The yellow storm in the NBA

The day after playing the Celtics, the Rockets rushed to Orlando, where they would meet the Magic for the second time the next day.

The last time they lost to the Magic at home, the Rockets players were somewhat unconvinced. They were all trying to get revenge by giving the Magic a lesson in tomorrow's game.

The Magic are the only team to have defeated both the Rockets and Celtics so far this season, and there is no special treatment for the arrival of the Rockets, even though the Rockets just defeated the Celtics.

"We will beat them again. I know they just beat the Celtics, but we have beaten the Celtics before, and we beat them. If we can beat them once, we can win the second and third time.

, we can beat any team!" Magic starting power forward Rashard Lewis said in an interview before the game.

Lewis has always hated the Rockets in his heart because he was eager to return to his hometown to play when he participated in the 1998 draft, but at that time the Rockets had three first-round picks (14, 16, 18).

Draft him, and he wasn't drafted by the Sonics until the second round.

None of the three people selected by the Rockets have made a name for themselves, while Lewis slowly made a name for himself through his own efforts and was signed by the Magic last summer with a contract worth 100 million yuan.

Therefore, Lewis has special emotions every time he plays against the Rockets. He just wants to prove himself and let the Rockets know how stupid they were to miss him back then.

"Of course our team can win against the Rockets. We won last time, and this time it was at home. I can't think of a reason why we lost, haha!" Howard of Warcraft accepted the interview with a smile.

"The Magic are a good opponent. Their lineup is very good. Coach Stan is a very good coach. He brought the Magic to the top three in the Eastern Conference. This is a great achievement. They beat us last time, and this time we

We should reciprocate with courtesy, this is our traditional virtue in China." Quan Xiao said in an interview before the game.

"Dwight's talent is so good, I envy him very much! In a few years, the center position in the league may be the era of their young people, but now, I think he will have to wait in the future, waiting for us old guys

Completely old." --Yao Ming

Compared with the popularity of the last game against the Celtics, this game against the Magic is much less popular. After all, although the Magic are good, they are not yet qualified to be regarded as the favorites to compete for the championship.

Before the game

The war of words had little impact on the game. When the game started, the Rockets were even better. They beat the Magic 33:25 in the first quarter.

In the second quarter, the rotation lineup was led by Quan Xiao. These few minutes were very unfriendly to the Magic. Quan Xiao led the Rockets as a substitute and beat the Magic 12:3. Van Gundy was so angry that he kept talking on the sidelines.

Jumping feet.

After returning to the starting lineup, Yao Ming gave Warcraft a tough lesson. He beat Warcraft so hard that it lost its smile, and the Magic lost hope of victory.

At the end of the first half, the Rockets led the Magic by 16 points, 65:49, and the atmosphere at the Magic's home court dropped to freezing point.

In the second half of the game, the Magic were of no use despite the cheers of the fans, and were still beaten by the Rockets. Quan Xiao's three-pointers penetrated the Magic's net again and again, and Yao Ming kept hitting under the basket.

Playing with Warcraft with his feet, Smith also seized the opportunity to dunk one from time to time.

After three quarters, the Rockets' lead reached 21 points. At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Rockets only used Quan Xiao and Smith to hold down the line. The Magic struggled at first, but after five minutes of play, they found a gap in the score.

If we can't shrink it, we simply replace the entire main lineup and admit defeat!

In this way, the Rockets beat the Magic by 18 points at home, retaliating hard and breathing a sigh of relief.

Yao Ming played 24+11+3 in 29 minutes, while Warcraft Comrade only had 16+8 in 35 minutes. As for Quan Xiao, needless to say it was another fruitful night. He played 33 minutes and the data was 33+

6+7+3+3, another 4 three-pointers were hit in this game.

After the interview, they washed up and then attended the press conference. After the standard procedure, the Rockets rushed back to Houston overnight to play the Knicks back-to-back tomorrow.

There’s nothing to say about the game against the Knicks. The Knicks’ salary expenditures in the past few seasons are very high, but the team’s record is very poor, and they are the team that least matches the cost and benefits. But in the largest city of New York, they

The soccer market is very hot, and you can make money no matter how bad it is.

At home, even in back-to-back games, the Rockets defeated the invading Knicks 112:96 without any blood.

Although Yao Ming and Quan Xiao struggled in this game, they both still scored 30+ points. Brooks became the highlight of the Rockets. In 23 minutes of playing time, he scored 22 points on 8 of 10 shots, showing great performance.

has a certain potential.

On the 8th, they challenged the Washington Wizards in an away game, and the Rockets added another victory with a score of 98:89. On the 9th, they played the Knicks back to back. At Madison Square, the holy land of basketball in New York, the Rockets defeated the Knicks 108:101, doubling the Knicks in the season.

Team.

"Yao, the deal is coming to an end. It is said that the talks are almost complete. If nothing else happens, there will be a result in the next two days." The day after playing the Knicks, Yao Ming received a call from his agent Bill Duffy.

"Thank you, Bill! Do you have any specific information?"

"It seems that Alston and Smith were exchanged for Andre Miller and draft picks. It is said that the 76ers value Smith's potential and want to make him and Iguodala into a twin star."

After chatting for a few more words, Yao Ming hung up the phone, thought for a while and called Quan Xiao and asked him to come to his room.

"Brother Yao, what's the matter? Has the transaction made any progress?" Quan Xiao came to Yao Ming's room a few minutes later and asked about the transaction.

"Yes, Bill just called me. It is said that it is very likely to be officially announced in the next two days. Love and Josh will be exchanged for 76ers point guard Andre Miller and draft picks."

"Miller? Well, his organizational and defensive abilities are what we need, but losing Josh will weaken the thickness of our lineup. Lewis and Karl have not fully grown up, but overall it seems that our strength has improved.

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"Let's see if we can continue to strengthen in the future. Now our goals have been adjusted. I think Alexander also knows that no matter how stingy we are, we have to force him to shed some blood!"

"Yes, I don't mind helping him if he doesn't want to!"

"Okay, I'm still here. As I said before, I will continue to put pressure on him. Your task is to concentrate on training and playing, and don't worry about anything else."

After chatting about the team's lineup again, Quan Xiao left and waited for the deal to be officially concluded.

On January 11, 2008, the NBA announced a trade. The Houston Rockets sent away their main point guards Rafe Alston and Josh Smith, and acquired the Philadelphia 76ers' main point guard Andre Miller and the 2008 first-year NBA player.

With an unprotected pick in the first round, this transaction did not cause too much trouble. After all, the players involved in the transaction were not big names.

But the Rockets have been strengthened at point guard, their strength has improved, and they may make waves this season!