Chapter 20 [A Bloody Case Caused by a Yawn]
On Nov. 11, the Rockets easily won three in a row, and the game was like a friendly game because the opponent was the Knicks.
The New York Knicks aside, they are poised to become the biggest laughing stock in world sports history in terms of staffing alone.
Take a look at the New York Knicks' salary this season - Marrick Rose, who was almost nailed to the bench, earns $7.1 million a year, Jeffries, a "blue-collar worker" poached from the Wizards, has a salary of $5.63 million, and "Ah Q" Richardson, who has a shooting percentage of almost 4 percent, is $8.1 million, but the most disproportionate to what he gets is of course the team's two star guards, the seriously declining Francis 15 million, and the "cancer" who can't work Marbury had to take away a sky-high salary of nearly $20 million! It is with the existence of these high-paid bastards that the Knicks have paid a total of $120 million in salary this season. Do you know the Knicks' current regular season record? It's 0-5.
In addition to the loss, the Knicks also have a lot of lace news. Isaiah "The Smiling Assassin" Thomas, president of the New York Knicks, has been sued in federal court by one of his former female subordinates on charges of surname harassment and surname discrimination. As soon as the news came out, the whole world smiled. The plaintiff was a mother of three children. A woman who is thicker than the famous American tennis player "Serena Williams". Do you have the courage to bother such an ugly woman? Brother Assassin, you have caught up with Yushu Linfeng Sai Pan'an, a pear flower pressed begonia Xiao [***] Zhou Botong!
Break the wealth and avoid disasters...... Huge spending, super bad grades, constant infighting. It seems that other teams have problems, and they all have problems in the Knicks. Other teams don't have problems, and the Knicks have them. However, just because you have poor grades and a lot of scandals doesn't mean you can't take care of your business. Do you know which team is the most valuable team in the NBA? The answer is the New York Knicks! That's the weirdness of the American economy.
The New York Knicks became the first team in NBA history to have a market value of more than $600 million in the former Forbes Fortune List NBA team value rankings, and the team has also topped the ranking for three consecutive years. Currently, the Knicks' market capitalization of $604 million is more than $20 million ahead of the second-place Lakers. And their record is reversed. The worse the better, the more valuable seems to be a truth in today's NBA.
It is clear that this bad team will definitely not be able to stop the rockets!
The game was won and lost after one quarter, and Eddie Curry, known as the "little shark", really called a "dish" in front of Yao Ming, only seeing the shark fin, but not the fish body.
Moreover, the Knicks, just like they hadn't seen the Rockets' previous game videos, always let Hayes get open jump shots after blocking and dismantling, and as a result, Hayes burst the league's thinnest power forward Channing Frye with arch shots, and also beat the Knicks' defense into a sieve.
The game quickly turned into garbage time.
The only person who made Hayes feel a little struggling was David Lee. With more focus on offense, Hayes didn't have as many rebounds as he did before he was reborn, but he was also a good player, but David Lee barely grabbed rebounds in his limited playing time.
It's just that 2006 was so violent, and it's up to you what it will look like after the outbreak. Hayes whispered to Jeff Van Gundy as soon as he got off the pitch: "Jeff, I recommend personally, if there is a move in the winter transfer market, consider the No. 42. ”
"That white rookie, you say?" Jeff Van Gundy listened to him and took a closer look.
"That's him, David Lee. I was a rival with him in college, and he was very strong. Definitely muttered. Dig him up, and we'll definitely be able to strengthen our inner line. ”
David Lee is in the same class as Hayes and still has a rookie contract, David Lee wasn't that good in college, and he has improved. In the future, David Lee will grow into one of the few rebounders and has been selected as an All-Star. If you can dig him up smoothly, the inside line of the rocket will really be invincible.
In the style of the Knicks, who will they exchange for? We'll have to discuss this.
In the fourth quarter, the Rockets' Big Three sat neatly on the bench, talking and laughing as they watched the benches practice running and shooting. All three only played for more than 20 minutes. Hayes had 20 points, five rebounds and three assists. Yao Ming had 28 points, 11 rebounds, 2 assists and 4 blocks. Maddy had 11 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists.
"At this point, I'm going to have to play as a substitute for Corunna [Azubuuk]." Maddie joked.
