NBA: The man who passed the ball to Yao Ming

No. 169.Zhang scored 13 3-pointers in a single game, a new league record

Only a crisp sound of "swish" resounded through the huge Toyota Center, and the basketball went into the net!

But in the stands of the Toyota Center, there was still deep silence.

It may be because everything happened too fast and suddenly, or it may be because the fans in the stands were so looking forward to this three-pointer, and when it did come, everything seemed to be just hallucinating.

Fortunately, the net hanging on the basket is still shaking slightly, which proves that the basketball has just passed by here.

Finally, I don't know which fan jumped up first, and I don't know which fan shouted first.

In short, during the breathing gap, all the Rockets fans in the stands jumped up and shouted.

They jumped and screamed, like tumbling sea water, condensed from small waves into a terrifying momentum, as if they were going to pierce the ceiling of Toyota Center.

Barkley, who was sitting in front of the SB TV commentary, stood up from his seat excitedly, and shouted hysterically: "Go in, this three-pointer went in, we have witnessed history, Zhang Jinshui made his goal in this game. 13th three-pointer of the game."

Kenny Smith, who was sitting next to him, also stood up. His expression was also very excited, but he was relatively more restrained. While applauding Zhang Jinshui, he said, "Yes, and the reason why we can witness history is because Zhang Jinshui Created a new history.

Now, we can finally formally discuss whether Zhang Jinshui may be the best three-point shooter in NBA history. "

Next to the SB commentary booth, the other commentators and experts also had excited faces, including the media area next door. All the photographers pointed their lenses at Zhang Jinshui, and the cameras were crackling non-stop.

In stark contrast to the excitement and activity around him, Zhang Jinshui was calm and quiet on the field.

In Zhang Jinshui's view, this three-pointer that helped him create a single-game historical record cannot be compared with the lore shot in the game against the Heat and Pistons. After all, one side created only a personal record, while the other side What was won was the team's victory.

And because the general trend of the game is basically set, this goal is not even worth Zhang Jinshui's use of some extreme celebrations to motivate and improve the morale of the fans and teammates.

Zhang Jinshui just lightly raised his right hand and pointed to the fans in the stands to express his gratitude, and then turned around to look for Zi Chunlin on the sidelines.

However, as soon as Zhang Jinshui saw Zi Chunlin who stood up with other fans on the sidelines, his face flushed with excitement, Sprewell rushed over from the side.

Madman hugged Zhang Jinshui by the waist in the air, and laughed loudly: "Zhang Jinshui, buddy, how about this pass, does it leave you with no choice but to shoot a three-pointer? Is it awesome?! Hahahaha !"

Other players such as Yao Ming and McGrady also surrounded them.

Unwillingly, Zhang Jinshui took one last look at his girlfriend who was covering her mouth and giggling from a distance, but turned her head helplessly, and gave her teammates high-fives to celebrate.

"Complete the special system task: Create a new NBA single-game three-pointer hit record. Successfully unlocked a purple talent badge. Would you like to go to the [Mission Achievement] interface to check it now?" At this time, the metallic system voice suddenly came Zhang Jinshui's ears rang.

Zhang Jinshui was overjoyed, but he was immediately interrupted by the referee's whistle.

Looking around, it turned out to be Van Gundy, who called a timeout on his own initiative.

At this time, there are less than 3 minutes before the end of the game. The Rockets already have a 13-point lead and their morale is high. There is definitely no need to call a timeout.

Zhang Jinshui immediately recalled that Van Gundy called this timeout, in fact, to let Zhang Jinshui create a single-game record of three-pointers to last a little longer, and to accept the cheers of the audience for a longer period of time.

Sure enough, this pause immediately caused a new round of cheers from the audience in the stands.

Then, the fans, whose enthusiasm faded a little, began to shout the slogan "Shenzhen Shot" in unison.

Zhang Jinshui temporarily put the matter of unlocking the talent badge in the system behind him. Surrounded by his teammates, he returned to the bench and accepted the cheers and celebrations from his teammates on the sidelines.

And the scene of him and his teammates on the bench celebrating with high fives and waving to the fans in the stands has been broadcast live and sent to tens of millions of viewers across the United States on the other side of the screen.

Especially his calmness when creating such a gold-rich league record impressed all the fans who saw it.

