Basketball: Dayao Reopened

This game with the Lakers.

Both Tom and Yao Ming are ready to lose.

As long as it is not ugly to lose, it is a victory!

After all, it is the Lakers who played the "OK" team with all of them, and they still think that they will win. That is an insult to the "three consecutive championships" overlord and self-confidence.

However, at the end of the first half, whether it was Tom or Yao Ming, they were a little stunned, 51 to 43, the Rockets led by 8 points, this game, they seem to win?

The dignified "three consecutive championships", the "OK" combination known as one of the most dominant combinations in NBA history, is this it?

Yao Ming is a little wondering if he is a bit too high on the "OK" combination...

He also took a look at the Lakers' halftime statistics: O'Neal made 6 of 8 shots, 3 of 6 free throws, 15 points, no problem; Kobe made 6 of 13 free throws, 5 of 6 free throws, and got it. 17 points, the two got a total of 32 points...no problem!

Since these two people have no problem, it means that the Rockets are indeed stronger?

I have to work hard in the second half!

Yao Ming said something in his heart.

Tom has analyzed more than Yao Ming. After all, he is watching from the sidelines and can see more: "Kobe played a lot of singles with Shaq in the first half. It is estimated that Phil Jackson was arranged like this. In the second half, let's arrange more defenses in the second half to see the situation!"

After discussing with Thibodeau, Tom went into the locker room and told the Rockets about these arrangements.

They are methodical here.

The visiting team locker room on the other side is directly messed up.

"Man, give the ball inside, give the ball inside, I'm unstoppable tonight, you should have seen it, haven't you?" O'Neal yelled at the "glove".

Payton showed a helpless expression and glanced at Kobe.

He didn't say much.

Isn't it just the Lakers' atmosphere to make the "Trash Talk King" shut up?

However, although he didn't say anything on his lips, all he wanted to say was written on his face: Don't shout at me!

I haven't gotten the ball a few times!

The Rockets had a fierce fight in the first half.

This allowed Gary Payton to find a chance to pass the ball after halftime.

And O'Neal does not mean that he can quickly complete the card position every time.

This makes sometimes, he must give the ball to Kobe.

At this time, if the ball is still passed inside, it depends on whether Kobe is willing or not. He really can't be the master of this guy.

To be honest, if the video of the first half of the game is played back now, he will actually have less time with the ball than Kobe.

Therefore, O'Neill shouted at him, he was really wronged!

O'Neill paid attention to his expression, and then turned his head to glance at Kobe, and saw that the latter didn't care about the quarrel between them at all. He was wearing headphones and closing his eyes to rest, his mouth moved slightly, and finally he was silent.

The words are not speculative.

Soon, Phil Jackson also walked in, and the dull atmosphere in the dressing room made him frown. He first glanced at O'Neill, then at Kobe, his face slightly sinking.

But he quickly adjusted his emotions and clapped his hands: "Guys, the second half of the game is about to start! Listen, we need some adjustments!"

As he clapped his hands, everyone's eyes focused on him, including Kobe, who kept his eyes closed and rested.

"In the second half, everyone pay attention, try to give the ball inside, Shaq, I need you to show your dominance!" Phil Jackson glanced at O'Neal.

O'Neill nodded immediately: "Don't worry, man, promise to complete the task!"

If this were normal, he would just hug him directly.

It is his favorite Phil Jackson, he really understands his mind!

God knows how much he desires to have a good performance in this game...

There is a teammate with such a bad wink!

Thinking of this he glanced at Kobe.

He regrets now that when Hardaway refused to sign the boy, he handed him his signature; he also regretted touching his head to comfort this guy after this guy made three consecutive "three non-sticks"!

At first he thought it was a little milk dog, but it turned out to be a "white-eyed wolf"!

And it’s still unfamiliar...

