The Toyota Center in Houston poured into a large number of Chinese fans today, some of them wore fiery red Rockets away jerseys, and some wore white Rockets home jerseys.

Most of the jersey numbers on their bodies are No. 17, No. 17, which is Zheng Ke's jersey number, the age of these fans, most of them are in their teens and twenties, they look particularly youthful and flying, when the broadcast camera of the imperial court station is filming on the periphery, they pass behind the camera one by one with grimaces, and they love to steal the spotlight there

"Zheng, your game won't be too long, I hope you are ready." Whitman said to Zheng Ke as he laid out his tactics in the locker room.

"Haode, coach" Although Zheng Ke responded with his mouth, the sad expression still betrayed his heart.

Whitman comforted: "Don't get too entangled, you will still be the starter in this game, Maddie's defense is all up to you, don't mess up!" ”

"Maddie" Zheng Ke muttered the name in his mouth, remembering the information about Maddie he had seen on the plane.

Maddy, who is not plagued by injuries, is the strongest guard swingman in the league, he has a body that makes God jealous, accurate mid-range shots, sharp breakthroughs, sometimes dunks are shocking, sometimes dunks are like a breeze; The pull-up jumper is his signature skill, but in addition to that, he also has an excellent big-picture view and a passing jishu above the average point guard

However, since Maddie joined the Rockets in 04, the originally expected Yao Mai combination has not played the expected value, although it has the strength to impact the championship every year, but it has fallen in the first round every year. This season, the team fired head coach Van Gundy and ushered in a new head coach Adelman, and it is also hoped that the Rockets can have a new atmosphere

The 07-08 season is a season in which Maddie can barely stay healthy, but even so, Maddie is still one of the league's top scorers and will complete a 22-game winning streak in the near future!

Zheng Ke's task in this game is to defend this injury-plagued top swingman, although he will not be out of the jam for too long, but he still wants to do something different in the limited time, after all, this game was heavily publicized before the game, he is also one of the protagonists in the so-called Chinese derby, there is no reason not to show in front of the majority of parents and villagers

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"Hey, China Zheng, you're doing great!" At the pre-match ceremony, Maddie shook hands with Zheng Ke, he said.

"Hello, Maddie, you're handsome with the ball in one hand, and I love watching you play!" Zheng Ke responded

The Rockets' players are all friendly, like Scola, Battier and the like, and when Zheng Ke shakes hands and hugs them, they are all smiling, almost like a gentleman.

Zheng Ke found that there is a strange phenomenon in the NBA, what kind of boss has what kind of team, and the Rocket team in front of him, the whole team is like Yao Ming Maddie, extremely gentleman; The Spurs under Shifo Duncan are like the extension of his body, the same calm, and there is a temperament that Taishan collapses in front of him and does not change

Just when Zheng Ke was thinking about it, the referee blew the whistle for the start of the game!

The Timberwolves are still the same old routine, Zheng Ke has been running in with everyone for so long after all, so after coming up, he is not unfamiliar and unaccustomed, and still walks the bottom line to open up the space, allowing Jefferson to single the inside line of the Rockets.

The Rockets' interior line is the highest average height in the league, and the Timberwolves' interior line is now the lowest team in the league, but this does not affect the overall situation

The Rockets dribbled to the front court from the street ball king Alstom, and then the tactics of the first shot were the same as those of the Timberwolves. Yao Ming bent over to receive Alston's pass, defending him was Al Jefferson who had just gotten a blood Yao Ming would definitely not attack with a frame, he dribbled his back and hit Jefferson a few times, to say that after Yao Ming gained weight, he has become a famous monster in the NBA's restricted area, and there are few players in the active team who can resist Yao Ming's low-post attack

When Jefferson felt that he was about to get angry, the behemoth in front of him suddenly used a small hook that did not match his figure, Jefferson hurriedly reached out to cover it, but he didn't even cover Yao Ming's eyes, and Yao Ming easily scored a goal!

