On March 16, the Rockets returned to the Toyota Center to face the Trail Blazers. The Trail Blazers www.biquge.info mere in strength, and Randolph, the most improved player, has missed many games due to a right knee injury, and the strength is very different from the Rockets. Normally, this should be an ordinary game.

But for this game, Wang Zhizhi, who has always been shy, actually took the initiative to invite Yuanfei and Da Yao to have dinner together. Yuan Fei knew when he thought about it that Dazhi had nothing to do but go to the Three Treasures Palace, and there must be something to ask for. Sure enough, when he was full of tea and food, Wang Zhizhi pleaded with Yuanfei, hoping to make Yuanfei intercede with Tang Shuai, and send Dazhi to start the game against the Pioneers and teach the Pioneers a good lesson to the Pioneers' Hesheng Town.

The reason for this has to start with the summer of '04, when South Korea's young center Ha Seung-jin announced his participation in the NBA draft. With China's young center Yao Ming having just achieved great success in the NBA, Ha Seung Jin has sparked a domestic buzz. The Ha Shengzhen, nicknamed "Hippopotamus" by Chinese fans, is 221cm tall and weighs 304 pounds (about 138 kilograms), which is taller and stronger than China's two center forwards Dazhi Daba, so he is praised by Korean media as "South Korean Yao Ming". South Koreans are highly bullish on Ha Seung-jin's potential, and some media analysts even say that he will be selected with the top 10 picks in the draft. Unfortunately, the reality was not as good as imagined, and in the end, the Hippo was only selected by the Trail Blazers with the 16th pick in the second round of the draft. And the Trail Blazers already have a number of excellent interior players such as Ratliff and Randolph, and Ha Seung Town has few opportunities to play.

Yuan Fei laughed when he heard this, and the three of them were puzzled.

"The three brothers don't know, and that's what I mean." Yuan Fei said with a smile: "In the eyes of Americans, this ball is an ordinary regular season, and the strength and weakness are clear, and there is nothing to watch." But in China, it has been very hot, and it is the focus of the sports world. ”

"I didn't expect you, a student in the United States, to know the situation in China so well." Daba praised: "Tell me what's wrong? ”

"I don't really like Korean sticks, so I paid a little attention to some of the information when I went online. There are three reasons for this game to deserve our attention: First, in January, Shandong People's Publishing House published a book called "Ugly Koreans", which caused dissatisfaction in the South Korean media. The author, Jin Wenwen, is a Korean Chinese who has lived in Japan for a long time and is very familiar with the cultures of China, Japan and South Korea. In the book, he compares the folk culture of China, Japan and South Korea from various angles, and strongly supports China and Japan to belittle South Korea, arguing that South Koreans have a strong tradition of xenophobic discrimination, and Koreans are highly arrogant and disgusting. ”

"I've also heard that this incident has indeed caused some contradictions between China and South Korea." Dazhi nodded.

The second reason is that this year, South Korea declared the traditional Dragon Boat Festival as a "Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity" to UNESCO (and was successfully declared in November 05). South Korea's Dragon Boat Festival is very close to the traditional activities of Hunan and other regions of our country, and our Dragon Boat Festival originated earlier. This declaration will certainly cause strong dissatisfaction among the Chinese. Yuanfei continued.

"How did the Dragon Boat Festival become Korean?" The bus said angrily.

"The last point is about the world of sports, which originated in the 2002 World Cup in South Korea and Japan. In this football event, the South Koreans colluded with the referee with the convenience of the home field, and used the multiple standards of the black whistle to defeat Portugal, Italy, and Spain in a row to reach the semifinals of the World Cup. The style of the top three in southern Europe is gorgeous, and there are many fans and supporters in China. Not to mention that under the influence of the black whistle, even many neutral fans couldn't stand it and began to scold Korean football. South Korean fans are not ashamed of this, but are proud of it, and this narrow populism has seriously hurt the feelings of fans around the world. Yuan Fei continued: "And in a few months from the Busan Asian Games, the three brothers will know better than me. ”

"Damn yes! My absolutely good ball block was also blown for a foul in that game! Yao Ming, who is usually mild-mannered, also exploded: "We really didn't play well in that game, which is the main reason." But if the referee had been fair, we wouldn't have been tied in the last 30 seconds of the fourth quarter. One more point and we've won! ”

