Zhang Weiping: You made me not know how to organize my words for a moment...
"Xu Yong's jump for this ball is really high!" Yang Yi realized something and said quickly.
The next second, the stadium was filled with cheers and all the Chicago fans stood up excitedly.
This dunk just floored them.
You dunked over Thabeet and over Yao Ming, you are really a devil!
Stern almost stood up excitedly, but although he held himself back, his trembling hands revealed his excited heart.
That dunk just now is definitely a world-famous painting, and it is also a hit in the China Derby.
Even with this dunk, the outcome of the game is no longer that important, because with it, this year's China Derby is a blockbuster bomb thrown into the Chinese market.
He has already started thinking about which stars to arrange to visit China next summer!
Winning or losing is, of course, very important, especially for Xu Yong and Yao Ming.
How could two people who are both competitive give up the victory?
Especially after Xu Yong's dunk, Yao Ming's fighting spirit was fully aroused.
However, Xu Yong's performance is still outstanding.
It turns out that even the top defensive players have their strengths and weaknesses.
Battier is one of the best players defending Kobe, but he seems to have no idea how to deal with Xu Yong's violent breakthrough method.
Besides, he was actually in shock the whole night.
For a player of his level, it is impossible for him not to study the video before the game, but the video shows that Xu Yong clearly does not know how to change direction without slowing down!
How can you ask him to target something that he doesn't have?
Moreover, Xu Yong is very smart. When facing him, he never backs up or shoots towards him, which makes his best blind defense useless.
This is really a spell being silenced and Q is tied up!
At the end of the first half, the Rockets led 58-51.
In the second half of the second quarter, the Rockets took advantage.
The reason for this wave of advantage is McGrady.
In this key game, McGrady played his best 7 minutes of the season, scoring 6 points, 1 rebound and 2 assists.
Although the Rockets' Princeton tactics were played very well, they actually had problems, that is, when the tactics could not be implemented and needed to be solved, like when the Bulls were chasing points at the beginning of the game, the only person they could solve was Yao Ming.
But Yao Ming has lost weight now, and his control in the low post has declined. At this time, they need a hard solution from the outside.
Artest's ability to hold the ball is very limited, and his off-ball shooting is unstable. He can only serve as a supplement at best, so now it is Brooks who plays that role.
So Brooks averaged nearly 20 points per game this season and is the Rockets' leading scorer.
But he is too short, and he is not Iverson, resulting in low efficiency and instability.
In comparison, McGrady is that person. Even though he doesn't seem to have much skill left now, a lean camel is still bigger than a horse.
McGrady's condition is the most positive sign for the Rockets, but the former two-time scoring champion did not get even a second's chance in the second half.
Adelman strictly follows the orders of Rockets general manager Mo Gou.
This has also become a key factor in determining the outcome of the game.
After the start of the second half, the Bulls began to narrow the gap little by little amid the non-stop cheers of the home fans.
Although they were still in a scoring drought as usual at the end of the third quarter, Yao Ming of the Rockets also began to have physical problems.
The two teams played until the second half of the fourth quarter, when Yao Ming no longer had the energy to force the game, and the momentum of the game began to shift to the Bulls.
Moreover, Xu Yong showed his physical fitness characteristics which had already taken shape and he was still strong.
He scored the Bulls' final six points, helping the Bulls beat the Rockets 102-96.
The moment the final whistle blew, all the Chicago fans at the scene stood up and cheered excitedly.
The Bulls played another classic battle of the season. Although their overall performance was not very good, they always win such key battles!
According to the post-match statistics, for the Rockets, Yao Ming had 22 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists, Brooks had 17 points, Artest had 15 points and 6 rebounds, and Scola had 9 points and 6 rebounds.
For the Bulls, Rose had 16 points, 4 rebounds and 9 assists, Deng had 14 points and 7 rebounds, and Noah had 9 points, 13 rebounds and 3 assists.
Xu Yong made 11 of 24 shots, contributing 33 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal and 2 blocks.
33 points not only broke his career record for the highest score in a single game, but also broke the highest score for rookies this year.
Become the best rookie?
Even with the emergence of a strong competitor like Evans, this is becoming more and more possible for Xu Yong.
After the game, the two teams shook hands.
After seeing Xu Yong, Yao Ming stepped forward and bumped shoulders with him, and also patted Xu Yong's back hard.
His mood now is complicated.
Because tonight Xu Yong not only won the data, but also won the game.
Just like he said at dinner yesterday, the Rockets were much stronger than the Bulls in terms of strength, but it was the Rockets who lost, which was hard for him to accept.
However, Xu Yong's strength has improved so much compared to the off-season, which means he has a better chance of participating in next year's World Cup, so this is another happy thing.
