It's just that although Meigery has a good attitude and a defensive style of play, in Li Ming's opinion, he is still a little weaker.

I don't want to think about it ... Li Ming can even dunk Howard, what is a Meijerry?

After two or three rounds of probing, Li Ming became familiar with Meijri's defense, and then he became an invincible presence again.

And with his power, the game has gradually become garbage time.

In the end, the Bulls won by a big margin.

Of course, that's for sure, and while the current pattern is one of weak East and West strong, that strength is limited to the top two superteams in the West, and it doesn't include other Western players in the West, such as the Mavericks.

This can also be seen from the post-game report, reporters don't ask questions about their thoughts about beating the Bulls, and those thoughts don't matter to this group of reporters.

Even, they didn't ask questions on all topics except Smith who would become Li Ming's opponent when he participated in the slam dunk contest.

Even, it quickly shifted the topic to other aspects.

"In the next battle, you will face the Rocket Team in the upper west, I don't know what Li Ming thinks of you!"

The Rockets are currently the team with the best record in the regular season, and the Warriors, who have been ranked first in the league, have also been squeezed behind them.

In the past, the Bulls' winning streak was interrupted by the Warriors, and now they have encountered a Rockets team whose strength is not lost to the Warriors.

"I don't have any opinion, the Rockets are very strong, we are not weak, this is the first time we have played this season, no matter how we do it!"

To be honest, Li Ming has little confidence.

But he didn't want to be so unconfident.

He believes that even if the Rockets' record is better than that of the Warriors, the strength of the two teams is not much worse, and he will definitely ask for a few tricks if he really meets.

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For the first meeting, the Bulls are going to play on the home court of the Houston Rockets.

The Rockets have always had a group of fans, and they are the team with the most Chinese fans.

Li Ming went there, and it was said that he would not be booed!

But in fact, he also thinks too much, there, the boos are no less than in other places, these Chinese fans are die-hard fans of the Rockets, and they will not have any tolerance for him because of his skin.

"That's fine, I don't dare to beat you if I save it!" Li Ming thought to himself, and the warm-up training also began,

This was followed by the main ceremony.

Then there is the beep that symbolizes the start of the game.

Both sides made their debut.

The starting lineup of the Bulls is: point guard Li Ming, shooting guard LaVine, small forward Poundexter, power forward Mirotic and center Lopez.

The starting lineup of the Rockets is: point guard Paul, scoring guard Harden, small forward Ariza, power forward Tucker, and center Capela.

Point guard Paul, without too much introduction, only need to list one line of honors for all the content about him: 2006 NBA Rookie of the Year; He was selected to the All-NBA Team of the Year for a time in 2009 for the first time and six times in a row in 2012-17. 4-time NBA assist champion in 2008, 2009, 2014, 2015; Five-time NBA All-NBA First Team, first in 2008, and then four consecutive selections from 2012 to 2016; The nine-time NBA All-Star team, from 2008 to 2015, was interrupted once in between, but it caused strong controversy and was selected again in 2017; and the 2013 NBA All-Star MVP.

From a player's personal point of view, Chris Paul has all the accolades he can get, not to mention that he is only 183 tall, and it is already remarkable for a short man to be successful in this long league, and it is an indescribable thing to achieve great success.

It's often said that Allen Iverson is great and a representative of the short guys, and Chris Paul is not the best of their kind of players.

And they all like to wear the number three jersey.

It is conceivable that after Paul retires, Houston or Pelicans or Clippers, there will always be a city that will hang the No. 3 jersey for him.

Needless to say, this is something that will definitely happen.

And now he's trying to touch the floor.

Everything is a work in progress.

On the shooting guard is Harden, the third overall pick in '09. There are two labels about his identity, one is the "Thunder Three Less", and the other is the cornerstone of the rocket.

And for his growth to be divided into three parts.

College, Thunder and Rockets!

Harden spent a total of two seasons in college, which was rare at the time, especially since Harden had already chosen to attend school for another year when he had already played his grades.

In his freshman season, James Harden averaged 17.8 points and a division-high 73 steals per game, helping Arizona to a 21-13 record, and Harden was featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated at the end of the season.

It's just that it didn't make him decide to leave.

In his sophomore season, Harden's achievements have gone further and he is more like a superstar, averaging 20.1 points, 5.6 rebounds and 4.2 assists per game, shooting 50% from the field.

Note that after 1995, only five of the NCAA players had this all-around statistic!

Among them are Wade and Brandon Roy.

In addition, Harden has made 270 free throws to the free throw line this season, averaging 7.6 free throws per game, which means that from that time on, Harden has been a good foul maker and has a very smart style of play.

And his home University of Arizona also played a 25-10 record this season, beating the 21-14 of arch-rival Arizona in one fell swoop and successfully entered the NCAA tournament.

Although he was eliminated by Syracuse University in the second round.

But that season, Harden still won the Player of the Year in the Pacific 10 Division.

And after this year, Harden announced that he would participate in the draft, and it can be seen from here that Harden has a goal in mind, and he will not leave until he reaches his goal!

In the pre-draft training that year, few people knew that in addition to body fat percentage, Harden's physical measurements far exceeded those of other players in the same position.

That's why he was selected in the third pick in '09.

In his first season with the Thunder, Harden showed a strong improvisation, averaging 22.9 minutes per game, contributing 9.9 points, 3.2 rebounds and 1.8 assists, and shooting 37.5% from three-point range.

After this season, he was named to the All-Rookie Second Team.

And this is obviously just the beginning, it's just that no one realizes that Harden's ceiling will be far greater than everyone thinks... It even becomes a one-of-a-kind existence.