In these two games, Azubuk was very bullish, scoring 15 and 17 points respectively in the limited playing time, and played well on both offensive and defensive ends. He's already in the Rockets rotation and has played earlier than the all-time Azubuike. However, there is someone else who is the best substitute.
"I'm going to play Bunche as a substitute. He's a power forward now more like I am. Hayes laughed too, with a hint of intrigue in his smile.
After some deliberation between Hayes and Jeff Van Gundy, on the premise of winning, a special tactic was laid out to facilitate Wells' data.
First, Wells was allowed to receive the ball and play singles; More importantly, Wells doesn't rest in garbage time, and he takes the bench to play and run.
That allowed Wells to play well in three consecutive games, and he had 21 points and 10 rebounds in this game, and if he continued to play like this, he could compete for the "Sixth Man of the Year".
Wells is very happy, and his expression has been like winning the lottery lately. He thinks that Jeff Van Gundy's sudden change of attitude should be that he realized his value after losing to the Hornets, and he is the person the Rockets need.
He began: 'I've had a second spring on the court, will I replace Maddie as the starter one day?' Can I be the boss of the rocket? Maybe it's really possible, Van Gundy started to use me again, he thought of me as a god, and often folded his hands in prayer when he saw me. ’
Van Gundy: What is prayer? He's hypnotizing himself. 'Bear with him for another month!' One month! Be sure to get rid of this bastard! If the heart is clear, the sky will not fall, all changes will still be fixed, the spirit will be calm, the dust will not be stained, and the vulgar appearance will not be stained...... (Van Gundy practices "Ice Heart Formula"?) )
106-84 got the Knicks, the Rockets won three in a row, flew to Miami, and played away against Wade and O'Neal's Heat.
Rockets vs Heat is destined to be an interesting game.
Because the Rockets have Yao Ming, and the Heat have O'Neal. There is always an endless topic of "Yao Shark Showdown".
Plus, it's a master-apprentice matchup between Heat head coach Pat Riley and Rockets head coach Jeff Van Gundy.
Yao Ming and O'Neill are not the same type of players. O'Neal's scoring comes almost entirely from under the basket, and he is a true under-basket hegemon, a representative of the power center; Yao Ming rarely plays hard under the basket, and relies more on hooks and turnaround jumpers near the three-second zone, and is a model of technical center.
Who is the league's No. 1 center? In fact, this season, there is nothing to compare to. O'Neal has long passed his peak, and his domineering under the basket and control of the game have begun to decline. Since O'Neal left the Lakers, the distance between the two has begun to approach, and this year, the time has come for Yao Ming to catch up with O'Neal. However, O'Neill Yao Ming at his peak will never be compared.
The Rockets have won three in a row and are gaining momentum; On the other hand, the Heat have never played at the level of a defending champion since the start of the new season, and they were beaten 66-108 by the young Bulls in the first game of the opening game. 42 points of defeat.
In the break room, Jeff Van Gundy was doing the pre-war mobilization for the players. "Don't underestimate the Heat, even though they lost by 40 points in the first game, even though they lost back-to-back, it was pretty bad; O'Neal is old, Anthony Walker is old, Alonzo Mourning is old, Payton is old, but you have to take this game seriously, do you hear it? ”
The Rockets players were sweating on their heads...... Hayes rubbed his nose and said, "It's not powerful, to give these examples, it seems that you are the one who underestimated the Heat...... Instructor? ”
"Well...... I'm underestimating them. But I don't have to play, just don't relax too much. "Jeff Van Gundy has been in a good mood lately and is joking when he gets the chance." Tactically, Yao Ming, I guess O'Neal will try his best to beat you in order to prove that he is not old, you try to limit him as much as possible, and the offensive end has a chance to shoot again. Don't pay too much attention to the Yao shark duel, the team victory is the most important thing. The offense is dominated by Chuck first, and Walker is no longer good, so he will definitely deal with it. Handsome...... What do you say about that morale-boosting Chinese saying? ”
Yao Ming covered his face with one hand, glanced at Hayes fiercely through his fingers, and said helplessly: "Hello everyone is really good...... It's nice to be nice. (Hody shampoo with tears streaming down her face)
Ever since Hayes jokingly said this sentence in Chinese, saying that it is about teamwork and morale, Jeff Van Gundy has remembered it. Yao Ming only hopes that he will not bring this sentence to the press conference, otherwise someone in China will definitely laugh at it.
