After waking up, when Yang Yiming tried to look back on the dream of the previous night, he thought that he had such a nightmare because he was anxious about the game against the Spurs the next day.

The little people in the dream are wearing black on a white background, and there is a murderous uniform, isn't it the San Antonio Spurs team uniform?

As a close neighbor of the Texas Triangle, Houston's Rockets have taken off and landed, the Dallas Mavericks have also shown fatigue in recent years as the cowboys have aged, and only the San Antonios have been wearing their white and black uniforms for more than ten years, and have never quit the championship.

Just like those villains in dreams, when you look down on them because of their fame and even age, they will also show the power to defeat the giants.

Perhaps this is one of the revelations of this dream.

1/

On the evening of December 15, local time in the United States, the Toyota Center Arena. Spike Fire.

The two sides met for the first time this season.

In addition to the Thunder and 76ers, who scored three overtimes — and the youth ultimately lost to the Big Three — the Spurs and Rockets were undoubtedly the top priorities of the night's 11 games.

ESPN and NBA TV in the United States, CCTV5 and Tencent Sports in China, will have full coverage from TV to the Internet to broadcast this matchup.

Eleven consecutive wins to sit in the first place in the West for the Rockets.

For the old Manu who turned 40 last year, Tony Parker, who "rose" in the Development League for most of the season, Kawhi Leonard, who just made a comeback, and the Spurs, who can still rank third in the West.

Of course, as a Chinese fan, Yang Yiming is also the focus of their game.

4 times, 5 times, 5 times, Yang Yiming's sudden explosion on the unconventional data of the cap obviously ignited everyone's enthusiasm. Even if it's just a cap, but thinking about Da Yao's back then, it seems that he didn't have such a performance.

In the more old and spicy Spurs, will the magic and hotness of "Dr. Yang" continue?

Whether to add another fire, or be pulled off the altar by the Spurs, both Rocket and Yang Yiming are facing tests.

The interview between Yang Yiming and Yang Wu happened to be arranged one day after the back-to-back games between the Spurs and the Bucks, and he knew that the result of this game would greatly affect the final tone of this interview - "There are still ups and downs and still need to work hard", or, "A blockbuster to help the rocket"!

The choice in Yang Yiming's heart is naturally the latter!

2/

The magic continues.

Another five blocks.

At least five blocks in three consecutive games, a feat that even the Rockets' modern superpower centers Da Yao and Dwight Howard have not achieved. The last person to obtain such data was traced back to the finger-shaking African uncle - Mutombo!

The dilemma in the dream did not happen as expected.

With the blessing of cheats, Yang Yiming repeated his old skills and blocked the Spurs guard group who cut into the inside line many times. But in fact, even with the dazzling stats, the real architect of this victory was not his defense, but the Rockets' overall offense. The Spurs' 109 points per game is already 105 points higher than the team's season average, but the real horror of the Rockets is that the Spurs' 109 points are only their average points conceded - the fourth-to-last statistic in the league can still be laughed at, thanks to the Rockets' 115 points per game, and tonight the Rockets improved that number by as many as 9 points!

Let's look at it from another angle: before this battle, the Spurs conceded an average of only 97 points per game, and the Rockets were bombarded with 124 points in the first game, which directly led to this statistic being increased by as much as 1 point!

16-31 in the first quarter, 43-60 at halftime, and 72-92 at the end of the third quarter, the maximum lead reached 28 points, making Popovich give up resistance at the beginning of the fourth quarter and replace all the benches.

Every time the Spurs pursue, they will only be met with a more ferocious offensive wave from the Rockets. Every time the flame of hope is burned, the Rocketeers will send a three-point rain to fight back, and the Spurs flame, which can still breathe under the storm, will also be drained by the Rockets with terrifying attacks and dunks until they are completely suffocated.

A dream may be just an illusion after all.

