The preseason is over, some people are happy and some are worried. The Rockets unexpectedly cut Ryan Bowen, Casey Jacobson, and Hayaz. Bob Sula is on the injured list awaiting his return, and the final 15-man roster for the regular season is as follows.

Centre-forwards: Yao Ming, Mutombo.

Power forwards: Chuck Hayes, Juwan Howard, Novak.

Small forwards: Sean Battier, Padget.

Shooting guards: Coronna Azubuke, Luthor Hyde, Tracy McGrady, Kirk Snyder, Bunch Wells.

Point guards: Ralph Alston, Vasrith Spanoolis, John Lucas III.

The Rockets team has undergone personnel adjustments, and because Azubuuk, Bunch-Wells, and Maddy can all play small forwards, the Rockets' guard line is no longer as crowded as it was at the beginning.

On this day, after training, in the team cafeteria, Azubuk asked with a smile: "Chuck, I said that you slept yesterday with a clothes brace in your mouth?" ”

"Are you talking about the Namek language? How can I not understand at all? Hayes looked at Azubuuk strangely and pointed to his head in a circle.

"You should really look in the mirror, you've been giggling from time to time lately, and today it's the worst, your mouth is almost behind your ears, have you encountered something good?" Alston also came over and quipped. His voice was so loud that everyone around him laughed when they heard it.

Hayes didn't speak, and if it weren't for the black, I'm afraid his face would have turned red a long time ago.

"Are you here for today's Halloween party? Maintaining the shape of your mouth eliminates the need for makeup and saves you a lot of trouble. Alstom laughed again.

"No, it's going to be a game soon, I want to rest and make sure I'm in shape." Hayes said lightly. He wasn't interested in Halloween, a festival like a ghost.

The reason for his happiness is that in addition to practicing, he also has dinner with Taylor Swift every day and talks about music.

Taylor Swift is as beautiful as an angel, pure and crystal clear. But Hayes never thought he could develop a relationship with Taylor. The biggest problem between the two is that the difference in appearance is too big, they are also black and white, and when they get together, they will not be as harmonious as "black and white impermanence". (What do you mean by that?) Moreover, his ideas are conservative among the Chinese, and Taylor Swift is so young that it would be a crime to be a girlfriend. Hayes told herself to love her as a sister.

In order to help Taylor Swift, Hayes relied on the memories of his previous life and began to plagiarize like crazy.

It just so happened that Hayes was more interested in European and American pop songs than Chinese songs, so he remembered a lot of famous songs. The songs "Halo", "TouchMybody", which were supposed to come out a few years later, came out ahead of schedule. The worst is Kelly Underwood, another country music singer that Hayes is familiar with, and often wins awards against Taylor in music awards. Hayes happens to know a few, all of which are Kelly Underwood's 2008 award-winning songs, which he gave to Taylor as a gift.

Taylor Swift was so excited that she could barely breathe when she heard these songs.

As soon as Hayes was happy, he played the guitar and sang Sean Ward's "breathless" - "You don't even know how special you are, you keep me from breathing, you are all the good in my life." You make me breathless, I can't believe you're mine, you came out of my dreams, so amazing, you made me, can't breathe. ”

Although not as perfect as Sean Ward's voice and unable to harmonize with a dolphin voice, Hayes also managed to shock Taylor. (Look at the song you sing Y, is this treating people as sisters?) ）

In a word...... can make idol stars who can only admire in his previous life admire him, Hayes feels a sense of accomplishment. In a few days, the relationship between the two suddenly changed from neighbors to friends, and from friends to good friends. He vowed to become an NBA All-Star as soon as possible, and he is also a star, and in the eyes of others, he can be on an equal footing with Taylor and look a little more compatible. (What are you admonishing yourself?) Is this not wanting to be a couple? ）

With that in mind, Hayes flew to Salt Lake City with the team and embarked on the 2006-2007 NBA regular season tour!

On the evening of November 2, the Houston Rockets' away game against the Utah Jazz started on time.

