NBA: The man who passed the ball to Yao Ming

The Trail Blazers' substitute players, who are like a loose sand, are simply vulnerable to Tracy McGrady and Sprewell.

The point difference between the Rockets and the Trail Blazers is still widening.

In the 4th minute of the second quarter, when the Rockets replaced the bench, they had already led the Trail Blazers by 46 points 22-24.

And the next main lineup of the Rockets with Yao Maishui as the core is not something the Trail Blazers can resist.

The Rockets controlled the rhythm of the game without haste, relying on the team's offense to continue to attack the city. By the end of the second quarter, the Rockets' lead had reached 62 points with 32 to 30.

Generally speaking, although this lead is large enough, it is still not enough for the leader to directly treat the entire 24 minutes of the second half as garbage time.

However, considering that all the Blazers players are like eggplants in this game, they have no desire to win at all.

But Randolph and Darius Myers, who were the only two players who were somewhat deterrent to the Rockets' defense, only cared about using their personal abilities to collect data on the offensive end, and disappeared directly on the defensive end.

Even Van Gundy, who has always been cautious, really couldn't find any chance for the Trail Blazers to comeback.

So, after careful consideration, Van Gundy boldly let the three cores of Yao Maishui sit on the bench, but Sprewell led Alstom, JR Smith, Birdman Anderson and Uncle Mu onto the court, opening the The second half of the game.

Even if they are still facing the Trail Blazers' main lineup led by Randolph and Darius Myers, the Rockets' substitute rotation players still play with ease.

In this quarter, Sprewell seemed to be possessed by a god of killing. He broke through three times in a row and scored like no one. He also hit a three-pointer from outside the three-point line. It opened to 75 points of 40 to 35.

In the second half of the third quarter, he may feel that his main players have almost finished their technical statistics, and there is really no hope of chasing points. The helpless Trail Blazers head coach Nate McMillan waved his hand and skipped the bench. The rotation directly replaced a lineup of water dispenser administrators on the field.

But at this time, an interesting point appeared.

Before the game, there was another point to watch in this game, that is, whether it is possible for center Ha Seung-jin, who is also from Asia like Yao Ming and Zhang Jinshui, to play and have a direct dialogue with Yao Ming and Zhang Jinshui on the court.

Now, Ha Seung Jin finally plays.

It's a pity that this time is already a complete garbage time, and it is absolutely impossible for Yao Ming and Zhang Jinshui to stand up from the bench again.

Finally, with the whistle of the referee, the duel between the two most surprising and disappointing teams of the season officially ended.

100 to 70, the Rockets easily won the game.

In this game, the biggest achievement for the Rockets is that the playing time of Yao Ming, Tracy McGrady and Zhang Jinshui is evenly distributed between 16 and 19 minutes, and the physical consumption may not be as good as a training session.

It can be regarded as laying a good physical foundation for the future devil four-linker.

Of course, less playing time does not mean insufficient contribution. In this game, Yao Ming scored 15 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists, McGrady scored 17 points, 3 assists and 3 rebounds, and Zhang Jinshui scored 17 points, 3 assists and 2 rebounds. The performance is definitely considered efficient.

However, in the end, it was Sprewell who won the best player of the game.

他在第二节以及第三节的发挥都非常出色，最终以15投9中，3分球4投2中，罚球3罚2中，拿下了22分5助攻6篮板，是本场比赛火箭队正负值最高的球员。

Sprewell has always been regarded as another invisible giant of the Rockets besides the Big Three of Yao Maishui.

It's a pity that Sprewell's performance at the data level has not been conspicuous because he averaged only a little over 20 minutes per game.

The title of best player in this game is also the first time Sprewell won this title after joining the Rockets.

In this regard, Sprewell himself is naturally complacent, but Zhang Jinshui is even happier than Sprewell.

It was precisely because of the madman standing in front of him that Zhang Jinshui was finally not named by the official on-site team to participate in the post-match press conference tonight.

According to the next arrangement of the Rockets, they will leave at noon tomorrow, fly to San Francisco, the home city of the Golden State Warriors, and stay in San Francisco for training for a day. guest's first game.

Because he is busy with the final preparations for Taiji Zijin's first flagship store in Houston, Zi Chunlin will not accompany Zhang Jinshui to the away game this time.

