The Fifth Point Guard

The weather in New Jersey has been nice lately.

After reaching the finals last season but losing, the Nets this season obviously have higher goals.

With two consecutive victories at the start of the game, everything is on the right track.

Recently, in order to quickly restore all the players to the best condition in the devil's schedule, Byron Scott has been practicing for a full eight hours a day!

Let alone training, even swiping your phone and playing games, you are already exhausted for eight hours in a row, not to mention it lasted for about a whole month.

But fortunately, the time for the one-month devil training camp that Scott said is approaching.

The day after the game against the Washington Wizards, Scott led the team on a hill-climbing workout.

Because the recent training was too hard and boring, Scott thought of using mountain climbing instead of the day's training.

Mountain climbing can not only exercise the body, but also cultivate the sentiment of the players.

As an outdoor sport, mountain climbing has many advantages for the body.

It is both aerobic exercise and strength training, and the amount and intensity of exercise can be adjusted according to one's own physical strength and physical fitness.

If you are looking for a sport outside the gymnasium, then there is a training method that has a comprehensive fitness training effect and is relatively less dangerous than mountain climbing.

Thanks to the team's devil training, in the process of climbing the mountain, no player in the team was left behind.

On the mountain, everyone looked into the distance and breathed the fresh air brought by the mountain wind, feeling refreshed and refreshed.

At this moment, a wave of pride gradually surged into everyone's hearts.

"champion!"

Kidd's voice suddenly sounded.

"New Jersey!"

Everyone responded loudly.

"champion!"

"New Jersey!"

The high-pitched voice echoed repeatedly in the mountains.

Scott, Brett and others looked at each other.

This season, the Nets are in good spirits and state. It seems that this year is expected to continue to hit the highest peak in the NBA!

After lingering on the mountain for a while, everyone began to descend.

As the saying goes, it is easy to go up the mountain and difficult to go down the mountain.

Facing the steep mountain road, the players slowed down and descended slowly.

Just as Shen Tong was walking slowly while supporting a small tree, he suddenly heard exclamations and cheers from the mountain behind the team.

Shen Tong turned his head, and saw the bald-headed Jefferson rushing down the mountain at a speed almost running.

Fuck!

Shen Tong couldn't help exclaiming inwardly.

I didn't expect this kid to be so powerful.

Even Shaolin monks dare not do this!

Looking at Jefferson's vigorous back, Shen Tong couldn't help but shout out for his good brother.

At this moment, Jefferson's heart is mmp!

Jefferson: Damn, no one helped me when I couldn't stop. These guys are so unqualified.

November 2, 2002 was a day that everyone was looking forward to.

Because on this day, the New Jersey Nets will challenge the Houston Rockets away.

Chinese Derby!

Compared with Shentong, who was still unknown last season, against Wang Zhizhi, the China Derby, which was the best rookie of last season and the No. 1 pick this season, is completely different in its appeal.

Two days before the game, many media were already hyping the game.

However, compared to Shentong who just scored 55 points and performed well, Yao Ming, the first foreign No.

So far, Yao Ming has participated in two games with the Houston Rockets.

In the first game against the Indiana Pacers, Yao Ming came off the bench and played 11 minutes. He made 0 of 1 shot and failed to score. He only grabbed 2 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 block and 3 fouls. His performance was very average.

The Rockets also lost that game 82-91.

In the second game, Yao Ming still came off the bench, but this time he broke the scoring drought.

In 13 minutes, he made 1 of 5 shots, scored 2 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assist and 2 fouls. The team also defeated the Denver Nuggets 83-74.

Obviously, Yao Ming's performance gave the picky American media enough topics, and all kinds of cynicism appeared in the newspapers one after another.

However, at this time, Rockets coach Tomjanovich and team boss Steve Francis stepped forward and told the media that they had full confidence in Yao Ming, and he just needed some time to get used to it.

"Hey guys, don't put too much pressure on our big man, I want to tell you, me and Cutino will teach him how to play, once the big man is taught by us, you just wait, we will Make the entire league tremble!" Francis said to the media.

After a month of hell-style devil training, the New Jersey Nets set off for the away game to challenge the Houston Rockets.

In this game, the Toyota Center, home of the Rockets, gathered a large number of Chinese reporters. They were unwilling to miss today's moment that may be recorded in history.

Speaking of Toyota Center, this is the Rockets' first season playing here.

It turned out that in 2002, a group of Houston-based sports teams put pressure on the city government to build a new stadium to replace the old Compaq Center, which resulted in the construction of the Toyota Center. It is the title sponsor of Toyota Motor Corporation, so it is called "Toyota Center Stadium".

It can accommodate a total of 18,300 spectators, but today's stadium is full, and the scene almost accommodates nearly 20,000 spectators.

Before the game, the two sides issued their respective starting lists.

The Nets' starting five have not changed, and they are still Mutombo, Martin, Jefferson, Shentong and Kidd.

For the Rockets, there is no suspense about changing the backcourt partner. Steve Francis and Cutino Mobley are a pair of attacking combinations.

The starting small forward is Glenn Rice, who is 2.01 meters tall. After recovering from injury last season, Rice played 20 times on behalf of the Rockets, all starting, averaging 8.6 points, 2.4 rebounds and 1.6 assists per game. The data is mediocre, but this is the data after Rice recovered from a serious illness. In his previous career, Rice has never averaged less than 12 points per game in a single season.

Rice, who has a three-point shooting rate of about 40% in his career, will continue to be entrusted by the team in the new season. He, Francis and Mobley are known as the three Musketeers on the outside of the Rockets.

As a power forward, Eddie Griffin, who was selected by the Rockets with the 7th overall pick last season, is the team's first choice. Griffin, who can play inside and out and has excellent physical fitness, is the Rockets' favorite player type. After averaging 8.8 points, 5.7 rebounds and 1.8 blocks per game this season, the Rockets are full of expectations for Griffin's new season.

The center forward in this game is different from the previous two games.

I don’t know if it was planned long ago, or in order to meet the needs of the Chinese Derby, Yao Ming got a valuable starting opportunity in this game, and Kevin Cato, who had been the team’s starting center for the first two games, was replaced by coach Tomgiano. Vicki was placed on the bench.

The game is about to start, and Shen Tong, who started the game, came in front of the somewhat reserved Yao Ming.

"Dayao, take it easy, I hope we all perform well in this game." Shen Tong encouraged.

Yao Ming looked at Shen Tong, showing a polite yet awkward smile of Director Jin.