When it was the Timberwolves' turn to attack, Timberwolves' point guard Telfair advanced to the frontcourt with the ball, made tactical gestures, and directed his teammates to run

Telfair, like Alston, the current point guard of the Rockets, was born in New York, and both are the best in New York streetball, and the two sides have known each other for a long time. Compared to Alston's fame on the street court, Telfair is a little unremarkable, but the draft picks of the two when they entered the NBA are very different, Alston is the ninth pick in the second round in '98, while Telfair is the 13th pick in the first round in '04

Telfair naturally wanted to show his strength to the old-timer in the street ball world, after he made a tactical gesture, a cat-waist lightning step, broke through Alstom's papier-mâché defense, and then attracted Maddie to make up the defense and then distributed the ball to Zheng Ke, who was ambushed on the outside, Zheng Ke was unrelenting, and shot three points angrily!

Offensive and defensive transitions, Rockets possession.

Maddie received a pass from Alston on the outside, and after observing the situation on the field, he made a one-handed movement with the ball, causing screams and cheers from the fans in the audience! Zheng Ke said indignantly: What's so great, isn't it just handsome!

But Maddie is obviously not handsome, he used his right shoulder against Zheng Ke's defense full of liliang, tentatively stretched out his right foot, and after seeing that Zheng Ke had no reaction, a sudden start of Xiangyou quickly broke through, Zheng Ke was stuck behind Maddie with a divine power but nowhere to go, watching Maddie lean forward and hit a jumper

Telfair was cut off by Alston who was ready when he broke through this time, he quickly picked up the basketball and ran forward, because Alston was at the top of the arc, the nearest Timberwolves player to him was only 45 degrees Zheng Ke except for Telfair, as the so-called shortest line between two points, the distance from Alston to the Timberwolves basket was a lot less than the distance from Zheng Ke to the basket, so Alston ran happily, thinking that two points were already in the bag.

But some things can't be taken lightly, and Zheng Ke hasn't played for three weeks has made the NBA forget that he is such a speed maniac on the front line?

Just when Alston just threw the basketball in his hand with one hand, a black shadow appeared from Alston's head, and the black shadow nailed the basketball to the rebound with a thunderous momentum, making a loud "pop" sound, Alston under the basket did not expect anyone to chase him at all, but before he had time to think, he was knocked out of the sideline by a huge force

There was a lot of cheers in the stadium, these were Chinese fans who came to cheer for Zheng Ke, they saw Zheng Ke's passionate performance, they felt that their adrenaline hormones were soaring, and they let out cheers and applause!

Zheng Ke gave Alstom a pegboard hat! After flying off the baseline with Alstom, he saw Telfair pick up the rebound, so he got up as fast as he could and ran towards the Rockets halfcourt

The Timberwolves played four or five in the frontcourt, and they still didn't find a chance after reversing the ball continuously, at this time poor Alston had already rushed back to make up for the defense, McCanz had no choice but to return the ball to Telfair to reorganize Telfeld and signal to pull away, looking at this jiashi, it was to force Alston's rhythm

Sure enough, Telfair was a "street ball king" who had not eased up after the wind, but unfortunately, the throw under the basket was interfered with by Yao Ming and did not score, and the rebound was taken by the long-haired man Scola

The Rockets' offense has always been slow, especially when Yao Ming is on the court. This time, Maddie took the ball outside to seek a breakthrough, but was blocked by Zheng Ke outside the three-point line, and in desperation, he hoisted the ball to Yao Ming, who fell in the low post.

Yao Ming didn't have much time after he got the ball, he dribbled with his back, hit Jefferson twice and then rolled left and back-to-back jumper

Yao Ming's rollover and back-up jumper has always been difficult to defend, in the NBA, whether the guard makes an inside jishu action, or the center makes a guard's jishu action, it is a more perverted thing, and the same is true of Yao Ming's roll-over and back-up jumper. Although the jump height is not high, and the amplitude of the lean is not very large, Yao Ming's own height is already a bug, and Jefferson has not had time to jump when he shoots, so he can only watch the basketball fall into the basket