"That's why I wanted to start." Wang Zhizhi said: "It was precisely because of this defeat in Busan that the Basketball Association was angry at me who could not return to China to participate in the game, and announced that I would be expelled from the national team. It can be said that the darkest period of my life, the period of wandering overseas for many years, was all thanks to Korean basketball! ”

"Brother Dazhi, don't worry! Last year, the Korean media created momentum for the Haseungjin draft and spared no effort to hype it up. This kind of ugly behavior inevitably reminds Chinese fans of the black history of the past. Recently, there have been a lot of civil conflicts between China and South Korea, and the fans of the motherland can't bear it anymore, so they hope that your Great Wall trio will teach hippos a good lesson. Yuan Fei smiled: "So this favor, I have to help!" ”

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Yuanfei has never advocated mixing personal feelings in his work, but he can just handle private affairs. In the face of Lao Tang, he repeated the three reasons, and said that this game has a great influence in China, and it is a great opportunity to promote the commercial promotion of the Rockets, hoping to increase the playing time of Wang Zhizhi, who has many fans in China.

As soon as Lao Tang heard that this was a major event involving the commercial promotion of the team, he naturally had no objections. However, as soon as the two combined, Bosh still started.

The Trail Blazers' starting interior partners are Raheem and Ratliff, both of whom are past balloon stars who have reached a downturn and are not comparable to the rising Yao. Bosh used his shooting ability to pull Rahim out of the three-second zone, and Yao Ming played how to play against Ratliff. Just five minutes into the game, Ratliff drew two fouls in a row. The Trail Blazers immediately called a timeout, and Haseung Town was ready to play. The Rockets also made a quick decision, and Wang Zhizhi came off the bench.

Although Dazhi did not directly face Ha Shengzhen, his accurate shooting opened up space for Yao Ming. Yao Ming came up and beat it strongly, and he beat it to 2+1 against Hesheng's violent buckle.

The Hippo didn't show weakness either, trying to shoot the basketball. Yao Ming blocked the ball vigorously and pulled the ball out of the way, and Billups scored the ball quickly. The Rockets have widened the margin to eight points.

Hippo doesn't have a high status in the Trail Blazers and doesn't have much ball. The Trail Blazers mainly handed the ball to Rahim to play, but Dazhi was extraordinarily active today and tried his best to withstand Raheem who tried to hit his back. After Rahim turned around and used his speed to break through, he was defended by Da Yao and was caught by Yao and Wang. Ha Seung Jin pulled to the free throw line to respond, and after winning the ball, he shot an iron in the middle of the defense.

Hippo was not discouraged, fought hard for rebounds, and formed a scramble with Dazhi. It's a pity that he weighed too much and didn't bounce enough, and the jump ball was easily defeated by Dazhi. Then after a change of defense, Dazhi pulled to the outside of the three-point line and shot three points angrily at Hesheng Town! At 25:41 of the end of the first quarter, the Rockets were already far ahead.

The lead was wide, and the bus also got a chance to play. I saw that the bus cut the inside line to open the hippo and made a layup, but the hippopotamus was sweating but there was nothing to do.

"You can fight as much as you want, and you can't do it." The bus did not forget to taunt the opponent.

The Trail Blazers' coach Pritchard is full of bulls, our backup center, even the Rockets bench center can abuse him.

Hippo failed to play in the third quarter, but the momentum of the Rockets' big win has been unstoppable, and the point gap is still widening. In the fourth quarter, Yao Ming hit Ratliff with five fouls, and Ha Seung Jin finally got another chance to play. It's a pity that his skills are really inferior, and he wants to shoot and eat a big hot pot in Dazhi. On the defensive end, Yao Ming was repeatedly abused and almost knocked out of the shadows. Pritchard is also about to see the shadows, why is there such a big gap between the big center forwards from East Asia?

The final score was fixed at 77:115, and the Rockets swept the opponent by 38 points at home. Ha Seung-jin played 20 minutes and scored 2+5 on 1-of-5 shooting, but instead took 2 turnovers and 3 fouls. The Chinese fans in the far east watched it happily and let out a bad breath. South Korean fans, on the other hand, were depressed. (To be continued.) )