Chapter 19: Canada's "Children of the Wind"

After Liu Ming finished the game, he was about to fly out of Miami and go to the next city, Detroit. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 infoThis is Liu Ming's first "back-to-back" (back.to.back) (Broadly speaking, the team plays two consecutive days, that is, back-to-back games, and the mention of "back-to-back" in NBA games generally refers to the team playing away from home for two consecutive days, and it is in different cities!) This format is a great test of the team's fitness and strength! In order to make the game more compact and exciting)

Back to back, for the team, it is synonymous with thorns everywhere; For the players, there is no doubt that they face a series of sinister challenges. There are more than 400 players in the NBA, and there are different joys and sorrows, but it is certain that no player will like to play "back-to-back" games, let alone consecutive away "back-to-back", which is not a test of victory or defeat, but a test of luck.

Liu Ming felt very tired as soon as he arrived in Detroit, not only physically, but also mentally, really physically and mentally exhausted.

No. 7 Liu Ming took a day off, now he is the youngest player in the team, and everyone didn't bring Liu Ming when they went to nightclubs or other places to play at night, but this Liu Ming has no regrets, Liu Ming is still a very conservative man in his bones, Liu Ming just thinks that this may be a bit unsociable, NBA players are some "energetic," people who have a lot of money and have nowhere to spend, so they often go to nightclubs. Liu Ming doesn't like the atmosphere there, so he hasn't been there yet. (Of course, there are people who don't have enough to spend, and at the end of the '04-05 season, the Timberwolves offered Sprewell a three-year, $21 million contract, and the 34-year-old turned down the Timberwolves' kindness and threw the reason that "no 10 million is not enough to feed his family" to the team's top brass with a little irony.) Eventually, Ratriel Spreville said, "I'd rather lie at home without a good contract!" Then he disappeared from the NBA arena. )

On the 8th, the Bulls face the Pistons on the road. The Pistons and Jordan can be described as "bitter and bitter", the team that has been blocking Jordan from touching the finals floor in the past few years, and in Jordan's rookie season, "Smiling Assassin" Isaiah Thomas also called on other All-Stars in the East to isolate Jordan at the All-Star Game. However, Jordan was not very hot at the Barcelona Olympics in '92, and Jordan's "with me without him" made Isaiah Thomas miss the Olympics.

Liu Ming also saw several "acquaintances" in the Pistons' team, including Joe Dumas, the general manager of the Pistons in the later generations, and later "Glass Man", "Elegant Gentleman" Grant Hill, as well as Rick Mahon of the "Bad Boy Army", and Kenny Smith, the commentator of TNT. Looking at these old acquaintances, Liu Ming couldn't help but feel a little emotional, these people can't resist the washing of time after all.

The current Pistons have no pressure on the Bulls at all, and they are playing with the Pistons all over the court, but there is no "hatred" on both teams tonight, everyone plays decently, and Grant Hill performs very well, and everyone else has no desire to perform, Jordan also played average today, maybe it was too late yesterday. There was no desire to score, and 12 shots were taken.

Liu Ming played 20 minutes tonight, scoring efficiently, 3 three-pointers and 1 shot, 1 of 2 free throws to score 15 points, and Rodman 20 rebounds. For the Pistons, Hill had a great performance with 21 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists.

In the end, it was the Bulls who won the game "106-80".

In the post-match press conference, the reporter asked: "Grant, what do you think of tonight's performance?" ”

"I think the Pistons were average tonight, but the Bulls were doing well, the Bulls are very strong, and they've got a good rookie in the uniform this year, so I think he's going to be a rising star," Hill said.

"Oh, Grant is talking about the No. 14 rookie across the street?"

"Could it be that the Bulls have a second rookie?" Seeing that these people were a little discriminatory, Hill was very unhappy, and Hill asked directly.

The reporter was speechless, and some media finally remembered Liu Ming after the game.

"Grant is optimistic that China's rookie will become a star"

"Grant says the piston livery team is short-sighted"

"Grant says No. 26 rookie Jerome Williams is not as good as No. 29 rookie Chinese boy"

Liu Ming didn't know that these media pushed him to the forefront again, but later Liu Ming also knew that Grant Hill valued him, and Liu Ming later fulfilled Grant Hill's regret that he didn't have a championship. As for the "garbage dog" Jerome Williams came to the Bulls, he also admired Liu Ming very much, saying that he did not hear Grant Hill's words and resented him.

The NBA is a hectic affair, and after the game against the Pistons, we will return to Chicago to face the Celtics. This time it was not so magical to see "Fat Head" Walker, who scored 5 points in 23 minutes on the court, and the Celtics did not have the determination to play the opening game, "110:92", the Bulls easily defeated the Celtics. Liu Ming scored 8 points without being angry.

After a day off, Liu Ming called Luo Qingyi to come out to play, and the two walked together and went to the Art Institute of Chicago together.

Liu Ming paid $36 and entered the building, which is made up of three three-story buildings. The collection of exhibits is extremely rich, mainly paintings, sculptures, supplemented by architecture, photography, handicrafts, textiles, etc., the time span from 3000 BC ancient Egyptian pottery to contemporary pop art, to Greek, Roman, European, American artworks, as well as India, Southeast Asia, China, Japan, Korea, Africa and the Americas of artworks, can be called the Museum of Nations. It is one of the top three museums in the United States.

On the edge of the Millennium Park, the museum has a rich collection, including famous paintings by Monet and Picasso. There is also a large exhibition area of Chinese collections. Liu Ming and Luo Qingyi appreciate these classics together. Most of them were listened to by Liu Ming, Luo Qingyi said, Liu Ming was also deeply moved by Luo Qingyi's knowledge, and he didn't expect her to be so good at studying economics. Liu Ming had a strong love for Luo Qingyi even more.

When the two got home, they stayed up for more than an hour before hanging up the phone in Liu Ming's reluctance.

On the 11th, the Bulls host the Suns. Liu Ming met a group of acquaintances again. "Mr. Key" Robert Horry, "Alien" Sam Kassel, "Mayor" Kevin Johnson, and Michael Finley, of course, the most important thing is the later Canadian "Son of the Wind" Nash. But now Nash's life is not very easy, there is an "alien" Kassel on the outside, and Finley does not have much playing time in him, the most important thing is that Nash's defense is too poor, and his thin body is like sending experience to the other party. So Nash was also depressed.

Liu Ming, as a rookie in the same class as Nash, invited Nash to come out and sit, and Nash readily agreed when he saw that he was an international player, and "he is also a homeless person" also has a lot to say.

PS: Seeing that the Raptors were beaten by the Cavaliers again today, I feel that this year's Zhan Huang's heart to win the championship is indeed very strong.

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