Chapter 18 The early stage of the Eastern Showdown, the attention of the other side of the ocean
Liu Ming still plays the role of a "3D" player in the Bulls, still training hard, Liu Ming continues to speed up his shots, boring practice basic skills, dribbling and shooting. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info Liu Ming can only train by himself according to some videos he watched in his previous life.
Liu Ming feels that the practice is very unconfident, this kind of practice method is universal and has no target, but now Liu Ming can't help it, now he is just a "poor". Liu Ming can only hope that "diligence can make up for clumsiness", and "quantitative changes produce qualitative changes".
On the morning of November 6th, Liu Ming came to Miami, the "cleanest city in the United States", with the Bulls (this is 08 years, Forbes commented), the Miami Heat and the Bulls are "old rivals", whether it is Phil Jackson, or Pat Riley are NBA Hall of Fame-level coaches, and last year's "revenge" is the intersection of tonight's war.
Pat Riley came from the Knicks last year and was named head coach and president by the Heat. Riley underwent a drastic restructuring of the team when he took over, trading All-Star centers Alonzo Mourning, LeRon Ellis and Pete Myers from the Hornets. In his first season in charge of the Heat, Riley led the team back to the playoffs. It's a pity that the Heat met the Bulls, who were 72-10 in the first round and were eliminated.
This year, the Heat became the most surprising team in the NBA. In the regular season, the Heat finished with a 61-21 record, topping the Atlantic Division. In the playoffs, the Heat eliminated the Magic, then played seven games against the Knicks, and finally reached the Eastern Conference Finals. In the game against the Knicks, the Heat fell behind 1-3, but the Heat won three games in a row and finally came back to win. In the finals, the Heat met the Bulls again and were eliminated again. In the 96-97 season, the Heat achieved the best record in team history in the regular season with 61 wins and 21 losses, and entered the playoffs before the Heat went all the way to the Eastern Conference Finals before losing to the Chicago Bulls.
It's a pity that no one is optimistic about the Heat now, everyone thinks that the Heat is just one of the giants in the East, no one would have thought that it was the Heat who touched the East Final this season, and of course everyone is optimistic about the Bulls.
So this game is also very intense, and the current NBA does not allow joint defense (the reason is that the rise of world basketball, basketball international competitions are allowed to joint defense, and NBA players are not used to joint defense, which in the world competition, the impact on the United States team, so in 01, the league also began to allow joint defense. )。 But now the strength of the player's single defense player is indeed a little more "strict" than that of later generations, mainly because the defensive actions of players in this era are relatively large, and later generations have become more severe in the punishment of defenders because the league has established a "clean" league. Tonight, Liu Ming really saw it, "iron-blooded tough defense".
In the first quarter of "19:30", the Bulls were in front, tonight's "Saint Seiya" Mourning played very resolutely, playing the inside, Rodman's 3 shots were interfered with, and Mourning gave Jordan in the first quarter, Pippen and a hat. It was under Mourning's tough performance that the Bulls lost by 11 points in a single quarter.
The Bulls' habitual second quarter began to exert their power, Jordan was angry today, Jordan scored 20 points in the second quarter, and Rodman also joined the stalking with Mourning today, but tonight's Mourning is really brave and has a high shooting rate, but the free throws are a bit bad tonight. At the end of the first half, Mourning has already got 20+10 data, and it can be guessed that Mourning is going to get a big "double-double" again tonight, but Rodman also grabbed 12 rebounds in the first half, Jordan scored 28 points in the first half, "57:53", and the Bulls led by 4 points at the end of the first half into the second half.
In the third quarter, the Bulls' "Big Three" continued to play, Jordan, Pippen, didn't have much rest in the first half tonight, Liu Ming was finally replaced after a while, but during this time, Jordan played very well, and the desire to attack was also very strong, and Liu Ming had no good choice to shoot. Although "Beetle" Tim Hardaway is also 1.83 meters, he is very experienced, and he is very uncomfortable with small movements, and Liu Ming has no intention of forcing a shot, Liu Ming played for 4 minutes, but he sent 3 assists and grabbed 1 rebound.
