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Yao Ming made two free throws, chasing the score to 8:9, and beat Milicic by the way.On the scene, the Rockets are doing well, and the Huaxia fans are also very excited.

Compared with the Rockets' deep-rooted home team positioning, the Hawks' priorities are a row behind.

Paul dribbled the ball across the half, and Alston forced him over.In front of the streetball king, Paul lowered his body and dribbled the ball underhanded in front of him, showing off his skills.

"Wow~" As the goat in the streetball world, facing Paul's "provocation", Alston was a little reckless, and quickly drew his right hand towards Paul's left hand dribbling.

Snapped!

Paul took a hard shot, and the ball hit the ground in front of him to his right hand. At the same time, his left foot was the axis, and his right hand pulled the ball along the way. With a quick pull, he turned around and passed the opponent smoothly.

Without giving Alston a chance to chase, Paul quickly rushed into the three-point line, and Bai Bowen quickly left Millsap who was defending himself to defend.Millsap was briefly open, Paul quickly made a gesture, and Millsap ran to the penalty area.

At the same time, Garnett on the inside line pulled out 45 degrees to the left, forcing Yao Ming to choose one of the two.

Yao Ming chose to drink half of the double dose of poison, and moved a little to the left, intending to cover Garnett and take care of Millsap by the way.

Sometimes, the more "compromise" the choice is, the more incongruent both sides are.Paul gave the ball to Millsap who cut into the penalty area. The latter ignored Yao Ming who was covering him and took off directly. He withstood Yao Ming's impact and forced a shot.

"Ow~~~" Garnett howled and walked over again, pushing Millsap to express his excitement.

"Millsap is really a player who can make contributions on the court!" Zhang Lili said with emotion, "It will be great when the Rockets can have such a power forward."

Millsap added a free throw and the score came to 8:12.

Milicic is off the field, the Eagles are "weak" inside, and the Rockets' offense is basically a famous brand. Alston dribbles to the wing and wants to pass the ball to Yao Ming, but sees Garnett put down his "superstar" airs , and directly went around to defend Yao Ming. Alston observed for a long time, but couldn't find the passing line, so he had to hand the ball to McGrady at the top of the arc. Garnett went around in front of Yao Ming again to prevent Yao Ming from receiving the ball.

With long arms and long legs, and his mobility is beyond the table, facing such Garnett's defense around the front, McGrady has no choice but to use fake moves to shake off Anthony Parker's defense, break into the penalty area, and attract Garnett's defense The back hit was given to Yao Ming, Yao Ming received the ball, took the next step, and completed a dunk against Millsap.

The beautiful offense completed by the combination of Yao and Mai made the fans excited, but Yoga can also see that the Rockets' offense is struggling, and neither Barnes nor Bai Bowen is obviously involved.

The Eagles attacked, and Oro led a half-court pass to Garnett at the free throw line, then asked Millsap to make an off-ball screen, and suddenly cut inside, and Garnett's pass was delivered in time.

Alston was blocked by Millsap, Paul caught the ball and started, faked away Yao Ming, hit a layup and scored.

The Rockets attacked, McGrady used Bai Bowen's pick-and-roll to attract Millsap to switch defenses, and passed the ball to Yao Ming.Yao Ming dribbled the ball and pulled it up, relying on Garnett to go to the basket to make a strong move, hitting the board and scoring. 12:14.

Yoga said: "The Rockets' offensive efficiency is good today, but the offensive points are concentrated on Yao Ming and Tracy McGrady. Others have to stand up and share part of the work!"

What the fans saw was the smooth offense of the two teams, while what Ke Yan stared at was the team's somewhat unsatisfactory defense.

Unlike last season's idea of ​​"replacing defense with offense" and "it doesn't matter if you lose points on the defensive end, it's fine to hit back on the offensive end". Ke Yan, who is aiming for the championship this season, has paid a lot of attention to defense.The Eagles have won big victories frequently this season when the main players clock in for three quarters, which is also due to the improvement of the team's defensive strength.But what is clear is that the improvement of the team's defensive quality is usually accompanied by Stevens' appearance.