"Um..." Phil Jackson nodded and looked at Kobe again. "Man, you play more in the second half and give Shaq more room to play. I believe that when this guy keeps scoring inside, the Rockets We will definitely shrink the line of defense. At that time, we will focus our entire offensive on the outside line, and we will definitely be able to defeat them at once!"

In fact, it is the "triangle tactic"!

But Phil Jackson explained it specifically.

A year ago, he didn't need to explain at all.

But now, he has to explain, or that this is not an explanation, but to tell Kobe that you must have a role in the offensive end, don't worry!

It can be said that Phil Jackson knows Kobe's mind well.

It's just... he doesn't seem to know enough!

After he finished speaking, Kobe frowned and said: "Why am I to contain? I am in a very good state today. I think I can become the focus of the offense in the second half. If Shaq cooperates with me, I think, I won't be in the first half. We will be behind!"

This Shaq is angry!

"Then if you pass the ball to me more in the first half, we won't fall behind!"

"But I was the one who scored the most points in the first half, I got 17 points!"

"That's because I take fewer shots, man!"

"You made a lot of shots in the last game, but we still lost!" Kobe once again turned the old account!

In fact, after that game, in his heart, O’Neal was no longer worthy to be the offensive core of the Lakers. In his opinion, the core of the Lakers in the last game was him from the beginning, then the Lakers would Won't lose!

This time, in the same situation, he didn't want to give in anymore!

The offensive end of the second half of the Lakers must be me!

He and Shaq O’Neal quarreled again...

The appearance of the two people facing each other made Phil Jackson think of the Bulls in 1998. At that time, Rodman and Jordan also reached the point where they almost didn't say a word off the court, but at that time he knew what Michael Jordan wanted. , He also knows how to tame Rodman, coupled with Michael Jordan's double business here, in the end that team successfully completed the most difficult championship!

But now, facing this situation again, Phil Jackson feels a bit tricky.

At this moment, he regrets a bit, knowing that he would not provoke the relationship between these two people!

At the beginning, in order to strengthen his handsome position, he often secretly divided the two guys. As a result, Shaq O'Neal grasped it, but Kobe couldn't grasp it at all!

This is probably called "playing with fire**"!

Seeing the quarrel between the two people again, Phil Jackson was silent, and he only had one sentence in his heart now: Why is this **** playoff game not coming!

He has never been so eager for the playoffs.

At least, at that time, he can make everyone's eyes have a consistent goal!

Gary Payton also looked helpless.

There has even been some upset.

Two quarrels in two days. With this frequency, it is really hard for him to believe that the "OK" group can finish the season without problems. For some reason, he suddenly thought of the meeting between Yao Ming and him last summer. .

Why did I refuse in the first place!

Shaq O'Neal didn't talk to Kobe.

In the third quarter of the game, they were still the same as the first half. Whoever got the ball played, even if the chance was bad, they didn't have the idea of ​​passing the ball.

But the Rockets have strengthened their defenses in the second half.

This has caused Kobe and O'Neal's offensive efficiency to decline to varying degrees.

At the end of the third quarter, the Rockets successfully opened up a 4-point gap, and the gap between the two teams came to 12 points.

It seems that the conflict between Kobe and Shaq has intensified again!

Yao Ming also understood why the Lakers fell behind in the first half.

With the "lone wolf" play style of these two men, can they not lag behind?

Although they are an "OK" combination, they don't have any cooperation with each other. Just relying on the two of them to take turns in singles to kill the Rockets?

This must be impossible!

O'Neal sat on the bench with a depressed look, and wiped his face with the towel handed by his teammate next to him.

"Fxxk!"

Depressed, he finally yelled.

It doesn't matter if the points difference is opened to 12 points. In the third quarter, he took Yao Ming two blocks, plus one in the first half, this game he took Yao Ming three blocks!

Since Yao Ming entered the NBA, the Lakers and the Rockets have met 5 times in total. Before and after, Yao Ming has invited him to eat more than a dozen "hot pot" meals, and he has only taken the name of Yao. !

