The three-point line is really too close

Chapter 117 The Huaxia Derby strikes!Happy troubles!

After the game against the Spurs, the Warriors will go non-stop to another city in Texas, the "Space City" Houston.

There, they will play back-to-back against the Houston Rockets led by Yao Ming and Tracy McGrady.

In the past, this should have been a game with little suspense and little attention.

After all, the strength lies there, and the competition is not so fierce.

The existence of Yao Ming is almost the same as Duncan for this Warriors, and they are all unsolvable killers.

And now Tracy McGrady is still trustworthy most of the regular time.

But it was such a contest of disparity in strength, after Zhang Bolong came to the Warriors, it suddenly became the most watched game in the league.

Even more attention-grabbing than the NBA Finals.

Because this is a "China Derby".

The word Derby actually comes from the English Derby, which originated from Derbyshire in England.

Due to the abundance of good horses in the area, it was once a situation where good horses from Derbyshire competed with each other at various European racecourses.

Therefore, Europeans call this kind of horse racing the Derby.

Since then, people have used this as a metaphor to describe the match between two teams in the same city. The term "derby" has finally become synonymous with rivals in the same city or region.

Today, the term, commonly used to describe horse racing and football games, is ubiquitous and used throughout the sporting world.

As Yao Ming grows into the league's top star in the NBA, the "China Derby" has also attracted more and more attention.

This is not the first "China Derby" in the NBA.

Looking back at history, the first "China Derby" took place on March 2002, 3, when the Denver Nuggets played against the Dallas Mavericks at home.

At that time, Battelle, who played for the Nuggets, and Wang Zhizhi, who played for the Mavericks, faced each other for the first time in the NBA. The American media also called it a derby between the "Great Wall of China".

In the game, Battelle and Wang Zhizhi substituted at the same time with 8 minutes and 19 seconds left in the third quarter. This was also the first head-to-head confrontation between the two in the NBA.

In the end, the two teams fought hard in overtime, and the superior Dallas Mavericks won 116-110.

But this derby is actually a bit of a misnomer.

After the whole game, the marks of Huaxia players did not leave much.

Wang Zhizhi played a total of 9 minutes and scored 5 points and 2 rebounds, while Battelle only played 3 minutes and only scored 1 rebound.

For the first "China Derby", neither Wang Zhizhi nor Battelle was the protagonist of their team, and the domestic media did not pay enough attention to it, and there were not many related reports.

In contrast, the "China Derby" between Yao Ming and Zhang Bolong has attracted unprecedented attention.

Although in the China game before the start of the season, the Rockets and the Lakers where the two belonged had already played against each other, but it was a preseason game after all.

It basically belongs to the familiar lineup, just play around and have fun.

But when it comes to the regular season, it's quite different.

In particular, Zhang Bolong performed so dazzlingly in his rookie season, and then transferred to the Warriors to officially become the core of the team. The status of these two players in their respective teams has far surpassed that of the old Big Zhi and the bus.

This also gave the "China Derby" a higher gold content and greater practical significance.

Some media predicted that the final number of viewers of this game may exceed the astonishing number of [-] million. What's more, the media renamed this "China Derby" as "China's Competition".

People are looking forward to this game to see whether Yao Ming, who is the number one center in the league, is better, or Zhang Bolong, who has been a star since he first entered the league, is better.

Just as the outside parties were frantically warming up for this game, another piece of news was exposed.

"Interpretation Warrior! The rookie in the NBA beat the gangster violently and used the scar as a medal! - "Yahoo News"

"Urban Hero?He has the love of the whole town! - "San Francisco Chronicle"

"Again, when will the law and order in Oakland get better?" "——"Bay Area Highlights"

"Why is it always Chinese?Analysis of the current situation of discrimination in the Bay Area. - Los Angeles Times

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This act of bravery brought the enthusiasm for the upcoming "China Derby" to its peak.

Even many fans and even ordinary people in the Beacon Country have heard about this game and expressed that they will pay attention to it.

This also made Zhang Bolong, who was originally the cutting-edge focus, more dazzling, and won the reputation of "the light of China" and "the glory of the Chinese".

Major domestic leaders, the mayor of Oakland, NBA president Stern and others have sent him condolences and encouragement.

Especially Stern, this little Jewish old man has been working on improving the image of the league, but those bastards in the league often confront him, either fighting on the field or breaking the law off the field.

But now, the new face of the league that he wants to promote is not only handsome and capable, but also a high-quality idol with "excellent character and learning", which immediately makes him feel like a treasure.

Because of this, with a big wave of his hand, Ellis and others were exempted from the suspension penalty for entering the field from the bench in the last game.

Compared with the popularity accumulated by playing in the past, this time, Zhang Bolong received more solid admiration.

It's just that Zhang Bolong has no time to pay attention to the "China Derby" or "Brave for Justice".

As the protagonist at the center of the storm, he is in a hurry.

Just hung up Sissi's transoceanic phone call, and on the other end, Taylor, Kobe, Lan Dongliang and others have already sent countless messages.

Tyler: "I like that you're a hero, but I don't want you to be a hero...Long, luckily you're okay."

Kobe: "Don't be stupid, if you can't do it, go back to Los Angeles. I will give you a motorcycle at most, and you can solve the gun problem yourself."

Lan Dongliang: "Xiaolong, pay attention to safety and take care of yourself. Now you are the wealth of the country, you must first consider the consequences..."

Thank them one by one for their concern.
Zhang Bolong rubbed his eyebrows.

In the phone call just now, the little girl Sissy was so aggrieved that she burst into tears and told Zhang Bolong that she had already bought a ticket to San Francisco and wanted to visit Zhang Bolong's injury.

This startled Zhang Bolong.

Who can rest assured that a little girl in her twenties traveled across the ocean to an unfamiliar place in the United States where "gun battles happen every day"?
Even if you don't talk about safety issues, if her always strict mother finds out, there is a high probability that this budding relationship of hers will die immediately.

To put it bluntly, I assured Cici that she was fine, and promised to pick her up to play during the off-season, which persuaded her to refund the ticket.

Putting down the phone, Zhang Bolong took a breath in his blissful troubles.

Compared with this, the pressure of the "China Derby" is nothing at all...

(End of this chapter)