The night in Texas was quite long, but for the tired Raptors players, the half-day vacation was quite precious, and everyone was lazy in bed. But Kyle didn't, he still chose to wake up early in this unfamiliar city, jog for a lap, and then come to the training gym in Houston to train on his own, mainly in terms of developing the awareness of switchback and air cuts, and he was ready to make a change.

The Houston Rockets, a team with a traditional interior line, from Elvin Hayes who joined the league's ancient wilderness era, to Moses Malone in the 70s, to Ralph Sanderson in the 80s, from Hakim Olajuwon, who won two championships, to Yao Ming, the "little giant" of the new century. These interior stars have been around almost the entire history of the Rockets.

Kyle was also quite ignorant of basketball in his later life, but the addition of Yao Ming gave him a deeper understanding of the sport, and the domestic basketball storm at that time was caused by this giant. As a result, the NBA has also come into people's attention and has become the most well-known and influential sports event in China.

In '02, the Rockets got the top pick with only a 7% probability, and their choice of Yao Ming also became the first foreign champion in the history of the league. Yao Ming's arrival has benefited the Rocket team a lot, and the commercial value he contains in him has made the originally impoverished Rocket the darling of the business overnight. Yao Ming swallowed eggs in the first game, accumulated a lot of money, and finally played his own value and won people's recognition. In '03-04, they led the team back to the playoffs, and in the offseason they traded the team's backcourt combination of Francis and Mobley to trade in the booming McGrady, forming another very topical combination.

But this season has not been easy for them, Maddie has repeatedly suspended due to injury, Yao Ming led the team alone, and has now suffered six consecutive defeats, with a record of three wins and nine losses, ranking third from the bottom in the West. The pre-season prediction of a strong contender for the title is simply the opposite of the league, and it is the most disappointing team in the league. Yao Ming was even more criticized, and Maddie, who was recovering from her injuries, was also shot while lying down.

The Houston Chronicle even bluntly said that tonight will be the best time for them to end their losing streak, because their opponent is the sleepy Raptors, young and unstable, and the Raptors have just been taught to be human by the two big brothers next door, and now is the time for confidence and fighting spirit to be low. The argument is far-fetched, but it also shows that Houston is in desperate need of victory to stop the bleeding.

Among them, the point guard duel is exciting, and Alston will meet his old club for the first time. Faced with Kyle, who squeezed him out, he responded before the game.

"Kyle Lowry! I'll let him know how far apart we are tonight. I'm going to give Torontotos a defeat, and that's what I'm going to do, and I'm going to do it. ”

Publicly expressed dissatisfaction with his old club and was full of malice towards Kyle. Alston quickly found his place after coming to the Rockets, averaging 13.5 points, 6.8 assists and 4.2 rebounds per game, and he was qualified to say that.

What can Kyle say? Loser? In fact, everything is performed on the field! Talking nonsense, who wouldn't.

Not long after nightfall, the Toyota Center Arena was overcrowded, although the record was poor, but the audience was still very popular, especially the Chinese, who bought season tickets are said to have exceeded 3,000 people, just overseas Chinese! You must know that the Toyota Center has a capacity of only 18,000 people, and you can imagine Yao Ming's influence.

Banners fluttered, 11 jerseys were all over the field, and Yao Ming's shouts when he came out of the field were endless.

Far away on the other side of the Pacific Ocean, Yu Jia and Zhang Weiping warmed up before the game, and the game was broadcast live on CCTV and will be narrated by them.

"Welcome to watch the NBA 05-06 regular season Houston Rockets host Toronto Raptors game, the players have warmed up, take advantage of this time period, first ask Mr. Zhang to analyze the characteristics of the Raptors."

"The Toronto Raptors are on the rise this season, with a six-six record and currently sitting eighth in the East. But I don't think they're going to make the playoffs, you see this Lowry, he's hot, he's the hottest rookie of the year, and after a few good games, he can't find a rhythm with the Spurs and the Mavericks, he's still too immature. And he's very irrational, and it seems like he's had four technical fouls at the moment. ”

"It's three times!" Yu Jia reminded and corrected.

