Yao Ming took Li Cheng to his private reserved box in Yao Restaurant. The chairs here are bigger than those outside, which are obviously specially customized for the tall figure of basketball players.

The two of them came to a small table and sat down. Yao Ming took the menu and asked, "What do you want to eat or drink?"
"Make two copies of this’ Yao Mama Wonton’, one of this chicken stewed mushrooms, and one of this roast duck!" Li Cheng took the menu and ordered many famous dishes from China.
Yao Ming motioned for the waiter next to him to follow the list.
Just as they were having tea and chatting, all the dishes came up. Li Cheng looked at a table of dishes and scratched his head shyly. "Looking at so many hometown dishes, I ordered so many unconsciously."
"Nothing, you eat more." Yao Ming smiled and said, "Eat more. It’s best to eat something to digest. It’s best if you can’t play the game tomorrow."
"I …" Li Cheng almost didn’t hold the duck leg in his left hand. "Impossible, my stomach is fine!" He mumbled, chewing a duck leg.
Chapter sixty-four Events
Li Cheng really hasn’t eaten authentic Chinese food for a long time. To be more accurate, it should be Shanghai food.
"I just finished practicing in the gym. I’m really hungry. Thank you for your supper, Brother Yao." Li Chengzheng, who had eaten half a full meal, wiped his mouth with a napkin.
Yao Ming smiled and filled Li Cheng’s cup with tea again, saying, "Do you think if I put some croton in these dishes, you won’t be able to play tomorrow?"
"How is it possible?" Li Cheng drank half a glass of water in one breath, and then said, "Have you eaten all these dishes, too? Moreover, how can the great China giant attack his opponent with such cheap means? Besides, we will be teammates in the near future. "
"Ha ha!" Yao Ming laughed. He felt that his fellow villager was really interesting. "I always wanted to find an opportunity to help you after the last meeting, but you typed it yourself before I helped you."
"Mainly thanks to you!" Li Chengdao.
"It’s all your own efforts."
Li Cheng and Yao Ming chatted about the Olympic Games. Li Cheng could see that Yao Ming attached great importance to the Olympic Games.
"Don’t worry! Brother Yao, with me here, China will be at least in the quarter-finals. " Li Cheng said casually.
"The most basic goal of the China team is the quarter-finals, plus you, this time we must at least enter the quarter-finals."
"I have such a cow?"
"Don’t pretend, your level is already the level of a world-class defender."
Being praised by Yao Ming, Li Cheng bowed his head in embarrassment.
Li Cheng and Yao Ming went to Yao Restaurant for supper, and two hours passed quickly. Yao Ming looked at his watch and Li Cheng got the message. "Brother Yao, it’s not too early today, or I’ll go back first!"
"Ok, I’ll take you back."
Li Cheng wanted to push it off, but Yao Ming was very determined. The two of them got on Yao Ming’s BMW 745 again.
Watching the huge signboard of Yao Restaurant gradually leave sight, Li Cheng suddenly said, "Brother Yao, do you think I can open a Li Restaurant in Indiana?"
"I didn’t run Yao’s restaurant."
As if he didn’t hear, Li Cheng continued: "I heard that Yao’s restaurant will be settled in Shanghai, or I’ll open one opposite you?"
"Stop it, the Yao restaurant opened in Shanghai now has nothing to do with me. There are shares of my parents in Houston." Yao Ming said, "But if you want to open a restaurant or something, it’s a good choice. Many Americans are very interested in authentic Chinese food, and with your current fame in Indiana, you don’t have to worry about having no media to advertise for you. "
"well! This is really an idea. I have to think about it when I get back. " Li cheng nodded thoughtfully. He really wants to open a restaurant? Maybe he really has this idea!
Yao Ming soon sent Li Cheng to the door of the hotel. Li Cheng said goodbye to him and then walked into the hotel. And he happened to meet O ‘Brien on his way back to his room.
"Li? You didn’t go to play with them? " O’ Brien was a little surprised.
Li Cheng spread out his hands and said innocently, "Coach, I am a good boy."
"You’re not as good as you say," O ‘Brien said with a smile. "But your performance is very good. Go back to sleep! Tomorrow you will face McGrady, one of the scariest guys in the league. "
"I’m going to rest. Good night, Mr. Coach. "
"Good night!"
Granger didn’t come back until midnight, but Li Cheng felt nothing. When O ‘Brien called to wake them up the next day, it was Granger who answered the phone. It seemed that he was in good spirits.