The Rockets started with a thunderbolt: Alston, Maddie, Battier, Hayes, Yao Ming.
Heat starters: Payton, Wade, Haslem, Anthony Walker, O'Neal.
O'Neal opened the game with a jump shot over Yao Ming, then quickly went down to the Rockets' three-second zone, and after receiving a pass from Payton, he turned around and hit a small hook shot. He looked at Yao Ming and patted his chest, and the subtext was "I'm not old yet".
In fact, O'Neill does get old. He just doesn't want to admit it, so he's going to hold on.
The road to superstardom is both brilliant and contradictory.
When he first entered the alliance, O'Neill's birth calf was not afraid of tigers and constantly challenged his predecessors. He's not afraid to lose, he's got the physicality, he's got the energy, he's just falling to the lack of experience, and if he has good teammates, if he can make free throws, maybe a third season in the league will give him a taste of a championship.
After that, O'Neal reached the top of his game with the Lakers, got all the accolades, and began to be regarded as the most powerful interior monster in history.
He was invincible, so it was even more painful when he grew old. Watching the newcomers who continue to emerge begin to dominate the game and kill all sides, he wants to maintain his supremacy, but he has a weak heart, and that feeling is something that ordinary people can't understand.
His surname is Glotte, so fans can still see him smiling in front of the camera. In fact, when he was defeated by a young man, he was worse than death.
Yao Ming is the one who people compare with O'Neill the most. Therefore, the person he doesn't want to lose the most is Yao Ming. In this game, he has to do his best.
No matter how strong a star is, there will always be an end to his basketball career, and he must finish the road with dignity.
Yao Ming also caught the ball under the basket, and O'Neal defended it. This season, almost every team in the league will take a bag for Yao Ming at some point, and only O'Neal will definitely go one-on-one with Yao Ming. This is the dignity of the "big shark"!
However, Yao Ming had a different state of mind this time: "If you are not old, you will not be old, we have someone younger than you here." Pass the ball, put the sea ......'
Yao Ming saw the opportunity and passed the ball to the middle.
Hayes got rid of Walker, who was getting slower and slower, and received the ball in the middle of the air, straight to the basket, he took the ball with both hands, and he was about to dunk. O'Neill, who was bent on proving himself again, had a hot brain, let go of Yao Ming, made up the defense from the right side, and covered Hayes with his big hand.
Hayes has been observing O'Neal's movements with his peripheral vision, he was on guard, immediately after jumping, he scored with both hands, the ball was handed to the left hand and the basket was picked up with a low hand, O'Neal hit Heyes, Hayes lost his balance in the air and sat on the ground when he fell, but the ball still went in, and the referee's whistle sounded.
I said, this guy is as strong as a bear. It was a shame that I didn't draft into the Grizzlies that year, and I was named a Bears. Hayes took two deep breaths, was pulled up by Battier on the ground, slapped his ass, and cursed inwardly.
A penalty was also scored. Hayes hit a three-pointer and stole the show.
In the middle of the defense, Hayes ran to Yao Ming's side and whispered, "The pre-game plan can be implemented." ”
Yao Ming nodded lightly.
In the next round, sure enough, the Heat team still played O'Neal. O'Neal took the ball at a 45-degree angle on the left side of the 3-second zone and was ready to arch inside with the ball. At this time, Yao Ming suddenly withdrew. O'Neal felt a light behind him, and turned around to blast the dunk inside.
"Be careful!" Wade, who was running on the outside, saw everything clearly, but it was too late to remind.
O'Neal had just turned around with the ball when he bumped into a man. Hayes protected his key parts and slid straight out three meters away. The referee immediately blew for an offensive foul on O'Neal and hit the man with the ball.
Just one minute into the opening period, O'Neill was fouled twice.
It turned out that Yao Ming and Hayes had an inside switch when no one stepped forward to block and dismantle.
Yao Ming ran towards Walker as soon as he pulled away, and Hayes stood on his legs behind him, waiting for O'Neal to come and hit him. This kind of defensive tactic is rare to see in a game. If O'Neill hadn't been bent on singles and hadn't paid attention to the surrounding form, he wouldn't have succeeded.
