The 2018 NBA All-Star Game in Los Angeles was in the spotlight of Hollywood, with the schedule announced at the end of January, and the selection of two newcomers attracted attention:

Joel Embiid of the Philadelphia 76ers and Yang Yiming of the Houston Rockets became the only two players to play in both the rookie game and the All-Star break. And if you want to say the only one, Yang Yiming has become the only player selected for the main competition among the star-studded 17 rookies.

Won over the more famous Ben Simmons, Lonzo Ball and others.

Some people praised Yang's selection, some people were not convinced, and some even threatened to "trample him under his feet".

But these are not important for the time being, with the recognition of the two all-star teams, Yang Yiming is now in a burst of state and unstoppable!

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In the Toyota Center in Houston against the Phoenix Suns, although Yang Yiming only came off the bench in the first quarter, his hand exploded directly, and in less than three minutes, he dunked Tyson Chandler twice in a row, fancy dribbling Kevin Booker scored in the middle of the shot, and finally dribbled to the halfcourt, and the drift shot hit the whistle for three points, scoring 11 points in a single quarter.

Yang Yiming, who was already unstoppable, continued his performance in the second quarter. His three-pointers rained down in the quarter, and he ran out of shooting position after unballed pick-and-rolls inside the three-point line and Nene with Chris Paul's pass assist without delay. Yang Yiming didn't make adjustments, half-turned around and pulled out the jump shot, the arc of the basketball was a little flat, but fortunately, the direction was correct enough, and he knocked several times on the basket, and finally fell into the net.

The first three-point goal was a bit tricky, and the second ball Yang Yiming shot much more securely. This time he was ambushed in the bottom corner on the right side, and Paul was in no hurry to control the tempo on the left side: his role was to open up space and find fighters! Sure enough, with 8 seconds left in the offensive time, Paul began to make some moves, Bamot pretended to step forward to take over the pass, but Paul took advantage of his running to attract the attention of defenders, and dribbled to the penalty area in a change of direction. There are many high-ranking people in the forbidden area, but in front of the fox-like Paul, there are almost all wooden stakes. He smashed the ball on his wrist and caught it behind his back, and the European step flashed left and right in the penalty area, just when all the masters thought he was going to make a layup and flew up to prepare for the block, Paul took out the ball again as if by magic, and threw it into the hands of the unguarded Yang Yiming along the bottom line!

Suns forward Josh Jackson is the closest to Yiming, and he is not willing to give in and chase a step along the ball!

There are less than 2 seconds left in the shooting time!

But I didn't expect Yang Yiming to be completely unflustered, in the face of the menacing Jackson, he pretended to continue to pass the ball to Gerald Green, who was ambushed next to him, which made Jackson lose his center of gravity, and he was about to change to block Green, Yang Yiming steadily retracted the feint, and the basketball was raised above his head.

The shot light is on, and the ball goes in!

The Rockets' lead is in double digits!

It is advisable to chase the poor and kill the rising Rocket Team unstoppable. Under the leadership of Yang Yiming, they simply shot three points for the whole team. Paul took the lead, center, Gerard Green, two shots and one hit, Bamot, both shots are iron, and even the old center Brazilian Nene was also interested, and he tried to shoot a goal in the bottom left corner, and he actually hit it!

Seeing that everyone was having fun, Yang Yiming, who brought up three points of rain, was naturally unwilling to be left behind. After two three-pointers missed, the Suns chased the score, and the advantage was about to be wasted again? Our Yang Yiming said no! Receiving the ball outside the three-point line, the Suns and Rockets haven't set up their positions yet, but he may really feel like it, seeing that Jackson, the unlucky guy who defends himself, is one step away, probably sure that he will break through or pass, but Yang Yiming just doesn't. He quickly threw a three-pointer on the spot, and before Jackson could straighten up, the ball was hollow into the net!

Although Booker also turned around and chased a response shot, he didn't expect the Rockets' "counter-response" to come faster.

Nene sent a baseline ball, and the ball was passed to Paul next to him, who was unlucky and threw it directly to Eric Gordon, who was in the lead. The ball passed in a hurry, and Gordon almost fell out of the bottom line at the other end to reach it, but he was in a hurry, looked back at the moon and rescued the ball, and Yang Yiming, who rushed to catch it, received the ball and shot, and it was another three points!

