Chapter 58 Buying a CD
The 19th, competition day.
On this day, some media made predictions about the game.
Major television network media such as TNT and ESPN all unanimously believed that the Mosaic team would win the game.
According to the current Western Conference team record ranking, the Suns are third and the Mavericks are second, but few media believe that the Suns will win.
They all mentioned one position at the same time, that is, the five position, and they all believed that Dream would beat Wang Tiejun in a one-on-one match, and would beat him on both offense and defense.
Only the media in Phoenix and Arizona favor the Suns, but their confidence comes from Barkley , not Wang Tiejun.
In the morning, Wang Tiejun trained on the contents of the system function card for an hour, then asked for leave at 10 o'clock to go out and stroll around the fourth largest city in the United States.
The main place he visited was not somewhere else, because there was no Chinatown in Phoenix, but he knew there was one here. Houston's Chinatown was one of the top ten Chinatowns in the United States, and he wanted to buy some things here.
As you enter Bailey Avenue, which belongs to Chinatown, you will immediately enter the world of Asians. You can see Vietnamese and Korean food everywhere, but there are more Chinese people, and there are Chinese characters on signs everywhere.
As he walked along, he watched the fun and became a part of the fun. Because he was like a giant, passers-by looked at him with great attention and the rate of turning back to look at him was very high.
Feeling a little hungry, he ate a few pork buns from Fu Fu Cafe, but he felt that they were not as delicious as Goubuli buns.
He hasn't eaten Goubuli steamed buns for more than three years. He used to eat them every time he went to Tianjin for competitions. Since he joined the provincial team, he hasn't had much chance to eat them. He doesn't know if the taste has changed now. He misses them very much.
After walking around for a while, he heard some pop music coming from not far away. It was his favorite song "Glory Days", so he immediately walked over.
The music was in a grocery store. As soon as he walked in, a Chinese man in his thirties was a little surprised to see him. He immediately stood up and greeted him in Hakka. Seeing that he didn't understand, he immediately changed to not very standard Mandarin and said, "Sir, is there anything I can help you with?"
He looked at it, pointed to the music machine on the cash register and asked, "Boss, do you have Chinese and Cantonese CDs here?"
This is a Sony music CD player. He didn't recognize it before, but he recognized it after joining the Suns. Almost every teammate has one, so he bought one too.
But he doesn't really like listening to English songs yet, and he can't find Chinese CDs, so he hasn't used it yet.
"Yes, yes, I'll get it for you." the boss said repeatedly.
Then he took out a large stack of CDs, about thirty in total, including the Four Heavenly Kings, the Alan Tam and Leslie Cheung series, the Gold Disc and Iron Box Collection series, Hong Kong Jade Solid Gold, Princess Xian's 26 Golden Songs Collection released this year, and the PolyGram 88 Premium Music series, most of which were Cantonese songs.
After choosing for a long time, he felt that it was not easy to come to Chinatown, so he just took all of them and was generous for once.
After returning to the hotel, he shared food and drinks with his teammates, and he couldn't wait to take out the CD player to listen to his songs.
At 2 p.m., after lunch, the Suns entered the Mosaic's home arena, the Compaq Center.
This game is also the Suns' first match against the Mavericks this season, with three more games to go.
Given the strength of the two teams, they will either meet in the second round of the playoffs or in the Western Conference Finals, so the four regular season games are very important and are the key to each other figuring out the strength of their opponents.
Both teams also want to win more of the four regular season games, which will give them an advantage in morale and allow them to compete for home-court advantage in the playoffs.
Head coach Paul Westphal arranged tactical training, and the tactical focus was of course on inside tactics. When playing against the Dream Team, the inside must be the center of gravity.
"Old K, your task on the offensive end is to use your strong position to consume Dream's physical energy, assist with the pass, screen and screen, launch a fast break after grabbing the backcourt rebound, and launch a second offense after grabbing the frontcourt rebound."
"On the defensive end, your task is more important. Don't let Dream have his way under the basket. Remember, Dream's steps are too flexible. Don't be easily shaken. Stay steady. Otherwise, you may break your ankle."
"Your defensive task is the heaviest tonight because the three starters of the Mavericks are good at shooting three-pointers. Kenny Smith of the Jets has a three-point shooting percentage of 44% this season. Mad Max was the three-point king in the past two seasons. He is best at shooting key shots, and Robert Horry's three-pointers are also very accurate. So we can't double-team Dream. No one will come down to help defend. He can only be defended by you alone."