According to the "control variable method", Stevens has so much influence?Obviously not!Stevens is just an above-average physical defender. The real reason is that Anthony Parker's defense is poor.If he can't defend his opponents at this point, the overall defense of the Eagles will easily lose momentum, and the defensive desire of his teammates will also decrease.

Because of this, when Stevens came on the stage, it was equivalent to saying that Ke Yan was giving a signal to other players on the field, we are going to work hard in this section, everyone take precautions!

The Rockets continued to hand the ball to Yao Ming, but the Eagles changed their defensive strategy this time.Millsap slammed down low and defended desperately, and Garnett was responsible for cutting in to defend against interference.

The Eagles made a fast break on the third line, and Garnett assisted Joe Johnson for a dunk!

Yao Ming's physical strength is average. If he continues to undertake the task of attacking, his efficiency will soon drop. Ke Yan knows this, and Van Gundy also knows it.Then, he yelled from the sidelines and asked Alston to cooperate with Tracy McGrady to attack from the outside.

However, Van Gundy obviously underestimated Paul's defense.Alston's physical fitness is average, and he relies on dribbling rhythm and sudden cold arrows to attack. He happens to be Paul's favorite opponent. He is restricted by Paul and can't play at all.Alston handed the ball to Tracy McGrady, who made a shot under the attack of Parker and Garnett.

Yao Ming overwhelmed Millsap to grab an offensive rebound. The latter remained calm and watched Yao Ming dunk without fouling.

If he is beaten down by Yao Ming again, the Eagles will be really dangerous inside!

Relying on the wonderful performance of the Yao-Mai combination, the Rockets ended the first quarter only 5 points behind the Eagles in an extremely unfavorable situation.

At the beginning of the second quarter, Ke Yan sent a small lineup of Gibson, Bobby Jackson, Stevens, Hassel, and Milicic to match the regular rotation of the Rockets.Hassell's position is a black hole in space at the small forward position, but against the Rockets, someone has to match Bunch Wells!In the Eagles formation, Hassell, who is fairly good against, is suitable as the "consumables" for this exchange.

Without Diaw, Milicic encountered a foul crisis again, and the Eagles' regular rotation was a bit chaotic, but even so, the Rockets still had the advantage.The Greek Spanoulis has no chance at all in the Rockets, and his playing pick is even lower than that of the veteran Schneider.

In addition to Bunch Wells, the Rockets' bench lineup is relatively capable of attacking, only Hyde, but it is only "random shooting", and it is impossible to get in.At the same time, on the defensive end, Hyde couldn't even stand up to the aging Bobby Jackson.In front of the Rockets, Bobby Jackson also grabbed the offensive organization, "the old man chatted about being a teenager" once!

The score came to 30:39, and Van Gundy took McGrady back.Seeing this, Ke Yan replaced Joe Johnson and cooperated with Stevens to limit McGrady. McGrady still scored consecutively, chasing the score to 34:39, and then took Garnett. This time, the Rockets' offense was blocked. Scoring efficiency began to decrease.

Although it is only a mixed lineup of main players and substitutes, the team's combat effectiveness is even stronger than the starting lineup of the Timberwolves last season. With Garnett and Joe Johnson attracting defense, Daniel Gibson is frequently emptied. The favorite open space showed his shooting ability, hitting three-pointers one after another, helping the Eagles extend their lead to double digits.

Gibson's outburst caught Van Gundy by surprise, replaced Yao Ming, and continued to put pressure on the Eagles inside, but failed to achieve good results. There was him everywhere, which made Yao Ming very uncomfortable.

At halftime, the score was 50:63, and the Rockets trailed by 13 points at home!

For the Rockets, who value defense and have a slow offensive and defensive rhythm, 13 points behind is not a small gap, and the Hawks scored 63 points at halftime, which shows that the game is fully integrated into the rhythm of the Eagles.

Van Gundy made a bold change, replacing the ineffective White Bowen with Bunch Wells and pushing Barnes to power forward.In this way, the team's offensive end has an extra ball-holding point that can launch an attack, and the threat has increased significantly.

Seeing the starting lineup for the second half, Ke Yan couldn't help being startled.Van Gundy was forced to change his lineup by himself, which is a greater honor than the NBA awarding him the "Best Coach"!

