Healing Basketball

   Chapter 434 434. Overbearing version of Yao Ming (6500 words)

   Today's Rose Garden Arena is extraordinarily noisy.

  When the visiting team players finished playing, the scene went into manic mode.

coming!

came back!

   It was fine against the Timberwolves and the Pistons. Those two opponents were enough to stimulate the emotions of the fans.

   But when the Clippers and Grizzlies played back-to-back, the Devil's home atmosphere familiar to the Blazers players faded.

   Now, the warden is back from the ban, and the atmosphere of the Devil's home is back!

   Also, the Blazers players feel that the fans are more restless tonight than before!

   When the spotlight was on the home team's player tunnel, and Liu Xiu led his teammates to run out, the fans on the scene were boiling!

Van Horn, who just joined the Blazers, still did not get permission to play tonight, but his teammates brought him to the appearance tonight. It is the 8th year of his career, even if he reached the finals that year and played with Ivor. In the years that Sen cooperated...he had never felt such a home-court atmosphere.

   Having been cured by the warden in the past two days, he thinks that he has nothing to regret joining the prison team.

Moreover, the old face was in control. Looking at the warden who caused the female fans to scream and scream, Van Horn thought about how many girls would have to stare at them when he went to the street with Liu Xiu in the future... He made a decisive judgment. —Joining the prison team is the best choice. It is impossible to regret it.

   On the other hand, Yao Ming was shocked by the Devil's home in the Rose Garden Arena.

   It's been a few months, and the atmosphere here is already so manic? He had heard that the Rose Garden Arena had become the Devil's home court, but even if he was prepared, when he felt the atmosphere in person, he still felt extremely shocked and... envy and jealous!

   Think about your own home court, what kind of thing is that...

   Feeling the extremely restless atmosphere at the scene, Liu Xiu was also excited for a while, but when the game was about to start, he adjusted his mentality.

From the news I saw before, Liu Xiu also learned the reason. When he was suspended and the Trail Blazers upset the Pistons, the media were hyping him—the impact of his suspension on the Trail Blazers was not as big as he thought. Is he overrated? But after the 3 consecutive away games, this kind of voice has disappeared, and when his 7-game suspension is over, he's a blessing in disguise, letting people know how important he is to the Blazers.

   The "warrant's useless theory" hyped by the media has brought Liu Xiu more popularity, more recognition, and stronger trust and more enthusiastic support from the home fans.

In these 7 games, the Trail Blazers have achieved a record of 3 wins and 4 losses. Their record has dropped to 44 wins and 16 losses, and was overtaken by the Spurs with 45 wins and 15 losses, falling to the third place in the Western Conference; in the division, with 40 wins The SuperSonics' record gap with 19 losses has also narrowed to 3.5 wins, and the SuperSonics' chance of overturning and rushing to the first place in the division to pull the Blazers down from the top three in the West has increased a lot.

  The fans felt the ranking crisis, and so did Liu Xiu!

  …

   "The Great Mage:

  The state of the game.

  Copy objects:

   Teammate: Gary Payton, Trait Transformation Talent: Blockade…

   Opponent: Cardino Mobley, characteristic transformation talent: flanking lightning (residual blood), bonus effect: when the host chooses to break through from the flank at a mid-range, speed +3, pull-up jumper +3, layup +3. "

  The game started immediately. After preparing for the game and copying his talents, Liu Xiu stepped onto the court with his teammates. His starting teammates tonight are still Payton, Raheem, Randolph, and Kwame Brown.

  Liu Xiu looked at the opposing starting lineup and felt that Dayao was really miserable...

Houston's intentional team has almost made the whole league intentional this season, and they don't know how many times Yao Ming has been excited and his mentality has exploded. So far, Yao Ming's four starting partners are still: David Wesley, Mobley, Desmond Mason, Joe Smith.

   Has it changed?

   Of course there is!

So far this season, Mobley has missed 10 games, David Wesley has missed 7 games, Desmond Mason has missed 2 games, and Joe Smith has missed 9 games.

   When they were injured, Yao Ming's starting partner naturally changed.

   The healthiest player in the Rockets, again Yao Ming, is likely to be full attendance for the third year in a row.

   This is not what Liu Xiu expected, Yao Ming has been full attendance for the past two years.

The Rockets have a lot of trades this year. Up to now, a total of 23 players have represented the Rockets in the game. There are some players. I don’t know where they dug them out. I don’t know who they are by their names. The name is 'The Soldier', but there is nothing strange about it.

