Basketball: Dayao Reopened

  Chapter 226 Winning the Opener

Yao Ming didn't play much in the first few preseason games, but this game was obviously different. It was at his own door, and there were only the last two games left in the preseason. The opening game was still back to Houston to play the Rockets. Even if it's for the game that time comes, the Trail Blazers have to play well in these two games. Everyone has to run in and find the feeling of winning! Only won 1 game in the first 4 games...

In other words, what kind of feeling this team can play at both ends of the offense and defense is still unknown. Even for a seasoned coach like Don Nelson, there is still no specific judgment on the specific combat effectiveness of this team. the concept of.

  It is indeed time to play two games seriously to check the real level.

  The Clippers are just a good target. The Clippers did not have much operations this summer. If nothing else, they will all be the bottom of the league.

  Take them to try the effect, it couldn’t be better!

  If you really hit a 20-point difference directly, it will definitely increase the confidence of the Blazers players!

  Playing with the Rockets will be more confident!

   Clippers:? ? ? Are you polite?

  The starting lineup of the Clippers is: Livingston at No. 1, Maggette at No. 3, Bobby Simmons at No. 4, Brand at No. 4, and Chris Carman at No. 5.

  If you only listen to names, they are still acquaintances!

  Speaking of which, the Clippers’ roster of players every year is quite familiar, but the record is not coming out! I don’t know why...

   Yao named the Trail Blazers and won the first strike.

  There was a huge cheer on the scene.

  In fact, this is the home court of the Clippers in terms of the schedule, but what can be done? Who makes this domestic?

  Damon held the ball to the frontcourt without any pause. He directly took the ball and killed him, without waiting for Yao Ming to be seated. Of course, it was not deliberately waiting, but Yao Ming's own request.

Damon became famous for the Raptors, suitable for fast-paced offense, and in fast-paced offense, always has an excellent vision, this from his first season can get 9.3 assists per game, the first three in his career It can be seen that the number of assists per game in the season has not been lower than 8.

  Speed ​​is his advantage.

After    fell on the ground, he was really useless!

  Seeing that he has been playing positional battles since he came to the Trail Blazers, but he has never averaged 8 assists per game. It can be seen that he is not suitable for positional warfare!

  This is also the reason. After Yao Ming communicated with the coaching staff, he meant that he managed himself well, and Yao Ming adjusted according to his rhythm.

  Yao Ming still has that idea, wait for the second half to take over the game!

   Facing Livingston's defense, Damon showed his veteran side, a time difference layup, and easily completed the layup in front of the 4th pick in 2004.

  At this moment, "Little Flying Squirrel" dreams back to the Raptors!

  Yao Ming watched his goal and was quite satisfied. Even if he didn't hold the ball this round, he could run in. It's all like this. Take your time!

The Clippers launched a counterattack. Livingston slowly dribbled to the center line. Damon got entangled for the first time, but because he couldn't touch it with his hands, he rushed too hard and was overtaken by Livingston. He stretched out his hand subconsciously.

   "Beep!"

  Foul.

   Damon stretched out his hands helplessly.

  Yao Ming comforted: "It's okay!"

  He believes that this kind of scene will happen frequently in the next month, and not only Damon, but other players will make the same mistake.

However, it can be seen from this ball that the cancellation of the Hand-check in the league has enhanced the perimeter players. An 18-year-old high school student in Livingston, who is not a player who is known for his physical fitness, when Damon pounced. , Can rely on the first step to directly pass Damon.

  If this is another explosive guy, I'm afraid that after the first step is finished, when Damon turns around, he will already start doing layups!

  In fact, based on this, it is doomed that the NBA is an outside era is coming! At least under this rule, those outside players with better physical fitness will become more calm about scoring!

The Clippers resumed the serve. This time Damon did not dare to rush forward without any scruples, and stayed a little bit with Livingston. Livingston could not break through as before, and handed the ball to Maggie happily. Pedicle.

   Maggette broke through with the ball, Derek Anderson interfered to the free throw line, and then he was squeezed past.

After the cancellation of Hand-check, the ball holder has the advantage that he can exert his force faster than the defender. In this case, if the defender cannot make a good judgment of the route, even if he gets entangled at first, Squeezed away in the fight.

