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Chapter 205 Foul master, Wade?Ask for a subscription, ask for a monthly pass!

Chapter [-] Foul master, Wade?

Ever since David Stern wanted to turn the NBA's Christmas game into a super sports event like a super wrist.

I started to think about looking for a super-large competition venue that can hold 5 to 8 people to watch the game at the same time, just like the Super Wrist, to hold a special Christmas game!
In fact, because of the popularity of super wrists, it is not very difficult for the NBA to find such arenas in the United States.

It's just that, for the NBA, the arena is easy to find, but it's also important to attract so many fans to watch the game.

Therefore, the premise of all this is back to this Christmas war.

In this year's trial of the Christmas game, if it can attract the attention of enough basketball fans, of course it would be the best.

But if the ratings and the number of spectators and the attention it arouses are not high enough, the NBA will not be able to catch up with the Super Bowl!
It is not certain whether there will be only one Christmas war in the future!

Otherwise, wait until the NBA finds a large enough venue, but there are not enough fans to buy tickets to watch the game.

For the NBA, the Christmas game will not be a glory, but a joke.

"Speaking of which, I haven't asked yet, who are your idols Stephen and Russell? I mean the basketball field."

Xu Lang watched the two teams warming up on TV, and suddenly turned to Russell Westbrook and Stephen Curry.

"Of course my idol is Brother Lang."

Stephen Curry rolled his eyes, and said a little flatteringly with a move in his heart.

"Forget it, I guess you started to watch my games, that is, from last year's NCAA finals, you two guys probably haven't watched my games before, how could it be that my idol is me, so, to be frank."

"hey-hey!"

Stephen Curry looked at the lie that he had been exposed, and laughed twice.

"If it is an active player, my favorite is Nash."

"And if you count the retired players?"

"Reggie Miller!"

Xu Lang looked at Stephen Curry, who had already weighed 85 kilograms despite continuous training and improvement during the offseason, and nodded with some enlightenment.

Representative players in both leagues who play primarily with their brains.

It's just that Xu Lang is thinking about the three-point shooting of the core guard's ball-handling style. It seems that neither Reggie Miller nor Nash can be regarded as a template for Stephen Curry!

On the contrary, after the two are combined, it looks a bit like Stephen Curry's playing style!

"Russell, what about you?"

"Kobe!"

"What's the reason?"

Xu Lang looked at Russell Westbrook who answered him without hesitation, and asked further.

"Handsome enough to play, good enough personality!"

Xu Lang didn't know how to answer the simple and rude reason.

Unexpectedly, Russell Westbrook, who has been the most stable guarantee player of the Huskies this season, actually has a heart of becoming a small blacksmith in his heart!
After all, Kobe, who has been climbing the NBA iron list in the past two years, is one of the most difficult players in the league to coach.

Speaking of this, I have to mention that Phil Jackson has returned to the Lakers in the last two seasons.

You can question Phil Jackson's coaching ability, and you can also question the thickness of Phil Jackson's tactical reserves.

You can also complain that Phil Jackson is the leg-holding coach who won the championship with his thighs!

But you can't deny that Phil Jackson's use of some of the top stars in the league is the best of any coach in the league right now.

For example, the Lakers in the last two years, with Phil Jackson constantly adjusting the way Kobe is used.

The Lakers have changed from the previous team that could only become a weak team after O'Neal left, to the fifth small playoff team in the Western Conference.

"But to be honest, if it's better than playing, I personally think McGrady's playing is better than Kobe."

Listening to the conversation between Xu Lang, Curry and Russell, Ben interrupted unexpectedly.

"Indeed, McGrady looks much better."

Xu Lang nodded in agreement.

"No, Kobe is more handsome, and I don't like McGrady's character. Playing should be like Kobe or Iverson. No matter what time you fight, you should fight until the last second."

Russell Westbrook said to Ben seriously!
While Xu Lang and the others were chatting with each other, this year's NBA Christmas Game, David Stern's ambitious work was about to officially begin.

"drop!"

"Is it so bloody that I went to this game?"

After watching the field because the corner of Shane Battier's eye was opened again, the referee was forced to call a timeout.

Stephen Curry was trembling a little!
Ben looked at the offensive and defensive battle between every player of the two teams on the field, and the surprised expression on his face never disappeared.

I don't know if the players of the two teams paid too much attention to this game, or if David Stern gave some order to this game, deliberately letting the referee loosen the penalty scale for this game.

From the very beginning of this game, the players of the two teams played very hotly.