   In order to get these extremely low-paid "Raiders", the Rockets sent Jim Jackson, Tyron Lue, and Morris Taylor away successively.

   "Houston Rockets, 32 wins and 28 losses, 95.2 points per game, 92.1 points per game, 44.3% shooting from the field, 42.6% shooting limit for opponents..."

"Yao Ming, 24 years old, 226 cm, 136 kg, C, ability rating 93, offense 95, defense 90...Played in 60 games, averaged 33 minutes per game, averaged 22.3 points, 9.4 rebounds, 2 assists, 0.4 steals, 1.8 blocks...shooting 55.2 percent, 86.2 percent from the free throw line…”

   Liu Xiu felt that Yao Ming's offensive and defensive evaluations were both lowered by the 'average performance'.

   However, even if he didn't gain weight, he was still more than 130 kilograms. Not everyone is as talented as O'Neal, and the continuity is not good enough.

It is also related to the lack of perimeter strength of the Rockets. Mobley, David Wesley and Desmond Mason are all good players, but they must be Yao Ming's 'best teammates on the perimeter' who are about to enter the golden age of his career. ', are not qualified, put any strong team in the playoffs, these three are only the strength of the fourth or fifth star.

  Whether Yao Ming wants to be No. 1 or No. 2, the Rockets have two grades of players vacant.

  …

  At 8 p.m. on March 11, with Kwame Brown pulling the ball away from Yao Ming’s head, the Blazers’ last game in their 3rd consecutive home game against the Rockets started.

   Payton received the ball and advanced it to the frontcourt and passed it to Liu Xiu, leaving with David Wesley.

  Yao Ming + poor man's version of Garnett, Liu Xiu's head is big when he looks at it, and the other big head is the butcher, and he has no will to go to the basket.

   Liu Xiu beckoned to the inside line, playing Yao Ming, of course he had to play pick-and-rolls... It was not Yao Ming who expanded, Joe Smith expanded to prevent pick-and-rolls.

Liu Xiu didn't shoot or shoot. After taking a screen, he passed the ball directly to the bottom line on the right side of the three-second zone. Randolph received the ball and made a quick mid-range shot before Desmond Mason's defense was in place... The ball hit the basket. After turning around, he came out of the frame with regret. Yao Ming got stuck on Rahim, who was rushing and grabbed the defensive rebound.

  The Blazers retreated in an orderly manner, and David Wesley did not speed up after receiving the pass, keeping the speed within Yao Ming's comfortable range.

   Offense and defense conversion.

  Yao Ming came to the frontcourt and fell low.

Feeling the expectant gaze of his teammates and listening to the cheers from the fans on the scene, Kwame Brown pressed towards Yao Ming full of passion, and then made several strange screams in a row... He was hit by Yao Ming and yelled "Aah" .

Yao Ming originally planned to make a domineering dunk, but he was called furiously. After two hits, before he could fully enter the basket, he grabbed the ball with a shudder, but the distance was alright. He turned around and shot...I go!

  The jumping speed of Kwame-Brown's confrontation scared Yao Ming to quickly turn the shot from top to bottom toward the basket into a shot with an upward arc. The hasty change is ironclad!

  Joe-Smith actively rushed, Randolph got stuck, Joe-Smith didn't hold the ball and hit the ball out of bounds, the referee blew the whistle to signal the Blazers backcourt ball.

   Kwame Brown roared and beat his chest with excitement when he saw the possession of the ball.

   High school student, roaring with iron blood, and Joe Smith, who was defeated in the snatch, almost delivered it with a 'hibro'.

  Although the champion of parallel imports is not very smart, it made the cheers of the fans on the scene even more violent!

   Defended Yao Ming!

   That's it, when Yao Ming retreated, he clenched his teeth and glanced at Kwame Brown with mostly white eyes...

   to the Blazers offense.

   Cheers or boos from away fans seemed to make the Rockets players even more excited.

  Liu Xiu went to the frontcourt to catch the ball and saw that the defensive enthusiasm of the Rockets players became higher! This is the most fearless away team in the league...

Liu Xiu did not continue to play the pick-and-roll. Randolph seemed to have the opportunity to directly catch the ball and shoot, but from the situation in the last round, after Randolph received the ball, Yao Ming cut off Randolph's pass on the other side of the basket. The line, Joe Smith expands to prevent the pick-and-roll and can also interfere with the ball in the top arc area. Randolph seems to have a lot of room to operate after receiving the ball. In fact, it is only good to grab a quick shot before Desmond Mason gets close. Chance.

