unfinished glory

Chapter 24 Against the Rockets for the first time ([-])

The game time is 7:45 p.m. local time in Houston and 8:45 a.m. Beijing time.For this game, the domestic broadcast rights were confirmed early.

The Rockets seem to be getting closer and closer to the big scene.

Today, the Toyota Center is full of people, which is rare in the Rockets' regular season games. The Rockets' owner Alexander can't wait for every game to be between the Rockets and the Spurs.

A large number of fans of Chinese origin poured into the arena. They held up enlarged photos of Yao Ming and Li Chongxiao, and wrote "Come on" and other words in Chinese.

The head coach of the Rockets is Jeff Van Gundy, and his brother is the head coach of the Miami Heat, so he is also called Jr. Van Gundy.

Before Van Gundy came to the Rockets, he stayed in the New York Knicks, from assistant coach to head coach.

In the six seasons of the Knicks as the head coach, the Jagged New York led by him has been able to enter the playoffs every year.

Especially in the 1998~1999 season, the New York Knicks completed the "Black Eight Miracles" and finally reached the finals.

It's a pity that they finally met the Spurs led by Popovich and fell short.

Van Gundy is known for loving his players. In the 98 playoffs against the Heat, Larry Johnson clashed with Alonzo Mourning of the Heat. In order to protect the players, he hugged Mourning's thigh in a hurry and was dragged out by Mourning on the floor a few meters away.

During the 2001 regular season game between the Knicks and the Spurs, the Knicks' Marcus Camby was poked in the eye by the Spurs' Danny Ferry.In a rage, Camby punched Ferry, but accidentally hit Van Gundy between the two, causing Van Gundy to get 12 stitches in his left eye.

In addition to this, there is an interesting joke circulating in the NBA.It is said that Van Gundy is a workaholic, often wearing a suit and resting on the sofa when he is tired.Then there was Van Gundy on the Knicks dugout at night, with Armani's coat always wrinkled.

New York is a big city with well-developed media. Knicks games have been broadcast on live broadcasts year after year. Even Armani with Van Gundy's crumpled body is often on camera.In the end, Armani couldn't stand it anymore, and finally gave Van Gundy a sum of money so that he would stop wearing Armani in the future.

The game officially began, and the Spurs' lineup on the field is still Parker, Ginobili, Bowen, Duncan and Nesterovic.

The Rockets lineup is Bob Sura, Jim Jackson, Tracy McGrady, Juwan Howard and Yao Ming.

Van Gundy is known for being good at training defenses. The Spurs are also a defensive team. The theme of today's game is the defensive battle.

So the halftime game passed, the sound and camera of the two sides striking each other made the fans feel drowsy, and all the cheering signs were put down feebly.

The sound of "De-fense", after 3 minutes from the first period, no one shouted anymore.

At the end of the two quarters, the two sides scored 36:32, and the Spurs led by four points.

Compared with the live audience who can watch the cheerleaders, the audience in front of the TV is more depressed.Especially for fans who are new to the pit, this kind of game is really unfriendly.

Moreover, the battle between Yao and Li that had been agreed was not staged. As a substitute, Li Chongxiao's playing time was staggered from that of the main players.

He played more than 5 minutes before the end of the first quarter and the start of the second quarter.At this time, Yao Ming is resting.

The students who skipped class wanted to cry, cursing Popovich and Van Gundy for being incomprehensible.

Fortunately, in the sixth minute of the second half, Popovich was still a comeback. He replaced Bo Wen with Li Chongxiao.

This decision instantly ignited the current atmosphere, and the current fans clamored loudly.

The Huaxia audience in front of the TV also cheered up.

Mr. Li and Dad Li know football, and they watch the game with concentration.Li's mother was excited for 5 minutes just now, but now she is a bit bored. Seeing Li Chongxiao playing, she cheered up.

Li Chongxiao looked a little excited, but it wasn't because of the match against Yao Ming.

He didn't have any special thoughts about the gimmick hyped up by the media, and just regarded it as an ordinary game.

The opportunity to guard McGrady, one of the NBA's top offensive players, made him a little excited.

Before the game, he asked Bowen a lot of techniques for defending McGrady, and he will have the opportunity to try it out.

It's just that McGrady doesn't seem to have enough desire to attack today. Facing Bowen's defense, so far, he has only completed one breakthrough and five shots. He made three of six shots and made free throws. He scored a total of 10 points.

