Chapter 112: The Chinese Derby (1)
Sun Yue is not the kind of believer in the "Ah Q spirit", he wants to find out his own shortcomings, so after his first match, he has been watching the video of this game. He found that there were so many things that could be taught him in this regular season game, and every move Kidd made was worth his careful scrutiny and humble learning.
"Kidd's defense is about successfully using all of his areas of expertise while maximizing his weaknesses. If I can improve my skills a little more, he will not be able to avoid his shortcomings. Then I'll be able to at least complete the task of mutual explosion. I guess other top point guards in the league can basically do this, and I can't do it for the time being, which means that I still have a lot to learn. ”
But the media doesn't think so, especially Chris. Paul had a double-double of 16 points and 10 assists on 8-of-10 shooting from the field against the Sacramento Kings in another All-American live game, the New Orleans Hornets, and after leading the Hornets to a comfortable victory over the Kings, he was rated as the best point guard in the class of 2005.
These media do not analyze the problem according to different situations at all, and the opponent Sun Yue met was Kidd, who was selected to the best defensive team many times. Paul's opponent is the "White Devil" Mike, who is stronger in offense than defense. Bibby, the defensive intensity that the two encountered on the field was completely different.
Yahoo Sports, for example, commented: "Skipper showed a strong discomfort in his first official NBA game, and his thin body looked a little stronger than it was a year ago. In front of Kidd, like a child facing an adult, I hope Atlantans won't be too upset about today's failure, because such days have just begun for them. ”
Atlantans are not as sad as Yahoo Sports said, their home team has been bad for many years, they have enough patience for failure, and Sun Yue's performance is not too bad, today is just facing the league's top point guard Kidd plus Sun Yue's bad hand is not good enough, Hawks fans are still very tolerant of Sun Yue.
But the saddest thing is the president of Adidas, Phil. Wright, Adidas made a heavy bet on Sun Yue's first stop at his insistence, not only letting Sun Yue wear the riotous Sun Yue generation to attract a lot of shots, but also spent a lot of money to broadcast the advertising video of Sun Yue's generation during the halftime of the game.
But Phil. Wright is also a businessman who understands football, he knows Sun Yue's potential and strength, so he and Adidas still have patience, but I don't know how long this patience can last.
So Sun Yue desperately needed a good game to prove himself, and such an opportunity soon came, and the Hawks' second game was played on October 30 against the Houston Rockets led by the "Yao Mai Combination".
The first leg of the Chinese derby was played at the Toyota Center, home of the Rockets, starring Yao Ming and Sun Yue, and Chinese basketball fans were thrilled with the game, which will also be broadcast by CCAV.
On the night before the start of the competition, Yao Ming specially invited Sun Yue, who had just gotten off the plane, to his Yao restaurant for dinner.
Yao Ming's invitation, Sun Yue naturally would not refuse, and after saying hello to Coach Woodson, he went to Yao Restaurant to meet the real NBA Chinese first.
"Brother Yao, everyone calls you that, it's okay for me to call you that, right?" In fact, this is the first official meeting between Sun Yue and Yao Ming, although Yao Ming has watched Sun Yue's game before, but they are only in a hurry and have never sat together to chat.
"Sun Yue, you don't have to be polite to speak, everyone is a fellow countryman, I'm a few years older than you, it's good to call Brother Yao." Yao Ming invited Sun Yue to a banquet in his restaurant, he had long wanted to meet this compatriot, Su Qun had talked to him about Sun Yue, and naturally mentioned that he was willing to serve the country.
When Yao Ming heard the news, he didn't believe it at first, after all, Sun Yue had a falling out with the club in Beijing Chaoshen Club before, and Yao Ming knew China's national conditions and those insiders in the Chinese basketball circle, he didn't think that Sun Yue was willing to play for the country after being obviously cheated by the club once.
However, Yao Ming, who has a high emotional intelligence, was not suitable to talk about the national team at first, Yao Ming first shared his experience as a rookie with Sun Yue, and these experiences were a valuable asset to Sun Yue.
"Sun Yue, don't have any psychological pressure, my performance in the first game was much worse than yours, I only got 2 points and 2 rebounds, and you at least scored a double-double."
I have to say that Yao Ming is a very wise person, except for his height, you can't tell that he is a basketball player at all, and his moderate humor and modest personality make Sun Yue feel like a spring breeze.
Of course, in fact, what Yao Ming wants to talk about most now is the matter of Sun Yue's joining the national team that Su Qun mentioned to him, but the little giant knows that he can't talk too deeply when they meet for the first time, and it will be much better to mention these things after they get acquainted with each other in the future.
"I can help with tournament tickets, where you need it, just say it." Yao Ming, as the host, naturally has to do enough etiquette in this regard.
Thinking of this, Sun Yue also realized that he had not been in contact with the two girls Ledlow and Rachel for a long time, but it is estimated that these two girls who coincidentally worked as reporters did not need to provide tickets by themselves.
The next day, instead of receiving boos when Sun Yue walked into the Toyota Center, he saw many Chinese fans holding signs in support of him, and today at least 2,000 Chinese fans came to the stadium to watch this rare Chinese derby.
This Chinese derby will be broadcast live by CBS, with Rick Murphy in the air. Barry and Bill. Wharton is in charge of the commentary.
Rick. Barry is the undisputed NBA's 50 superstar, the first unexpectedly only scoring champion in the '60s other than Chamberlain, and probably the most arrogant and grumpy superstar of all time. After retiring, he changed his career to become an anchor and did not change his usual temperament, although he was talented, but because of his sharp and vicious rhetoric and highly personal commentary, controversy has always continued.
Bill. Walton is also one of the NBA's 50 superstars, the only player in history to be the regular season MVP, Finals MVP and Sixth Man of the Year, one of the few great centers in NCAA history – and he played less than 40 percent of the games in his 14-year NBA career. After retiring, Wharton is undoubtedly the most indescribable commentary on the planet, and no words can describe his whimsical, brain-opening, nonsense commentary.
One of these two is a notoriously poisonous tongue and the other is a notoriously comic duo, and the two together are a guarantee of ratings, no less popular than TNT's comic duo Charles. Barkley and Kenny. Smith, and in terms of seniority, these two are also much higher than the latter two.