When I met Wang Zhizhi for the first time, I didn’t talk too much about anything really meaningful. The main thing was to get to know each other, drink a cup of coffee together, talk about how we were used to living in the United States, and then we left separately.

They didn't talk about anything related to the game or the national team. The former two people couldn't talk together, and the latter Wang Zhizhi himself didn't have much to say, so he didn't mention this topic at all.

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First time against the Dallas Mavericks!

The Eagles' pregame training was confusing.

Mainly because the head coach of this team, whose full name is Don - the most trouble-making person in history - you can never guess what he is thinking - Nelson, also known as: Mad Scientist.

At the beginning of the season, they were playing run-and-gun... and the Spurs, Kings, and Lakers took turns to have sex with each other... No, they took turns to torture them, and then they honestly played positional offense and defense.

After a while, they saw the Hawks' new version of "run and gun", which was so effective, and then tried it, but almost exhausted Juwan Howard and Nowitzki to death, so they gave up again.

During the All-Star Weekend, three of their players were selected for the All-Star Game, which in theory should have been a blessing. However, Nelson felt that it was not enough, so he started a large-scale transaction, and they even took advantage of them!

The Mavericks threw the last two years of the terrifying 45 million salary in Juwan Howard's first 100 million yuan contract in NBA history from the Wizards last summer to the Nuggets in exchange for 98 from the Nuggets.

This year's No. 3 pick Reeve LaFrentz and former Lakers All-Star Nick Van Exel.

Then he used the second-round pick in 1999, a player named Ervin Esmeier, to get rid of the four-year mid-level long-term contract worth 15 million he signed last year, and traded it to the Heat's Tim Harda.

Power.

With this wave of operations, theoretically, the Mavericks have six star players! And it only took one first round and two second rounds. One of the second rounds was taken from the Wizards when they took over Juwan Howard last summer.

So, Nelson had a sudden idea that he already had 6 star players, so the Mavericks changed their playing style again and started the first generation of five-core play, that is, whoever has the advantage in the matchup can take advantage of the ball.

Therefore, if the three players who were just traded are not included in their previous data on other teams, only the data after the All-Star Weekend are counted, plus the original Nowitzki, Nash, Finley, Ah

Derian Griffin, the Mavericks have seven players averaging double figures.

Of course, the price is that the Mavericks' record is overtaken by the Trail Blazers.

But it doesn't matter!

Old Nelson said that this is the team's "strategy". In the first round, we don't need to play against the Lakers, but against the Kings... It doesn't matter, what a big deal! We can't beat it anyway, and we don't have to give up Nowitzki's arms and legs.

Go head-to-head with O'Neal.

After finding that the five-core tactic couldn't be used and the record declined, Nelson started to make trouble again. He moved Nowitzki to the small forward position, Wang Zhizhi and Reeve LaFrentz partnered in the interior, and the three power forwards served as shooters.

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In other words, the Mavericks' players are strong enough, and even though they were so devastated, their record was still good.

Then, it is such a team that makes the Eagles unable to prepare for the game with peace of mind.

No one knows what tactics this team will suddenly play. It is estimated that before the start of each game, Cuban boss is sharpening his sword with "anticipation" to see if he wants to kill this old man.

Coach Kruger is becoming more and more like a fool. When he can't think of a way, he just thinks about it. Anyway, he only plays two games a year, so let's play freely!

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Players are actively preparing for the game. As the focus of the "ice-breaking" relationship between hooligans and one of the two major sports hooligan organizations in China, the NBA's first "China Derby", the announcement of the live broadcast change came out, and the domestic basketball community was excited.

Already.

Liu Mang VS Wang Zhizhi!

For the first time, Chinese players appeared in an NBA game!

It’s not like there weren’t two Chinese players in the NBA before, but the duel between Battelle and Wang Zhizhi was really hard to beat. Both of them couldn’t play sometimes. Wang Zhizhi was okay, he was a member of the Mavericks’ rotation, and Nowitzki was stable.

As a substitute, apart from being injured for more than a month and missing more than a month, he played in the remaining 50 games. As an undrafted rookie, Battelle played in a total of 20 games. In January, he was sent to the NBDL, and then was waived and returned to China to join.

The Shougang team.

Now Wang Zhizhi also has a regular playing time of more than ten minutes, and Liu Mang is the core of the ball control of the first team in the Eastern Conference. This truly has the meaning of the Chinese Derby.

But for the seniors in the domestic basketball world, those basketball people who are truly committed to the development of domestic basketball, the significance of this game goes beyond that. This game is regarded as the pride of domestic basketball and the soul of the national team.

, Yao Ming, who had just led the Sharks to a brutal defeat of the Bayi Team and averaged 41.3 points, 21 rebounds and 4.3 blocks in the four finals, was warming up before entering the NBA.

Seeing Liu Mang's success in the NBA, people have higher expectations for Yao Ming, a national team center who is a monster in the international arena!

