super sports specialist

Chapter 313

The NBA playoffs in the United States continued. The Rockets and the Spurs played against each other in the fifth round. In the first four rounds, the Rockets trailed the Spurs by 1 to 3. Every subsequent round is extremely important to the Rockets. As long as the Spurs win one of the next three games, they can eliminate the Rockets.

This round returns to San Antonio, Texas, home of the Spurs.

China Central TV will broadcast the game live.

Before the game started, the Spurs fans couldn't wait to start cheering for the team. The hot dance of the girls before the game drove the atmosphere of the entire stadium.

When the players of the two teams played, the fiery atmosphere reached a climax.

Today is the home court of the Spurs, and the most popular are the Spurs, but for China Central TV, the Rockets are undoubtedly more noteworthy, because the Rockets have China's number one basketball player -- Yao Ming.

When the commentator was introducing the two teams, the TV screen of Central TV frequently pointed to the Rockets coach's bench and Yao Ming frequently.

What is clearly visible at this time is that when the head coach Van Gundy explained the tactics, the players surrounded by a circle, each holding a bottle of drink in their hands.

This is rare.

In the NBA in the United States, drinking water is provided by the club. Most of the players just want to drink water, and the staff will bring water. How can there be a situation where a player holds a level of water?
"It's very interesting, I don't know what the Rockets are going to do!"

Central TV commentator said.

Not long after, when the camera lens clearly captured the man on the water bottle, the narrator immediately said in surprise, "That seems to be a drink produced in Huaxia."

"What brand? Let's see clearly."

Following the narrator's words, the camera zoomed in, and the Chinese characters '羊羊' and the letter 'Yang Yang' could be clearly seen on it.

"Yangyang? Does Huaxia have this brand?"

"What kind of drink is this? It seems to be in a glass bottle. It looks a bit advanced..."

The central TV commentator didn't know him at all. After thinking for a long time, he didn't realize that there was a drink produced by Huaxia called Yangyang, "I do know that there is a sports city named Yangyang, which is the Yangyang Sports Center. They are sports jobs, for training, not manufacturing companies."

Before the game, the commentators paid attention to the interesting drink problem, and then entered the game time, and their energy returned to the game.

The Spurs lost the game in the last round. In the post-game summary, everyone thought that the Rockets played too well. Several players on the Rockets had red and purple hands. For example, MVP McGrady, his total shooting percentage Reached 80.00% seven, a very amazing data.

It is impossible for a player to always have a good touch, and it is impossible for a team to always perform well, so facing the fifth round of the match and the game at home, the Spurs are full of confidence.

But the Spurs certainly did not expect that they faced the same problem again.

As soon as the game started, the Rockets played a wave of 8-0 spurts.

First, Yao Ming started with a hook and scored two points. After that, McGrady made two shots. After the Spurs played a wave of offensive in a panic, the Rockets counterattacked. ball.

As soon as the game started, the Rockets scored eight points. This is not a good situation.

The Spurs are in a bit of a hurry.

They didn't expect the Rockets to perform so well when they came up.

What they didn't even expect was that the Rockets' excellent performance lasted the entire game. It seemed that every player was in good condition, especially the two core players—Yao Ming and McGrady. Let the Spurs, who have always been defensively solid, have nothing to do.

Seeing that the score was getting bigger and bigger, the Spurs coach's two consecutive timeouts had no effect.

In the fourth quarter, the two sides opened up to 18 points, which was even bigger than the previous game.

"How did the Rockets perform so well?"

"It's too fake!"

Many people find it unbelievable that the performance of the China Rockets has been praised by the fans. China fans support Yao Ming. Supporting Yao Ming is equivalent to supporting the Rockets. The Rockets' good performance makes the fans very happy.

Spurs fans, of course, were not happy.

They are dissatisfied with the team's performance, but they must admit that the Rockets' performance is indeed quite good.

The performance of the Rockets in this game was surprising. The Spurs once again played a 'powerless'. The Rockets, who were about to be eliminated in the playoffs, immediately attracted a lot of attention.

So it is easy for the media to discover one thing: the Rockets changed the game drink.

The American NBA has many sponsors, including beverage brands, and the main beverage sponsor comes from Gatorade.

Gatorade was originally invented by some researchers at Florida State University in the United States in 1965. The purpose of the research and development at that time was to help the players of the Florida Gators American football team not to be dehydrated when they played on the hot and humid field like a swamp.The Gators went undefeated that season and earned the nickname "the second-half team" because of his tendency to overtake opponents in the second half of games.

