After finishing the cooperation with Coca-Cola, Jiang Hao gave his main energy and time to the training center.
Just like Popovich said, no matter how far they can go in the playoffs, at least they have to be prepared.
Especially from Jiang Hao's perspective, this is the first playoff trip in his career. It is conceivable that he will encounter unprecedented challenges. In this case, if he is not ready, then he will
There is really no hope.
Fortunately, although they are about to face the top-ranked Houston Rockets, as we all know, the Rockets have never been a strong defensive team.
To a certain extent, this is good news for Jiang Hao. He only needs to show his offensive level as much as possible, and he has basically fulfilled the requirements.
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A few days later, the playoffs officially started. The Spurs arrived in Houston early in the morning. After resting in the hotel, they went directly to the Toyota Center. At 8 o'clock in the evening, the game officially started.
In China, Rich Paul seems to have already taken action.
First, he completed communication with Sina Weibo and officially opened Sina Weibo for Jiang Hao.
Weibo has an astonishing number of users in China today.
Jiang Hao had not opened Weibo before. Rich Paul was a shrewd agent. He knew what to do first when he came to China.
I also know the importance of social media, so I directly reached a cooperation with Sina.
As soon as Jiang Hao's Weibo was opened, his number of fans instantly started to skyrocket.
1000000.
2 million.
………
20 million. In just over two days, Jiang Hao's Weibo fans increased to 20 million. This is a very scary speed, and this speed is still continuing.
Rich Paul was also very excited after witnessing this madness. Jiang Hao's popularity in China was far more exaggerated than he imagined.
So, he made another big move.
Jiang Hao’s Douyin and Kuaishou accounts have also been opened.
In addition, he has also successfully negotiated with a famous domestic live broadcast platform. Jiang Hao will spend some time every month to interact with fans in the live broadcast room.
Rich Paul thinks this is all very good. To be honest, his impression of China is still in the last century and he thinks China is very backward. But now it seems that he has become a frog in the well.
In addition to starting to lay out Jiang Hao's domestic business territory, Rich Paul also visited the Chinese Basketball Association and met with Yao Ming, the chairman of the Basketball Association.
As Jiang Hao's agent, he must be well aware of Jiang Hao's schedule and games. As a professional player, especially an excellent professional player, he will always be linked to the national team.
In this case, it was obviously better for both parties if he completed the communication with Yao Ming in advance.
"This is really great. Dear Chairman Yao, I believe that under your leadership, the strength of Chinese basketball will grow by leaps and bounds."
After Rich Paul learned that Yao Ming had implemented the invitation system, he was very impressed and praised Yao Ming. In this way, Jiang Hao's burden will definitely be less.
Of course, he also assured Yao Ming that Jiang Hao would never refuse to play for China, as long as Jiang Hao met the conditions to play.
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At 8:00 am on April 19th, Beijing time, Tencent Sports Studio.
The famous commentators Yang Yi and Wang Meng are ready to work.
The game they are about to commentate on is the first game of the Rockets vs. Spurs series.
Netizens who are used to watching them explain competitions are a little uncomfortable today because everyone found that the beautiful host "Little Aunt" Xu Xiaoyi, who has always appeared in key competitions this year, did not appear today. The one who appeared in the studio today was another
Famous beauty host Mina.
Where has my aunt gone?
Many netizens were very surprised.
"Sometimes, we still envy Xiaoyi. She has the opportunity to watch the game live. You must know that watching the game live and watching the broadcast are completely different concepts."
The conversation between Yang Yi and Wang Meng revealed the whereabouts of the little aunt.
It turns out that my aunt went to watch the game?
This is too......
Netizens were a little surprised.
Isn't she a big fan of Kobe? However, Kobe has retired.
Is my aunt still a Rockets fan? Harden or Paul?
No, no, no, maybe she is a fan of Jiang Hao. Don’t forget that my aunt herself said in the live broadcast room that Jiang Hao is the kind of boy he likes.
Netizens are excited.
If my aunt traveled thousands of miles to watch Jiang Hao's game, what does that mean?
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At the Toyota Center, the lights dimmed and everything was silent. Under the guidance of the loud DJ sound, the players from both sides completed their appearances one after another.
As both Texas teams, the Spurs and Rockets have a lot of grievances. Just last season, the Rockets were slapped out of the Western Conference finals by Manu Ginobili in the Western Conference semifinals.
What's more, the Spurs also have Aldridge, a big killer known as the Rockets' nemesis.
Therefore, in the tense playoffs, Rockets fans don't have much favorable impressions of the Spurs players as a whole.
The Rockets' strength has greatly improved in this year's playoffs. After facing the Spurs, whose strength did not improve but fell, they want to see revenge games one after another.
No, when Jiang Hao came on the stage, he was even annoyed that he heard some curses from both sides of the stands.
Jiang Hao shook his head. His emotions about the Houston Rockets are actually very complicated, because like many domestic fans, he also has a "Rocket Complex" due to the influence of Yao Ming.
During the final warm-up time, Jiang Hao looked at a certain area in the stands, where he saw a figure, a figure that might make his hormones explode.
As the starting player of the Spurs tonight, the on-site cameras gave Jiang Hao a certain amount of footage, and the Rockets obviously attached great importance to Jiang Hao. When the camera showed Jiang Hao, the oversized electronic screen even printed the words "Jiang Hao" on the scene.
Highlights of the regular season.
Indeed, as the Spurs' second scorer this season, Jiang Hao's condition will affect the direction of tonight's game to a certain extent.
Although he is still just a rookie, it is obvious that the Rockets do not despise Jiang Hao because of this.
Domestic fans were a little emotional at this time, because they saw Jiang Hao under the focus of the camera, and they also saw Zhou Qi being swept away by the camera.
Both are the pride of China, but what they actually want to see is that both of them can become the focus of the court. That is the pride of Chinese basketball.
Zhou Qi is not happy with the Rockets this season. He basically did not get many playing opportunities in the regular season. As for the playoffs now, in front of the stubborn D'Antoni, it is conceivable that he, Zhou Qi, is even more uncomfortable.
What kind of opportunity has he got? This can be seen from his unhappy expression at this moment.
Chapter completed!