Chapter 178: The Great Shark of China

Seeing that the All-Star Game is just around the corner, Hu Qingniu is the most relaxed, and this All-Star Weekend in Los Angeles means a full three or four days of rest for him.

Last season, Yao Ming's selection as an All-Star starter was questioned by many fans and media, and this year is the same, Yao Ming was selected as the Western All-Star starting center by a huge advantage.

But the point of doubt is different, last season people generally questioned Yao Ming's strength, this season Yao Ming played 20+10 data, and did not fall behind in the Yao Shark duel, Yao Ming has proven himself in this regard.

But fans and the media always find points to back up their claims, and this time they questioned that Yao Ming missed a month's games, playing only two-thirds of the games and missing about a dozen games.

But Hu Qingniu really wanted to ask, didn't the big shark miss the game, the fat man has missed at least 10 games under the pretext of injury. These have been ignored by unscrupulous media. Now Yao Ming is tired of it, because as long as he is interviewed, there will always be media asking him about starting the All-Star Game.

You know, even O'Neill personally admitted that Yao Ming started and he had no opinion, and there was a small story of Yao Ming and O'Neal in the middle.

Continuously suppressing O'Neal on the All-Star Game voting made Yao Ming feel huge "pressure", since he can't change the trust of the audience, he can only change himself.

When Yao Ming first joined the league, O'Neill didn't particularly respect this junior, and he even laughed at Yao Ming on TV.

"You know the way I play, I come on to destroy all the opponents," O'Neill said. I remember one game against the Houston Rockets, I played really well against Yao Ming. But after the race, my dad told me to fly home right away. At the time, my parents were in charge of running my fan club. My father told me that you have to give Yao Ming more respect. We started arguing. I said, why? I'm reluctant to do that. ”

O'Neill continued: "Then my father showed me the letters Yao Ming wrote to me, the Christmas cards and birthday cards that Yao Ming sent me when I was a young man, and so on. Father said, "Look, this guy has a lot of respect for you." Since Yao Ming has shown respect to you, you also need to give him a little more respect. Since then, my relationship with Yao Ming has eased. ”

O'Neill did write in his memoirs that Yao Ming would send him Christmas cards every year.

"I felt I had to apologize to Yao Ming and say sorry to him, because I'm not that kind of rude person," O'Neill said. We hugged each other. After that, every time I went to China, I would tell my interpreter that I wanted to get in touch with Yao Ming. Then, we would go to dinner together and have a wonderful time. ”

However, when the reporter asked Yao Ming if he remembered that he had written a letter to O'Neill, Yao Ming also denied it with a smile: "No, I didn't do that." ”

As for what Yao Ming took the initiative to send Christmas cards and birthday cards, Hu Qingniu didn't know very well, but O'Neal came out to support Yao Ming's start, but it was a real thing. Perhaps, the most likely thing is that Yao Ming's people helped him send him Christmas cards and birthday cards to O'Neill.

A few days before the All-Star break, Yao Ming made a comeback, and the Rockets asked him to rest for a while, but he decided to come back early, and chose a strong opponent like Big Ben of the Pistons.

Others may not know what Yao Ming is thinking, but Hu Qingniu knows that Yao Ming just wants to prove that he is worthy of this All-Star starter. He deliberately chose the Eastern All-Star starting center to confront Daben, implying that I don't think I'm qualified to be an All-Star starter, I'll play with the Eastern All-Star starter to see who is stronger.

As for Hu Qingniu's optimism about who can win, Hu Qingniu said that he can only mourn for Da Ben, and Da Yao in history can suppress Da Ben in every matchup, except for O'Neal, all the centers who are tough with him in the low post will be crushed.

The current big book is like this, and the future Warcraft will be like this, eating and sleeping and fighting Warcraft is not blown out, it is a game of abuse.

Generally, when a star comes back after being injured, he will choose a weak team and adjust his state first, but Yao Ming's choice of the Pistons team to come back is something that everyone can feel unusual.

