Basketball: Dayao Reopened

"Guys, listen, I need your support!"

As soon as the voting channel was opened, Shaq O'Neal began to canvass for himself through the media.

He is really urgent!

He couldn't help feeling urgent...

The feeling of substituting Yao Ming last season really made him very upset!

You must know that he is Shaq O'Neal. He entered the All-Star team in his first year in the league. For at least five or six years, he has been the starting center in the Western Conference. This suddenly became a substitute, and he is really uncomfortable.

The most important thing is that you can't live up to the face. Tim Duncan and Kevin Garnett, who have been dealing with the West in the past, are still starters, but he has become a substitute first. How can he say hello to others?

"Hi Tim!"

"Yeah, here you are, little substitute!"

You say, how is this fun to play?

And, where will this year's All-Star Weekend be held?

In Los Angeles!

At Staples Arena!

Where is this?

This is his home base for Shaq O'Neal!

If this is still coming off the bench...

no!

He must grab the starter back!

Although he also knew that Yao Ming was a powerful enemy, he had already seen how terrifying the "China Power" behind him was last year...

But no matter how hard it is, you have to fight!

Can't fight without spelling!

But if O'Neal knew what was going on in China at the moment, I'm afraid he wouldn't think so...

"NBA04 All-Star East and West Division First Voting Link Channel..."

"Tears of God: Brothers, the voting channel link is at the top, click in to vote for Dayao!"

"I've been blinded by StarCraft: I have voted!"

"Tu Long is in hand: voted!"

"Brothers came to kill me: I have voted!"

...

In just half an hour, hundreds of floors were covered by this post bar, and this is only one of the posts, there are many more posts like this one!

In other words, Chairman Yao's votes are increasing by tens of thousands in half an hour...

You said that if the "shark" saw this, would he still be in the mood to fight this battle?

He also knows what kind of enthusiastic attitude the domestic fans will have, so Yao Ming didn't panic at all. He even wanted to laugh when he watched the players hardly "begging for votes"... No way, who made us Chinese?

Can this confidence be insufficient!

However, Yao Ming has to admit that David Stern is still a very important factor. If it is the "bald guy" wearing glasses, it will be useless for the Huaxia fans to vote. As for Stern, although he will change the number of votes, it won't be straightforward to give you the number of votes. That's it. Even if only one-tenth of the votes, Yao Ming believes that it is enough to insist on the king and dominance in the United States!

Feel the "China Power" again!

"Thanks, Yao, thank you!"

In the afternoon's team training, Lagabert ran over to say thank you to Yao Ming-Yao Ming gave him the 50,000 fine in the league and saved him a lot of money.

Yao Ming waved his hand. These are all trivial things. As the boss of the team, occasionally paying for the behavior of the team's younger brother is normal. Only in this way can the younger brother be willing to continue to fight. Otherwise, where is so much enthusiasm?

Nobody's money came from the wind!

Including Bruce Bowen, every time he is fined, Vicki will definitely pay him privately. It's just a matter of how much to pay, maybe 30%, maybe 50%.

But he will definitely not say it. After all, as a head coach, he pays for his players' fines. This somewhat encourages criminals, so naturally he can't say it.

What's more, this guy had such an idea, so he dare not say it!

This is not the reason for Yao Ming. He didn't say that it was simply unnecessary, and he not only paid Rajabel a ticket, but also paid a fine to the bus. The bus is a bit stubborn, or he has a weird temper. Good.

Anyway, as long as Lagabe's enthusiasm on the defensive end is not diminished, that's it!

On December 27th, the regular season war reignited, and the Rockets started their journey. In 2003, the Rockets had the last three games left and played three games in four days. Needless to say, everyone knows the schedule. It must be difficult... …

In fact, the Rockets' schedule is even more difficult than the phrase "play 3 games in 4 days".

Because of these three games, the Rockets need to play a "back-to-back" all away game first, and then play an away game...

It is equivalent to saying that there are three consecutive guests, there are still three consecutive guests "back-to-back"!

Most importantly, the opponent is not weak!

The two "back-to-back" opponents are the Grizzlies and the Spurs, both of which are currently the top eight teams in the Western Conference. In particular, the Spurs are ranked second in the Western Conference, only three games away from the Rockets.

Then they have to play against the Nets again. The Nets are still ranked second in the East. Although the Rockets’ style restrains the Nets, they can face a fast-paced player after a “back-to-back” game. The team, this is undoubtedly a huge test for the physical fitness of all the Rockets!

Knowing that the schedule is difficult, Tom didn't have high requirements for these three games: to win one victory, fight for two victories...he didn't ask for three victories.

