Chapter 20: The First Battle of the Regular Season

November 1st, is the first game of the regular season of the Rockets, the opponent of the game is the Jazz, at half past seven in the evening, the home of the Rockets, which can accommodate more than 20,000 people---- Toyota Center has long been overcrowded, after all, it has not seen the official game of the Rockets for half a year, and the enthusiasm of the fans is still very high. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoThere are also many fans who did not buy tickets and could not enter the stadium, so they simply gathered in the square outside to watch the live broadcast on the big screen in the center.

At this time, the home and away teams have not yet entered, and in the locker room, the cheerleading beauty team, as well as the mascot of Team Rocket---- Rocket Bear are performing and interacting with the audience. The big screen at the Toyota Center was playing the Rockets' promotional video "It'stime" for this season.

To briefly mention this, every team in the NBA will make some promotional videos at the beginning of the season. How to say it, for example, it's like a Hollywood blockbuster, which will make a trailer before the official release, condensing some of the best clips to give people a sense of expectation and increase box office attendance. I have to say that the NBA, as a commercial league, has some of its own routines for commercial operation, and it is also very successful.

At this moment, the promotional video of the 2006-2007 season of the Rockets was once again presented in front of the audience, reviewing the course of the last season, and then putting the highlights of Yao Ming and Maddie's dunks, and the audience was enthusiastic!

At the end of the film, there is a big close-up photo of Maddie Partition Kobe, next to which is remarked in large letters: T-mac, 27 years old, the golden age of guards!

Then a close-up photo of Yao Ming covering O'Neill appeared, with a note in large letters next to it: Yao! 25 years old, the golden age of the center!

The picture turned again, Yao Ming and Maddie appeared in the picture at the same time, Yao Ming was written next to "the league's first center", and Maddie was written next to "the league's first guard"!

Then the screen keeps changing, and close-ups of Battier, Alston, Wells, and all the other players appear in turn, around Yao Ming and Maddie in the center of the screen.

Eventually, the screen changes again, everyone disappears, and only one O'Brien Trophy (i.e., the NBA Championship Trophy) appears in the center of the screen, and a line ---- English "It'stime!" appears below. (It's time)"

The implications speak for themselves!

I have to say that this promotional video is very well made and very good at arousing people's emotions, and the audience is full of blood and shouting loudly: "It'stime...... togettheNBAchampion! ”

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After the promo ended, the big screen began to show pre-game interviews with the players, including yesterday's Rockets player meeting.

I saw the pictures of Rockets general manager Dawson and head coach Van Gundy being interviewed yesterday---- they didn't mention the championship, and they revolved around controlling the playing time of Yao Ming and Maddy this season, keeping them healthy, and trying to enter the second round of the playoffs this season......

Suddenly, there were fans on the scene who were dissatisfied, and I took off my pants, so you just showed me this?

The promotional video just now is so exciting, it's the first center again, it's the first defender, it's the golden age or something, and what else is It'stime...... What are you telling me about the first and second rounds of the playoffs now?

Some fans began to whistle and cheer loudly.

Immediately after the picture of Zhang Chu's interview yesterday---- "I think any team is going for the championship, Napoleon has a famous saying, a soldier who doesn't want to be a general is not a good soldier, and Team Rocket is no exception!" ”

Although Zhang Chu speaks Chinese, the following translation does not affect the audience's understanding of Zhang Chu's words.

“Yes!” A black man on the sidelines wore Maddie's No. 1 jersey and yelled loudly, "This TMD is what a man should say!" That's right, it's the overall championship! ”

The strong black man applauded vigorously: "This kid is a little raw, is he new this year?" But I like it, and I declare that from today onwards, I'm a fan of the number 7......"

The words of this black strong man also reflected the hearts of the Rocket fans in the audience, first some people applauded, and then, the audience began to applaud, just for Zhang Chu's "championship"!

Unconsciously, Zhang Chu has not yet played, but he has won a lot of favor in the hearts of the majority of Rocket fans, and even a few of them claim to be his fans.

The big screen changed again, showing interviews with the managers and players of both sides before the game.

"That Chinese boy, you have to be careful with me today." It was Millsap of the Jazz team who said this, and in the preseason, Zhang Chu defended him, but he suffered a lot, and he actually achieved a clean sheet in the last few minutes.

"In today's game, I will use practical actions to shut up those rookies who want to talk about the championship before they touch the NBA skin!" It was Deron Williams, the Jazz's outside core, who said that.

Seeing the provocation of the Jazz players on the big screen, the Rockets fans in the audience were unhappy, booing everywhere, standing on the side of the court, the black strong man closest to the big screen raised the middle finger at the Jazz players on the screen: "You TMD just shut up, beat you to death a **** ......"

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Soon, under the introduction of the host, the players from both sides began to enter. The first to play were the away players, and the boos of the fans began, originally the Rockets and the Jazz did not have much grudge, and the Rockets were eliminated by the Jazz in two consecutive playoffs later, and the grudge was concluded later.

But this will, because of the Jazz players, Rockets fans will start to get upset with the Jazz. By the end of Delon's appearance, the boos were at their highest.

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As the first game of the regular season of the 2006-2007 Rockets, there are countless fans in China who are paying attention to it in real time, CCTV5, Guangdong Sports, Tencent, Sina, etc. have arranged live broadcasts, which are very important. It is not an exaggeration to say that this game has been watched by more than 100 million people in China, which is more than the entire population of the United States, otherwise the NBA would not have paid so much attention to the Chinese market.

CCTV5's golden partners Yu Lu and Zhang Liang will definitely not miss the commentary of this game, and at this moment the host Yu Lu is introducing Zhang Chu's situation, after all, Yao Ming is familiar to everyone.

"Okay, audience friends, let me introduce you to the starting lineup of the Rockets today----

Center: Yao Ming

Power forward: Howard

Small forward: Battier

Shooting Guard: Maddie

Defender: Alstom

It's worth noting that the Rockets also have a player from China on the bench today: Zhang Chu. From Huayang Province, China, 19 years old this year, playing as a power forward on the field, 1.98 meters tall, weighing 98 kilograms, and having an arm span of 2.15 meters...... "Because it is the first time to broadcast the regular season of the Rockets, Yu Lu introduced it in detail, although CCTV5 has also broadcast a preseason game of the Rockets before, but many Chinese fans do not have the habit of watching preseasons, far less than today's attention.

Of course, the data reported by Yu Lu is a little different from today's Zhang Chu. Due to the system upgrade, Zhang Chu's height has come to 2.02 meters, and the arm span should have reached almost 2.19 meters. Moreover, in the past month, because the training facilities of the Rocket Team are very advanced and the physical trainers have guided them very scientifically, Zhang Chu's comprehensive strength has also increased by 3 points in the past month, from 65 when he first came to the Rockets at the end of September to 68 now.

The highest of these are: power 80, bounce force 78, speed 75......

After the strength reaches 80, it is enough to withstand most interior players in the position of power forward, unless it is a perverted interior player like O'Neal, Xiao Si, Warcraft, etc.

The bounce force of 78 and the speed of 75 are definitely high on the inside, because the vast majority of inside players are blocky and have a lot of strength, but they can't jump up and run fast.