NBA: The man who passed the ball to Yao Ming

Now Zhang Jinshui has two purple talent badges [Three-point long-range shot: Fulin Xinzhi] and [One-on-one: An eye for an eye].

These two purple badges are too powerful, not only can guarantee Zhang Jinshui to score at least 5 to 6 points in a game, but also the pretending effect on the field is also against the sky.

One more purple talent badge, although the specific function is not yet sure, but it will definitely give Zhang Jinshui another qualitative leap in strength.

However, the conditions for completing this task are not so easy.

The Heat, which ranked first in the Eastern Conference last season, have Shaquille O'Neal in the league's first team and Dern Wade in the league's second team.

And in this off-season, they recruited Gary Payton, who is one of the league's top 50 gloves, and Anthony Walker, who was once one of the Celtics' twin stars.

Coupled with the gorgeous style of play, White Chocolate Williams, who passed the ball superbly, and veteran Mourning, who was once one of the four major centers in the league.

The only goal of this Heat team this year is the NBA championship.

Although the Rockets are playing at home, all the soldiers have just completed a week-long away trip. The journey is tiring, and they will play against the Heat just one day later.

It is too difficult for the Rockets to win this game.

But now, Zhang Jinshui really couldn't afford to lose.

The price of a purple talent badge is really too high.

For the next time, while doing some simple basic training, Zhang Jinshui was full of thoughts on how to increase the odds of winning tomorrow's game.

Even when Zi Chunlin returned home with big and small bags of daily necessities, he forgot to send him a welcoming hug.

Eventually, he thought of a way that might help, and asked Zi Chunlin to drop him off at the rocket base 20 minutes early after lunch.

As expected, Van Gundy was already in his office. When Zhang Jinshui knocked on the office door, he was studying the tapes of the Heat's previous games.

Before this game, the Heat had a record of 3 wins and 1 loss. The only loss was against the Eastern Conference playoff team Pacers back-to-back away.

In that game, Heat coach Van Gundy rested most of the team's main lineup.

"Zhang Jinshui, what do you need from me?"

"Coach, I want to start the next game against the Heat." Zhang Jinshui said boldly.

This was the only way that Zhang Jinshui thought up all morning that might increase his winning rate.

He thinks he is the most certain card in this Rockets team besides Yao Ming and Tracy McGrady.

However, according to Van Gundy's current game plan, he comes off the bench, and even if a game is stalemate to the end, he can only play 24 to 28 minutes.

This kind of plan is not a big problem against weak teams, it can win anyway.

But for a super-luxury team like the Heat that starts with two 2s and two 2s in the starting lineup, and two [-]s and two aces on the bench, that would be a waste of his Jinshui card.

He is still young now, and he only played 10 minutes against the Magic in the last game. He will bite his teeth tomorrow, even if he plays 48 minutes in four quarters.

His only concern was that Van Gundy would not listen to him.

After all, he is now actively proposing to enter the starting lineup, which is considered one of the most taboo behaviors of a head coach in the nba world.

Van Gundy frowned and asked, "Did that fellow Dawson tell you my thoughts in advance?"

Hearing this sentence, Zhang Jinshui was pleasantly surprised, he laughed and said: "I haven't communicated with Dawson, but I think it's rare to meet a championship-level team like the Heat, so I want to try to play against them take on more responsibility.”

Van Gundy looked at Zhang Jinshui with relief and said, "I'm very happy that you have such an idea.

I might as well tell you my true thoughts, this season, I want to set the goal of our Rockets to the highest position.

But to reach that height, Yao Ming and Tracy McGrady alone are far from enough. I need you to take on more responsibilities.

In this game, you should be mentally prepared. I will give you the most playing time of the whole team so that you can accumulate more experience playing against championship-level teams.

Don't be stressed, winning or losing a game is not important, what I want is your growth after this game. "

Feeling the sincerity and high hopes in Van Gundy's words, Zhang Jinshui was very moved.

But at the same time, he also protested softly in his heart: "Who said that winning or losing this game is not important, I must win so that I can grow after the game."

......

After 11:11 p.m. on Friday, November 6, the night began to darken, and a new weekend officially kicked off.

Although the NBA has been playing for a week, for Houstonians, today is the official opening day of the NBA.

After work, Houstonians flocked from all directions to the brightly lit Toyota Center.

Wearing the Rockets' red uniforms, with rocket red paint on their faces, holding beer, cards and various props in their hands, they sang and shouted, and gradually surrounded the Toyota Center for several blocks. The streets and parking lots are packed to the brim.

Live helicopters from several international media hovered over the Toyota Center.

Today's game will not only be broadcast live across the United States, but will also transmit the game screen to the Chinese country on the other side of the ocean and other European countries in the Mediterranean region through satellite signals.

After all, this game has another name that is well-known by NBA fans all over the world, Yao Sha vs. Yao!

Moreover, at the beginning of this season, Yao Ming led the Rockets to win three consecutive away games with an average of 25 points, 11 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 blocks per game, and the momentum is booming.

Many experts and media are predicting that Yao Ming will officially snatch the scepter of the league's No. [-] center from O'Neal this season.

O'Neal, who is best at playing tricks in front of the media, will naturally not ignore such remarks. He yelled at Yao Ming in front of the media camera: Yao Ming, of course you can become the number one center in the league, but it must be when I am old and retire. after.

And made a gesture of Bruce Lee touching his nose and shaking his fingers.

Similar remarks also pushed the NBA's attention to this game to a new level.

In the past two days, various news reports, talk shows, and fan forums have all been talking about this game.

As the moderator of the Rockets, Zhao Min'er posted a post on "Rockets vs. Heat, chatting about the game while watching the game" on a basketball forum. Before the game started, the number of replies had broken through 5. .

"Brothers, forget about the Yao Shark battle, let's win this game for the Rockets fans."

In the Rockets locker room, Yao Ming, who had changed into a red jersey, gathered a group of soldiers and shouted loudly.

"No, win this game, for the Rockets fans, but also for Yao Ming!" McGrady shouted.

Zhang Jinshui and others echoed loudly: "For the Rockets fans, but also for Yao Ming!"

After shouting the slogan, Yao Ming pushed open the door and walked out.

Behind him, McGrady, Zhang Jinshui, Uncle Mu, Uncle Huo, Derek Anderson... filed out of the locker room one by one.

......

At this time, the Toyota Center, which can accommodate 18300 people, was full of seats, like a song of red and fire.

The stands, the stadium, and the ceiling filled with balloons are all bright rocket red.

In the hustle and bustle of the sky, the Rockets mascot "Rocket Bear" wearing Yao Ming's No. 11 jersey was waving the Rockets' red team flag and running around the court.

Wherever it goes, the waves of people in the stands with their hands raised will follow it.

In the end, it stopped at the exit of the player's tunnel, and raised the rocket's flag high at an angle, floating in front of the tunnel.

A huge palm stretched out and gently flipped the team flag to the other side.

Afterwards, the tall figure of Yao Ming appeared in front of all Rocket audience, followed by McGrady, Zhang Jinshui, Uncle Mu...

In the stands of the Toyota Center, cheers like a tsunami sounded immediately.

The NBA season for the Houstonians has finally begun.