The Rockets attacked, Bunch Wells gave the ball to Yao Ming, Yao Ming attracted the defense and returned the ball to the stick, the latter faked Joe Johnson, went to the basket, and jumped before Garnett got stuck. Slam dunk! (52:63)

Bunch Wells, a person who dared to ask for a three-year 3 million contract with the Kings, ignored the interest of the Eagles and signed with the Rockets for two years and 2400 million in order to get more playing time and more ball rights.In the end, even Barnes couldn't compete and could only play as a substitute. The resentment in his heart can be imagined.

Therefore, in front of opponents like the Eagles, Bunch Wells is full of fighting spirit and wants to perform well to help the team win this tough battle and reverse the previous decline!

Back on the defensive end, Bunch Wells took the initiative to take over the task of defending Garnett, put one hand on Garnett's waist, and kept pushing him out, with some "small movements" in his hand.

Garnett was scratched and smiled, pushed the stick with one hand, and then mentioned that he was on the line to do a pick-and-roll for Paul. Bunch Wells switched to defend Paul, and his huge body kept up with Paul's rhythm change, "forcing" Paul to split. The ball was given to Garnett, and the Wolf King caught the ball and rushed to the inside, easily carrying Alston and scoring a layup. . . . . . (52:65)

With a simple one-block screen, the Eagles easily broke through the Rockets' defense. This kind of scene really shouldn't appear in front of a team that is good at defense. Van Gundy was quite dissatisfied on the sidelines.

Obviously, the appearance of Bunch Wells made it easier for the Eagles to score.

Compared with Yao Ming and McGrady, Paul and Garnett are like a pair of partners who have worked together for two years, and can easily achieve the effect of 1+1>2.This is the crux of the game and the gap between Van Gundy and Keyan!

Back on the offensive end, it was McGrady singles Parker again, and made a pull-up jumper after a feint. (54:65)

Compared with the Hawks' offensive system, the Rockets rely on superstar singles to support the situation, but Yao Ming in the first quarter and Tracy McGrady in the third quarter, the two of them can hold the field, the Rockets can barely maintain the situation. The gap was further widened by the Eagles.

Halfway through the third quarter, the point difference was still swinging back and forth by 12 to 15 points. Ke Yan was not in a hurry to change. Van Gundy gave it a go in advance. He replaced Yao Ming with Swift and Barnes with Hyde, and asked the players to speed up the attack. Rhythm, take more three-pointers when you have the opportunity.

"???" Seeing Van Gundy's adjustment, Ke Yan was stunned.

This is Van Gundy?This TM is old Nelson!

However, the configuration of the Rockets is doomed that they can only expose their shortcomings in this kind of change. For Swift, a jumping male insider who has no back-up ability, Garnett also takes into account the situation of assisting McGrady. It's gone!

The Eagles' perimeter defense is complete enough. Van Gundy's "death" set of one big and four small is essentially reduced to McGrady and Bunch Wells' singles with the ball in turn.Even Bunch Wells and Matt Barnes are not particularly stable outside shooting points, and the Eagles adopt a flanking strategy, so they are not too worried.

Van Gundy's transformation ended in failure. At the end of the three quarters, the difference between the two sides has been stretched to 22 points. (74:96)

In the fourth quarter, the Rockets made a symbolic resistance and once narrowed the point difference to 15 points, but the Eagles quickly controlled the game and maintained their advantage until the end.

At 104:120, the Eagles defeated the Rockets away and won the first victory of the season against the Western Conference team.

Garnett played 31 minutes, made 20 of 11 shots, 4 of 4 free throws, and had a double-double of 26 points and 10 rebounds. Paul sent 19 points, 4 rebounds and 10 assists. The defensive end completely blocked the Rockets' third scoring point, Alstom. , Let the streetball king make 6 of 0 shots in this game, and only rely on free throws to score 2 points.

