The yellow storm in the NBA

December 2, 2007, Toyota Center in Houston. (PS: The original time and space was the home court of the Kings. I have made some small changes here for the sake of the plot. I hope you don't care about these small details. In addition, I am following Beijing time.

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More than an hour before the game started, He Bo and Liao Yongchang came here early. It was their first time to watch the NBA live. Both of them were very excited and found everything very novel.

To be honest, ever since Chris Webber traveled east, the Kings, a team with a gorgeous style of play that once fought the Lakers in seven games in the Western Conference Finals and nearly overturned the Lakers, a dynasty team that won three consecutive championships, has ceased to exist in name only.

Adelman, the head coach of that team, is now coaching the Rockets, so it can be said that things are different.

Among the current Kings, Ron Artest is the biggest star and one of the top five players in the league at the small forward position. His defensive ability is very strong and he once won the best defensive player. He is one of the few players in the history of the league.

More players have won this award as outside players.

If it hadn't been for the incident at the Palace of Auburn Hills, Artest would have achieved greater success and would definitely have a higher status today. However, his bad temper led to the incident at the Palace of Auburn Hills, which ruined the team's hard work that season and also ruined the team's hard work that season.

Almost ruined his career.

As for Kevin Martin, the scoring leader of the Kings, he is considered a pure scorer. Quan Xiao remembers that in his previous life, he later played for the Rockets for several seasons, averaging over 20 points per game. He was the most famous one-point leader before Harden.

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"Hello, Ron! Let me meet you. I am Quan Xiao, this year's No. 3 pick. I admire your defensive ability. You are tough but clean. This is the real defense."

"Hello, rookie, you don't need to introduce me. I know you. There are probably not many people in the league who don't know you! I've watched your game and your three-pointers are really good, but that's because you haven't touched

Come to me, today I will show you what defense is."

"Haha, I'll look forward to your performance soon!"

Quan Xiao specially greeted Artest, not as a provocation or a challenge, but just out of appreciation for his defensive strength, and he also wanted to use Artest's defense to test himself in this game.

ability.

The starting lineup sent by the Rockets:

Center Yao Ming, Power forward Josh Smith

Si, small forward Shane Battier, shooting guard Quan Xiao, point guard Rafe Alston.

The starting lineup for the Kings is:

Center Brad Miller, power forward Mickey Moore, small forward Ron Artest, shooting guard Kevin Martin, point guard Benno Udrih.

Yao Ming succeeded in jumping the ball, and the Rockets attacked first. Artest immediately found Quan Xiao. The head coach of the Kings knew his players very well. If Martin was used to defend Quan Xiao, it would be equivalent to an ATM.

That's why Artest, the strongest defensive player, was assigned to defend Quan Xiao.

Josh Smith made an air cut, Alston dropped the ball, and Yao Ming was already restraining the basket. Smith easily completed an alley-oop.

The Kings attacked, Brad Miller hit the iron, and Battier grabbed a defensive rebound, but his passing intention was too obvious and was intercepted by Artest. Fortunately, the Kings' offense failed, and Mickey Moore followed Miller's pass.

With an angry step, Quan Xiao rushed in and grabbed the rebound.

Quan Xiao did not hand the ball to Alston, but dribbled the ball himself past half-court. Yao Ming leaned on Miller and reached for the ball under the basket. Quan Xiao immediately sent the ball to Yao Ming. After receiving the ball, Yao Ming leaned on

Miller turned around and faced the basket. It was not too easy for him to attack behind the basket. The Rockets added two more points.

The Kings attacked, but Artest missed even under Quan Xiao's defense. Yao Ming grabbed the rebound. Quan Xiao's fake move failed to fool Artest, and his hasty shot also failed.

Martin caused a foul on Battier and made two free throws to open the scoring for the Kings.

Quan Xiao was replaced by Adelman at the 8th minute of the first quarter. This was the first time he was replaced so early. Previously, he played the entire first quarter and then took the rotation in the second quarter.

The lineup plays for about half a quarter.

However, Artest's defense did put a lot of pressure on Quan Xiao today. His speed is not bad, his strength is not much worse than Quan Xiao's, and his flexibility is a little worse, but his rich experience makes up for his physical disadvantage, so Quan Xiao

It seemed a bit difficult under his defense.

But there was nothing that Quan Xiao could do, he just had to spend more energy and energy. However, his teammates performed well in the first quarter and he no longer needed to work on the offensive end, so Quan Xiao simply focused on defense and organization.

superior.

This effect is not yet

Wrong, although in terms of scoring, he only scored 3 points on 1-of-3 shooting, Artest scored 2 points on 1-of-3 shooting like him. And Quan Xiao also sent 3 assists, linking up the ball with Alston.

team's offense.

After the first quarter of the game, the Rockets led the Kings 28:23 at home. Artest made 3 of 4 shots after going down from the sky. He scored 10 points in the first quarter.

In the second quarter, Quan Xiao played with the rotation lineup for 4 and a half minutes. Artest was resting off the court at this moment. In these 4 and a half minutes, Quan Xiao almost beat the Kings' bench to the point of collapse, because there was no way

No one can prevent it.

Breakthrough dunks, long-range three-pointers, low-post attacks, emergency stop jumpers, Quan Xiao showed off his offensive talent to the fullest, scoring 11 points on 5-for-5 in 4 and a half minutes. He used the substitute rotation to expand his lead.

After reaching double digits, the Kings quickly called a timeout and made substitutions.

After Artest came up, Quan Xiao's offensive efficiency declined. Firstly, his defense was not comparable to that of the Kings' substitutes. Secondly, because the Rockets also gradually replaced the main lineup, Quan Xiao could no longer control the big players.

Part of the right to take the shot is in your own hands. There is no need or reason for this unless the teammates are collectively cold-blooded.

Quan Xiao did not play the entire second quarter. Adelman still let him rest for three minutes. The Rockets led the Kings by 11 points after halftime.

Quan Xiao did not play at the beginning of the third quarter, but in the 4th minute, when the Kings chased the score to 7 points, Adelman replaced him.

As soon as Quan Xiao came on the court, he used a three-pointer to open the score to double digits again, allowing Adelman's substitution to have an immediate effect. Then he gave the Kings a fatal blow again and again when they were closing in on the score, even if

It was Artest who defended, but the effect was not as good as the opening game.

In the end, the Rockets defeated the Kings 105:96 at home, extending their winning streak to 7 games.

Quan Xiao played 32 minutes, made 11 of 19 (4 of 7 three-pointers), made 6 free throws, scored 32 points, and sent out 14 assists, setting a career high.

After the game, Quan Xiao chatted with Artest again and expressed his goodwill. If Artest came to the Rockets like in the original time and space, it would be a help to Quan Xiao. But not

Do you know if he still has a fate with the Rockets in this time and space?