It’s not that he wants to lose the No. 1 position in the league, but to enter January. The Rockets will have a good schedule during this period. Almost all the first 7 games are stinky fish and shrimps. The Rockets are very promising. At that time, he had a seven-game winning streak, so he was not in a hurry.

The coach is not in a hurry, and the atmosphere of the Rockets is very relaxed. They set off for Memphis with this relaxed atmosphere.

——Yao, if you don’t come out this time, we will break our friendship!

As soon as Yao Ming arrived in Memphis, he received a "threat" text message from James Posey.

How can I do this posture!

Yao Ming can only agree, no way, this is the price of "recruiting bees and butterflies"!

James Posey also didn't wander around with Yao Ming, just ate a meal.

But this is enough for James Posey to be so happy... His state today is like an appointment with Sun Yining's wsc.

It's just that he was very happy today, and he was a little aggrieved in the game the next day. In the face of the Rockets' increasingly solid inside and outside defense, he simply couldn't make it through.

After the first half, he handed over the bleak data of 2 of 8 shots.

In fact, James Posey's performance this season is not bad, averaging rebounds per game. The Grizzlies can be ranked sixth in the Western Conference this season, which really has a lot to do with him.

You can see from this game. His performance in the first half was bleak, and even the Grizzlies lost 13 points in the first half...

Of course, this 13-point pot does not belong to James Posey alone.

As another core of the team... Pau Gasol played very poorly tonight.

But there is no way, who made him meet these perverted men of the "Meat Shield Group"?

Although he kept shouting in his heart: Be brave and not afraid of difficulties, but under the torment of the three old men of the "Meat Shield Group", the "sister-in-law" was so tired that he called a "chuchu and moving"... Go to the first subject of teaching.

In the end, the Rockets finished a 20-point victory at home to the Grizzlies 108-88!

Yao Ming once again had the last laugh in the game against Pau Gasol.

It is said that when Yao Ming first entered the league, he also had the title of "Pau Gasol at No. 5", but now no one talks about this title anymore.

On the contrary, some media call Pau Gasol the "weakened version of Yao Ming."

ESPN columnist O'Sullivan said: "The same comprehensive skill, but Pau Gasol is worse than Yao Ming in every aspect. Well, except for the wingspan... This also allows Pau Gasol to be on the court. It lacks some dominance and domineering!"

This game fully demonstrated the lack of dominance of Pau Gasol... After the game, Pau Gasol, who was sweating profusely, constantly licking his wet hair, and talking self-blame, looked like that "style." Thousands of species"!

After this game, the media turned up the deal that the two teams made at about this time last year for "James Posey and a first-round pick for Battier".

Half a year ago, the media who said that the Rockets made money, now they think this deal is a win-win!

Battier is obviously more able to play in the current Rockets lineup. Compared with him, James Posey's ability may not be suitable for the current Rockets.

But similarly, as far as James Posey’s position in the Grizzlies is concerned, Battier is not suitable. I won’t say anything else. It’s a bit embarrassing for Battier to score 17 points per game.

Battier is more commendable for his brain, his comprehensiveness, rather than his ability in one aspect...

In addition, the Grizzlies also got the Rockets' first round pick this summer. This pick eventually became the 26th pick in the first round. Jerry West used it to select Carlos Delfino, although the latter could not come immediately. NBA, but this year he played very well in the Bologna team in the European League, showing a mature side. When he enters the NBA next year, it means that the Grizzlies will have a number one position that can control the rhythm. This can more or less make up for it. The frizz of "white chocolate".

It is a very good choice.

In short, there is really no loss in this deal!

This is how the first game of the "Three Lianke" was won.

Everyone on the Rockets was in a relaxed mood, but now it's even more relaxed... The goals before coming out have been completed, what's more nervous.

It was only on the afternoon of the game against the Spurs that Yao Ming had a little accident. He accidentally sprained his foot while training in the team. This scared Tom and called the team doctor. After examination, Fortunately, there was no big problem, and they were relieved.

However, Tom still attaches great importance to Yao Ming's injury this time. He directly said: "Yao, don't play this game in the afternoon!"

Anyway, the Grizzlies have already won, and this game with the Spurs is no big deal even if they lose.

Yao Ming didn't insist. Even if this was their first encounter with the Spurs this season, even if the Spurs were the team that eliminated them in the Western Conference Finals last season, he didn't care too much, because he said ten thousand things. This game is just the regular season!

In addition, even in the playoffs, Yao Ming will not play!

He will no longer be as "willful" as before reopening...

