basketball kingdom

Chapter 21 Summer League Finals
For most people, the game between the Rockets and the Timberwolves was just an ordinary summer league game, but Xu Tian didn't think so.If you want to prove your talent, this game is the best opportunity.

Both TNT and ESPN realized the importance of this summer league game. After fierce competition, TNT won the broadcast rights of this game.What they value is not the Summer League final itself, but the huge Chinese market behind Xu Tian.

Charles Barkley and Kenny Smith, these two are the treasures of TNT, and today they will explain the game live.

Tencent Video will also broadcast this crucial game live. They attach great importance to this game. The live broadcast has already started half an hour before the start of the game. Wang Meng and Yang Yi talked about some things related to the game.

Most of Hupu Sports' text live broadcasts will be broadcast live. At this time, a relatively experienced Pooh was sent to broadcast the game live.Domestic fans who cannot watch the video are following the progress of the game through the text sent by Pooh.

In local bars in Houston, Rockets fans were also watching the game.They have experienced the Yao Ming era, and they are very interested in the Chinese selected by Morey.

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When getting off the bus, Xu Tian noticed that there were many figures of Chinese descent outside the venue.Some of them held signs with Xu Tian's name in their hands, and some held small five-star red flags in their hands.

Xu Tian simply greeted them. When he was in China, he would feel very cordial when he saw fellow villagers from the same province. But when he was abroad, seeing so many compatriots, the cordial feeling would be even stronger.

Alice walked beside Xu Tian. Domestic fans already knew about the relationship between the two. They also extended warm greetings to this tall girl.

Capela followed Xu Tian not far behind, watching the interaction between Xu Tian and the fans with interest.Because most of the players in the NBA are American players, it is rare to see a game with a small national flag. These scenes are very new to Capela.

After the interaction with the fans, Xu Tian and Alice made a simple farewell. Alice went to the audience channel to line up, while Xu Tian went to the locker room with his teammates.

The attendance rate of the entire stadium is very high, and the voices of the fans can be heard in the locker room from time to time.These voices seem to have magical power, making Xu Tian's heartbeat start to speed up unconsciously.

After barely calming down, Xu Tian looked at the jersey in his hand and gently touched the 10 on it.

This jersey number has accompanied Xu Tian's entire basketball career and has a lot of meaning to him.

The reason for choosing this jersey number is very simple, just because the slam dunk Hanamichi Sakuragi wears the No. 10 jersey.He likes Sakuragi's character the most, so when he chose the jersey number at the sports school, he chose this number.

After calming down completely, Xu Tian put on the red Rockets jersey on his body.

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Towns' entry was warmly welcomed. This big player showed a very strong dominance in the Summer League and gained the attention of many fans.

When Xu Tian entered the stadium, the audience cheered loudly, but he completely ignored it because he found a familiar figure in the front row of the audience.

Tracy McGrady actually came to the scene.

Tracy McGrady was one of the top four shooting guards, and he was also the perimeter star who played with Yao Ming for the longest time. The combination of him and Yao Ming was called Yao McGrady.

Note: Kobe Bryant, Vince Carter, Allen Iverson and Tracy McGrady are collectively known as the four major shooting guards by domestic fans.

Influenced by his father, Xu Tian watched Rockets games since he was a child, and has a lot of affection for this elegant man.But because I don't know what McGrady (now it is often translated as McGrady, but I am more used to McGrady) thinks of him, I didn't rush to say hello.

In addition to McGrady, Rudy Tomjanovich also came to watch the game. He was Yao Ming's first coach. His career highlight was in the 93-94 and 94-95 seasons when he coached the Rockets and won two consecutive championships.

The famous phrase "never underestimate the heart of a champion" is Tomjanovich's famous saying.

Xu Tian was surprised by his arrival. As far as he knew, Tomjanovich's physical condition was not particularly good.

While Xu Tian was looking at Tomjanovich, Bickerstaff called Xu Tian from the sidelines.

Xu Tian turned his head and saw Bickerstaff standing on the sidelines waving to him, gesturing for him to go over.

Standing beside Bickerstaff were two people—James Harden and Dwight Howard, who were looking at Xu Tian curiously.

These two are called a modern combination by domestic fans, and they are currently the core of the Rockets' inside and outside lines.

Xu Tian walked to the sidelines slowly, and took the initiative to say hello to Harden and Howard. He is now a rookie, and he belongs to the bottom of the NBA, which pays attention to seniority.

The translator was there to help them communicate, because it was working time, and his working attitude was much better than the night before.However, the mental state of the whole person is not particularly good, as if the body has been hollowed out.