"I understand. I will do my job well." Lao Wang wiped the sweat from his forehead.
Damn it, defending Dream alone, I'm only level 75, how can I defend him? Won't I be shaken to death? He swore not to move around on the court tonight, otherwise he really had to be careful of his ankle being shaken off.
At 7pm, after dinner, the Suns entered the visiting team's locker room.
Resting, changing clothes, chatting, listening to music, and massage are the activities and entertainment of the players in the locker room.
Comrade Lao Wang first asked the team doctor Andrew John to massage him. After a while, he said with some disdain: "Andrew, your technique is not very good. Do you want me to teach you how to massage?"
"What is massage?" Andrew John asked in surprise.
"Pushing the acupoints, massaging the tendons and bones, it's an enhanced version of massage." Lao Wang said with a smile.
"You're awesome, Old K."
Although he didn't quite understand, Andrew John still spoke with admiration on his face.
"That's right. We Chinese can do everything. In fact, you can call me Superman, Superman Wang." Comrade Lao Wang said proudly.
"If you score 20+10 on Dream tonight, I will call you Superman." Andrew John suddenly said with a smile.
"Ahem, Andrew, you are really bad at chatting. This is not a normal chatting mode. I won't talk to you anymore." Comrade Lao Wang got off the massage bed and went back to listening to his music.
At this time, on the other side of the Pacific Ocean, in SJZ, it was rush hour. The streets were crowded with people and a large number of bicycles were passing by at lightning speed.
There are many newsstands on the street. In addition to public telephones and newspapers, they also sell phone cards, magazines, cigarettes, drinks, etc.
Many people buy a newspaper on their way to work.
"What?"
A middle-aged man picked up a copy of Yanzhao Evening News, the most influential newspaper in SJZ, at a newsstand. Before he opened it, he saw a huge missing person notice on the front page, which stunned him.
"Is this an important person? The advertisement is even on the front page. How much does it cost?" He muttered to himself and took a look at the content out of curiosity.
Well, the missing person advertisement not only has no photo, but also no name, age, etc. All we know is that it is a woman. Although there is a place and time of the incident, how can we find her?
"There's more. It's been published in major newspapers and on the front page of Yanzhao Metropolis Daily."
The old man at the newsstand saw the puzzled look on the middle-aged man's face, pointed at the other newspapers placed there, and said, "A young man saved someone but was sentenced to one year in prison. This woman is so heartless that she just ran away like that. That's not how things are done!"
The middle-aged man took a look and found that it was true. The front-page headline of Yanzhao Metropolis Daily, the most influential newspaper in Hebei Province, was also this missing person advertisement.
"If it's true, this is definitely not something a human could do."
He was stunned for a moment: "This ad is not for us, it's for that woman. I think it's terrible. She didn't stand up back then, and she probably won't stand up now."
The old man at the newsstand laughed and said, "I guess this woman might not be from Hebei. We Hebei people are not so unkind. We Hebei people are all heroes."
"Yeah, that's right." The middle-aged man said happily.
Like these two people, countless people in Hebei were discussing this missing person notice on that day.
Unfortunately, the phone number Zhang Heli left was bombarded with calls, but no one could provide any useful clues. They were all from bored, curious people, or people with ulterior motives.
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At 7:30, the first release was announced.
Suns: Wang Tiejun, Barkley, Richard Dumars, Dan Majerle, Nagle Knight
Mosaic: Olajuwon, Otis Thorpe, Horry, Vernon Maxwell, Kenny Smith,
"I'm in the starting lineup!"
When Richard Dumas heard his name, he had an instant orgasm, as if he had inhaled something.
Cedric Ceballos, who lost his starting position, was a little frustrated. He still couldn't secure his starting position.
It was time for the substitute to come on, and Comrade Lao Wang next to him patted Ceballos on the shoulder.
"Thank you. I'm fine."
A grateful smile appeared on Ceballos' honest face.
"fine?"
Lao Wang was startled, pointed at the other substitute teammates who stood up and said, "You have something to do, you should go to warm up the field."
"No need to rush me."
Ceballos was stunned, glared at Lao Wang unhappily, stood up and followed him out.
"Ha ha……"
The rest of the people in the locker room burst into laughter.
"let's go."
Kevin Johnson, who was injured and resting, also went on the away game. He said hello and walked out of the locker room first, and others followed.
At 7:40, the first team came out.
In the player tunnel, both teams are waiting to play.
