The NBA's opening sling against Chris Paul

Chapter 36 Warm Up at the United Center

Li Ming shivered uncontrollably, the weather in Chicago is still a bit cold, especially at this time of year.

He is no stranger to this city, not because of basketball, but because he came here to watch a concert before. Yes, it is in Grant Park at the southwest end of the city. He is clearly anxious that two Montrealers came that day The heavy metal band, he sang and danced with the crowd below.

This is all the memories about this city that his current body can remember, and there seems to be some faint electric sounds in his brain, always reminding him of the footprints he left in the city.

The team bus arrived at the hotel soon.The hotel even rarely put up a banner with some slogans welcoming the Memphis Grizzlies. This is really rare. Come to think of it, the executive director of this hotel is not a real basketball fan, at least not the Bulls.

"Hey, Lee, did you see that? They actually welcome the away team." Guy pressed a huge backpack into Li Ming's arms.

The local papers weren't so friendly, though, and on the plane to Chicago, the back of his chair in front of him was covered with reports from the Chicago Tribune and the Chicago Daily News.

These newspapers spent a lot of time reporting the upcoming game.

There was even a smaller magazine that used words like "this is a very explosive defender" to report on newcomers like Li Ming.The background picture is a photo of him hanging a frame and dunking.

This city has never lacked defenders. From the gods in the past to Ben Gordon a little earlier, to the current top card Derrick Rose, they are all players with explosive bodies.

Newspapers and magazines also need some of these gimmicks to generate traffic, and there is nothing like a yellow-skinned player to attract popularity.

After a short break, the team bus arrived at the United Center on time at [-]:[-] p.m.

The arena is very large and can accommodate 1000 people. In the center of the venue, there is even the slogan of the Blackhawks that has not had time to withdraw (the NHL Chicago Blackhawks and NBA Chicago Bulls share the same arena as their home court).

Conley was already warming up, but Li Ming didn't enter the center of the field very quickly, he just quietly looked at Carlos Boozer on the opposite side.

He wears thick fingertips, repeating long-range shots over and over again.

He couldn't be more familiar with this player, the man who even Yao Ming couldn't help in the playoffs, one of the new Utah Shuangsha.

However, compared to his fame, he is more attracted to Boozer's weird shooting posture.

"Fuck, this shooting posture is also amazing. Even Sean Marion couldn't help complaining after watching it. The most annoying thing is that he is quite accurate."

Suddenly a roar of laughter spread to the Grizzlies' half court, and it turned out that Nate Robinson on the other side completed a gliding dunk over Muhammad's head.

He is the man Li Ming will face most of the time tonight, and Li Ming can't help but cast a few extra glances.

Of course, it is also possible that Hamilton will spend more time with him, which also depends on Thibodeau's choice.

After Rose's injury, the Chicago Bulls have been lacking a strictly point guard, especially after sending away Kirk Hinrich this season.

If you want to say that Thibodeau is also bad, it depends on Chinese Taoism or metaphysics. He may really be synonymous with tragedy.

The team had the best record in the league during the regular season for two consecutive seasons, but it didn't even make it to the semifinals of the division, especially when it was defeated by the bleak Philadelphia 76ers the year before last.

The team management's patience with him is estimated to be exhausted. If you say he is not good, his record is at the top of the list. If you say he is good, he can't beat anyone.

Maybe someone will say, oops, our Rose is injured, who can beat him if he is not injured?He might even be the MVP.

However, injury is also a factor, and it is also a factor that both coaches and players must control.At the end of the first game of the playoffs, Thibodeau still stubbornly kept Rose on the court even though he was already leading by a large score. As a result, he was seriously injured and his anterior cruciate ligament ruptured.

It's no wonder he doesn't get hurt if he makes the main players play for 423 minutes at every turn.

You can also see from his employment that rookies are a disaster in his hands, and he hardly gets any chance to play.

Even if the main force is built to death, it will not go to the line of fire for minor injuries, and it will not go to the line of fire for serious injuries! !
"Lee!!" Rudy Gay's cry brought him back to reality.

Then came a strong pass from Gay.

"I'm going to die, who can withstand such a strong force." Li Ming yelled.

Gay pointed to the sky and drove into the basket at high speed.

Li Ming understood it, and hit the ground hard, the ball will be a little higher than the basket, and Gay smashed the ball into the basket with a roar.

With this ball, he flew a full four meters away, and the foot that took off happened to straddle the free throw line.

Wow, is there a risk of being beaten for doing such an action in this arena?Old fans who are a little older should know the allusion of this ball, so I won't go into details here.

The other side of the court did not give up much, and Nate also made a flat-frame dunk amidst the booing of the crowd.

The game has not yet started, and the two sides have already begun to secretly compete.Strangely, after landing, Nate didn't point his finger at Guy who had just completed the dunk, but stopped in the direction of Li Ming, and made a grimace and a baby shake.

Li Ming turned his head to one side and ignored him.

After a while, Hollins clapped his hands and motioned for everyone to sit down, form a circle, and perform some simple leg presses and stretches.

Conley was doing sliding exercises along the sideline. He had little rest time against the Nuggets in the last game. I don't know if his state will be affected today.

At 07:30, the fans had entered the arena one after another, and the DJs on the sidelines also started to interact.The long legs of the cheerleaders also began to cooperate with the team mascot to throw gifts towards the crowd.

Some cheerleaders always had to take a few steps back to pad their feet because of their relatively weak strength, so they could barely throw gifts to the stands a little further away.After the gift is out of hand, the body will stagger a few steps uncontrollably, and the two giants on the chest will also sway.

Calling people... Calling people... Oh, sister, why don't you call me brother if you are weak, brother is big, brother is big, brother is helping you.

The guests in the studio today are King of the Kings Miller and his equal brother, Big Bird Larry Bird.

Before the game started, the two had already faced each other in the studio. All kinds of jokes were handy and spitting, and even the Bobcats far away in Charlotte could feel the temperature of the studio.

(End of this chapter)