"Audience friends, audience friends, what you are watching is the 2012-2013 NBA regular season game broadcast by China TV for you!"

January 25, 2013.

Washington.

"This is the Van Zee Center in Washington, D.C., and the upcoming game is the Washington Wizards vs. the Sacramento Kings!"

After Gu Yu suddenly rose to become the hottest supernova this season, China TV naturally immediately communicated with the NBA copyright owner and greatly adjusted the schedule of live broadcasts.

Previously, the most popular teams in Chinese were the Philadelphia 76ers (the first person in the league and China's first superstar Chen Mu), the Los Angeles Lakers (Kobe's name represents the youth of too many people), the Miami Heat (the combined popularity of Wade and LeBron in the Big Three is enough to make people staggering), and the Houston Rockets (Yao Ming's most precious career legacy left to the Rockets

Chinese fans of the Rocket Red Erotic).

In contrast, although the Kings have Gu Yu, their popularity in China cannot be regarded as a super high level, which is better than most teams in the league, but there is still a significant gap with the teams mentioned earlier. If you really want to make an analogy, it is similar to teams such as the Bucks who had Yi Jianlian at that time, maybe the King is slightly taller.

This is actually a bit strange, not to mention the explosive performance this season, Gu Yu has actually had a lot of wonderful performances last season, and his record-breaking and high-scoring style of play is also very popular, plus Gu Yu is a fake Chinese player, why is there such a big gap between his influence in China and Chen Muhui? ? It's not even as good as Yao Ming, who has retired?

In fact, if you think about it, the reason is not complicated.

First, Chen Mu's popularity, not to mention in the Chinese fan circle, is the highest among basketball fans all over the world, and there is no one. LeBron and Kobe Bryant are both super-first-class in popularity, but there is still a gap between them and Chen Mu at the moment. As the only supergiant in history who has received a terrifying four million votes on the all-star voting record, Chen Mu's popularity is definitely at the level of a divine beast.

With Chen Mu here to guarantee the bottom, Philadelphia's popularity cannot be low. Coupled with Curry, who has become famous and repeatedly played wonderful performances in the past two years, the popularity value of Philadelphia's new era is absolutely leveraged, and the first place in the league can't run.

Second, although Yao Ming has retired, when Da Yao entered the league, he brought many people who originally didn't pay much attention to the NBA to watch the NBA, and how much help it brought to the promotion of China's basketball career, I believe that fans who have experienced that era have a deep understanding.

Not to mention Yao Ming's hard power, Da Yao's popularity in China has nothing to say. Plus his near-perfect media image, and memes (ahem...... It is not difficult to explain that Chinese fans still love the Rockets.

Third, Gu Yu's performance last season was great, but in terms of hard power, there is still a bit of a gap. Not to mention comparing with Chen Mu, even at the peak of Da Yao, there are still several UAE alliances. The arena, after all, is a place where strength is spoken, and if you don't have enough strength, popularity won't automatically run to your head.

Fourth, maybe Gu Yu's popularity is enough for domestic TV stations to increase the number of broadcasts of Kings games. But Gu Yu's arrogant and domineering personality will still make some older generation of Chinese people a little unaccustomed to it, and feel that it is different from the humility and courtesy that we pay attention to, for example, the leaders of some sports organizations......

Finally, there is another very crucial point, that is, the popularity of the Kings themselves in China is really not high.

Maybe some friends will refute it, saying that the king is not very popular? At the beginning of the 21st century, who almost killed the invincible Lakers and overturned the whole league with a gorgeous offense? ? Later Artey and Cousins, which is not a personality player, and which one is not attention-grabbing?

But think about it a little more rationally, the peak period of the Kings since the 21st century and the period of large-scale domestic broadcasting of NBA games happen to be staggered. Even if domestic fans have been paying more attention to the NBA since 2002, the glory of the Kings has barely lasted for another two years after that.

Moreover, Webber, the king's signature player at the time, was a star who went off the rails, and soon after that, he suffered an injury and gradually declined. After that, the king's record was like Wang Xiaoer's New Year's Eve was not as good as a year, and he gradually became a fish belly. So the die-hard fans of the real Kings are still a minority in China after all.

As soon as these factors are combined, even with Gu Yu, a guy who is very promising to become the popular king of the new generation, the King's domestic ratings are still not too high.

However, now, since the start of the new season, Gu Yu and the king have continued to create miracles. Even fans who don't want to see the Kings anymore have begun to pay attention to this team that has risen from the abyss of fish belly in just two years.

It is not difficult to understand that domestic TV stations asked to change the number of live broadcasts.

"At present, the players on both sides are warming up, and we have also invited expert Zhang to guide you today, and please ask Zhang to give you a brief analysis of the highlights of this game."

