Chapter 554 [Expansion! Chinese Fans Are Disappointed Again...]

? After the holiday, Guo Xu took time to promote the "Fat Fox" pizza restaurant and asked the director to make some funny short films. This is his most dedicated endorsement because he is the big boss.

He took a lot of videos, and the content was planned by Robert Smith.

For example, as soon as Guo Xu took away a piece of pizza, a four-year-old little lolita wearing Ari children's clothing cried very sadly. As soon as he put the pizza back where the lolita could reach, she burst into laughter and then took it away again. Started crying again.

This kind of advertisement is full of bad taste and quite unethical. He is just teasing little girls. The children who participated in the shooting are the children of company employees, who are very cute.

Guo Xu also guest-starred as a delivery boy delivering pizza, and someone filmed the customers' expressions when they saw him.

When Guo Xu went to deliver pizza to a rich man's house, he saw a piano in the living room and impromptu played a piece of "Adinina by the Waterside", which made the other person's family applaud and he was very happy.

Thanks to Guo Xu's endorsement and the global hit "Fox Cry", almost everyone knows about the "Fat Fox" pizza restaurant, and people across North America want to open franchise stores.

The expansion rate of "Fat Fox" is much faster than that of "Flame Pizza" joined by James in his previous life. In just over a year, "Fat Fox" has nearly 200 stores in North America, with an annual turnover of over 100 million. The economic team plans to open 100 to 150 stores every year starting from next year, and has formulated an international development strategy to open pizza shops in Europe and Asia.

Guo Xu's endorsement effect is far better than that of James. The "little emperor" cannot sing and dance like him, and his image is also much inferior.

Before the start of the Tianwangshan battle between Rockets and Grizzlies, a Chinese reporter interviewed Guo Xu and asked him to predict the outcome of the series.

He thought for a while and decided to tell the truth: "I personally hope that the Rockets advance, but I am more optimistic about the Grizzlies winning this series, because the Rockets have a fatal weakness. Although Yao Ming and Tracy McGrady are stars, the Rockets' tactics are very rigid and can easily be Targeted, the situation is not good for them."

Guo Xu wants to help Yao Ming in this way. If the Rockets continue to treat Jeff Van Gundy as a treasure and wait until Yao and Mai are injured before firing him, it can only be said that Yao Ming's life will be miserable.

Guo Xu stopped talking and immediately changed the topic. "Here I want to tell the Chinese fans that I have written a Chinese song and will release it when I go to China during the holidays. I also plan to find actresses in China to shoot a Chinese-style MV."

As soon as the news came out, countless fans immediately discussed on the Internet how Chinese-style the songs he wrote could be. Does a mixed-race person understand this? Wouldn't it be the "Chinese style" like Jay Chou?

Lady,

But my wife still breaks a willow branch every day. Where are you, waiting for me silently at the mouth of the stream outside the small village...

There are also many fans who are worried about the Rockets' prospects, because Guo Xu is different from those "poisonous people" and his predictions are often very accurate. If he is optimistic about the Grizzlies, it means that the Rockets are in trouble.

At the beginning, the Rockets won two consecutive games at home, leading 2-0. The performance of Yao and Mai was very eye-catching. At that time, people felt that the Rockets would definitely advance, and it would be good if the Grizzlies were not swept. Chinese fans hope that the Rockets will pose a threat to the Suns this year and play more intensely. As a result, the Grizzlies returned to home and won two games in a row, tying the total score at 2-2.

Guo Xu has seen the statistics and game highlights. The way the Rockets lost was very similar to the way they lost to the Mavericks in their previous life. They couldn't defend the pick-and-roll attack. "White Chocolate" Jason Williams looked similar to Bob Sura. A star with a sharp breakthrough.

The only difference is that Van Gundy was not fined $100,000 by the league because he was dissatisfied with the referee's call. The referee's performance in these four games was relatively fair. Both teams had a home whistle to some extent, but it was not obvious.

In addition to Sula being a defensive black hole at position 1, the Rockets' position 4 also has a fatal weakness. Juwan Howard cannot guard the Grizzlies' Zach Randolph one-on-one.