Not long after Xu Yong shook hands with Yao Ming, he met McGrady.
"I knew you could play it." McGrady was in a good mood tonight. On the one hand, he played well, and on the other hand, it seemed that the McGrady-style pull-up shot he taught Xu Yong was worth it.
"Everything will be fine." Xu Yong also comforted McGrady, saying that McGrady's teaching him was a favor.
And what he said was true. It is a torture for McGrady to stay in the Rockets now, and trading him is a relief.
In other words, McGrady should be free soon.
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This Chinese derby has an unprecedented influence in China and among Chinese people around the world.
Before this, no one ever thought that anyone could surpass Yao Ming or even catch up with his achievements in the NBA.
Including Yi Jianlian at the time, they felt that if Yi Jianlian could achieve half of Yao Ming's achievements, it would have met or even exceeded expectations.
However, Xu Yong's performance in the past month, coupled with his performance in this focus battle, really gave them hope.
Therefore, the impact brought by this is no longer as simple as a few reports.
The most direct thing is that Xu Yong’s AJ shoes began to sell well in the global market.
Xu Yong's yellow race identity made his basketball journey in the United States much more difficult than that of people of other skin colors, but at the same time, when he achieved good results, he brought about the enthusiasm of this group.
Moreover, it was because network information was not so developed in that era, otherwise the editing of this game and the number of views of related videos would definitely have gone viral.
Of course, for Xu Yong, the excitement only lasted for one night.
He really didn't get much sleep on the night of the derby, so he just went to practice all night.
But the next day, he had already forgotten about the game and focused on the next one.
No matter how much attention the derby gets, and no matter how much impact it can bring, those are only off-field factors and will not help him at all on the field.
And to be honest, he didn't have a good touch from the outside last night and his overall shooting percentage was not high. He wouldn't refute it if others said he was a scrimmager.
What's more, the Bulls can't play him like this every night.
So he is clear-headed.
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Time flies, and it is already late December.
The Christmas War is here as expected.
There is only one Christmas game this year, with the Cavaliers and the Lakers facing off. Not only is it full of highlights, but the scene of fans of both sides fighting on social media before the game is also rare in history.
The previous pre-game battle between the Bulls and the Cavaliers was nothing compared to this.
James and Comey were one of the largest groups in the league during that period.
Although in terms of numbers, Comey, who claims to have "6 billion" fans, has the upper hand, all James fans are strong and the battle is fierce.
Especially when the Christmas game was over and the Cavaliers defeated the Lakers 102-87, James fans were completely excited.
However, after Comey said "See you in the finals", the scene that fans are most looking forward to surfaced: 23vs24.
That’s right, in this season in history, not many people think that the yellow-green battle will happen again. With the league’s deliberate hype, the finals clash between James and Kobe is the most anticipated.
Of course, these have little to do with Xu Yong and the Bulls, as they are still continuing to make the playoffs.
The Bulls performed better in December than in November. They played a total of 15 games and had a final record of 8 wins and 7 losses.
Their ranking has also climbed to seventh in the Eastern Conference, and their momentum is very good.
However, compared with November, Xu Yong's average statistics in December declined, especially his scoring dropped to around 18 points.
The main reason for this is that Rose's form began to improve and De Nagro gave Rose more ball rights.
Another part of the reason is that Xu Yong's performance at the beginning of the season was too dazzling, even overshadowing Rose, which made it difficult for subsequent opponents not to study and target him.
To some extent, this can also be considered a kind of rookie wall.
It's just that the rookie wall in other schools is caused by the intensity of the schedule. After all, for most rookies, even including the championships, they only play about 40 games in total. But here, including the preseason, they have to play 90 games a year, and the schedule is much more intensive than that of college.
As for Xu Yong, he has already entered the evolutionary process of "targeting opponents → improving oneself" in advance.
All Xu Yong can do is to keep training and improve his proficiency in his existing arsenal, especially changing direction without slowing down.
Although he used this move to surprise his opponent during the China Derby, he had only trained this move for a short time, and its effectiveness began to decline in subsequent games.
It was at this time that a transaction that Xu Yong had expected unexpectedly involved the Bulls.
After McGrady completed a six-game showcase for the Rockets, the Pistons made their move.
This is a three-party deal involving the Pistons, Rockets and Bulls.
The Rockets sent Tracy McGrady and Joey Dorsey to get Richard Hamilton, Tim Thomas and Lindsey Hunter;
The Pistons sent Richard Hamilton, Will Bynum and Kwame Brown to get McGrady;
The Bulls traded Tim Thomas and Lindsey Hunter for Kwame Brown and Will Bynum.