Flying back to Auckland, Zhou Xuan called Yao Ming to express his condolences.

Yao Ming was very unenergetic, and said depressedly: "I don't know how many years I can fight if I go on like this, but fortunately, this time it is not too serious, at least I don't need surgery." ”

"Ellis wants to apologize to you, can I tell him your number and ask him to call you?"

Ellis is dressed in tattoos, and on the surface he looks like an underworld, but he has a good personality, and he won't laugh when he hurts people.

"No, tell him I forgave him, I was too unlucky. Now I feel like you're coming to the NBA to replace my brother's position. ”

"Big brother, I don't want you to get hurt, I'm still waiting to win the championship in the international arena with you." Zhou Xuan smiled awkwardly. "Brother Yao, you should really pay attention to this injury, let's play less low in the future, Zach usually likes to pull out of the ball to block and dismantle with me, it is very physically exhausting in the deep position of the inner line, you weigh more than him, the whole game is fighting muscles is really not as good as blocking and dismantling the ball in the high position after the catch and jump shot, many people play like this, Zach, Aldridge, Big Z, Garnett, Rashid (Wallace), there are too many examples to count, and the efficiency is not low."

Yao Ming snorted: "It's easy for you to say, the Rockets don't have anyone who is good at attacking with the ball, Brooks may be able to, but this kid must go to the basket and generally can't pass back." ”

"The Rockets really don't have good guards, and all I can say is that you're too unlucky." Zhou Xuan sighed. Alstom's blocking and dismantling is iron, and Maddie just arrived at the Rockets and played blocking and dismantling with Yao Ming, and then the effect is generally not like this.

"It doesn't matter if I don't play in the star game, I'm not good at acting, I can't play for a few minutes, you can play hard. I'm afraid the Rockets won't even be able to make the playoffs this season, alas, ......" Yao Ming sighed again.

"Maybe they'll be able to hold back and wait until you come back."

"You kid is too bad, you always distribute the ball to my pick-and-roll area, I want to run into you in the playoffs, and I can't get tired of stress fractures anymore." Yao Ming smiled bitterly.

"No way, opponent, I can't trick my teammates and let them get a hat under the basket, right?" Zhou Xuan said with a smile.

"Don't talk about it, you play, I'll watch TV for a while, it's definitely not that easy to play Spurs, maybe your winning streak will end."

"Well, take good care of your injuries, and we will have a good partnership at the 2010 World Championships." Zhou Xuan hung up the phone.

If Yao Ming is injured and can't play, Zhou Xuan won't want to enter the national team so much, and if he does, he will also go to the international arena to find abuse, even if he hits the top 8, it doesn't make sense.

The five teams in the Southwest Division are all strong and difficult to play against except for the Grizzlies, and the Spurs are undoubtedly the strongest, and they have never missed the playoffs since selecting Duncan.

And the Spurs are also one of the few teams that will not be jealous of the Warriors' selection of Zhou Xuan. In Popovich's tactics, the players have to distribute the ball to the right position, constantly cut into the air, block and create opportunities, and everyone has an average number of shots, only Duncan is the core of the interior singles, but Duncan has never dominated the game with points. A guard like Zhou Xuan who needs to control the ball for a long time is not Popovich's liking, even if he goes to the Spurs, he will make Zhou Xuan look like Parker.

Now the Spurs are having a headache with a trade, and they need a forward to replace Bowen and Finley to complete the task of the core of the perimeter defense, Parker can't, and Ginobili is even less likely.

It's a miracle that the Spurs can win four championships, unlike the Lakers dynasty, the Spurs owner has never been a wealthy owner, never paid the luxury tax, and the only small club can achieve such an achievement. This also caused an embarrassment, although Popovich may be the best manager and head coach in the NBA, but the owner will not give him money to bring in big names to strengthen the roster, they can only develop stars.

This year, the Spurs' small forward position has been so weak that it can't help but strengthen. In fact, their small forward position has never had a star, Bruce? Bowen was just a homeless man that no one wanted.

The Spurs continued their perennial championship prowess at the end of the last century and the beginning of this century. Robinson's twilight years, Duncan's heyday, and Tony? Parker, Ginobili's growth and maturation. Almost every position of the Spurs has had quite prominent figures in the NBA, but the small forward position has always been the weakness of the Spurs.

The Spurs selected Elliott with the third pick in the 1989 draft and was the only consistent forward who helped the Spurs achieve their championship dream in the 1998-1999 season. However, the good times did not last long, and in August 1999, Elliott underwent a kidney transplant, and then it was difficult to regain the glory of that year, and he retired early.