  Standard Jagged defense, a bit like Liu Xiu's impression of Ewing + Oakley + Mason's defense, Jeff Van Gundy, the old ratings killer.

   To deal with this defense, the method is very simple, the inside singles maintain efficiency, and do not play team offensive and defensive battles with the opponent, you can eliminate the opponent's team defense cooperation.

   But the butcher's stance that he didn't go to the inside, the warden knew that his perfect plan to defeat the opponent's defense broke down... So far in his career, the butcher has played against the little giant 8 times, and the hit rate is 39%...

If    singles Randolph directly, Joe Smith only needs to stick to Randolph in the long shot.

  The players who mainly chisel the basket have been very uncomfortable playing against the Rockets this season, and Raheem is in a similar situation.

   Liu Xiu quickly analyzed the current situation, and it was easy to make an attacking choice - singles!

Mobley has a tough defense, is fast enough, and has enough confrontation with a weight of 95 kilograms. Although Liu Xiu got a rushing route through the change of direction in front of the body, it is not enough to get rid of Mobley. Liu Xiu suddenly rushed to the right side of the three-second zone. When it stopped, Mobley followed the defense in place, stuck to Liu Xiu in time, and restricted Liu Xiu from making jump shots.

   But Liu Xiu didn't shoot. He predicted Mobley's defense. He turned to the left, dribbled the ball with his left hand, and took a step toward Mobley with his right body. Mobley was knocked back!

Immediately after Liu Xiu grabbed the ball and continued to turn left, Mobley's defensive tenacity was very strong. After being knocked back, he immediately pressed back and moved to the left to block Liu Xiu from turning and shooting... Mobley realized something was wrong as soon as he moved his foot. , Liu Xiu's axis foot is the right foot! The body appears to be turning left, but in fact it does not move at all! But in response, it was too late to make up for it.

  Liu Xiu retracted the foot that protruded to the left, turned right with the right foot to face the basket, took off and made a shot... Hit!

   Peyton looked at the street and the butcher went crazy.

  Payton: So I use the most important sports battle in my back fight to use the back fight in the game?

  Butcher: And one step ahead of me! I just started developing the back fight in sports, and this guy has already tested it in the game!

This ball Liu Xiu's technical and movement connection is not proficient, and the techniques used are basically low-position back-playing techniques directly applied to high positions, which can also be used to deal with Mobley, who is excellent in defense but not at the top, and eats shots. The feel...but it's ready to use in the game.

   Gloves and butchers were only tortured by the warden's spirit.

   The champion of parallel imports is miserable...

  The offense and defense changed, Yao Ming hit his back from a low position, and in the tragic cry of Kwame Brown, Yao Ming smashed into the basket and smashed the ball into the hoop fiercely across Kwame Brown!

  2 to 2, Yao Ming vented once, satisfied with the defense, his teammates were excited - we have the strongest center!

However, Yao Ming still felt the pressure when he saw the unyielding expression on the face of Kwame Brown, who was humiliated. This parallel champion is really not as easy to deal with as the past two years. I really miss the one who was wronged after being detained. The timid parallel champion.

   When the Blazers attacked, the Rockets players began to strengthen their confrontation!

   This was expected by the Trail Blazers, Payton made a tactical gesture in the face of David Wesley's post-protection strike - the power of the entire West Coast!

  Although I don’t know why this name was chosen, the warden wanted to use this name, and the coaching staff and teammates agreed.

   These two days the warden loves to play the game of 'If you don't listen to me, I will play the Rockets players tomorrow'.

   The offensive strategy based on scoring in mid-distance singles, relying solely on personal ability to play, is naturally Liu Xiu.

Payton is their team's best player in basic mid-range shooting. After coming to the Blazers, he shot 44.6% from two points and 45.1% from mid-range, but his shots were basically catch-and-shoot shots. It's not necessary; Raheem and Randolph both scored mainly from the basket and scored from the mid-range. Yao Ming was present, and they would not compete for singles.

  The teammates pulled away, Payton stood in the receiving position, Kwame Brown was restrained at the basket, Randolph and Raheem were ready to rush.

The team coached by Van Gundy Jr. is very good at reading the opponent's offense, adapting to the defensive end, and executing. The bonus, the emergency stop jumper "bang" one iron opened the prelude to tonight's blacksmithing.

   The Trail Blazers' singles scoring efficiency was not great, but the Rockets' offensive efficiency at the beginning was very good. Yao Ming scored 4 points in a row after dunking Kwame Brown!