You say, can he not be depressed?

Moreover, if you count it down carefully, it seems that he has only won Yao Ming once!

"Fxxk, fxxk, fxxk!"

The more he thought about it, the more angry he became, the more he thought about it, the more depressed, and finally he couldn't help but cursed.

"Man, listen, the last chance, do you want to win the Chinese champion, or do you want to continue fighting Kobe!" Phil Jackson walked over with a serious face.

He just communicated with Kobe again, but the latter still believes that he is the core of the offense, and the Lakers' offense must be opened from his side.

Communication was fruitless, and if you want to win this game, you can only do your homework from Shaq O’Neal!

In fact, Phil Jackson is also very clear that whether Kobe is the core or O'Neal is the core, this game can be won, because as long as one of them is willing to contain the opponent's defense, the other singles will be very useful. efficient.

Of course, it must be Kobe to contain, O'Neal singles better, because O'Neal singles at the basket is invincible!

The "three consecutive championships" have proved this.

But now, Kobe is unwilling to contain...

What can I do?

Then only let O'Neal come to check.

This is the last hope that the Lakers want to comeback right now!

Hearing what Phil Jackson said, O'Neal didn't know what he meant. After ten seconds of silence, he finally sighed deeply.

Hearing him sigh, Phil Jackson followed with a sigh of relief.

He knew O'Neill had compromised.

"Listen, buddy, this time!" However, O'Neal has his own bottom line.

To be honest, if it weren't for him to have to win Yao Ming once now, it would be impossible for him to give up his offensive core position to Kobe!

As for the reason...

That kid is good too?

…

In the third quarter of the game, Yao Ming realized that the contradiction between O'Neal and Kobe has intensified.

He was not surprised.

This is all at the end of January 2004. According to the future development he knows, the contradiction between these two guys should be intensified to irreconcilable. It is normal to not cooperate on the court!

If it weren’t for the fact that the relationship between the two cannot be eased, what management team can have such a courage to separate the pair?

Then we should have won...

The "OK" combination is like this, Yao Ming doesn't think there is any suspense in this game!

But as a result, at the beginning of the fourth quarter, he saw a scene that surprised him: the "OK" combination that had just been fighting each other actually cooperated with each other again.

It’s just that this coordination is a bit new, it turns out to be "Kobe's main attack, O'Neal's containment"...

Hey... is this real or fake?

Aren't these two people making trouble because of the position of the boss?

Why is O'Neal willing to assist in this game?

Yao Ming was puzzled.

But I have to admit that the "OK" combination that plays together is really dominating. In 2004, 12 points, is it a big enough advantage? I was shocked that these two men had just abruptly chased the difference back in only one period!

Even in the end, Kobe completed the lore with a buzzer mid-range shot, helping the Lakers take away the victory from the Rockets' home court 96-94.

yes!

yes!

yes!

I said, I can do it!

It should be my core. If we fight like this as early as possible, we would have won!

Kobe, who completed the lore, was extremely excited.

Except for him, the other people on the Lakers looked weird. No one came to celebrate with him. They all looked at each other with winks.

O'Neal even sat directly on the bench, covering his face with a towel.

I don't know, I thought they were the loser.

The other Lakers players are a little at a loss at the moment and don't know what to do...

If a team has reached this point, it should have been rebuilt long ago.

But it was such a team that should have been rebuilt long ago. They also defeated the league's number one Rockets!

Even if the Rockets are only incomplete tonight, no one can beat that. The Lakers can beat such a team, which shows how strong they are!

If their team atmosphere is still good, I can't even think about it!

Yao Ming also noticed this weird scene.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, when he saw the Lakers "Kobe attacked and O'Neal contained", he thought that the "butterfly effect" had appeared again. He thought that the contradiction between the "OK" combination was suddenly resolved in this game, and O'Neal was willing Become Kobe's second master...

He was a little more nervous.