The Rockets fielded their strongest lineup: point guard Alston, shooting guard Maddy, small forward Battier, power forward Chuck Hayes, and center Yao Ming.

Jazz starters: point guard Deron Williams, shooting guard Myers, small forward Brewer, power forward Boozer, center Oku.

As Hayes entered the pitch, his eyes stayed on Boozer. In my memory, the Rockets were eliminated by the Jazz twice in the playoffs, and they were all related to this guy who looked like a Taliban bandit. This season happens to be the season of Boozer's explosion, and he knows very well how heavy his burden is, as long as he limits Boozer, the Rockets can get off to a good start.

In the NBA, the on-site commentators are generally made up of retired stars and a broadcaster, and sometimes special guests. This time, Hall of Fame power forward Karl Malone was there as a guest.

Jazz on-site commentator Hendry said: "We are fortunate to have the 'postman' Karl Malone as a guest in this game, let's take a look at the Rockets lineup first, they sent a 198cm pocket interior Chuck Hayes to play the starting power forward today, Hayes's lack of offensive ability has been very obvious in the preseason, but Jeff Van Gundy asked him to replace the veteran Juwan Howard, Carl, what do you think of this substitution?" ”

Karl Malone smiled: "The reason why Jeff Van Gundy is lined up like this is probably for defense, and Hayes does a better job than Howard on the defensive end, as long as he can grab rebounds and defend the Jazz inside, he can be considered a qualified starting power forward." ”

Hayes, who jumped seven times in the regular season and didn't win any of them, finally didn't have to do the job anymore. Yao Ming and Oku won on a jumper, tossed the ball to Battier, who passed to Alston and the Rockets played their most familiar position in the first round.

Alston took the ball past halftime and sent the ball to Yao Ming, who dribbled and hit a jumper to score the Rockets' first goal of the season, while also causing a foul on Oku's beater. As the most accurate shooting center on the planet, Yao Mingjia hit the penalty steadily.

The Jazz attacked, Okula went to the high post to ask for the ball and pretended to shoot, and then broke through, which also caused Yao Ming to block a foul. The Jazz sent a sideline ball with a fast ball, and the teenager Myers hit a three-point shot to tie the score.

Alston took control of the ball, held out three fingers, and said to Hayes: "Ready." ”

Jeff Van Gundy allows his players to play more flexibly when developing their tactics, regardless of which point of attack they are limited to. Alston stretched out three fingers as a code, and he was going to attack with Hayes.

Before entering the zone, Coastal Eyes blocked Deron Williams for Alston, who broke inside and drew Boozer to step up to make up for the ball and immediately fed the ball back to Hayes. Hayes was unguarded after receiving the ball in the high post, and the Jazz didn't think he could shoot at all, so the defense was relaxed. Hayes adjusted and hit a jumper to score two points with ease.

Commentator Hendry smiled after seeing the goal: "There was no one to defend in front of Hayes, forcing him to choose a mid-range shot, and he really scored, and his offensive scoring is really rare." The Jazz started the game a little loosely, and while Hayes lacked offensive prowess, he shouldn't have been left to that point. ”

Hendry said that Deron Williams had already shot from the outside, Yao Ming grabbed the backcourt rebound and handed it to Battier, and Maddie and Hayes went on a fast break. Battier passes to Maddy, who in turn passes to Hayes in the empty slot. Hayes received the ball at a 60-degree angle on the right side and observed the situation with his peripheral vision, Boozer had retreated two steps from the three-point line, and there was no one to follow up, he immediately chose to grab a three-point shot, and the ball hollowed into the net. At this time, the Jazz players who had carefully studied the Rockets lineup before the game were all stunned.

Jeff Van Gundy took the lead in standing up and applauding Hayes.

If the first goal could be called luck, now Hendry can't believe all this, and said sluggishly: "I'm going to go, this is not Hayes!" This isn't Hayes! ”

Carl Malone also had a surprised look on his face.

