NBA: Two hands can’t carry championship rings

How many Chinese people have fallen in love with a team because of one person.

The Houston Rockets are undoubtedly the most popular team among Chinese people.

At least, it used to be.

When it comes to the Rockets during Yao Ming's era, the biggest label may be the word regret.

The biggest label for the Rockets in the 2007-08 season was their 22-game winning streak.

Of course, this season, the Rockets' winning streak has not yet officially begun, and Yue Yi is not sure whether the Rockets' winning streak will happen after the deviation of the wheel of history.

The current situation of this Rockets team is that they have never been able to break through the first round of the playoffs.

In the playoffs last season, the Rockets once again fell at the feet of their old enemy, the Jazz, 3-4. The Rockets' management sought reforms.

The team first terminated Van Gundy's contract and let Adelman join the Rockets as head coach.

In the subsequent draft market, the team signed 28-year-old rookie Scola and"Magic Bird" Landry, which supplemented the lineup to a certain extent.

However, everything developed after the start of the new season did not go as expected by the Rockets. The Rockets' current record is similar to that of the Warriors.

The Rockets are ninth and the Warriors are tenth.

If the Rockets win, they will rise to eighth.

If the Warriors win, the Rockets will be pushed out of ninth place.

Yue Yi remembers that the first game of the Rockets' 22-game winning streak started with the Warriors.

But not this one.

In that game, big center Yao Ming destroyed the Warriors' inside line.

The Rockets' starting point guard is"Streetball King" Alston.

Alston's status in the American streetball world is very high, which can be seen from his nickname.

In the NBA, Alston's shortcomings are as obvious as his advantages. He is fast and has good passing awareness, but he will show a"nervous knife" performance when attacking.

Shooting guard: Tracy McGrady.

Two-time scoring champion.

35 seconds and 13 minutes.

What else?

In those years, Tracy McGrady broke the hearts of so many Chinese people and placed so many Chinese people's hopes on him, but ah, hate can never make steel.

Maybe my expectations were too high.

The Rockets' starting small forward is Sean Battier.

As a role player, Battier is very popular among Chinese fans. He is capable of doing a lot of things, he is conscientious, and he defends with iron and blood.

Hayes is the Rockets' power forward this season.

Although he is a starter, his playing time is almost the same as that of"Diamond" Scola. The two of them defend and attack, enriching the Rockets' tactics.

Although the Chinese media is trying their best to exaggerate the Chinese Derby, the two teams just treat it as an ordinary regular season game.

Not long after the season started, the ninth or tenth record ranking was not that important. The players really treated it with a normal attitude.

But the two Chinese didn't think so, and they were secretly trying hard in their hearts.

Yue Yi spent his high school and first year in college in the United States. He was not a player from the domestic youth training system, so he was not familiar with Yao Ming.

Yao Ming really wanted to teach this kid a lesson as a veteran of the league and let him know that he was just a rookie who had just come to the league.

Thinking about how many doubts I received when I came to this league in early 2002, and how much inconvenience and adjustment I experienced, it was a very difficult time.

And Yue Yi secretly used the shocking one-click experience card.

It’s self-evident who you want to deduct.

What else can impress fans more than dunking on Yao?

The game started and the Rockets got the offensive ball.

After Alston dribbled the ball past half court, he passed the money to McGrady, who was at a 45-degree angle from the three-point line. McGrady successfully lobbed it to Yao Ming, who was stuck inside and wanted the ball.

Yao Ming successfully received the ball, moved with his right hand, leaned back, turned around and made a small hook, and easily scored the ball.

Although Biedrins' defense is good, he is not strong by any means. It is still very difficult to defend against a player of Yao Ming's caliber, especially if he is stuck in a good position.

Harrington quickly picked up the ball and served Kidd from the baseline. Kidd immediately started running and advanced quickly. The entire Warriors team started running.

Kidd dribbled the ball beyond the three-point line. The Rockets returned to defense in time, but Yue Yi accelerated his run and easily got rid of McGrady. Kidd moved his hand a little, and the basketball was in Yue Yi's hands. Yue Yi raised his hand and shot. The basketball hit the net.