3/

"Did you just pay attention to that guy's game?" In the second half of the fourth quarter, Yang Yiming, like most of the main players of the Rockets, could already be sheltered by the huge advantage in the first three quarters, and sat on the sidelines to check in and rest in advance. He played 27 minutes in this game and got 9 points, 4 rebounds, 5 blocks and 1 steal. The one who asked him the question was his friend Yu Xiaochun, whom he also dreamed about when he dreamed last night.

"Who are you talking about?"

"Kawaii." Kawaii is a generic nickname for Kawhi Leonard by Chinese fans.

Ever since he saw his friend in a strange dream last night, Yang Yiming has always felt weird when he sees Yu Xiaochun today, as if he doesn't like it no matter how he looks at it, and as if he is worried that he will become the evil version of the dream at any time.

"It's the best defensive forward in the NBA."

Yang Yiming looked at Yu Xiaochun's fingers, and saw that the person he had hit had already changed into a Spurs hoodie, with a hat covering his head, and he was sitting on the player's bench next door, with only his face and a pair of big black hands exposed on his entire body. Even though the team was clearly out of luck and his teammates were chatting around him, he didn't say a word, his eyes continued to move from side to side as the basketball went back and forth on the court.

"While Kawhi Leonard isn't a 3-and-D, I want you to be like him – his defense, his calm and efficient, your more explosive scoring. In time, you will. ”

Yang Yiming looked back at Yu Xiaochun, who was speaking, and saw that although his words just now were similar to what the person in the dream said, his eyes were completely different. The person next to him, through the thick myopia lenses, is full of longing for great basketball. It was an irresistible innocence of ordinary people, as innocent as a child, and it was felt from the first time they met. Like the fire of the sunrise, like the clouds of the distant mountains, like the ocean of the blue sea - maybe Yu Xiaochun himself doesn't know, but Yang Yiming will never be mistaken, the love in the eyes of his friends and the paradoxical demeanor of the person in the dream are from two people at all.

He shook his head vigorously, trying to erase the image from his mind.

Maybe it's just that I spend too much time with him every day, Yang Yiming comforted himself so much. He tried to refocus his attention on the topic that Koharu had just raised.

Yes, Kawhi Leonard.

True, there was no reason why he should not notice him. Although this was only Leonard's second game of the season, although the old man Popovich stubbornly kept his playing time to a measly 17 minutes, he still grabbed 12 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 blocks and 2 steals, filling in all the stats in the data table.

Two blocks, one for Eric Gordon who shot from beyond the three-point line, and one for Rockets boss James Harden. In the transition offense, Harden took the lead, faced Danny Green, and directly used the best European step layup, but the ball was about to be shot, Leonard, who was still outside the paint area to help defend the three-point shooter, slapped the ball step by step, and the big hat split the ball away!

In turn, defending the Rockets, Chris Paul entered the Spurs restricted area, Leonard was unmoved, and stood in front of Harden outside the three-point line in advance. Paul's breakthrough was blocked, and he was forced to pass the ball in the air, and the ball looked for Harden, but was cut directly by Leonard and launched a fast attack! Harden and Paul both returned to defense, Leonard did not force the play, borrowed his body to resist Harden and then braked under the Rockets basket, turned around and seemed to reorganize the offense. This delay directly deceived Harden and Paul, the two masters of feints, who gave up pressing Leonard and began to observe, preparing to help defend the Spurs' other offensive points. Unexpectedly, this hit Leonard's plan, he didn't move his pivot feet, and then turned half a circle to kill a horse pistol, and threw the ball under the basket without pressure!

Defensive awareness, anticipation, physical confrontation, basic skills, offensive skills, and cold to terrible on-the-spot decisions are seamlessly unified and undoubtedly revealed in this one goal!

This is the most terrible opponent in every basketball person's dream.

San Antonio's Spurs-like opponent.

Kawhi Leonard-like opponent.

An opponent who can be defeated, but never makes a mistake.

If you look at it this way, maybe this game has more meaning to reality than five blocks and an easy big win.