In the "Zen Master" Phil. Under Jackson's leadership, the Los Angeles Lakers led by the OK group have won the championship for three consecutive years and are struggling to win a fourth championship this season. On Nov. 17, they will play at home against the visiting Houston Rockets.

The American media, which is good at hype, played the gimmick of "Yao Shark Showdown" a week in advance to attract people's attention. In fact, O'Neal "The Big Shark" has been hanging a waiver card due to an old toe injury. Due to his absence, "Peter Pan" Kobe Bryant. Bryant got the shot he coveted, but he couldn't do it alone. The Lakers won only three of their first nine games.

Yao Ming, the other protagonist of "Yao Shark Showdown", did not show signs of rebounding form in the previous two matches. Against the Portland Trail Blazers and Phoenix Suns, they only scored 8 and 10 points. It seemed that Barkley's bet was like a spell that bound the giant from the East.

Although Yao Ming's performance was not outstanding, there were still many overseas Chinese living in the local area on the day of the race, bringing a variety of signs cheering for Yao Ming to the Staples Center.

In this game, Yao Ming continued to be on the bench, and with 1 minute and 30 seconds left in the first quarter, he replaced the starting center Kenny who had committed two fouls. Thomas. Yao Ming, who had just come on the court, let Kobe Bryant play a 2+1 in a defense.

The Lakers must be Oscar-winning actor Jack in every home game. Nelson, on the sidelines and his son Raymond, who is 55 years younger than him, saw Yao Ming's somewhat clumsy defense and danced directly, which happened to be captured by the camera lens at the scene.

Sun Yi's family, as usual, cheered for Yao Ming in front of the TV. "Who is this old man, how can he be as rude as his grandson." Jin Feng, who didn't know the truth, saw this scene on TV and said indignantly.

Sun Wenyuan hurriedly made up for his wife's brain, a famous hardcore Lakers fan, and Jin Feng, who listened to the explanation, glared at her husband. "I knew you men didn't have a good thing." Sun Yi saw that the old lady had a tendency to intensify, so he hurriedly played a round, "Mom, the second quarter has begun." When Jin Feng focused on the game again, Sun Wenyuan quietly extended a thumbs up to his son.

In the second quarter, Yao Ming continued to stay on the court, and after the game started, he cut to the basket in the 58th second to receive teammate Morris. Taylor's assist dunk scored. A minute later, "Old Cat" Morris missed a shot, and Yao Ming grabbed an offensive rebound and scored another 2 points. 2 minutes and 40 seconds, just like the previous goal, Yao Ming scored easily after winning the offensive rebound.

The "Zen master" in the audience habitually held his chin with his hand, watching this big man from the East wreak havoc under his own basket with impunity, and missed O'Neal more and more as he sat in the audience due to injury.

O'Neal, who has been watching the game from the sidelines, sees his territory ravaged back and forth by the rookie center who has stolen everyone's attention this season, and vows that he will not miss the next matchup between the two, and must let that person know who is the most dominant person in this league.

At 4 minutes and 10 seconds, Yao Ming turned around and leaned back and hit two points beautifully. Apparently he was in good form today after being beaten by Kenny. When Thomas was replaced, Yao Ming scored 12 points on 6-of-6 shooting in the second quarter, and had four rebounds, including three frontcourt rebounds.

At halftime, Barkley looked at Yao Ming's data in the studio of TNT TV, and his expression was not as calm as before. He has a sense of foreboding, and the next game is really a bit like a pinnail for him who has made bold statements.

In the third quarter, Yao Ming continued to rest off the court, and the scores of the two teams were deadlocked. Under Kobe's leadership, the Lakers are getting braver. At the end of the third quarter, it led by two points, 61-59.

"Yao, you go up and protect our basket. When attacking, Duo and Francis blocked. The experienced Tomjanovic waved his hand and brought Yao Ming, who had been resting for a long time, into the court in the crucial fourth quarter. Looking at Yao Ming, who walked onto the court with a confident face, child, if you want to succeed in this league, you must seize the opportunity.

Because Kobe Bryant was resting off the court, Yao Ming at this time was like an insurmountable mountain guarding his own basket. The rest of the Lakers team could only fire from the periphery one after another, and hit the iron one after another under the strict monitoring of the Rockets.

After a 2+1 from Francis, the 67-66 Rockets led by one point. Immediately afterwards, Yao Ming received a pass from Boss Fu under the opponent's basket and faced Tracy who came over to make up the defense. Murray played 2+1 again, and after hitting the free throw steadily, the score came to 70-66.

Phil. Jackson saw that the Rockets' morale was soaring at this time, and he hurriedly replaced Kobe. After Barkley saw Yao Ming's fifteenth point, he covered his big bald head with both hands and an incredible expression.

Jack sitting on the sidelines. Nelson and his sons, looking down at their feet, had a ridiculous look on their faces that I didn't see anything. And this scene was also captured by the director of the scene, Yao Ming used his outstanding performance to fight back against those who were full of prejudice and discrimination.