With the score at 8-3, Jazz head coach Sloan called a short timeout to make adjustments to the way he defended Hayes. The veteran Sloan judged from just two offenses that Hayes was probably deliberately hiding his shooting ability in the preseason and had to be treated as a scoring point.

The game resumes. The Jazz offense, with neither side making personnel changes.

The Rockets' defensive tactics are man-to-man, and zone defense doesn't work for the Jazz, because Oku has a strong three-point ability, and Buze also has a stable mid-range shooting ability, so he has to follow up.

The Jazz hit the ball to Boozer in three passes and two passes, and the time came to test Hayes. What is the biggest feature of the Jazz? Anyone who watches basketball probably thinks of the word "strong". The five starters on the Jazz team can be said to be all muscular strong men, and Boozer, who is opposite Hayes, is a fierce man among macho men.

Boozer squeezed in twice with the ball and Hayes moved half a step back. Boozer was surprised, his back-hitting ability was so strong that he couldn't squeeze Hayes now; Hayes was also surprised, because he could feel that Boozer's strength was definitely not inferior to his own, surpassing Yao Ming, and he was the strongest person he had encountered so far since he was reborn.

However, although Boozer is strong, the attack is an absolute "technical flow", he suddenly withdraws, turns left and walks towards the middle, jumps up and presses Hayes to score the ball with a half-hook hand. Hayes was a little slower to start and couldn't do anything about the ball.

Hayes sends the baseline ball and gets involved in the attack. He didn't care much about the ball, and if he wanted to completely defend Boozer, it would be impossible. What he's going to do is try to limit and help the Rockets win.

Hayes then blocked for Alston, who also handed the ball back to Hayes. This time, Deron Williams came up closely. Deron Williams is one of the NBA's strongest point guards, also 191cm tall, and he doesn't show much of a disadvantage when switching defenses. Hayes passed the ball to Maddie on the outside, Maddy received the ball and made a jumper for three points, the ball was deflected, Yao Ming grabbed the rebound in the front court and dunked the basketball.

After a few rounds, the score went up alternately. The Jazz began to defend Hayes' mid-range shot seriously, and Hayes ran out of easy shots. Jeff Van Gundy called a timeout and put Hayes on the inside to get involved.

This strategy has paid off. Yao Ming asked for the ball inside to attract defenders to sandwich, and then handed the ball inside to Hayes. After receiving the ball, Hayes calmly raised his hands and shook Boozer to the ground. He jumped up and wanted to make a two-and-one, but Boozer's foul was not ordinary, and the back of Hayes's hand hurt when he hit it, and he missed his head and missed the shot from the distance.

Hendry saw Hayes asking for free throws and joked: "We were impressed by Hayes' weird free throw posture last season, and I don't know if he has improved in free throws now." ”

Hayes retained his offensive prowess in the preseason and never made a free throw. When he stood at the free throw line, he understood why most players in the NBA had a low free throw shooting percentage. That's because the fans are too involved, and they interfere with the opponent's shooting in various ways. Jazz fans shouted frantically, waving the light sticks in their hands frantically, shaking people dizzy, and there was a picture of a life-size bikini beauty standing under the basket......

Hayes rubbed his eyes, calmed his mind, and took a pose. responded to the questions of the on-site commentary with actions, and the first free throw was a solid shot, and the second free throw was bumped on the basket and also hit.

Stephen Hendry was surprised again and had to praise Hayes for really improving this season. Karl Malone also said that Hayes played reasonably on both ends of the floor in the opening minutes, and it is because of his play that the Jazz are now playing a little passive.

Deron Williams scored two driving layups on the offensive end and assisted on three occasions with teammates, including a Boozer dunk in the air. As long as the opponent flies, there is nothing Hayes can do, and the lack of height and bounce power is a weakness that he cannot make up.

On the offensive end, Hayes assisted Yao Ming for a layup with an inside cross and also assisted Battier to hit a three-pointer in the bottom corner.

In the first quarter of the game, the Rockets led the Jazz 28-24 with interior firepower.

