"For the third of the top five plays, Xu Yong made a death coil, a one-handed switch of hands and a violent rim-breaker. The little emperor put his hands on his hips and sighed at the ball!"
"The second of the top five goals. A newborn calf is not afraid of a tiger. You call yourself the little emperor? Xu Yong's amazing dunk smashed the king's crown!"
"The first of the top five plays was as aggressive as fire, as fast as the wind, a three-pointer, and a buzzer-beater. This! is! Chicago!"
While Xu Yong and Ayers were drinking coffee, the domestic version of the commentary of the top five goals had already become a hit on the Internet.
Because this is no longer a matter of breaking the debut record as Zhang Weiping and Yang Yi said, it is really too fucking explosive.
No, according to the saying of this era, you just came into the league and you beat James, with a steal, a dunk and a buzzer-beater. This can even be considered a public execution.
You are going to heaven!
Moreover, the NBA's influence in China is much greater than that of the NCAA.
It wasn’t obvious during the summer league and preseason games, but when the regular season started and CCTV-5 officially broadcast it, the response was on a different level.
Not to mention that online live streaming was also on the rise at that time. In previous live broadcasts, a certain wave of live broadcasts had crashed many times due to too many viewers.
Of course, this is not just about a few top five goals, there was overwhelming online coverage after the game.
Even this game, which was already hotly discussed on American social media, also caused a huge response on American social media after the game.
"This.is.Chicago! The little emperor is left with only his embarrassed back in the player tunnel tonight!"
"Dunk over James, elegant three-pointer, Xu Cai should be the No. 1 pick!"
"No. 6 Xu Yong & No. 1 Rose, the Bulls invite the little emperor to celebrate Children's Day!"
"Jordan hugged Xu after the game. The basketball god returned to the United Center because of Xu?!"
"AJ's brilliant move makes Nike and Adidas regret it!"
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The front pages of major sports websites were dominated by news about this game.
As the third largest city in the United States, Chicago has a large population, and because of the former dynasty Bulls, the basketball market here is also very large.
But since Jordan retired, the Bulls have been ranked last in the Eastern Conference for four consecutive years and have not made the playoffs for seven consecutive years. Even if they made the playoffs after that, they were neither up nor down.
This is like a once magnificent palace, but now only ruins are left.
But the Bulls' opening game of the new season showed people a ray of light rising amid the ruins, which is worth looking forward to!
Even those on social media who specifically said that Xu Yong was a fake second-place winner disappeared without a trace at this time.
On the contrary, those fans who had turned from haters to fans since the summer league and were suffocated by other fans finally got the right to breathe.
This is the first time that Xu Yong's reputation has taken a big turn since he was selected as the second pick in the draft.
Facts have once again proved that in competitive sports, no matter if you are over-hyped or over-criticized, as long as you play well on the field, none of them are a problem.
Although there was a lot of praise from the outside world, Xu Yong, who had already opened a social media account, had no time to pay attention to those things.
What he said in the post-match press conference, "I believe we will still win," was what he had to say, but it forced him to improve himself faster.
Because according to the strength of the Bulls' lineup this season, even if they can make it to the playoffs, their ranking will not be too high, and there is a chance that they will encounter the Cavaliers.
If they lost at that time, after his words were processed by the media, especially those people at ESPN, he would really become the new McGrady who said "I'm already thinking about the next round opponent."
After having coffee with Ayers, he went to the training hall for more practice.
He now chooses to train and improve two main aspects: one is the scissors kick, and the other is the advanced use of footwork.
There is no need to say much about the scissors kick. Since I learned the dream footwork, the frequency of using this move has been increasing.
Actually, McGrady's stability of this move was pretty good before he got injured, so he definitely has a chance to improve it.
Then there is the footwork. After learning the dream dance, he and Kobe had a discussion about applying footwork to breakthroughs.
That is actually a step called [Strike the Pivot Kick], which was the most frequently used move in the middle and late stages of Kobe's career.
To put it simply, it means suddenly using a heavy dribble to stop the ball when breaking through.
