One Year Left to Play-Chapter 341 - 108: What If We Win? (Ten Thousand-Word - , Please Subscribe) (Part 2)
Didn’t interact with the Magician, started watching the video on his own.
This simple action caused a ripple in the hearts of his teammates...
The one who felt it the most, of course, was the Magician who seemed isolated the moment he joined the team.
Although the teammates didn’t say anything, the Magician could clearly feel that they were afraid to approach him, not wanting to get too close at all.
The seating area at the back for the coaches and management.
Kupchek quietly said to the Logo Man beside him, "You let Elvin sit there alone; did you predict that Aix would break the ice?"
Logo Man shook his head, his face full of a smile, "I thought someone would eventually step up, it turned out to be Aix...which is definitely better, although he seems distant, he is gentler than we imagined...right, Del."
Logo Man turned to look at Del Harris.
Del Harris turned his head slightly...
James Worthy, who was following the team and planning to guide Zhang Hao on defense training after this away trip, truly got a good impression of Zhang Hao.
Just as Kupchek said, Zhang Hao took the initiative to sit next to the Magician, breaking the ice.
It wasn’t that no one wanted to talk to the Magician, but they were scared that if they did, they would also be isolated by other teammates.
After someone took the first step, the teammates who had been secretly glancing in the Magician’s direction finally started chatting, the voices were low yet noisy.
After the plane reached the stratosphere and stabilized, Van Exel was the first to get up, approached Zhang Hao and the Magician: "Elvin, you’re finally back, do you remember me? During my rookie season, you were my coach, taught me a lot of things, I never thought that one day I would have the honor to be your teammate..."
"Oh, of course, you displayed an outstanding passing ability during your rookie season, I remember it very well."
Zhang Hao silently loosened the bracket holding the small television and moved to the seat in the back row, re-fixing it, leaving a three-row radius clear around the Magician...
Gradually, it became lively around the Magician, and Zhang Hao had to adjust his position again...
Finally, the Magician received the treatment a team’s greatest player and the greatest point guard in NBA history deserves upon his return...
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Arriving in Houston, Zhang Hao felt complicated emotions.
"Little Yao will surely enter the NBA, hopefully not with this team..."
In the early 2000s, with Yao Ming, O’Neal, Kobe, Tracy McGrady, Iverson, Carter, Duncan, Nowitzki, Weber...and other superstars, it was a glorious time.
Among them, Yao Ming held a significant portion of Mr. Zhang’s youth.
Tomorrow they will face the reigning champions, the Rockets, kicking off a six-game away trip.
Shortly after arriving at the hotel, Zhang Hao received a notification of a life reward.
"Contracted player Wang Zhizhi represented the Georgetown University Hoya Dog Team, played for 26 minutes, scored 7 points, 10 rebounds, 2 assists, and 3 blocks, helping the Hoya Dog Team defeat the Boston College Eagles team. Congratulations to the host for receiving a two-day life reward, since Wang Zhizhi is the host’s first contracted player, the reward is doubled.
Remaining life: 509 days, usable life: 508 days."
Finally!
Wang Zhizhi played his third game this month, and Zhang Hao finally heard about Georgetown University’s victory.
Compared to the first month of games, after entering December, Georgetown University’s performance declined quite significantly. Despite having Iverson, it was clear that Georgetown University didn’t look like champions, their record going from 5 wins and 2 losses to the current 6 wins and 4 losses.
Originally, Zhang Hao didn’t care much for NCAA games, because at that time none of the NCAA Division I teams were willing to give him a full scholarship, and he didn’t really like the NCAA, but now that Wang Zhizhi had entered the NCAA, he gradually developed a sense of involvement with Wang Zhizhi’s team.
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The eternal 50-50... Since the last season, the Rockets have played everyone to a 50-50 level, both in the regular season and the playoffs. Even though they swept the Magic in the finals thanks to Olajuwon’s terrifying performance, if you look closely at each game, you’ll find that the two teams were closely matched, with two games being decided by fewer than four points, and the Magic lost the series by only 28 points. Meanwhile, in the Western Conference Finals, the Spurs lost one game to the Rockets by 21 points. It can only be said that the Magic were terrible at handling clutch moments.
Of course, part of the problem was also with O’Neal and Anfernee Hardaway themselves; under Olajuwon and Cassell’s defense, O’Neal averaged 5.3 turnovers, and Anfernee Hardaway averaged 3.8 turnovers, comparing that to the Rockets’ team average of 9.8 turnovers. This duo alone nearly equaled the Rockets’ whole team in turnovers.
This season, the Rockets continued to hold onto this 50-50 quality.
On November 12th, the Lakers beat the Rockets 110-109 with Van Exel’s key floater.
This time, the Lakers, clearly weaker, with their strategies still being developed, battled the Rockets to a standstill.
This year Olajuwon averaged 27 points, 11 rebounds, 3.6 assists, 2.9 blocks, and still maintained a 96 rating, showing no signs of his upcoming 33rd birthday next month.
The Magician didn’t play in today’s game; over the course of these 5 days with 4 games, he wouldn’t be playing the first three games, and would only play in the last game on the 16th against the Bulls.
As a legendary superstar, a bit of ceremony is always required.
Sibaros performed poorly in this game, while Van Exel played excellently with 33 points and 9 assists. Zhang Hao shined most while playing small forward, running Horace all over the court, playing 33 minutes, shooting 7 of 15, going 0 for 2 from beyond the arc, with a perfect 5 for 5 on free throws, scoring 19 points, 6 rebounds, and 1 block.