火箭队这边表现最好的是姚明，他砍下全场最高的27分11篮板2盖帽；包括麦迪26分的得分其实也不差。两队的差距主要体现在角色球员身上，老鹰队5人得分上双，三巨头之外还有米尔萨普和吉布森站了出来；火箭队只要邦奇威尔斯拿下了12分。

Gibson and Millsap are both second-round picks. They joined the Eagles and helped the team fill the lineup that lost too much blood due to the trade of Garnett; Novak, who was selected by the Rockets, can only look at the water fountain. Spanoulis, who shined in the World Championships, was also firmly pressed on the bench.In this comparison, the gap is more obvious.The local fans in Houston were also not very satisfied with Van Gundy. Some fans even blamed the team management. It would be better to keep Ke Yan at that time and let him be promoted to the team's head coach!

Dawson, the general manager of the Rockets, felt wronged. The Lakers fans blamed the management for letting go of Ke Yan. Some said that after all, Ke Yan led the Lakers to a good record. The team gave up Ke Yan because of high-level internal fighting, purely to death; Ke Yan was only 24 years old when he left the Rockets. Who would dare to promote him as the head coach if he is not from the perspective of God?

Anyone who praises Ke Yan must be supported by Lakers fans. The current record of the Lakers is 4 wins and 3 losses, which is still tepid, which is far from the surprise that Ke Yan brought them.Not to mention that Kobe almost left in the summer, fans are really worried that another year will be wasted, and Kobe will still leave the team during the offseason next year.

After the game, Ke Yan had dinner with Yao Ming, CCTV's Zhang Lili and Yogi as usual.During the chat, Yao Ming also talked about the Rockets.

"You still dare to ask me? In the deal last season, you guys were tricked by me." Ke Yan laughed at himself.

The Eagles got the No. 8 pick at the cost of eating garbage contracts and sending out the last rotation, and then used the No. [-] pick as one of the bargaining chips in exchange for Garnett, which can be called a magical operation.

"That's not your problem." Yao Ming said, "It's still too much of an injury."

"Fortunately, Barnes is not bad, but three or four, your problem is power forward, really too weak!"

Bai Bowen, Swift, whoever comes up is free.

"Why don't you give us Millsap?" Yao Ming joked.

"A first-round pick~" Ke Yan laughed at himself.

"Hahahahaha!"

Eating, chatting, bragging, man's happiness is so simple.It wasn't until Ye Li called to check the post that everyone was ready to leave.

"After the Asian Games, she should retire. I think we will get married next year." When walking out of the hotel, Yao Ming said to Keyan, "Remember to come to my wedding at that time."

"Should I give a red envelope? I'm afraid the league will judge me to recruit players illegally~" Ke Yan said with a smile. The love story between Yao Ming and Ye Li is also a good story in the Chinese sports world.

"It depends on your mood!" Yao Ming raised his eyebrows, "But remember to pay per person, if you come alone, you will get one; if you come with Never, you will get two; if Never... ...then give it to three people."

Yao Ming was posing with a big belly, and was immediately punched by Ke Yan.

. . . . . .

Back at the hotel, Ke Yan did not rest, and began to study the lineups of the league teams, mainly studying the small forward position, to see if there were any good ones that slipped through the net.

Literally ridiculed that the Rockets' power forwards are poor, but it fell on the Eagles themselves. Anthony Parker at the small forward position can attack or not, and Hassell can defend or not. Ke Yan himself has a headache and said!

Wade, who can break through, breaks through the Eagles' perimeter defense, and McGrady, who can shoot, has a basket as wide as the sea in front of him. If he meets James, he must not be disabled?

The reinforcement of the small forward position must be promoted if there is a chance.

The point is that the Eagles actually have no decent bargaining chips. Except for Paul, Joe Johnson, Garnett, and Diaw, the other players have "use value" greater than "trade value", so that Ke Yan can only choose "Taobao" .

The ideal choice is Ariza of the Magic.Tiezha's life in the Magic was not satisfactory. During the Knicks period, he had grown into the main player of the team. As a result, after coming to the Magic in the Francis trade, he was suppressed by Grant Hill and Turkoglu successively. Substitute players.In Stan Van Gundy's system, Ariza, who is unstable in three-pointers, is not valued by the team, and his playing time is not even as good as rookie Redick.

However, the Magic started the new season with a record of 5 wins and 1 loss, and was touted by the media as "a team that can compete with the Eagles for the Eastern Conference championship." If so, then unless the Eagles offer a very tempting bargaining chip, they should not "capitalize the enemy".

