Legendary basketball manager

Two flowers bloom, one branch each.

When the Rockets will be happy for the full harvest, Nike's big boss Phil Knight is full of anger.

He dialed David Stern directly.

"David, why did the Rockets become the biggest winner of the awards announced today?"

"If I remember correctly, I should have asked Durst to remind you what to do?"

Phil Knight asked straight to the point.

At this time, he didn't know that Durst had betrayed (Durst will still go to work at Nike headquarters during this period of time, because his contract will not end until mid-June).

"Don't be angry, Phil. It hurts us to be angry. We are all old and our bodies are not what we used to be."

Stern's tone was flat, and he replied without haste.

"Thanks for your concern, but don't change the subject. Answer me, David, what the hell is going on here?"

"We are old friends, and I don't want to embarrass you..."

Phil Knight's tone was low, like a poisonous snake that kept spitting out a message, ready to launch a fatal blow at any time.

Stern couldn't help but laugh when he heard the words, and almost laughed out loud on the spot.

At this moment, he could already be sure that all his handles were controlled by Shen Fei.

Phil Knight is now an "empty city" behind him, which poses no threat to him at all.

But Stern doesn't want a direct showdown.

After all, Nike has tossed him a lot of time by relying on these handles.

Stern is also a person with a temper. Now that he is no longer under the control of the other party, he wants to "repay" Nike a little bit.

After thinking for a moment, he replied in a slightly nervous tone:

"Don't worry about Phil, I did this after careful consideration."

"I know that you are dissatisfied with Yao Ming beating Howard and becoming a center forward."

"But I want to say that no matter whether it's the first team or the first defense, it's just a small award. My idea is, I'll wait for the most critical mvp selection before I work hard and help LeBron win the mvp!"

As Stern spoke, the corners of his mouth couldn't help curling up into a sly arc.

Phil Knight was taken aback when he heard this.

Stern's strategy makes sense.

After all, if all the awards are selected for the Rockets, the injustice would be too obvious.

At that time, the problem of public opinion will not be easy to solve!

If you use a first-team position to exchange for the mvp of a player under Nike's banner, it will definitely make a profit!

"Well, David, you are more considerate."

"But I think you can completely replace someone as a center forward."

"After all, Yao Ming is under the banner of Under Armor. After he wins this for a while, the sales of shoes will definitely increase a lot."

Phil Knight said earnestly.

"Well, I was negligent, I will pay attention to it in the future... Humph!"

Stern spoke so happily that he almost laughed out loud, and quickly coughed to take it away.

Although Phil Knight felt a little strange, he hung up the phone without saying anything.

............

A day later, Memphis, FedEx Arena.

The fourth game between the Rockets and the Grizzlies is coming as scheduled!

At this time, the athletes of both sides are doing the final warm-up.

On the Rockets' side, Yao Ming had a serious expression and was practicing back-ups with the assistant coach.

Before the game, Grizzlies center Marc Gasol was asked about Yao Ming's selection to the first team when he was interviewed by local media.

"Yao is an excellent player. We are facing each other frequently recently. As for whether he should be selected for the first team...I have reservations."

"Overall, I will be under more pressure when facing Dwight, because he can often play horrible data."

"And Yao is a team-oriented player. Against him, I don't need to worry about appearing in the headlines of tomorrow's news."

Xiao Jia replied with a smile.

What he said was beautiful, but when a discerning person heard it, he knew that he was saying that Howard was more worthy of a position for a while.

And Yao Ming is naturally a smart person.

After he saw this interview on the Internet, he made up his mind to let Xiao add a news headline!

Therefore, in the next day's training, Yao Ming specially added singles practice.

He didn't tell his teammates about it.

But the generals of the Rockets soon learned of Xiaojia's remarks.

As soon as the players summed up, they immediately reached a consensus - help Yao Ming and play a beautiful game!

In order to do this, they elected McGrady as a representative to discuss tactics with Mark Jackson.

Of course, all this was done privately without telling Yao Ming.

After Mark Jackson understood the situation, he immediately agreed with the players' ideas.

Therefore, he announced in the combat meeting before the game that a variety of inside tactics will be added to this game.

Yao Ming was a little surprised when he heard this.

The surrounding teammates nodded their heads one by one.

Yao Ming immediately realized something, turned his head, gave Mark Jackson a meaningful look, and then looked at his teammates.

"Okay, then for today's game, please support me."

Yao Ming stretched out his hands and made a clasping gesture to the crowd.

The rocket generals followed suit and clasped their fists in return. The scene was a bit funny at one point.

............

Looking back to the present, the game is about to begin.