It’s not that he won’t play with an injury. He can play with an injury, but it must be a national team, and it must be a very important time, such as the key to the top 8 to the top 4. Moment...otherwise it would be impossible for him to be injured. He knew very well that the responsibilities he had to bear were too heavy!

It is so heavy that it is not comparable to the honor of this business alliance!

Of course, this injury also needs to be graded. It's just that it has a foot like today, and it didn't hurt the organization or bones. In a situation like the finals, he must still play. This is as a professional player. Needless to say...

Yao Mingxie, the Rockets are still "back-to-back", especially the Spurs. There should be no suspense in this game, but no one expected that the Rockets and Spurs were anxious for 3 quarters. Time, when the game entered the fourth quarter, it was unfortunately lost by 6 points...

Francis broke out in this game, scoring 47 points alone, setting a new record in his career. In the first three quarters of the game, Budenholzer used Bruce Bowen, Stephen Jackson and Jason Hart to switch defenses. He couldn't stop this guy from scoring, but it was a pity that in the fourth quarter of the game, he missed 4 consecutive shots due to physical reasons. The Rockets also lost 4 consecutive shots because of his lack of shots. Of course, Francis cannot be blamed for this game. Without his early explosion, the Rockets would not be in a stalemate with the Spurs until the fourth quarter of the game.

"Man, really, it's not an exaggeration, I was really scared by you!" Yao Ming gave Francis a "touch his head" after the game, comforting the latter.

In the fourth quarter, he missed 4 consecutive shots. Others didn't blame him. Francis himself was a little upset. However, in Yao Ming's "Bomb Kill" and "Touched Kill", Francis's unhappiness gradually disappeared.

"Duncan's Hand", it really works!

Immediately afterwards, the Rockets went to New Jersey non-stop. They still had an away game to play, and it was also their last game in 2003.

This game is not "back-to-back", and the Rockets get a day off because of this, but this day's time is really not enough for the current exhausted Rockets.

This also made the Nets game, even if Yao Ming came back, the Rockets still lost!

98 to 89, 9 points lost.

In the last quarter, because of the lack of physical fitness, the Rockets made 8 turnovers... This is obviously not a normal Rockets team, and for this reason. Tom did not blame anyone after the game, he just Say something like relief: "Okay, guys, although we have now had two consecutive defeats, the good news is that we can finally go home!"

Again, the task of guaranteeing the bottom line before coming out was to "win a game", and now that this task has been completed, there is nothing to blame!

It is worth mentioning that Jason Kidd, who won the game, almost cried...it was not easy! It is also the second team in the Eastern Conference. The Rockets have been hit on the ground back and forth. A loss is a dozen or 20 points difference. Back, I really lost face! Fortunately, tonight finally made a return! This feeling is what Jason Kidd really wants to describe. He feels even more excited than winning the Eastern Conference finals last year!

...

With the loss to the Nets, the Rockets' journey in December is officially over. A total of 15 games, 9 wins and 6 losses, lost significantly more than in November.

But this is also normal. After all, the Rockets encountered more strong enemies this month, and the whole run-in did have some ups and downs, and there were also some troubles in the schedule. If the last three games were not "back-to-back" With the strength of the Rockets, it’s impossible to lose two games, at most one game. If you give a little bit of effort, you won’t lose a game, and you will be 11 wins and 4 losses.

Therefore, regardless of the number of losses, in fact, the Rockets don't have a big problem. They can't always return to the strength of November, right? If you really have such a strong strength, Yao Ming doesn't need to think so much this season, just push all the way to the end...

With the strength of the Rockets this season, they have only lost 7 games so far, and they are still ranked first in the league, which has exceeded Yao Ming's expectations!

Of course, the Rockets lost so much in December after all. Yao Ming knows very well that the December "Player of the Month" award is definitely not his part...

I have to say that Yao Ming is very clear about the rules of this league. On January 1, the league officially announced the Eastern and Western “Player of the Month Award” in December, and Yao Ming’s name was not on it.

The Eastern Conference’s "Player of the Month Award" was once again given to Jermaine O’Neal. Since Rashid Wallace joined, the Pacers have lost only one game and lost three games in the entire month. It’s the Eastern Conference. The team with the fewest losses in December, and Jermaine O’Neal’s data is also very good, averaging 20 points, 12 rebounds and 1.5 blocks per game, which helped him once again win the Eastern Conference’s "Player of the Month Award."

And this can be regarded as the "upset" of the new season so far. After all, before the official start of this season, it is estimated that no one would have thought that O'Neal could win the "Player of the Month" in the first two months of the new season. Award" right?