"Oh! Well! It's three times, but he's only played a few games, huh? Too short-tempered, that's one of them. The second point is that the distribution of the ball is very unreasonable, he is not a qualified point guard, he has nothing but a breakthrough, and he is wasted if he is trapped. And who do you see he gives the ball to? For some role players, Bosh is the core, and it makes sense that Bosh should be played. Look at his body, short and fat, you say that it is impossible to save the Raptors by him. ”

"Actually, I personally think that the strength of the Raptors is still good, although Kyle is a rookie, his average of 20+8+5+2+ per game is very outstanding, and his defense is still very good. Bosh averaged 20+ points and 10+ rebounds per game, the inside and outside duo is still very young, and with the likes of Jamal, Peterson, and Jalen Rose, as long as they can maintain stability, the playoffs are still very promising. Yu Jia has a different view.

"Those numbers look good, but the Raptors actually have a lot of problems with their style of play, as evidenced by their losses to the Spurs and Mavericks, and the defense hurts them a lot, especially Lowry. Bosh plays soft when he's a strong power forward, always loitering outside the three-point line, which is not the job of an interior player, he should be more in the restricted area, which helps defend and protect the frame. ”

"And what about Team Rocket?"

"Maddy's injury is the biggest problem for the Rockets, and Yao Ming is now with this group, and except for Alston, no one else can help at all. Hyde is a rookie, he doesn't work well at three-point pointers, Howard is old, and there is simply no one to use on the guard. Such a configuration is extremely unreasonable. ”

"Thank you Mr. Zhang for your wonderful comments, and now we will set our sights on the field."

The Raptors' starting lineup remains the same, with the Rockets' point guard Alston, rookie Luthor Hyde at shooting guard, small forward Ryan Bowen, power forward Juwan Howard, and center Yao Ming.

The Rockets got the first attack in the opening game, Yao Ming was too tall, and the jump ball advantage was obvious.

Alston controlled the ball to the top of the arc and looked at the fat man he once despised with great displeasure. Kyle is the core as soon as he comes, he has worked hard for the Raptors for so long and actually kicked it when he said it, how unfair it is to God. Now is the chance, he wants the whole world to know, especially Canadians, that Ralph Alston is still the "jumping soul", aren't you Kyle a star of hope? Today he is going to beat this new star with huge potential to the point that he can't take care of himself in life, crying dad and calling mom.

Just when Alston was thinking about the excitement, Kyle moved, this guy stood still and turned his hands back and forth to dribble, is he stupid? So Kyle pounced, aimed at everything in the dribble lane, scooped up the ball and ran, at this time, who can catch up with the Rockets? Alstom? He was directly dumbfounded! Snatched? Humiliation!

"Alstom, what is this for? Distracted? Zhang Weiping was also surprised.

"Lowry's speed is so fast, and his strides are big, it's hard to imagine that his body has so much energy."

Alston was in a heavy mood, and the first goal was lost, which was too embarrassing. So this time, he no longer paused in controlling the ball, and directly bypassed Uncle Huo and went to the basket. After shaking Kyle off, Alston was in a mood and was about to get the basket.

But with Jamal and Pietersen in front of him, Alston was a little cringe. Peterson's defense he knows, the absolute ruthless character, plus a seven-foot-long Jamal, it seems that he is going to be taken again, as for Yao Ming, who passed the ball to the position behind Jamal, he has been automatically filtered by him, and he is determined to return the ball. Thinking of this, Alstom no longer hesitated, and pulled up and cast.

The ball was pulled out of his fingertips and Alston felt good and should be able to score. It's okay to feel good about yourself, but self-absorption can be a curse. Kyle slashed out from his left side and flapped the ball away with one palm, and Alstom's face turned completely colorful as he landed. Capped? Got this fat rookie hat? Alstom's whole person is not good.

After Jalen picked up the ball, he quickly pushed two steps, feeling too slow, and hit the ground to pass to Kyle in the middle of the journey. The two of them rushed to the front court, one left and one right.

Hyde and Ryan Bowen followed, but the distance was widened and they couldn't keep up at all, or they had become inert and were just putting on a show. With such a two-on-two fast attack, they don't have a chance at all, and it makes no difference whether they can catch up or not, maybe that's what they think. Kyle is not greedy for credit, and after getting to the basket, he threw it to the edge of the half-volley, and Jalen flew to press the ball and burst the dunk, a perfect aerial relay.

The audience on the sidelines was numb and lost, but Alston was broken by Kyle at the beginning, which was unacceptable, it should be given to the core Yao Ming!