O'Neill and Yao Ming's punch-to-fist, flesh-to-body confrontation tricks emerged endlessly, and even after the referee's penalty scale was gradually tested by the two teams, hugging and wrestling actions began to appear!
Within the three-second zone of this game, basically no other players can intervene. After all, in the struggle between two giants over 140kg, ordinary people may be swept away by the aftermath of the two before they get involved. up!
On the perimeter, between Dwyane Wade, who is known as Jordan who is 5cm shorter this season, and McGrady, the super perimeter who has risen to No.2 in the league's shooting guard position this year, there are also various small moves and trash talk constantly.

Even through the screen, Xu Lang, Ben and the others could clearly feel that the saliva between the two of them was almost sprayed all over their faces!

And not only the head players of the two teams, but also the other role players of the two teams are full of gunpowder.

Sean Battier even saw blood twice before the first quarter was over. The corner of his eye was cut directly, and he went back to the field after getting two stitches.

Originally, with the game intensity and defense intensity of the two teams, the scoring efficiency of this game should be very low, and the excitement of the game will also be poor.

But I don't know if I should feel that the core players of the two teams are indeed the kind of big-hearted superstars born for big games.

It should still be said that David Stern had some luck in this game.Under such competition intensity.

The offensive efficiency of Yao Ming, O'Neal, Wade, McGrady and others was not as low as expected. Yao Ming scored eight points at the end of the first quarter, and his shooting percentage remained above 60%.

At the end of the first quarter, O'Neal also scored 11 points and completed the mutual explosion with Yao Ming.

As for the shooting guard battle on the perimeter.

McGrady scored 13 points in a single quarter, slightly better than Dwyane Wade, who scored nine points in a single quarter.

The role players of these two teams are also in good form under the leadership of their respective players.

Therefore, at the end of the first quarter, the defensive intensity was almost at the level of the finals, and the scores of the two teams remained at a high level.

At the end of the first quarter, the Rockets ended the first quarter with a 31-point lead at 29:2.

"No, Brother Lang, are all NBA games this bloody?"

Stephen Curry, whose physical confrontation ability is not considered to be very dominant in the NCAA, looked at this basketball game that looked like a fighting game, and said with a face full of fear.

On the contrary, Russell Westbrook, who was next to Stephen Curry, watched the somewhat bloody game screen in front of the TV, with a look of excitement on his face, watching the two teams fight and defend in the first quarter of the game.

Seeing the completely different expressions of the two, Xu Lang smiled and shook his head.

After seeing Xu Lang shaking his head, Stephen Curry's dull face eased a little.

"Not every game is like this, at most only about 50% of the games will be like this?"

Stephen Curry's facial muscles that had just been relaxed immediately tightened up again.

Then, Stephen Curry looked at his two arms without flesh, and made up his mind in his heart.

"Ma De, I'm going to start practicing block when I get back. I think Wang Lian Kui seems to have a lot of experience. Talk to him more later."

And just when Stephen Curry was frightened by the intensity of the game, the second quarter of the two teams officially started.

As soon as the second quarter came up, the two teams first engaged in a confrontation with the rotation lineup.

The Heat this season have the same problems as the Rockets.

That is, the thickness of the substitute lineup is slightly worse.

Although not like the Rockets, there are only seven people in the main rotation so far this season.

But it's also difficult to do most of the playoff teams to be able to rotate the lineup up and down.

And even after the two teams switched to a rotation lineup, the defensive intensity and intensity of the game still did not decline.

At the same time, this game is also the first game of Moko, a talented power forward player from China, in the NBA.

To be honest, in this kind of game, letting Moko complete his NBA debut is both an opportunity and a test for Moko.

If Moko can show a game state that satisfies Van Gundy in such a strong team game, he will directly become famous in the first battle and establish his rotation position in the Rockets.

On the contrary, this high-intensity game puts much more pressure and difficulty on Moko as a rookie than in the normal NBA regular season.

This also means that the possibility of Moko's abnormal performance in this game will be much higher!

Facts have proved that after more than a month of adjustment and adaptation, the overall strength of B-level Moko may still be a little behind the starters of some NBA playoff teams.

But in the bench lineup, Moko's strength is definitely enough, plus Moko's own playing style is biased towards defense and frame protection.

With the temper of a defensive coach like Van Gundy and the current tactical system of the Rockets, there is still a lot of room for him to play in this game.

This is also an important reason why an old-school coach like Van Gundy will give a rookie player like Moko a chance to play in such an important game!

Of course, there is also a part of the reason, because the Rockets really have no one available now, and Yao Ming, the head star, has pleaded for Moko!

And Moko, who started his NBA debut in this game, did not disappoint Van Gundy's trust and Yao Ming's guarantee.

