Chapter 42: Depressed team atmosphere
Texas University canteen, late-night snack time.
In order to serve everyone, Li Xiaoli, a man from science and engineering, transferred the display screen originally used to price the price to the TV signal. The entire canteen broadcasts the NBA Spurs vs. Rockets game. In fact, Americans do not have the habit of eating while watching TV. The canteen is also very quiet, with the sound of knife and fork.
But Xiao Li did this and a group of men gathered under the display to watch the game. Everyone was basically from Texas, and Jiang Yuntao from the school was on the Spurs, so he hoped to see him play.
The school team even ordered a bunch of hamburgers and fries to watch here under the leadership of Bamba. Although I couldn't believe it, Jiang Yuntao was indeed the first among them to enter the NBA.
Li Zixuan, a short-haired girl who was alone, also silently ordered French fries in a corner, staring at the screen without blinking. She actually found out this morning that Jiang Yuntao had entered the NBA. She was almost busy with various procedures these days. It was not until the basketball team came back in the morning and she went to the basketball hall to find Jiang Yuntao.
At that time, Thompson and Yang looked at the beautiful Chinese girl with a confused look and said, "You are not from our school, are you? He has signed with the Spurs."
"Cuntong.com?" Hayes complained directly.
"Ah, that's how..." Li Zixuan felt that she had studied abroad in vain, but immediately made the idea disappear. What was she thinking? She came for painting.
"Beautiful girl, do you want his phone number? He is still single!"
White Americans are just good at flirting with girls. Thompson and Yang helped Jiang Yuntao. Seeing that this girl cared so much about Jiang Yuntao, she decisively gave her Jiang Yuntao's mobile phone number.
Li Zixuan looked at the bench scenes that flashed from time to time on TV and kept stroking the phone in her hand. She was shocked by Jiang Yuntao's progress. When the game ended, would she call him? It was only a dozen buses from Austin to San Antonio, and she wanted to meet him.
After all, it was the courage he gave himself, after all, he was the only person he knew.
Even if you have left school, I still hope you don’t come back and stay in San Antonio forever!
Women are selfish, and Li Zixuan also wants to have a boy who goes to and from the library with her school, go to the stadium to watch football together, and walk in the playground together... Love is all about this, and she also wants to be the heroine of a TV series.
But Jiang Yuntao is different, he is destined to be different, she can only support her silently behind her back, at most... Let's make a call after the game.
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At the beginning of the second quarter, under the crazy shouts of 18,092 fans at the audience, Chris Paul came up and fed Capela 5 consecutive times, and had an 11-2 climax. Jiang Yuntao and Ginobili covered their faces and dared not watch them. The Spurs' offense can only be achieved by Guy's fragmented attacks.
Not to mention the sounds of the away game, the Spurs can't hear each other's voices when they attack. This DJ is also very fucked. There was an electronic sound when the Spurs were attacking, and when the Rockets were attacking, they were as stable as an old dog.
With the Rockets substitute Gerald Green's unreasonable three-pointer, the Rockets temporarily led the Spurs 54-43 by 11 points.
The Spurs defended well. The Rockets were low at 54 points in the first half, but the Spurs scored 43 points in the first half by themselves. This is not the league in the past. In the small ball era, it is difficult to win if there is no more than 100 points in the game.
As a top student, Jiang Yuntao naturally saw that the Spurs' current lineup was full of problems. Not only did they have no three-pointers, but their forward line was also randomly attacked by their opponents. Mills Park Forbes's three men were simply a loophole in the backcourt. Jiang Yuntao was so anxious. When he saw the basketball flying over, he wanted to go up and grab the ball. There was no way. The skills of the table tennis powerhouse made him have extraordinary predictions of the ball. He was itchy and wanted to go on the court to help the team.
"When Leonard and Ginobili were not playing, the defense at the No. 1, 2 and 3 was too poor, which led to the Rockets' substitute finding their feel. The Spurs were difficult for this game." Su Qun also felt that the commentary was not very passionate. The strength gap between the two sides was obvious. As the game progressed, they rarely talked about the two Chinese players, and they were analyzing the technical and tactical levels.
When we returned to the locker room, we were recovering our strength, Popovich did not come to the locker room again. This was actually silent scolding, but the players were already a little depressed. As the first in the Western Conference, Ade, the star in the head, was not up to the top, so we must think that Popovich would let go of this game.
After the change of sides, Harden scored 8 points in a row. The Rockets used a 10-0 offensive to expand the lead to more than 20 points. Guy and Mills' three-pointers barely allowed the gap to continue to expand. After the three quarters, the Rockets had already led the Spurs by as much as 21 points 88-67.
Collapse... The defeat is like a mountain of defeat! The Spurs, who could grit their teeth and win the Rockets in the playoffs last year, are in a state of decline today. Jiang Yuntao felt very uncomfortable. Although he had only been in the team for two days, he had already regarded this as his home team. The loss was surrounded by fans' ridicule of mocking fans. He could only stand up silently and applaud his teammates' wonderful goals, but gradually Mills didn't even raise his towel to waving it.
Depression! This is Jiang Yuntao's feeling about the current team. If you lose this game, the Spurs will fall to the 10th place in the West and the efforts of a season will be wasted.
Jiang Yuntao seemed to realize why the team had signed him now. The team was too boring. Xiao Ka was in New York alone for rehabilitation treatment. No one knew whether he could make a comeback now. Then the team showed more and more problems. Popovich was not a god, and he couldn't play on the court, so they had to find some fresh blood!
Therefore, they actually found the most accurate three-pointer in the free market!
There are no top three-point shooters in the free market, and there are not even many shooters. Everyone's three-point shooting percentage is below 30%, only Jiang Yuntao. His three-point shooting percentage in the NCAA is 34.9%, and it has been getting better and better recently.
Jiang Yuntao felt that he might not be able to play in this game, but he would definitely be allowed to play in the next game! Popovich would not be passive. Although he did not get angry much in this game later, he could see that the old man had a Mars in his eyes. How could he easily admit defeat by such a top coach who had been competing for championships for 20 years?
Jiang Yuntao is a player with a Spurs personality, silent and not impetuous. He is a Spurs personality. His passion is only placed on the court, and strength is your confidence in speaking.
Jiang Yuntao clenched his fists secretly, and he was not disappointed because he did not play. He was inspired to play and help the team! Even though everyone felt that hope could not be placed on the players at the end of this bench, Jiang Yuntao just felt that all his hopes were on him now. He had no thighs, so he had to be a thigh.
The Spurs were 24 points behind in the fourth quarter, and the game ended with 3 minutes. D'Antoni, on the Rockets, took the lead in "politely" substitutions and replaced the team's third lineup. Zhou Qi also put on the team, and the 7-foot-1 man on the court caused cheers.
"Brandon Paul, you replace Mills."
Chapter completed!