After Kobe Bryant came on the court, he scored 10 points in a row. led the Lakers to bite the score tightly, and the game became more and more tense. At this time, Yao Ming made a beautiful mid-range shot and hit two points steadily. The Rockets' lead stretched to 6 points again, and he also scored his 17th point of the game.

Yao Ming, who hit the shot, raised his right hand high. At this time, he didn't have time to think about Barkley's boring bet, and the only voice in his heart was victory.

Kobe, who has always wanted to prove his worth, did not give up. Taking advantage of the Rockets' poor hand, they scored 5 points in a row again to close the score to only one point. Intense competition, almost suffocating.

At the critical moment, Yao Ming received a pass from teammate Hawkins again, and played another 2+1 under the basket. Tomjanovic, who was nervously watching the game from the sidelines, raised his hands at the moment when the ball was put into the basket by Yao Ming, as if he had returned to the finals of the Olajuwon era.

The attack resulted in Samaki, who came on in place of O'Neal. Walker's sixth foul, Phil. Jackson had no choice but to put small forward Rick. Fox came on.

With Yao Ming's steady hit of the penalty penalty, he got the 20th personal point. The commentary of the local TV station frantically shouted: "Prepare to pout and kiss your ass......" three times in a row impressed all the viewers.

Barkley looked at his partner Kenny with a blank face as if he had been prepared. Smith said, "Kenny, I'll keep my promise. Now, let's get started. With that, he walked over to the other party, Kenny. Smith hurriedly waved his hand, laughing and quipped the other party: "Although I'm glad I won the bet, if any part of my bet is kissed by you, it will make me sick for a long time." "Amy. Johnson hurriedly started the round, "Well, let's let Kenny go back and think about it, and wait until the next time the Rockets game is live, you can fulfill the bet." "Kenny. Smith was very satisfied with this arrangement, and the big-mouthed Barkley on the side had a resigned expression, although Barkley didn't like what he said, but he was still a true man who did what he said.

In the end, the Houston Rockets had the last laugh with 93:89. Yao Ming scored 20 points on 9-of-9 shooting and added six rebounds in this game, and his outstanding performance cheered all the fans who came to support him.

In the locker room of Team Rocket, journalists armed to the teeth swarmed in. Every member of the Rocket team who faced the camera lens muttered, "I want to see TNT now, I can't wait." ”

Due to his excellent performance, Yao Ming participated in the post-match press conference. In the face of reporters' questions, this big man, who is full of oriental wisdom, did not mention his performance too much. Instead, it drew everyone's attention to O'Neal, the big shark who was out of action due to injury.

A reporter asked: "Shaq is out with an injury, he is sitting in the stands, do you see him? Obviously, this guy didn't buy Yao Ming's performance in this game, and deliberately mentioned O'Neal, which means self-evident. How could the clever Yao Ming not understand the meaning, his smile made people look particularly sincere, "He is like a shadow, always behind me." The reporter, who had prepared a lot of back-ups, couldn't open his mouth for a while in the face of Yao Ming's answer, why didn't this guy go on the road at all.

Four days later, the Rockets took on the Dallas Mavericks on the road. With Nash, Nowitzki, Mike. Finley's Mavericks, led by Coach Nelson Sr., started the season on an 11-game winning streak.

Yao Ming, who served as the starting center of the Rockets for the first time, performed well, scoring 21 points and 7 rebounds at halftime. In the TNT studio, Kenny. Smith paid $500 to rent a small donkey, and the English word 'ASS' not only means buttocks, but also can be interpreted as a donkey.

Barkley looked at the little donkey with the sign "Kenny" on its neck, and although he hesitated for a moment, the innocent man still fulfilled his promise very happily.

In the players' tunnel at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, TNT TV sent a special film crew to stop Yao Ming, who was leaving the break, and used a tablet to present the scene that had just happened in the studio to the person concerned. When Barkley kisses "Kenny's" ass like a dragonfly, the big oriental man finally smiles like a child.

Although, the Rockets lost 90-103 to the in-form Dallas Mavericks. But Yao Ming's performance was amazing, and he scored a big double-double of 30 points and 16 rebounds in the whole game.

Due to Barkley's pro-donkey incident and Yao Ming's recent excellent performance, there has been a "Yao Ming fever" in the entire United States. Many Americans will affectionately shout "Yao Ming" to greet yellow-skinned, black-haired faces, and they don't care if you are Chinese or not, because it's fashionable.

From the questionable performance of 0 points in the first game, to the current one, the entire American basketball community has been sideways. Yao Ming didn't say a big word, but exchanged his hard work for his current performance, which silenced those who were full of prejudice against him and the country behind him. This kind of mental encouragement has completely transcended the boundaries of basketball. Since then, no matter where Yao Ming goes, the local Chinese and overseas Chinese have unreservedly supported this big boy from the motherland.