Chapter 67: There Are Many Chinese Here (1/5)
The Toronto Raptors are the only NBA team in Canada, and Toronto, with a population of 3 million, is more than one-tenth Chinese. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć When the info Bobcats arrived at the hotel, it was past one o'clock in the morning. Jackson yelled for Chen Mo to invite him to supper.
squeezed out all the cash on Jackson, and Chen Mo was also a little reluctant.
The streets of Toronto are lined with many Chinese-owned restaurants, and some of these visits are open overnight. Chen Mo, who lived in Auckland when he was a child, was no stranger to this situation, and a few of them casually found a restaurant that was still open and went in.
Although it is only a small restaurant on the side of the road, the taste amazes Chen Mo. This restaurant is like some kind of Cantonese food, and the taste is even better than what Chen Mo has eaten in Oakland's Chinatown.
What Chen Mo didn't expect was that the owner of the restaurant turned out to be his fan, and asked for his autograph and group photo.
While eating, while chatting with the boss, Chen Mo knew. In the 90s, due to the financial crisis and other reasons, many Hong Kong people immigrated to Canada, and a group of chefs fled to Canada. Therefore, the Cantonese cuisine here is very authentic.
The owner of this restaurant is a Hong Kong native, but unfortunately he does not speak Mandarin, and he and Chen Mo can only communicate in English.
When he finally left, the boss insisted on not charging money, saying that Chen Mo's autograph and group photo were worth more than this meal.
Chen Mo was embarrassed not to give money, and finally Chen Mo asked for two tickets from Gerard Wallace to give to the boss.
Wallace bought the tickets, and he had the habit of buying two tickets every time he went to the away stadium. When the team bus arrives, he will give tickets to fans outside the stadium who do not have tickets or cannot afford them.
Wallace has a very good explanation, "Whether they're fans or not, these two tickets will keep them entertained all day, or longer." Being able to bring happiness to others is a joy in itself. ā
Chen Mo didn't think it before, but this time he could really feel his happiness when he saw the wrinkles on the restaurant owner's face.
"Chen, tomorrow I will go to the game with my child, thank you!"
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Originally, Chen Mo thought that this was just a very ordinary away game, and in the face of a team that just sent away its star this summer, the Toronto Raptors have slipped from a playoff team to a league belly team. Such a team should not have a high attendance.
However, when the team's bus drove to the entrance of the Air Canada Center, Chen Mo was shocked.
There were many fans who came to greet the away team's bus, and when Chen Mo fixed his eyes, it was all yellow-skinned Chinese.
"Are we playing away?" Jackson swallowed.
"Damn, I swear in God's name, this is definitely Toronto. ā
"God forbid, this group of people is really not zombies?"
Chen Mo himself didn't expect that he would have so many fans in Toronto.
Chen Mo grew up in the United States like this, but still retains Chinese nationality, and he is much kinder than Yao Ming or Yi Jianlian in the eyes of this group of Chinese who have left their homeland. None of them are Chinese nationals, but the nostalgia for their hometown has gradually accumulated over time.
Chen Mo retains Chinese nationality, and this move has won him the favor of more Chinese Canadians.
There are also international students who came here, Chen Mo went from the team's mascot to the core of the team, what a perfect story of rise. The poor boy counterattacked and became the perfect story template for the rich and handsome, an inspirational Chinese dream.
Chen Mo has many fans in China because of his skin color, nationality and handsome appearance, but on the American continent, he gives the Chinese here more reasons to like him.
From entering the arena, to warming up, to the start of the game. The cheers of the fans gave Chen Mo the illusion that he was at the Time Warner Center several times.
Before the start of the competition, Chen Mo wanted to find the owner of the restaurant yesterday. However, there is a black-haired, yellow-skinned Chinese. Chen Mo didn't see them.
But the boss saw Chen Mo, who and his sixteen-year-old child were shouting Chen Mo's name loudly with the fans next to him.
Most of the fans chanted "Chen Mo" in Chinese, which is rarely called in the United States, and in recent years, after his father left, no one called him that anymore.
Chen Mo took a deep breath before calming down his emotions.
"I really didn't expect him to be so popular in Toronto. ā
"After all, there are a lot of Chinese here! More than one-tenth of them are Chinese, which is really terrifying. Walking on the road, you can see a few Chinese at a glance. ā
The commentators were making fun of it as a pre-match anecdote, and it was getting closer and closer to the start of the game.
Today's opposite Chen Mo is an old point guard - Jarrett Jack.
If you just look at his name, you might not remember him, but he is the third-highest total assists among active players in the league. The first two are the famous Steve Nash and Jason Kidd, who are nicknamed by Chinese fans as the two point guard masters who don't defend and don't attack.
Jack is a very traditional point guard, with a stocky build, unpretentious technique, good defense and confrontation ability, and good shooting options, plus the vision and passing ability that a point guard must have.
This is a point guard who doesn't stand out for anything and has few weaknesses, and if there is one flaw in him, he probably has an assist-to-turnover ratio of 0.77 for every 1 assist, which is a bit too high.
These characteristics of Jack, Chen Mo had already understood clearly before the game. If he is in a good position, Chen Mo does not have any pressure on the defensive end.
But on the offensive end, a defensive player like Jack is what Chen Mo hates the most.
With a strong body and rich defensive experience, Chen Mo will be very difficult to play alone.
The first attack after the start of the game was led by Charlotte Bobcats.
The splash champion beat the Italian champion in the jump ball, and Jackson controlled the ball and handed it to Chen Mo.
The first attack, Chen Mo directly approached Jackson to block and dismantle, and after Toronto's defense was changed, Chen Mo refused the second block that Dior wanted to give him in the horn area.
You must know that Jackson has opened up space on the wing, and this time after Chen Mo and Dior blocked and dismantled, Chen Mo can break through to the inside. Then, whether it is to distribute the ball to Dio or Jackson, it is easy to have chances.
Chen Mo was well aware of this, but he still waved his hand and refused Dior's block. Because, he wants to go alone with the person in front of him.
Last year's rookie who finished ninth in the first round - DeMar DeRozan!
Chen Mo will never forget the shame that this person brought him in the rookie training camp......