Fatty Lan has not yet been selected as an All-Star, and the scandal of carrying marijuana was exposed last year, but he often exchanges statistics with and even beats the stars. Some fans gave him such a middle name.

This season Randolph defeated Nowitzki twice, defeated Garnett once, Duncan once, and Rasheed Wallace completely, which is really shocking. This fat man has a unique skill. He can turn around and hit a mid-range shot with his back. It is very similar to Yao Ming's style of play. The touch is extremely soft, and people of similar height cannot cover him.

If Yao Ming is asked to guard Randolph, this guy will pull out and play pick-and-roll with the defender. He can catch the ball and get past Yao Ming when he has no chance to hit the shot. He plays very coquettishly.

In his previous life, Yao Ming was good at defending muscular men and attacking those in the penalty area, but he could reduce their efficiency against O'Neal. He was very annoyed by the type of Boozer who defended the Jazz. Randolph happened to be an enhanced version and could shoot more accurately.

Pau Gasol is also better than Pistons center Okur. He can play pick-and-rolls when pulled out, has skills in the low post and can play in singles, and has good high and low post coordination capabilities. He averaged 4 assists per game this season.

The two big men of the Grizzlies can pull out to shoot, but Yao Ming cannot stay near the penalty area to defend. This is their strength.

The Grizzlies' weakness is interior defense. They lack an excellent meat-shield center. Tsakalidis is too bad. Lorenzen White is a lanky interior man with strong athletic ability.

Guo Xu watched the fifth game at home. Tracy McGrady went berserk, Yao Ming scored 20+10, and the Rockets narrowly won by 4 points at home.

McGrady scored 42 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists, and hit two key mid-range shots in the final quarter. Mike Miller, Dunleavy, and Posey took turns to defend.

Rockets blue-collar Ryan Bowen also made a contribution, constantly pestering Gasol and lowering his shooting percentage.

The Rockets, who gained match point, failed to eliminate the Grizzlies on the road. They led by 7 points in the first half, but were reversed by the Grizzlies in the second half and ultimately lost by 12 points.

Miller hit 4 three-pointers, and substitute swingman Bunchy Wells, Randolph, and Williams scored 20+.

The Rockets exposed a lot of problems. David Wesley started at the No. 2 position and his defense was poor, but he averaged 40 minutes per game. On the offensive end, he had a single role and could only catch and shoot, averaging less than 10 points per game.

The tiebreaker was held at the Rockets' home court. Although the score was tied, most people were still optimistic that the Rockets would advance because they have the home court advantage.

As a result, the Rockets collapsed at their home court, losing 79-115 by 36 points. Only McGrady and Yao Ming scored in double figures on the team. McGrady also became a blacksmith who shot only 40% from the field.

Yao Ming was the best performer on the team, making 13 of 23 shots, 6 of 6 free throws, and scored 32 points, 11 rebounds, 2 assists, and 3 blocks.

After the game, many media criticized Van Gundy because Guo Xu had said before that the Rockets' tactics were very rigid. This was actually a way of saving face. Van Gundy did not respond to the situation at all and played exactly the same style in every game.

The reason why Van Gundy was able to create a black eight miracle in New York back then was because the league was dominated by a defensive style at that time. Most teams were slow in pace, and half-court offense and defense and center core tactics were what Van Gundy was good at.

After Van Gundy came to Houston, he tried to turn Yao Ming into the second Ewing and continued to implement his defense-first philosophy and half-court offensive and defensive tactics, believing that he could replicate the glory he created with the Knicks.

However, at this time, small-ball tactics began to become popular in the league, and the run-and-gun tactics represented by the Suns were popular in the NBA. However, Van Gundy was still clinging to the old ways, completely unaware of the major changes and impact this trend would have on the league, and had no countermeasures. Therefore, the Rockets are often at a loss when they encounter teams with big men who can shoot and teams that focus on fast breaks.

The Rockets were eliminated in the first round, and Chinese fans were disappointed again...