NBA: The man who passed the ball to Yao Ming

"Center Yao Ming."

"Power forward Howard."

"Small forward Derek Anderson."

"Shooting guard David West."

"Point guard Alston."

"Huh?" Hearing Alstom's name, there were one or two small surprises among the players.

Obviously, in their minds, this starting spot should be none other than Zhang Jinshui.

Alston's expression was also full of surprise, he sneaked up to Zhang Jinshui, patted him on the shoulder, and whispered: "Sorry, Zhang Jinshui, to be honest, you are more worthy of this starter than me. "

Zhang Jinshui said with a smile: "It's okay, the coach must have his ideas in letting you start."

"Everyone go back to the bus first, Zhang Jinshui, come here for a while, and I'll talk to you again." After Van Gundy finished speaking, he walked straight to the corner of the arena.

Turning around and seeing Zhang Jinshui following, Van Gundy said: "Zhang Jinshui, in terms of your performance in the first game, you are definitely worthy of the Rockets' starting guard position.

but......"

When Zhang Jinshui walked over, he probably already guessed the purpose of Van Gundy's conversation with him in his heart.

He chuckled and interrupted Van Gundy, "Needless to say, coach, I understand everything.

I guess you have already started to think of me as another core tactical point for the Rockets besides Yao Mai.

You asked me to play as a substitute. On the one hand, it was out of the need of the game. You wanted me to stagger the time with Yao Ming to ensure that there was always a tactical core on the field.

On the other hand, you also want to cultivate my ability to lead the team alone, in case of emergencies in the future.

right? "

Van Gundy was taken aback for a moment, and asked in surprise, "Has that guy Dawson talked to you?"

"No, I thought of it myself."

Zhang Jinshui shook his head and said, "I have never thought that substitute players are less important than starters, so I don't mind continuing to play as substitutes at all.

Just relax, I won't have any negative thoughts. "

Van Gundy suddenly realized that the earnestness and earnestness he had prepared was completely useless, and he was a little embarrassed for a while.

"Cough." He coughed lightly, adjusted his breath a little, then patted Zhang Jinshui on the shoulder, and said, "Then I don't worry, go back to the car."

Seeing Zhang Jinshui turned to leave, Van Gundy stopped him again, and added solemnly: "Zhang Jinshui, believe me, you will have a very bright future in the NBA."

Although the Hornets moved to New Orleans just three years ago, they have already accumulated a large number of local fans.

Whenever there is a home game on the weekend, the enthusiastic Hornets fans will surround the New Orleans Arena in the center of the city.

The afternoon of November 2005, 11 was no exception. Before 6 o'clock, fans began to gather at the New Orleans Arena.

When they got near the arena, they were not in a hurry to enter the arena. Instead, they stood around every corner of the street with beer and hot dogs, singing and laughing, as if they were celebrating a festival.

There are also a large number of fans gathered at the intersection of the arena parking lot.

When the Rockets' bus turned into this intersection, they immediately stepped forward to block the bus's way, singing the song "Please go back to Houston" adapted from a local folk song.

The Rockets players and staff on the bus closed the curtains of the windows one after another.

It was the first time for Zhang Jinshui to encounter such a battle, and he couldn't help being a little nervous. He said to Yao Ming beside him, "I feel that the fans of the Hornets are much more aggressive than the fans of the Kings. They even blocked our bus."

Yao Ming, on the other hand, had a familiar expression and said, "Don't worry, they'll disperse in a while.

In fact, this kind of behavior is already very mild. After you play all 29 teams in the league, especially after you have been to Detroit, you will naturally experience it. "

Zhang Jinshui nodded, opened a corner of the curtain, leaned his head to look out the window, and found that many of the fans were still holding signs.

And the most numerous brands are not slogans like "Beat Houston", but "Zhang Jinshui is not worthy to lift Paul's shoes", "Welcome to the home of the best rookie".

Zhang Jinshui will watch TV a little when he is in the hotel these two nights, knowing that the best rookie contest between himself and Chris Paul is a hot topic in the NBA recently, which has also increased the attention of this game a lot.

