It was late at night, and the temperature in Houston finally became a little cooler, and under a high full moon, the evening breeze gently blew through the open screen doors, bringing coolness into the room.

But Yang Yiming and Yu Xiaochun, who were sitting on the floor of the living room, listened to the lonely evening breeze and birdsong, and still chatted hotly.

The two who had just watched the broadcast of the Oklahoma City Thunder's 111-107 four-point narrow victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves discussed the issue of the "Thunder dilemma" for a long time. Even NBA experts don't seem to agree on this issue – among the three star players and commentators who have been the stars and commentators, Charles Barkley has suggested a change of coach, Reggie Miller wants to design a new team role for Carmelo Anthony, and Grant Hill thinks the number one player needs some change.

The TV in the living room was muted and stayed on NBA TV, where the day's highlights and recaps were showing. The discussion between the two men about Westbrook continues.

1/

"I think Willis is the boss of the team, but not the leader of the Thunder yet." Yang Yiming thought for a long time, and finally said such a sentence as an opening statement, "Some time ago, everyone was talking about the Cavaliers, saying that their losing streak would not be able to enter the playoffs; Saying that James is old, his helpers are older than him. I also paid attention to it, but after reading it, I don't think there is a problem with the knight, at least it won't sink. Because they have a trusted leader, LeBron James. The aging James is more scary than ever, he is wiser, he plays more efficiently and economically, his shots are more accurate, and even his defense is more spicy. With such a leader, Cleveland will not be in a quagmire..."

"Well, they're now on a 10-game winning streak and they're in the top four in the East." Yu Xiaochun lowered his head and tapped on his laptop, and added, "Facing the Memphis Grizzlies today, it is estimated that the winning streak can continue." The impression you just said is indeed correct, here is the data: Zhan Huang's three-point shooting rate this season is 58.3%, three-point shooting, 41.3%, and free throw 77.3%, which is basically a career high. He led the league in fourth-quarter scoring — pretty much doing what Thomas Jr. did last season. And there's defense, averaging 1.2 blocks per game... It's horrible! ”

"Yes. That's what leaders do. Yang Yiming played a basketball between the palms of his hands, and said longingly, "Although I have never been a team leader, I haven't had that opportunity... But the atmosphere of playing with a leader is really contagious. Like Harden, Paul, their passing is infecting all Rockets right now. It's like the little emperor James, if that guy named LeBron is working hard to defend, who in the team dares to be lazy? ”

"I don't dare, anyway." Yang Yiming threw the ball in his hand into the corner of the living room, and returned to him after two rebounds.

"Then what do you think Wei Shao is missing?" Yu Xiaochun tapped on the notebook for a while, and he must have gone to retrieve the data of Russell Westbrook, the protagonist of the topic.

"Let me think about it..."Yang Yiming stopped playing basketball and began to recall the game that had just ended, "What did Wei Shao do." He's been shooting mid-range jumpers, and whenever he's on the court, he's basically dribbling through the half-court and opting for offense — nine times out of ten he finishes himself, or passes to Anthony and Paul George for them to play one-on-one. Fortunately, George is very accurate today, and there is a more accurate inside line Adams, who is 100 shots. But if Wei Shao doesn't hold the ball, he doesn't seem to know how to play, and he is not a threat at all. This is not normal for a superstar. Look at Steve Curry, even though he's so accurate and dribbles so well, he's still running non-stop, blocking and pick-and-roll, looking for open spots, passing more balls..."

"Well, what you said makes sense, as long as Wei Shao is on the court, 63% of the scenes have to dribble himself through the half court, and 34% of his shots come from the most efficient mid-range shot... He also doesn't like to be on the spot for his teammates, and he only scored 4 assists after blocking and picking up all season..."Yu Xiaochun is really a data maniac, "but Wei Shao's Thunder won Curry's Warriors two days ago." ”

In response to Xiaochun's non-serious rebuttal, Yang Yiming responded: "But did you watch a shot in the last three minutes of that game? The Thunder had a big lead, but Wei Shao stayed on the court just to get a triple-double, and the entire Warriors bench was snickering at the time. ”

Snickering? Both of them suddenly fell silent, not because they felt as ridiculous as the Warriors' benches, but because they felt the slightest sadness in that scene.

A superstar who still needs to prove himself with data in garbage time.

An MVP.

Maybe that's the crux of the matter.

2/

"Forget it, let's not talk about basketball."

"yes, let's not talk about basketball."

Yu Xiaochun closed the computer, got up and took out a bottle of beer from the refrigerator in the kitchen, unscrewed the bottle cap casually and threw it on the board, "Do you want to drink something, Yiming?" ”

"Nope. Just pour me a glass of milk, the skim one. ”

"Heated?"

"Well, heat it up."

Yu Xiaochun took a clean mug from the dishrack, put half a cup of skim milk into it, then put it in the microwave oven and heat it over medium heat for one minute. Hum, in the orange-yellow microwave chamber, the mug is slowly circled along with the rotating tray.

"Koharu, let me ask you a question." Yang Yiming's clear voice came from the living room.

Well. Yu Xiaochun, who was waiting for the countdown of the microwave oven, only snorted in response.

"What do you think of Meritis?"

"Huh?" The microwave oven was timed to zero seconds and made a dinging sound, but Yu Xiaochun seemed to have been suddenly hit by this question, and completely forgot to take out the hot milk.

The room was silent all of a sudden, and even the sound of Yang Yiming swallowing saliva outside the kitchen and brewing words could be heard. The milk in the microwave was steaming, and the water vapor slowly blurred the glass partition.

"It's just... I ask you, what do you think, Meritis this girl? I... Is there a play? ”

"Is there a play?!"

"yes... What's wrong? Yang Yiming was startled by Yu Xiaochun, who suddenly jumped back to the living room from the kitchen, and saw that the milk he hurriedly snatched from the microwave oven was also sprinkled on his body, but he didn't seem to care.

"You're going to chase her?"

"Hmm... I haven't figured it out yet, so I'd like to ask for your opinion. ”

"Chase! Chase, of course! Yu Xiaochun was so excited that she almost jumped up, but thinking of the milk in her hand and Corona in her other hand, she still restrained her impulse, "Although she is three years older than you and a young lady, she is really good!" Still a beauty! To chase, to chase! ”

"But... I'm completely inexperienced. ”

"You and her at the Halloween party..."

"It was just in that situation... It's okay for you to let me chat, but chasing girls is completely different. ”

Yu Xiaochun never thought that Yang Yiming would show such a shy and shy side, but if you think about it carefully, although he is tall, he is only a 21-year-old child after all!

"Unlike you, you still have the experience of falling in love and chasing girls..."

Even Yu Xiaochun's love experience is not successful, but who would have thought that Yang Yiming, who seems to be able to eat well, still has such troubles, and it is incumbent on him to help him!

"So, tell me, what exactly do you think now?" Yu Xiaochun pretended to be experienced, put down two glasses of drinks, sat cross-legged on the floor, and followed the temptation.

"I'm thinking, the day after tomorrow, the team will start several away games, and she won't be able to return to Houston for almost half a month, and she won't be with the team, so..."

"So you want to date her tomorrow?" Yu Xiaochun finally had some experience advantages, and what he wanted was broken in one sentence.

Well, Yang Yiming nodded vigorously.

"Then we're going to have to plan it well."

Uh-huh.

He nodded harder, and the line in his heart was probably saying:

"Please, brother!"