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As the first regular season award to be announced this season, the news that Yiyang won the best sixth man has undoubtedly become the focus of discussion among the entire league and fans.

The next day, many stars who had a good personal relationship with Yiyang posted on their social media to congratulate Yiyang for winning the award. Among them, there are many big names such as Kobe, Wade and Yao Ming.

But the one that attracted the most attention came from the guard of the Lazio team of the Italian Women's Basketball League, Valentina Vignari.

When other stars posted news, they used very common words of blessing. But Vignali is different, on the photo of Yiyang holding the trophy, Vignali typed this sentence. "Congratulations, honey."

That's right, the word "dear" has become the reason why this dynamic has attracted much attention. With neither of them making public their relationship, Vignali's ambiguous words undoubtedly caused fans who followed Yiyang to explode. Especially some of Yiyang's female fans even threatened that this was just an unrestrained performance of Italian women and that it was impossible for them to be together.

Not to mention the fans, even Yiyang himself felt a little uncomfortable when he saw the word "dear". Maybe Italian girls are just too generous? In short, in the eyes of Yiyang, a Chinese, Vignali's use of this word is still too much. Of course, Vignelli herself enjoyed it.

Apart from these gossip news, most of the outside media naturally praised Yiyang. After all, for a rookie, if you play as a substitute, it proves that you don't even have the ability to fully establish yourself in the NBA. Because those real geniuses have long been promoted by the head coaches of each team to save the team.

But Yiyang is different. Although he plays as a substitute, the things he does are not as easy as the starters. In the Mavericks, he is also an integral part. Moreover, there are not many rookies in the entire league who have done better than him, and even the rookies who start the game may not necessarily perform better than Yiyang.

There are not many examples of winning the best sixth man award in the rookie season. And after Yiyang became one of the few cases, he will naturally become the focus of discussion among fans in the past few days.

Of course, not everyone made positive comments on Yiyang's award. Every time the regular season awards are announced, there are praises, but naturally doubts are inevitable.

For example, the local media in Portland are almost always pouring cold water on Yiyang. No way, who made the current Mavericks the public enemy of Portland?

Among these opposing voices, the most popular one is undoubtedly a report by the Portland Evening Post.

"Many people are happy that they also won the best sixth man. They think that as a rookie, they can win the award of the best sixth man in the first season.

is very remarkable. At the same time, they are all looking forward to the rapid growth of Yiyang in the future like a helicopter. But don't forget, it is not the first rookie season in NBA history to win the best sixth man award. The last guy to accomplish this feat was the No. 2 pick in 2004, Ben Gordon who was regarded by the Bulls as the next Michael Jordan! Back then, Ben Gordon was full of energy, especially when this guy played in the fourth quarter, he was often able to perform like a superstar. But now, how many people can tell where Ben Gordon is playing for the first time? You have to admit, this guy has been out of sight for far too long. But in 2005, when the British defender won the Sixth Man of the Year award, people believed, as now, that the next superstar was about to be born. But it turns out that the reality is often very cruel! "

The report used sharp words, and also gave a living example to refute why Yiyang will not become a superstar. Although Ben Gordon in the case is not playing badly now, it is true that he is far from what people expected him to be.

However, these voices of opposition did not prevent Yiyang from receiving the $1 million bonus agreed in the contract from Adidas, nor did they prevent Yiyang from continuing to seriously prepare for the third duel between the two sides tonight.

It seems that the report is more like the self-consolation of the Portland media.

"Tonight, the Trail Blazers are going to fight back like crazy! This is their home game, and they dream of winning a game here. Because if they lose this game, then they will be out of the game Yes! This is the last line of the Trail Blazers, so they will definitely try their best to prevent us from winning! But as long as we continue to play like the last game, believe me, the victory will be firmly in our hands!" Today's Before the game, Carlisle yelled in the locker room to mobilize the players' emotions.

However, this academic coach didn't know that there was a guy in the Trail Blazers whose emotions had been mobilized by Peja as early as the day before yesterday...

At 8:00 pm on April 21, in the beautifully named Rose Garden Arena. The third confrontation between the Mavericks and the Trail Blazers officially started.

Before the start of the game, various commentators and experts were very optimistic about the Mavericks winning consecutive victories. This group of nonsense seems to have forgotten that at the beginning of the playoffs, they said that "the Blazers are the team most likely to be upset". Now, however, they have all turned into Mavericks supporters.

This is why Yiyang doesn't care about the media's comments on him. Sometimes what these guys say, they themselves will selectively forget.

On the first goal after the start of the game, Yiyang opened the scoring for the Mavericks with an emergency stop jumper after a breakthrough. Of course, after the goal this time, only the endless boos from the Blazers fans greeted Yiyang.

"It also made a good start for the Mavericks. This Chinese rookie became the best sixth man of the season just yesterday. I believe that today, he will also show a better state."

When the commentators were all praising Yiyang, suddenly, there was a loud noise on the field.

Everyone looked up in surprise, only to find that Gerald Wallace, who had a grim expression on his face, had already hung his hands on the basket.

"Incredible dunk! Gerald Wallace! From the breakthrough to the dunk, the movement was done in one go, very smooth! Look at Marion's surprised expression, this guy definitely didn't expect Wallace to play so decisively!"

"Beautiful dunks, this is the level of Gerald Wallace! Don't forget, this guy is the first All-Star player in the history of the Bobcats."