The host Meteor Shower is a commentator from a kayak, and the kayak competition asked him to say that it is burning. But he still has a lot to learn when it comes to basketball game commentary.

At this time, there was an old expert sitting beside him, and Meteor Shower knew very well what he should do, so he immediately handed over the conversation to Director Zhang.

"Ah, if you want me to say, the two sides of this game look completely different in style, and they are not some big teams in the east and west. But this game is going to be exciting! ”

As soon as Director Zhang spoke, he brought his own sound effects, and said, "Why do you say that? If you look at the line-ups on both sides, it's actually very interesting, taking two completely different routes. ”

"First of all, the Kings, everyone should be familiar with it, the three young players Gu Yu, Evans, and Cousins, they are all good players. Although the outside offensive firepower is very ferocious, the Kings' style of play is actually very traditional, that is, starting from the inside, even if Cousins does not score, he will pass the ball from his hands, and then come inside-out to create opportunities for the outside. ”

"Poof...... Well. ”

As soon as Director Zhang's classic English came out, even the meteor shower couldn't help it, and he almost laughed, but he finally held it back.

"This style of play was standard at our time, what is it called? It's called old-school, old-school ball. Don't look at the momentum of the Kings team's scoring now, in fact, they don't play fast, and the previous early 21st century, Webb's Kings team is in the same vein, they all use cooperation to improve the shooting rate, and they play absolute team basketball. ”

Director Zhang didn't care, he had been black and honey for so many years, and he had already looked down on these, and continued: "And what about the Wizards? A few years ago, they chose this John Wall, and the speed was so fast that they couldn't stop it. With such an engine, they are very good at playing defensive counterattacks, what is this called, this is called offensive and defensive conversion, easy-ball, finding easy scoring opportunities, pushing counterattacks. ”

"Wizards are the way they play in the new era, and it's completely different from the King's way. These two teams play, and whoever can get the initiative in the rhythm of the game can control the game. ”

"Well, what Director Zhang said makes a lot of sense."

Meteor Shower nodded and said: "But Director Zhang, the Wizards' record is not very good now, and they are a big gap with the king, and the king has been winning streaks recently, will this game be one-sided?" ”

"According to me, no."

Director Zhang still really understands the Emperor of the Ball, dares to make a judgment, and says firmly: "Why? Because what is the King's style of play based on? Cooperate! Coordination means more passes, more runs, and the offense is relatively complex. The more complicated things are, the easier it is to make mistakes, what is that law called......"

"Murphy's Law."

Meteor Shower continued, "But that's not what Murphy's Law says......"

"Yes, yes, yes, Murphy's Law!"

Director Zhang directly interrupted and continued: "It's easy to make mistakes, you still have so many links, and you encounter teams that play back and forth with you at a glance, such as those strong teams, the king will not suffer, because everyone is reasonable, and they are all literary fights." But the Wizards are different, the Wizards are like the kings of two years ago, all of them are stunned, and they rush up to fight you at the slightest opportunity. You pass a little slower, the Wizards are the scuds of the whole team, and when you catch up with a steal, you push the fast break, can the king keep up with the interior speed? ? ”

Don't say it, there is some truth to it!

In front of the TV, many Chinese fans nodded frequently, and Director Zhang deserved to be a milestone figure in the history of the Chinese men's basketball team.

"If you look at the Wizards' lineup, in the starters, Wall doesn't talk about it, everyone is familiar with it. In fact, Wall's style of play is somewhat similar to Evans, while Wall is faster, more jumpy, and passes better, and Evans can't keep up. ”

"Bradley Beal is a very accurate scorer, he can play with or without the ball, and his body is also very good, and he has an advantage in body against Gu Yu. The third position is Webster, fans who watched the NBA in the past few years know that Webster used to be a wonder soldier in the Trail Blazers, often breaking out in the fourth quarter, the kind that saves the team, must not be underestimated, Garcia really can't be limited. ”

"That's true."

Meteor Shower nodded and said: "If it weren't for the reimbursement of serious injuries in the 08-09 season, Webster would have broken through and defended in three points, and could break out at critical moments, so he was definitely a star embryo." ”

"Look at the inside line."

Director Zhang continued: "** is a technical stream, and his health is not bad, Thompson is most afraid of the No. 4 position with skills, which is given by **. Center Okafor started on defense, took the title of best rookie from the head of the monster, and is the best at defending the back, is Cousins also a little troublesome? ”

So it seems......

Listening to Director Zhang's introduction, the fans who were originally full of confidence in the king's abuse of vegetables became a little apprehensive.

Kings, do you have to overturn ......?

In anticipation, the race is about to begin.

Before the referee announced the jump ball, John Wall walked behind Gu Yu.