The day before, Nina, a former "call girl" who was unrestrained and unrestrained by nature, was still complaining to Yang Yiming and Yu Xiaochun who were going home, wanting "some male breath" to reconcile the boredom and loneliness when the two left home. On this day, she got her wish and connected three hypnotic massage jobs, which can be regarded as a "smell" enough.

They are all members of the Rockets, not to mention Yang Yiming, Eric Gordon is also a regular customer, and Clint Capela is experiencing it for the first time.

1/

How effective was the experience?

Listening to what James Harden had to say after the Rockets vs. Pelicans game is enough to get a glimpse of the leopard.

Yes, Brother Hu Zi himself delivered 14 assists in the first half, setting a team history record for the Rockets. At the end of the third quarter, the Rockets were still trailing by 13 points, and Harden in the fourth quarter was once again possessed, scoring eight points in a row with a running layup and two three-pointers at 119 to help the team turn around. With such a dominant performance, it's no wonder that some fans at the scene will hold up the statue of Jesus, but the head will be replaced by the bearded Harden. Unexpectedly, even though he had been worshiped as a god, Harden actually sang the carol to his teammate Capela after this game:

"We need Clint [Capela] to play this consistently, like he kept dunking under the basket, scoring, grabbing rebounds today. He was really, really good today, he's always been improving, and tonight was a solid step. ”

What kind of Capela's performance deserves such praise as Harden?

In this game against the New Orleans Pelicans, Capela played just 24 minutes and scored a career-high 28 points on 13-of-14 shooting, plus eight rebounds and two blocks. You know, most of the time this was achieved when he was playing against DeMarcus Cousins, the league's top interior liner. Not only in terms of statistics, Capela did not lose to Cousins, who got 24 points, 14 rebounds and 8 assists, and only paid the defensive price of two fouls in the whole game.

However, in an interview, Capela was very humble, attributing his performance to training and Harden's support:

"I naturally feel good to be able to play like this. I'm happy tonight because I've really been trying to put in a consistent performance like that. I've been training hard to get better. ”

"Den made a lot of good passes for me today and he was a phenomenon on the pitch. He's got a lot of attention, and I just had to do my part, run, get stuck and wait for him to get the ball out. It's really nice to be able to dunk in the air, but I know it doesn't happen every time, and I need to be patient. ”

'It's just one of many games and I've got a lot of games to play in the future, so it's time to get ready for the next game. I feel empowered and confident now. ”

Capela is such a talker, but after talking so much, he didn't mention the help of pre-game hypnotherapy?

Wait, wait!

"It's great to be back at the Toyota Center and play seven games in a row. The Houston fans are very enthusiastic and give us a lot of confidence when we chase points, and they owe a lot of credit to this big comeback, thank you! Houston is my home now, and I feel like I'm even better at resting and recovering here, as if I'm ready to fight! ”

Rest and recovery are getting better?

This is also a kind of euphemistic praise!

2/

Although Nina's service has benefited Capela a lot, it was really a lot of trouble when Yu Koharu had promised him before.

Clint Capella, 2.08 meters tall and weighs 110 kilograms. This dark-skinned fourth-year rookie, although his height is a slight loss as a center, his arm length can reach an astonishing 2.25 meters, coupled with his courage to fight hard, he has already secured the position of the starting center of the Rockets.

Yu Xiaochun has actually wanted to contact him for a long time. The center is the most intense position on the court, and the Rockets' defensive and counter-attacking style of play requires more physical strength from the center, even if it seems to be full of energy, such as Capela, there will definitely be a need for recovery.

Capela looks completely dark, even better than James Harden, according to Yu Xiaochun's established impression that "black people are generally big and easy to communicate", it should be no difficult to sell Nina's hypnotic massage service to him!

It's just that...

He only ignored one thing.

Clint Capela is not a native black man in the United States. Despite this, he was a Swiss.

That's right, that Switzerland, famous for its sabers, snowy mountains, watches, banks, chocolates and neutral countries.

The Swiss are also notoriously difficult and detail-oriented – if you think that only Germans are strict, then when you come into contact with the Swiss, you will find that you get along with the Germans.

"Hi Clint, hello!" It's a pity that Yu Xiaochun didn't know that this greeting was leading him to a big pit.

"Hi Koharu, hello, good morning!" The teeth that emerged from the black were dazzlingly white.

"There's something I want to tell you, can it take up five minutes of your personal time?" This is when the Rockets gather in the hotel lobby before returning to Houston from Portland and depart for the airport. The time of the gathering was half past seven in the morning, and at 7:20 o'clock, only Capela came down to wait in advance as usual, and was caught by Yu Xiaochun.

"Five minutes?" Capella raised her wrist and looked at her watch, her face embarrassed, "Okay, it's 7:23, and we need to gather later." Just five minutes, okay? ”

"Okay." Yu Xiaochun quickly cut to the chase, "I have a friend who can help the players recover their strength and find the best game condition. Would you like to give it a try? ”

"What friend?" Capela didn't show interest, but instead seemed alert.

"Nina, a professional masseuse." I'm afraid it's not convincing enough, Yu Xiaochun moved out of his teammates again, "Yang Yiming and Eric (Gordon) have already tried it, and the effect is very good." Dispel the tiredness in an instant, and you will feel re-energized..."

"Wait, you're saying both Young and Gordon received this kind of 'treatment' outside of the team's arrangement?"

"yes, do you remember the last time Yiming was injured and dislocated his shoulder? He was able to recover so quickly thanks to Nina's...'healing'. The persuasive trick that Yu Xiaochun learned is that the more the other party questions and rejects which point, the more he has to tell him this point repeatedly, and let the other party get used to it in an almost brainwashing way. It happened that Eric Gordon also came out of the hotel elevator at this time, and when he saw Capela and Yu Xiaochun whispering in a corner of the lobby, he glanced at them quite meaningfully.

"That's... What kind of service does she provide to this Nina? Acupuncture, I know some of the acupuncturists in your country are very good? But you just said hypnosis? Or physical therapy, or mainly verbal communication, a bit like a psychiatrist? "Capella really has the potential to talk.

"I can't tell, but it's all a little bit. Anyway, she will put you to sleep, and you lie down for a while, maybe it may be dozens of minutes, or it may be hours, but no matter what, when you wake up, your body is like being reborn. ”

"It's... There are no details, and I don't even know the length of time..."Hearing this, Capella's Swiss personality exploded, and the facial features on his face twisted together painfully as if they had been pierced to the heart, "That... If I do want to accept this service, how will I be charged? ”

"We don't have a charging standard, you can just look at the effect and mood when the time comes. Help your teammates. ”

"Oh my God!" Capela almost shouted, "Isn't there a thing that is certain?" ”

The elevator in the hotel lobby opened again, and this time it was Yang Yiming and several other young teammates who walked out while talking. Four blocks were sent out in just six minutes the night before, and Yang Yiming was overjoyed at this time, and was invisibly surrounded in the middle of the team out of the elevator.

"Yes, yes, definitely!" Yu Xiaochun seemed to have suddenly understood something, and hurriedly changed his words:

"It's certain that if you accept Nina's service, you will definitely have that career-high performance of Yang last night!"

"I'll pack the ticket!" Yu Xiaochun slapped his chest hard again.

Capela's expression hadn't yet relaxed, but he could see that his competitive spirit was slowly overcoming his attention to detail, almost as if he was struggling with himself, and he finally spat out two words from between his clenched snow-white teeth:

"Okay, do it!"