NBA: The man who passed the ball to Yao Ming

For the next seven days, apart from the simple warm-up, the Rockets members spent all their training time practicing tactical moves.

Seven days later, on the Rockets' plane from Houston to New York, coach Van Gundy announced the starting lineup for the New York Knicks.

In addition to Zhang Jinshui and Luther Hyde, there are also Hayes, the big black Dean of the Vipers, and a small forward with outstanding singles ability.

Dean can be selected into the main lineup, thanks to Zhang Jinshui.

Before getting on the plane, Van Gundy had communicated with Zhang Jinshui about the candidates for the main center. The options Van Gundy gave were the big black Dean and another potential undrafted pick.

Zhang Jinshui chose the big black without even thinking about it. Through this period of training, Zhang Jinshui and the big black's pick-and-roll became more and more tacit, and the characteristics of the big black's play are somewhat close to Yao Ming. Playing basketball can also be regarded as warming up for the future cooperation with Yao Ming in advance.

The three players are a little excited, on the one hand, because entering the starting lineup means Van Gundy's affirmation, on the other hand, they are about to play a focus game that has been watched by the whole United States recently, and will be broadcast live across the United States.

Especially the big black Dean. He danced his arms happily and shouted in a broken voice: "Thank you coach for your trust. In this game, we will try our best to help Zhang Jinshui score 30 points."

"No, the most important task for you on the court is to execute the tactics I arranged and win the game."

Van Gundy turned his head to Zhang Jinshui and said solemnly: "Zhang Jinshui, I hope you can forget the bet with Barkley after playing, strictly implement my tactics, and play the game reasonably. You still have a long way to go in the NBA , The momentary emotional dispute is actually not that important."

"Don't worry, coach, I will. And, I know very well that as long as I implement the offensive tactics you have painstakingly formulated for me, I will be able to score 30 points easily." Zhang Jinshui blinked at Van Gundy.

Van Gundy nodded in relief. Zhang Jinshui was very satisfied that he could see this layer.

At 7 o'clock in the evening, the Rockets' special plane landed at the New York airport. All members of the Rockets had dinner together, and then took the bus to the Hilton Hotel where Zhang Jinshui stayed during the joint trial training.

While waiting for registration in the hotel lobby, Zhang Jinshui looked around the familiar environment, and recalled the embarrassment when he and Zi Chunlin first walked in here more than a month ago, and he couldn't help but feel infinitely emotional.

The nba is really a miraculous place. It took only one month to transform him from an unknown kid in Huaguo to a professional player who is followed by the whole country.

After a while, the Rockets staff distributed the room cards to all teammates.

After Zhang Jinshui took the room card, he rejected the invitation of his teammates to go out for a stroll, and went straight back to the room.

Take a shower and sleep, a night without dreams.

The next day, the 2005 NBA Summer League officially kicked off.

As the opening game, the game between the Houston Rockets and the New York Knicks will officially start at 8 pm New York time.

When it was less than 6 p.m., the periphery of Madison Square Garden had become very lively. Stalls selling popcorn, sausages, and beer can be seen everywhere. Fans formed a wide crowd, all the way from the exit of the subway station to the square.

Fans with tickets bought some snacks and entered the arena early, while a large number of fans without tickets stayed outside the arena. They gathered in twos and threes, smoking and drinking, and occasionally asked wandering ticket dealers Inquire about the latest fares.

At the entrance of the arena, hundreds of media reporters have gathered. This game attracted not only the attention of ordinary fans, but also a large number of Hollywood fans including Spike Lee, Snoopy Dog and Britney Spears. The stars walked into the arena bathed in flashlights, just fulfilling the popular proverb of the beautiful country: in the beautiful country, where there are spotlights, there are celebrities.

If some uninformed people drive by, they will definitely think that entertainment events like the Oscars and Grammys are being held here. Unexpectedly, what will be held here is just an NBA Summer League game.

At 7:40 p.m., Zhang Jinshui, who was in a turbulent mood, wore the Rockets' No. 86 jersey and rushed into the court from the player tunnel with his teammates. This was the first time Zhang Jinshui wore the Rockets' red uniform.

At this time, the huge Madison Square Garden arena has been filled with fans from all over the United States, and there are moving heads one after another, and it is boundless as far as the eye can see.

When Zhang Jinshui entered the arena, the whole arena immediately became noisy.

"Zhang Jinshui! Zhang Jinshui!"

The fans in the stands enthusiastically called Zhang Jinshui's name. Zhang Jinshui looked up and found that many fans were holding signs with his name or his face printed on them. His eyes swept over, and he immediately shook the sign excitedly.

In addition, many people dressed themselves as donkeys and shook their heads holding signs reading "Kissing Donkeys".

Zhang Jinshui even saw a girl with magnificent breasts, put her head in a donkey's head, and the sign said "Zhang Jinshui, kiss me" in English, which made him unclear whether this girl was him fans are still sunspots.

But generally speaking, the fans in the stands were very friendly, and there were endless cheers and cheers, which was in stark contrast to the hostile attitude of the nba media when they faced Zhang Jinshui.

Zhang Jinshui first warmed up with his teammates for 10 minutes, and then randomly threw two balls to find his feel.

Afterwards, his eyes shot around the Rockets' bench repeatedly, and soon he found Zi Chunlin wearing a white T-shirt, blue jeans, and long hair on the sidelines. Today she only wore a little makeup, but she was still beautiful. Thrilling, not far away compared with Britney Spears, each has its own merits.

"Sister Chunlin, you're here." Zhang Jinshui happily ran over.

Zi Chunlin is not eligible to take the Rockets' special plane, she just flew in from Houston this morning.

"I just asked you to help me get two tickets. How did you get me a ticket in such a good position." The sound at the scene was a bit noisy, and Zi Chunlin said loudly.

The seat she is sitting now is indeed the top seat in the entire Madison Square Garden. Not far behind her, there are several entertainment stars who are familiar with each other in the movie.

"I asked Dawson to come, and he said that these two tickets were originally intended for Will Smith, but I cut them off." Zhang Jinshui said with a smile. "This is my first game with the Rockets, and you have to sit on the sidelines."

Zi Chunlin smiled happily, stood up and gave Zhang Jinshui a hug, and said, "Come on!"

Zhang Jinshui hugged Zi Chunlin's slender waist, only feeling that the other's waist was extraordinarily soft, and after a few seconds, he reluctantly let go of his hand.

"Let me tell you, my sister is still a big girl, how decent is it for you to hug her like this in public?"

A head poked out from the side.