In the team's training gym, Olajuwon had close contact with Ding Hongxing, and witnessed Ding Hongxing's training, Olajuwon was even more sure that Ding Hongxing was a genius. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Olajuwon also played football when he was a child, he served as a goalkeeper, but because he was getting taller and taller, he switched to basketball, and now he has watched Ding Hongxing's training, so that he has the same experience He has a good impression of Ding Hongxing.

And after seeing the training of the new young insiders, Olajuwon is more interested, the two Wallace and O'Neal Jr. are very potential interior players, Olajuwon watched their training, and couldn't help but point out some of their offensive and defensive skills, such as his unique dream footsteps, as well as the timing of the block and other experience, he has taught a few juniors without reservation, because he himself is 36 years old, and the future of the Rockets' interior belongs to these young people.

Of course, how much these young people can feel the advanced inside skills of dream footsteps depends on their own understanding.

The Rockets' training camp lasted for a month, including the NBA preseason game that began in mid-October, and the preseason is different from the nature of the summer league, which is for newcomers and fringe players to feel the atmosphere of the NBA, while the preseason is a warm-up game, and all players have to participate, and they have to pass this to test the effectiveness of training and practice tactics.

In the six preseason games, Ding Hongxing's playing time is not too long, averaging about 25 minutes per game, and he has cut an average of 28.5 points, eight rebounds, 8.5 assists, 2.3 steals and 2.3 blocks per game, however, everyone can see that he is not doing his best, of course, in this kind of game, he does not need to do his best.

After the preseason, the Rockets signed two players from training camp, one being playmaker Muki. Norris, one is striker Bill. Colley, this way, the Rockets' fifteen-man roster is complete.

In the US media predictions before the start of the regular season, many predicted that the Rockets would finish bottom of the Western Conference this season, and even better predicted that they would rank in the lottery zone, and none of the media favored the Rockets to make the playoffs.

It's not surprising that the Rockets sent away two superstars in exchange for young players, and there was actually a Chinese player, although they performed well in the summer league and preseason, but how can that level of competition be used as a reference? Performance after the start of the regular season counts, and it is normal for the American media not to be optimistic about them.

The Chinese media is one-sidedly optimistic about the Houston Rockets, which is also a common problem of the Chinese media in that era, as long as there is a Chinese player on any team, then they must be a strong team, in fact, they are not familiar with these teammates of Ding Hongxing, except for Olajuwon, why they are optimistic about the Houston Rockets, it is estimated that they can't say anything.

The European media is also paying attention to the NBA regular season this season, which is of course also because of Ding Hongxing, such a football superstar, what kind of performance will he give when he goes to play basketball?

In the midst of all the anticipation, the regular season began in November, and the Houston Rockets' first opponent was the Milwaukee Bucks, who had three musketeers.

The Bucks' three musketeers were Ray. Aaron, Glenn. Robinson and Sam. Kassel, these three players are all outside players, all have super scoring ability, a game of the Bucks, the three of them can average about 60 points per game, and the offensive firepower is very ferocious.

Among them, Kassel was once a rookie selected by the Rockets and the hero of the Rockets' two consecutive championships, but unfortunately he was sent to the Suns in the Rockets' trade for Barkley, and then came to the Bucks.

In this game, the starting lineup of the Rockets is center Olajuwon, power forward Rashid. Wallace, small forward Marion, scoring guard Mobley, playmaker Ding Hongxing.

Due to Olajuwon's age, the opening jump ball was carried out by Wallace, and he dialed the ball into the hands of Ding Hongxing, who dribbled through the midfield, and it was Allen who came to defend Ding Hongxing, not the defender Kassel, because Kassel was a few centimeters shorter than Ding Hongxing, and Allen was about the same height as Ding Hongxing.

Wallace came up to block the pick-and-roll, Ding Hongxing bypassed Wallace, broke through to the three-second zone, attracted two defenders, after breaking through to the basket, he made an extremely hidden back pass, passed the ball to Wallace who stayed outside the three-point line after blocking and dismantling, Wallace opened his hand to hit a three-pointer, which was Ding Hongxing's first assist in the NBA.

In this era, there are very few interior players who can shoot three-pointers, but Wallace is one, and this time the Bucks were caught off guard.

Next, the Bucks attacked, Ding Hongxing defended Allen, Cassel dribbled over half the court and passed to Allen, Allen dribbled singles, but he never thought that Ding Hongxing's right hand was as fast as lightning, and when Allen dribbled, he reached out and broke the ball, and then threw the ball forward, Marion was already fast, received Ding Hongxing's pass, and came to a beautiful tomahawk dunk when no one was defending, which aroused the passion of the fans in the audience.

In the first quarter of the game, Ding Hongxing basically didn't shoot himself, but he revitalized the team's offense, after the first two assists, he assisted Olajuwon to make two empty cuts under the basket in a row, and after taking a frontcourt rebound, he passed back Marion to a free throw line to take a step inside the rider dunk, and played two plus one, only six minutes into the game, Ding Hongxing sent five assists, three rebounds and two steals of comprehensive data, but because he didn't shoot, he didn't score a point.

The Rockets led the Bucks 18-9, the Bucks reluctantly asked for a timeout, after the timeout, the effect was better, Robinson hit two shots in a row, but the Rockets' offense they still couldn't prevent it, Ding Hongxing first assisted Mobley to shoot in the open position, and then broke through to hit a layup, and the difference has been maintained at about ten points.

By the end of the first quarter, the score was 35-21, and the score had been stretched to 14 points, while Ding Hongxing's data was eight points, eight assists, five rebounds, three steals and one block, and the shooting percentage was three shots.

During the intersection, Tomjanovic asked Ding Hongxing if he needed a break? Ding Hongxing shook his head decisively and said, "No, I don't need to rest, I can play the whole game." ”