Chapter 346

"Oh~"

Everyone cheers.

Everyone goes to the cafeteria to eat together, chatting and laughing, in harmony.

The next night.

Toyota Center.

The Bulls will challenge the Rockets on the road.

First in the East vs Fourth in the West.

Bulls 9-game winning streak, Rockets 6-game winning streak, both teams are in good form.

Last week's Eastern Player of the Week "Prediction Master" Su Yan, Western Player of the Week "Franchise" Francis.

Of course.

There is also the matchup between Da Yao and Eddy Curry and Crawford, the three who swapped teams.

This game.

Is full of highlights.

9 PM.

The game arrives, both starting lineups take the court.

Houston Rockets starters: PG: Steve Francis, SG: Cuttino Mobley, SF: Jim Jackson, PF: Kelvin Cato, C: Eddy Curry.

Chicago Bulls starters: PG: Hinrich, SG: Su Yan, SF: Pippen, PF: Antonio, C: Da Yao.

"Jump! Ball!"

The jump ball between Eddy Curry and Da Yao.

"Hah!"

Facing the old team that mocked and ridiculed him, Da Yao roars, jumps high, and tips the ball away before Eddy.

Pippen catches it, gives it to Hinrich to push, and the Bulls execute the first possession of the game.

Setting up at the arc.

Hand-off to Su Yan; almost as soon as he gets the ball, Cuttino and Jim Jackson come up to double-team Su Yan.

Now.

Because Su Yan is too strong, it has reached the point where they double-team him whenever they can.

Not in a hurry to attack.

Su Yan passes back to Hinrich on the left, while pulling away to the right, taking both defenders with him.

Pippen comes up to screen for Hinrich; Hinrich uses the screen, easily cuts in from the left, and Eddy Curry comes over to help defend.

"Whoosh~"

Hinrich throws a high lob.

"A shot? No, it's a pass!"

Eddy Curry is stunned for a moment, realizes, and hurriedly turns back to look.

The next second.

"Boom!"

Da Yao delivers a thunderous dunk, bombing the rim over Eddy Curry's head.

"Beautiful!"

"COME! ON! Da Yao comes up and performs an alley-oop dunk, this rhythm... is he warming up?!"

【Rockets 0:2 Bulls】.

Possession changes.

Francis pushes the ball up, facing Hinrich at the left arc, performing continuous crossover butterfly dribbles, while reading the defense.

Seeing an opportunity.

"Whoosh!"

Francis charges out like lightning, leaving Hinrich behind.

Stop-and-pop jumper.

"Swish!"

Steadily hits.

And in the transition, Su Yan, with the ball, once again attracts two defenders, not in a hurry to pass, 【Eye of the Heavenly Emperor】 predicting.

A needle-threading pass.

He darts between the two, attacking the rim; Kelvin Cato comes over to help, and Eddy Curry is also watching intently under the basket.

"Whoosh!"

Su Yan throws a pocket pass, finding Da Yao on the other side of the basket.

"It's a pass again!"

Eddy Curry reacts in time this time, hurriedly turning back to defend.

"Hah!"

Da Yao, with the ball, roars, engages in contact with the rushing Eddy, and uses the momentum to turn, leaving him behind.

A near-standing dunk... delivered.

Da Yao scores consecutively.

"Hmph!"

Eddy Curry is a bit unhappy.

Tonight, on his home court, he wants to blow out Da Yao and tell his old team, the Bulls, how stupid it was to trade him.

In the transition.

Eddy asks for the ball under the basket; Francis understands the intention and decisively gives a high lob to Eddy, who posts up Da Yao.

He is a strong center.

Forcing his way with strength, the current Da Yao, even though he gained some weight in the offseason, still can't quite hold him off.

But possessing an absolute height advantage, he retreats without losing his position, arms extended, still enveloping Eddy.

Eddy pushes into the basket, in his favorite offensive area.

"Roar~"

Roaring.

Jumping up from a standstill, wanting to dunk over Da Yao?

Thinking too much.

"Bang!"

Da Yao delivers a block, pressing down on the ball right in his face, from top to bottom, with astonishing power, actually swatting him over.

"Whoosh~"

The arena erupts in noise.

"Tsk tsk... Da Yao swats Eddy Curry."

"There is still an absolute height talent gap; Da Yao is, after all... a 'number one pick', he has his own capabilities.

Tonight.

Facing his old team, Da Yao is warming up, looking like he's going to go full throttle."

Full throttle?

Don't know.

Anyway... Da Yao's current state tonight is indeed very good, and... consistently good.

So much so that by the end of the first quarter.

Da Yao has stirred up a storm in the paint, scoring 18 points, plus 5 rebounds and 2 blocks, a quite explosive performance!!!