During the rotation time, Moko only played a total of 5 minutes, and in these 5 minutes, Moko scored two points, three rebounds, one assist, one block, 0 steals, and zero turnovers. Performance.

And what makes Van Gundy more satisfied is that during the entire 5-minute rotation time.

Moko, as a power forward player who defends on the flanks, has perfectly completed his defense of the basket.

At least Moko did not become a part of the Rockets' players on the field who were broken by the Heat on the offensive end.

At the same time, because of Moko's excellent performance, Yao Ming, who basically played the entire first quarter, got more rest time in the second quarter.

After all, in normal times, when the Rockets face opponents at the level of the Heat, the rotation time can only allow Yao Ming to rest for 2 to 3 minutes before he has to play.

But this time, because of Moko, Yao Ming did not return to the game until the 6th minute of the second quarter.

And when the Rockets' starting lineup returned to the court, Moko was not directly taken down by Van Gundy, but continued to stay on the court to match the Rockets' starting lineup.

Although if you only look at the player's strength, Moko's player strength is still not as good as Juwan Howard's, and he has less game experience than Juwan Howard.

But in terms of tacit understanding and cooperation with Yao Ming, Moko is obviously stronger than Juwan Howard.

After all, Juwan Howard is also a player with strong offense and weak defense, and his playing style is more offensive. This may be okay when Yao Ming's offensive talent has not been revealed too much.

But after Yao Ming became the most powerful offensive center in active service this season, Juwan Howard, a strong offensive and defensive power forward, is not very suitable!

In contrast, a player like Moko, who tends to be more defensive and mainly does dirty work, is more suitable for a super center like Yao Ming who has already reached the peak of his offensive strength!

In fact, this is true, in the second half of the second quarter, when Moko was able to help Yao Ming share more pressure on the defensive end.

Yao Ming can also put more energy on the offensive end, which led to Yao Ming who only scored eight points in the first quarter, and scored another eight points in the second quarter after only playing half a quarter.

And Moko, who played the entire second quarter, surrendered four points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, one block, and one steal in a single quarter.

It can only be said that at least so far, Moko's NBA debut has been perfect.

And Xu Lang, who saw Moko's excellent performance before TV, was also happy for Moko from the bottom of his heart.

After all, for Xu Lang, like Yao Ming, he also hopes to see more and more outstanding Chinese players who can shine in the NBA and make a place in the NBA through their own strength.

But so far, whether it is Zhu Fangyu or Mo Ke, the speed of adapting to the NBA and the progress of integration have exceeded the expectations of Xu Lang and Yao Ming.

Although Xu Lang, who knows the upper limit of their talents, clearly knows that the two of them will be at best role players who can play a certain amount of time in the NBA in the future.

But this is enough, when more and more Chinese players can get enough playing time in the NBA.

Xu Lang believes that this will inevitably affect more and more young Chinese athletes to devote themselves to the sport of basketball.

Coupled with the plan of himself, Yao Ming, Yi Jianlian, Wang Zhizhi and others to start regular four-season basketball training camps next year, Xu Lang believes that the future development prospects of Chinese basketball are bright and unlimited.

And just when Xu Lang was thinking about Chinese basketball, under the leadership of him, Yao Ming and others, it would become stronger and stronger in the future.

The second half of the game between the two teams officially started. In the second half of the game, the two teams continued the intensity of the first half of the game.

And Moko also won Van Gundy's further trust through his excellent performance in the second quarter. He completely replaced Juwan Howard in the third quarter and continued to stay on the court.

I don't know if Moko is in a good state in this game, or Moko does have some overall tactical system suitable for the Rockets.

Throughout the third quarter, Moko, a rookie who had never played in the NBA.

Not only did it not become a gap for the Rockets to be broken through by the Heat, but it also became one of the solid backing for the Rockets to deal with the Heat's inside offense.

But because of his defensive habits, Moko got three fouls in a single quarter in the third quarter, and he had five fouls at the end of the third quarter.

Of the five fouls, four were caused by Wade.

"Hey! There is already a James, why is there another Wade? The league's current methods of promoting people are a bit too low-end."

"Think about the Demon Bird War and the Rise of the Gods back then. Didn't the alliance do a good job? Why has the alliance's means of promoting people become so inferior after entering the new century?"

Ben looked at Dwyane Wade, who had already gotten 15 free throw opportunities just after the three quarters of the game, and complained a little speechlessly.

David Stern: (-﹏-`;) I don’t even want to step on a horse, but now there are no local American players at the level of Magic Bird and Jordan in the league!

And relying on Dwyane Wade's extremely high foul success rate, the Heat completed the overtake at the end of the third quarter and entered the fourth quarter with a two-point lead.

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