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Chapter 39 China Derby
"Hello, viewers, this is the CCAV5 sports channel. I'm Zhang Weiping. Today, I'm going to bring you a regular-season matchup between the Houston Rockets and the Sacramento Kings with Director Sun."

"Yes, the game between the Rockets and the Spurs is undoubtedly the game that our Chinese fans have paid the most attention to recently, because in the two teams of the Rockets and the Kings, there is a player from our Chinese country."

"The first is Yao Ming of the Rockets. Yao Ming is the main center of our Huaguo men's basketball team. In this year's BJ Olympics, relying on Yao Ming's outstanding performance, our Huaguo men's basketball team once again reached the quarterfinals of the Olympic Games. In fact, not only Not only in the national team, but also in the Houston Rockets, Yao Ming is also a stalwart player. With McGrady injured for a long time, the Rockets can achieve the current record, and it is entirely due to Yao Ming.”

"As for the Kings, we all know that the Kings used the No. 12 pick in the first round of this year's draft to select Yan Hua, who was still playing at the Shanghai Institute of Physical Education, and Yan Hua also played well after being selected by the Kings. Very good. In the 18 regular season games that have ended, Yan Hua averaged 14 points and 7 rebounds per game, and also won the title of the best rookie of the week. It can be said that he is a very talented and capable young man player."

The game between the Kings and the Rockets at home has not yet started, but in the CCAV studio on the other side of the ocean, two "professional basketball commentators" Zhang Weiping and Sun Zhengping, after bragging about Yao Ming and Yan Hua respectively, began to talk to each other. The current situation of the Rockets and the Kings has been analyzed. In fact, before the start of this season, CCAV is more optimistic about the Huaguo Derby between Yao Ming and Yi Jianlian. After all, Yi Jianlian is more famous and influential among Huaguo fans than Yan Hua. Yi Jianlian's strength is obviously higher, but Yi Jianlian's performance this season is really mediocre, and in the game between the Rockets and the Nets, Yi Jianlian didn't get too many opportunities to play, and Yan Hua's performance in his rookie season was really good. It was too prominent, so CCAV made an "exceptional" broadcast of a game between the Rockets and the Kings today.

After Zhang Weiping and Sun Zhengping's two long-winded speeches, it was finally the turn for the introduction of the starting players of both sides. Offensive or defensive, Sun Zhengping can talk about the average data of last season and this season.

"The Rockets' starting lineup today is center Yao Ming. Yao Ming is 2 meters tall and weighs 26 kilograms. . . Forward Shane Battier, shooting guard Ron Artest, and point guard Ralph Alston." However, in today's player introduction, Sun Zhengping put the focus on Yao Ming, as for the rest The Rockets players are all overshadowed by one sentence. The Rockets' outside core Tracy McGrady is absent due to injury, and today is the Huaguo Derby, so Yao Ming is today's protagonist.

"For the Kings, today's starters are center Yan Hua, power forward Drew Gooden, small forward John Salmons, shooting guard Kevin Martin, and point guard Benno Udri. Starting from the first game of the new season, until now, the king's starting lineup has basically not changed much, but it is said that Brad Miller, the king's main center last season, is about to return. , Maybe after Brad Miller comes back, the king's main lineup will undergo some changes."

In the CCAV studio on the other side of the ocean, when Zhang Weiping and Sun Zhengping were still discussing the prospect of the Huaguo Derby enthusiastically, the scene that appeared on the TV screen immediately made Zhang Weiping, Sun Zhengping, and even The Huaguo audience in front of the TV was very excited.

"Xiao Yan, perform well and don't put too much pressure on it. As long as this period of adaptation is over, everything will be fine." On the court on the TV, Yao Ming, who was standing near the middle circle, came with Yan Hua A bear hug, at the same time, after hugging Yan Hua, Yao Ming also said a lot of words of comfort and encouragement in Yan Hua's ear.

As a person who has experienced it, Yao Ming understands Yan Hua's current situation and encounters very well. Yao Ming in his rookie season, like Yan Hua, showed various incompatibility when the season was not yet halfway through, because Yao Ming before He has never experienced such a long season and such intensive games. In addition, Yao Ming, who has gradually become famous, is also beginning to face the targets of other teams.

So Yao Ming was under a lot of pressure at that time, because Yao Ming knew that there were countless Chinese fans watching him behind him, and the pressure on Yan Hua now was no less than Yao Ming at that time, even though Yan Hua was entering the NBA Before, Yan Hua was unknown in China and the United States, but the attention brought to Yan Hua by the best rookie of the week, the game against the King against the Magic, has increased geometrically, and it was after that game, Yan Hua has entered the mainstream attention of the NBA, and many teams have begun to study Yan Hua, even targeting Yan Hua, and the praise of the surrounding media will undoubtedly bring tremendous pressure to Yan Hua who has just entered the league. What makes people grow can also make people collapse, and Yao Ming certainly doesn't want Yan Hua to be the latter.

"Thank you, Yao." After separating from Yao Ming, Yan Hua nodded heavily at Yao Ming. Hua enlightened and told Yan Hua about his game experience, hoping that Yan Hua could cross this rookie wall as soon as possible, and then enter the sea and break out a world of his own in the NBA.

"The game is about to start!" After a brief warm-up, Yao Ming and Yan Hua, who represented the Kings and the Rockets, walked into the middle circle again, and the referee on duty for this game also walked to Yao Ming and Yan Hua holding the basketball. Yan Hua's side was ready to blow the whistle for the match.

As the on-duty referee blew the whistle to start the game, the jump ball between the Rockets and the Kings ended without any suspense. Although Yao Ming's jumping and wingspan were not as good as Yan Hua's, Yao Ming was much higher than Yan Hua. With more than half of his head, and Yao Ming's rich jump ball experience, Yao Ming defeated Yan Hua very easily and won the Rockets the first chance to attack.

(End of this chapter)