Vol 2 Chapter 600: greatly awaited

Chapter Six Hundred Thousands of Expectations

On October 31, Lin Feng rushed to Houston with Avril, Lin Chiling and others.

A new arena, a new season, a new lineup, and the whole team has been refreshed after the summer training. When Lin Feng stepped into this new untitled arena, everyone in the stadium was doing the last training before the game. Tomorrow is the first game of the 02-03 season. It is against the Los Angeles Lakers who have just won three consecutive championships. It will be broadcast nationwide, whether it is the absolute core of the team, Jordan, Rodman, etc., or rookies Yao Ming, Boozer, etc. Everyone sighed and must prove that although the Houston Rockets have gone through the summer trade, they are by no means a fish. At the same time, it also proved that their boss, Lin Feng, chose them, and he absolutely didn't make a mistake.

"Boss, you are here." Dawson also watched the training of Jordan and others.

For the summer trade, Dawson was full of admiration for Lin Feng. Jordan's arrival not only changed the outside world's evaluation of the Houston Rockets, but also brought hot sales of tickets and team-related products. More importantly, it brought the kind of meticulous attitude towards training, and this is for a team. , Especially for rookies, is crucial.

Jordan's seriousness in training and an attitude of leading by example directly allowed rookies like Yao Ming to stay in Houston throughout the summer and train with Jordan, Rodman and others every day. Although a regular NBA game has not been played, Dawson can guarantee that, The three rookies of his team, the top pick Yao Ming, Prince with the 15th pick, and Boozer with the 35th pick, will definitely be the most favorable contenders for this year's "Rookie King".

Especially Yao Ming, the champion, is now stronger than when he first arrived, and his footsteps are more elegant. With that super soft touch, Dawson knew that a new "big dream" was about to be born.

As for Boozer, although the defense is still average, the offensive firepower is fully tuned, and the left and right hands are used. Even if it is facing Rodman's defense, he can be 70% sure. There are also rebounds. Originally, Rodman was coaching Yao Ming, but when Yao Ming and Boozer competed, now Boozer has a half chance to grab a rebound. If it weren't for Yao Ming's height to occupy an absolute advantage, Yao Ming, who has won Rodman's true biography, may not have won Boozer.

There is also Prince. Although the offensive ability has not been developed this summer, the defensive ability has risen sharply. He will be the team's best perimeter defender. Tomorrow will be the responsibility of defending Kobe.

Of course, it was Billups that really surprised Dawson at Lin Feng's vision, and even worshiped him. This summer's training camp, Billups's ability has been recognized by everyone. Although his style of play is simple and unpretentious, he is strong defensively, organizes the offense in an orderly manner, and can score at critical moments. Jordan sighed again and again, this is the best point guard he has ever worked with. (The members of the dream team are not counted)

With such a lineup and such a rigorous training attitude, Dawson believes that in the first game tomorrow, the Houston Rockets will surprise everyone.

After Lin Feng, Dawson and others greeted them, they sighed while looking at the newly built brand new arena. Compared with the dilapidated and old Compaq Center, this arena costing $170 million (Lin Feng owns 51% of the shares) is simply heaven. Not only can it accommodate 18,300 spectators, it has 92 luxury boxes, and the parking lot can accommodate 2500 cars. Counting the nearby parking lot, it can accommodate a total of 13,000 cars. It's far better than the Compaq Center, which can only accommodate 5,000 cars and not the parking lot. It also allows more fans to come to the stadium to watch the game.

"Hi, Lin, the new arena is great, I believe we can make the league tremble again here." Jordan saw Lin Feng and others, walking over to say hello while resting. This is also only Jordan has this right, others dare not. The big guy is the big guy.

"Michael, I believe you will be able to create a miracle again." Lin Feng said confidently.

As a Jordan fan, although Lin Feng did not catch up with Jordan's two great moments of three consecutive championships, but Jordan's last professional career has been watched throughout. "In history", this season was originally the last season of Jordan's career, but it was in the Wizards. At that time, although Jordan was still working **** the court, he could see the disappointment between Jordan's eyebrows. Now, Jordan is full of energy, his eyes are full of sharp eyes, as if he is back in the 97-98 season, and finally A Jordan in a three-game winning streak.