It is not difficult to see that the Hornets fans should be quite satisfied with their newly selected point guard, so there are so many people holding signs in this regard to demonstrate to Zhang Jinshui.

However, who is not worthy to carry shoes for whom is another matter.

Zhang Jinshui chuckled from the bottom of his heart.

After 3 minutes, the song was sung, and before the arena security came to clear the field, the Hornets fans who were stuck in traffic had scattered away.

After the Rockets bus entered the parking lot, all the players got off the bus together, entered the visiting team's locker room, and changed into jerseys.

In the end, summoned by Yao Ming and Tracy McGrady in a suit, the Rockets formed a circle and put their hands together.

"Beat the Hornets, support Zhang Jinshui, come on!" Yao Mai shouted.

"Beat the Hornets, support Zhang Jinshui, come on!" Zhang Jinshui shouted along with his teammates.

Then, the Rockets rushed out of the locker room together.

At the same time, Zhao Min'er, who was already sitting in the media area, took out her mobile phone and logged into a football forum, and opened a new post, "At the scene, friends who want to follow the game between the Rockets and the Hornets, watch here, and update the game from time to time."

Although it is 6 o'clock in the morning in Huaguo time, once the post was pushed to the top, within a minute, there were already hundreds of replies.

"I have a big heart, and I'm looking forward to you."

"Come on, take a bubble, thank you for your kindness."

"Haha, I specially set the alarm clock for 6 o'clock in the morning, and Huaxin is really here. I'm so happy, I'm taking a bubble."

"Can Huaguo Wutai do it? Why don't you broadcast the Rockets game live? Fortunately, we still have a lot of love."

"Jack in, I'm here to watch Zhang Jinshui beat Chris Paul."

"Don't make jokes upstairs, Chris Paul is really strong, let's cheer for Zhang Jinshui and the Rockets together, don't mess around."

......

At 3:55 p.m. local time, Zhang Jinshui and a group of substitutes returned to the bench after completing the warm-up.

On the way, Zhang Jinshui waved to Zi Chunlin who was sitting in the 8th and 9th rows behind the bench.

At 4 o'clock, under the witness of 18500 fans at the scene, the game officially started.

The Hornets got the ball first.

The main lineup of the Hornets today is center PJ Brown, power forward David West, small forward Persian Nachba, shooting guard JR Smith and point guard Chris Paul.

After Chris Paul took the ball to the frontcourt, he directly called center PJ Brown to help him make a pick-and-roll.

Just when the change of position was formed, he suddenly hit the ground and passed the ball, helping PJ Brown get into the inside and score two points.

2 to 0, Paul used a beautiful assist to help the Hornets take the lead.

Hornets fans in the stands immediately set off a wave of cheers.

After the offensive and defensive transition, the Rockets naturally focused on Yao Ming.

The head coach of the Hornets seems to trust PJ Brown very much. He didn't ask other players to double-team, but let PJ Brown single-handedly defend Yao Ming.

However, the Hornets quickly ate a bitter pill for this trust.

In the next 5 minutes, Yao Ming scored 4 singles against PJ Brown and succeeded 3 times. He also caused PJ Brown to make a defensive foul and scored two free throws to help the Rockets gain a 12-8 lead.

The head coach of the Hornets had no choice but to let Chris Paul double-team Yao Ming. At this time, the problem of Alston's offensive instability was exposed again.

He received Yao Ming's points twice, but did nothing.

After 1 minute, the Hornets successfully moved the score to 12.

Van Gundy on the sidelines turned his head and said helplessly to Zhang Jinshui: "Zhang Jinshui, it seems that you need to play earlier.

Remember, look for an opportunity to pass the ball to Yao Ming in the frontcourt. If he is double-teamed and passes the ball to you, shoot a three-pointer if there is space. Be firm! "

"Okay!" Zhang Jinshui, already impatient, immediately jumped up from the bench.

In the commentary on the sidelines, the sharp-eyed Barkley saw Zhang Jinshui standing up, and excitedly shouted to his companions: "Both, Zhang Jinshui is about to play, and the duel between him and Paul is about to begin!"