You should cross the mountains like a brave man

Chapter 209 Pass the ball, keep passing the ball to me!
Two days after the winning streak ended, the Lakers still needed to play two more games at home.

The two opponents from afar are both Texas teams.

A team called the Houston Rockets, a few years later, they will be called the 404 and the Mosaic team for some reason.But now, he is Yao Huang's team and McGrady's team, a team that occupies an important position in the memory of a generation of Chinese fans.The most important thing is that the general manager of this team is not that guy named Morey Schett.After repeated weighing, it is still called a rocket here.

A team called the Dallas Mavericks, they are one of the strongest teams in the West.

The Lakers have to play the Rockets first, and then the Mavericks.

On December 12th, at the Staples Center, Weixia played against the Rockets for the first time in his career.

For Chinese fans, the Rockets are too special.

For Wei Xia, the Rockets are just an unremarkable NBA team.If it weren't for the yellow face on their team, he wouldn't even pay much attention to them, even if they had Tracy McGrady.

The first time Wei Xia saw Yao Huang, there was no pressure, no malice, and no additional emotions.

"Hi, nice to meet you." Yao Huang expressed his friendship in English that can survive in any part of the United States.

Wei Xia gave the same response: "Me too, this is my honor."

"I heard you can speak Chinese?" Yao Huang asked tentatively in Chinese, "Really?"

For the first time in his life, Wei Xia discovered that the Chinese he learned from childhood was useful. In order to show how well he could speak Chinese, he even used a very advanced vocabulary in his opinion: "It's absolutely true."

"Excellent, who taught your Chinese? Why does it sound like a Cantonese accent?" Yao Huang had an in-depth exchange with Wei Xia on the accent issue.

In the end, Kobe couldn't stand it any longer, and came over to forcefully pull him away, like a hooligan: "If you have anything to say, let's finish talking."

Wei Xia struggled, he was worried about tearing his jersey, so he gave up resistance.Wait for Kobe to pull him to a position 10 meters away from Yao Huang before letting him go.

Wei Xia reminded: "You are very impolite."

"Really? Yao is my friend. He made his first All-Star weekend and was so nervous. Do you know what I did? I gave him a massage to help him relax. He knew that I was a good person and that I didn't mean any harm. He also knew that what I did was just to let you concentrate on preparing for the game. If you are so free, go to the basket. I need a passer." Kobe commanded.

Wei Xia didn't want to listen, "Actually, I'm not free at all. I want to change a pair of sneakers and warm up fully, and..."

The workload in his mouth was enough to make Kobe lose the idea of ​​using Wei Xia.

"You are really the cleanest rookie I have ever seen." Kobe grinned.

"Clean? Is it?" Wei Xia didn't expect Kobe to praise him without being angry. It seems that something good will happen today.

Kobe threw out the burden: "No matter what I tell you to do, you always push back and forth and leave everything behind."

Wei Xia didn't catch Kobe's burden, he really went off the court to change his shoes.

As the warm-up of the two sides ended, the starters played separately, and Wei Xia came off the bench as usual. The Rockets' starters are as follows:
McGrady, the most difficult player in Kobe's mouth.

David Wesley, nicknamed Mickey Mouse, is good at three-pointers and defense, and looks like an enhanced version of Smash Parker.Just looking at his face, he is more likable than Parker, and even his nickname sounds much more pleasant than Death.

Ryan Bowen, SF, has nothing to do with the Spurs guy, just by the color of his skin.As a white man, his athletic ability is mediocre, and his passing and control quality is not good, but his professionalism is first-rate. He is desperate to play the game. He was the captain of the team when he played for the Nuggets in his early years, which shows that his professionalism is praised.

Juwan Howard, since the end of his famous premium contract, he has slipped from an All-Star player to an ordinary player. What makes him special and has been working hard until the 10s is his loud voice and powerful locker room voice.

The Yao Mai Rockets are a team with a low ceiling visible to the naked eye. Neither Yao Huang nor Tracy McGrady are extroverted bosses who would stand in the middle of the locker room and yell "The Rockets are all me, Kerry".Yao Huang doesn't know how to shout, McGrady doesn't like to shout because of his dead fish eyes, Mutombo gets excited and no one can understand what he said, Van Gundy is strict but players need a real big brother.Howard is the best fit.

As for Yao Huang, there is no need to introduce too much.

At the beginning of the game, they played extremely nervously. Van Gundy's teams often didn't know much about offense, and at the same time made their opponents forget to attack.As long as you reduce the opponent's offensive threat to your own, you win.

Tracy McGrady and Kobe's offensive and defensive mutual runs prevented each other from finding a comfortable rhythm of the game.

In the first quarter, McGrady made 4 of 0 and scored 2 points all by free throws.

Like Kobe, 1 for 0, but got 4 free throws.

The points that McGrady got less were taken back by Yao Huang, and he beat Chris Mim as easily as he beat his son.

Parker made a rare start and held Wesley to 3 for 0.

