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Chapter 194
The little giant still misunderstood the [-]v[-] that Totoro said. He thought it was because the trainer had trained him well so that he could fight five opponents by himself. The little giant couldn't think that what Totoro said was actually himself One person fights five girls on the bed, otherwise Yao Ming will beat each other on the head and teach them a lesson at this time.

The team flew en masse to the City of Roses, and as soon as the plane arrived at the airport, the Rockets found themselves surrounded by a group of reporters and fans waiting around the terminal.

"Sorry to interrupt, can I ask you how you feel about your second loss at home?"

"I'm a reporter from the Portland Times. All the players and coaching staff of the Trail Blazers said they would hold on to the two games at home. What do you think about this?"

"If your series is accidentally eliminated, will you have any preparations for the following summer?"

"Have you made any changes to the starting lineup tonight? What is your tactical arrangement for tonight?"

"Is there any hidden danger in the body of the little giant and [Mr. President]? Is their game a comeback? Facing the new All-Star Aldridge of the Blazers and the revived Oden with full blood, the inside of the Rockets Can it hold their beast charge?"

As soon as they entered the gate, countless spotlights and long guns and short cannons stretched out in front of the Rockets through layers of strong security. The citizens of Portland still love basketball very much, and they also like their home team very much. Although these problems sound trivial on the surface, they are actually full of malice against the Rockets.

It's just that Totoro thinks that the heads of those reporters may not be very good. 100 of the 90 questions are basically nonsense, and the only few meaningful questions are asked by people with watery heads. Like tonight's team formation, rotation changes, tactical arrangements, who would be stupid enough to tell you all the arrangements of their team before the game?Even if I tell you the truth, aren't you afraid it's false information?

Compared with those brain-dead reporters, Portland fans are even more brain-dead. The airport is full of "Houstonians get out of Portland", "Saint Roy will tear you to pieces", " You will be picked up by us here." The slogan is different from the black, hard and livid faces around, and Totoro almost burst out laughing when he saw it.

Although the Blazers are strong, they were able to achieve unexpectedly good results in the regular season, and there are indeed enough talented players in their team, but the problem is that the playoffs are completely different from the regular season.

No matter how strong you are, basketball is also a sport that is completed under the constraints of rules. There are three referees guarding the game at all times. What do the rules mean?That means that experienced people will play better and more effectively than inexperienced people under the restraint framework.

The Blazers' overall combat power is not as strong as the Rockets', and the team's experience in the team is not as good as the Rockets. They may be able to rely on their current lineup to compete for the championship, but that will be at least three or four years later, and It must also be that Roy Oden is not reimbursed, Aldridge grows according to the original historical trajectory, and Fernandez Bartom can also play the performance of a bench gangster.

But when it comes to this, Totoro has to think of the news about Oden's comeback in this game that he heard on the plane this morning. After being injured in this round of the playoffs, he never played again, and it was time to appear in the CBA a few years later when he came back.

There have been a lot of butterfly reactions in my travels to the current position, and basically all of them are positive butterfly effects. The fact that Oden McGrady and Yao Ming are not injured is just a microcosm. In the future, those stars in the league may get rid of the tragedy of being destroyed by illness , At that time, maybe Roy will not be reimbursed, Rose will not be reimbursed, OJ Mayo will not be reimbursed, Rudy Gay will not be reimbursed, Chris Paul will not be seriously injured, Totoro always feels like there is an invisible big hand He is manipulating all of this to suddenly increase the difficulty of NBA games, so that he can rule the NBA not so easily.

Think about it, when these guys become superstars, together with James, Wade, Anthony, Kobe, Gasol, Nowitzki, who are already superstars, and rising stars such as Curry, Leonard, Bart Le, Harden, Westbrook, Durant, Embiid, Love, what kind of league will this league become?Each team has two or three All-Stars, and there are no absolute underdogs in the league. It is naturally more difficult than in parallel history to rule the league.

My Neighbor Totoro suspects that it is the mysterious existence that manipulates my soul to travel. It may be an existence like a god or a devil. An atheist who doesn't believe in heaven and earth and only believes in his own hands, but he has even encountered such a nonsense thing as time travel, what else is there for him to believe in those ghosts and snakes?

It's just that Totoro is not afraid of this kind of situation. For him, these are opportunities and challenges. The stronger the enemy, the more pleasure he will have in defeating him. Otherwise, if everyone sees that he is afraid, the competition will If he surrenders before the start of the game, the basketball that has lost the competition will be tasteless. Moreover, if he can stand out in this era of shining stars and become the new basketball emperor, the god of basketball, what he can achieve will eventually be Will surpass the old man Joe in front, the more and stronger the opponents, the more he can show the greatness of his success, and this is what Totoro wants.

"I'm not afraid to tell you the truth, today our Rockets will not make any adjustments in the lineup rotation, and our tactical thinking is very simple, that is, one size fits all against the Blazers. I saw the fans' remarks at the airport, and I also know them. How much I love my team, but none of these emotional factors will prevent me from leveling the Rose Garden tonight."

At the pre-match press conference of Totoro, he looked listless with his chin resting on his shoulders, but the words that came out of his mouth were like thunder, which made the reporters in the audience and Yao Ming and Adelman who were present at the same time grow their mouths. I can't come back to my senses for a long time.

"Hahahaha, I just like the character of this kid. He should have played in the 90s. I guarantee that he will be very appetizing to us."