After hearing the whistle, O'Neill was stunned, when Yao Ming met him before, he always played very hard, and the-for-tat between the two had long become a habit.
This time, the "Yao Shark Duel" killed a kid less than two meters tall to disrupt the situation.
Moreover, he was "yin" by this little man!
It's a duel between big guys, which onion are you Hayes? O'Neill was on fire. Don't look at his usual good temper, it's hard to start a fire. He glared at Hayes fiercely, muttering that he was replaced by the coach as a "despicable and shameless villain".
Hayes's conspiracy succeeded, and Yao Ming celebrated with a happy high-five. O'Neal was even more furious when he saw this scene, and smashed the towel handed over by his teammate to the ground. If O'Neill had hair, he would have been furious.
Heat head coach Pat Riley was forced to bring on backup center Alonzo Mourning.
Alonzo Mourning is also one of America's top centers, and before he is found to have partial kidney failure, he can either wreak havoc on the inside of the low post or catch the ball on the perimeter, and his offensive tools under the basket include basket singles, layups, dunks, secondary offenses, and hook shots. The offensive means that can be inside and out, so that he can score like a bag.
However, after the kidney transplant, Alonzo Mourning's playing time has dropped significantly, and his physical condition is not as good as before, his score has dropped from more than 20 points to less than 10 points now, and the scoring method is mostly the second attack under the basket, and his shooting skills are only a flash of inspiration.
Looking back, Alonzo Mourning also had a bit of a grudge with Rockets head coach Jeff Van Gundy.
In May 1998, in a game against the Heat, Knicks players Larry Johnson and Mourning caused a group fight, but it was Knicks head coach Jeff Van Gundy who protected the team's heart, hugged Mourning's thigh, was dragged out of several meters, wiped the floor that was about to be a mop, and was obliged to be a mop. Jeff Van Gundy's admirable courage has since become an NBA story.
However, Alonzo-Mourning, the villain of the past, is no longer evil. His height is only 208cm, and now he has no way to face Yao Ming. As soon as O'Neal got off the court, the Rockets' offense immediately became dominated by Yao Ming. Yao Ming hit the Heat three times in a row with a hook hand and a jumper, and also caused a foul by Anthony Walker, who hit both free throws. helped the Rockets lead 16-8 and called a timeout for the Heat in one go.
The team's defense was not good, and head coach Pat Riley did not dare to send O'Neal on the court at this time. Looking at O'Neill's eyes, he knew that his anger had not subsided, and Pat Riley suspected that O'Neal might have blown off that Chuck Hayes's head if he had a gun in his hand. Let him play with this emotion, if he is fouled again, it will be difficult for the Heat team to play.
The Heat had no choice but to change their tactics to trap Yao Ming.
However, with Yao Ming trapped, how can Chuck Hayes be prevented? For the guy who suddenly appeared in the Rockets, Pat Riley, nicknamed "God Operator", didn't have an idea, and so far, he can only rely on Anthony Walker, who has been gaining weight, and only he can resist.
After the timeout, the Heat grabbed Yao Ming, and the Rockets immediately passed the ball to Hayes.
Two power forwards. It looks similar in size, but in fact Hayes is a muscular body and Anthony Walker is a fat body.
Resist is able to resist, but Hayes runs to the outside to catch the ball, and Walker's speed is a little unable to keep up.
Hayes changed direction and dribbled out of space, and the two moved at high speed.
Hayes made a three-pointer and the ball went in.
Anthony Walker, who loves to shoot three-pointers, was tricked by others on the three-point line, and the fire in his heart also came up. He is famous for his preference for three-point shooting, and there was a very classic interview back then.
Reporter: "Why do you love to shoot three-pointers so much?" ”
Walker: "Because there's no quarter!" ”
The three-point shooting was not over, and Hayes played on a whim, in front of the eyes of the Heat team's home court, and there was a "hip dance" like a convulsion during the retreat. And the original creator of this disgusting dance is none other than Anthony Walker. Whenever a team is about to win or score a good goal, Walker will twist a few times. Now, seeing his opponent at home provoke with his trademark surname, Walker's angry facial features are twisted into a chrysanthemum (imagine it).
