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Chapter 196 Against the No. [-] Rockets in the West!Ask for a subscription, ask for a monthly pass!
Chapter 190 Five against the No. [-] Rockets in the West!
After losing the game against the Magic, the Hawks and Xu Lang had no time to feel depressed and emotional.

Instead, he rushed to Houston, the home court of the Rockets, the last opponent of his five-game streak.

In addition to being the last away game of the Eagles' five-game streak, this game is also a much-anticipated Chinese derby.

It's also the Eagles' last game before Christmas this year.

As for the Christmas game, a game that can only be played by the top players in the league, it has nothing to do with the Eagles, which have always been considered a weak team before the start of the regular season!

Conversely, as last year's strong playoff team and this year's No. [-] team in the Western Conference in the regular season, the Rockets will have a Christmas game with a huge chance to shine after this game!

The Rockets this season, after retaining the main lineup of last season, have shown the strength of a strong team in the playoffs from the beginning of the season, and can even be called the strength of the championship team.

Facts have proved that the Yao-Mike combination in a healthy state this season, even with Van Gundy, who can be counted as a playoff-level coach with only three quarters of games.

There are only 8 players in rotation this season, and one of them is the 40-year-old Rockets, who soared to the No. [-] position in the Western Conference.

Of course, the Rockets were able to play at the beginning of the season and only lost 4 games so far. This is partly because Yao Ming found his game status earlier than many NBA stars after the World Championships.

Just like Paul Gasol, Dirk Nowitzki and others who also participated in the World Championships this year.

These stars who participated in this year's World Championships and are the main players in the team played better than the stars of the same level at the beginning of this season.

At the same time, the perfect performance of the stars of these teams has naturally led to the improvement of the team's record.

For example, the Mavericks, ranked second in the West this year, and the Spurs, ranked third in the West, have taken advantage of Dirk Nowitzki and the Troika's good game form, leading the way from the beginning of the season.

The same is true for the Rockets. So far this season, Yao Ming has averaged 28.7 points, 11.2 rebounds, 1.3 assists, 2.3 blocks and 0.4 steals per game.

The total shooting rate is as high as 60.3%, the three-point shooting rate is as high as 100% (although only shot twice), and the free throw shooting rate is as high as 87.6%.

Firmly occupying the No. [-] position in the Western Conference No. [-] league.

At the same time, in this season, as O'Neal's data continued to decline, Yao Ming also began to be called the league's number one center.

In fact, since Yao Ming's data of a super giant center player last year, some people have begun to think that Yao Ming is already the number one center in the league!
But who made O'Neal last season win a championship with Wade, the younger brother.

This also led to the fact that at the beginning of this season, O'Neal relied on the shadow of being able to win the championship last season, and was still recognized as the number one center in the active league.

Yao Ming, who originally planned to hit the league's No. [-] center this year, also planned to wait two more seasons before attacking the league's No. [-] center.

But who knew that this season's O'Neal suddenly collapsed!

Although the Heat are still the No. [-] team in the Eastern Conference, O'Neal's overall statistics are far behind Yao Ming's.

Not to mention the comparison with Yao Ming, even compared with Dwight Howard, who has just entered his third year in the NBA this season, O'Neal's statistics are not too dominant.

And when he, the last player among the top four centers, couldn't stop Yao Ming's rise, it was logical for Yao Ming to reach the top of the NBA's top center.

In fact, Yao Ming is without a doubt the strongest center player in the NBA right now if you look purely at the strength panel.

Of course, this is the case without Tim Duncan, a fake power forward.

This season, Yao Ming's overall strength rating has reached 94, and his offensive strength has reached a high of 96.

Yao Ming, who is 26 this year, has gradually reached the peak state of his career without the trouble of injury problems.

Especially if you adjust your playing habits two years in advance and pay attention to maintaining your physical condition.

Although Yao Ming's current physical condition is not completely free of any injury problems, it is only a complication of some high weight.

For example, the huge pressure on the ankles and knees caused some minor injuries to Yao Ming's ankles and knees.

This is unavoidable. After all, the current Yao Ming cannot lose weight crazily if he wants to maintain his inner dominance.

Of course, because of Xu Lang's reminder and the advice of the professional medical team, Yao Ming did not gain weight crazily, but kept his weight at around 138kg to 140kg.

Even, in Yao Ming's plan, after O'Neal gradually withdraws from the position of the league's top center, his weight will be reduced by about 5-7kg.

At that time, the weight burden on Yao Ming's body will be smaller, and it will also make Yao Ming's career longer!
At the same time, even Yao Ming, who is a few kilograms lighter, can still maintain good flexibility and short-distance explosive mobility while maintaining his dominance in the low post.

