Chapter 321: Steady as a Spur
Early in the morning, Qiao Hai was naked and lifted the quilt.
Although it is a cold winter, because of the existence of the great invention of air conditioning, the temperature in the room is not low, and it is as warm as spring.
Putting on his pajamas, Qiao Hai opened the curtains.
"Oh roar, it's snowing!"
The goose-feathered snow filled the entire sky, and it was already white outside the window.
After thinking about it, Qiao Hai picked up the phone and dialed a number.
After two beeps, the call was answered.
"Hey, Han Xue? I'm Qiao Hai. ”
After greeting each other, Qiao Hai then said: "It's snowing outside, do you know, Vancouver has never snowed so early, generally speaking, it snows in January and February after Vancouver, it must be because of you!" ”
"Huh? Because I? Han Xue paused for a moment.
"Because you have snow in your name, and you bring snow! You should claim responsibility for this! ”
“……”
Han Xue almost hung up the phone, but she still held back, her face full of black lines.
"Did you call me so early just to tell me bad jokes? It's boring! ”
"Haha!" Qiao Hai laughed, a cold joke that was not funny, but he thought it was funny.
However, this call was really not caused by boredom, he did have something to say when he looked for Han Xue: "It's Christmas in two weeks, do you have any friends in Vancouver?" ”
There was a moment of silence on the other side of the phone, then he replied, "No." ”
"No?" Qiao Hai bit his finger: "That's okay, it's just right, I have a lot of friends in Vancouver, I'll pick you up when the time comes, let's find a player or coach family with a better atmosphere, and go for a meal, what do you think?" ”
"Rubbing rice? Okay! ”
Han Xue naturally agreed.
"Okay, that's it!"
………………
After a day of heavy snowfall, travel was restricted.
Qiao Hai hesitated for a while, but in the end he didn't drive, he chose to rub the car.
"Stan, stop while passing by my house......"
Three minutes later, Stanreford's car creaked to a halt at the entrance of the community where Qiao Hai lived, and Qiao Hai got into the car despite a day's heavy snowfall.
"Phew, this day's heavy snowfall, I don't know when it will end."
As soon as he got in the car, Qiao Hai sighed.
As a result, Stanlefour directly made up for it: "It is said that it will have to be played tomorrow." ”
"We have to play tomorrow, we have to shoot rockets tomorrow......" Qiao Hai held his chin and thought for a while. I don't know how many spectators can be in the home stadium after a day of heavy snow......"
Stan Lefu shrugged his shoulders as he drove carefully: "I don't think it's much." ”
Qiao Hai shook his head, very helpless.
Grizzlies owner John McCaw has met several times with the two consortia in Seattle, and is now locked in a tug-of-war over the purchase price, and the Grizzlies sale drama will have to continue for a while.
Because of the sale of the grizzly bear, there is even some gossip from unknown sources in the outside world.
One said that after the Michael Haysley consortium bought the Grizzlies, they intended to bring the Grizzlies back to the United States.
The other says that the Robert Johnson consortium applied to the league to move the Grizzlies to Charlotte to replace the Hornets who were about to move to New Orleans.
Two pieces of gossip affected Vancouver's ball market to a certain extent, and in the new season, the box office of GM Arena fell and continued to decline......
The car drove for half an hour before arriving at the training hall.
This is the beginning of the day's training, and considering that there is still a game tomorrow, Qiao Hai pulled a few coaches and discussed tomorrow's game.
"Joe, here's the pre-match intelligence."
Qiao Hai took the information handed over by Lawrence Frank, glanced at it, and then frowned: "Michael Dixon and Jamal Bushburn can't fight?" Why? ”
"It's said that there was a deal."
"Deal?"
Qiao Hai is a little puzzled, if it is a trade, it should be a big deal, Michael Dixon is a potential point guard, although the organizational ability is average, but full of offense, a bit like the Grizzlies' Mike Bibie, of course, compared to Mike Bibie, Michael Dixon has another disadvantage - he is too glassy and prone to injury.
Jamal Marshburn is also a powerful wing with the potential to become an All-Star.
These two players are going to be traded, so who are the Rockets targeting?
"Hoop sports headlines: Raptors have infighting, Steve Francis is unhappy with the ball, and Steve Francis is said to be about to be traded to the Rockets."
“……”
Hearing this news, Qiao Hai thought of that sentence again: "History still has inertia after all." ”
Qiao Hai flipped through Hoop Sports, and sure enough, he saw the headlines about the deal.
"The Raptors Rockets trade, the Rockets bid Michael Dixon, Jamal Mashburn, will trade from the Raptors for Steve Francesga draft pick, and the trade will be completed on December 15."
Sure enough, there is a deal, and Qiao Hai still believes in the news of the HOOP transaction.
"Michael Dixon and Jamal Marsh don't play, then this game is simple, lock up Catino Mobley, don't give the opponent a chance."
Qiao Hai briefly talked about the style of play in this game, Michael Dixon and Jamal Marsh were not there, and the Rockets directly lost two important scoring points, and there was only one Catino Mobley left on the outside.
So far this season, the Rockets have a 10-10 record, sitting ninth in the West, and are just one step away from the playoffs.
Compared with last season, the Rockets' record this season is much better, which is also due to the play of the outside three, but obviously, the Rockets are not satisfied with this, Michael Dixon, Jamal Mashburn and even Catino Mobley are all players who are only one step away from becoming an All-Star, so they decided to exchange two for one in exchange for Steve Francis, who has superstar potential.
I have to say, the idea is good.
If the expectations are met, the reconstruction of the rocket can be ended in an instant.
However, in this game, they will naturally face the ravages from the Grizzlies.
Playing away, without Michael Dixon and Jamal Marshburn, the starting point guard is Muchinorris, the Rockets were abused by the Grizzlies for 10 points in the first quarter, Mike Bibi and Billups broke out one after another, and Ginobili, who came off the bench, was in average condition, but also got 7 points and 1 assist in the first quarter.
Then, at halftime, the Grizzlies led by 18 points.
In the end, the Grizzlies won the game easily with 102:82, winning four in a row!
In this game, Raheem was injured and was roughly given the opportunity to start.
Although he started, he didn't show much, playing 26 minutes in the whole game, shooting 8 times, hitting 4 shots, including 2-of-3 from three-point range, scoring 10 points, plus 7 rebounds and 1 block.
The winning streak continues, but for the Grizzlies, such a winning streak is already the norm, and the occasional loss is not surprising, and the Grizzlies can win most of the games, which is already a bit of a Spurs in the future.
The Grizzlies in the regular season are too stable!