The Houston Rockets take on the Chicago Bulls on the road.

United Center Arena.

The arena, which includes a statue of the basketball god Michael Jordan, is now nowhere near as popular as it was in the dynastic era. But as long as he stands on the floor of the United Center arena, just like Yang Yiming did for the first time in his life, the eventful years of more than 20 years ago seem to be like electricity, and the pictures of the past will be put into his mind like mottled old TVs.

He looked up, the championship flags hung high under the dome, the colors faded a little with time, but the cheers, boos, the ecstasy of the mountains and tsunamis, the sound of sneakers rubbing against the floor, and even the sound of hollow shots brushing the net... At this moment, it still haunts the sky above this stadium, like the heroic spirits stationed in a temple, forever.

Yang Yiming raised his head and let the sweat of the great men of that era pass through time and space and spread on his pilgrimage face.

After looking up like this for a few seconds, Yang Yiming, No. 17 of the Rockets, rearranged his jersey and officially entered the court.

His debut at the United Center Arena.

With 1:15 left in the first quarter, the Rockets led 30-18.

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Yang Yiming was in good shape after coming on the court, the Rockets had already made six three-pointers in the first quarter of the game, and he was also unceremonious, and directly found the vacancy in the right bottom corner after coming on the court, Eric Gordon's pass was flat and urgent, and he was very comfortable to pick up and shoot. He shook his wrist slightly, and the basketball drew a beautiful arc and hit it hollow.

The Bulls caught up with two points, but the Rockets continued to attack and came back in the next round with less than 1 minute left in the first quarter, and the Rockets shot early in order to grab an extra round of offensive time. This time, Yang Yiming returned the favor by giving Eric Gordon a tight off-ball cover, who bypassed him and received a pass, directly hit the basket after a shooting feint, and hit the basket.

The duo scored five straight points, but the Rockets missed the offense before the end of the quarter and led 35-22 into the second quarter.

Unexpectedly, the second quarter just started with a sudden change, and the process of the game was very similar to the battle of Detroit two days ago, when the engine of the space city people started first, and the high score of 37 points was thought to be another three-quarter scoring show. Unexpectedly, just after the first section, the rocket switched to the second-level energy-saving mode, but the heavy industry motor of the automobile city has a long way to go, perseverance, and chased the gap back by one point. And it wasn't until the third quarter that the rocket completely fell into the zero-drag mode of outer space, the engine was idling, and only half of the first quarter scored, watching the big trucks in Detroit go in the dust.

In the game with the Bulls, the Rockets almost repeated their old tricks, and Chicago, which has no celebrities and veterans, is now a world of young people. Although he played sparsely at the beginning of the season and had a "we just want to rebuild" posture, he didn't expect to be out of control with the return of power forward Milotic in December, playing a wave of seven consecutive wins, not to mention cutting down strong opponents like the Celtics and Bucks.

Presumably, tonight's bloody young men also experienced the inspiration of the seniors in the arena, even if they were behind by double digits in the first quarter, they pouted and ran wildly in the second quarter, 33-25. The calves play rocket-level offensive efficiency!

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However, in the Detroit game, Yang Yiming learned from the defeat and improved and was impressed by the high-quality blocking and pick-and-roll of the Pistons' two backup centers, Moreland and Marjanovic. He learned and used it lively, and at the beginning of the third quarter, the Bulls once overtook the score, and he was sent on the court by Coach D'Antoni to change and win!

The chemistry he and Eric Gordon established in the first quarter continued to play, and as soon as he got on the court, he saw Gordon's off-ball running route again, and his body stuck in position early, although the defender just bypassed him, but Gordon received the ball and made a head-on interference too late. The defender's arm was wrapped around Gordon's arm, who made an exaggerated off-balance move in the air to strengthen the referee's resolve to blow the whistle. Defensive thug foul! Gordon hit all three free throws to help the Rockets regain the lead!

Yang Yiming has a tacit understanding with his old teammates, and he also has a spark with the new fireline rescuer Gerard Green. In a few run-ins, Yang Yiming has become familiar with his offensive skills, such as breakthroughs, Green is not like Chris Paul likes to do double blocking and dismantling with teammates, taking advantage of the time difference between the cover man to disassemble, passing assists or attacking directly. Green doesn't have Paul's playmaking skills, and he doesn't like the complex changes of double pick-and-roll, preferring to take a step back from beyond the three-point line and one-on-one with a defender, and then accelerate past opponents with his light body!

This is how he executed this offense today, facing the defender Chris Dunn he killed it in one step, Yang Yiming understood it early, appeared at the free throw line in advance, and stood firm with his back to the basket. Green immediately understood, and drilled over Yang Yiming's side, stuck Dunn in the back, and faced a passage in the Bulls restricted area! Unguarded! Old man Green chatted about juvenile madness, and hit with one arm splitting buckle!

But after all, Green's three-point shot has replaced his breakaway dunk as his regular weapon. Yang Yiming's second time with Green's cooperation came from outside the three-point line! Like his hobby when he broke through, Green still didn't like complicated two-man blocking, so this time Yang Yiming had a chance to catch the ball outside the three-point line, and it happened to be the opponent's small guard Justin Holiday who defended him, so he grabbed the basketball with one arm raised high and easily observed the situation. Green knew it in his heart, and surrounded Yang Yiming's body like hide and seek, until the defender messed up and fell out, he jumped away in one step, Yang Yiming reached the ball with his hand, and used his body to support a barrier, Green easily received the ball and hit a three-point shot!

87-76, with this series of delicate blocking and pick-and-roll operations, the Rockets re-established a double-digit lead and entered the fourth quarter!

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In the fourth quarter of the game, Yang Yiming did not appear for the first time, but fortunately, the advantage of the Rockets has been maintained well, and the difference of more than 10 points is difficult to be overturned. With more than 4 minutes left in the game, D'Antoni glanced at Yang Yiming, who knew it and reappeared!

Yang Yiming, who appeared again, chose to take the attack mode first, and the left and right two 45-degree shots did not hesitate to catch the ball and shoot, and simply hit three-point shots - this is the meaning of Coach D'Antoni's eyes, it's time to cut off the bull with the last sharp blade! The already overwhelmed calves really didn't think of this move, and the defense did not arrange close pressing for two consecutive defenses, and it was only when he received the ball outside the three-point line for the third time that he woke up like a dream, and Milotic pressed his shot tightly!

Seeing that he was entangled, Gerald Green, who had been covered by Yang Yiming many times before, hurriedly came up, ran without the ball in front and back to prepare to respond, and Yang Yiming also flashed and moved, trying to find the most suitable passing route. Unexpectedly, the shaking of the two actually attracted the attention of Milotic, thinking that he was going to repeat the hand-to-hand three-point cooperation in the third quarter, so he removed the defensive focus from Yang Yiming and turned to chase Green. It doesn't matter if this move, Yang Yiming saw the opportunity, took a step to the side, pretended to pass the ball, completely deceived Milotic, faked his own shot, and hit three points again!

Three three-pointers in a row!

14 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 block and 1 steal is Yang Yiming's first answer in this honor arena.

116-98, the suspense of the game was completely killed, and the rocket retreated from the United Center!