And Zhang Xiaoman was still young, so Zhang Jinshui was worried that she would follow him to a strange city.

Therefore, tonight will be the last night before Zhang Jinshui, Zi Chunlin, and Zhang Xiaoman's week-long separation.

Zhang Jinshui naturally hoped to stay with Zi Chunlin for as long as possible.

After quickly showering and changing in the locker room, Zhang Jinshui bid farewell to his teammates and rushed to the corridor in front of the parking lot to join Zi Chunlin.

But today Ziqiuli didn't come to the game due to business, Zhang Xiaoman stayed with Zichunlin the whole time, and didn't give Zhang Jinshui a chance to be alone with Zichunlin in the corridor.

But when they arrived at Yao Restaurant, before it was Zhang Jinshui and Zi Chunlin's turn to say something intimate, Zhang Xiaoman said worriedly:

"I've heard that the worst thing NBA wives fear is when their men go to L.A. for an away game.

Because there are so many beautiful girls dreaming of stardom, and many of them can't find a chance to set foot in the entertainment industry, so they will be stuck in the hotel where NBA players stay, waiting to be flopped, and after a night of spring night, they will come in the name of NBA players. In exchange for some public media exposure.

Brother, you can't mess around and let my sister-in-law down. "

Zhang Jinshui could hear the black line on his forehead, where did Zhang Xiaoman, who was not deeply involved in the world, hear such nonsense.

After being pressed, I found out that Zi Qiuli, a self-harming guy, deliberately told Zhang Xiaoman, and wanted to use Zhang Xiaoman's mouth to tell Zi Chunlin and Zhang Jinshui.

Zhang Jinshui originally wanted to complain to Zi Chunlin with righteous indignation, how ridiculous it was for Zi Qiuli to say these things to a young girl.

Unexpectedly, Zi Chunlin glared at Zhang Jinshui with an angry expression on his face, and said, "You men don't have a good thing."

Zhang Jinshui's heart skipped a beat, that fellow Zi Qiuli was waiting for him here.

He hurriedly assured Zi Chunlin that during the game in Los Angeles, he would call to report every night, and finally calmed Zi Chunlin's emotions.

But when he got home, Zhang Jinshui still wanted to be alone with Zi Chunlin for a while, but there were no windows.

Fortunately, on the way Zi Chunlin sent Zhang Jinshui to the airport the next morning, the two still had some time to spend alone.

When the car stopped in front of the departure hall, Zhang Jinshui firmly held Zi Chunlin's weak and boneless little hand, not giving the other party any room to object.

Seeing that Zi Chunlin's pretty face was flushed, and she turned her eyes to one side, but did not resist, Zhang Jinshui knew that the other party was just like him, and was very reluctant to part with him.

But when Zhang Jinshui wanted to go further and hug Zi Chunlin, Zi Chunlin, who was too thin-skinned, avoided it.

Zhang Jinshui no longer insisted, reluctantly bid farewell to Zi Chunlin, walked into the departure hall to meet his teammates, took the flight, took off on time and flew to San Francisco, starting a new journey of the devil.

However, having said that, although the two consecutive back-to-back away games are devils, it is definitely a blessing in misfortune to be able to start by challenging the Warriors.

This Warriors team, which is still being rebuilt, has a 9% winning percentage of 9 wins and 8 losses this season, and it is only 1 win away from the [-]th-ranked Lakers in the West.

But in fact, the strength of the team is not very strong, but it takes advantage of the opponents who have only 18 games in the first 7 games and are ranked in the top 8 in the East and West.

Of course, to be able to win 9 games, the Warriors must still have some strength.

The top card of their team is Jason Richardson, the No. 2001 rookie selected in 5.

After several seasons of training, Jason Richardson has grown into a star-level shooting guard who can average 23 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists per game.

Although burdened by the Warriors' record, Jason Richardson has never had a chance to be selected as an All-Star.

However, he won the slam dunk contest at the All-Star Weekend of the 02-03 season, which can be regarded as a certain degree of rectification for himself.

In addition, he has an average of 6.4 three-point shots per game this season and has a shooting percentage of nearly 4%. The threat outside the three-point line is self-evident.

The Warriors also have another star backcourt, Baron Davis, who was traded to the Warriors last season and averaged 19 points and 8 assists per game.

