That night, Guo Xu and Avril Lavigne chatted on the phone for more than an hour and made an appointment to meet in Phoenix.

Avril showed a feeling of seeing each other late, and Guo Xu was a little embarrassed, because he was not a real music talent, but a plagiarist who liked music, but the other party was a real talent.

Of course, Guo Xu was interested in meeting this girl, and he contacted her because he liked to listen to Avril's songs.

Avril Lavigne, born on September 27, 1984, is not yet 19 years old this year, she has a vibrant personality and innocent natural beauty, and her voice has both a sweet and lovely feeling, and a bohemian pursuit of freedom. She can control a variety of music styles and quickly won the love of netizens around the world.

Now, Avril has not won the title of "Punk Elf", she has just debuted, and this year, like Guo Xu, she was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Newcomer.

Avril loves both rock and jazz improvisation, and the song Guo Xu wanted to sing with her was that feeling, and she immediately liked it.

On the 14th, the Suns began a wave of road trips, and the opponent was the Rockets.

The two teams had a previous battle at the Suns' home court, and when Frank led the team, relying on Guo Xu's personal ability to kill the Rockets. The Rockets have a good record at the moment, with 21 wins and 15 losses, and they are hungry for revenge this time.

Yao Ming has been playing better and better recently, developing well in Houston and having a large number of fans.

Now it seems that Yao Ming was selected by the Rockets is a very lucky thing, if he joins other teams, he may not be able to become famous so quickly and be recognized by all parties. Prior to his arrival, the Rockets' starting center was just a blue-collar Cato, and he was immediately reused due to the lack of competition on the inside.

If he goes to the Bulls, he will have to compete with Tyson Chandler and Eddie Curry for playing time. It may be better to go to the Warriors, Yao Ming and Jamison seem to be a strong pairing, the current team point guard is Arenas, but the Warriors coach may not arrange tactics for him, this is a fast-paced team.

In terms of geographical location, Yao Ming is also a great choice to join the Rockets, Houston is the largest city in Texas, the fourth largest city in the United States, and the largest economic center on the Gulf Coast.

The best thing is the gimmick, not long after the rocket lost the "big dream" Olajuwon, Yao Ming became the successor, which is a kind of inheritance.

This game was followed by the media, TNT, CCTV5 live broadcast, Yao Ming VS Stoudamire, Guo Xu VS Francis, both inside and outside have very attractive opponents for fans.

Before the start of the match, the ratings of Chinese television reached record highs, and the attention far exceeded that of Yao Ming vs Wang Zhizhi's Chinese derby, and it also won last year's one-sided finals.

Most Chinese fans wanted Yao's Rockets to win, and they strengthened the roster through trades. Small forward James Posey, who was traded from the Nuggets, now plays the starting lineup, and the substitute is the experienced veteran Glenn Rice, and the team's only weakness is the power forward, whether it is Eddie Griffin or Morris Taylor, who is not good enough on both the offensive and defensive ends.

When the players played, the Rockets fans gave Guo Xu and Xiao Si boos.

Zhang explained: "The two teams have grievances, Yao Ming and Xiao Si compete for the best rookie, Francis's popularity is currently ranked third among Western guards, and he can't start after Guo Xu and Kobe, and the Suns are the number one enemy of the Rockets." ”

Xu Jicheng said with a smile: "I think Francis will definitely be selected as an All-Star this year, and with his record and data, the bench should also be selected." ”

Zhang said: "Francis averaged 21+6+6 per game, which is very comprehensive, averaging a career-high 7.5 free throws per game. As long as he fights with Guo Xu today, the rocket will definitely win. ”

During the warm-up, Guo Xu greeted Yao Ming and chatted a few words, asking him if he was used to coming to the United States.

Yao Ming said: "It's okay to eat or something, but I don't speak English well." ”

"How's it going to be in the team? Is there a veteran bullying you? "The two speak Chinese and are not afraid of being heard.

Yao Ming smiled bitterly: "It's just that some people like to instruct me to pour water and run errands, I heard that this is the unspoken rule of the NBA." ”

"Who?" Guo Xu asked.

"Cato."

You're going to die, Katosan. Guo Xu took a deep breath and said: "If it's Cato, you don't need to give him face, the unspoken rule is that the boss has a little brother by his side, which is conducive to cultivating the feelings between players, Cato refuses directly, he dares to say a word more and let the agent put pressure on him, he has to get out if he can't finish this season." ”

In Guo Xu's previous life, there was a very famous photo, rookie Yao Ming helped Cato tie his shoelaces on the sidelines, Cato had a very dragging expression, and I didn't know that I thought his name was Olajuwon. After Yao Ming became famous, everyone felt that this blue-collar worker was really bold.

Yao Ming smiled bitterly: "Isn't this okay? ”

"Your All-Star ballot is ahead of O'Neal, popularity is status, do you think O'Neal will run errands for Samaki Walker?" Guo Xu smiled and patted Yao Ming on the back. "You should be crazy, but your backstage is bigger than anyone else."

Yao Ming glanced at Cato and nodded vigorously.

But anyone who is a little bloody will not like to be called and left immediately, NBA players only have a relationship with teammates, no subordinates.

The NBA's locker room tradition is that veterans like to spoof rookies, Guo Xu was spoofed by O'Neal back then, and soon after the start of the regular season, O'Neal gave him a very cute cartoon rabbit backpack and let him carry it to the press conference, laughing to death a group of people.

At the end of the short warm-up time, the two sides started the game, and the Suns five: Guo Xu, Joe Johnson, Kirisek, Marion, and Stoudamire.

Rockets Five: Francis, Mobley, James Posey, Eddie Griffin, Yao Ming.

Even if the opponent has a tall Yao Ming, D'Antoni has no intention of strengthening the defense, Nene continues to sit on the bench, and the Suns just want to fight with the opponent to attack, run and play.

Yao Ming is now lightweight, his bounce power is not weak, and he won Xiao Si by jumping the ball with his height advantage.

The players pulled away, and the Suns defended 122.

Francis played with Yao Ming in the middle to block and dismantle, Yao Ming did not cut in the air, and stood high and waited for the return pass.

Francis took a step into the three-point line with the ball and was chased by Guo Xu, blocking the breakthrough route, he distributed the ball out of the perimeter, Mobley received the ball and made a one-step pull-up jump shot, which hit under the interference of Kirisek. 0 to 2.

The Suns attacked, Guo Xu and Stadamire played blocking and dismantling, and the Rockets also used joint defense tactics, Yao Ming was responsible for the low post area, and Griffin was responsible for blocking and dismantling.

After watching the video of the game, the Rocket coaching staff led by Tomjanovic carefully studied the Suns' style of play, and did not dare to let Yao Ming go out, it was a trivial matter for him to be passed by Guo Xu, if he was broken through and made a foul and soon fell into foul trouble, it would be bad, the team's offense would be affected, and it would be difficult to open up space.

It is definitely not okay not to change the defense at all, Guo Xu will shoot when he has the opportunity outside the three-point line. The No. 4 position is much more mobile, and the Rockets looked at Griffin because of his physical fitness, and the speed was enough to keep up with a lot of outside lines.

Guo Xu attracted the ball and gave it to Marion after attracting the change of defense, and a simple pass made the Rockets uncomfortable, Yao Ming stayed near the penalty area to defend together, and Marion would have a misplaced opportunity to receive the ball.

Yao Ming stood too close to the penalty area, Marion made a quick shot from the left baseline, and returned one with a mid-range shot.

2 to 2, Guo Xu had the first assist.