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"Chaoting TV, Chaoting TV, hello everyone, I am Sun Zhengping, welcome everyone to watch the Eagles' away game against the Mavericks brought to you by the Sports Channel of Chaoting TV. The focus tasks of the two teams in this game are very familiar to everyone.

Wang Zhizhi, NBA rising star Liu Mang, and my commentary partner today is Zhang Weiping, who is very familiar to everyone." Sun Zhengping, football commentator.

I don’t understand why Chaotingdai would let a football commentator comment on the NBA, maybe... because he is professional!

Unlike Sun Zhengping who tried hard to be rigorous, Director Zhang was much more lively in his explanation: "Hello, everyone, I am Zhang Weiping."

"Director Zhang," Sun Zhengping was always a loser to his seniors, "Director Zhang, what do you think of today's game? Is Liu Mang really as powerful as the legend says?"

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Director Zhang was very satisfied with the statement of guidance at the front and the honorific title at the end, but the questions at the end almost made Director Zhang fall off his chair.

Damn, what about a professional host?

This question is really professional!

Brother, didn’t you watch the game before you came to commentate? Don’t you know anything about the NBA?

"Let's call Liu Mang Ace, he is more accustomed to the whole name," Director Zhang tried hard to restrain the urge to roll his eyes, "It's really hard to compare how strong Ace is, so I'll just say this today,

Anyway, among Asian players, none of them can compare with Ace in terms of the most basic task of controlling the ball."

"It seems that Director Zhang values ​​Ace? Yes, Ace, Director Zhang values ​​​​Ace very much! This young player should be very excited when he hears this encouragement from his senior. He also hopes that the young player Ace can bring us some guidance.

A wonderful performance. But in addition to the game between Ace and Wang Zhizhi, we also invited a special guest today. He just won the Golden Boot... No, he was the MVP of the Chinese Men's Basketball League championship.

Yao Ming!"

Director Zhang already wanted to roll his eyes, this time he wanted to hit someone.

Young general, young general... Do you think this is football or volleyball? When you call basketball players, you use young general? What other full name should you use to show your rich knowledge base? Give back the golden boots?...&&&%&&&......%

Director Zhang, who was working with Sun Zhengping for the first time, was so desperate, but he didn’t know that since no other basketball commentator was willing to partner with Sun Zhengping, Sun Zhengping couldn’t survive in the football commentary world. Director Zhang’s polite performance made him want to work with Sun Zhengping in the future.

I have to partner with Sun Zhengping for many years...

Yao Ming, who had been waiting backstage for a long time, entered the stage.

Yao Ming, who has just won the CBA championship and can basically be said to have locked in the NBA No. 1 pick since last year's announcement that he would enter the draft this year, is now at the first peak of his career.

It was the first decent Chinese derby, and Director Zhang invited Yao Ming to commentate on the game.

"Hello, Coach Zhang, hello, Teacher Sun." Yao Ming was very polite, mainly to Coach Zhang, the former national team second center and former national team head coach who has a legendary resume in the national team.

I finally called Sun Zhengping teacher, mainly because I didn’t know what to call him.

After all, Yao Ming is only 21 years old and not yet 22. He is not the future number one basketball player in national history and is still in the stage of development.

Yao Ming's huge body was stuffed into the chair, and then Sun Zhengping started to play again: "Hello Yao Ming, congratulations on winning the championship and MVP. Thank you for coming to commentate on this game. To the two young players in this game,

Is there anything you would like to mention about their game today?"

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"..."

Yao Ming and Director Zhang really can't stand it this time. Are you stupid? Give me some advice?

Yao Ming has always had a high emotional intelligence. He said: "As for Ace, a senior in the NBA, I am trying to learn his way of survival in the NBA, but I found a problem. I can't run as fast as him, and he may be able to hop on one foot faster than me.

Fast, so I don’t know how he will fight..."

It's a pity that domestic TV viewers have already muted the audio before hearing what Yao Ming said...

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There was a lot of hype in the country, but NBA officials in the United States did not do much to promote this game in which two Chinese players participated.

They can't use their precious first time on Wang Zhizhi. They want to use the first "China Derby" officially recognized by the NBA on Liu Mang and the Great Wall of China who are about to enter the NBA. Only in this way can they bring the greatest benefits.

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NBA officials have also communicated this with Chaoting Channel, so even though the domestic media public opinion is the China Derby, Chaoting Channel's promotion is just to change the broadcast of the Mavericks game.

It is just a normal match between the strong teams from the East and the West. There is no live broadcast in the United States, because no matter who loses or wins, it will not have much impact on the rankings of the two teams.

During the warm-up before the game, Liu Mang said hello to Wang Zhizhi without talking much. His attention was entirely on a man with long golden hair.

Liu Mang couldn't help but join the Mavericks team.

The coaching staff and players of the Eagles saw Liu Mang running to the opponent again, and they were helpless and a little curious...
Chapter completed!