  The Blazers had to choose to flank Yao Ming, relying on Yao Ming's singles score, the Rockets came from behind, playing a 12-8 start, the Blazers called a timeout after falling behind by 4 points.

   However, although the Rockets led by 4 points at the start, Hubby Brown, a Time Warner Cable Sports commentator who returned to the commentary booth, disliked the Rockets' offense very much.

  Because of Yao Ming's opening singles in these few rounds, the rest of the Rockets really just stood and waited for Yao Ming's singles to attract pinch hits, then scored the ball, caught and shot.

  The Rockets team played well defensively, but that didn't cover up the Rockets' ability to utilize the super center in a smart way.

   After the timeout came back, Hubie Brown's prediction came true - the Rockets couldn't continue to expand their advantage.

The Blazers replaced Payton, Momo, and Randolph. They used Alien Madman, Raheem, and Kwame Brown as partners in the frontcourt. There was an extra Momo to score in an outside singles. Offensive efficiency has improved a lot.

   On the Rockets side, they scored 12 points in the first 4 minutes, and only scored 8 points in the next 5 minutes!

   The difference is that in the first 4 minutes, Yao Ming played multiple times with singles, and in the next 5 minutes, he almost didn't play singles. He only made two shots and made 1 of 2 shots.

  Kwame-Brown was very irritable tonight. It was very unpleasant to be detained. Coupled with the old hatred of being abused by Yao Ming, tonight, Kwame-Brown went berserk on the defensive end!

The so-called old hatred refers to the past two seasons, the two played against each other 3 times, Kwame Brown made 6 of 25 shots in 3 games; Yao Ming made the lowest 63% in 3 games, and made 20 of 31 shots in 3 games. .

  Kwame Brown wanted to forget this as a nightmare before joining the Blazers, but now, he doesn't! He took this as a driving force. Every time he saw Yao Ming, he would think of a comment from the media - this is the difference between the real No. 1 pick and the No. 1 pick from parallel imports.

  Kwame Brown can't take Yao Ming. Yao Ming scored 6 points and 1 assist in the first 4 minutes, but he can deal with the rest of the Rockets!

  When Yao Ming was not playing singles, he basically opened up to the mid-range matchup, and his teammates were sulking one by one.

  Kwame Brown's shrinking defense is very good, every round is like a life-threatening, 5 minutes to get 2 rebounds, 1 block and 1 steal!

However, the Rockets have done a good job in defense during this time. Joe Smith and Desmond Mason have built a close-range sweeping defense built around Yao Ming. The restricted Blazers only scored in the area within close range in the first 9 minutes. To 4 points, forcing the Blazers to only play inefficient singles in the middle and long distances, in these 5 minutes, the Blazers only scored 10 points.

However, the Blazers' scoring efficiency was so low. They only got 10 points in 5 minutes by relying on a single-point three-pointer with a strong shot from Momoko, and they still beat the Rockets 10-8, chasing the score to 18-18. 20, stop the Rockets!

At 9 minutes and 11 seconds in the first quarter, Van Gundy Jr called for a timeout, replaced Yao Ming and replaced him with Mutombo, Joe Smith and Witherspoon partnered up front. After the official timeout, Sulla, who came on as a substitute, continued to work with Mobley. Partner back line.

  The Trail Blazers replaced the frontcourt combination of Outlaws, Randolph, and McDyess after the timeout. Liu Xiu continued to play, and Momomoko, who had just made a contribution, rested first and replaced Payton.

   Blazers on defense!

   During this period, the Rockets’ defensive continuity was still good.

Although the operation of signing Mutombo with a middle-level salary to block space and refusing to sign All-Star point guard Nash with an annual salary of 10 million is blinding, he currently claims to be 38 years old and averaged 15 minutes per game to get 3 points and 6 rebounds Mutombo, who has 1.3 blocks, is indeed a very good signing. His defense allows Yao Ming to rest on the bench with confidence. In his third year in the NBA, it is the first time that he has a backup center who can let him sit down with confidence.

This season, both Yao Ming and Mutombo have not lost a game. Yao Ming averaged 32.8 minutes per game and Mutombo averaged 15.2 minutes per game, which is a complete split of 48 minutes. No other player has played against the Rockets this season. The position of center, which brings a high degree of tacit understanding and stability on the defensive end of the Rockets.

  Maurice-Cheeks concluded that if he attacked at this time, he would probably not play very well, so he chose to fight against the Rockets on defense!

   To defend Mutombo, the butcher squatting under the basket is enough, no need for Kwame Brown, let Kwame Brown rest and come back and continue to consume Yao Ming.

