NBA: The man who passed the ball to Yao Ming

After the game between the Rockets and the Mavericks, this matchup that was expected by the entire NBA, but which disappointed everyone because of Nowitzki's absence, once again became the focus of attention of the entire NBA.

Zhang Jinshui and McGrady and other Rockets players treated the Mavericks with an overly aggressive attitude during the game, and the scolding battle between Zhang Jinshui and Mavericks owner Cuban, under the deliberate exaggeration of the media, in the entire nba circle, especially in the Dallas and Houston, caused an uproar.

The first is the fans of the Dallas Mavericks. They are very dissatisfied with the attitude of the Rockets players when they have already won the game. They have posted on the Internet basketball forums to express their anger towards the Rockets and Zhang Jinshui, and because of the huge number of posts. , and even alarmed many traditional media.

Immediately afterwards, some public figures who are fans of the Mavericks also stood up and spoke out in front of the media cameras, claiming that the mocking gestures of Zhang Jinshui and McGrady after winning the game were too unqualified.

In order to cater to the fans and public figures of the Mavericks, some influential local media in Dallas also stood up and released a series of reports on TV and magazines that clearly favored the Mavericks and accused the Rockets.

Naturally, the people in Houston will not allow their players to be accused and attacked.

Rockets fans, united, went to the basketball forum where Mavericks fans gathered, and posted a lot of posts on it to start a scolding battle with Mavericks fans.

Local public figures in Houston also stood up decisively and brought up last season’s playoffs in front of the media cameras. When the Mavericks won the Rockets, the remarks made by Cuban and some Mavericks players were even more infuriating. Their excessive behavior is used as a comparison. What Zhang Jinshui and McGrady did in this game can only be regarded as reciprocating the other.

As for the local media in Houston, many of them are influential magazines in the southwestern region of the beautiful country, and they have also come out to support the Rockets soldiers. The cynical remarks made by other teams are all listed.

In addition to the Houston Rockets and Dallas Mavericks who are the parties involved, other mainstream media and many NBA celebrities have also stood up and expressed their views on whether the attitude of the Rockets soldiers in this game was too much. There is no lack of supporters and critics, and fierce debates have been formed in many talk shows.

In such an increasingly noisy atmosphere, the antagonism between the Rockets and the Mavericks has become more and more serious.

There are already a lot of people, looking forward to two months later, the Mavericks will come to the Toyota Center to challenge the Rockets again.

However, the Rockets players, who are the protagonists of this storm of public opinion, seemed to be in the calm eye of the storm. After the game night, they did not make any public remarks about the game and the grievances between the two sides. .

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However, the relative lead in the record does not mean that the Rockets can sit firmly in the league's first position.

Because waiting for the Rockets ahead is a difficult three-game away game in the Eastern Conference.

In these three away games, the Rockets have only one day of rest before each away game, which itself is not a small challenge for physical strength.

Moreover, the three opponents in this three-game away game are all playoff-level teams in the East, namely the Bulls ranked seventh in the East, the Pistons ranked first in the East, and the Bucks ranked eighth in the East .

Among them, the most interesting thing is naturally the Rockets' away game against the Pistons.

At the beginning of this season, the Rockets once relied on Zhang Jinshui's lore at home to win the Pistons at home with difficulty.

It was also from that game that the league began to look at the Rockets with admiration, putting it from a pseudo-strong team in the first round of the playoffs to a strong team in the Western Conference.

Of course, there are also many media who believe that the Rockets have the home court advantage, but it is still very easy and lucky to win, and the process of the game, from the beginning to the end, is in the defensive rhythm of the Pistons, which can be seen in all aspects. The true strength of the Pistons is still not small.

Moreover, even when the Rockets are in full swing, many media still firmly believe that the Spurs and Pistons, which rely on teamwork and defense to dominate the world, are definitely a hurdle that the Rockets cannot pass in the playoffs.

Now, the Rockets' away game against the Pistons can finally let everyone take a good look at the strength comparison between the Rockets and the Pistons.

However, the Rockets do not pay as much attention to this game as the outside world. After all, the regular season games still have to be played one game at a time.

At 10 o'clock the next morning after the game against the Mavericks, Zhang Jinshui arrived at the airport in Zi Chunlin's car.

After enjoying Zi Chunlin's initiative to get off the car and hug and taste the farewell kiss, Zhang Jinshui met with other teammates and boarded the rocket plane to Chicago together.

After settling in the Chicago hotel in the afternoon, Van Gundy didn't arrange any deliberate training. He just gathered the Rockets soldiers in the hotel gym for half an hour, announced the starting lineup for the game against the Bulls, and pointed out a few games to pay attention to. details.

As for the rest of the afternoon and evening, Van Gundy gave the Rockets soldiers free control.

The game against the Bulls does not require Van Gundy and the Rockets to be too cautious.

Before, the Rockets beat the Bulls at home, so they know the Bulls' players and tactics well.

With the young Ben Gordon, Hinrich and Ruhr Deng as the core, this young guard has talents and futures that are visible to the naked eye. However, at this stage, with their abilities and experience, if they want to cause trouble for the Rockets, it is still too difficult.

However, when the game started the next night, the Bulls, who had just won a wave of five consecutive victories, suddenly changed their formation.

They mentioned Ben Gordon, who averaged 26 points, 3 assists and 3 rebounds per game in the last five consecutive victories, and his three-point shooting percentage reached a terrifying [-]% level, to the starting lineup. In the warm atmosphere of the home fans, Come to a bayonet battle with the Rockets.