Without injuries, the power and dominance that Yao Ming, who is developing normally, can exert is enormous.

The fact that the Rockets were able to climb to the top of the regular season record ranking this year can fully demonstrate how terrible Yao Ming is when he is in good condition!

Of course, if the Rockets only have Yao Ming as a capable player, they may be a strong team in the playoffs, but they are not yet called a championship-level team.

The Rockets can be called the championship team because they not only have Yao Ming, the current No. [-] center in the league, but also McGrady, the top three shooting guard in the league.

Like Yao Ming, McGrady, who got rid of injuries, has officially reached the peak of his career this season.

McGrady's overall strength rating this season reached 95.

This has fully met the standards of a superstar.

At the same time, after McGrady's strength has increased to 95, the four major players in the NBA that have been strongly promoted by the league in recent years have all reached above 95.

Among them, Allen Iverson's strength reached 97, Kobe's reached 96, and Carter's reached 95.

It's just that compared to Iverson and Carter, who have basically reached their talent ceiling, McGrady and Kobe still have room to continue to rise.

The upper limit of Kobe's overall strength rating is 98, and the upper limit of McGrady's talent is 97.

Especially McGrady, who was born in 1979 and is only one year older than Yao Ming, still has time to grow as a defender.

And compared to the short peak period of a super heavy insider like Yao Ming, the peak time of a defender like McGrady will be longer. Of course, the premise is that there are no other external factors.

The Rockets this season, in addition to Yao Ming and McGrady, the two core players inside and outside.

There are also a number of B-level to B-plus role players with strengths above 75, such as Sean Battier whose strength has reached B-level.

For example, Ralph Alston and Luther Hyde, whose strength has reached B level.

For example, Juwan Howard, two veteran players whose strength is still at the b-level, and Mutombo, who continues to shine in the Rockets.

There is also Moko, who the Rockets snatched from other NBA teams this year relying on Yao Ming's favor.

After more than a month of experience in the NBA Development League, Moko's overall strength has also been upgraded to the B-minus level.

Of course, such a Rockets team is not completely without problems.

In the regular season, the Rockets' rotation of seven or eight players may not have any major problems, and there will not be too much pressure on personnel rotation.

But after entering the playoffs, the increasing intensity of the game will naturally slowly reveal the problem of the Rockets' insufficient lineup.

Especially compared with the Spurs Mavericks and other championship teams, the Rockets' bench lineup has always lacked a player who can stand up and lead the entire Rockets bench.

Originally, Spanoulis was actually a good choice, but when Bargnani, a talented European player who had high hopes, played an astonishing game performance.

Van Gundy, a cautious and old-fashioned coach, subconsciously pushed Spanoulis back to the water cooler.

The rhythm and intensity of the game itself is not very suitable for the NBA, and Van Gundy did not give Spanoulis any playing time at all to adapt to the rhythm and intensity of the game.

This made Spanoulis's performance in the Rockets begin to enter a vicious circle.

And what makes Spanoulis feel helpless is that Van Gundy did not give him playing time in NBA games.

He didn't put him in the Development League to find his status like Moko did, but kept Spanoulis on the side of the drinking fountain to cheer for the team!
This made Spann Norris, who had a bad start in the NBA with the Rockets, already thinking about returning to play in Europe!

Originally, when the rookie Spanoulis was abandoned by Van Gundy, Van Gundy actually thought about whether to re-trade, or sign a player from the international arena who can play a certain role on the bench.

Then he set his sights on Wang Zhizhi, who is almost 30 years old this year.

It's just that after Wang Zhizhi received the olive branch from the Rockets, he thought about it several times, and finally rejected the opportunity to return to the NBA this time.

The reason why Wang Zhizhi refused this opportunity.

On the one hand, it is because he is indeed old. It is actually difficult for players of this age to get more opportunities in the NBA.

Even if he came to the Rockets, Wang Zhizhi probably played about ten minutes per game.

After all, an Asian insider like Wang Zhizhi, who is almost 30 years old and not a top star, can already be regarded as a veteran, and does not have particularly high training value!

Naturally, it can only be used as a transitional player, coming out from time to time to top the game.

The second aspect is that the Rockets now have the young player Moko.

If he goes to the Rockets again, it is likely to affect Moko's playing time and the strength of being trained by the Rockets.

As Moko's big brother, Wang Zhizhi thought that he had delayed Moko once before, and this time he should not delay Moko again.

In the end, Wang Zhizhi, as the current pillar player of the Bayi team, after Moko, a potential star, left the team to pursue his NBA dream.

If he leaves again, the Bayi team is likely to fall apart directly. From being a championship team last season, it will directly become a big team this year!