Most of the quarter passed, and the Lakers' offense was choked to death by the Rockets. Due to the rule change, traditional behemoths like Yao Huang no longer fit the NBA's defensive needs.With three seconds of defense today, the inside line needs to have the ability to stay outside the paint and rush back to the basket in time to protect the basket.The Rockets' staffing made up for Yao Huang's shortcomings.

If you lack movement, let Howard, who can still run, partner.

McGrady, who lacks vitality and is willing to defend, Wesley who is good at defending, and Bowen who is full of energy have built a solid wall.Especially Tracy McGrady, when he met Kobe, he was like a different person, he would rather attack without making achievements but let Kobe misfire.

Wei Xia calmly waited for Jackson's call.

In the first quarter, the two sides scored 16 to 12.

The Rockets led the Lakers by 4 points. Yao Huang's performance of 8 points made Jackson wait until the second quarter to directly replace Bynum and Wei Xia.

Bynum was very excited. He thought that Jackson expected him to play against Yao Huang, but in fact, they only hoped that he would play for a few minutes.

On the offensive end, Bynum had no possession of the ball, and on the defensive end, he acted as a sandbag and allowed Yao Huang to punch.

Wei Xia, who was left out for a quarter before getting the chance to play, entered the court with the best posture.

Opposing him was fellow student Luther Hyde. Van Gundy didn't make too many arrangements against Wei Xia. He never thought about what would happen if Hyde was used to defend Wei Xia.

In the first 5 minutes of the second quarter, Wei Xia went crazy.

For the first ball in the opening game, Wei Xia regarded Odom's body as a cylinder, and King Qin walked around the column, but Hyde couldn't keep up.

Wei Xia took advantage of the situation and rushed to the basket, using a jump height of 1 meters to firmly grasp the air supremacy. Yao Huang's substitute, the African mountain Mutombo, failed to complete his mission, allowing a junior who was more than one round younger than him to score dunks.

The will to perform became the fuel for Wescha.

20 seconds later, the Rockets' pass was intercepted by Wei Xia.

Hyde, who was about to foul, didn't make a timely move, allowing Wei Xia to dodge, so they witnessed the latter's second dunk.

"Cheers to Staples for Wish!"

"He broke the Rockets' defense as soon as he came on the court. Jeff Van Gundy actually tried to use Luther Hyde to defend him. This young man's name is an omen. They are doomed!"

The zombie hook in the African mountains saved some face for the Rockets.

Wei Xia, who had a spark with Odom, seemed to be able to capture all his routes.

The pas de deux between him and Odom is complex without compromising the delicacy of the formation.

Just Odom's top-of-the-arc ball support, he and Wei Xia can play four or five non-repeating tricks in an instant.

Although Hyde intends to defend, his athletic ability and talent cannot compete with Weixia on the same scale.

In the high position on the right, Weicha received a pass from Odom and scored a jumper.

Hyde made a mistake in passing the ball, Wei Xia stole the ball and went forward, and scored the third dunk.

After scoring 8 points in a row, Wei Xia forced Van Gundy to switch back to McGrady in advance.

As soon as McGrady got on, Jackson asked Wei Xia to match up.The difference in stature between the two is a bit large. Although McGrady's athletic ability and talent are not as good as those in the Magic period, his ability to combine man and ball will not be affected by injuries.

The only thing Wei Xia can be sure of is that McGrady's luck is not going well today, and he will stick to McGrady's breakthrough.

Although there is only one goal, there are countless difficulties to achieve it.

Fortunately, Tracy McGrady didn't want to break through. His eyes were on Bynum inside, and Mutombo came out to pick and roll.

He asked for a pick-and-roll, changed his position, and pulled out a three-pointer from the top of the arc.

Lost touch doomed the result.

McGrady missed and the Rockets retreated in time, but he didn't expect Wei Xia to move to the frontcourt and found that the defense was not in place, and almost shot a three-pointer in exactly the same position as McGrady.

The only difference is - "Come in! Wish's hand feels hot!"

Wei Xia scored 11 points in a row, forcing a timeout for the Rockets.

What frightened the Rockets was that the continuous scoring explosion was not stopped by the timeout.

After the timeout ended, Yao Huang and Kobe Bryant returned as their starters, and the Lakers retained Wei Xia.

The first ball was supposed to be played by Kobe. He saw Wei Xia running out of the opportunity and couldn't help sending the pass.

Outside the left-wing three-point line, Wei Xia received a pass from Kobe. Ryan Bowen's defense was half a second late.

Too high!
He tried his best in this jump. If Bowen in front of him is called Bruce, then the Lakers fans should persuade him to be kind.

Fortunately, his name is not Bruce.

Wei Xia shot an extremely high three-pointer, jumping high, throwing far, and arcing straight to the ceiling.

Swish!
The moment of another goal was a succinct reminder that the Rockets were unlucky enough to stumble into the breakout night of the Lakers' rookie.

Wei Xia stared at his hot hand, and suddenly shouted to Kobe: "Pass the ball! Keep passing the ball to me!"

This tone reminded Kobe of how when the Sharks were still there, the opponent wanted to take a position in the low post, and then yelled at them fiercely for the ball.

(End of this chapter)