   Unsurprisingly, the Rockets still played top-level defense in the last 3 minutes of the first quarter, and the Blazers only scored 6 points during this period.

   But during this time, the Blazers limited the Rockets to only 4 points!

At the last moment of the first quarter, Liu Xiu stole Sulla's confident long pass, but unfortunately the ultra-far three-pointer at the buzzer hit the basket, adding an extra iron... After the first quarter, the Blazers overtook 24-23. Rockets 1 point!

  …

In the first quarter, he made 3 of 8 shots, plus 1 of 2 free throws. Liu Xiu scored 7 points, the highest in the team, second only to Yao Ming who scored 8 points. The rate was lowered to below 40% by the backcourt three-pointer in the last 2 seconds.

   Entering the inter-season break, Liu Xiu was eating sausages to recover his strength. He was not at all surprised that he entered the Jagged Mode that the Rockets liked tonight.

   Some coaches follow the trend of the times and change their tactics towards the style of play that best suits the current rules.

   But some coaches, under the new rules, try their best to play tactics that he likes better under the old rules.

   Little Van Gundy is the latter.

  If the NBA wants to completely get rid of the iron and blood era, in addition to changing the rules, it has to wait for most of the players to be replaced.

  Like the Jagged Age, it started in the mid-90s, and the 2003-04 season reached the peak of the Jagged Age.

   And the 2003-04 season is regarded as the peak of the Jagged Era, or because the league changed the rules after this season, otherwise God knows if Jagged Defense can be even wilder.

   More than half of the season has passed, and Van Gundy Jr. has made his defense up again. Although it is not as ferocious as the 88 points per game that restricted the opponent last season, it is already very ferocious. After the All-Star weekend, he only lost 90 points per game in 10 games.

   Being forced to follow the Rockets’ rhythm is something that every team has to encounter this season. If you can’t resist, then ‘enjoy’!

   But Yao Ming's change, although Liu Xiu has already learned about it from the live broadcast and video, he was still surprised when he felt it in person!

  If you can't leave the close range defense, you can't leave. The supplementary defense that needs a large range of movement should let Joe Smith and Desmond Mason do it, otherwise what do you do with them - Yao Ming.

   They are all learning from O'Neal. Yao Ming in the original time and space ran to learn O'Neal's weight, and he didn't learn anything else;

   Yao Ming here, learns O'Neal to save energy, focus on doing what he is good at and what he should do, and dare to say no to things that he should not be busy with!

Also, Liu Xiu didn't expect that Joe Smith was more powerful and suitable for him than any power forward he remembered Yao Ming's partner in his previous life... But think about Joe Smith being regarded as a small Garnett, 44% this season The comprehensive mid-range shooting percentage and average of 11 points, 7 rebounds, 1.2 steals and 1 block per game are really not surprising.

  Yao Ming played like this. Compared with the fight at the beginning of the season, the actual defensive effect was a bit stronger!

  More calm, smart, confident... Domineering!

   is mainly domineering. This is the kind of domineering Liu Xiu has never seen during Yao Ming's entire career in his previous life.

   This kind of domineering is not a slap in the middle of the game, but the willfulness and ego that a superstar should have.

  Yao Ming's changes are mostly praised in the American basketball world, but in China, there are such a group of magical species that attack his professional ethics and attack him for not having the obedience that a professional player should have...

   However, it is such a clown who jumps from a stick, and most people think that Yao Ming is already very good.

   Yao Ming dared to make such a change, and Liu Xiu knew why.

   In addition to the function of the arm guard, there is also the fact that with his warden on the front line, even if the little giant is more domineering, self-willed, and self-centered in the club, he looks so mature and stable...

   After thinking about it, Liu Xiu put away the distractions and thought about whether there is any way to break the deadlock.

   It is not impossible to grind the rhythm with the Rockets. He is not afraid of playing key **** with the Rockets.

   But I still have to think of a way...

   At this time, the system prompt comes!

"The height is 2.26 meters. Yao Ming, who is about to enter the golden age of his career, is already the most famous giant in the league and a strong pillar; in Rose Bay, the host is also the pillar. In the hearts of the people of Rose Bay, the host is 2.6 meters... Lord of the Ages Quests: Giants and Giants Trigger.

  Target: To dunk Yao Ming.

   Reward: Every time Yao Ming is deducted, 3000 healing points will be rewarded. After completing 1 deduction, the follow-up quest "Giant Killer" can be started. "

   (end of this chapter)