"Dare to steal my patents? I'm so angry. Boy, are you tired of living? Anthony Walker was distraught, ran to the front court and started asking for the ball.
NBA stars like to talk trash on the court, and it seems that if they can't talk trash talk and provoke, they are not stars. Sometimes, a single action can turn your enemies into beasts.
Anthony Walker is losing his mind now. He had long forgotten about the team's tactics, and all that was left was the basket. After receiving the ball, he pulled it up on the three-point line and shot it, and he wanted to return a three-pointer.
Hayes watched Anthony Walker jump, jumped up and slapped the ball to Alston. Many NBA players have the habit of "returning one", and he will definitely shoot if he calculates Anthony Walker's IQ.
Alston had a flat shot in front of him and easily put the ball in. In the past, Alstom, who always silently returned to the defense after scoring goals, and "I was kind" also learned badly, and when he ran back, he actually covered his mouth with his hand and yawned. This action is clearly seen by the players of the hot team.
"Oh God, Alstom actually yawned to provoke the defending champion, this action is really unbearable, it is so infuriating! Team Rocket is too arrogant today! The Hot Team commentator was indignant.
Alstom's action not only angered the players on the field, but also booed in the audience.
That yawn became the turning point of the match, leading the game to the brink of spiraling out of control.
Next, the players of the Heat team never played a beautiful team match again, and "Flash" Wade went crazy and went alone, scoring consecutive points.
Wade completely overwhelmed Maddie, but no matter how fierce he was, he couldn't reach the level of 1v5, and the Heat couldn't stop the Rockets from blooming more, and the score kept falling behind. Their defensive action also became bigger, and the big action did not mean that the defense was stopped, and at the end of the half, the Rockets were already 65-41 ahead of the abnormal Heat.
Yao Ming had a few more scratches on his body, all of which were scratched by O'Neill's fingernails.
Maddie also became popular, he was violently assaulted by opposing players and was pushed down several times...... (Maddie: Do you dare to describe it as evil?) )
Substitute Kirk Snyder fell and injured his wrist and was taken straight to the hospital.
In the second half, for fear of being killed by the red-eyed heat team players, Yao Ming and Maddie sat like clocks and stood like pines, and both appeared on the bench.
The most violent scene occurred in the third quarter at 6 minutes and 40 seconds, when Hayes, who was more active, shook Walker and was about to dunk, he was put to the ground by O'Neal who came up from the side with a "tiger pounce" and was almost reborn.
There was a burst of exclamations from the audience!
The players on both sides all gathered around, and the atmosphere was tense.
In order to avoid a repeat of the Auburn Hills incident, Hayes, with stars in his eyes, lay on the ground and shouted, "I'm fine!" I'm fine! "Calmed the anger of the Rockets players in time.
Hayes struggled to crawl to the sidelines, and the team doctor, Loewan, stuck out his finger and asked "how many times is this?" Let the team help him back to the bench.
The official timeout, the perpetrator O'Neal was sentenced to a second-degree malicious foul and was directly ejected from the game.
"Are you okay? Check it out. Jeff Van Gundy snapped.
"No need to check, I'm fine. I said that his whole family was killed, this dead fat man was so fucking ruthless, no wonder Barkley beat him before, too grandson. Hayes made three laps to the left and three laps to the right, twisted his neck and buttocks, and then broke out a Chinese-style swear word.
The teammates, who usually only say a few words such as "**", "[***], "sonofabitch", were dumbfounded.
"Your provocation is more successful than trash talk, and I've opened my eyes. But please don't do this kind of thing in the future, what I'm most afraid of right now is injury. And both of you, be careful. It's better to lose than to get hurt. Jeff Van Gundy said to the Rockets Big Three with a sad face.
"I just provoked Walker. It has nothing to do with me when other people go crazy. Hayes snapped.
Everyone's faces changed, and then they remembered that there was someone else who was to blame. After looking for a while, he found a person squatting in the corner of the bench, it was Alston, he knew that he was in trouble, he didn't make a sound, and wrapped his head in a towel, cos mummy.
"I think I'd better go to the lounge for a while. The referee thought I was going to be killed, and it would have been in our favor to blow the penalty, otherwise it would have been too dangerous to continue like this. Hayes covered his head and whispered.
