Chapter 605: Yao Ming's Ambition
There was no time to catch up with Yao Ming, the Eagles arrived at the hotel in Houston at three o'clock in the morning, Liu Mang slept until noon and got up for lunch.
In the afternoon, the players continued to take a nap, and at 6:00 p.m., they came to the Toyota Center to start pre-match training for back-to-back games with the Rockets. .
This game is the one that the Eagles don't pay much attention to in their Texas three-game streak, and it's also the one that American fans don't pay much attention to. But in the eyes of domestic fans, this game is the much-anticipated Chinese derby!
At 10:30 am on December 10th, BJ time, the long-awaited Chinese Derby will start soon!
The court sports station has been promoting this game since last week, and the commentary lineup this time is still a double-level combination that makes domestic fans can't help pressing the mute.
"Central TV, court TV, hello everyone, welcome to the game between the Houston Rockets and the Atlanta Hawks brought to you by the court TV. I am the commentator Sun Zhengping. The commentator we invited today is still everyone's favorite Zhang Weiping Zhang Guidance, the Rockets and the Eagles are both our favorite teams. Both teams are top teams in the league. This game must be very exciting. Director Zhang, what do you think of this game?" Sun Zhengping continued his official opening.
Hearing Sun Zhengping's opening, Director Zhang was already very calm. It would be nice if he didn't say it was the Atlanta Rockets this time. Director Zhang took over the conversation: "The Rockets and the Hawks have performed very well this year. The Hawks are the best in the league. 16 wins and 4 losses, the winning rate is as high as 80%, and it can still have an 80% winning rate after playing 20 games. It has only appeared 99 times in NBA history, and among these 9 times, there are Eight times the team ended its final season with 65 or more wins.
The Rockets have performed well this year, and they can compete with the Grizzlies and the Mavericks for the fifth place in the Western Conference, but the Hawks are still much stronger than the Rockets. However, the Hawks just played back-to-back yesterday, and the main lineup of the Hawks all played It's been a long time, and there may be some rest, which is good news for the Rockets..."
Director Zhang still knows the ball.
Domestic fans and TV media are all looking forward to this exciting game. The imperial sports station broadcast live the first of the only two battles between Liu Mang and Yao Ming in a year without any suspense.
Although the domestic publicity is that Liu Mang and Yao Ming's teams are going to compete for the championship, but the domestic media are not stupid. Liu Mang's side must compete for the championship, but Yao Ming's side, Fighting for the championship is just a slogan. There is no possibility of the two teams meeting in the playoffs, not even 0.1%, so it is advertised that the goal of the two teams is to compete for the championship, but the imperial sports station has put the two teams in the regular season. The fights are advertised as bigger games than the finals.
Even if it was the Rockets that formed the Yao-Mac combination in history, McGrady never thought that he could lead the team to the championship. The last time he played in the NBA was when he joined the Spurs in the 2013 playoffs. He made it very clear that he He never felt that he was in close contact with the championship trophy even for a moment in his career, so he wanted to try even if he was guarding the drinking fountain.
Maybe the domestic media is the group of people who carry out the "champion's heart" to the end.
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At the game site, players from the two teams had already entered the arena. Liu Mang and Yao Ming greeted each other, and then took a photo with the domestic media on the sidelines.
This was the first time Liu Mang met Yao Ming in four months after meeting him in Shanghai in the summer.
Grow strong!
It was much earlier than Liu Mang remembered that Yao Ming grew stronger. Yao Ming originally gained ten kilograms in the summer of 2005, and his weight soared to more than 140 kilograms. In the case of full attendance in the first three years, starting from the fourth year, he was injured for 30 to 40 games each season.
Yao Ming's weight gain is not a problem, but the problem is that the change is too sudden. The first three years were all shooting-type thin bamboo poles. In the summer of 2005, last season was mainly shooting, and the next season he was a low-post monster. Not to mention the process, the increase in playing time after gaining weight is the key to Yao Ming's injury.