All the live broadcast rooms in China were excited,"Beautiful, the two goals in the first round were scored by our Chinese players."

McGrady would not put too much energy into the defensive end at the beginning. It is impossible for him to keep up with the rest of the run, but when there is a gap in front of him, Yue Yi's mid-range hit rate is very scary.

After being voted in several times by Yue Yi, Tracy McGrady couldn't lose his face anymore.

McGrady is tall and has long arms. It's not that he doesn't have defensive ability. During his rookie period with the Raptors, he started on defense.

The Warriors played very smoothly, and the rhythm of the court was controlled by the Warriors. The Rockets were led by the Warriors to run.

This makes big center Yao Ming very passive. His height, weight, and running so fast cannot be tolerated for a long time.

But Nelson's mission is very clear, which is to play fast and never lose ground.

As both point guards, the gap between Alston and Kidd is evident. In terms of rhythm control, when to be fast and when to be slow, he is far behind Kidd.

Alston was driven into the rhythm, stupidly pushing the Rockets to play a fast pace with the Warriors.

With his own shortcomings and the enemy's strong points, the Rockets head coach was so anxious that he cursed off the court.

"Raph, where's your brain?"

With 4 minutes and 30 seconds left in the first quarter, the score was 19:12. The Warriors led by 7 points and still had the ball.

Kidd dribbled the ball through the half, and captain Jackson dropped to the three-point line in the corner. Harling After Dun cooperated with Yue Yi to run in the middle circle, he fell to the three-point line on the left side. Biedrins was on standby outside the three-second area. He sometimes moved to the penalty area to prepare for the ball.

In the hands of Yue Yi, after Yue Yi caught the ball, he made a fake shot, and McGrady immediately pounced on him.

If McGrady took off, Yue Yi would naturally follow up and cause a foul, but McGrady did not jump because of his height and wingspan. He had the advantage in the point position.

When Yue Yi saw McGrady rushing forward with his right hand raised, he stepped directly to the right and jumped in.

McGrady saw his fake shot, so he did not take off. He had already made a move to save the ball, but failed to block Yue Yi's breakthrough route immediately.

Yue Yi successfully broke into the Rockets' interior.

Yue Yi's breakthrough speed was not fast, and he tried his best to pursue. There is a great chance to make up for it. With McGrady's ability, if Yue Yi made a three-step layup, there was a hope of blocking it.

However, after McGrady was passed, he did not choose to pursue the defense and stood still watching Yue Yi's movements..

It takes too much energy to return to defense. Anyway, there is Yao Ming in the inside.

Yue Yi advances at full speed, holds the ball in both hands, flies up after three steps, and moves the basketball from the waist to the top of the head. He stretches his left hand sideways to maintain body balance. With his arms raised and his right hand holding the basketball,

Yao Ming guarded the inside and jumped up to defend.

At this moment, Yue Yi flew into the air.

, his body feels extremely light, but he can also feel that he has powerful power to crush everything in front of him.

At this moment, Yue Yi only has eyes for the basket, and he wants to dunk the basketball hard, no matter whether it is a copper or iron wall in front of him.

There was a hail of bullets.

The 2-meter-26 power center Yao Ming collided with Yue Yi before he could fully take off.

His body was knocked back, and then the basketball was hit hard by Yue Yi.

Smashed into the basket, one hand was hanging on the basket, and the other hand was involuntarily pressing on Yao Ming's neck for balance, and his body was sitting on Yao Ming's shoulder.

Yao Ming was stunned.

But he didn't push Yue Yi away directly, because pushing away might cause the opponent to fall.

After Yue Yi dunked successfully, he saw this humiliating scene and quickly grasped the basket with his right hand and pushed back.

After a while , the whole Toyota Center was silent.

After a long pause, the Warriors bench broke out.

With lung-breaking roars, drinks and towels were thrown all over the floor.

The four teammates on the field also went crazy, beating and beating Yue Yi, and cheering for Yue Yi.

Old Nelson did not cheer at all.

Stop him, because he himself is the loudest one, and his veins are bulging.