When they both finished washing and went out, Li Cheng asked, "Danny, you look in good spirits."
"This is also an ability." Granger looked at Li Cheng’s "shameless" eyes and finally changed his mind: "In fact, it doesn’t matter if you go out once in a blue moon. You should be very clear about it yourself."
Li Cheng said contemptuously, "I never go to that place. I don’t know."
Li Cheng’s words were exchanged for Granger’s two middle fingers and infinite contempt in his heart.
Pacers are doing shooting training in their rented basketball stadium. Shooting training is mainly a practical exercise of tactics.
For tonight’s tactical arrangement, O ‘Brien’s thinking is very clear. Defending Yao Ming is mainly to bypass the front, and once Yao Ming succeeds in getting the ball inside, don’t go too far to defend, so as not to lose the foul again. For McGrady, one-on-one defense mainly depends on Granger, and Li Cheng just needs to find opportunities to help defend.
On the offensive end, O ‘Brien asked Li Cheng and Granger to open the space on both sides, and then Li Cheng would break the defensive position of the Rockets with running, and then whoever had a good chance would play. In addition, he also asked Murphy to make more outside shots today. Yao Ming is a player who is more afraid of leaving the reasonable collision zone than Yi Jianlian, so whether or not to limit Yao Ming is also a key point.
O ‘Brien didn’t make more detailed arrangements for McGrady. A player like McGrady can’t be limited by you saying you want to limit him.
On the whole, O ‘Brien asked the Pacers to destroy the Rockets’ pass as much as possible. Princeton system requires very high ball movement, so disrupting the passing rhythm of the Rockets is very helpful to limit their attack. As long as it can disrupt the operation of their ball, it can make the Rockets fall into the situation of star singles.
"Force their star players to play singles?" In fact, Li Cheng is very reluctant to see this happen. It is important for the team to win or lose, but the most important thing for him is that his score or assists are higher than McGrady’s. But he can’t disobey the coach’s wishes, he can only tell himself in his heart that he must come on!
Judging from O ‘Brien’s arrangement for the rocket, he really pays more attention to the rocket.
The Pacers are now on the road of winning four games in a row, but their opponents are not very strong recently. The Rockets are a strong team, and such opponents are a good touchstone for the Pacers.
The clock is turning quickly, the sun has only the last afterglow, and the game between the Pacers and Houston will begin soon. At this time, they are warming up on the court.
When the Chinese fans on the sidelines saw the players enter the stadium, they all gave great cheers, especially when Li Cheng and Yao Ming appeared, the Chinese fans on the scene gave the warmest applause and cheers.
Li Cheng was inevitably a little excited when he saw those China fans wearing red and the five-star red flag surrounded by fans.
In the media seats, there are crowded with China reporters with yellow skin and black hair.
This collision between the Pacers and the Rockets is a rare event for Chinese basketball fans all over the world.
Chapter sixty-five A feeling
At the moment, China Radio 5 is broadcasting a special program called "China Storm". This program began to air an hour before the Indiana Pacers played the Houston Rockets, mainly to warm up for the next game.
At the same time, the five-star sports in Shanghai are also fully prepared for the broadcast of this game. They also started the warm-up one hour before the start of the game. This game has a special significance for Shanghai, because it is not only a Chinese derby, but also a Shanghai derby.
"Since China began broadcasting the nba for more than 20 years, five players have landed in the nba in China, and now there are three China players playing for different teams in the pinnacle of world basketball. This is definitely a generation of China basketball. "
"China basketball has gone all the way, and there is no shortage of thorns and bumps, but now it is definitely the most glorious generation of China basketball. We have the top center in the nba, and it won’t be long before we have the top guard in the nba. This is worth remembering for China basketball. "
"Later, two of our top China players in the nba will collide at the Toyota Center. This is China’s 12th derby in the nba. Perhaps the upcoming game will go down in history. "
"In the previous week, the Pacers played a total of four games, and they won a total victory. In these four games, Li Cheng averaged 30.7 points per game, which is definitely the data that nba superstars can have. At the same time, he also became the best player in the nba East last week. He was also the first time that the nba was elected as the best China player in the East. "
"We are all familiar with Yao Ming. As the first China champion in the nba, he has now become the first center in the nba."
"Maybe there won’t be too many collisions between Yao Ming and Li Cheng in this game, but there is no doubt about the wonderful degree of this game."