Yan, they all knew in their hearts that Wang Yan only did it occasionally, or he was just lucky.
Because in his usual training, Wang Yan had never used similar tactics.
4:2
Knicks offense.
This time, Stadler was very angry and was determined to beat Wang Yan.
However, he tried his best, but due to Wang Yan's defense, his shot was still a little off.
The basketball spun around the rim and came out again.
Wang Yan passed the ball to his teammate Jamison and launched a counterattack.
Because Wang Yan's breakthrough pass just now was very imaginative, Jamison immediately passed the ball to Wang Yan when he saw Wang Yan crossing half court again.
sensible!
Wang Yan's hands were itching to grab the ball, but he was too embarrassed to reach out for it.
Seeing Jamison passing the ball, I won’t be polite!
Xiao Si was a little annoyed and angry because of Wang Yan's defense, so he rushed to Wang Yan and tried to restrain him.
Unexpectedly, Wang Yan dribbled the ball in a fancy way, then turned around and passed the opponent, leaving Xiao Si half a body length away.
Just when Chandler came over to assist in defense, Wang Yan passed the ball without looking at anyone, bang!
A ground pass with some spin added to the hands.
The basketball passed between Chandler's legs.
Due to the added rotation, it turned and flew towards teammate Jamison.
At this time, Chandler and Stoudemire thought that Wang Yan was going to break through and make a layup, and all their attention was on him.
After Jamison received the ball, he took a three-step shot. There was no one defending in front of him, and he easily got two points with a layup!
"Fuck! How did Wang Yan pass the ball?"
"If it wasn't for the slow motion just now, I think this ball was a mistake!"
"It's definitely not a mistake. How can a mistake be so exquisite? Jamison made a layup."
"Is Wang Yan's passing so strong? I never noticed it before!"
. . . .
The audience stood up and applauded, cheering for Wang Yan's another quick pass!
Now, those who had thought that Wang Yan was gullible were completely convinced.
Wang Yan was counting in his mind, assists +2!
However, it is still a long way from 20 times.
In order to achieve this goal, first of all, both sides must have similar scores and the game must be more tense.
Otherwise, the game would be messed up and Wang Yan wouldn't be able to shamelessly give assists on the court.
Next, the Knicks attacked, Wang Yan relaxed a little on the defensive end, and Stoudemire scored a dunk!
After scoring the goal, Stadler breathed a sigh of relief, otherwise he would have been too uncomfortable with Wang Yan just now.
After more than five minutes of the first quarter, the score between the two teams was 7:19, with the Cavaliers leading by eight points.
Wang Yan made consecutive exquisite passes and has now provided 4 assists.
Gary Payton exclaimed: "Oh my God, in my opinion, Wang Yan's four assists today can all be included in the top ten plays, each one is more exciting than the other!"
Magic Johnson was also convinced, as he knew the difficulty of these passes.
That's not a ball that can be passed by relying on height, but the precise grasp of timing, technique, and coordination of feints to the east and attacks to the west, so that teammates can easily get the opportunity to score!
It takes several seasons to develop such passing skills.
Magic Johnson murmured, "Wang Yan can pass the ball suddenly. Was he hiding his ability before?"
Gary Payton smiled bitterly and said, "He is still hiding... He is already the best player in the league..."
Johnson could only shrug and explain, "But he really hasn't made a pass like this before. It was always a high pass. It's not a great pass."
Neither of them can understand it, and the fans can understand it even less.
But the fans don’t care about all that, as long as the game is good and enjoyable to watch!
After the first quarter, Wang Yan had 6 assists.
Wang Yan breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that 20 assists were not that difficult.
In the second half of the second quarter, fans thought Wang Yan would focus on scoring.
Unexpectedly, Wang Yan continued to pass the ball.
He even reproduced Bai Qiao's classic pass from that year!
That is to use your elbow to knock the ball to your teammates!
The fans went crazy.
New York fans are broad-minded and they will applaud whoever plays well.