Xu Guangcai stood in front of the computer. He was a Rockets fan. Even if Xu Tian was not with the Rockets, he would still watch the Summer League.The Rockets have not won a championship for more than 20 years. Even if it is only the possibility of the Summer League championship, as a Rockets fan, he does not want to let it go.

Yao Ming has a very busy schedule this year. Ever since Xu Tian started to play in the Summer League, he has not watched a complete game of Xu Tian. At this time, he is on the way to do activities again, so he can only watch a few times on his mobile phone. Text Live.

Kobe Bryant did not come to watch the game because of the itinerary of his China trip, but before boarding the international flight to China, he sent a text message to Xu Tian with the content of "prove yourself".

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Kenny Smith, who was sitting in the commentary booth, spoke first, "Charles, how many points do you think Xu can score in this game?"

Charles Barkley knew that there was a pitfall in Kenny Smith's words, and said, "I guess he will get..." He didn't finish his sentence, looked at Kenny's face with a bad expression, and then said, " He's going to get the points he wants to get."

"Why are you so cautious and not give a specific score?" Kenny Smith continued to lead in another direction.

Barkley said with a smile: "I won't make the same mistake twice. I still remember the last time I bet you to kiss the ass of a donkey. I won't make that mistake easily. He can get the points he wants."

When Kenny Smith saw that this topic was unsuccessful, he immediately thought of something more interesting, and said, "Are you saying these things because of your status as a Rockets star?" (Charles Barkley once Joining the Rockets for a short time, this sentence is Kenny's joke.)
Barkley laughed out loud. He only went to the Rockets at the end of his career, and he is not considered a Rockets star at all. "I am not a Rockets star. I just saw Xu Chaoqun's talent as an ordinary fan."

Seeing that his old partner didn't mean to make trouble, Kenny stopped talking and said in a broadcast voice: "This game is the closest the Rockets are to the championship. I hope they can win the final victory."

This sentence ignited Barkley, and the two finally had a verbal battle over whether the Rockets could win the championship. This is their commentary style, which has been around for a long time.

The last time Alice watched a live game was Xu Tian's Summer League debut, and that game was against the Raptors.Now that she came to the scene again, she clearly felt that Xu Tian was more popular, and the most obvious manifestation was that several cameras were aimed at her.

Xu Tian's priority in the domestic media is very high, and anything related to him has potential that can be tapped.As Xu Tian's official girlfriend, Alice also has a lot of mining value, so the media specially gave her a few machines.

When the game was about to start, the background screen of Tencent's live broadcast room showed Xu Tianxia's average per game data.

Throughout the Summer League game, Xu Tian averaged 28.8 minutes per game, shooting 55% from the field, 93% from the free throw line, and 45% from the three-point range. He was able to score 17.6 points, 7.2 rebounds and 8.8 assists.

Yang Yi and Wang Meng are summarizing Xu Tianxia's performance, and at the same time, from the perspective of the Rockets, analyzing how to limit this year's No. [-] pick, Towns.

Under normal circumstances, the commentary should not have any bias, but at this time the two commentators were clearly biased towards the Rockets, and they were short of saying that the Rockets were the champions.

After Xu Tian briefly talked with Harden and Howard, he returned to the court for a warm-up shot, picked up a bounced basketball, and tentatively shot a three-pointer. The basketball went into the net.

After trotting for two steps, Xu Tian picked up another basketball and tried to shoot another one. The ball bounced twice and also entered the basket.

Capela is making simple shots, he has said hello to Harden and Howard, and now he has fully entered the basketball world.

Compared with the Rockets, the Timberwolves are much deserted, only the old wolf king Kevin Garnett came to the scene.

At the end of the shooting warm-up, in order to mobilize the atmosphere in the court, Zach LaVine dunked a free throw line and changed hands. This dunk set the entire arena on fire.

Xu Tian also saw LaVine's dunk, and was a little shocked, thinking that the NBA is really full of birds and beasts.

After receiving the cheers from the fans, LaVine set his sights on Xu Tian. He knew that Xu Tian's dunk was very fierce, and this dunk from the free throw line also meant to provoke Xu Tian.

McDaniels saw LaVine's gaze, came to Xu Tian's side, and asked, "Dunk?"

Xu Tian shook his head, answered McDaniels' question, walked to the sidelines, and took off his training clothes to prepare for the game.

McDaniels looked at Xu Tian's back and remembered what Xu Tian said before coming to the venue.

(End of this chapter)