NBA: The man who passed the ball to Yao Ming

After the players quieted down, Van Gundy looked at Dawson and said, "Dawson, why don't you make the announcement."

Dawson nodded, and said loudly: "Everyone, as we all know, our Rockets have experienced a devil's schedule in the past two weeks, which has caused a lot of exhaustion on everyone's physical strength.

And next, such a devil's schedule will continue.

In order to protect everyone's health and help everyone continue their good competitive state.

The team management discussed with Van Gundy's coaching staff and obtained Mr. Alexander's approval over the phone. They decided to strategically abandon the next away game against the Spurs in order to allow the team's main rotation players to get enough rest time! "

"Really? That's great!" All the Rockets cheered immediately, and Uncle Huo shouted even more funnyly: "Coach Van Gundy is great! The management is great! Mr. Alexander is great !"

Dawson smiled and waved to silence everyone, then turned to Van Gundy and said, "Van Gundy, it's better for you to announce the specific arrangements for the next two days to the players."

Van Gundy nodded and said loudly: "McGrady, Zhang Jinshui, Mutombo, Howard, Anderson, you have worked hard during this time!

The team has already booked a flight for you at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning, and you can fly directly back to Houston from Minnesota Airport.

Take a good two days of rest and prepare for the game against the Detroit Pistons at home the day after tomorrow.

Alston, Luther Head, Swift, David Wesley and Jon Barry, you will be the starting lineup against the Spurs the day after tomorrow.

As for other players, they will also get considerable playing time in the game against the Spurs. I hope you can seize the opportunity and perform well on the court. "

There was another burst of cheers in the locker room.

Van Gundy's arrangement is undoubtedly a win-win situation.

The core players of the team such as McGrady and Zhang Jinshui have enough rest time to adjust their bodies and relax mentally.

Alston, Swift, Luther Head and other players were also in the rotation in the past few games, but their playing time was limited in each game. Now, they can play a game with a playing time of more than 30 minutes.

Mucci Norris, Ryan Bowen and other fringe players who can only play in garbage time can finally get more than 10 minutes of game time in this game, which is enough for them to show Coach Van Gundy their progress during this period .

Zhang Jinshui was overjoyed. In fact, he had vaguely guessed this arrangement during the game.

In back-to-back games against the Pistons and Spurs in turn, it is absolutely impossible for the Rockets to get out.

It is definitely the wisest arrangement to give up one game, fight for one game, and let the core players get some rest time.

And this arrangement couldn't be better for Zhang Jinshui, who has to win the home game against the Pistons.

The only pity is that the system task of ten consecutive victories will take a long time to complete.

However, compared to the ten-game winning streak mission with only a few attribute points rewards, the mission of opening the consumables store is definitely more important.

What's more, there is no fault tolerance for this mission. The first five games at home can only be those five games. Losing one game is a failure of the mission.

After Coach Van Gundy finished his announcement, Zhang Jinshui followed the elated teammates to the bathroom, but was stopped by Dawson: "Zhang Jinshui, hurry up and take a shower and change your shirt, you have been flipped by the NBA official team again."

Anyway, Zi Chunlin is not here today, so it doesn't matter if he attends the press conference, but Zhang Jinshui still asked curiously: "What if I refuse to participate, will I be fined?"

"You are [-], the team is [-], a total of [-]." Dawson gestured with his fingers and said:

But who in the entire NBA is eagerly waiting for the opportunity to interview after the game. No one was fined for refusing the post-game press conference throughout the entire season last season. You don't want to set a precedent for this, do you?

"Can't afford to drive." Zhang Jinshui was speechless secretly. In 05, the fine was definitely quite high.

The nba is indeed a business alliance, and it especially values ​​the relationship with the media and the public.

After Zhang Jinshui said goodbye to Dawson, he hurried to shower and change his shirt. After 10 minutes, he followed Van Gundy and McGrady to the post-match press conference.

The conference room of the Target Center is half smaller than that of the Toyota Center, and there are less than 20 media reporters sitting there.

Such a scale may have something to do with the Timberwolves' record.

After questioning Van Gundy and McGrady, the reporters began to ask Zhang Jinshui questions.

The first question came from a reporter from SB. He asked pointedly: "Many people say that you are not eligible to be shortlisted for the official MVP list. What do you think about this?"

Zhang Jinshui, who had been trained by Zi Chunlin, was already calm in his heart.

He just wanted to answer, but McGrady next to him grabbed the microphone and said coldly: "Please, please stop asking such insulting questions, Zhang Jinshui just scored 30 points, 7 assists and 4 steals in today's game , helped us beat the Timberwolves, but you tell me, is this performance at the mvp level?"

It is naturally more convincing for teammates, especially McGrady's level, to respond to this kind of question than Zhang Jinshui's own response.

Zhang Jinshui was moved in his heart, he stretched out his hand and patted McGrady on the back vigorously, saying everything without saying a word.

Next, someone asked Zhang Jinshui what he thought of the next game against the Spurs.

After winning the Timberwolves, the Rockets' record became 7 wins and 0 losses, the same as the Spurs.

The next game will be a battle for the leadership in the Western Conference, and naturally it will be closely watched by the media.

However, when Van Gundy answered a similar question just now, he concealed the fact that they would strategically abandon the game. Of course, Zhang Jinshui would not talk about it. He only said that he would make preparations and everything would be arranged by the head coach.

In the end, because they didn't dare to ask about the mvp list, and the Rockets vs. Timberwolves was not a focus game, the media reporters were a little bit less interested, and there were not many questions.

The entire post-match press conference ended in just 20 minutes.

Zhang Jinshui left with Van Gundy and McGrady, boarded the team bus, and arrived at the Hilton Hotel in central Minnesota at 10:45 p.m.

After checking in and returning to his room, Zhang Jinshui first called the room service and ordered a chicken breast salad and a bottle of milk.

Looking at the phone, it was already 11 o'clock in the evening. Zhang Jinshui hesitated for a moment, but still nervously called Zi Chunlin.

"Beep! Beep!" After two beeps, a lazy and soft voice came from the receiver: "Hello."