So Wang Yan’s wonderful pass won applause from the Madison Square Garden and cheers of MVP!
Finally, some old fans realized that Wang Yan’s passing style is exactly the same as Bai Qiao Williams’!
Gary Payton played against Bai Qiao during his time with the Kings, and he also called out Williams' name!
"Is Wang Yan paying tribute to Williams? His technique is just Bai Qiao!"
Although Bai Qiao is a good passer, his historical status is not high, so Johnson never paid much attention to him before.
He scratched his head and asked, "Really? Did Wang Yan learn this by secretly watching Williams' videos?"
Payton shook his head, feeling incredible: "It's possible, but this kind of pass is not something you can learn just because you want to. If Wang Yan really learned it secretly, it only shows that Wang Yan's learning ability is too strong! This is a real battle!"
The players all know that some moves can be performed during normal training.
But in actual combat, it is another matter.
Because the confrontation in actual combat is so intense, many fancy moves simply cannot be performed.
And Wang Yan was able to make such imaginative passes under such high-intensity confrontation. It can only be said that Wang Yan is really gifted. From hardware to software, he is at the highest level in history!
At the end of the first half, the score was 64:59, with the Cavaliers leading by 5 points.
In previous games, Wang Yan could basically score 20+ or even 30+ in the first half.
But today, Wang Yan only scored 13 points in the first half, but he made 11 assists.
This world is crazy, what is going on?
Completed a double-double in the first half!
What's even more terrifying is that Wang Yan didn't just take possession of the ball and act like a ball hog to get assists.
There are indeed such stars who can only play with the ball, cannot play without the ball, or do not like to play without the ball.
Anyway, the ball is in his hands, and when his teammates run into a good position, he will pass it.
If the ball goes in, you get an assist +1, if the ball doesn't go in, there's no loss. Some stars even deliberately pass the ball after dribbling for more than ten seconds, when there's little time left for the shot.
In this case, teammates can only act hastily.
Anyway, if the ball goes in, it can increase the assists. If it doesn’t go in or it goes into timeout, it has nothing to do with him.
Wang Yan's assists were not earned in this way.
He basically dribbles through the floor, and it only takes a few seconds.
Even if his teammates miss the shot, Wang Yan will actively fight for the rebound.
So none of the Cavaliers players were dissatisfied, and some even found it very novel, because they had never seen Wang Yan play like this before.
During halftime, in the Cavaliers locker room, the teammates finally couldn't help it.
Butler asked curiously: "Wang, you are different today than usual, what's going on?"
TT also came over, took Wang Yan's hand, and touched it exaggeratedly: "Do you have a prosthesis?"
Wang Yan smiled and knocked his hand away: "What are you doing? Get out of the way. I thought I was gay!"
After chatting and laughing for a while, Wang Yan explained: "I want to try passing the ball today. How is it? Not bad, right?"
The teammates all stared at Wang Yan in surprise.
"You just want to try it? Have you never practiced secretly?"
Wang Yan spread his hands and said, "I really haven't practiced before. Even if I practice at home, it's useless without teammates!"
His teammates thought what he said made sense.
A person can secretly practice shooting, practice confrontation, and even practice defense.
But practicing passing the ball requires cooperation with teammates.
It's really amazing.
The second half of the game began, and Wang Yan continued to show off his passing skills.
But the entire Knicks team was angry.
Of course they didn't know that Wang Yan had just obtained the passing skill package.
In their opinion, Wang Yan's passing the ball like this was a sign of disrespect for them!
In other words, Wang Yan didn't even bother to score points himself, but just used them to practice and play a game of passing the ball!
It's so humiliating.
So the entire Knicks team seemed to be energized and played very fiercely on defense.
Wang Yan was almost always double-teamed, just to prevent him from passing the ball.
However, Wang Yan always manages to pass the ball to his teammates in an unexpected route.
Even without assists, he can easily organize a sharp attack.
The Knicks players were desperate.
All the preparations before the game are invalidated, Wang Yan doesn't play by the rules!
