The China Power of NBA

New Orleans Hornets VS Houston Rockets!
The arena DJ introduced the Rockets players in a deep voice.

"First of all, welcome to the head coach of the Rockets, Rich Adelman!"

There was a burst of applause from the audience,
"Let's applaud, captain of the Rockets, small forward, Shane Battier from Duke University!"

Battier obviously has many Chinese fans, and the applause he received was much warmer than that of Adelman!

"Welcome to the Rockets players! Chase Budinger from Arizona, Chuck Hayes from Kentucky and Kevin Lowry from Kentucky, [-] seasons in the league, veterans from Purdue Brad Miller, sophomore from Arizona Jordan Hill, rookie of the year, Padrick Patterson from Kentucky, Jordan Jeffries from Indiana, Western Kentucky guard Courtney Lee."

These players are all substitute players. When introducing players, they all include the university they graduated from. This is also the tradition and culture of the NBA. First introduce the captain of the team, then introduce the substitute players on the field, and finally introduce the starting players. , and the finale is the boss and leader of the team.

"Oregon guard Aaron Brooks! Western Carolina shooting guard Kevin Martin! Power forward Luis Scola from Buenos Aires, Argentina! Finally!"

DJ suddenly raised his pitch by an octave and shouted in a high pitched voice, "Let us welcome the player Yao Ming from China!"

Cheers erupted, dragging the name several notes long to show respect for the player, which is also the usual way of NBA arena DJs to increase the excitement of fans.

"Let's welcome the Hornets players!"

"Of course, the Hornets head coach, Monty Williams first!"

There will also be a burst of applause from the audience. Williams has only been in office for two months, and many people are not familiar with him.

"Let's welcome the king of threes from Serbia, Peja Stojakovic! The player Darius Sangueira from Lithuania! The veteran Sean Marx from New Zealand! The two rookies of the year Iowa Craig Briggins from Washington State and Quincy Pondexek from UW! And Aaron Gray on the bench!"

Aaron Gray suffered a calf muscle strain and was sidelined for 1-2 weeks, so he wore a suit and cheered for the team on the bench. After introducing the members of the second echelon, the DJ began to introduce the members of the first echelon. The first It's the backup shooting guard --

"Let's welcome Marcus Thornton from Louisiana!"

Cheers all over the place.

Thornton is a native of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He played for his hometown team and played well in the first few games, so Thornton got a lot of cheers here.

"The following is the team's starting shooting guard, Marc Belinelli from Italy!"

Belinelli didn't play well in the first few games, especially on the defensive end. Almost everyone exploded when he saw him. His thin body couldn't stop the wolf-like Americans at all, so the players in the first echelon Belinelli received the least cheers, not even as good as Peja and Sangueira.

"The player below is the starting small forward, Trevor Ariza from Miami! He averaged 15 points per game, and the team's second-highest 1.5 steals!"

All the players in the Hornets believe that Ariza's mood is the most complicated. Last year Ariza experienced a very gloomy season in the Rockets. He was trained as the main force, but he did not perform at the expected level. In just one season, the Rockets executives Already completely lost confidence in Ariza, the Rockets, Hornets, Pacers, Nets made a big deal with four teams and five players. Ariza became a failure and was dumped to the Hornets. Last year, he and Battier, Brooks, Hayes, Scola, including last year's injury-ridden Yao Ming, are comrades-in-arms who fought side by side. This year, they stand on the court as opponents. I believe that Ariza is more eager to prove himself than anyone else in his heart!

"The following is starting center Emeka Okafor from Houston!"

Okafor's main task tonight is to fight against Yao Ming. Statistics show that Yao Ming averaged 24.5 points, 9.8 rebounds, 3 assists and 1.5 blocks per game in the first three games, and his shooting percentage was as high as 58.6%. Fu currently has no feeling on the offensive end, only 8.2 points, shooting 44.4%, but averaged 14.5 rebounds per game, including 4 offensive rebounds and 2.3 blocks. Can shoot, can hit back, can grab offensive rebounds for a second attack, and can hook with both hands, especially the last skill. I have never heard of anyone blocking Yao Ming's hook. Tonight Okafor Whether or not Yao Ming can be restrained will be a major uncertainty in the game!

"The following is starting power forward David West from New Jersey!"

In the first three games, West averaged 18.8 points and 5.3 rebounds per game, and his shooting percentage was as high as 55.6%, and most of his offenses were shots near the free throw line. It's not easy, but Scola averaged 14.5 points, 8.7 rebounds, and shot 48.6% from the field. In addition to singles at the basket, and free throw line jumpers, both of them are stronger in offense than defense. The strength is basically evenly matched, it depends on the performance on the spot.

"Below!" The stadium DJ roared with a voice that was almost tearing, "below, the team's starting point guard is on the field, Chris Paul from North Carolina!"

Fans supporting New Orleans gave a standing ovation, and Paul glides out of the tunnel waving his arms to give everyone a high five, and then he is surrounded by players in the center, doing some special celebratory moves.

In the first three games, Paul averaged 37 minutes per game, scored 22.3 points, 6.6 rebounds, and 9.0 assists. He shot 52.7% from the field and 42.5% from the three-point range. minutes, was able to score 30.8 points, 17.8 assists, shooting 4% from the field, and 45.5% from the three-point range. In terms of statistics, Paul can be said to have completely crushed Brooks. For the New Orleans Hornets, Paul is the lifeline of the team. His performance is related to the success or failure of the team, and for the Houston Rockets, Paul must be fully contained in order to have hope of winning.

Okafor and Yao Ming stood in the middle of the court and picked the ball. The referee gave an order, and the game began!
Paul has the ball ready to attack.

The characteristic of Xiaobu is fast, not only the speed of breaking through is fast, but also the speed of changing direction while moving, and the speed of dribbling is very fast, but Paul's speed is not slow, and Paul is stronger than Xiaobu, so Paul is very concerned about Xiaobu's The defense is crushing in nature, several times forcibly rushing to the basket for no reason, either scoring layups or making fouls and killings. For this, Xiaobu really has nothing to do.

The situation at the first position is still good, the most troublesome thing for Adelman is the second position, although Kevin Martin can share a lot of pressure on Yao Ming in the offense, but on the defensive end, he is stronger than Belinelli Thin and thin, he is no match for Thornton, who is strong in stature and tough in play. Martin really tried his best, but he just couldn't stop him. Thornton's few cross steps, forced to the right, or breakthrough to the left can cause Martin blocking foul.

Ariza at the third position is facing Battier, a typical "Duizi". Both of them are better at defense than offense, and they have been teammates for a year. Ariza and Battier couldn't score easily, and Okafor even rebounded.

At the end of the first quarter, the score was 31 to 28. The Hornets took the lead. Paul and Thornton played well. Yao Ming.