The Godfather of Basketball

"What is this?" Tang Tian asked suspiciously, he had never heard of this link in Christmas in his previous life.

"This is good news."

"Good news?" Tang Tian looked at Hathaway suspiciously.

"It is said that an angel once reported the good news of Jesus' birth to the shepherds on the outskirts of Bethlehem. This ceremony is to reproduce that process. Every year, the church organizes some hymn groups to sing Christmas carols at the door or under the window from door to door, and some people will join them. In the end it's going to get bigger and bigger."

After listening to Hathaway's explanation, Tang Tian probably understood. He didn't expect that Christmas would have such an interesting tradition.

"Let's make a wish. It is said that the wish made at this time can be heard by Jesus, and the wish will come true."

Hathaway said and stretched out her hands and began to make a wish.

When Tang Tian saw her doing this, he did the same action belatedly.

Hathaway didn't let go until the singing stopped.

"What wish did you make?" Hathaway turned her head and asked.

"Didn't it mean that the wish you made cannot be said, and if you say it, it won't come true?" Tang Tian asked back.

"Do you have such a saying?"

"Not here?"

Both of them looked puzzled.

"That's simple, don't tell me my wish, just tell me your wish." Tang Tian said with a smile.

Hathaway was stunned for a moment and came back to her senses, then slapped Tang Tian on the chest: "Good boy, take advantage of your cousin!"

Tang Tian was also teasing Hathaway, and now he laughed.

"But it's okay to tell you, I just hoped that everything goes well for you in the NBA." Hathaway continued.

Tang Tian paused for a moment. He originally thought that Hathaway would make a wish that he would become a supermodel soon, but he didn't expect it to be for him.

The moonlight shone on Hathaway, and it seemed to be very charming at this time.

Seeing that Tang Tian was looking at her, Hathaway blushed slightly, turned her head and glanced at the room and said, "The New Year's bell is about to ring, let's go back to the room."

Tang Tian came back to his senses, nodded, and followed Hathaway back into the house.

"3!"

"2!"

"1!"

With the sound of the countdown, the ribbons held by Hathaway and Tang Tian spewed out into the sky. For Americans, the new year came.

On the first day after Christmas, Tang Tian returned to the team.

When everyone else sat in front of the TV watching the Heat and Lakers Christmas game, he and Thibodeau were already sitting in the conference room studying the tape.

Although the team performed well, the next part of the schedule will be difficult for the Rockets.

In the following week, in addition to the two games against the Nuggets, they also played against the Suns and the Spurs once, and one of them was back-to-back, with an intensity comparable to that of the finals.

The two of them have been studying for a whole day, and the tactics and rotation are almost the same.

But in the end, Tang Tian was a little inexplicably worried, but he couldn't say anything for a while.

The NBA Christmas game has attracted a lot of attention. Unfortunately, O'Neal was absent due to injury, and the OK grievances could not be staged again.

However, the game did not disappoint the fans. Wade sent 40 points and 11 assists in this game, leading the team to a 101-85 victory over the Lakers. , his 40+ scoring record came to an abrupt end.

The Lakers this season are Kobe single-core, breaking various scoring records every day, but individuals will always be tired, let alone the first day after Christmas.

After the end of the Christmas game, NBA teams also began to get busy for the next game.

After a morning of training, the Rockets flew to Denver, where they will face the new Nuggets.

Denver is located on a plateau and is one of the well-known plateau home games in the NBA. The away game here is obviously not easy to play.

Iverson had just joined the team, and he hadn't gotten along with the Nuggets much. It was Tang Tian's strategy and the right idea to pinch Anthony and Iverson.

However, the trend of the game was a little out of control for the first time.

Anthony was restrained by Battier, but Iverson completely exploded the Rockets' point guards on both offense and defense. Whether it was Alstom, Spanoulis, or even Hyde, they were all severely beaten by this historical superstar. It exploded once.

In the end, although Yao Mai scored 60 points and the Rockets also hit 14 three-pointers, the team still lost 111 to 114.

In his first game after joining the Nuggets, Iverson scored a season-high 42 points and took away the victory.

After a day off, the Rockets flew to San Antonio to challenge the Spurs.

The Rockets played steadily in the first three quarters. With Yao Mai's outstanding performance and the team's accurate three-pointers, they were always on par with the Spurs.

But in the crucial fourth quarter, Parker, the "French sports car" of the Spurs, started to show off, stealing Alstom one after another, and personally played a wave of 6-0. The Spurs also snatched the victory, and finally won 102-96. next game.

Parker contributed 23 points, 11 assists and 6 steals, playing an MVP-level performance.

Immediately after the Rockets flew non-stop to Phoenix to challenge the Suns.

Perhaps aware of something, Suns coach D'Antoni deliberately increased Nash's personal offense with the ball, and adopted a crazy pressing mode against the Rockets' point guards.

Alston was forced to become a spot-up shooter, but seemed to be affected by the last game and felt bad, shooting 0 for 5 from beyond the three-point line.

Not only that, but he also sprained his wrist at the last moment of the game, making it doubtful to play in the next game.

Nash played his MVP-level performance, scoring a super luxurious double-double of 32 points and 18 assists, leading the Suns to beat the Rockets 120-111.

Tang Tian's worries became reality. The Rockets suffered a three-game losing streak after Christmas.

That worry has also been confirmed to come from the point guards.

The arrival of Millsap has made up for the Rockets' power forward problem, but the point guard group has not changed much.

This was not obvious in the previous games because more offense was handed over to Yao Ming, but this wave of high-intensity games, coupled with the opponent's research, fully revealed this weakness.

After the game against the Suns, Tang Tian went to Dawson's private residence that night.

Dawson was soaking his feet, and it was Mrs. Dawson who opened the door.

After Tang Tian smiled at Mrs. Dawson, he walked straight towards Dawson.

Dawson guessed that Tang Tian came because of the team's affairs, and after wiping his feet, he led Tang Tian into the study.

"Don, the team's losing streak is expected. The opponents are strong and the schedule is tight, so don't worry too much about it." Dawson said after closing the door.

"We need a deal."

Tang Tian's next words made Dawson stunned for a moment. He thought Tang Tian came to him in a hurry because he was afraid of pressure from the management.