After completing the dunk, Wallace raised his head to the sky and screamed, and then hammered his chest hard. In an instant, Wallace stole all of Yiyang's limelight. The yelling guy didn't catch Carlisle's attention, and he didn't believe Wallace could be a key player today.

So, just ten seconds later, Wallace scored again.

This time, it was Aldridge who held the ball inside, and Gerald Wallace actively ran under Marion's close. Finally, after completing an off-ball pick-and-roll cooperation with Camby, Wallace threw off the candy-like Marion and went outside the three-point line.

Seeing this situation, "Champion" Tyson immediately switched defenses and ran out following Wallace.

But Chandler didn't press close, but opened his arms and let Wallace take a few steps. He knew that Wallace preferred attacking the basket to shooting.

But Gerald Wallace was unexpectedly decisive today. Seeing that Chandler didn't post it, the black striker with dreadlocks directly pulled up and shot!

As an athletic small forward, Wallace's 33-point field goal percentage this season is actually not too bad. Just like Yiyang, just because this guy doesn't like to make shots doesn't mean he can't make shots!

Chandler's patching-in-the-middle-style blockade can no longer do much. Although Wallace's shot is a bit hard, but this time the flight trajectory of the basketball is very soft.

"Swipe!" The basketball hit the net, and all the fans of the Trail Blazers jumped to their feet. Suddenly, the entire Rose Garden stadium seemed to be shaking!

"Wallace is very excited today." Carlisle lingered off the court for a while, but did not change tactics so quickly.

In the following games, the two sides played inextricably, with each other attacking and defending. It can be seen that everyone in the Trail Blazers did their best today. Because 3 to 0 and 4 to 0, there is not much difference in essence.

And if we lose again today, the total score will become 3-0. At that time, it's not that the Trail Blazers will be able to pull it back if they work hard.

After five minutes, the game entered Carlisle's rotation time. At this time, the two sides were tied, and Carlisle replaced Peja, who scored 21 points in the previous game, to increase the team's offensive points on the field.

If it was just now, Gerald Wallace was just warming up. So from the moment Peja came on the court, Wallace really started to go berserk!

After returning from the timeout, Yiyang used a very wonderful no-look back pass and gave the ball to Peja who ran out of the open space.

Although delayed by the off-ball pick-and-roll, Wallace still rushed hard. His efforts were not in vain. This black small forward with a strong style of play finally interfered with his shooting before Peja made a shot.

The basketball passed Wallace's fingers, but was shut out by the rim. Peja was defended by his own substitute, and the Mavericks missed this opportunity to reverse the score.

In the next round, Wallace, who was excited, rushed to the old Miller for the ball, trying to single with Peja.

Peja's defense is very focused. In the last game, he even blocked Wallace once.

But today, Gerald Wallace will never be defeated so easily. He made a few three-threat moves with the ball, and then suddenly broke through to Peja's left!

Wallace's start-up speed was so fast that people even saw the "Elvis Presley" in Charlotte.

Later, after stepping into the penalty area, Wallace first threw himself into the air. Then, in a body collision with Peja and Chandler, the strong Wallace struggled to keep his center of gravity, and with a light hand push, the basketball was pushed towards the basket.

Wiping the backboard, the orange basketball fell into the net. Gerald Wallace scored again, but Peja could only shake his head helplessly.

But fortunately, Yiyang immediately used a fatal breakthrough like a scalpel to cut through the Trail Blazers' defense and successfully made a layup, which stabilized the situation for the Mavericks. But Wallace's crazy performance never stopped.

In the following games, Wallace was like a robot with no physical limitations, galloping all over the field.

Rebounding, laying down, flying dunks, hot pot hats... you can see this guy everywhere on the court, and he seems to be doing everything.

Wallace's bandit-like desperate efforts naturally infected other people. Why did the Mavericks win the first two games? Because Yiyang inspired the morale of all teammates. And today, Wallace has done it all.

The dreadlocked guy chewed on his braces, pounded the rim and went down, shaking his long hair like an angry lion's mane as soon as he entered the defense.

It is hard for you to believe that this is a person who has lost 40 lung function. It's also hard to believe that this guy was hit with a grade 3 concussion on the court. God knows where he got the courage to continue to run amok in the penalty area in the playoffs. But what you have to admit is that everything Gerald Wallace has done has paid off!

With the efforts of "Elvis Presley", the Trail Blazers and the Mavericks have been fighting until the last minute.

Even McMillan felt a little heartache when Wallace slammed into the rim again and again, fell down again and again, and stood at the free throw line again and again.

This guy may have been beaten stupid back then, because normal people wouldn't play like this!

In this way, Gerald Wallace worked hard to create damage, allowing the Mavericks to lose consecutive points at the last moment, and finally lost the game.

92 to 97, the difference of five points is not too much, but Gerald Wallace has put his all into it.

When the game came to an end, Wallace didn't even celebrate. Just surrounded by his teammates, he was panting quietly.

This guy can't even celebrate. At this moment, he can only fight!

Yiyang scored 21 points, 7 assists, 3 rebounds and 2 steals today, and Nowitzki also scored 25 points. But under the crazy performance of Gerald Wallace, the Mavericks misfired from beyond the three-point line. The outside situation can't be opened, and the defensive end is frequently killed. It can be said that the Mavericks lost to Wallace in today's game.

He is the king of the Rose Garden, he saved the team, he is undoubtedly the brightest star today! Ladies and gentlemen, he is Gerald Wallace! "At this time, only the shout of the commentator is still suspended over the arena...

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