So, in order to put pressure on the referee on the field, the hot team was not allowed to continue to be so rude. Hayes pretended to be crippled and threw two free throws, was helped off the court by Padgett and the team doctor, and returned to the locker room.
As soon as Hayes sat down, he heard his phone ring. He pulls his phone out of his bag and finds it to be Taylor Swift. He immediately guessed that Taylor must be watching TV, and quickly whispered into the phone, "Hi, Taylor...... I'm fine. ”
"Don't lie to me, I've seen it all, are you hurt badly? …… I see you've been beaten and can't walk......" The little beauty Taylor said urgently, and after speaking, there was a faint sound of sobbing on the phone.
"No, it was for tactical arrangement, and the coach asked me to pretend it, so that the referee would blow the penalty in the next game to be more beneficial to the Rockets. What I say is true. Please don't cry, beauty...... Please, or I'll cry......" As soon as Hayes spoke to Taylor, he unconsciously changed his tone and became much gentler.
Hayes desperately explained. He regretted it in his heart. How did you forget that Taylor could watch TV? I knew that he wouldn't propose to go back to the lounge, and he skipped Mike Jackson's "I Wiped My Tears" on the spot and showed it to Taylor on TV.
"You wait, hang up the phone first, I'll give you evidence."
Hayes had an idea, and took a short video of what he thought was cute with his mobile phone and passed it to Taylor Swift, proving that he was okay, and the little beauty was finally relieved.
"I'm sorry, I'm worried about you, I'll leave you at your disposal when I go home, and I'll bring you a gift back."
"Don't be disgusting, you're fine. Who's worried about you anymore. ”
"Why did you call me again if you weren't worried?"
"I'm afraid you'll be killed...... No one sang with me. ”
The two said a few more irrelevant words and hung up the phone.
The second time he hung up the phone, Hayes remembered that there was someone else in the break room, and he was startled to find the team doctor Rowan shivering in the seat behind him.
"Hey, what's wrong with you? Are you okay? Hayes asked curiously.
It took half a minute for Luo Wen to raise his head, his eyes were blank, as if he had been greatly stimulated, and said slowly: "It's too ...... Meat...... Hemp...... Finish! ”
Hayes: "......"
In the next game, the referee really began to favor the rocket who "lost the general". Almost as soon as there is physical contact, he blows for a foul on the Heat.
It was a stumbling, staccato race. In the end, the Rockets defeated the Heat 109-73 on the road, making it a four-game winning streak. In addition to the big win, they also broke a team record with 58 free throws in a single game.
Yao Ming played only 19 minutes in the game, shooting 5-of-10 from the field and 6-of-6 from the free-throw line, with 16 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists.
Maddie is even worse. Played 18 minutes, shooting 2-of-6 from the field, 0-of-3 from three-point range, and 6-of-8 from the free-throw line, barely finishing with 10 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists.
Chuck Hayes played the most minutes of the three, with 26 minutes and 22 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists and 1 block on 8-of-13 shooting, 3-of-5 three-pointers and 3-of-7 free throws (opponents fouled too hard to be allowed).
All six players on the Rockets team scored in double figures, and Bunch Wells and "Flash" Wade tied for the highest scorers in the game, scoring 26 points each.
Experts say Houston won a resounding victory.
Is it really Houston that is more miserable?
The next day, the Heat played back-to-back games, and O'Neal didn't play. It turned out that O'Neill also injured his own knee in the collision with Hayes, and he rested for at least two weeks.
O'Neal may have been in pain when he walked out of the game, but he endured it. I went to attack a small guy by myself, and I was injured, I was too faceless, I have been in the NBA for more than ten years, and it has always been sharks that hurt people, how can anyone hurt sharks?
The Rockets returned to Houston overnight...... His teammates were all concerned about Hayes' injury and remained silent about the media. Only substitute Azubuke actually went out casually after the game and went shopping in Miami malls, which caused strong dissatisfaction among Houston fans who cared about Hayes after being exposed by the media.
"I'm rubbing! I'm going to help that guy buy a gift for his girlfriend -- a gift -- a thing --
It is said that one night, such a tragic echo echoed over Houston.
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