The starters of the two teams have already walked near the middle circle, waiting for the jump ball.

Yao Ming glanced at Xiaojia in front of him lightly, and said, "I heard that you are good at defense."

Xiaojia was taken aback when he heard the words: "Yes. However, we have played three games in a row, and you are asking me now?"

Yao Ming shook his head: "I want to confirm, because I haven't seen it yet."

"You!" Xiaojia didn't expect that Yao Ming would be the first to talk trash, and after thinking for a moment, he replied, "I'll let you see it today!"

Yao Ming smiled slightly after hearing this, and stopped answering.

Soon, as the referee threw the ball high, the game officially began!

Yao Ming struggled to take off and won the scrum cleanly.

After Xiaojia failed to jump the ball, he took a deep look at Dayao.

Although he and Yao Ming had more losses than wins in the jump ball before, but this time the latter's jump height is even higher than before!

[Is this... irritated by what I said? ]

Xiao Jia thought to himself.

But he didn't panic at all. On the contrary, he felt that this was an opportunity, an opportunity to help the Grizzlies win!

After all, in the previous three games, the team used all the methods they could think of.

But the strength gap between the two teams is too large, and the Grizzlies have no chance of winning.

But now, if Yao Ming's mentality changes and his style of play changes, maybe the Grizzlies can take advantage of it!

[At least one game must be won, it is too miserable to be "shaved head"...]

Xiao Jia thought to himself.

At the same time, he also made up his mind to fight Yao Ming for [-] rounds tonight!

Rocket attack.

Curry passed the half court with the ball and came to the top of the arc to organize.

Yao Ming came to the low post and got stuck and asked for the ball.

His lower limbs were as thick as the trunk of an ancient tree, and with a stride, it was difficult for Xiao Jia behind him to shake him.

With a flick of his wrist, Curry sent a high lob to Yao Ming.

After Dayao got the ball, Xiao Jia planned to fight Yao Ming with all his might.

Unexpectedly, Dayao half-turned and turned into a frontal basket, and then shot the ball under Xiaojia's gaze...

"Shu~"

Basketball hit the net.

Because Xiao Jia lowered his center of gravity, he didn't interfere with the opponent's shooting in time just now, so he could only watch the basketball go into the basket in the end.

2:0, the Rockets took the lead!

After changing sides to fight again, Conley broke through the basket with the help of a screen, and then passed the ball to the outside.

Mayo catches and shoots the ball from outside the three-point line, but his sight is disturbed by George who is in place in time...

"duang!"

The ball hit the front of the basket hard and bounced out.

Yao Ming relaxed his ape arm, received the rebound, and immediately passed the ball to Curry beside him.

Mengshen quickly advanced after getting the ball and went straight to the hinterland of the Grizzlies.

The Grizzlies retreated quickly.

In the previous three games, Curry made a chasing three-pointer in each game.

And basically every time a three-pointer is chased, the horn of the Rockets' attack will be sounded, and the Grizzlies are very afraid of this!

Therefore, after Curry passed the half court, Conley began to cover closely, and small forward Sam Young was also ready to help defend.

At the same time, McGrady and George followed up from the two wings respectively.

The athletic ability of these two is well known, as long as they are given room to accelerate, the two have a high probability of giving a dunk in return.

For a time, the Grizzlies were on the verge of a formidable enemy, and their defensive attention was attracted by the Rockets' perimeter trio.

But at this moment, Curry seemed to have eyes in the back of his head, and with a no-look-pass, he passed the ball to Yao Ming who followed up in the middle.

After receiving the ball, Dayao did not hesitate, stretched his bow and shot an arrow, and shot a three-pointer at the top of the arc...

After the basketball left his fingertips, it spun at a high speed, drawing a beautiful arc in the air...

"Shu~"

Hollow into the network!

5:0, Yao Ming swept the Rockets' first five points!

And it wasn't until Dayao finished shooting the three-pointer that Xiao Jia rushed back to his own half.

Yao Ming glanced at him with a smile in the process of returning to defense, with a meaningful expression.

Seeing Dayao's expression, Xiaojia suddenly felt an unknown fire in his heart.

His face was dull when he was scored twice by the opposing player, let alone being provoked by such a "cheap swish".

The more Xiaojia thought about it, the more angry he became. He first raised his hand to apologize to his teammates, then trotted to Conley's side, and said in a low voice, "I'll hit one too in a while."

Conley nodded.

When the two armies are at war, momentum is very important.

If you can play a responsive ball, it will be very helpful to improve the morale of the team.

Ever since, after the offensive and defensive transition, Conley handed the ball to the low-post Xiaojia.

After Gasol got the ball, he started playing back.