There is no way, whoever knows that the "OK" combination is back together will be a little bit muttered in his heart, after all, this combination is too fierce.

However, from the current situation, although Yao Ming still doesn't know why O'Neal was suddenly willing to contain Kobe in the fourth quarter and let the latter attack with all his strength, but from the perspective of the situation after the game, there is no contradiction between the two of them. Resolve.

He was relieved.

Pity!

While relaxing, Yao Ming said another sentence in his heart.

To be honest, he really wants to play a good match with the "OK" combination that has no contradictions. It's not that he thinks he can win. He is not so arrogant, but he has played a "three consecutive championships" combination!

He just wants to touch it!

That must be interesting...

"Man, I played well tonight! But this time, it's a pity that I took the victory away!" Kobe took the initiative to greet Yao Ming again, just like before.

Compared with the previous few times, his mood is obviously much more happy this time!

Well, it’s normal to think about it. After all, he was the winner this time. Moreover, the Lakers still won the game with him as the core. He scored 14 points in the final quarter, including the buzzer lore. Distance shooting... Tonight he proved what he said to Phil Jackson, with him as the absolute core of the offensive end, let the lazy fat man be his second master, the Lakers can definitely continue to dominate the league, you see, this is not Did they even win the Rockets with the top record?

"At least this time, I admit that you are great!" Yao Ming replied.

Kobe's last goal at the buzzer was completed in an extremely difficult posture against Sean Battier. It was a goal that Yao Ming had to admit!

Of course, if you really want to say it, you have to thank O'Neal for being here, so that he has the opportunity to be 1v1. Otherwise, Kobe will definitely suffer two or even three people's defenses, just like what he suffered in 2009. The kind of treatment, because everyone knows, Kobe will definitely not pass the last shot!

O'Neal, too, can make opponents know that Kobe will attack on their own, but still dare not let go, because this guy is also terrifying, this is the "shark" containment power...

However, Yao Ming is very clear about Kobe's current relationship with O'Neal. It is naturally impossible for him to praise O'Neal in front of Kobe. This is unnecessary.

It can be seen that Yao Ming's compliment is still quite useful on Kobe's side.

This guy left happily.

Francis stared at the back of his departure, his mouth curled so that he could hang a soy sauce bottle: "Yao, what did you say to this guy? Give this guy such a beauty?"

Originally I saw Kobe very upset, but tonight lost the game in this way, Francis is even more uncomfortable with Kobe.

Staring at this guy's back, Yin and Yang asked strangely.

Yao Ming looked at him, and he didn't need to ask more to know what was wrong with him. He was really too familiar with Francis.

He chuckled lightly: "It's okay buddy, we will win it back!"

Francis nodded: "Sure, we will definitely win back!" The tone is as determined as it is!

The happy Kobe still had a smile on his face after the game, which surprised the reporters who interviewed him. Kobe actually laughed tonight...at least in this season, such a situation is rare.

But soon, the reporters saw another scene that surprised them even more: O'Neill kept a straight face when he was interviewed.

This is the famous "big pistachio" of the league.

It’s really rare when he has a straight face...

Is it possible that the souls of O'Neill and Kobe exchanged tonight?

Of course, this group of reporters was surprised. Phil Jackson was not surprised why O'Neal had a stern face. Although the Lakers won the game, he only scored 4 points throughout the fourth quarter, which was far less dazzling than Kobe, especially Kobe also completed the buzzer lore, and his personal light completely covered O'Neal.

Haven't you seen that there are several times more reporters surrounding Kobe than O'Neal tonight?

His former little brother is now more radiant than himself, which is naturally unacceptable to O'Neill!

O'Neal had only one thing in his mind before the game, and that was to beat Yao Ming... he was really, and there was only this thing in his mind, which is why he agreed to Phil Jackson’s proposal and gave Kobe Bryant in the fourth quarter. The reason for hitting the assistant.

He really doesn't want to lose to Yao Ming again!

