After the Rockets defeated the Mavericks, Lao Tang gave the players a day off, and the players were very happy, in fact, Lao Tang was also very happy, and after comparing himself with the old Nelson, he also vented his depression for a while.

After resuming training, Lao Tang looked at the many Rockets players who had recovered their energy, Lao Tang was also very happy, and Lao Tang said loudly: "Guys, gather at the airport at 2 o'clock this afternoon, we are going to Portland to play." ”

Olajuwon smiled and said, "I said guys, I don't know if those boys after Portland will let Da Yao arrange for them to have a Chinese meal." ”

Garnett laughed when he heard this, and said loudly: "Yes, I really admire these boys who licked all the plates when they were eating in China." ”

Bodiloga on the side glanced at Garnett and whispered: "I don't know that when that kid eats in China, he starts eating with a big bowl, and the whole box looks at him and talks about others." ”

Garnett's face turned green when he heard this, and he stepped forward to clamp Bodiloga's neck and shouted: "What do you kid say, do you want to die, if you want to die, say it quickly." ”

Watching everyone's fighting, Lao Tang was also very happy, the atmosphere in the team was what he liked the most, and he wanted to maintain it the most, at least now there are no locker room bombs or anything like that in the rocket. However, even if such a person appears, he will be kicked out of the Rockets team by Tiger and Lao Tang as soon as possible, and they don't care if you are a big star or not.

After the end, the old soup directly stopped Bruce? Bowen, Lao Tang smiled and said to Bowen: "Bruce, Robert took a leave of absence today, you know his daughter's illness, his daughter's condition deteriorated last night, he asked for leave, and you will appear on the 12-man squad tomorrow." ”

When Bowen heard this, he was very happy in his heart, and said with a smile: "Thank you, coach, but may God bless Robert and his daughter, I think it should be very uncomfortable for a father to watch his own sins and have nothing to do about it." ”

Lao Tang also sighed and said, "I have seen Robert's daughter, she is a very well-behaved girl, it is really heart-wrenching." By the way, Bruce, I suggest you get closer to your teammates, I know some of your situation, I don't want these things to be an obstacle between you and your teammates, and it would be better if you can take your wife Yardley over so that you have someone to take care of your life, and you don't have to mix up the team's nutritious meals every day, although I recommend you eat it, but it's too bad, you should change your taste. Bowen nodded silently, turned around and packed up his things and said, "Coach, it's not like I brought my wife here, I'm afraid that the time in Houston will be too short, and my wife will come and go with me." ”

Lao Tang understood what was going on as soon as he heard it, and Lao Tang, who was silent for a while, said to Bowen: "Bruce, I'll pass you a message, the boss once said that as long as you don't want to leave the rocket, you won't leave the rocket, this is his original words, do you know what this means." ”

Hearing this, Bowen couldn't suppress the excitement in his heart, picked up his backpack tremblingly, and then took a deep breath and said to Lao Tang: "Thank you, coach, I will satisfy you and the boss." ”

Lao Tang walked up to Bowen and said softly, "Boy, you will be the best reward for me and the boss if you play well." ”

Bowen nodded heavily, then picked up his backpack and strode out.

Lao Tang looked at Bowen's disappearing back, smiled and didn't say anything, turned around and left.

On the same day, the Rockets flew non-stop to Portland on their own special plane to challenge one of the strongest opponents of the season, the Portland Trail Blazers.

When the rocket's plane was flying in the sky, Paul's phone had already been called to Tiger, who was vacationing in Switzerland.

Looking at the familiar phone number, Tiger frowned and picked it up.

Paul on the other side of the phone laughed and said, "Hey, how is Tegmund doing in Switzerland, my little castle is good." ”

Tiger listened to Paul's teasing, pouted and said, "Paul is mine now, but not you, you have to know this." ”

Paul was stunned on the phone, then said with a wry smile: "Okay, man, can't you just not mention this, don't I just lose to you." ”

Tiger smiled and said, "Didn't I give someone a wake-up call, why is there something wrong with Paul?" ”

Hearing this, Paul was energetic again and said, "Tiger, the Rockets and Pacers are about to start playing again, are you interested in having fun?" ”

When Tiger heard this, he scolded with a smile: "Are you kid too energetic, if you can't help it, go to Las Vegas, what's the point of playing with me all the time." ”

Paul said with a bitter face: "I went to Las Vegas, just to play, it's not interesting at all, you don't know that sometimes, these sub-casinos don't let me play big at all, I'm afraid that if I lose in a hurry, I will press Microsoft's shares, you have to know the mystery of this shares, if it is really taken by some hostile people, you know what the White House people will do, those grandsons want to be invited to tea by the FBI and CIA." ”

Tiger said sympathetically: "Yes, Macau and Monte Carlo can't go either, I guess guys like us are all on the people's protection list, and there is no excitement at all." ”

The two of them said "hi" on the phone at the same time, stunned at the same time, and laughed at the same time.

