against the front

Chapter 339 Derby
"Viewers in front of the TV, welcome to TNT's live broadcast of the regular season match between the Houston Rockets and the Sacramento Kings at home."

After Yao Ming returned from injury, the Houston Rockets once again became the focus of the media. The most intuitive change is the number of live broadcasts in the United States in the new season. Affected by Yao Ming's reimbursement for the season, the Rockets last season had only live broadcasts in the United States. 11 games, and the new season has directly increased to 24 games.

Especially the Huaguo Derby between the Rockets and the Kings is the focus of attention, so reporters gathered at the Toyota Center today, and major TV stations also entered the venue early to prepare for the live broadcast.

"The king's starting lineup today is point guard Jrue Holiday, shooting guard Kevin Martin, small forward Danny Green, power forward Serge Ibaka, and center Yan Hua."

"Compared to last season, the king's main lineup has changed a lot, especially at the small forward position. The king has not found a replacement for John Salmons, and this may be why they are playing in the new season. The main reason for the struggle."

Accompanied by the boos of the audience, the visiting Kings players began to walk out of the player channel one after another, and Charles Barkley and Kenny Smith, who were in the TNT live broadcast center, also got the list of starting players from both sides. After finishing the King's starters, Kenny Smith also commented on the King's current situation by the way.

"It seems that Yao is going to start today." After Kenny Smith introduced the king's starting lineup, Charles Barkley, who was sitting next to Kenny Smith, also began to introduce the Rockets' starting lineup.

Although it has been announced that he is back from injury, Yao Ming missed the next game again after only playing 23 minutes in the first game of the new season. Therefore, whether Yao Ming can play in today's game is unpredictable. , and once Yao Ming is unable to play, then today's game will lose his biggest highlight, which is the Huaguo Derby between Yao Ming and Yan Hua.

So after getting the Rockets' starting roster, Charles Barkley also heaved a sigh of relief. Although from a personal point of view, Barkley didn't want Yao Ming to force his way into the game when his injury recovery was unknown, but from a TV commentary From the player's point of view, Barkley still hopes that Yao Ming can play in this game, because only if Yao Ming plays, the ratings of today's game will be guaranteed.

"Yao..." Yao Ming, wearing the No. 11 jersey, slowly walked out of the player tunnel amidst the shouts of the DJ on the spot. The moment Yao Ming walked out of the player tunnel, the Toyota Center was detonated. The nearly [-] spectators all left their seats and shouted Yao Ming's name in unison, as if they were using this method to welcome the king in their hearts.

In addition to Yao Ming, the Rockets started today are power forward Luis Scola, small forward Shane Battier, shooting guard Trevor Ariza, and point guard Aaron Brooks.

The Rockets, who missed the playoffs last season, did not gain anything. At least Luis Scola and Aaron Brooks played well. Luis Scola averaged 16 points per game last season. , 8.6 rebounds, and Aaron Brooks won the Most Improved Player with an average of 19.6 points and 5.3 assists per game. In addition, Shane Battier, Kyle Lowry, and a There are many gangsters on the bench, so after the team's core Yao Ming returned from injury, the Rockets this season have once again become exciting.

"Dayao, how do you feel?" After the grand but brief appearance ceremony, Yan Hua took the initiative to walk to the Rockets' half court, shook hands and hugged Yao Ming, and asked Yao Ming with concern.

"My state is very hot! Today I must let you taste the feeling of losing 3 games in a row, haha." Yao Ming, who hugged Yan Hua, showed a confident smile.

"Cut, you guys must be the ones who lost three games in a row." After hugging and parting, Yan Hua patted Yao Ming's arm again, and walked back to the king's half court without looking back.

The records of the Kings and the Rockets are both 0 wins and 2 losses. Today's winner will end the losing streak, and the one who lost the game will continue to kneel down.

Perhaps Yao Ming's state today is really as hot as he said. Yao Ming, who is warming up, has not missed a dozen shots in a row.

With a whistle, the referee on duty threw the basketball into the sky, and Yan Hua easily moved it to the king's half. Although Yao Ming had a great advantage in height, in front of Yan Hua However, it is still not easy for Yao Ming to jump and win the opening ball.

Zhu Holiday, who held the ball in the backcourt, passed the defense of Aaron Brooks very easily after halftime, and broke through to the right side of the court with the ball, but Zhu Holiday did not choose to shoot Instead of shooting, before Shane Battier's defense was in place, he handed the basketball to Yan Hua who was facing him.

Throughout the preseason and the first two regular season games, head coach Reggie Toyce has always been very strict with all players on the court. All players, including Yan Hua, are restricted from playing singles with the ball. It is necessary to pass the ball continuously, and after the opponent's defense is completely torn, the player in the best position can shoot.

Theoretically speaking, this tactic is a very effective tactic, but this tactic requires a lot of games to run in, and the skyrocketing number of mistakes brought about in a short period of time is another problem that cannot be solved. hidden dangers.

Successive defeats and increasingly ugly scenes forced Reggie Toyce to temporarily abandon the tactical transformation of the team, and instead began to implement rough X**D tactics, whoever he is, win first A few games, let's change the current predicament.

Yan Hua, who received a pass from his teammate outside the paint area, did not choose to use his back to harden Yao Ming. Yao Ming's chassis strength is not covered, but he can hold O'Neal hard. Instead, he turned directly towards the baseline. , wanting to wipe Yao Ming behind him, but Yan Hua quickly pulled back halfway through the turn. Without even thinking about it, Yao Ming behind him must have been led by Yan Hua to move towards the bottom line.

After completing his turn, Yan Hua made a turnaround jumper and hit a mid-range shot.

"Tomatoes!" Seeing Yan Hua's sullen face after the shot was made, Yao Ming said his own term.

To be honest, Yao Ming also knows that his restrictions on Yan Hua on the defensive end are too limited. Yan Hua's footwork at the basket is already comparable to that of Olajuwon. Not to mention Yao Ming, it is the entire league right now. No one can deal with it, but this feeling of being teased makes Yao Ming very upset.

(End of this chapter)