As a result, he did win the game.

But he was not as happy as he thought... to win Yao Ming in this way, for O'Neal, it is really more uncomfortable than losing!

Originally, he was thinking about winning Yao Ming. After the game, he screamed at the media and said, "You see, this guy can only beat me by popularity. He is not my opponent at all on the court." He didn't say anything in the end.

He is not in the mood to say anything at all now.

The depressed "big shark" swam back to Los Angeles.

The Rockets continue their next schedule, and they have the last two games left in January, one against the Warriors away, and one against the Heat at home.

The Warriors lost the "legacy" they selected in the 2001 NBA Draft last summer. This made their original team building plan all ruined. Everything can only be restarted. This is from the fact that their main outside force this season is "Fan". "Madman" can be seen... This guy played the "sixth man" with the Mavericks last season and has played in the league for several years, proving that he is not the cornerstone of the team.

With such a guy, it can only be a bad show!

The Heat have taken a solid step on the road to rebuilding, but their new core obviously needs to continue to improve. Therefore, the strength of the entire team is limited.

In the end, the Rockets also ended the last two games in January with two consecutive victories.

Among them, in the first battle with the Heat, Dwyane Wade once again became the "di Wei". In the Rockets' defense, his immature side was once again revealed.

After the Rockets won the Heat, the league officially announced the results of the final round of the 2004 All-Star starting vote.

With the results of this round, the starting lineup for the East and West of the 2004 All-Star Weekend also officially had results.

East; Allen Iverson, Tracy McGrady, Vince Carter, O'Neal Jr., Ben Wallace;

West: Francis, Kobe, Kevin Garnett, Tim Duncan, Yao Ming;

The entire list is actually no different from last year.

However, this is quite normal.

These ten guys have just entered the peak of their careers, this is still in the ascending stage, it is really not that simple, they can be replaced by other players.

Even Kobe, who made a big mistake last summer, is the same. Since this year’s All-Star’s home stadium is Staples Arena and the Lakers’ home stadium, Lakers fans will vote for this guy no matter how reluctantly. Entering the starting lineup... No way, Shaq O'Neal will definitely not be able to enter the starting lineup, can't Kobe not enter, right?

At that time, the Lakers will have no all-star starters!

In the All-Star Weekend stage held at home, no player of his own has become the starter of the All-Star game...

That's shameful!

Haughty Lakers fans will never allow this to happen.

They, coupled with Kobe's still strong fans, this fan base is really not small!

Anyway, no guard in the West can compete with him.

It’s also strange. Although the league’s structure is “weak in the east and strong in the west”, the super-popular guards are still concentrated in the east. Can't keep it.

Francis’s popularity is higher than that of Kobe. After all, he is now the spokesperson of the NBA "Spider-Man", plus he has already said that he will continue to participate in the "Slam Dunk Contest", "Spider-Man" once again appeared in the "Slam Dunk Contest". Does this prevent the fans from voting for him?

In addition, Yao Ming became the ultimate "vote king"!

And made history with 3.49 million votes!

Become the player with the most votes in all previous "vote kings"!

Although Yao Ming is the "vote king" of this year. When the results of the second round of the All-Star voting were announced, it was no longer in suspense. Many media have already reported on it. But when the dust settles, The American media still carried out overwhelming propaganda.

After all, this is the first time a foreign all-star "vote king" has appeared in the NBA!

And it's still the vote king with the most votes!

The meaning is quite different...

Of course, this large number of reports is naturally the result of Stern's advancement.

This little old man firmly believes that "globalization" is the way out for the NBA. It is impossible for the local NBA in the United States to kill football and baseball. Now, Yao Ming has become the "vote king" of the All-Star, which is enough to show that the NBA is "internationalizing." "A solid step has been taken on this road.

Of course he will spare no effort to report!

This will inevitably lead to the expectations and reveries of NBA fans in other countries: Since China has a "vote king" for the NBA, is it possible for us to also have a "vote king"?

