Chapter 24 Full-time Translation
At the beginning of the third quarter, Don Cheney kept his word and sent He Zhongqiu on the field right from the start.

Next, both sides came on the court, the game began, and the Knicks attacked.

He Zhongqiu was blocked outside the penalty area by Wen Baker. The latter was too big for him to squeeze through with his strength, so he had to go around him.

In terms of speed, Wen Baker, who is as fat as a pig, is no match.

Although He Zhongqiu's speed is only level 70, which is his worst quality and cannot be compared with the outside line, but in the inside line, this speed is really not slow. Not only is it not slow, but it is very fast.

He Zhongqiu went into the basket in an arc, and Wen Baker took a shortcut and implemented a front-circle defense.

With the ball in hand, Esley observed the situation under the basket and then gritted his teeth and lobbed the ball toward the basket.

He Zhongqiu seized the opportunity, jumped up to catch the ball, and grabbed the basketball with both hands.

But at this moment, Wen Baker made a little move. He did not jump, but used his huge tonnage to squeeze He Zhongqiu who jumped up.

He Zhongqiu lost his balance and failed to catch the ball, and the basketball flew out of the baseline.

"Di!"

The referee did not notice Wen Baker's little action of squeezing He Zhongqiu with his body. He blew the whistle and pointed to the front court of the green team, indicating the exchange of ball possession.

He Zhongqiu almost fell down, but he had no habit of complaining to the referee, so he immediately ran to the backcourt.

"Eagle Claw Skill Proficiency +3."

When he reached the backcourt, he stood behind Vinbeck, with his right hand on his lower back, and suddenly used his bone-splitting hand to grab a tendon with his five fingers, neither too hard nor too soft.

"Ohhh!"

Wen Baker suddenly let out a sharp scream and jumped up in pain.

"What the hell, I just pinched you, are you crying or killing me?"

He Zhongqiu was also frightened by Wen Baker's screams. If he had known the noise would be so loud, he would not have taken action.

"what happens?"

"What's Vinbek's name?"

In the audience, countless fans began to discuss curiously.

"Did the Chinese rookie elbow Vin Baker? Replay it quickly." Barkley urged.

"The rookie defended, but there was no elbowing. I saw it clearly. He might have pinched his soft waist," Kenny Smith said, trying not to laugh.

Wen Baker's eyes popped out in pain, and he pointed at He Zhongqiu angrily and shouted to the referee: "He pinched me and I was hurt."

He turned his back to the referee and pulled up his jersey, exposing his lower back. On the layers of fat, there were a few small purple-red marks, which were very clear.

The referee took a look and thought it looked like finger marks, but he suspected it was an old injury of Wenbeck because the bruise was too obvious. What kind of finger strength could instantly create such a bruise?
At this time, the video began to replay on the hanging screen, but He Zhongqiu's movements were blocked by the two people's bodies, so nothing could be seen. Only his right hand was seen between the two people's bodies.

The referee couldn't make a call based on a few fingerprints, and there was a strong possibility that Vinbeck was cheating, so he just shook his head.

"Asshole, are you blind?"

Wen Baker couldn't stand it anymore. He was in so much pain. The damn rookie didn't even commit a single foul. He got so angry that he started scolding the referee.

"No. 42, you deserve this."

The referee, who was criticized, was so angry that he gave Wen Baker a T-sign.

"..."

Wen Baker was stunned. When he came to his senses, he roared, "Are you crazy? I am the victim. You should give him a second-degree flagrant foul instead of giving me a technical foul." The referee who was criticized again did not tolerate Wen Baker. This guy had fallen a long time ago and was no longer a star player, so he did not receive star treatment.

He moved his hands again, gave Wen Baker a T again, then pointed outside the court, making a gesture of expulsion.

Wen Baker was stunned, and roared at He Zhongqiu like a madman: "Damn rookie, this matter is not over yet."

He Zhongqiu looked innocent. It wasn't me who made you suffer. How could this have anything to do with me? At most, I pinched you. Didn't you push me too?

