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Chapter 25 Beidi Bookworm is a Good Comrade

In this game, Late performed the best. He played 20 minutes and scored a game-high 33 points. He hit 14 goals in 10 shots and made all three free throws. The only remaining statistic was a steal.

Yao Ming also performed quite well. Although he performed poorly in the second quarter, he made adjustments in time and reduced the number of shots. He scored 10 points, 14 rebounds and 5 assists, of which all five assists were given late.

Tracy McGrady, the outside core of the Rockets and also criticized by fans on the Internet, performed poorly in this game. He made a total of 31 shots, hit 11 goals, and hit 35%. He scored 30 points, 6 assists and 12 rebounds.

During the post-match news interview, McGrady was black-faced all the way, and almost ignored the reporter's questions.

Yao Ming didn't directly criticize him in the interview booth, he just said that his performance was not good enough to play a dominant role at the basket, otherwise the Rockets might win.

It was a different situation with the Kings. Adelman smiled. When evaluating the Rockets, he focused on being late, thinking that his shooting changed the situation on the court. If the Rockets hadn’t been late, the Kings could have made the decision earlier. victory.

Adelman is really happy, after all, the main outside scorer Peja Stojakovic did not play it!

But he didn't know that the conflict between Peja and Weber had reached an almost irreconcilable level, and the two were about to fight on the court.

Mobley also talked about his own feelings: "Do you know? I know that I have done everything I can do when I am late in defense many times, but I am still late. A lot of shots, his three-point shooting ability is absolutely historical. Especially when he made consecutive three-pointers at the logo position, all of us were stunned at the time, and I even had great fear in my heart, worried that I would not We can’t win against such a monster. Fortunately, we still won in the end. But I still have to be happy for Yao. Yao and I are good friends. We also chatted briefly during the intermission. I found him I am happy to have such an excellent helper late, I think if the Rockets can design more offensive tactics, with their current excellent defensive ability, they are definitely qualified to compete for the championship."

"The epic reversal of the stadium scientist was destroyed by the team leader! "

In the post-match news, the ESPN sports column published such a press release. The article compared the data of Late and McGrady in detail, especially in terms of scoring efficiency, and finally came to the conclusion that McGrady is not worthy of being a player at all. Rocket leader.

The article also said that when Late joined the Rockets with a ten-day short contract, almost everyone believed that this was an action taken by the Rockets to try to expand the Chinese market. foothold.

However, after a month, Late's strength has been widely recognized. Even though his current role is very single, he has also become the most powerful offensive player of the Rockets by virtue of his smart mind and jaw-dropping three-pointers.

As the core player of the Rockets, McGrady's recent performance is extremely unqualified. Not only did he fail to lead the team to victory, he even dragged his teammates back. If it weren't for his wild shots in the last 3 minutes, the Rockets would definitely be able to reverse King, take away the victory of this match.

At the end of the article, ESPN also routinely blackmailed the volute, saying that Kobe, who is also one of the four major shooting guards, has a different playing style from McGrady, but the scoring efficiency of the two is actually very close, and Kobe is not worthy of being compared with being late.

After the interview, the players returned to the locker room, and the hidden contradictions of the Rockets finally broke out.

The cause of the incident was as follows. After Yao Ming hurriedly took a shower, he found McGrady who was changing clothes and said, "Tracey, do you have time? I want to chat with you."

With a dark face, Maddie responded blankly: "I'm in a bad mood and I don't want to talk. Go talk to your Chinese compatriots. You will have more common topics."

He does not mean that.

Yao Ming immediately tasted the unhappiness and jealousy in McGrady's heart. Coupled with today's loss, he couldn't hold back his anger. He immediately said angrily: "Tracy, you should be responsible for today's loss!"

McGrady was also angry: "Yeah, it's all my responsibility, I just don't know if you and those garbage can win without me."

Yao Ming wished he could slap this guy to death. He took several deep breaths before he stabilized his emotions: "Tracy, let's not get angry, calm down and have a good talk. Don't you think our goal is just to reach the playoffs?" Is it? This year we are very strong, even if we can't compete for the championship, we can still look forward to the second round and accumulate experience for the championship in the future..."

At this time, he and McGrady were first-round virgins and had never entered the second round of the playoffs.

Maddy got emotional and didn't listen at all.If he could control himself well, it would be impossible for him to deliberately show bad data and even refuse to play for the Magic when he was still playing for the Magic last year because he was dissatisfied with the team's management's signings.

Yao Ming also didn't want to beg for help in a low-key manner, and finally broke up with McGrady.

Although the quarrel between the two was not intense, the outbreak of conflict was already an undisguised fact.