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Assuming that there are still fastidious critics who say that Yang Yiming's scoring performance from the end of the first quarter is just a good feeling, then his three-pointer before he is substituted is a complete reflection of confidence.

With four minutes left in the second quarter and his bench almost taking the game away, Coach Mike D'Antoni belatedly let James Harden warm up on the sidelines and get ready to play.

"Stop them!"

"One more goal!"

Someone in the audience on the sidelines shouted gloatingly. Although it was originally the audience's coaxing, who knew that Yang Yiming also had this intention! Josh Jackson has been beaten to the point of no temper, but at this point he still has to get it! Yang Yiming saw that the boss was on the sidelines, and suddenly had an idea, he learned the opponent's signature crotch dribble, and continued to change direction and shake outside the three-point line, the rhythm was fast and slow. Jackson was shaken several times and his center of gravity was unstable, but Yiming didn't rush to shoot, he was waiting for the opponent's mistakes to accumulate and give a fatal blow!

“！”

It seemed to be a whispered reminder from Harden on the sidelines.

Yes, now! Jackson, who was annoyed by Yang Yiming's teasing, lost his patience and gave up his defensive position to reach for the ball, the side of his body was completely exposed, and Yang took the opportunity to jump out of the back to the side and shoot the basket!

Exactly one of James Harden's stunts!

Unexpectedly, the two only played one-on-one once, and this mastery has been successfully stolen by Yang Yiming! The ball went in, and the Suns were forced to take a timeout. Yang Yiming got off the field and changed back to his master, the bearded brother Harden. By this time, he had scored 26 points and could proudly brag to the boss when making substitutions:

"Well, I'm not bad at learning."

Harden had a thin smile on his face, but his mouth was unforgiving: "That's it." Let's see how many points you can score today, and then I'll make you look back at me. ”

"Good!" The young man took the boss's words as a compliment, and was very proud.

Of course he didn't know that James Harden would walk the talk, no one knew. Harden went on a big show in his next game against the Orlando Magic, slashing a 601011 record that shook the past and the present. A big triple-double of 60 points is the first in NBA history.

However, Yang Yiming didn't feel that his scoring show stimulated Harden. If his performance is explosive, then Harden was simply a god on the next night, people blocked and killed, and Buddha blocked and killed Buddha. His career-high 34 points is nothing to mention in this historic light. However, if his own class really stimulated Brother Deng-although Yang Yiming didn't think that such a possibility existed-but if it was true, wouldn't it be the first in history and his share of the credit.

His career-high 34 points, and the highest 60 points in the history of the Rockets NBA team, so Yang Yiming can't help but feel a little proud, back-to-back games, doesn't there just have a hint of harmony and singing?

These 34 points, what makes Yang Yiming more fond is the connection with Zhou Qi.

At the beginning of the season, he was able to land in the NBA, of course, because of Zhou Qi's sudden long-term injury. He himself has played well in the team, but Zhou Qi has been recovering from injuries, whether as a teammate or a fellow countryman Yang Yiming can't bear it and feels guilty. But fortunately, Zhou Qi has basically resumed the confrontation after Christmas, and even began to practice in the Development League in the last two weeks, making full preparations for today's comeback!

In the fourth quarter, the Rockets took the lead, and there were 7 minutes left in the game, and the Suns took the lead in changing to the bench lineup to surrender, and the Rockets were reasonable, and Zhou Qi, who was wearing the No. 9 jersey, made his debut for the first time this season, and Yang Yiming, who was still on the court, formed a Chinese twin star!

Although they have never played together in actual combat, Yang Yiming has long known Zhou Qi's ball path through training and watching CBA games before, he threw a long pass over the top in the counterattack, and Zhou Qi, who is tall and has long arms, won a slam dunk in the air!

Gemini Connection!

Zhou Qi's first point in the NBA!

Just a minute later, the Rockets' outside shot was missed, and Zhou Qi picked up an offensive rebound under the basket. Two Suns who were much stronger than him stuck to him inside and forced him to almost lose his center of gravity, but Zhou Qi improvised and stuffed the ball out before he fell, just in time for Yang Yiming, who was at the free throw line. The latter made a steady mid-range shot, adding the last two points of the game.

34 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 block and 1 steal.

But the high-fives between the two Chinese after the goal seemed to be more precious than any data.