Chapter 181 A Trip to Texas

After Christmas, everything is slowly settled, and the flame of the NBA begins to ignite gradually.

All the media didn't pay attention to Liang Xiao after Christmas, because all the cameras were focused on the star of Christmas, Tracy McGrady, the scoring machine of the Christmas War, all the beautiful words described his sharp attack, gorgeous style of play, and his efforts to turn the tide, but Liang Xiao didn't take any time after watching the Christmas War in Orlando, and immediately began to devote himself to training after sending Mu Qingyu to New York University the next day, Now all of Liang Xiao's talents and abilities have been sorted out in a holiday like Christmas.

All offensive talents, Liang Xiao has been added to the C stage, but there is not much bonus in others, Liang Xiao knows that he is now more about reflecting his offensive value, many people in the Knicks have outstanding defensive ability, and now every game of stable play, so that everyone's impression of Liang Xiao has become a very offensive and capable person, such an impression can not be changed at once, as a rookie, Liang Xiao knows what his positioning is, As long as you keep yourself in good shape now, and gradually refine your talent system in the future for a period of time, everything is not a problem, as the current Knicks leader Houston, the future is definitely incomparable with Liang Xiao,

In terms of skills, Liang Xiao added the skills of medium and long-range shooting to stage C, and the shooting rate increased a lot, otherwise, in the last game, Liang Xiao would not have recklessly made so many three-point shots, but these are not Liang Xiao's three-point shots that can be hit by 100 shots,

All success is based on strength, plus some luck, just like Edison said, it depends on 99% hard work and 1% talent, Liang Xiao's success is still due to his current diligence, otherwise, Liang Xiao would not have trained so hard,

On the day after Christmas, the whole Knicks team had a collective training, and the carnival of a few days made the Knicks have fallen a lot, at least in terms of physical fitness, there is a lack of reserves, but Liang Xiao's problem is not big, although he did not go to the stadium to train, but Liang Xiao is in the talent training ground, there is still a lot of physical fitness to make himself, and now the team is training to face the upcoming Texas Top 3 encounters, every game is a test for the Knicks, As the current Knicks, I don't know if they will all win, but Liang Xiao knows that in his previous life, in the last three games in December, he was lucky to win two games, and only lost one game at home in Dallas, but now the current situation of the Knicks really doesn't know what it is, although Sprewell can play in the next game, but in the absence of a big player Thomas on the inside, it is definitely a big blow, There is no one in the rotation to replace Thomas, which is a headache for coach Van Gundy.

The top three in Texas, every team has a strong interior line, the Rockets have this year's champion show, Yao Ming, a long man from China, the Mavericks have a German tank Nowitzki, and the holy city of Antonio is Shifo Duncan, none of them are vegetarians, even if the Knicks take who comes out, there is no way to compare with these three insiders, in the previous life, these three insiders are definitely the three people that all teams are unwilling to face after arriving in Texas,

The first stop of the trip to Texas is the Houston Rockets, then the Dallas Mavericks, followed by the San Antonio Spurs, a game is not an opponent that can be underestimated, at least for the current Knicks, Houston is the fourth largest city in the United States, the largest city in Texas, but not the capital of gas, the city for Chinese from strange to familiar definitely has a lot to do with Yao, in the previous life, Liang Xiao definitely does not have a clear understanding of the NBA players in his understanding of these cities in the United States, and the same is true for Houston, Houston and Guangzhou, China are also in the tropical climate region, and the two cities have become sister cities a long time ago, so the climate and environment here are very good in December, and they will not feel cold at all, just a thick jacket can do it, Houston is an important concentration of oil and petrochemical industries in the United States, The abundant oil resources here are a good place for some of the early tycoons in the United States to make a fortune, and it is also the space city of the United States, and the largest institution of NASA is located in Houston, where the road to the moon of mankind began.