In 1983, the Quaker Oats Company acquired the Stokely-Van-Camp Company, which included the Gatorade brand.

In 2001 PepsiCo acquired the Quaker Oats Company, which also includes the Gatorade brand.

The Gatorade brand does not spend much on sponsorship of the NBA, and only occasionally see Gatorade advertisements, but each team uses Gatorade drinks by default. Based on more than 40 years of scientific research, compared with other sports drinks, The benefits of Gatorade's "thirst quenching" function and improved exercise performance in drinkers are scientifically proven.

Another brand is ADD sports drink.

Gatorade is just a low-level, most common brand, while ADD is loved by big-name NBA stars. Although a bottle sells for more than $50, there are still many stars who like ADD.

In the past, many NBA teams, including the Houston Rockets, used a mixture of ADD and Gatorade. Gatorade was provided by the club, and ADD had to be purchased by the players themselves. But to put it bluntly, it was just drinking water to quench their thirst. Every few players would Be careful, even if you use ADD, you just avoid it on the seat.

The Rockets are different in the game, each player has a bottle of 'Yang Yang', which completely subverts the previous habits, and will naturally be noticed by the media.

Immediately after the game, American media searched for the 'YangYang' brand.

But they soon discovered: there is no way to find out!

The next day, the customs staff broke the news. The Houston Rockets specially ordered ten boxes of 'YangYang' in China. Since it was not officially sold in the US market, the drink was charged a symbolic 5.00 after passing the test. % tariff.

'Yang Yang'?
Beverages produced by Huaxia?
This is the first time Americans have heard that the American team will drink beverages produced in China, which is a bit unbelievable.

Also, is this a drink brought to America from China?
How expensive that is!
When many media talked about this issue, they said it was unimaginable. Even if food and beverages were labeled abroad, they would still be produced locally, because food and beverages are relatively cheap, and shipping alone would cost a lot of money.

Like 'Double Coke'.

Of course, they are all American brands, but the 'Double Coke' that you buy on weekdays will definitely be produced domestically, or even produced nearby.

It is unbelievable that a company that has not invested and built a factory in the United States actually brought beverages to the United States by way of consignment for the stars of the Houston Rockets to drink.

So did the British media.

On the same day, Chelsea played the quarter-finals of the FA Cup. Their opponent was Blackburn. Although it was an away game, Chelsea played very well. In the end, they defeated Blackburn with a big score of 4-0.

The drinking water of Chelsea players during the game was also noticed.

A Chinese brand?
Many media and fans couldn’t imagine it. After the game, the British media were analyzing the beverage issue, only to find out that it was consigned from the plane, and the tax was paid normally at the customs. The British customs officers were only symbolic. The tax rate charged the tariff.

Then the British media lamented: Why did the Chelsea Club purchase drinks produced by Huaxia in such a complicated way?

Two days later, the American media and the British media all got the answer: the company that produces the beverage is a beverage and food company under the Huaxia Yangyang Group. This is the first batch of products, and the shipping fee is paid by Huaxia, which is almost It has reached 30.00% of the price of the drink, but some insiders broke the news that the price of the drink is more than double that of ADD sports drinks. Due to the high price of the drink, the beverage and food company still has a lot of profits.

The Houston Rockets were purchased on an 'amicable' relationship.

Same goes for Chelsea.

Then some European media discovered that Real Madrid players also began to drink 'Yang Yang', they not only drink it in the game, the famous star Ramos also showed the media reporters his recent favorite 'refreshing' in an interview. Beverage', "This is produced in Huaxia, the appetite is very unique, I like it very much."

Some Spanish media have photographed other Real Madrid players citing 'YangYang' on a daily basis. They are also very interested in 'YangYang' drinks while reporting gossip. Unfortunately, no matter how they search for information, they cannot find any information about 'YangYang'. 'Content.

The report of "Aspen" is quite "hating the rich", and the text reveals a sour taste, "This may be a special drink for the stars. As long as they can drink it, ordinary people are willing to spend money to taste it. Unavailable."

What "Aspen" didn't expect was that this report actually made the rich people in Spain start to pursue 'YangYang'.

There are many sources of news for the rich.

They soon learned that 'Yang Yang' was produced by a beverage company in Huaxia Zhengyang, and the price was relatively high. Since there are no factories in other regions, they can only buy it through overseas direct mail. The weight of the drink can imagine how expensive it is It is expensive, and the price is quite astonishing, each bottle is equivalent to one hundred euros...

(End of this chapter)