At the end of the first quarter, Cummings wrote a note and asked a staff member to pass it on to the Hawks' head coach.
"Keep it up, guys!"
Woodson unfolded the note, which contained six Chinese characters that he couldn't understand.
"What the hell?!"
Woodson looked puzzled, then crumpled the note into a ball and stuffed it into his pocket.
33:15!!
The Hawks scored less than half the points of the Suns, trailing by 18 points in the first quarter.
If the Suns were on a winning streak, the Hawks would have put in some effort. But now that the regular season is over, the Suns have the best record in the league, while the Hawks have the worst record. Winning or losing doesn't really matter.
The Hawks are short-handed again. Although Nash and Stoudemire are resting, Wei Guo is still playing, so the Hawks have no chance of winning at all.
This match...
The Hawks came with a tanking mentality.
......
The second quarter began with Wei Guo not taking a break.
This is what Gentry means...
Given this situation, Wei Guo will only be able to play for five or six minutes at most in the third quarter. It would be better to give Wei Guo more playing time so he can grab more rebounds!
Wei Guo was heartbroken!
He's not a stat padder; it's all because the head coach forced him to be!
The Hawks didn't have many substitutes either, only replacing Willis and Vick with Childress and Kohler.
Childress and Josh Smith are both first-year rookies who have received a lot of playing time with the Hawks and have put up impressive numbers in their rookie season.
"Defense! Defense! Defense!"
The fans in the arena were chanting "Defense!" loudly. Only by playing solid defense could they limit the Hawks' shooting. The more shots they missed, the more rebounds Wei Guo could grab.
actually...
Everyone in the world knows that Wei Guo and Garnett are only 0.1 rebounds apart.
This is somewhat similar to the time when O'Neal and Robinson were vying for the scoring title. In the last game of the regular season, the two were very close in points. The entire Spurs team fed the ball to Robinson until he scored 60 points in a single game, while O'Neal was in a bad situation... He was directly targeted by the opponent and ultimately missed out on the scoring title.
Hawks on offense!
Childress's mid-range shot missed, and Wei Guo grabbed the defensive rebound!
Suns on offense!
Richardson's three-pointer missed the rim, and Wei Guo grabbed the offensive rebound!
Hawks on offense!
Smith missed a three-pointer, and Wei Guo grabbed the defensive rebound!
Suns on offense!
Jackson missed a mid-range shot, and Wei Guo grabbed the offensive rebound!
Throughout the second quarter, it seemed as if both teams had collectively had their shooting skills stolen. No matter where a player shot, they couldn't find the net, and Wei Guo was grabbing rebounds with incredible speed.
15...
16...
17...
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34...
35...
36...
At the end of the first half, Wei Guo grabbed 37 rebounds!
The game has progressed to this point...
Wei Guo would give a helpless, bitter smile after every rebound. "Is this how they play? This is rigging the game!" But it wasn't quite like they were deliberately missing shots. They were putting in a lot of effort on every possession. All I could say was that these guys were such good actors that each of them deserved an Oscar.
Britney's new movie happens to be short of a few supporting actors, and Wei Guo wants to recommend them for the role.
"Congratulations, Brother Wei! You're amazing..."
As soon as the first half ended, the Hawks players ran over to congratulate Wei Guo.
Wei Guo has set another historical record: the record for most rebounds in a half!
in other words...
Wei Guo broke his own record for half-court rebounds. Before Wei Guo, the record for half-court rebounds was Russell's 32 rebounds. Wei Guo once had 33 rebounds in a half, which were all hard-earned rebounds.
In the first half of this game, the two teams combined for 53 rebounds, with Wei Guo grabbing 37 of them.
This record is too hot to handle!
When the defense isn't very tight, the player can't make any shots!
and...
No one went for the rebounds, and Wei Guo ended up grabbing 37 of the 53 rebounds.
......
In the second half, Wei Guo came on for five minutes.
When the point difference had widened to 30 points, Wei Guo went to the bench to rest. There was no need to continue padding his stats during garbage time, or he would be criticized by some people.
Even so...
Wei Guo also grabbed 41 rebounds in this game!
In the past, grabbing 41 rebounds in a single game is already a feat, or rather... grabbing 30 rebounds in a single game is extremely rare. Shaquille O'Neal's career high was only 28 rebounds, which was achieved during his time with the Magic. Now, it would be difficult for him to even get 20 rebounds in a single game.
However, Wei Guo has already achieved 30 rebounds in many single games.
Undeniably...
O'Neal's rebounding skills were indeed second only to Wei Guo.
Without further ado, Garnett next door is already crying his eyes out in the bathroom. The Timberwolves' last two opponents are the Heat and the Rockets.
Garnett knew that Wei Guo wanted to take away his rebounding title, so he would try to grab as many rebounds as possible in these two games. However, in the first game against the Heat, Garnett was targeted by the Heat. O'Neal kept Garnett cornered, and other players were also very active in fighting for rebounds, even if it meant committing fouls, to prevent Garnett from easily grabbing rebounds.
final...
Garnett fought hard against the Heat but only managed to grab 13 rebounds.
This still doesn't reach his average stats...
The next game is against the Rockets, both of whom are Western Conference playoff teams. The relationship between the Rockets and Wei Guo goes without saying; Yao Ming and Gu Tao are both from Wei Guo's hometown. Even just for the sake of their fellow townsmen, these two will do their best to limit Garnett.
It's fair to say that Garnett's title as rebounding king slipped away.
Wei Guo felt guilty about this. He had no intention of winning the rebounding title, but he couldn't escape it. If... Wei Guo really wanted to win the rebounding title, he would have paid more attention in the previous games, and he wouldn't have been ranked second until the last few games of the regular season.
This very act of giving Garnett hope, only to then destroy it, made Garnett very unhappy!
......
Two days later, the Suns played their final game of the regular season.
The Suns are heading to Salt Lake City...
This is the only city where the team defending the country is met with boos.
It all started when Malone elbowed Yao Ming. After that, Wei Guo would fight the Jazz every time, and he would always beat the Jazz to a pulp. Jazz fans hated Wei Guo.
Although Wei Guo gave Stockton a championship ring, the hatred of Salt Lake City fans for Wei Guo could not be eliminated, because Stockton won the championship ring with the Nets, not with the Jazz.
Even if the Jazz lose to the Suns, they will still try their best to win because of Wei Guo.
Even if...
Even if the Jazz can't win the game, they won't let Wei Guo get too many rebounds!
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