At the end of the third quarter, "83:73", the Bulls finally took the lead in the last double, but the Heat team was not a team to admit defeat and give up, and Mourning was particularly desperate tonight.
In the fourth quarter, Mourning continued to attack the inside, and Rodman also joined the "hugging and falling" team again, and the two fought each other. However, relying on Jordan, who is going to be supernatural tonight, the Bulls still firmly grasped the situation and did not give the Heat any hope of winning, and finally Liu Ming was replaced on the court again, scoring two 3-pointers and one mid-range shot.
At the end of the game, the Bulls won "108-100" against the Heat. However, tonight relied on Jordan's outburst and the Heat's outside firepower, and "Monster" Jamal Mashburn failed to play due to injury. This leaves the suspense for the next match between the two sides.
After the game, Liu Ming had nothing to do after taking a shower, and Liu Ming did not need to attend the post-game press conference.
Today, when Liu Ming was about to return to the hotel to rest after the game, he found that there were Chinese in the passage, and this person was none other than the teacher Su Qun that Liu Ming had seen on TV in the future. This year, Su Qun covered NBA games on the spot, and he was also the first reporter in China to cover NBA games on the spot.
Su Qun "stopped" Liu Ming and asked in English, "Bruce Liu, you played well tonight, and the Bulls also beat the Heat tonight, what do you think of this game?" ”
When Liu Ming heard it, Su Qun was a little surprised in English, Liu Ming had never heard Su Qun speak English, and when he heard him speak English, Liu Ming was a little cold, but he was relieved when he thought about it, Su Qun was a little cautious about Liu Ming's attitude, and there was nothing wrong with communicating in English.
"Call me Liu Ming, I can speak Chinese". Liu Ming's Chinese is Mandarin, Su Qun was a little tearful when he heard it, although he heard Zhang Weiping say that Liu Ming can speak Chinese, but in this unrelated area, it is still very touching to hear Chinese. Su Qun knew that Liu Ming had a bit of Chinese ancestry, but he rashly communicated with others in Chinese, in case Liu Ming was a little hesitant or embarrassed, he would be very embarrassed.
Most of the questions Su asked were about the future of Chinese basketball and some "exchanges" between the Chinese team and the NBA teams before the season.
Liu Ming also gave some suggestions on these issues, most of which were official words, but he also hoped that someone could enter the NBA, otherwise he would be a little lonely. Liu Ming jokingly said that he hopes that more Chinese players will broaden their horizons and break through themselves internationally.
In the end, Su Qun and Liu Ming said goodbye happily, Su Qun is still a guest and consultant of CCTV broadcast, and he is also very busy with his work. However, both of them left their contact information for better contact in the future.
(CCTV broadcasts of the NBA began as early as 1982.)
In 1986, the "Arena" column opened by CCTV broadcast a 50-minute Los Angeles Lakers playoff highlights
In 1988, CCTV broadcast the NBA Finals for the first time in China in the form of a videotape
Since 1990, the NBA has compressed a game into an hour-long videotape, accompanied by music, and sent it to CCTV for free.
In 1994, CCTV began broadcasting the All-Star Game and Finals via satellite, which was also the beginning of live broadcast of NBA games in China. So the official broadcast of NBA games was in 1994)
I remember hearing my brother say that CCTV2 channel often broadcasts NBA events, and there are 10 best balls, alas, the snail was still young at that time, and I didn't watch the NBA games at that time, which is a bit of a pity, this is the difficult development process of Chinese basketball, and it is not easy to develop to this point today!
Zhou Qi is ready to go to the Celtics for a tryout, this is the last time, I see 7 signings in the first round of Green Kai this year, the chance is still quite big, whether it can be successful or not, it depends on tomorrow's performance. )