Moreover, today's match between the Rockets and the Kings at home was broadcast live on Huaguo Channel [-] across the ocean...

As the pause time gradually passed, the hysterical atmosphere of celebration on the scene finally began to slowly ease down.

Everyone's attention finally returned to the game.

The 3-point lead in 13 minutes of game time is actually not enough for Zhang Jinshui to lie flat on the bench.

After the timeout ended, Zhang Jinshui returned to the basketball court together with Yao Mai and other main Rockets players.

There were even Rockets fans on the sidelines, who greedily shouted at Zhang Jinshui: "Zhang Jinshui, score another three-pointer!"

But this time, Zhang Jinshui didn't do what they wanted.

After all, in the current situation, Zhang Jinshui only needs to reduce the offensive rhythm, reduce turnovers and do a good job of defense, which is enough to extend the Rockets' lead until the end of the game.

Although the Kings are still struggling, Kevin Martin and Artest made mid-range shots.

But McGrady's two shots made the game completely lose suspense.

After killing the last minute of the game, with the referee's whistle, the Rockets finally won the game 1-107.

And this game is also the first time in the past period of time that the Rockets have the main lineup standing on the court to welcome the whistle of the end of the game.

The performance of the Kings tonight is definitely at the level of a strong team in the league.

After Zhang Jinshui finally threw the basketball high into the air, Mike Bibby took the initiative to walk up, bumped fists with Zhang Jinshui, hugged, and said with a smile: "Congratulations, Zhang Jinshui, you have created a new three-pointer in a single game in the league." Record."

"It's just good luck. You played very well today. I look forward to the next match with you." Zhang Jinshui said sincerely. He has always respected Mike Bibby, who is known for his self-discipline, in his heart.

"Yes, I am also looking forward to the next match." After speaking, Mike Bibby pointed to Zhang Jinshui's back and said with a smile: "I won't bother you anymore, go and enjoy your spotlight, young man."

Zhang Jinshui turned his head, and saw that the reporters in the media area had rushed towards him in a swarm. If the river overflowed the embankment, and this time, the river had only one target.

Zhang Jinshui knew that this time he had broken a highly valuable NBA single-game record. If he still refused to accept any interviews and just fled back to the locker room, it might be a bit too much, so he had no choice but to stay where he was.

Before the reporters rushed up, Zhang Jinshui turned his head to look at the seat where Zi Chunlin was sitting, and found that Zi Chunlin had stood up and was also looking at him.

After making eye contact, Zi Chunlin opened his mouth and spoke a word to him very slowly.

Zhang Jinshui knew that Zi Chunlin was waiting with him at the old place, but he deliberately looked at Zi Chunlin's pink lips and made a surprised expression.

Zi Chunlin's pretty face turned red immediately, she raised her fist at Zhang Jinshui, pulled Zhang Xiaoman and turned to leave.

Obviously, she tacitly received the message sent by Zhang Jinshui just now: "You want to kiss me later?" And her position was very clear: "The skin is itchy again, isn't it?"

Zhang Jinshui smiled from the bottom of his heart, turned around, dozens of media reporters had already rushed over, surrounded him in the blink of an eye, and were still pushing each other to stand closer to Zhang Jinshui .

Fortunately, the experienced security guards and staff at the scene had foreseeably blocked Zhang Jinshui and the crowd, preventing Zhang Jinshui from being directly submerged.

"Zhang Jinshui, can you talk about how you feel now?"

"After the 12th three-pointer, why did you stop, and it took more than 3 minutes to shoot the 13th."

"The winner has already been scored in the last minute. You obviously had a chance to shoot the 1th and 14th three-pointers. Why didn't you shoot them?"

......

Questions from the reporters were fired at Zhang Jinshui's ears like machine guns.

It is impossible for Zhang Jinshui to waste too much time here, answering their questions one by one, but expressing a few points very roughly:

"I am very happy to create a new single-game three-point record."

"It's not deliberately not shooting three-pointers, it's just helping the Rockets find the most reasonable way to attack."

"Shooting three-pointers is a way to help the Rockets win. I don't agree with shooting unnecessary three-pointers for the sake of records when the victory and defeat have already been scored."

......

After that, Zhang Jinshui said that he would answer more detailed questions at the post-match press conference, and then, with the help of security, walked back to the player tunnel.

However, tonight, Zhang Jinshui is destined not to leave the stage easily.