Because breakthroughs have inertia, if you stop, the defender will not stop, so you can get the offensive space you want.
Of course, in NBA-level games, relying solely on this kind of "emergency stop" method may not necessarily directly get the shooting space, but once you encounter such a situation, you can use the dream dance steps.
Specifically, it is to use jump steps and drop steps to complete the ball before landing to achieve the situation where there is no pivot foot in the dream dance.
That’s right, Xu Yong’s plan was to develop this move before Kobe developed it.
Once he has mastered these two techniques, his offensive threat on the court will be greatly enhanced.
After finishing the extra training, he drove back home.
It was already late at night, he parked the car at the door and entered the house.
But when he took out the key and was about to insert it into the door, he found that the door was suddenly pushed open.
This made him stop instantly.
At first, he had only heard about how chaotic the city of Chicago was, but after living here for nearly two months, he discovered that...the reality was even more exaggerated than the rumors.
Let me put it this way, when he followed Harden to visit his home in Compton, he witnessed with his own eyes what a chaotic neighborhood in the United States was like.
But in Los Angeles, such neighborhoods are still a minority.
But in Chicago, this is the appearance of most neighborhoods, and the places that Ross had told him about are among the few with relatively good public security.
So when faced with a situation where the door opened by itself, Xu Yong's choice was to knock on the door.
After waiting for a while and seeing no movement from inside, he opened the door and turned on the light in the living room.
Then he found signs that someone had rummaged through the room.
When he went upstairs and opened the door, he was shocked to see the whole room in a mess. He searched through it all.
No need to guess, there's a thief in the house.
He couldn't help but smile bitterly. He had just experienced a bloody battle in the front, and when he returned home, he found that his house had been robbed!
He called the police and then began to look at his losses.
After some checking, there is good news and bad news.
The good news is that as a born-again player, he doesn’t have the habit of keeping several large bags of cash at home like the African American players, so most of his money is kept in the bank, and the loss of cash is very limited;
The bad news is that he lost a lot of meaningful things, such as the watch that Harden's mother Willis gave him.
So when the police arrived, he expressed his wish to solve the case as quickly as possible.
The police were also quite cooperative and even said they would definitely solve the case, simply because the man had just gone to the United Center to watch a game that night.
Of course, solving the case takes time. After Xu Yong replaced the door lock with an anti-theft lock the next day, he stopped caring about the case and continued to focus on the team's affairs.
With the momentum from the opening game, the Bulls defeated the Bucks and Bobcats successively, achieving a three-game winning streak at the start of the season.
In three games, he averaged 18 points, 4 rebounds, 2.3 assists, 2 steals, 1.7 blocks and 1.7 turnovers, with a shooting percentage of 46.8% and a three-point shooting percentage of 40.2%.
Except for the decline in scoring and assists due to less ball possession, his other performances have improved instead of declining compared to the preseason.
The team won consecutive games and his personal performance was outstanding. The beginning of his career can be described as perfect.
The only drawback is that the theft in his house has never been solved.
It’s not that the police didn’t care, but the thief who broke into his house was too professional.
There was a surveillance camera at the door of his house, but the thief covered it just like in the movies.
Moreover, they all wore gloves when committing the crime, highlighting that they were a professional team.
When the police told him this, he didn't know whether he should feel sorry for the things he lost or for the thief.
However, he was somewhat depressed because to him, the things he lost were more important than money.
"What happened?" After the training session ended that day, seeing Xu Yong looking a little depressed, Ross couldn't help but ask.
The two exchanged a few words, and Xu Yong gave a general account of the situation.
He and Rose have great chemistry on the court and get along well off the court.
Well, it can basically be understood that everything goes smoothly in the process of conquering the [Disguised Non-Slowing Down] skill.
So he didn't shy away from it. Besides, Rose is from Chicago and must have seen a lot of such things.
"I can help you."
However, what Xu Yong did not expect was that Ross actually took on the job.
Xu Yong originally wanted to say that it was not a matter of relationships. After all, the fact that the case could not be solved was not because the police did not try their best.
But he suddenly remembered something.
Ross's words might actually be able to help.