The Pistons have certainly found out, especially Big Ben, who has been highly rated lately and is considered one of the best defensive centers the league has ever seen.

The Pistons officially released a message, calling on fans to support and playing the slogan "Protect the Motor City", representing the determination of the Pistons to fight.

The media that wanted to see the excitement unanimously turned their attention to the city of Detroit, and the Rockets arrived in Detroit on the 12th, which was the last game before the All-Star weekend, attracting a lot of attention from the league.

Hu Qingniu couldn't go to the scene, and he was also watching the live broadcast at home. At the beginning, there was a set of gray long shots introducing Yao Ming's life, which was probably explained by Stern, the league has discovered the huge business opportunities brought by Yao Ming, and when Kobe Bryant is in trouble in a lawsuit, the league needs another person to stand up and summon the market.

This year, Stern can be seen by everyone, that is, to support Yao Ming, in order to open up the Chinese market with huge potential behind Yao Ming.

Before the opening, Yao Ming and Big Ben's eyes converged, and the atmosphere of the battle was rising.

The process was the same as Hu Qingniu's prediction, and Yao Ming's momentum as soon as he stepped on the field became different from before. Trained by legendary superstars like Sabonis and Ewing, Yao has overcome a lot of uncertainty when he first arrived in the United States, but also has a firm vision for himself.

Big Ben is a pure defensive center, he certainly won't choose to beat Yao Ming on the offensive end, his strategy is very simple, is to push Yao Ming out, keep Yao Ming away from the basket, can't score easily.

But Big Ben obviously misestimated Yao Ming's current ability, and Yao Ming didn't want to be in the basket at the beginning, he received the ball from the middle distance, and directly showed his jump shooting skills.

In this case, Da Ben can't be prevented at all, and Da Ben, who is 2.03 meters tall, is more than 20 centimeters different from Da Yao, which is a distance that can't be made up. Especially when people shoot right above your head, Ben, who is already a two-time Defensive Player of the Year, can't do anything.

As a last resort, Big Ben can only call his good friend who just joined the Pistons, "Roaring Tianzun" Rasheed Wallace to help defend, otherwise Yao Ming will score unlimited points just by shooting.

The double Wallace pinch attack was supposed to be the ultimate move used to pinch O'Neal in the finals, but this time it was used on Yao Ming in advance.

However, the current Wallace Twin Towers are just newly formed, although the roaring Tianzun Buddha is like a natural fit to stay in this team, and it will be seamlessly integrated as soon as it comes in, but the tacit understanding of defense is not something that can be practiced overnight.

Double Wallace's pinching timing is always flawed, Yao Ming can send a beautiful pass when he sees the gap, this hand is also learned from Sabonis, the opponent sees the right time when he is pinching, and sends a high-quality pass.

The double Wallace pinching was unsuccessful, and Larry Brown gave up the move and switched to a single defense, but to guard against other Rockets players.

Yao Ming showed the progress of this month in one game, and the strategy, footwork, and singles skills have made great progress, and the book is completely a battered sandbag. Yao Ming made 12 of 13 shots in the half and scored 30 points. After the whole scene, everyone was stunned when they looked at the data column.

The ancient monster-level data of 50 points and 20 rebounds shocked the spectacle lenses all over the place. To be reasonable, this data is often typed out by Chamberlain, and it has almost disappeared until now, and the last one to get this data is only the shark.

On March 7, 2000, this day was O'Neal's 28th birthday, when O'Neal wanted the Clippers to provide some tickets to his relatives and friends, but was rejected by the Clippers official, so in that game, the angry O'Neal turned into a ferocious Great White Shark, shooting 24 of 35 from the field, 13 of 22 free throws and cutting 61 points and 23 rebounds to lead the team to beat the Clippers, in the detailed statistics that can be consulted, O'Neal is the only one who can cut 60+ in a single game since 198520 horror data for players.

Although Yao Ming only won 50+20 in this game, it was enough to shock the alliance. The world exclaimed, the Chinese giant shark is coming.