The Cornfield’s "Indiana Chronicle" specifically issued an article saying: "The era of Jermaine has officially arrived!"

Speaking of, O'Neal also has a wave of popularity because of this award.

If the league officials are willing to announce the real-time statistics on the backstage of this year's All-Star voting channel, it can be clearly seen that O'Neal's votes are rising frantically!

But, in this way, Artest is a little uncomfortable!

The Pacers’ boss is obviously me, so I’m complimenting him now!

A bunch of silly forks who only look at the data but not the function of the stadium...

snort!

The "Player of the Month" in the West is not Yao Ming, but it is not Tim Duncan. The "Player of the Month" in the West in December belongs to Kevin Garnett!

Throughout December, he averaged 23 points, 13 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals and 2.5 blocks per game. Don’t doubt, the data is correct. This is the pinnacle of Kevin Garnett. The term "all-round fighter", really, no A more suitable player than him!

And while he got this data, the Timberwolves only lost 2 games in the entire December...

This allowed him to successfully win the "Player of the Month Award" in December!

For these two guys to win the prize, Yao Ming is actually quite convinced, of course not in terms of data. Although Yao Ming did not break out in December, he averaged 23 points, 13 rebounds, 5 assists and 2.4 blocks per game. He is really not afraid of data. But the team record of these two people is here. The Rockets' record in December is indeed not better than the team of the two of them.

However, he didn’t have a problem, he didn’t have any opinion. There were some different voices outside. Among them, Barkley’s angle was the most curious: "I suddenly found out that the Player of the Month in the Eastern and Western Divisions of December lost in December. Give Yao Ming...especially the Pacers where Jermaine is, and the Rockets have already swept away!"

As soon as he said this, other people will not say anything about it. Anyway, the Houston media is the same as getting the g-spot, and immediately **, the "Houston Chronicle" directly issued a message: "Yes, this is the player of the month. The two men are defeated!"

This rhetoric was sharp, like a knife, directly pierced into the hearts of the Indiana media and the Minnesota media, unwilling to show weakness, they launched a crazy counterattack.

Yes, this is all right, Houston has added two new "enemies"...

Count it down, Los Angeles, San Antonio, Indiana, Minnesota, this is almost full of one hand, but the Houston media does not seem to think there is any problem with what they said: "Is it wrong to tell the truth?"

If there is a mistake, let's not say it, anyway, this hatred is definitely getting more and more dead!

This is really floating~

Yao Ming looked at the appearance of the Houston media's sudden "sniffing" of Indiana and Minnesota media. He couldn't help but think of Guo Degang's words: "You look like you are dead!"

However, let’s say it or not, as far as the Rockets’ current record is No. 1 in the league, as well as his presence in the team, the Houston media’s “sniffing” this piece can be said to be invincible!

Probably for this reason, the Houston media have just been so confident, right?

East West’s "Rookie of the Month" has not changed. LeBron James and Carmelo Anthony have continued to suppress other rookies in the 2003 session.

Naturally, it is the regular season MVP list that is updated with these "best of the month".

Yao Ming took a closer look. He still ranked second, Tim Duncan still ranked first, and Jermaine still ranked third. It is worth noting that Kevin Garnett climbed to this list. Fourth place!

Yao Ming must pay special attention to him, because this guy is the original regular season MVP this season.

Now that the Timberwolves are the same as the original ones, they gradually run into a chemical reaction. The Timberwolves’ record in the next few months is definitely not to worry. Under such circumstances, Kevin Garnett’s data is very luxurious...

It can be said that if Yao Ming wants to win the regular season MVP this season, then Kevin Garnett is his number one rival!

It seems that I have to refresh the data in January...

Against such a rival, Yao Ming knows that the best way is to continue to play more presence than the opponent, only in this way, he can continue to stabilize Kevin Garnett.

Moreover, this is all in January, and there are about three months left before April. He should also play an impressive game performance, taking the first place on the regular season MVP list from Tim Duncan’s Grab it...

It just so happened that the Rockets’ schedule in January was quite easy. The opponents in the first 7 games were the strongest at the seventh and eighth level in the East and West, and the weakest was the Magic’s level at the bottom of the league, even if he A little bit of scoring can also ensure that the Rockets win.

In the next 7 games, although there is a bit of a problem, there is a "back-to-back", and another game with the Spurs and the Lakers is required. However, it is all at the end of January. Yao Ming can decide based on his previous performance. How to play at that time...

January 2nd!

After a day of rest, the Rockets officially started their journey in January.