With such victories* Jordan, with the assistance of Rodman and others, as well as the assistance of Yao Ming, Boozer, and Prince, Lin Feng believes that the Houston Rockets can definitely score even if they can’t get the ring this season. The playoffs created a miracle. And next season, when LeBron James, Wade and others join the NBA, the Houston Rockets, with three first-round picks, will create a real dynasty.

"Hey, Yao Ming, you are a lot stronger now, but you are still a bit thinner and need to be strengthened. You must know that your opponent is a behemoth like O'Neill, and his body is too thin." While everyone was resting, Lin Feng Walked to Yao Ming and said jokingly.

"Hey, boss, don't worry. Than physically, I am far from O'Neal's opponent, but I can fight around him now." Yao Ming said with a smile.

After a few greetings with everyone, Lin Feng left the arena and began to make phone calls, inviting many of his friends in the United States to watch the first game of his team. At the same time, it also notified domestic TV stations to prepare for live broadcasts. Tomorrow, as long as Yao Ming plays a little bit, coupled with Jordan's appeal, the Houston Rockets will definitely become the most popular NBA team in China.

Back then, only Yao Ming’s "Toyota Center" was able to scroll domestic companies’ advertisements at a price of US$250,000 per minute. Today, Yao Ming and Jordan’s Houston Rockets are worth more than US$250,000. And one more thing, it's time to auction the title of the new arena. However, Lin Feng hesitated whether it was better for his company to win the naming rights or sell it to other domestic companies.

One night passed in a hurry. November 1st is an extremely important day for all Chinese basketball fans. The first foreign champion in the NBA, China’s Yao Ming will be on the NBA for the first time, and his teammate is the "God of Basketball" Jordan. The opponent he challenged is also the world’s most popular team, and he has just won three consecutive championships. --Los Angeles Lakers.

Before the game started, the focus of the first round of the battle was fired in full swing. In the United States, almost all fans who can't go to the scene to watch the game are in front of the TV, waiting to watch the Houston Rockets play at home against the defending champion Los Angeles Lakers, even if they have local Spurs, Kings, Timberwolves and other teams, they are temporarily ignored. Now they just want to watch the match between Jordan and Kobe, the match between Olajuwon and O'Neal, and the match between the first foreign champion Chinese Yao Ming.

As for Houston, it has already been boiling. A summer chain transaction has long made all Houston fans look forward to it for too long, and finally waited until this day. Finally, I can witness Jordan put on the Houston Rockets' jersey, and finally I can witness the rise of the Houston Rockets with my own eyes.

The domestic is also looking forward to this game for a long time. In addition to the expectations of Jordan, the real reason why mainland China has hundreds of millions of basketball fans in an instant is Yao Ming, the first foreign champion and the pride of the Chinese-Yao Ming!

Since the game started at 19:30 in the evening in Houston, which is equivalent to 8:30 in the morning in China, which happened to be the weekend, "" and "cctv" were broadcast at the same time. According to incomplete statistics, watch the game in front of the TV. There are at least 300 million Chinese fans. Of course, some people tragically received a call from their boss on Friday night, telling them to work overtime on Saturday.

Many dear friends were very outspoken and proudly rejected the boss for the first time, "No, tomorrow I will watch NBA, watch Yao Ming, no overtime!" After finishing, he hung up the phone extremely bluntly. Leave the boss with a stunned look. If you want to be fired, the boss can call in person. Naturally, it is not an ordinary employee. Don't get fired, I can't make it through myself.

Finally, look at the broadcast schedule in your own home. Many bosses shook their heads helplessly.

Of course, the fans are looking forward to it, and various newspapers have also started to talk.