He knew that it would be difficult to shake Yao Ming's defense by relying on strength alone.

Therefore, every time Xiaojia exerts his strength and relies on hitting, he also makes a fake movement of shaking his shoulders.

"Bang~"

"Bang~"

"Bang~"

After hitting three times in a row, Jia suddenly turned towards the bottom line and made a quick layup.

Unexpectedly, Yao Ming was not deceived by his fake moves at all.

At the moment when the latter made a layup, Dayao lightly stepped on his toes, waved the ball with a big hand, and slapped the ball out of the baseline!

"shit..."

After being scammed, Xiaojia clapped his hands with a helpless expression.

Conley hits the baseline and he asks for the ball in the same spot.

Yao Ming got off his horse and got stuck behind Xiao Jia.

Conley thought for a moment and finally chose to trust his teammates, and passed the ball to Jia again.

This time, Xiaojia half-turned after receiving the ball and turned to face-up attack.

I saw him posing in a three-threat pose, stepping out with his right foot continuously, making tentative steps.

However, Yao Ming didn't seem to be worried about Xiaojia's breakthrough at all.

He raised his right hand high to block Xiaojia's face, without shifting his center of gravity.

Seeing this, Xiaojia simply took a step back after dribbling, and then shot.

But Yao Ming's big hand was always in front of him, which undoubtedly affected Xiaojia's sight.

In the end, this CIC also ended in a strike.

Fortunately, Randolph suppressed Griffin by relying on tonnage, grabbed the offensive rebound, and succeeded in the second attack.

5:2, the Grizzlies also broke the deadlock.

After the goal was scored, Griffin was very annoyed and quickly apologized to his teammates, saying that it was his problem.

Yao Ming didn't say anything, he just patted his little brother on the back, and walked to the bottom line to serve.

Rocket attack.

Yao Ming repeated his old trick, asking for the ball in the same position as in the first round.

This time, Gasol Jr. adopted tactics around the front and organized Dayao to catch the ball.

This trick is definitely familiar to long-term Rockets fans.

In the playoffs of the past few years, the Rockets have struggled to "defend around the front" for a long time.

Once Yao Ming can't catch the ball, he can't use his offense.

After all, a 2-meter center has no way to play pick-and-roll tactics for a long time, nor is he capable of holding the ball to launch an offense by himself.

The inability to deliver shells to Yao Ming was also the place where the Rockets' point guards were criticized the most.

But now, Curry is responsible for passing the ball to Yao Ming!

Although his passing ability is not as good as passing masters like Nash and Kidd, it is much better than Brooks, Alston and others.

With a flick of Curry's wrist, the basketball spun past Gasol's fingertips and passed to Yao Ming behind him.

Once the defense around the front is forced, the offensive side basically faces an empty basket.

That's what Yao Ming does after he catches the ball.

So he put his feet on the ground and jumped up...

"bang!"

A powerful one-handed dunk made the entire basket shake.

After scoring the goal, Yao Ming slammed his chest twice, showing a rare "fierce" look on his face.

Griffin on the side seemed even more excited than the latter after witnessing Dayao's dunk.

He excitedly ran in front of Yao Ming, stretched out his hands, and gave Yao Ming a hard push.

Poor Yao Ming, it was rare for him to enter the "pretentious situation", and he was woken up by a push.

However, Yao Ming's performance was far from over.

On the next possession, he caught the ball in the post again.

The Grizzlies had no choice but to double-team Dayao.

But Yao Ming's ability to play the ball has been well tempered at the end of the regular season.

When Mayo left George and rushed towards him, Dayao immediately passed the ball.

Pickled Pepper calmly shot after getting the ball...

bingo!

10: 2.

The Rockets' lead is about to reach double digits!

Upon seeing this, Grizzlies coach Hollins quickly invoked a timeout.

With the experience of the previous three games, he already knew that if the timeout was called later, the Rockets would dare to lose the game in an instant!

............

At the same time, Shen Fei, who was far away in Houston, was also watching the game through the TV screen.

After seeing Yao Ming's outstanding performance, he couldn't help but smile slightly.

[Yao Ming is not a showy character, and he doesn't usually pursue statistics, but this does not mean...he is not strong! ]

[Dare to provoke Yao Ming, I really don't know what these people think. ]

Shen Fei wondered in his heart.

You must know that Yao Ming, who has fully recovered from his foot injury and improved his shooting ability, has far surpassed himself in the original time and space.

In the next few years, if Yao Ming goes one step further and becomes the number one center in the league, Shen Fei will not be surprised at all.

Since Xiaojia and some fans don't know Dayao's level, then this game should be regarded as a demonstration!