On the evening of October 30, 2017, U.S. time.

Houston.

The Rockets, who have ended three consecutive road trips, are back at the stadium at the Toyota Center.

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On the familiar field, three Rockets players received an extra cheer from the audience when they took the stage.

The first to bear the brunt is of course James Harden, as the boss of the team, even if he chooses to bow his head and walk out of the player tunnel with a serious expression of contemplation, when the announcer shouts Harden's name, he still enjoys the MVP of the entire arena.

The other is last season's Sixth Man of the Year, Eric Gordon. Although he missed a game due to physical discomfort, Gordon was pushed to the starting position after Chris Paul's injury this season, and the combination of breaking through the three-point point seemed to be on the next level, making opponents unguarded, and the applause that greeted him was no less than that of Harden.

But unexpectedly, when Yang Yiming appeared on the stage, he actually felt the enthusiasm of the fans at the Toyota Center like the two core of the team. The game against the 76ers shot a three-point shot, the game against the Hornets presented the first double-double, although the last game lost to the Grizzlies, but the Chinese who tried their best to defend and scramble, at this moment, like the Yao giant who brought countless joys to the city back then, once again enjoyed the exclusive applause of the yellow race!

And the most surprising thing is that in the cheers, he not only heard his Chinese name Yang Yiming, his English name Julius, but also his new nickname!

Dr. Yang。

Dr. Yang!

This is Jose's new nickname, not only Yang Yiming's Chinese surname, but also borrowed from his own idol, one of the greatest small forwards in NBA history, "Dr. J" Julius Erving. J, also means that Yang Yiming himself is also a rising star, and his future is limitless.

At that time, Yang Yiming received a pass from James Harden at the last moment in the away game in Philadelphia, and shot a three-pointer in the bottom corner, which caused a sensation in Space City. Amy, a social media reporter for the Rockets, came to Jose's home for an interview, and the latter revealed Yang Yiming's new nickname to her, but she didn't expect that just a few days later, the name "Dr. Yang" had already been called at the Toyota Center Arena!

Yu Xiaochun, who was watching the game from the sidelines, looked around the arena and found that it was not only cheering, but also Rockets fans making a brand with Dr. Various poster signs with the word Yang were waved in the crowd.

"The Next Great Wall of China."

"Take off."

"Dr. Young of Houston!"

When the Rockets began to rotate in the middle of the first quarter, and Yang Yiming was sent on the court by Coach D'Antoni, the applause and cheers of the audience reached their peak!

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But the Philadelphia 76ers' return trip to Houston is not destined to be easy.

Not to mention the 76ers' great, Joel Embiid, who only played 25 minutes and scored a "measly" 22 points and 9 rebounds, but he also had 5 assists in tandem with the team, and a terrifying shooting rate of 75%, as well as a deterrent power that he could not ignore every minute on the court.

Not to mention missing the whole season, Ben Simmons, the champion who only returned from injury this year, is as efficient as the little emperor James in the first season, and once again gave an all-round performance with 24 points, 7 rebounds and 9 assists.

The 76ers' suffocating defensive determination alone made the Rockets extremely uncomfortable, and they struggled from falling behind in the opening game.

And Yang Yiming, who had a stunner performance when the two sides met in the last round, received extra care from the 76ers team.

In addition to a throw-up score in an offensive and defensive transition, Yang Yiming's other two jumpers in the face of defenders smashed out of the basket. After a three-point attempt in the second quarter, he was substituted off the court, and his stats were just 2 points and 3 rebounds.

"How does it feel?" Yu Xiaochun handed the energy drink and towel to Yang Yiming. The fans at the Toyota Center Arena gave him a round of applause of encouragement.

Yang Yiming shook his head. Once on the court, he became much more reticent and focused on playing.

"The opponent was tough today."

Yiming nodded again.

"It looks like there's a tough fight."

"This is the NBA." Yang Yiming finally spoke, his tone seemed unmoved, "Let's concentrate on defense first." I'll adjust it. ”

Well. It was Yu Xiaochun's turn to nod.

"This is the NBA."

A friend's words suddenly made Yu Xiaochun feel like traveling back to Memphis in the early hours of the previous day, on the old bridge across the Mississippi River, Caronsky II, who has the temperament of a science madman, also said to him at the end of the meeting between the two, "This is the NBA, there is no good thing to get into simplicity, and it will only get more and more difficult in the future." ”

"Yiming seems to be adapting well." Yu Xiaochun retorted.

"It won't be long." The weirdo seems to be telling a prophecy.

"What won't take long?" Yu Xiaochun obviously didn't like this ominous-sounding tone.

"Give me your hand." It seems that Karonsky II never played his cards according to common sense, deliberately changing the subject.

"What?" For some reason, Yu Xiaochun stuffed his hand into the depths of his pocket, lest the nervous stranger in front of him take his palm away, so as to read the fierce appearance of "life is not long".

"Didn't you ask me how to increase Yang Yiming's stats?"

Boost stats?

After Karonsky II told him that Yang Yiming had a numerical rating of 78, and among the five key scores, his talent was the most prominent, which was a level that was seen once in ten years, Yu Xiaochun was thinking about how he could help his friend improve in other ratings every second.

"Like playing a game? What is NBA2K's career mode? ”

"That's something that only happened in the third life." Scott Karonsky III is his son, "I don't know what to add points, level up, skill points to distribute these young people to play." ”

Yu Xiaochun was disappointed.

"But in the NBA, I still know a few people."

Well? Yu Xiaochun's eyes lit up again.

"Give me your hand and I'll write you a number." Kalonsky II took out a pen from his breast pocket and wrote a string of ten-digit numbers on Koharu's hand, "She's in New York, so you are going there next, so stop by for a visit." ”

"It's not good, Yang Yiming will use her soon." After writing the number, he added another sentence.

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Just over halfway through the third quarter, Yang Yiming was replaced again.

"If you have the opportunity, you have to be bold." Coach D'Antoni specifically instructed.

The Rockets' performance today was really bad, not only did the three-point shooting rate be sluggish, less than 40%, but the scoring contribution of the bench players could only be said to be very small.

The opponent's two bench players, Aamir Johnson and Cabarot combined for 29 points, more than the Rockets' entire bench combined.

70-80, the 76ers made a long-range shot, and the score gap was widened to 10 points.

Yang Yiming, who was eager to close the score and repay the cheers of the home fans and the expectations of the coach, after Ariza scored a three-point pop, he relied on his strong upper limbs to get into position, grabbed a frontcourt rebound on the edge of the paint area, and took advantage of the situation to make a shooting feint, and Amir Johnson, who was defending by the opposing team, was shaken off into the air.

Yang Yiming met the falling body, and he jumped up and shot.

Foul!

Amir Johnson's 230-pound body smashed into Yang's left shoulder.

Dr. Yang hooked the ball out with his right hand, and the ball bounced on the basket a few times and rolled in!

Valid, 2+1!

But Yang Yiming, whose body was hit by this impact, was knocked to the ground hard, covering his left shoulder with his hand, and his expression was very painful!

teammates, coaches, team doctors and Yu Xiaochun immediately surrounded him.

"Let's make a substitution, coach." Yang Yiming, who was carefully picked up by his teammates and the team doctor, gritted his teeth and spit out a few words, and Yu Xiaochun could see his unwillingness to give in from his eyes.

Anderson made a penalty for him.

Looking at Yang Yiming, who was supported by the team doctor on one side of his body and slowly walked through the players' tunnel to the locker room, Yu Xiaochun suddenly remembered the string of numbers written by Kalonsky II on his palm.

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