CJ Miles of the Jazz, last season's second-round pick, has been on the bench.He's a good-sized forward who's a 3-and-D player with decent athleticism and a shot but isn't consistent.The Jazz picked Ronnie Brewer in the draft this season. The team is now Kirilenko, Fisher (the Jazz mainly plays double point guards, and the starting No. [-] is the old fish Fisher), Brown Ruhr, Halprin, and Kirisek scrambled for two positions, and CJ Miles didn't get much playing time.

Miles' athletic talent is a bit better than Anthony Parker's, but he lacks defensive experience. In the short term, the defensive effect may not be better than Parker's. In the long run, it's hard to say. After all, the Eagles have Garnett in the team. Build a defensive system, young people know what they should do, and progress will be faster.

Ke Yan was still looking through the rosters of each team, when there was a knock on the door.Ke Yan looked out through the peephole. It was Joe Johnson, holding a glass of drink.

"What's the matter, Joe?" Ke Yan opened the door, and Qiao Johnson immediately handed over the drink.

"Boss, I have something to ask you." Joe Johnson asked seriously.

"Come in." Ke Yan took the drink and put Joe Johnson in.

"Today, a Chinese sports brand contacted me and asked me if I want to sign a contract with them." Joe Johnson said, "I want to ask you if this is feasible?"

"I can't give you advice on this kind of thing, can I?" Ke Yan wondered, "If the cost is considerable and you think it's suitable, of course it's no problem!"

"No, no, you got it wrong!" Joe Johnson waved his hand and continued, "Because I have never heard of this brand, and I have also heard that some athletes had conflicts with Huaxia's advertisers before, so I would like to ask Be clear."

Just like the incident between Ronaldo and the Golden Voice, the advertisement had been aired for several years before Ronaldo knew that he had been endorsed by this product, and then there was a lawsuit.

But in the past few years, the sales volume of Golden Voice has increased dozens of times, and its reputation has been completely established.What's even more exaggerated is that after losing a sum of money to Ronaldo, Golden Throat reached a formal agreement with Ronaldo's teammate, World Footballer Kaka, making Kaka a regular brand spokesperson.

"What brand, let me help you see." Ke Yan sighed and said, "As long as you trust me."

"PEAK~"

"Peak?" Ke Yan nodded, "Didn't they sign Battier?"

"Sean Battier? Is there?" Joe Johnson was surprised. If Battier had signed the contract, then he would have nothing to worry about. Battier's agent must have done research.

"Um, I remember wrongly, there shouldn't be any." Ke Yan said, "This brand is considered the most reliable sports brand in China. The things you are worried about should not happen to them."

"Oh?" Qiao Johnson looked at Ke Yan in a daze.

"You don't have to worry too much about the quality of the sneakers and the internal technology. They will definitely be customized for you. Then your popularity in China will increase a lot, and you may have the opportunity to vote for the All-Star starter." Ke Yan said.

In the previous life, after Battier joined the Rockets, he was favored by Peak and became the most familiar NBA player to Chinese fans.It is not an exaggeration to say that among the non-Chinese players who have never been in the All-Stars, Battier's popularity is basically the first.

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It is also from him that it has become a trend for Rockets players to endorse Chinese sports brands. Scola, Landry, and Hayes have all been favored by Chinese brands.

Due to Ke Yan's butterfly effect, Battier did not join the Rockets, and without such a high exposure rate, he could not be favored by domestic brands; the Rockets, except for Yao Ming and Tracy McGrady, really had no cards, and Peak took a fancy to it The "third giant" of the Eagles, Joe Johnson, who is completely impossible to produce his own signature shoes in Nike.

The total value is 3 million U.S. dollars in three years, plus the sales share of the signature shoes, Joe Johnson can't help but be tempted.

"Okay, I trust the boss!" It was an easy decision to make too much money.

"Good guy, it seems that I have to ask them for a public relations fee!" Ke Yan laughed at himself.

I feel that I have taken away a little of Yao Ming's starlight. Maybe the role players under Ke Yan's hands will be more sought after by domestic sports brands than the role players of the Rockets.

After seeing off Joe Johnson, Ke Yan returned to the computer, and suddenly a name flashed in his mind.

"Sean Battier!"