Li Chongxiao came up to defend McGrady, the Rockets' offense, the opponent received the ball at the top of the arc, and slowly dribbled.

Li Chongxiao closely watched McGrady's movements, carefully adjusted his position, and according to Bao Wen's teaching, don't step back too much.

After McGrady dribbled twice, he really didn't have any desire to attack. He took a few steps to the right and passed the ball to Yao Ming who was about to reach the position. The latter scored with a hook.

After switching over, Parker dribbled the ball across the frontcourt. After several passes, there was no good chance.

The ball was in the hands of Li Chongxiao, at a 45-degree angle to the left.According to the Spurs' tactics, the ball should be handed over to Duncan, and Juwan Howard should be singled out in the low post.

But Yao Ming saw through the attack's routine and switched defenses ahead of time, turning into Yao Ming defending Duncan.Although it's not Juwan Howard, according to Duncan's strength, Yao Ming's singles is naturally no problem.

Li Chongxiao was about to pass the ball, but Duncan ran out suddenly, set a pick and roll for Li Chongxiao, and caught Maddie behind him.

Fortunately, he had practiced more or less during training, and Li Chongxiao did not panic in the face of emergencies.He dribbled the ball calmly, reached the top of the arc with Duncan's blocking, and prepared to break the ball to Duncan.

He didn't think that Duncan didn't play according to tactics, but ran to the bottom line with his left hand, and took away McGrady who was defending Li Chongxiao by the way, so that Li Chongxiao was at the top of the arc, facing Yao Ming's defense.

The other players on the Spurs field also reacted, pulling the side and sinking the bottom, and the field was empty in an instant, forming a situation where Li Chongxiao singled out Yao Ming.

The Spurs bench burst into laughter, and Popovich smiled and shook his head.

The audience at the scene was shocked and stood up one after another.The audience in front of the TV was also crazy, all staring at the computer or TV intently, for fear of missing this scene.

"Hey, after Duncan's pick and roll, Li Chongxiao faced Yao Ming. This is a one-on-one match!" Zhang Weiping's voice rose an octave.

Li Chongxiao looked at the time, there were still about 10 seconds left.

He started to dribble the ball, took two steps back, swayed left and right, and pulled the ball with his right hand in disguise.

Yao Ming suffered from Marbury's loss back then, so he didn't lose his position too much, and barely stood still.

Then Li Chongxiao saw that Yao Ming was not out of position, he patted the ball with his right hand, and then took advantage of the situation to buckle to the left, pretending to switch to his left hand.This time Yao Ming moved, and his body moved to the left involuntarily.

Who knew that Li Chongxiao's ball didn't hit his left hand, but he pulled it back half way through with his right hand.Then he dribbled to the right, passed Yao Ming in one step, and went straight to the inside.

After rushing to the free throw line, Li Chongxiao began to jump, stepped two meters inside the free throw line in the second step, soared into the air, raised his right hand high, and a dunk was about to come.

At this time, McGrady, who was on the bottom line on the left, suddenly rushed over, jumped into the air and tried his best to block the shot.

Li Chongxiao controlled his right arm in the air, pulled it back, just avoided McGrady's block, and then smashed the ball into the basket.

Li Chongxiao dunked McGrady! ! !

This is a plot that no one could have imagined before the game.

The players on the Spurs bench jumped up and yelled, and Barry spun the towel into a propeller.

The audience exploded, some Chinese said "Fuck!"; some Americans said "What FK #@￥@#%".

And the Huaxia audience in front of the TV was also extremely excited, the office workers secretly celebrated, and there was a burst of crying and howling in the dormitory.All kinds of "fuck", "strike" and "NB" sprinkled all over the room.

The referee blew the timeout whistle, and Duncan rushed forward and strangled Li Chongxiao's neck, rubbing his right hand hard.

Ginobili came over and grabbed his left arm and thumped his chest twice.Nesterovic surrounded Li Chongxiao and Duncan, pushed them to the bench, and Parker followed him with a smirk.

After Li Chongxiao sat on the bench, several teammates came over and patted his head.

The big screen in the Toyota Center was also playing the scene just now, and all the Chinese audience shouted in unison: "Li Chongxiao! Li Chongxiao!"

(End of this chapter)