And this expectation will naturally be transformed into a motivation for support when there are players in their country who can log in to the NBA, and these motivations will eventually become the NBA's international ratings!

And this data will allow the NBA to earn a lot of endorsements and investments in the future. Any brand that wants to open up the international market will advance to the NBA, an international league!

The "commission" for entering the market...

This is the idea of ​​David Stern. I have to say that this old man's strategic vision is strong enough. After more than ten years, the NBA's billion-dollar contract is inseparable from his "internationalization" strategy!

If the bosses didn't make money, the players' worth would not rise so sharply!

The players in the football and baseball leagues next door are almost crying!

Because although in terms of domestic influence, these two leagues are better.

But other NBA players earn so much!

Can you not be greedy?

From this perspective, David Stern is absolutely successful!

The only thing he was unsuccessful might be that he was not very successful in cultivating successors...

In the overwhelming publicity of the United States, Yao Ming also earned a wave of endorsement fees. From the final statistics of Bill Duffy, in just two days, he relied on the All-Star "vote king" to reap almost 40 million. Endorsements.

And this is just an endorsement from the American side...

It's not domestic yet!

Of course, Yao Ming knows very well that these endorsements are not just for his "voting king" status.

Before the reopening, he hadn't been a "vote king". When he became a "vote king" for the first time, although there were a lot of reports in the United States, the total value of the endorsement contract he received was not as exaggerated as it is now. It's about 15 million.

Now, it has doubled directly, and it's more than that!

Including McDonald’s, who just terminated the contract with Kobe, and signed a contract with Yao Ming...Actually, Yao Ming has been the endorsement of McDonald’s before, but he is only the spokesperson of McDonald’s in Houston. McDonald’s stores in other cities do not have the right to use his portrait. Of course now, it's okay, and McDonald's bought it with a two-year, 8 million contract.

However, if you really want to say, Yao Ming can attract so many endorsement contracts, in addition to becoming the "vote king", it is also inseparable from his efficient performance in January.

In 15 games in January, the Rockets lost only two games.

One was a "back-to-back" loss, and the other was a loss by Kobe...

Yao Ming averaged 5.8 assists and 3.6 blocks in rebounds per game in these 15 games!

With this data, everyone who saw it could only open their mouths and were so surprised that they couldn't speak!

The same performance made the outside world very optimistic that Yao Ming won this year's regular season MVP. It is also these optimistic voices that Yao Ming won the regular season MVP, so that Yao Ming's commercial value has increased again!

In the last two days, some of these brands that want Yao Ming’s endorsement are also optimistic that Yao Ming can get the regular season MVP this season. By then, they will not be able to win Yao's name under their current contract. Dongfeng, who was named the All-Star "vote king", handed them their endorsement contract.

It’s just that Bill Duffy is not a fool. These endorsers can understand these things, and of course he can understand them. There is no ambiguity when asking the price, according to the regular season MVP, All-Star MVP, and All-Star "tickets." "Wang" and the commercial value of the best defensive player award, of course, must be a little bit lower than the price at the time, UU reading www.uukanshu. After all, this has not become the regular season MVP and best defensive player!

Got to relax...

However, even he did not expect that Yao Ming would eventually get 40 million endorsements... Yao Ming is now worthy of business!

The position of "Ticket King" is officially settled. Yao Ming also announced his decision through the media: "I will participate in this year's Rookie Challenge. This is my last chance. I think I should experience it. After all, I am now It's just a second-year student..."

Are you embarrassed to say that you are a second grader?

In your state, don't you blush in the Rookie Challenge?

When all the 2003 rookies heard about Yao Ming's decision, they couldn't help but complain in their hearts.

They have all been abused by Yao Ming once in the regular season. I didn't expect that they would be abused again in the Rookie Challenge. It's weird that they are so happy!

LeBron James, who learned the news, is also busy...