The Rockets replaced Yao Ming and Chuck Hayes, and replaced the Rockets' "Xuan Ming Er" - Mutombo and Juwan Howard. The Jazz were replaced by Kirilenko and Girisek. At the beginning of the second quarter, Maddy, who had only scored 2 points and shot 1 of 4, finally began to score, and one person rushed to the Jazz defense with a burst shot.

Jazz guard Deron Williams also blew Alston on the offensive end, and switching to Span Nuolis defense didn't help either.

And Boozer came to his senses immediately after Juvan Howard came on the court, scoring eight points in a row. The aging Mutombo also couldn't keep up with Oku, who hit a three-pointer from the outside.

With five and a half minutes left in the second quarter, the Jazz managed to take the lead.

The Rockets made substitutions, four downs and four ups, Yao Ming and Hayes, who had enough rest, came on the court, along with Hayes' younger brother Azubuuk, who replaced Battier who played 18 minutes in a row, Hyde came on for 3 minutes, played the unruly Spanoolris, and Maddie appeared at the point guard position.

Deron Williams was at a height disadvantage against Maddy, who hit a pull-up jumper. The Jazz called a timeout to replace Deron Williams, who had played too long, to rest and start focusing on the interior. The Rockets also replaced Maddy with Alstom.

The Jazz offense, Boozer, who had already played on Howard, faced Hayes again.

Boozer asks for the ball inside. He has a strong body but rarely bullies opponents on the inside, and even when facing Howard, he squeezes out of position and turns and makes a slight step-back jumper. Azubuk couldn't easily shake Hayes with that speed, and Boozer was even harder. Hayes made small steps to stay on the move, and seeing that the offensive time was almost up, Boozer couldn't squeeze into the zone, so he had to force a step-back jumper from outside the three-second zone. A large hand sealed his face in the middle of his shot, and Boozer's vision was blocked, and he could see nothing but this hand.

Boozer is not a pitcher, and it is too difficult to score goals based on feeling, and the glory is "iron".

Yao Ming won the rebound and handed it to Alston to bring the ball to the frontcourt, this time, Yao Ming blocked and dismantled, Alston broke through, and Hayes started to run outside from the inside. This is also a new tactic that the rocket has been practicing for a long time. Alston saw the right moment to pass the ball to Hayes, who stepped over the three-point line, turned and jumped, and the ball hit a hollow shot.

"Oh my God, what do I see?" Commentator Hendry has forgotten that this is the first time he has been stimulated by Chuck Hayes.

Karl Malone also sighed: "A big forward of this size who likes to shoot three-pointers, it turned out to be only Anthony Walker, and now he can add Hayes." However, it was too difficult to turn around and shoot three points after running back...... Although Anthony Walker shot a lot of three-pointers in his golden age, he didn't have such a difficult shot. ”

There were also many Jazz fans who were equally surprised.

"Jason, this guy is amazing, he's Maddie, right?" A beautiful blonde woman in a beige casual top asks her boyfriend next to her. The first time she came to watch the game, she was a pseudo-fan.

Her boyfriend, Jason, only thinks he knows everything about the Jazz, but the Rockets don't pay much attention. He didn't know either, muttering, "He's not Maddie." ”

The beauty smiled and asked, "Then who is he?" Surely it is famous, right? ”

Jason thought for a moment and said uncertainly: "It could be Bunche-Wells ......"

A black fan around them couldn't take it anymore and said, "Man, you should really look at the news and magazines, that guy's called Chuck Hayes, he's not a star, no one wanted the draft that year, and he was a blue-collar guy in the Rockets, and I'm afraid it's a super long play today." ”

"So you're a pseudo-fan too." The beauty laughed.

Jason, who was said to be a pseudo-fan, blushed and stopped talking. He has been watching football for 10 years, and he can't figure it out, this person plays very smoothly, how can he be a blue-collar worker if he is so powerful?

Boozer hadn't taken Hayes seriously before, but now seeing that Hayes had scored in double digits under his defense, he suddenly lost his temper and began to ask for the ball as soon as he entered the inside.