In the first game in January, they will sit at home and face the challenge of the Chicago Bulls.

The Bulls, which had been badly placed once last season, won the 7th pick in the first round last summer. They used this pick to get the highly regarded Hinrich in the "draft year", but it was just a pick. Hinrich is obviously not enough for this team to complete the rebuild, so this team is still in continuous decline this season.

Currently the last one in the East is the Magic, and the second last in the East is their Chicago Bulls.

However, although the opponent's strength is not very strong, but there are many Rockets fans who came to the scene to watch the game in this game, and the auditorium of the entire Toyota Center was about to be crowded that night.

No way, the Rockets fans really miss the Rockets players too much, you know, they haven't watched the Rockets play at home for a whole week!

Now it's hard to have such a home game, let alone playing the Bulls, even if they are playing the Magic that is worse than them, this group of Rockets fans must come to watch the game.

Not for anything else, just want to watch the Rockets guys play!

In other words, Houston has never been a city with a good market. The fans here are also notoriously impatient. The three quarters leaving the game against the wind is the style of the city's fans. But in the last year, The impatient Houston fans are also gradually "licking the dog." Facts have proved that there are no arrogant fans, only a team that is not good enough. When a team is good enough, then the fans in the city where the team is located must be Furious!

Of course, the Houston media did not buy the tickets for this ball in vain, because tonight the Rockets contributed a hearty victory...

They defeated the Bulls by a huge difference of 108 to 78, 30 points.

Yao Ming scored 40 points in this game, and he also had 14 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 blocks. This is a good start for the "data tour" in January!

Eddie Curry once again became a grandson because of the "Meat Shield".

However, after this game, he felt a little disintegrated, because the Bulls have played two games with the Rockets this season. With the Bulls' current record, it is difficult to enter the playoffs. It can be said that it is absolutely impossible to meet the Rockets in the playoffs.

"Meatshield", goodbye to you!

The major media did not report much about the game after the game. Apart from the game itself, there was nothing to report. Most importantly, the voting results for the first stage of the 2004 All-Star debut came out.

There's... a big deal!

"920,000 votes, Yao Mingcheng the first round of "vote king"! 》

"China Power" reproduces the NBA, 920,000 votes, who else! 》

"The first "China Ticket King" in history? Yao, is becoming a "phenomenon"! 》

Yes, the results of the first round were announced. Yao Ming became the "vote king" in the first stage, and the number of votes exceeded the second place by at least 200,000 votes! He stepped on Vince Carter and other popular alliance kings, and this result surprised everyone!

In the history of the NBA, there has never been an "international ticket king"...

If Yao Ming is indeed elected as the final "vote king", this will be of great significance!

However, in the eyes of many American media, this matter is a bit awkward. The "Beach Terrace" said such a connotative sentence: "If Yao Ming eventually becomes the All-Star ticket king, at least it proves that Davis Turn’s NBA globalization concept is becoming reality step by step!"

This seems to be saying that it is a good thing for Yao Ming to become the All-Star vote, at least for the promotion of the NBA, there is no harm in it.

But in fact, it is said that Yao Ming's votes all depend on China's domestic fans...

In fact, it’s a normal thing for the American media to feel that they should be divided. After all, this is an American league. As a result, the "most popular" player is an international player. This is a bit of "grow others' ambitions and destroy one's own prestige", isn't it? Is there no player in the United States with a higher reputation than Yao?

How can this be!

In their opinion, Yao Ming's strength is okay, but the "All-Star Voting King" is the league's card face. Ordinarily, this position should not be an international player, but a local American player!

David Stern should change the back-end data and change Yao Ming's votes to be less...

This is not a statement from the "Beach Tower", but the common opinion of many media.

David Stern also quickly responded through official channels: "This is the choice of NBA fans~www.wuxiaspot.com~ I respect any result, and this league also respects any result!"

What the media didn’t know was that David Stern had actually changed the data. Huaxia’s votes cut him to almost one-tenth, but even so, there were still three to four hundred thousand votes, plus With four to five million votes in the United States, this made him have 900,000 votes, nearly one million!

Yes, the current situation is that there are also many fans in the United States who support Yao Ming, with a total of four or five million votes!

Even without China's domestic votes, Yao Ming can still be ranked in the top three of the league. This is only known to a few people such as David Stern and the background data statistician. This is why he dares to reply so hard!

Because, it is not only China's domestic fans who have been conquered by Yao Ming's performance. There are also many Yao Ming fans in the United States.

He became the "All-Star Voting King" is something the public is looking forward to, and Stern certainly can't stop it.

If this will make history... then make history!