The Godfather of Basketball

Tang Tian was considering whether to make some deals with Morey to strengthen his strength, and was taken aback when he heard the news.

Yi Jianlian's strength is in the first tier in the Development League, but his 40 points are still surprising. You must know that his previous scoring record in the CBA was only 43 points.

The game intensity of the Development League must be higher than that of the CBA at that time, and Yi Jianlian is not the kind of outside line who can score explosively.

When Cole spoke, he also gave Tang Tian the statistics.

He made 14 of 32 shots, 3 of 11 three-pointers, and 9 of 11 free throws. In addition to 40 points, he also had 17 rebounds, 7 offensive rebounds, 3 assists, 3 blocks, 2 steals and 5 turnovers.

The total shooting rate is 43.8%, and the three-point shooting rate is 27.2%. Although he scored 40 points, the shooting rate is not high for an insider, and even a bit low.

But Tang Tian nodded after reading it.

It doesn't really matter how many points they score. In the development league, outside players often score 50 or even 60 points on the outside, and they still can't get an NBA contract.

But more important than the number of points scored is the number of shots. Yi Jianlian finally seemed to dare to make a shot.

Turning his head to look at the game schedule again, Tang Tian temporarily let go of the idea of ​​finding Morey.

Always give his Plan B some time to grow.

The November regular season came to an end.

The best performer is undoubtedly the Lakers. They achieved an excellent result of 19 wins and 2 losses. In 14 games in November, they even achieved a record of 13 wins and 1 loss.

Phil Jackson became the best coach of the month, Kobe became the best player of the month, and the Lakers also jumped to the top of the strength rankings of major websites.

In contrast, the Rockets didn't seem to gain much except to expose the problem of the fourth position again.

The regular season kicked off in December, and the Rockets started with a back-to-back game at home.

Fight the Thunder first, then the Magic.

The Supersonics left the team last season with both Ray Allen and Lewis dual-core. In the new season, they will focus on the "three-minor combination" of Durant, Westbrook and Jeff Green.

Facing a young opponent, the Rockets beat their opponent 108-87 without bloodshed.

Facing Green, Landry was elated and scored 17 points and 7 rebounds, tying the season high.

The style of the Magic is a bit like that of the Rockets two years ago. Howard has a strong point inside, four three-point shooters outside, and Turkoglu who can organize.

The two teams played very anxiously after the opening. At the critical moment, Yao Ming had an advantage in the matchup with Howard and succeeded in consecutive singles.

It was also with this wave of performance that the Rockets narrowly beat their opponents 113 to 111.

Landry played steadily and continued to contribute 13 points and 6 rebounds.

After a two-day break, the Rockets won 104-91 against the Raptors, with Landry posting a double-double of 11 points and 10 rebounds.

A wave of three consecutive victories, Landry's performance is getting better again.

During the period when Landry played steadily, Yi Jianlian also made a big killing in the Development League.

32 points and 9 rebounds, 37 points and 11 rebounds, 29 points and 19 rebounds...

Yi Jianlian feels like a "development alliance monster".

And judging from the recent photos sent by Finch, Yi Jianlian's muscle lines are more obvious, and it can be seen that he has worked hard off the court.

On December 5th, just 20 days before Christmas, the Rockets flew to Washington for back-to-back games against the Wizards.

The Wizards were unlucky this season. Arenas, who had just renewed his contract for 100 million yuan in the summer, had to undergo a third knee operation after playing two games, and was reimbursed for the season again.

In addition, Brand Haywood underwent right wrist surgery, and the two main players were injured after only one month of the season. The team is currently only supported by Jamison and Caron Butler.

Landry ushered in a big explosion in this game. He was everywhere in the first half. He scored 14 points efficiently on 7 of 7 shots, only 3 points away from his career high.

At the end of halftime, all the Rockets teammates pushed and shouted at Landry, and the atmosphere in the team was quite good.

At the start of the second half, Landry grabbed another offensive rebound and made a tip-up, which also caused Jamison's thug foul.

But just as the ball landed, Landry accidentally stepped on Blatche's foot and fell to the ground in pain.

Tang Tian felt a "thump" in his heart.

Landry was escorted off the field by the team doctor and Morrow. After a check, he was escorted back to the locker room. It seemed that he was seriously injured.

Wizards strength is limited, Landry's departure did not change the strength gap between the two teams, the Rockets eventually defeated their opponents 101 to 87, won four consecutive victories.

After the game, Tang Tian returned to the locker room immediately and got the inspection report from the team doctor.

A second-degree sprained ankle is expected to be absent for 15 to 20 days.

Looking at the diagnosis result, Tang Tian frowned unconsciously.

The Rockets went smoothly in the first two seasons, and this is bringing all the bad luck to this season!

"It's a bad year." Cole said with a wry smile.

Tang Tian fell into deep thought while holding the report.

Scola's starting effect is not good, and now that Landry is injured, he can only recall Yi Jianlian from the Development League in advance.

This accident is equivalent to disrupting his plans A and B all at once.

Now he is faced with another multiple choice question.

Should he use the only 2 honor points to exchange for an iron ankle to Landry, or directly exchange for confrontation ability to Yi Jianlian, and let the latter go directly to the top?

"Steve, come with me to Hidalgo again." Tang Tian put down the report, turned around and said.

Judging from the feedback given by Cole before, Yi Jianlian has made significant progress.

But the data is just data after all, whether there is real progress or not can only be known by looking at it.

The plane roared and landed in Hidalgo County. This was Tang Tian's second visit to this small town.

Unlike the last time, they did not go to the Vipers locker room before the game, but went directly to the sidelines.

Somewhat coincidentally, the Vipers' opponent tonight is the Austin Spurs.

Although they were sitting on the sidelines, there were only about forty people present, and they were sitting in the back, so they were immediately recognized.

After coming here last time, the news reported that they went to the Development League to inspect Yi Jianlian. Now I saw that those fans came directly to ask Tang Tian for his autograph.

The 24-year-old coach with two consecutive championships is more precious than many basketball stars.

The fans saw it, and the players off the field saw it too.

When Yi Jianlian turned his head and saw Tang Tian and Cole, he just paused for a moment, then patted his chest with his right hand. Compared with the last time, it seemed that some changes had taken place.

The starting players of both sides came on the field, Yi Jianlian jumped high, and returned the ball from the hands of his old opponent Plaisted back to the half court, and the Vipers got the chance to attack first.