The Rockets fans in the stands did not intend to leave at all, and they still cheered and applauded Zhang Jinshui in their seats, while the fans on the sidelines and on both sides of the player tunnel stretched out their hands one after another, expecting Zhang Jinshui to give them high fives Celebrate.

Zhang Jinshui couldn't bear to dampen the enthusiasm of the fans, so he raised his hands, high-fived the fans on both sides, and slowly retreated to the player channel.

Immediately afterwards, there was another congratulation from the staff in the corridor.

After Zhang Jinshui walked back to the Rockets locker room, he was immediately dragged into the middle of the room by Rockets general manager Dawson who appeared out of nowhere.

Then, Zhang Jinshui felt a large gust of cool liquid suddenly pour down from his head.

He immediately shrank his head and took a step aside, turned his head and saw Sprewell and Maddie carrying a large bucket of Gatorade, laughing triumphantly: "No way, Zhang Jinshui, what are you doing tonight?" It’s so radiant, we must take revenge on you in order to calm the imbalance in our hearts.”

"Yes, something must be done." Yao Ming, Uncle Mu and others also laughed and killed from the side, holding two 1000ml Gatorade with the bottle caps removed in their hands, and excitedly rushed to Zhang Jinshui. Tossed around.

"Haha, it doesn't matter, it's better to be alone than to be happy together." Zhang Jinshui laughed loudly, and he was unambiguous. Against the "Gatorade offensive", he rushed forward with one stride, and jumped directly on Yao Ming's body, throwing his body The drink covered Yao Ming's body.

Then, he ran to Sprewell and McGrady, not letting go of any of them, and picked up two full bottles of Gatorade from the drink basket by the way, and poured them directly into Sprewell's collar.

The Rockets' locker room became a mess in an instant.

All the Rockets players laughed and yelled happily. From the initial evasion of Zhang Jinshui's pursuit, to the gradual formation of fighting each other with Gatorade, and finally, the entire locker room became a sea of ​​Gatorade.

The two baskets filled with dozens of bottles of Gatorade gradually became empty, and the drenched Rockets players suddenly looked at Dawson, the general manager who was silently hiding in the corner and wearing a neat suit, in tacit understanding.

Dawson wiped the sweat from his brow, with a flattering smile on his face, he said, "Everyone, after the game, you are supposed to shower and change clothes, but I only have clean clothes."

"It's okay, I have extra clothes, I'll lend them to you." Zhang Jinshui laughed loudly, and poured the remaining "ammunition" on Dawson's body.

Yao Ming, McGrady and the others were also reluctant to leave, and they all took the remaining Gatorade in their hands and sprinkled it.

"Ah~~don't! Ah~~don't!"

The rocket team's locker room was immediately filled with Dawson's screams, but it was quickly covered by the gloating laughter of the Rockets soldiers.

It wasn't until Van Gundy pushed the door and walked in with the coaching staff that the farce in the locker room came to an end.

After all, if you continue to sprinkle Gatorade indiscriminately and accidentally hurt Van Gundy, it will be troublesome.

Players still have a natural fear of rats seeing cats towards the head coach.

If it is written down in a small notebook, and then "smiling on the surface, competing with the drinking fountain", then it will be over.

The fun ended here. After receiving the applause from the whole team organized by Van Gundy, Zhang Jinshui hurried to the shower room to take a shower and change his shirt.

In today's game, Zhang Jinshui naturally couldn't escape the post-match press conference.

Fortunately, during the press conference, everyone's attention was on Zhang Jinshui. They didn't waste too much time on Van Gundy, Yao Ming, and Tracy McGrady, and the microphone was quickly passed to Zhang Jinshui.

During this period of time, he participated in many post-match press conferences, and Zhang Jinshui has already mastered the unique skill of responding to reporters' questions with short speeches.

Focusing on topics such as the new record of three-pointers in a single game, the mental journey before and after breaking the record, this game, and the upcoming Ray Allen in the next few days, Zhang Jinshui answered a question at an average rate of two sentences, using only In less than 20 minutes, more than 30 questions from reporters have been answered.

In the end, when the post-match press conference ended, it only took half an hour in total, not much longer than the usual press conference.

Then, Zhang Jinshui excitedly rushed to the old place he had agreed with Zi Chunlin: the corridor leading to the parking lot.