In the end, Tiger said: "Okay, Paul, I have a private island in the Caribbean, it's not very big, when I bought it, it was cheap, but now it's worth a lot of silver, I'll give it out, what do you kid do." ”

Paul thought for a moment on the other end of the phone and said, "I have a private island in the South Pacific, what do you think?" ”

Tiger bared his teeth on the phone and said with a smile: "It's decided, let's see the results of the game, it's a little bit of a few hands." ”

Paul complained on the other end of the phone: "You kid uses more money than I do, and I'm saying that your little hands can be scared to death if others hear them." ”

The two hung up the phone after talking nonsense again, and as soon as they hung up the phone, they watched Amy and Trill rush in, and seeing their cheeks frozen like red apples, Tiger knew that the two of them had gone skiing, and they had gone by helicopter.

It turned out that when the two were on their honeymoon, Amy felt that it was not interesting, so she directly dragged Trill here, and Tiger expressed strong opposition to this, but it is a pity that under the suppression of the two women, Tiger's opposition could only go with the wind.

After playing here for a few days, the skiing skills of the two people have improved greatly, and they are no longer limited to playing in the general ski resort, these two people can also find excitement, see some of the masters who play extreme sports, and take a helicopter to find the most precipitous places to play extreme skiing, these two people also want to play. However, Tiger resolutely stopped it, what are you kidding, these people who play extreme sports have no professional training, you two want to play half-baked, aren't you looking for death. However, Tiger didn't resist the pleading of the two in the end, found two extreme athletes, served as bodyguards for these two people, and then took a helicopter to find those flat, not difficult peaks to satisfy the two of them.

Seeing that the two of them were frozen, Tiger was very amused and said, "You said that the two of you will play such a difficult thing, see how you are frozen, hurry up and warm up." ”

Amy glanced at Tiger and said, "You're lazy to die, and you're so cowardly, you couldn't live or die last time, and you were taken by me and Triel, and you couldn't survive on the plane, and you were quite a big man." ”

Watching Tiger being reprimanded by Amy, Trill was covering the most secretly happy on the side, Trill didn't know how long it had been since he had seen his brother being trained like this.

Looking at this situation, Tiger could only smile and say, "Hehe, born, born, no way." Wife, you don't know, someone sent us something good just now. ”

Amy said a little strangely, "I just came in, and I didn't see anyone going out." ”

Tiger shook his head and said, "It's on the phone." ”

Amy continued, "What the hell is that?" ”

Tiger said with a smug face: "Paul, that kid, I can't help but itch my hands again, and I want to bet with me again, and the two of us will each have an island as a bet." ”

Amy was shocked when she heard it, but she immediately calmed down, she knew that Tiger was very rich before she got married, but what she didn't expect was that after getting married, Amy found that the things he knew were only part of it, and the financial empire in Tiger's hands was already extremely huge.

An island is nothing to Tiger.

We returned to the game, and the game between the Rockets and the Trail Blazers started on time at the home of the Trail Blazers.

Although the two sides are already very familiar with each other, and they have also been to China and Yueben together, and the whole team has eaten together, you must know that this is an official regular season, and it will definitely not work to play like the preseason.

In today's game, the two sides can be described as extremely miserable, both sides played at a very high level of offense and defense, and the strength of the Trail Blazers is indeed one of the strongest teams in the league.

There are really not many teams in the league that can press the Rockets, the Rockets' powerful offensive power is suppressed, and the Trail Blazers in today's game Bodi Loga is very good, the Trail Blazers' sophomore, Reuben? Patterson used his nimble pace and heavy power to make Bodiloga very uncomfortable on the defensive end.

Pippen meets a new opponent today, young Halprin and cunning Bruce? Bowen.

Pippen was in very good shape today, and Pippen's experience dominated the game against Halprin, who was often shaken off by Pippen and then scored on a layup. And when facing Bowen, Pippen is more difficult, after all, Bowen who has been polished in the French league is not so easy to deal with.

However, these two people can't deal with Pippen very well, and such a 50-star figure is not so easy to deal with.

However, today's inside performance of the Rockets is quite good, Big Ben, Olajuwon, Big Yao, Garnett, Mark Jr.? Jackson took turns attacking the interior of the Trail Blazers, and before today's game, Sabonis had a recurrence of his old injury and could not play, so he could only rely on Rashid? Wallace, Kevin? Cato and Jermaine? O'Neill came to resist, and was clearly at a disadvantage.

The Rockets won 91-88 on the road by a three-point advantage, and it was difficult to win, and if Pippen missed the last three points, the Rockets might not have been able to win.

After the game, Rashid? Wallace walked up to Garnett and whispered, "Kevin, why are you so energetic today, you weren't so energetic when you were playing against Yueben in China." ”

After hearing this, Garnett rolled his eyes and said, "Rashid, it's not preseason now. ”

Rashid was stunned when he heard this, and then said with a wry smile: Yes, it's not the preseason now. ”

(To be continued)