After that, the Spurs' small forward position became their weak link, and the Spurs have been trying to find a talent they like, and they first got outside pitcher Danny from the Cavaliers? Ferry is used as a firepower support on the outside, but Ferry is old and his playing time is limited. In the 2001-2002 season, the Spurs finally found a figure to rely on in this position. Bowen, whose excellent defense is deeply appreciated by Popovich, also caters to the Spurs' philosophy of defensive supremacy. Bowen, who is over 30 years old, has been a full-time attendee for many seasons in a row. But Bowen's offensive ability is limited, and his three-point shot from the bottom corner is his only lethality. As a result, the Spurs are still looking for offensive talent for the small forward position.

2002-2003 season Stephen? Jackson, a small player who has been playing overseas for a long time, is starting to find an offensive touch with the Spurs. In 2003, the Spurs won the championship again after the collapse of the Lakers dynasty. Jackson became the team's third firepower at the time. However, the Spurs didn't keep the good man, and the small forward's offensive firepower was once again compromised.

Without offense, Bowen's tenacious defense repeatedly contained the opposing offense, allowing the Spurs small forward position to survive tenaciously in the league. In order to make up for the shortcomings in time, the Spurs poached the veteran Finley from the Mavericks. The decline in form has made Finley's attack range mostly concentrated on the outside, and it is rare to see his sharp breakthrough back then. The years are unforgiving, and the state of "Uncle Bao" has repeatedly declined, and this year the Spurs can no longer hold on.

If he could, Popovich really wanted to poach one of Margety, Jackson, and Azubuke into the Spurs, and that's the talent they needed, and the Warriors' roster made Popovich envious. If he had such a lineup to command, he was confident that he would win the championship, but all this can only be imagined.

Popovich walked into the locker room and said to the players: "Now the Warriors are getting stronger, but they are not without weaknesses, the biggest problem is the pick-and-roll, the air cut, the interior rotation is not fast, and the side blocking ability is not strong, tonight, what we have to do is to take advantage of their weaknesses and play our characteristics." Outside players should pay attention to the air cut, Toni control the ball organization, and the inside strategy should be simply ......"

The Spurs are an iron army that plays like a team in a computer game, fully executing the coach's arrangement, and they beat their opponents with confidence every night.

"End the Warriors' winning streak! Finish them all! Popovich said loudly after finishing his tactics.

"Finish them off!" The team members shouted together.

In the home team's locker room, Nelson Sr.'s tactics were pretty much the same as usual. "Today you have to play more blocks and dislocations, misalignment, the Spurs' zone defense is perfect, if you grab the rebound, counterattack quickly, don't wait for Duncan to return to the inside, he is old, he can't run fast."

This is not true, how can an old person start an All-Star and still average close to 20+10 per game? Duncan's efficiency has not decreased, but his playing time has decreased. But in order to boost morale, sometimes a little lie is also told.

The players played, and the Warriors lost the first game of the season, but the roster was not complete, and they all felt that this was the time for revenge.

During the warm-up, Duncan took the initiative to talk to Zhou Xuan, which surprised him.

"Hi Zhou."

"Hi Tim, how are you?"

"Very well, I recently heard that you also study psychology?" Duncan asked with a lewd smile.

Zhou Xuan looked creepy, this is a smile that can eat technical fouls. When he played the Mavericks, Duncan sat on the bench and laughed like this, and was seen by the referee Crawford, who thought that he had been possessed by demons, and in order to avoid supernatural events, he was directly sent out of the game.

"yes, it's very effective for mental regulation."

"If you want to self-study for a degree in the future, we can talk about it." Duncan proposed.

"Okay, leave a phone call, just say it, I remember, I'll text you when I get back to the locker room."

With the affirmation of his strength, Zhou Xuan also began to talk to the stars of various teams on the field, and there was an intersection. Duncan is a Star-Star starter, and the two will have a chance to work together soon. Duncan knows that there are many Chinese fans, and he once showed favor to Yao Ming back then, and passed a lot of balls to Yao Ming in the star game.

Parker looked at Zhou Xuan from the sidelines and was very unpleasant, he thought that he would definitely become an All-Star this season, and his data was so good that he made it to the regular season MVP list, but he was ultimately defeated, and Zhou Xuan, a rookie, became the starter. He felt that he was much stronger than Zhou Xuan.

The starters of both sides took to the field. The Warriors fielded Zhou Xuan, Azubuike, Margetty, Randolph, and Biedrins. Ellis continued to play off the bench, and Azubuke stepped up on the perimeter defense.

Spurs starting five Parker, Mason, Finley, Matt? Bonner, Duncan.

At the beginning of the game, the jump ball beat Duncan by Doudrins, the Warriors attacked first, dribbled over the half, Zhou Xuan observed everyone's position and analyzed the weaknesses of the Spurs.

The interior weakness is Bonner, a power forward who is good at shooting three-pointers, and his defense is average, but he guards Biedrins, and Duncan guards Randolph. Randolph played Duncan very hard in the low post, and Duncan can also switch defenses after blocking, which is an important means for the Spurs to win. Although Parker and Mason have not been in the defensive lineup, their defensive ability is also above the league average, and the only weakness that is easy to exploit is small forward Michael? Finlay.