I was late because I didn’t have a driver’s license, and I’ve been using Yao Ming’s car lately. When I saw him coming out of the locker room sullenly, I knew that the matter was not settled, so I asked with a smile, “He doesn’t want to talk to you, does he?”

Yao Ming hummed in a muffled voice: "When he first came to the team, I thought he was a good guy, but now I see his true nature clearly."

Speaking of this, Yao Ming couldn't help but think of the words he said to himself earlier, and Mobley's reminder to himself today.

"So small, you said if I..."

Yao Ming paused for a moment, finally shook his head, and stopped talking: "Forget it, let me take you home first as if I didn't say anything, and you should buy a car. In America, it's really hard to not have a car." It’s convenient, and it’s too early in the morning for our players to return home after the game, so it’s too dangerous if we don’t drive by ourselves.”

The biggest difference between this place in the United States and China is that guns are not allowed!

Especially in the middle of the night, most people dare not go out at all.

Unlike in China, when I feel hungry in the middle of the night, I can wander out to have a late-night snack or drink a night of beer by myself.

Yao Ming originally thought that the conflict between himself and McGrady would end here, and everyone would naturally reconcile after a while.

But he obviously didn't expect that McGrady didn't think so this time.

The next day's training, McGrady did not show up.

On the third day, January 1, the Rockets went to Miami to challenge the Heat. McGrady appeared, but he sat on the team's bench in a suit and leather shoes. Coach Van Gundy announced that McGrady needed to rest due to a recurrence of his back injury. There is no time to fight.

Yao Ming had a few years of experience anyway, so he couldn't see that McGrady was trying to show him off, and he snorted coldly in his heart.

Obviously it was his poor performance, but he ignored the team's record and refused to play on the pretext of injury!

People's hearts are all beeps... oh no, they were forced out.

Yao Ming originally thought that McGrady was a very good partner. With a restrained personality, he didn't want to compete with McGrady for the title of team boss, but now he felt that what Mobley said was right!
Knowing that McGrady will not play, the players' reaction is also mediocre. Obviously, what McGrady said in the locker room that other players are hot chickens has already reached the ears of these players.

Before the start of the game against the Heat, the head coaches of the two teams hugged hard.

Because these two are brothers of the same mother, the Heat coach Stan Van Gundy is the elder brother, and the Rockets coach Jeff Van Gundy is the younger brother. These are probably the two brothers with the highest achievements in the NBA coaching circle.

However, in fact, the relationship between the two brothers is not very good. The reason for embracing is to deal with the public.

Instead, it was O'Neal. This guy is a real treasure. He was still chatting with Yao Ming during the jump ball.

"Yao, you know, I've been looking forward to today's game for a long time. I think you are the only one in the league who can barely compete with me. By the way, did you bet on Barkley today? Maybe I can let you get more points. "

Yao Ming was in a bad mood, so he didn't pay much attention to him.

O'Neill was not angry either, still joking with his hoarse voice.

The Lakers chose the younger Kobe, and gave up O'Neal, who had entered the end of his peak. After the Sharks traveled east, they immediately made the Heat a strong team.

The Heat are currently 32 wins and 13 losses, temporarily ranking first in the Eastern Conference. In addition to Shaquille O'Neal, the team also has Dwyane Wade, the No.03 draft pick of the 5 Platinum Generation.

Under Pat Riley's devil training, Cheeky Man has improved rapidly. In his rookie season, Wade averaged 16.2 points, 4 rebounds and 4.5 assists per game, and his efficiency was not bad.In this season, he has improved to average 24.1 points, 5.2 rebounds and 6.8 assists per game.

Although Uncle Zhan, the favorite of the 03 generation, dominated an era, Wade was the first player of the 03 generation to achieve success and become the league's top superstar.

Cheeky Man is fast and has a sharp breakthrough. He often dribbles the ball across the court like lightning and performs wonderful flying dunks, so he is very popular among fans.

And his efficiency is also very high, this season's shooting rate has remained close to 48%, at least much higher than the efficiency of the previous four shooting guards.

With these two as the inner and outer core, plus the All-Star Eddie Jones who once put Kobe on the bench, the Heat's offensive firepower is daunting.

In fact, to be honest, the configuration of the Rockets is really similar to that of the Heat. They are both top centers and top perimeter players, but why is the Rockets' record not as good as the Heat?
Even in the original history, the Heat won the championship next season, and Wade in the third grade turned out to be the FMVP?
It seems that the Rockets management's stingy habit has to be blamed, Yao Ming's internal dominance is not enough, and McGrady's craziness on the outside is also to blame.

(End of this chapter)