Before going on the field, Zhang Feng received a call from NIKE executive Eden, who said that NIKE would do an event on Twitter in this game, and the specific plan was that for every 10 points Zhang Feng scored, the discount of his signature shoes would increase by 10%, which was the first time Zhang Feng's signature shoes had done an event, and the sales volume was very important, and they hoped that Zhang Feng would go all out.

This activity belongs to the daily reward part of the contract signed with NIKE before, NIKE selects some high-profile competitions, and announces Zhang Feng's challenge tasks on the Internet, as long as Zhang Feng completes the task, NIKE has the name of engaging in activities, and when both parties earn dollars, Zhang Feng's attention will become more and more significant.

Originally, the challenge designed for Zhang Feng today was to achieve two pairs, and the scheduled discount amount was 80% off, but Zhang Feng himself jumped out first and said that he wanted to break the debut scoring record since 1980, so NIKE temporarily decided to change the plan.

The news of the record-breaking and score-based discounts quickly spread online, and Zhang Feng's signature shoes were fully publicized without spending any cost, with someone commenting on NIKE Twitter: "If Zhang Feng cuts 100 points, won't his signature sneakers be given away for nothing?" ”。

NIEK officials saw that the event was so good, and quickly responded: "Don't score 100 points, as long as Zhang Feng scores 43 points, he will give away 4,300 pairs of his signature sneakers for free."

The 43 points were exactly one point higher than Wilt Chamberlain's debut scoring record, and fans thought that Zhang Feng's 13 three-pointers against the Warriors in the preseason seemed to be not impossible, so they began to watch TNT live.

In the TNT studio, the O'Neal trio had just finished commenting on the Nets and Pacers and were preparing to explain the Kings vs. Rockets.

Kenny said with a smile, "Wow, the director told me just now that our ratings have tripled in an instant."

"Could it be that my wonderful commentary attracted ESPN users?" O'Neill said shyly.

Kenny shook his head: "No, NIKE has a new event, and now the fans are coming to see if Zhang Feng can score 43 points"

"Haha, it seems that I am completely correct in suggesting more live broadcasts and commentating on the Kings game, of course, fans watch TNT live broadcasts, and Zhang Feng also has a lot of credit" O'Neal was very happy.

Unexpectedly, Barkley whispered: "Isn't it because of the rocket that we explained?" ”

O'Neill was unhappy instantly, every time Zhang Feng had something, Barkley was skeptical, "It doesn't matter if you believe it or not, we can believe it, and besides, have you been slapped in the face less often?" ”

Speaking of slapping in the face, Barkley really has no temper. Although he is also optimistic about Zhang Feng, unlike O'Neill, he does not treat Zhang Feng as a superstar. O'Neill was stunned, and he immediately fought back and said: "Then I'll tell you today, about Zhang Feng scoring 43 points tonight, he will definitely not be able to do it!" Do you dare to gamble with me".

O'Neill shook his head: "The last bet has not come to fruition, I won't bet with you."

In fact, O'Neill himself did not have much confidence. 43 points, even against a weak team is a difficult statistic to achieve, let alone a rocket? Even if the Rockets don't have Paul, Harden, Gordon, Tucker and others are not vegetarians.

"Keep fighting, Kuzma said, one of the fun of the NBA is watching the two of you fight," Kenny said with a grin.

With that, the two fell silent, and Kenny drew the audience's attention to the game.

In the Golden No. 1 Arena, the starters of the two teams have all stood on the field, waiting for the referee's whistle.

Zhang Feng winked at An Jiali who was sitting on the sidelines, An Jiali smiled brightly, she applauded excitedly, hoping that Zhang Feng could score 43 points, if he couldn't do it, it would be good to score the 32 points he promised himself.

"Beep" The referee blew the whistle and threw the ball into the air at the same time, and the king's starting center Willie jumped first, easily grabbed the ball against Capela's interference, and then hugged it tightly, and waited until Zhang Feng walked to his side before giving it out.