Los Angeles Times-Who are we? The Lakers dynasty, the greatest team in NBA history, has just won three consecutive championships. The Houston Rockets, a team that only won two championships, wanted to challenge us. It was a big joke. Let us wait and see how the "big shark" shreds the inside of the rocket and how Kobe shoots the rocket! Let's see what kind of record this lineup personally selected by Han Linfeng outside the door will create!

The Houston Chronicle, as one of Lin Feng’s important mouthpieces, also immediately launched a counterattack-O’Neal’s ability is worthy of our respect. Kobe is also the best shooting guard today, but don’t forget that there is a "God of Basketball" here. ", there is also a "championship heart", perhaps Houston had fallen into the past, but now, never underestimate the heart of a champion. Because not only we have the best players but also the best bosses!

The battle between the two newspapers was full of joy and the fans watched it happily, which made the game even more eye-catching.

With many expectations, the first round of the game finally began.

But before the start, it was Avril who appeared on stage and sang the heart of the champion who wrote and composed for the Houston Rockets. Under the passionate melody, the game officially began.

Los Angeles Lakers lineup: center O'Neal, power forward Horry, small forward Fox, shooting guard Kobe, point guard Fisher, substitutes: Eddie Jones, Devon George, Rice, Harpa, Lu, Grant, Hunter, etc.

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Houston Rockets lineup: center Olajuwon, power forward Rodman, small forward Prince, shooting guard Jordan, point guard Billups, substitute: Yao Ming, Boozer and other role players.

jump ball! I have to say that Olajuwon is really old now, the ball was easily obtained by O'Neal, and then passed to Fisher. Fisher was ready to push forward slowly, waiting for O'Neal to be seated, and then attacking the inside of the Houston Rockets.

Zen Master Phil Jackson, chewing on his mouth, looked at the Lakers on the court, but his eyes were more focused on Michael Jordan wearing the Houston Rockets’ No. 23 jersey. This is his old subordinate, but now he has become an opponent again, but with Rodman and Olajuwon, there are still a few rookies who want to make the playoffs and hit the championship?

Phil Jackson shook his head. But I still hope that Jordan can have a good record in his twilight years.

Unexpectedly, just as Fisher was preparing to pass the ball, a dark shadow flashed in front of him, the ball in his hand was taken away, and he looked up to see the No. 4 of the Houston Rockets and the unknown Billups. At this time, Jordan has rushed to the audience in strides, Billups understood, a wonderful turn, Jordan made a jump shot easily.

The audience cheered.

Lin Feng couldn't help but cheered. This is not only a victory for the Houston Rockets, but also a victory for themselves. This lineup was personally selected by Lin Feng, especially Billups, who is the point guard appointed by Lin Feng. If he can play well, he will undoubtedly give himself a long face.

The subsequent game also proved Lin Feng's vision. Under Billups's pressure and defensiveness, Fisher could not pass the ball to O'Neal. Instead, he was repeatedly intercepted or forced by Billups to make mistakes. The Rockets played a 13-2 at the beginning, and the scene was even more jubilant.

Sitting in the first row, Lin Feng was even more excited when Phil Jackson had no choice but to call a timeout. He jumped up and gave Billups a high five to celebrate. No one thought that it was not the "God of Basketball" Jordan that the Houston Rockets suddenly exploded in the opening game, but the unknown Billups.

However, Lin Feng's actions also attracted the attention of the camera. Especially in the first row, not only the members of the most popular American drama Prison Break, but also the many beautiful women around Lin Feng are also very interested in the cameraman.

Lin Feng sits in the middle, next to Avril, on the other side is the prison escape heroine Jessica Alba, and an oriental beauty who has never been seen by American audiences, sits behind Lin Feng and hands it to Lin from time to time. Wind paper towels, mineral water, etc., being looked around by three beauties, it can be described as extremely happy. This also provokes a ridicule of on-site comments, and envy Lin Feng's beauty.