After two technical fouls and a personal foul before that, Vin Baker was ejected from the game, and the Green Team lost its most important weapon against He Zhongqiu.

But then, the Green Team adopted the "Hack-a-Shaq" tactic. As long as He Zhongqiu received the ball under the basket, the defender would not give him a chance to shoot and would decisively commit a foul.

In the fourth quarter, due to the frequent foul tactics, He Zhongqiu was a little out of shape and made consecutive mistakes, causing the team to fall behind.

On the defensive end, he seemed to be targeted by the referee, as he was frequently called for fouls and was not allowed to pass the ball to the outside line.

However, he did not understand the team's tactics. When he did not have the ball and was not attacking, he did not know what to do. He did not know how to provide cover and support for his teammates. He was completely unable to integrate into the system and was substituted in the 5th minute.

"Am I right? The Hack-a-Shaq tactic is the best tactic to deal with this rookie. Look at his free throws, 11 of 6..."

After the game, Barkley frowned and said doubtfully, "The statistics must be wrong. How could he make 6 free throws? I think he made 4 at most."

Kenny Smith smiled helplessly and said, "It's just 6, with a hit rate of 54.5%. His free throw shooting is not as bad as Ben Wallace's."

"That's better than letting him dunk the ball into the basket, otherwise the Green Team won't win the game." Barkley said proudly.

Kenny Smith said: "106:98, the Knicks lost by 8 points. Two players on the Green Team scored 20+ points, Pierce scored 29 points, Antoine Walker scored 23 points, and three others including Vin Baker scored in double digits.

For the Knicks, Alan Houston scored 23 points, Madman played poorly today and only scored 13 points, Kurt Thomas scored 12 points, and the last player to score in double digits was a rookie.

"Tell me about his stats," Barkley said.

肯尼史密斯说道：“华夏菜鸟次节打了5分钟，第三节10分钟，末节5分钟，全场20分钟，一共6投4中，11罚6中，拿到14分8篮板1盖帽4失误4犯规的数据。

There were a little more turnovers and fouls, and the free throws were a little worse, but for sure, statistically speaking, for an undrafted player, this was a good debut statistic, and he had a successful debut.”

Barkley had to nod his head and said: "For a rookie, this data was obtained when the opponent implemented the shark-cutting tactics on him. Although his opponent was very weak, I think the gold content of this data is still guaranteed.

I have to say, Mr. Layden, the general manager of the Knicks, you made a good signing and you selected a good rookie.

But I still have to say that this rookie is not very threatening. He only has a little bit of offensive ability under the basket and can't even shoot two points. If he can't practice shooting, his ceiling will be very low, very low. "

"But, Charles, I have to say, the rookies performed quite poorly in many areas, such as tactics," said Kenny Smith.

Barkley nodded immediately and said, “That’s what I was going to say. The rookie has almost no tactical skills and cannot integrate into the team’s system on both offense and defense.

Simply put, if he doesn't attack the ball under the basket, he has no other tactical role. On defense, he always runs after the ball and misses many times.

The Knicks gave the rookie a lot of time, and because of that, it was 4 vs. 5 a lot of the time, so we lost the game."

After the game, when the Knicks were leaving the court, Layden brought a white man who looked to be about 30 years old to He Zhongqiu and said:
"He, this is Mr. Wellington Phillips. From now on, he is your full-time translator, part-time driver, and English teacher. He is available to serve you 24 hours a day."

Xia Song was very happy and was about to translate when the white man smiled and stretched out his right hand to He Zhongqiu and said in fluent Mandarin: "Hello, Zhongqiu, can I call you that?"

"Sure, what's your name?" He Zhongqiu asked while shaking hands.

"Wellington Philip, you can call me Wellington." Philip said with a smile.

Leiden introduced: "Mr. Philip was once a reporter for the Associated Press and worked in your country for three years. Before that, he was a staff member of the New York State government and he has outstanding abilities.

He is very interested in basketball and this job. I selected him from hundreds of applicants. I hope you will have a pleasant cooperation with him. "

(End of this chapter)