Eric Gordon, who defended Zhang Feng and scored the Rockets' second-highest 24 points against the Warriors last time out, is a good scorer, but not a good defender.

Zhang Feng bowed down to dribble to find an opportunity, Willy stepped forward to block and dismantle, Gordon was slightly delayed, Zhang Feng got up directly and jumped, luckily, three-point hit, and all the Kings fans gave a standing ovation.

The first score in his career was three points, a good start, and the major media began to report, but even under the bombardment of the two major news today, the number of media reports was still the first time that Brother Qiu scored a lot.

The Rockets attacked, Harden controlled the ball, Zhang Feng took the initiative to go up to defend, Zhang Feng wanted to say some trash talk, but he knew that Harden spoke in advance.

"You don't think I lost to you in the Drew League last time, you can win this time" Harden turned sideways, his right hand against Zhang Feng, controlled the ball with his left hand, and stopped to spew trash talk.

"Yes, you still had Paul last time, this time Paul is not here, you have to lose even more" Zhang Feng did not show weakness.

"No wonder you think you can score 43 points, but I can't let your sneakers sell too cheaply, which will disrupt the market a little bit" Harden seems to have good intentions, but in fact intends to predict Zhang Feng to score.

"If it doesn't exist, as long as it's not as easy to sell as you," Zhang Feng shot back strongly.

Harden got angry, he stepped forward with his left foot, exerted force with his right leg, and took a step to the left 45 degrees. Zhang Feng chased closely, raising his hands to block Harden's dry shooting space, of course, there was also a reason for raising his hands for fear of fouls.

Harden was extremely fast, but suddenly stopped near the left free throw line, Zhang Feng couldn't keep up slightly, and Harden scored two points on a jumper.

"Welcome to ......" Harden turned around and was about to pretend to compare, but before he could say the three words of NBA, he saw that Zhang Feng had run near the halfway line, and he knew that something was wrong.

This is the established tactic of Zhang Feng and his teammates, every time his defensive player scores, he quickly runs to the front court, if the opponent has no one to follow, his teammates will directly make a long pass, as long as he can throw the ball to the front court.

The Rockets had just finished a big battle with the Warriors, and they rushed to Sacramento overnight, they were tired, and in the face of the weak team of the Kings, it was the first round, and they didn't expect Zhang Feng to come to this point.

So, under the watchful eyes of the audience and the players of the two teams, Zhang Feng slowly and leisurely threw a three-pointer.

The embarrassing thing is that this unguarded three-point shot failed to hit, and seeing the Rockets players rushing up, they could only grab the rebound and make a layup instead.

Three points turned into two points, Zhang Feng was very angry and embarrassed, he knew that he would definitely not be able to run away.

The second offense of the Rockets, Harden dribbled and rushed in, and in the face of Capela's delay, Zhang Feng was out of reach, but what made King fans even more depressed was that Willy's defense was like a road in the early morning, Harden shook it casually, and he scored an easy layup without even using European steps.

Facing the boos of the fans, Zhang Feng comforted and patted Willy on the shoulder: "Don't worry, I'll rush in immediately to help you hit one."

Willy nodded gratefully, and when he reached the three-point line, he blocked Zhang Feng, Zhang Feng got rid of Capela in two steps, burst to the inside, deceived Ryan Anderson, and was about to pass the ball, but found that he couldn't find Willy.

Zhang Feng had a sentence of "I grass" in his heart, turned his head and saw that Willy was still standing at the three-point line, Zhang Feng thought: Do I understand to help him play one, he thinks it is me who scores?

There was no choice but to come by himself, Zhang Feng pulled the back lever in the air to open Capela, who was chasing the defense, and threw the ball before Ryan Anderson, who also jumped twice, blocked.

The two-point shot was made, and at the same time, the referee blew the whistle, Ryan Anderson made a big hand, and Zhang Feng added a free throw.