Winning the Lakers, the Warriors did not relax, this was originally a must-win game, no matter how fierce Kobe Bryant is, can he beat a group of Warriors? After playing the Lakers, they will immediately go to Houston to deal with the Rockets, who have been in the limelight in recent seasons.

In the history of the NBA, the Rockets have always been a strong team, in the early days they had the likes of Elvin Hayes, not to mention Hakeem Olajuwon, who had the opportunity to stabilize the top three centers in NBA history, and then the NBA 50 stars like Barkley and Drexler, and this team has left a strong mark on the history of the NBA over the past six decades.

However, the team's real international fame began when the Rockets selected Yao Ming as the top pick in the 2002 draft.

In terms of strength, Yao Ming is several Chang'an Streets worse than Ola Zhuwang, not to mention the super inside line of Da Meng, in the history of rockets, the inner line is more fierce and stronger than him. But compared to influence, these people are not comparable to Yao Ming.

Yao Ming's influence in the international basketball world is not only limited to East Asia, but also not limited to Asia, even in Europe, America and even Africa, there are countless fans, these people don't even know the rules of the NBA, but they know Yao Ming's name.

In addition to promoting the Rockets to global fame, Yao Ming also made a lot of money for the team, and most importantly, his appearance really made up for the void left by Olajuwon's retirement for the Rockets, and turned the team into a league powerhouse.

In this era known as 'center twilight', Yao Ming's ability is indeed a hegemon on the inside, and he is certainly nothing compared to the peak O'Neal, but now with the aging of O'Neal, Mourning, and Mutombo, a group of old powerful centers, he has successfully taken over the banner of the league's top centers.

Only Yao Ming, the Rockets can only be regarded as a regional powerhouse, but in 2004 they traded Francis for Maddie, so that after the two top stars on the inside and outside joined forces, the strength of this team began to soar.

Since the first day Yao Ming and Maddie teamed up, Rockets fans have been looking forward to the day when they win the championship, but three seasons have passed, and the Rockets have not even tasted the championship in the West, let alone the championship. However, that doesn't excuse the other 29 teams in the league to underestimate them, and the Rockets are definitely a strong team in the regular season.

That's the team the Warriors are going to play.

The Rockets have played 12 games since the beginning of this season, with a record of 9 wins and 3 losses, ranking second in the West, as long as they can win the Warriors this time, they will have a chance to win the first place in the West, which is undoubtedly a great temptation for the questionable Rockets.

In addition, there are other highlights of this game, Chamberlain rose into the air like a comet in the NBA, and became the new interior hegemon of the world basketball world with the speed of meteor lightning, he is now famous in the Chinese world basketball world, and there are endless discussions about him, among these discussions, there is a topic that is the hottest, that is, he and Yao Ming who is the first inside line in the Chinese basketball world.

In China, of course, Yao Ming is more vocal, after all, Yao Ming is a super center born and raised in China, Chamberlain is very good, with a strong style of play and an outgoing personality, but unfortunately he is an overseas Chinese, which has reduced him a lot of points in the overall xenophobic Chinese basketball world.

For most Chinese fans, Yao Ming is much stronger than Chamberlain, who has excellent defense, but the fans pinched the fact that he was not effective offensively, calling him an offensive idiot, at most Mutombo second, and now Uncle Mu is on the bench for Yao Ming in the Rockets, is there any doubt about who is strong and who is weak?

However, no matter how fierce the argument is and how strong the evidence is, these are all false, and if you want to really know who is the first center and Chamberlain, you have to let the two of them have a real fight on the court. And that opportunity finally came, and on November 26, 2007, the Warriors traveled to Houston to challenge the Rockets at the Toyota Center.

The attraction of this game to fans is far from being comparable to the Bucks and Warriors hyped by the NBA last time, first of all, the Bucks' belly and the Rockets cannot be compared, the Rockets and the Warriors are ranked first and second in the West respectively, even if there is no dispute between Yao Ming and Chamberlain, this event about the first place in the West is destined to be exciting.

Secondly, Yao Ming, who is now popular in the world, is not a rookie who can be compared with Yi Jianlian, compared with Chamberlain and Yi Jianlian, this is absolutely incomparable, and the two sides are not a high-grade opponent at all. Yao Ming is different, Yao Ming now faintly has the style of the league's No. 1 center, if Chamberlain wants to dominate the league's penalty area, then he has to defeat Yao Ming with his own hands and cross this hurdle.

At 7 o'clock in the evening, the Warriors players played, and in this appearance, Chamberlain was ranked last, that is, from this moment on, the Warriors told the fans of the world that Chamberlain was the core of their team and their court leader.

The Rockets market is still very hot, the Warriors players are not welcomed here, and the previous Luis, Ellis, and Azubuke were booed when they played, especially Barnes, Harrington and Jackson, the bad boys, who were scolded very badly.

Chamberlain thought that as the core of the Rockets' opponents, he would definitely be scolded even worse, and his reputation in the league may not be much better than Jackson and Barnes now, and things such as elbowing Bowen and pushing Boozer angrily are still in the impression of fans.