The first thing Liang Xiao did after arriving in Houston was to disturb Da Yao, in his previous life, Liang Xiao knew that Da Yao was definitely not a character he could touch, but now it is definitely different, because now he is almost the same as Da Yao, and even one step faster than Da Yao in his career, although he is a player who has not been drafted, but this does not hinder the relationship between Liang Xiao and Da Yao,

In Houston, after the Knicks checked into the hotel, Liang Xiao greeted Van Gundy, carefully selected a few gifts, and arrived at Da Yao's home, Da Yao's parents were both athletes, Liang Xiao didn't feel any pressure in front of Yao's mother, if the average family member really had to bend down to talk, it was really a tiring thing, in his previous life, Liang Xiao was always on TV, and saw Da Yao bowing his head and listening to Van Gundy's tactical arrangement during the game,

Da Yao is not used to being alone in Houston, Da Yao's parents have come to Houston to accompany him, so that there can be a response, Yao's mother also opened a Chinese-style Yao restaurant in Houston, so that more locals know the taste of Chinese food, although there are many local Chinese and overseas Chinese who open Chinese restaurants there, but it is really rare to have authentic Chinese food, because there are too many Chinese dishes, plus those are not the dishes made by the first Chinese, It's all made a lot of changes according to the tastes of Westerners,

Liang Xiao enjoyed a very rich dinner in Da Yao's home, the authentic Shanghai cuisine made Liang Xiao have endless aftertaste, Liang Xiao was not polite at all during the banquet, and Yao Xiao was deeply liked by Yao's mother, Da Yao and Liang Xiao were about the same age, they were both playing in a foreign country, as Yao Ma, who came over, they knew the hardships of being athletes, although there were no such difficult conditions as in the past, but as a person under the age of twenty, there were still a lot of inconveniences in a foreign country, but Liang Xiao did not talk too much about those hardships, I just remembered my parents,

Liang Xiao, who was full of wine and food, went out of Da Yao's rented apartment under the eyes of Da Yao's family, no agent was present, and everyone was not as restrained as a businessman who was full of copper smell, chatting freely with each other about their feelings in the NBA, and living a very comfortable night.

Back at the hotel where the Knicks stayed, Liang Xiao trained in his room for a period of time, and only after getting a few talent points did he sleep beautifully.

Time came to December 27, 2002, the Houston Rockets' home arena Compaq Center (PAQCENTER) has been full of fans, waiting for the players to play, in December 2002, Houston did not have the Toyota Center of the future, until October 2003, the Toyota Center was officially established and put into use, the current Compaq Center is far less luxurious than the Toyota Center, and the stadium is not as much as the Toyota Center, but the fans here are indeed a lot of enthusiasm.

The Houston Rockets have a long history, and they have been to Houston for many years, and there have been many stars here, such as Moses Malone, Sampson, Drexler, etc., and even the big-mouthed Barkley has also stayed in the Rockets, but the most famous here are the big dreams Hakeem Olajuwon and Rudy Tomjanovich, because these two people brought the Houston Rockets two championship trophies, one as the cornerstone of the team, so that the team has a solid backing, and the other is the guiding light of the team, Let the team have the right direction, in the handsome and fierce rockets, in 93-95 years won two consecutive championship trophies,

Houston fans of this team first liked football, but with the development of the Rockets, basketball has become an important sports team in the city, and the Rockets are also a symbol of the city, after Da Yao came to the Rockets in 2002, he immediately made this team that was in the league in the dying struggle suddenly rejuvenated, with Da Yao, the team's attendance and popularity soared, and commercial activities and sponsorships were also endless, so that the owner of the Rockets, Alexander, made a lot of money, It is estimated that they are snickering when they are dreaming, and in the future, it is no wonder that Alexander will pull Jeremy Lin, a player, to the Rockets at a value of more than eight million per year, and he definitely has a unique experience in Da Yao's operation in the past few years, and at this point, the Knicks really don't have such a mind as Alexander,

Many fans at the scene are wearing the black and white striped jersey of the Rockets, constantly waving the self-made slogans in their hands, cheering for the players at home, the Rockets still have no uniforms to be replaced later, not the kind of simple red and white, it looks a little old-fashioned, just like a group of players from the countryside, this is also a testimony of the poor jingle of the Rockets who only now have Da Yao, and later through the excavation of the market to have Maddie's joining,

But all this has little to do with Liang Xiao, now, Liang Xiao is just a victory here to go, in the last Knicks home court, Liang Xiao used his performance to help the Knicks get a victory, and took advantage of the Chinese derby, this game, all the fans are also waiting,