Sam, who was walking on the sidelines, smiled at the corners of his mouth, happy, Kyle finally regained that long-lost aggressiveness. At the same time, I was glad to get Alston out and put Kyle in the position, which now seems to be the right decision.

And in the far east, our dear Director Zhang finally couldn't stand it anymore, "What is this Alstom doing?" The ball should be given to Yao Ming! It's good that he's here, it's not nonsense! ”

"Alston is really impatient in these two rounds, maybe he wants to prove it to his old club."

"Such a rush to perform is not compatible with Yao Ming at all, and what is the difference with last year's Mike James, the hidden danger of the Rockets as a point guard has not been eliminated at all."

Jeff Van Gundy frowned, Alston was upset when he lost his mind on the first ball, and the second ball finally made him mad, and the roar was deafening, "Raf! Are you tired? If you want to take a break, you can come down. ”

Alstom had a kinship and had to be honest. Van Gundy usually sets them in one set, and if he makes a slight mistake, he will spit on him, and if something is wrong, he will roar. This time, he honestly gave the ball to Yao Ming, and then ran to watch the play.

Yao Ming stuck in a good position at a 45-degree angle on the left side, received the ball, didn't have too many skills and foot movements, hit a turnover jumper, and hit! Crisp and clean.

The crowd finally got a little loud and finally scored a goal! This is like the words, this is the situation they want to see, and the Chinese fans are happy!

But then it was just a while, Jamal served, Kyle crossed the halfway line three or five steps after taking the ball, and reached the top of the arc not far in the next second, and then did not stay, the advantage of power made Alston lose his position, Kyle to the free throw line changed direction to wipe over Hyde, who was constantly retreating, and picked up the basket again!

Yao Ming can be over the top of the arc, his eyes are glazed, and his face is sluggish, it's too fast! In less than four seconds of an attack, the formation of Team Rocket has not yet been set!

As a representative of the positional offensive and defensive battle, the rocket has no defense. Uncle Huo didn't react as fast as Yao Ming, he just reached the top of the arc.

This time back, Jamal went directly around the front to defend Yao Ming, but Yao Ming was high enough, Alston's passing skills were still okay, and the high lob ball was just given to Yao Ming, who had an advantage.

Kyle saw Alstom's cautious lob shot and ran back into the box without hesitation. Yao Ming held the ball high, looked at the basket, and bowed down. Kyle didn't wait for him to make a move, he stepped to pull out the ball, Yao Ming's reaction was half a beat slower, and he just watched Kyle who completed the steal and ran away, and a sense of helplessness filled his body.

Kyle finally got close to Yao Ming, and his first sense was that he was tall, he only went to Yao Ming's half-waist position, and he needed to jump to grab the ball, so he could know Yao Ming's size. The second sense is that it is big enough, and Kyle feels that he not only feels half short in front of Yao Ming, but also feels like a little child. The third sense is too slow, slow to react! Slow action! Yao Ming should have noticed it when Kyle got in front of Yao Ming, but his action was just to keep the ball high, and Kyle rushed up and flew to stab the ball, if he handled it a little better, or passed to Alstom, maybe it would be an opportunity.

Kyle completed another defensive counterattack, and Van Gundy finally couldn't take it anymore.

"Lowry seems to be fast, Alstom should be nearby, why is he standing there stupidly!" Director Zhang said shanshan.

"It was a mistake by Yao Ming. The Raptors' youth and speed advantage are obvious, and this is the time to test Van Gundy, how to break this unfavorable situation, how to deal with the Raptors' fast, especially Lowry, is too fast, Alston can't catch up at all. ”

"The Rockets didn't play to their own strengths, they should control their tempo, reduce turnovers, play more success rates, and handing the ball to Yao Ming is the right choice." Director Zhang finally came to a reliable sentence.

"That's right! Only by reducing turnovers, controlling rebounds, and hitting a success rate are the exclusive characteristics of the Rockets, as long as they fall into positional warfare offense and defense, Lowry's speed advantage will be reduced to a minimum, and the Raptors' defense is not good, so the Rockets' opportunity will come. ”

"If Maddy is here, there is nothing to worry about at all, and he can perfectly connect Yao Ming and the outside players."

The two of you talk about me and give advice to the rocket, and they are very clear.

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