After 20 seconds, the game restarted. Phil Jackson is worthy of being an old world, and immediately changed his tactics, no longer headed by O'Neal, but focused on Kobe. After all, the Lakers have two of the most ferocious "killers" in the league. Since O'Neal can't catch the ball, it's better to switch to Kobe to play singles. However, despite the change of tactics, Phil Jackson took a deep look at Billups. In just two minutes, he has discovered Billups's ability.

Definitely an excellent point guard! It seems that Michael has finally found the most suitable point guard for him, maybe he will really do a miracle! ——Phil Jackson whispered to himself.

At this time, after the Lakers changed tactics on the court, Kobe played singles with the ball. But what makes everyone surprised is that it is not Jordan facing Kobe, this is the picture that everyone is most looking forward to. Kobe is currently rated as the most like Jordan's successor by the media. Now Kobe's tactics are singles again, and he is facing Jordan. Unexpectedly, it was Prince who was defending, which really made everyone strange.

Although Jordan is old, his defensive skills and experience are still there, but his physical strength is not as strong as before, but there is absolutely no problem for more than 20 minutes, and the Lakers can't let Kobe play the whole game. The picture of Kobe vs. Jordan should be very beautiful, but now it is a rookie.

The fans were disappointed. Los Angeles fans have begun to clamor, and a rookie also wants to guard Kobe, which is simply joking. However, the Zen master frowned, because he saw that Prince's arms were too long, and his eyes and footsteps moved, like a veteran who had been in the NBA for more than ten years.

However, Kobe is Kobe, and sometimes it is totally unreasonable to score goals. He made three consecutive shots, all of which were neatly caught, even if Prince put his hands on Kobe's face.

"Hey, rookie, can't you? I'll come." Jordan walked over, patted Prince on the shoulder and asked.

"Boss, believe me, although I can't completely stop him, I can definitely reduce his hit rate. You should save your energy. Waiting for the fourth quarter is the key to victory." Prince said with a firm gaze.

Jordan nodded.

In the subsequent game, Prince tried his best, but facing the surprisingly good Kobe in today's state, it could only be in vain, and even a foul could not stop Kobe's offense.

Fortunately, as the owner of the Houston Rockets, Lin Feng can still help them find a bit of ground after witnessing his players being bullied. When Kobe made a free throw, he waved his hand and the "*boy" appeared again last season, dancing the most uncontrollable almost naked dance, and Kobe looked black. The free throw percentage has plummeted.

damn it! —— Kobe gave Lin Feng a fierce look.

O'Neill gave Lin Feng a look of approval from the side.

The three beauties around Lin Feng laughed overwhelmingly, and their branches trembled, especially when Lin Chiling saw this picture for the first time. She leaned on Lin Feng's back with a smile and was almost overwhelmed by the laugh.

All of a sudden, the three women laughed and murdered countless films.

After Kobe played alive in the first half, the Houston Rockets ended the first half with a 52:50, two-point advantage.

Just when all the audience were ready to eat and go to the toilet, the lights on the scene suddenly went dark, and Lin Feng walked into the middle of the scene.

"Thank you very much for all the fans for their love for the Houston Rockets. As the owner of the Houston Rockets, I have nothing to report. Therefore, in the first game of the 02-03 season opener, I specially invited the'King of Pop' Michael Jackson for everyone. Let's cheer!" Lin Feng's voice resounded throughout the arena, and it spread to every corner of the world as it was broadcast on TV.

With the blast of violent music, all the fans who were preparing to go to the bathroom and eat were suddenly stunned, because Michael Jackson really appeared on the scene, the familiar melody, the familiar dance, the familiar face, let all The fans went crazy.

"Michael! Michael! Michael!" The audience shouted in unison. They did not expect to see Michael Jackson at the Houston Rockets today. It was so exciting.

NBA intermission 15 minutes, Michael Jackson jumped for 12 minutes, although the 12 minutes is very short, but for all fans, it has been very enjoyable.

But the fans are enjoying it, and some people are not. Motorola, the president of Sony Records, was stunned when he learned that Michael Jackson was appearing on the Houston Rockets' home performance.

Although he has never been in contact with Lin Feng, his instinct seems to be a bit troublesome.