Substitute defender Jason Hartbilon was a cut behind, and he didn't look at the form on the pitch and gave the ball to Boozer. Boozer felt a little light on his back and knew something was wrong, and Hayes used a front guard against him for the first time in a match. This time it was just right to go around and break the ball directly.

Azubuuk saw Hayes start to start around the front, and the two had a good understanding. A powerful pass from Hayes found its way between Myers and Jason Hart and was on to Azubuuk. How could the unguarded Azubuke let go of such an opportunity and jumped up with all his strength to dunk the tomahawk! It is not difficult to see from the crazy boos of the fans at the scene that this goal is going to score the top 5 goals today.

More exciting is yet to come.

In the next round, Matt Harpling's under-the-basket shot was slapped by Yao Ming's big hat, and Alston, Hayes, and Azubuke quickly went down to form a frontcourt three-on-two. Alston faced Jazz small forward Brewer, did not immediately pass the ball, but made a move that no one could have imagined, picked up the basketball and took two steps to jump, and turned 180 degrees in the air.

No one knew what Alstom was going to do, only Hayes faintly heard Alston say "Ready Three" as he was about to get down.

It was a code call to Hayes.

As Alston turned in the air, the basketball switched from his right hand to his left, he turned his back to Brewer, his arms stretched out together, and the basketball went out of his left hand, gently, as if without any force, into the hand of Hayes, who followed on the right.

There was an empty space in front of Hayes, and he took a step forward, jumped with all his might, and finally had a small stagnation in the air, and smashed the ball into the basket with both hands.

“skiptomylou！” (Through my soul) Hayes roared as he landed.

He and Alston bumped their chests in celebration. With a classic assist and a dunk, this goal is going to be the best goal of the day.

It doesn't matter what he does, the commentator Hendry is about to have a heart attack, and he held the microphone in the comment booth and shouted: "I'm rubbing, this isn't Hayes!" This is definitely not Hayes! ”

The ears of the audience who entered by the horn were almost deafening.

The Rockets played 7-0, and although the Jazz only trailed by 6 points, they were overpowered in momentum. Until halftime, the Jazz were unable to assemble an effective positional offense. Instead, it was Hyde, who came off the bench for the Rockets, who scored two goals.

The Rockets ended the first half with a 58-50 lead.

In addition to the score lead, Jazz big man Oku also carried three fouls, and the playing time in the second half must be shortened. The scales of victory have begun to tilt in favor of Team Rocket.

At half-time, commentators Hendry and Karl Malone kept talking about Chuck Hayes' outburst problem.

Karl Malone was very reluctant to see the Jazz lose at home, but he had to praise Hayes for his solid play. "In the first half, you can see that Chuck Hayes, despite his average athleticism, has a high basketball IQ, handles the ball very reasonably, and has not made a single mistake so far, not at all like an undrafted rookie, but like an old bird who has played for a few seasons. His shooting ability is certainly not practiced in a day, but in the preseason, he can always hold back and not attack, only contribute to the team on the defensive side, and make a splash if he doesn't make a hit. This is really unexpected. ”

Hendry looked unconvinced, saying: "Chuck Hayes was a real surprise, he acted like he was possessed by Charles Barkley in the first half, but the moment of the outburst didn't mean much. In the second half, Coach Sloan will definitely take special care of the Rockets. ”

At this time, on the bench of the Rockets, Jeff Van Gundy nervously arranged the tactics: "In the second half, all the main players played. Focus on the inside line. Yao Ming and Chuck, the two of you are trying to make a foul and knock Oku and Buze down. Sean (Battier) pays attention to the inside defense, Tracy (Maddy) has to strengthen the breakthrough, reduce shooting, it doesn't matter if you can't score, make fouls. Raff [Alston], the ball in the first half was beautiful, and in the second half you defended harder. That kid is just a sophomore rookie! We're going into the fourth quarter with a 15-plus point lead. ”

"Good!" The rocketeers shouted. The five big hands of the players on the field pressed together!

The new season is off to a good start, and the Rockets are getting closer and closer.

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