Based on the above multiple considerations, it is normal for Wang Zhizhi to give up the chance to return to the NBA in the end!

At the same time, Wang Zhizhi's stay in the team has also won him more recognition and trust in the hearts of domestic fans.

And when Moko was signed away by the Rockets, Zhu Fangyu was drawn away by the Spurs, and Wang Zhizhi rejected the Rockets' invitation.

Of the four players most likely to enter the NBA this year, the Chinese national team has three players who have determined their whereabouts and results.

Only Sun Yue, a young player favored by many NBA teams, did not accept any signing invitation from any NBA team except for signing his agency contract under Dan Feigen's name.

And Sun Yue's practice of rejecting invitations from all NBA teams was actually accepted by Dan Fagan.

After Dan Feigen watched Sun Yue's trial training data, he looked at it from the perspective of a professional basketball agent.

In terms of Sun Yue's status as a Chinese player, his current physical talent and basketball strength, as well as his performance in the World Championships, Sun Yue is qualified to become a first-class rookie player who can enter the NBA through a high draft!
Therefore, Dan Fagan believes that Sun Yue, who has such good conditions, would rather sign a non-draft player contract with a short term and low salary this year.

It's better to wait another year, play more perfect data, bring higher attention, and participate in the 2007 NBA Draft.

In fact, Dan Fagan's choice was correct. After Sun Yue announced his decision to participate in the 07 NBA Draft, his draft pick was raised all the way to the lottery.

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On December 2006, 12, the Eagles' last game before Christmas, the last away game of a five-way trip, will be played at the Toyota Center in Houston.

After Xu Lang, Yi Jianlian, Mo Ke, Zhu Fangyu and many other Chinese players entered the NBA.

The Chinese Derby, which Chinese fans have been looking forward to before, has directly made Chinese fans full at once this season.

Before the Chinese derby between the Eagles and the Rockets, the Rockets had played against the Spurs and the Trail Blazers, two teams that also had Chinese players.

It's just that in these two Chinese derbys, one because Zhu Fangyu was not able to be mentioned in the Spurs' roster from the Development League, the Chinese derby between the Rockets and the Spurs was in name only.

As for the Chinese derby with the Trail Blazers, it was because the strength gap between the two teams was too great, which caused the game to enter garbage time before the end of the three quarters.

Compared with these two Chinese derbies, the duel between the Rockets and the Eagles has attracted too much attention.

Similarly, this game has also created the ratings record of CCTV's Five Princesses in 2006.

"Hello, everyone, this is the CCTV Sports Channel, and I am Yu Jia, today's host.

Today we are honored to invite Xu Jicheng, Director Xu, and Zhang Weiping, Director Zhang to explain the Chinese Derby before the Christmas game for us. "

"Speaking of which, this is already the fifth Chinese derby commented on our sports channel this season, but compared to the previous games, the attention of this Chinese derby is obviously higher."

"I don't know what the two teachers think of the outcome of this match today?"

"Actually, if you just look at the current record rankings, the Rockets will obviously have an advantage. But in the regular season, there are countless examples of the weak defeating the strong."

"In addition, the Eagles this season have the potential to become a strong team killer. For example, the Eagles have been on the road before, and they have killed the Mavericks who are now second in the Western Conference."

"In the opening round, Xu Lang played with explosive statistics and played a legendary game, killing the Cavaliers who are now third in the Eastern Conference."

"So for this game, I think it is not completely determined who will win the final victory."

"At the same time, it is this kind of game where the outcome is unpredictable before the game starts, it will be a wonderful game."

Xu Jicheng, Director Xu, as a well-known veteran, cannot be biased towards either side at this moment.

After evaluating the game very tactfully, Xu Jicheng, Xu directed a conclusion that was almost nonsense.

While this Chinese derby caused a huge sensation in China, it was also broadcast live in the United States.

"Hello, everyone, this is Tnt, and I'm Smith, the commentator for today."

"Hi, everyone, this is Charles Barkley."

"Today we are honored to invite Magic Johnson and former league No. [-] center Olajuwon to explain this focus battle with us, the Chinese Derby."

"Speaking of the truth, I had no expectations for this game, after all, before the start of the regular season.

I don't think anyone will think that the Eagles can play like this this season. "

"No, I don't think so, actually I said before this season started, don't think of this year's Eagles as a weak team, they are at least a playoff team, look, now prove that I am Right!"

Charles Barkley looked at Smith triumphantly. Since watching Xu Lang's game at the University of Washington last season, Barkley has gradually become one of Lang's secrets.

Especially after Xu Lang played a top point guard performance in the World Championships, Barkley directly became Xu Lang's brainless fan!

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