The player who was once selected to the best third team in the NBA season is actually more powerful than Jason Richardson, but he just entered the team not long ago, and his edge was overshadowed by his teammates.

Facing the Warriors with such a pair of guns in the backcourt, the rigorous Van Gundy will not take it lightly. During the training on the second day after the Rockets arrived in San Francisco, he also did a lot of training specifically for the Warriors' lineup. .

Then, the time quickly jumped to 12 o'clock in the afternoon on December 14. The Rockets' away game against the Golden State Warriors officially kicked off.

The first thing that caught the Rockets off guard in this game was that in the packed stands, there were many Asian faces wearing Warriors jerseys, holding signs that welcomed Yao Ming and Zhang Jinshui to San Francisco.

Zhang Jinshui, who has watched the Rockets challenge the Warriors several times in his last life, has long been familiar with this situation.

San Francisco is the city with the largest number of Chinese residents in the entire beautiful country. It is naturally reasonable for these fans to express their kindness to Zhang Jinshui and Yao Ming of the same ethnic group.

However, they are wearing the uniforms of the Golden State Warriors, which has actually intuitively shown that the team they support in their hearts is still the Golden State Warriors.

Before the game started, both Zhang Jinshui and Yao Ming expressed their gratitude to the Asian fans in the auditorium in a friendly manner.

However, when the referee blew the whistle to start the game, the warm style of painting on and off the court just now changed immediately.

The Asian fans in the auditorium put away the cards in their hands and shouted hoarsely for defense in every attack of the Rockets.

And Zhang Jinshui and Yao Ming did not show any affection to the Asian fans of the Warriors. One of them played tough singles inside, and the other decisively shot three-pointers after receiving a double-team from the outside. They quickly helped the Rockets. The team turned away from the guest and played a wave of 10-2 offensive climax.

Considering that they will fly to Seattle immediately after this game, and aim for a 10-game winning streak tomorrow, Rockets players such as Zhang Jinshui and Yao Ming naturally don't have time to fight with each other first, but the sooner they can control the rhythm of the game, the better.

Next, the Warriors' backcourt double guns began to continuously score points through their personal abilities, but the Rockets with Yao Maishui were more efficient on the offensive end than the Warriors.

In the 9th minute of the game, when Yao Mai left the field and Zhang Jinshui and Sprewell led the bench lineup, the Rockets had firmly controlled the rhythm of the field 20-8.

Next, in the face of the two guns that the Warriors continued to stay on the court, Zhang Jinshui was unequivocal and directly used his arsenal. The [best route] and [explosive ability values] were both arrows, helping the Rockets to win in the first quarter. At the end, the lead was extended to 30 points by 15 to 15.

In the second quarter, McGrady took over the baton again and continued to hammer the Warriors' bench lineup led by Xiao Yuer Fisher into the soil, extending the lead to 20 points.

Immediately afterwards, Zhang Jinshui and Yao Ming, the celestial duo, returned to the field and continued to suppress the Warriors.

At this point, anyone with a discerning eye can see that the Golden State Warriors, who have a record of 9 wins and 9 losses this season and seem to be doing well, are suppressed by the Rockets all the time on the court, and there is no room for fighting back.

When halftime ended, the Rockets had a 55-33 lead over the Warriors by 22 points.

And this is exactly what Van Gundy wanted to achieve by arranging targeted training yesterday.

After all, in the next three away games for the Rockets, the strength of their opponents will become stronger and stronger, and the challenges faced by their own physical strength will also become greater and greater. Save some energy.

In the third quarter, the Rockets still did not relax, and continued to suppress the Warriors on both ends of the offense and defense.

The Warriors' two shots in the backcourt, under the joint defense of Zhang Jinshui, McGrady and Sean Battier, couldn't make any waves at all.

Zhang Jinshui didn't even wait until [Fu Lin Xin Zhi] was randomly triggered, and the Rockets' lead had already reached 30 points.

And as the head coach of the Warriors directly replaced the lineup of water dispenser administrators in the 9th minute of the third quarter, it was tantamount to announcing that the game had ended early and the Rockets had won nine consecutive victories.

And then, as long as they win the Sonics again, the Rockets will be able to win the ten-game winning streak they are thinking of.