While Shentong was encouraging his future teammates on the national team, he shamelessly put on his Gui Ling finger gloves.

After playing the Wizards in the last game, the careful Shen Tong discovered that the (3/3) behind the Gui Ling finger glove became (2/3).

STO immediately understood that the following numbers represented the longevity of this equipment.

In other words, this extremely domineering and sharp tool drawn from the Tianwu Baolun can only be used for three games.

Thinking about it, if anyone keeps wearing this finger glove with a magic bullet to shoot the basket, it will be difficult not to win.

STO decided at that time that it would be great to keep such a heaven-defying prop for future use.

However, when seeing that the next game was the Chinese Derby and the opponent was Yao Ming, STO immediately decided to continue using this prop in the next game.

National and national live broadcasts are not important. STO has never thought about things like increasing influence, expanding popularity, signing a good contract next year or increasing endorsement fees. They just want to win, nothing more.

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After the Rockets moved their home court to the Toyota Center, the atmosphere at the stadium was much better than before. With nearly 20,000 spectators at the scene, the entire arena was bustling with excitement.

Before coming to the NBA, Yao Ming's height had always been a mystery.

Everyone knows that he is very tall, but how tall is he? Is it 2.23 meters, 2.26 meters or 2.29 meters?

There are different opinions.

Even in China, there are different opinions about Yao Ming's height.

Later, after the Rockets conducted rigorous measurements, Yao Ming's true height was finally determined.

2.26 meters.

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With such a tall height, when fighting for the ball, he lost to Mutombo, who was 8cm shorter than him.

There is no way, even though I am short, my arms are long!

Yao Ming's wingspan is less than his height, only 2.20 meters, but Mutombo's wingspan is 2.31 meters!

A whole 11cm longer!

I immediately made up for the 8cm disadvantage, not counting other lengths, otherwise I might lose even more miserably...

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The Nets, playing away from home, took the lead in winning the ball.

Before reaching the three-point line, Mobley was already closely guarding Shentong. It seemed that this time the "Old Cat" was determined to defend Shentong.

But the Nets had expected it.

Shentong scored 55 points in the last game. If it were any other team, they would also strengthen their defense against Shentong in this game.

Therefore, Byron Scott's tactic was to start the attack with Kidd, Martin, and Jefferson, disrupting the Rockets' defensive plan.

With clear tactics and excellent executors, the Nets deserve to be the first to start!

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Facing Francis, it is not easy for Kidd to get rid of him easily.

After acquiring Yao Ming this season, Francis, who saw hope for the Rockets' revival, also became more positive on the defensive end.

After trying two unsuccessful attempts to break through, Martin immediately pulled out from the inside to set up a pick-and-roll for Kidd.

However, the Rockets' power forward Griffin was quite mobile and instantly blocked Kidd's breakthrough path, slowing down the pace of this pick-and-roll attack.

After seeing that Yao Ming was already standing in the middle, he realized that there was no chance of giving Martin an alley-oop inside, so Kidd distributed the ball to the outside.

Jefferson received the pass.

Good guy.

This is the first time that Jefferson has given the ball to him on offense since he started the game in a long time.

It just brought tears to my eyes.

After getting the ball, Jefferson had no intention of passing the ball out. Facing the long-famous Glenn Rice, Jefferson was not afraid of tigers as a newborn, and showed no fear at all.

Relying on the speed of a tiger going down a mountain, Jefferson took small steps and rushed inside like a car without stopping. Before other Rockets players had time to cover up, he dunked the ball into the basket with both hands!

Glenn Rice watched helplessly as young player Jefferson broke through and scored a dunk, but he was powerless.

Speaking of Les, he was actually a strong player in the past few years.

In 1996, Rice, who played for the Charlotte Hornets, averaged 26.8 points per game, ranking third in the scoring list that season.

Who are the first two?

Michael Jordan and Karl Malone.

In addition, he also leads the three-point shooter list with a 47% three-point shooting rate.

Yes, you read that right, 47%...

Averaged 5.6 shots per game and hit 2.6 goals.

In the 1999-2000 season, Rice played for the Los Angeles Lakers. This season, the team welcomed Phil Jackson, the chief helmsman, and became the third point of the team outside of the OK combination.

This year, Rice received his only championship ring.

In fact, when he first came to the Rockets, Rice was still in very good condition. However, who would have thought that Rice suffered an injury last season, which resulted in the entire season being reimbursed.

In the new season, Rice can actually feel the changes in his body and the loss of explosive power, but he can't say that he must hold on.

Because this is his contract year, he wants to play for a few more years and make a few more years of money.

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"The finish of this ball is very exciting!" Director Zhang Weiping's voice immediately appeared on the live broadcast screen.

That's right, the live broadcast of this game will be narrated by the old partners Sun Zhengping and Zhang Weiping, whom we haven't seen for a long time.

How could the Chinese Derby be without them?

After Jefferson made the dunk, Sun Zhengping immediately praised: "Jefferson's dunk is different from ordinary players. He is a player who can dunk with his hands."

Zhang Weiping: "That's right."

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On the Rockets' first offense, Francis dribbled the ball back and forth in front of Kidd, and then used his speed to break through, like a sharp dagger, straight into the heart of the basket.

After entering the restricted area, Francis jumped in the air and saw the old Montenegrin monster...no, it was an African uncle falling from the sky.

Defense covers the sky.

The ball was passed to Yao Ming who was following. After receiving the ball, Yao Ming raised his arms and launched a two-handed dunk.

However, as soon as Yao Ming's hand holding the ball was raised, it was slapped away by Martin who came over, ruining the attack.

Sun Zhengping: "Yao Ming got a wonderful pass and was about to dunk. The basket exploded. Oops, it was a mistake. Martin of the Rockets stole the ball from Yao Ming's hands."

Zhang Weiping: "..."

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Kidd, Jefferson connected.

In just one attack, Kidd, who was very insightful, observed Rice's problem.

The mobile defense is almost non-existent compared to Jefferson's penetration.

After passing the ball to Jefferson, Kidd directly ordered: "Hit him!"

Never had Jefferson had such a moment of ace in the opening game.

I was so excited that I forgot who I was.

Sayazi dribbled the ball straight into the Rockets' hinterland.

The same breakthrough, the same two-handed dunk...

Only this time, he was not very lucky.

Yao Ming suddenly appeared under the basket and held down the ball that Jefferson was heading toward the basket with one hand in the air.

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You won't know if you don't hit, but you will be shocked if you hit.

When facing Yao Ming at close range under the basket, Jefferson realized how tall Yao Ming was!

He is simply a little giant.

Jefferson, who was holding the ball down by Yao Ming, lost his balance in the air and fell to the ground. The Rockets also got the ball.

Francis and Mobley immediately launched a counterattack, like two lightning bolts across the court, and finally Francis made a layup.

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After Yao Ming successfully blocked the shot, Sun Zhengping immediately shouted: "What a shot, Yao Ming gave Jefferson a Yao's hotpot, let's go!"

After Francis scored on the fast break, Zhang Weiping also explained: "This is what we call transitional-offence. It is the ball that transitions between offense and defense. The Rockets played very reasonably from the defensive end to the offensive end in this round.
Chapter completed!