Outside the FedEx Arena, fans drove their vehicles away in turn, and those who lived closer chose to walk home. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

With the moon shining and the night sky shining, the city of Memphis, with its colorful neon lights, is the pearl of Tennessee, and the prosperity of the Mid-South can be seen here.

The NBA battle that just fell was broadcast on the radio.

The Philadelphia 76ers beat the Kings 111-98 on the road, with Allen Iverson scoring 19 points and diching out 12 assists....... The Memphis Grizzlies lost 106-109 at home to the Golden State Warriors, and the team suffered a two-game losing streak. After the Golden State Warriors defeated the Grizzlies, they won a wave of five consecutive wins and continued to dominate the top spot in the West. ”

At the same time, the Warriors are back in the hotel, where they will rest in Memphis tonight and start their other road trips tomorrow.

"It's a bit tough ahead," he says.

Head coach Montgomery and assistant coach Ron Adams talk about the upcoming schedule, the Warriors will encounter a wave of back-to-back road games in the middle of the season, and there have been multiple back-to-back games throughout January, which is a huge test of the players' physical strength and willpower.

"It's a group of young people in their twenties, who are used to winning before, but I'm afraid that the desire for victory will not be distracted by defeat." Adams said worriedly.

"Yang Di's shooting percentage has also been declining recently, and he has a preference for mid-range jumpers, which in December accounted for 21.3 percent of his offensive selection, which is a high percentage, compared to single-digit percentages before."

In the first month of this season, he averaged more than 27 points per game, and in the second month, he slowed down the pace and only scored more than 24 points, without affecting the record, allowing more teammates to shoot and help his teammates grow."

The two looked at each other, and a young player appeared.

"Danny Granger!"

"Danny has improved so much, Mike Dunleavy feels threatened and could be back soon, the two are functionally similar, and Granger is noticeably younger, more physical, and a little bit better defensively."

"It's a very embarrassing question." Adams also felt a little tricky, and judging from the current state of the Warriors, the starting five turned out to be a perfect fit.

In the hotel, Yang Di, who was returning to his room, received a call from his agent, Bill Duffy.

"Yang, I have good news to share with you."

"Good news? What's the good news for me? ”

When Yang Di heard this, his eyebrows jumped, and a smile appeared on his face, "Could it be that you found me some endorsement again?" Millions of dollars in revenue? Million? Million? ”

"No, no, no." Bill Duffy laughed, "Yang, I noticed that you have a tendency to fall in the eyes of money recently." You know, although you have countless advertisers looking for you to endorse, but general, almost advertisers I won't help you pick it up. ”

"I know this Bill, please tell me the point." Yang Di blushed at Bill Duffy's words, and quickly interrupted his chattering nag.

"OK, where did I go?"

"Good news."

"yes, the good news is, well, you know, your country's basketball association has finally relented, and thank goodness you've become the first athlete in your country's history to not have to pay."

"So powerful?" Yang Di suddenly remembered today's game with Gasol, but he didn't expect to talk to Gasol about this during the game, and tonight it immediately came out that he was selected for the national team.

He laughed a few times, and laughed out loud with Bill Duffy.

Then, he turned to asking, "Then what conditions do they have?" ”

"Of course, for them, they lost a lot of money, and the point is, because you set this precedent and made them very passive. The condition is ......" Bill Duffy probably took a sip on the other end of the phone, and continued: "You have to obey the coach's instructions during the national team, you can't break the rules, in short, you have to follow their rules and regulations. ”

"I'm sure I'll abide by it, they really think I'm a thorn?" Yang Di thought that the publicity from the outside world was really enough, and he actually made a group of leaders think of himself like this.

"Also, because you are not a national athlete yet, you have to take a certificate after you return to China."

"Still have exams? Basketball player's card? Yang Di also obeyed this rigid process, with his current achievements in the NBA, can't he be exempted from the test or something, and directly send him a certificate?

"Then the competition is for the World Championships and the Olympics, anyway, you have to play in the national team every two years, and the rest is gone." After Bill Duffy finished speaking, he congratulated Yang Di, he knew that Yang Di wanted to be selected for the national team, after all, it was his motherland, and who didn't want to win glory for the country and strive to stand on the highest podium?

"This is to give me freedom, but it forces me to make results, it seems that I can participate in this year's World Championships, but if I can't make a breakthrough for the Chinese team, they will also have a reason to attack me." Yang Di passively felt that these people would definitely spare no effort to promote the news of their strong entry into the national team, so that the expectations of the fans could become a reality, and at the same time put a high hat on themselves.

“what？ What did you say? Bill Duffy didn't understand what Yang Di was saying, in his philosophy, basketball results are a matter of five people, how can he pin his hopes on one person because of the arrival of one person? It's incredible!

"It's fine." Yang Di thought about it, anyway, the games on the court are all recorded, and the people who really watch the game can see the performance, and he suddenly became a little excited and looking forward to it when he thought that he could partner with Yao Ming in international competitions.

The two continued to talk about recent events for a while, and then Duffy hung up.

.......

The next day, the Warriors flew to Portland to take on the Portland Trail Blazers.

The Trail Blazers' locker room is the locker room with the most contradictions in the league, the relationship between the team is complicated, the players don't like each other, and even broke the news that there is a fight, and the whole team is a miasma, and it is a real bad boy team.

After Zach Randolph won the Most Improved Player award in '04, he has stood still in the past two years, averaging 18+9 per game and crossing the threshold of a quasi-All-Star.

It's such a deranged team, comparable to the Western Knicks.

As a result, the Warriors lost the game 97-99, and the whole Trail Blazers team kept playing small highs in the game, and the morale of the night was like a rainbow, and the main control Stephen Blake even made 5 shots from beyond the three-point line.