But when Chamberlain came on the pitch, he was stunned to find that instead of being boycotted, he was warmly welcomed, and his Warrior Zero jersey was everywhere, the blue away jersey was like the sea, the white home jersey was like a cloud, and the Toyota Center was now full of rolling waves, white clouds, and his fans everywhere.

Thanks to the hype about the Chinese No. 1 center derby, a large number of Chinese fans poured into the Toyota Center, and in the Chinese fan circle in the United States, Chamberlain's fame is not much smaller than Yao Ming, especially in California, there are many fans.

California borders Texas, and it's normal for California fans to arrive in Houston to watch the game.

The Warriors players were followed by the Rockets players, with Steve Francis, Carl Landry and Steve Novak and others entering first, followed by Aaron Brooks, Luthor Hyde, Louis Scola and others, and finally the Rockets' five main players appeared, of which Yao Ming was the second-to-last entry, and Maddy was the last to enter.

There is no doubt that Maddie is the new favorite of the current Rockets team, but today's cheers belong to Yao Ming, who made so many Chinese fans come to the scene?

After playing the American national anthem, the players began to warm up, Yao Ming and Maddy came over as the host to greet the Warriors players, Yao Ming directly found Chamberlain, smiled and said: "Hello, Chamberlain, I am Yao Ming, the first time I met was as an opponent on the court, which really made me helpless." ”

Chamberlain and Yao Ming hugged each other, patted his buttocks and said, "It's okay, you still have a lot of chances to be helpless in the future." ”

Yao Ming was a smart man and understood Chamberlain's subconscious meaning, and he smiled: "So confident? Do you think you can beat me? You know, Howard, that kid is no match for me. ”

Chamberlain waved his hand disdainfully and said, "Don't compare Howard's garbage with me, does he deserve it?" ”

Hearing this, Yao Ming laughed, gave a thumbs up and praised: "Yes, you are the most talented Chinese player I have ever seen!" By the way, you're an American citizen now? Would you be interested in joining forces with me at the Beijing Olympics next summer? For our Chinese players, this is a rare opportunity! ”

Chamberlain shrugged his shoulders and said casually, "Who knows what the way is?" Maybe, I don't plan to play for the U.S. anyway. ”

In the past, when North Samael was still there, he did help Chamberlain plan his business life, among which changing his nationality to join the Chinese men's basketball team to participate in the Olympics is an extremely important part, but with the disappearance of Samael, Chamberlain is not very concerned about this matter, after all, the first thing he has to do to participate in the Chinese men's basketball team is to change his nationality, and China does not support dual citizenship.

After a brief chat, the game was about to begin, with the starting line-ups of both teams appearing on the pitch.

The Warriors are Chamberlain + Harrington + Barnes + Jackson + Luiz, and the old Nelson pressed Ellis to the bench for the first time this season, but think that this time the Rockets scoring guard is Maddy, and everything can be figured out.

If Ellis is used as a sieve to match Maddie, it is not impossible for the latter to cut 50+, you must know that Maddy is a two-time scoring champion, and in this era, Maddie's reputation is no worse than Kobe, as evidenced by the title of West East Maddy and North Mai.

The starting lineup of the Rockets has also changed from the past, it is Yao Ming + Hayes + Battier + Alston + Maddie. In contrast to Ellis, who was disqualified for the first time this season, Hayes qualified for the first time this season.

Adelman was not surprised to arrange Chamberlain like this, Hayes was specially sent to defend him, this guy is strong, fast, explosive, especially the strength of the lower limbs, it is very suitable for defending Chamberlain, more suitable than Yao Ming.

The two sides jumped the ball, Yao Ming was too slow, and Chamberlain easily picked the ball to Luis, who took the ball to the front court under Alston's defense.

Alstom's fame in the United States is very large, but only in the street basketball world, although the NBA statement is not loud, but in the American street ball world, his reputation is skyrocketing, the nickname "jumping soul" in the height of street ball is only comparable to the height of "flyer" in the NBA.

However, there is still a big difference between street ball and the NBA, the biggest is defense, Alston has been specializing in offense since he was a child, his defensive awareness is very poor, and his physical fitness is not excellent.

Louis obviously knew this, he quickly made two early changes of direction, his shoulders swayed from side to side, like willows in the wind, and suddenly he pulled the ball out with his left hand, and there was a slight staggering in his footsteps, and Alstom, who was dizzy and dizzy, subconsciously went up to steal the ball in his hand.

This is the trap, Luiz's shoulder twisted hard to the right side, the ball in his left hand was handed to his right hand, and he stepped forward to be parallel to Alstom, who wanted to steal, and successfully made an opening breakthrough, all the way into the penalty area.

Chamberlain pushed Hayes to shake it off, followed Louis from the right wing into the inside line to respond to him, Yao Ming stepped out of the way and covered Louis's small body with a huge body, the latter immediately passed the ball to Chamberlain, but this was just Yao Ming's delaying strategy, as soon as Louis passed, he returned to Chamberlain's side.

In this way, the two big men who represent the pinnacle of basketball in the Chinese world met at this moment.