After listening to Liu Mang's analysis this time, Yao Ming is different from the Yao Ming who only listened to the advice of the unreliable Jeff Van Gundy. This time Yao Ming has his own ideas. I started to gain weight slowly in grades and gradually adapted. I didn’t destroy my COSCO throw all at once because of the sudden weight gain, and I didn’t choose to keep floating. Instead, I gradually increased a little weight every year to adapt.
After learning about this from Yao Ming, Liu Mang felt very happy. Although he didn't know how it would end, would it be worse than being reimbursed for his career before the age of 30?
At least Yao Ming has his own ideas, and it seems quite reliable
Liu Mang said hello to Yao Ming and came back to see Jason Terry talking trash to Francis again. Every time Jason Terry met Francis in the same class, he was so positive. Liu Mang saw Jason- Terry was so energetic, and he didn't seem to be affected too much by yesterday's game. Liu Mang felt a little more at ease.
The main reason is that during the warm-up this afternoon, some of the main players of the Eagles were too weak!
Last night, three of the Hawks' top five starters played more than 40 minutes, namely Liu Mang, Raheem, and Rasheed Wallace. Among the substitutes, Kwame Brown and Jason Terry both played more than 30 minutes. minute.
Although Ratliff only played for more than ten minutes, he was tossed enough by Nowitzki. He must not be able to fight today. Said that it is still slowly grinding to play defense, and it is easier to shoot three-pointers. For the next game against the Spurs and to avoid injuries, coach Kruger also rested him.
Rahim is okay. After losing weight this year, playing fast break and defense is relatively less tiring, and he continues to play.
Fortunately, Stockton only played 7 minutes and scored 3 points and 3 assists. Because Boozer seemed unable to keep up with the rhythm, it is estimated that he will be killed by Nowitzki or Jamison. Playing on the field, the two are full of energy today and have not been affected by back-to-back.
Now that Liu Mang sees that Jason Terry is in good condition, he feels that this game is still very hopeful.
On Liu Mang's side, he was in pain because he was about to play a new game less than 24 hours after the last game ended. On Yao Ming's side, he saw the hope of defeating Liu Mang!
Liu Mang now seems to be the number one basketball player in China, all of them play basketball, and they are all the top players in the country. Although Yao Ming said that it doesn't matter who is the number one player, everyone is a teammate of the national team, but from the heart , how could Yao Ming not care!
Although Yao Ming has a good relationship with Liu Mang, it doesn't mean he will be happy to lose to Liu Mang all the time!
There was no chance before. Yao Ming played against the Hawks for the first time last season. He thought he might win. At that time, the Hawks were almost at the bottom of the Eastern Conference. At the same time, Yao Ming also exposed Yao Ming’s weakness, causing Yao Ming to fall into the rookie wall for a while. It is impossible for Yao Ming not to be depressed. Wearing a suit and the fact that the Eagles are still back to back, the state must have declined. Yao Ming was startled: My old Yao's glorious moment is coming!
The goal is to kill Liu Mang!
On Liu Mang's side, when he took the ball and threw it, his hands shook, and he threw a three-point stick. Coach Kruger on the sidelines frowned, worried that Liu Mang would also have physical problems today.
"Ding... The Avengers series of missions: Yao Ming's ambition."
"Yao Ming's ambition: Yao Ming and the host are both one of the two best players in the Chinese basketball world, and they both have great expectations for becoming the number one player in domestic basketball. This is where the competition between the host and Yao Ming for the number one player in Chinese basketball begins. The goal of the host's mission in this game: to dunk Yao Ming and defeat Yao Ming's team. The goal of the next game against Yao Ming: to dunk Yao Ming and defeat Yao Ming's team. Both mission goals were achieved, and the host won the Francis Peak Star Card 1 open."
Liu Mang was practicing mid-range shooting, when he suddenly heard the task prompt, he cursed out, and then turned his head to look at Yao Ming, Yao Ming, who has thick eyebrows and big eyes, did not expect, did not expect, to have such a small thought? But what Liu Mang is most curious about is, why did Mao win the Francis star card after defeating Yao Ming? These two must have a dark secret!
There will be another chapter in a while, after 12 o'clock