Today is T, NT is responsible for the live broadcast of the third playoff game between the Rockets and the Trail Blazers. Since it is a playoff game, almost every game of all participating teams is contracted by the three major TV stations in the United States, but T.NT is rarely the TV station responsible for broadcasting and explaining Rockets games. It is said that Charles Barkley, who likes Totoro very much, is already dissatisfied with this matter, and is going to move his ass to ABS to become a commentator.

"Looking at the astonished expressions on the faces of Yao and Adelman, I dare say they never let Totoro kid say such hateful words before the game. This was completely thought up by him on the spur of the moment, old man, Dissatisfied with you, if I didn't know his draft time and age, I would never have imagined that he is a rookie who just joined the NBA in the first year of this year. He seems to have played many playoff games. Look at him leisurely. In contrast, I think Aldridge, who has been in the league for three years, is a rookie."

"Yes, he always gives people a feeling of confidence, maybe he feels that he has the ability to do everything he promised to the fans in front of the TV before the game."

Kenny Smith responded from the side, to be honest, this historical-level shooter with traces of famous three-point shooting in history doesn't like Chinese people. In the past, he would still say a few good things about Totoro, because that At that time, Totoro had no name and no surname, and he was a nobody. A little boasting would not help him, but now it is different. Seeing that the other party has achieved great success, Kenny Smith really does not want to tell the TV about any of his advantages. The former fans listened, but he had no choice but to say it.

First of all, the advantages shown by Totoro are too obvious. Its physical fitness is superb, its shooting is superb, and its defensive awareness is also superb. Needless to say, these are places that fans can see. In fact, fans are attracted by Totoro. He is attracted by his rough and elegant style of play. If he doesn't mention the advantages that are under his nose, but insists on picking on Totoro's thorns, I'm afraid he won't be able to hold the position of anchor for long.

The second point is that Totoro now has too many fans. Although it is not as popular as Kobe James in the world, it is not much different from the two. This can be seen from their global sales of jerseys and shoes every month so far. Judging by its sales, 1/5 of the world’s population, and the entire East Asian region is almost the base camp of Totoro. Recently, even the Indians, who are not very good at dealing with China, have begun to pay attention to the Totoro competition. There are quite a few well-known "calling beasts" who have posted that the ancestral home of chinchillas is actually of Indian descent, born of an Indian father and an East Asian woman.
These stupid remarks naturally make Chinese fans laugh and cry. The undeniable fact is that there are many fans of Totoro, and most of them are young people aged around 10-35. These people have strong purchasing power and long life of fans. Not too small, experienced anchors and commentators know that they would rather offend older fans than younger fans, because older people are much more rational than younger ones, A lot of crazy things are done by impulsive young people. Kenny Smith doesn't want to be beaten by someone wearing a headband when he goes out after a few gaffes.

The Rockets' press conference ended in Totoro's one-man show, and then a more interesting scene happened. When the Portland Trail Blazers, who were the home team, came to the scene, those reporters naturally told Totoro's wild words. The core of the team and the head coach, want to stimulate their momentum and listen to their strong response, but they are destined to be disappointed, facing the aggressiveness of the Totoro and the entire Rockets, known as the only core of the Rose Garden Roy actually didn't say a word, he was always as arrogant as Totoro, and no one likes to point out the country. The Great Auden looked around and talked about him. Aldridge, who usually doesn't like to talk, was even more silent. They and the fans outside Not the same, they know how they won their last game.

The Rockets will fall behind if they want to fall behind, and if they want to overtake themselves, they will overtake themselves. They are like a soft beauty tied to a pillar by a big man. They can't resist even if they want to. The second victory is a humiliating victory for them. Because of the big victory in the second game, they completely lost the desire to play against the Rockets in this round of the series.

The starting center used by the Blazers is not Oden, and McMillan has already made plans for the team's next season. Compared with the experience of the playoffs, they think that Oden's health is more important. Students who graduated from the first grade brought their substitutes to the court to experience the atmosphere of the playoffs during the substitute time. As for whether they can win the game, it is no longer within their scope of consideration. It just depends on the mood of the opponent.

So Yao Ming and Shane Battier, who had rested for nearly four days, had sufficient physical strength and played very well. The little giant accidentally shot a 7-for-7 in the first quarter, and Battier also hit two three-pointers from the bottom corner. The injured duo scored 22 points in the first quarter. This score is no less than the old driver who showed his power at the Staples Arena last time.

In the second quarter, Yao Ming rested, but Totoro continued to play. In the first quarter, he just passed the ball and shot open shots. He didn't even put in much effort to defend. Now he finally realized the benefits of having a good teammate. , that is, I can make soy sauce unlimitedly.

So when the little giant was away, the Trail Blazers did not take advantage of the situation to play a small climax as the home fans hoped. In the second quarter, the Totoro started to use a ride to buckle a big cap and a precise three-pointer to tell them, For them, the script of the previous game was a hundred-day dream that they only had once in a lifetime.

Aldridge began to lose his fighting spirit like in the first game. After pulling out a little to ensure that he scored four points in a quarter, he began to have no desires. Saint Roy no longer started to break through desperately, and Oden was on the bench. When he was on the stage, he was even more frightened when he saw the chinchilla alive and well on the field. He almost voluntarily stepped aside as soon as the chinchilla came in. His awareness made people speechless.

Just during the halftime break, the original 4-person Rose Garden Arena was empty and half of the people were missing. It’s not that they don’t love their team, nor do they cherish the tickets they bought for tens of dollars, but just now After halftime, they fell behind by 23 points. How can the team play against others?

(End of this chapter)