Halfway through the third quarter, the score difference had reached 16 points.
Wang Yan's assists reached 14.
According to the Cavaliers' habit, the main players should go off the court to rest, and it's almost time to clock out after three quarters.
Wang Yan took a look and realized that this wouldn’t work!
The number of assists is not enough yet.
There was no choice but to ask for a rest.
Scott felt very strange. As far as he could remember, this was the first time that Wang Yan had asked to go off the court to rest.
When the Knicks saw Wang Yan go down to rest, they were very happy and immediately started to chase the score.
Anthony and Stoudemire are still very strong. After Wang Yan went down, the Cavaliers' defense could not limit the impact of the two.
The score gap was narrowed little by little.
After three quarters, the score was 85:80, and the Cavaliers were only leading by 5 points.
Now, Wang Yan can legitimately play in the fourth quarter.
More than three minutes into the fourth quarter, the score difference had reached 3 points.
Wang Yan took to the stage again.
Knicks fans are so cute, they are actually looking forward to Wang Yan playing.
Seeing Wang Yan take off his coat and stand up, the home fans stood up and applauded, shouting Wang Yan's name.
Amid the cheers of the fans, Wang Yan appeared on the court again.
At this time, he only scored 18 points, but had 14 assists.
This is a weird data. If you don’t know, you would think it is Rondo!
After Wang Yan came on the court, he advanced to the frontcourt with the ball.
Facing two defensive players, Wang Yan failed to break through this time.
Because his passes just now were mostly breakthrough passes.
But Wang Yan pretended to break through to the right and suddenly threw the ball behind his head!
The problem is that Wang Yan didn’t even look back, so how did he know?
Butler received the ball from Wang Yan and made a three-pointer directly!
You know what, this kid really performed well today, converting Wang Yan's pass into an assist again!
Swish!
The Knicks players are really desperate, is this okay?
This is not a pass at all!
Isn't this just sending it randomly and throwing it away?
With more than 8 minutes left in the fourth quarter, Wang Yan easily got 6 assists, reaching 20 assists.
At this time, the Cavaliers were leading the Knicks by 12 points with 46 seconds left in the game.
Wang Yan went off the court to rest contentedly amid the cheers of Knicks fans.
In this game, Wang Yan scored a rare 21+20+11, which means 21 points, 20 assists and 11 rebounds.
Even head coach Scott was a little dumbfounded.
After Wang Yan was dismissed, he sat next to him and asked in a low voice: "Wang, did you do this on purpose? Or are you making a bet with someone else?"
Wang Yan shook his head and smiled, "No, it's just that the defensive pressure today was too great, so I thought of passing the ball."
Scott knew Wang Yan's character, he just didn't like to follow the rules.
It seems that Wang Yan just wants to have fun.
After defeating the Knicks, the Cavaliers team returned to the 76ers' home court.
In this game, Wang Yan continued to focus on passing the ball.
In the end, Wang Yan got 21 assists and led the team to a big win over the 76ers.
In the previous game, some people analyzed that Wang Yan just caught the Knicks by surprise.
If the opponent took it seriously, Wang Yan wouldn't have gotten so many assists.
As a result, the 76ers were well prepared for this game and would rather let Wang Yan score than pass the ball.
But Wang Yan’s passing route was too weird, and the 76ers couldn’t defend against it!
In this game, Wang Yan scored 23+21+10, a big triple-double.
The NBA league has once again experienced a strong earthquake.
The three-point craze started by Wang Yan is still in full swing, and all teams are quickly stockpiling three-point shooters.
As a result, Wang Yan changed the way of playing.
Who can bear this!
Especially Wang Yan’s passing, it was so entertaining.
It's so sexy and threatening!
The kids on the basketball court started shooting three-pointers like crazy a while ago.
And in the past two days, they started passing the ball inexplicably again.
They were throwing the ball around, not knowing who to pass it to. Most of the balls went out of bounds, and their teammates were all confused.
(End of this chapter)