  Fortunately, Ratliff accurately judged his breakthrough route and stopped him on the only way. Maggette was forced to stop a jump shot.

  It’s impossible to pass the pass anyway!

   "Dang!"

   Ratliff is 2.08 meters tall, the height of a standard power forward. It is not a simple matter to stop a jump shot in front of him!

  Maggeti's shot was still hurried, the ball went around the basket and then fell out.

  Bland turned to chase the rebound, but Yao Ming took the ball one step faster than him.

   The sound of "pop" made the scene first murmur, and then cheers.

  How should you describe the scene of Yao Ming grabbing the ball?

  One word: man!

   Yao Ming, who grabbed the rebound, quickly gave the ball to Derek Anderson.

  When Anderson rushed forward, the Clippers had quickly completed the back defense, and the entire defense line followed him. He did not find a counterattack opportunity to hand the ball back to Damon.

  "Little Flying Squirrel" punches the frame again.

  The momentum is very strong.

  The Clippers' defense line shrank sharply. At this moment, Damon also turned his head immediately and passed the ball toward the other side of the three-point line.

   There was no one there, but when the ball was about to arrive, Yao Ming appeared in that position.

  Catch the ball, shoot, three-pointer, score!

  "唰" sounded, simply neat!

  A fast break that didn't exist anymore was done abruptly!

   Cheeks turned and glanced at Don Nelson, who also nodded with satisfaction.

Damon is allowed to judge the time to rush inside. It is also required not to wait for Yao Ming to be seated. That is, after Damon hits the basket, if there is no suitable layup time, he must pass the ball again to form a breakthrough. Split the ball.

  Of course, considering that Dameng hasn't played a fast break for a long time, and he is a new teammate, it is inevitable that there will be problems with such passing, so the landings outside the three-point line arranged by Don Nelson are all tactical moves.

  Damon actually doesn’t know who will catch the ball he passed and who will take it, but he knows that if he passes the ball to that position, someone will definitely catch it.

  To put it bluntly, it is to use Damon as Baron Davis.

  It doesn’t matter if he has Baron Davis from that period. Anyway, it’s a good match for this round!

"Snapped!"

  Damon followed Yao Ming to high-five in the defense.

  5-0!

   Livingston gave the ball to Brand this time.

  "The Captain" held the ball in a high position to face Ratliff, a back hit and footsteps, and crushed the "Block King" to complete the basket. Ratliff stretched out his hands helplessly. His ability to stand up and defend is really not good, especially when he encounters such a stepped and powerful person as Brand, it is even more uncomfortable.

  Yao Ming missed Kevin Cato for the first time this season.

   "I will defend him, you will help him to defend him when he turns around!"

  Thinking about it, Yao Ming decided to fight on his own.

   Ratliff nodded, with a little more joy on his face, which is obviously his preferred defensive method.

Damon continued to attack on his own, and the Clippers instinctively contracted the defense. To say that this bad team is a bad team, the defensive response is too slow. Damon will shrink the defense as long as they break through. A three-point chance?

  The position of Damon's pass this time is the bottom corner.

  Outlaw catches the ball and shoots.

   "Dang!"

   missed!

  Why does Yao Ming say that Outlaw is "the bankrupt version of Kevin Durant"?

  The answer is here. He is like Kevin Durant in his first season. It is true that he can shoot from any position, but it is too unstable!

  This is basically a big empty seat, so I can't even enter!

"tomato!"

  Yao Ming successfully grabbed the rebound for the goal, then passed to Outlaw, and yelled: "Shoot, have a board!"

Outlaw, who was a little hesitant to catch the ball, did not hesitate when he heard this and threw it again. At this moment, Bobby Simmons had already pounced in front of him, but the ball was thrown by him. Into the basket.

  No one can prevent it from entering, but if someone is defending, then enter!

  What do you mean...Where do you go?

  Yao Ming murmured in his heart, but it was a good goal to score. He also hurriedly yelled to Outlaw: "Good goal, kid, just play like this!"

  Looking at the score, it's 8-2!

"Captain" caught the ball again, Yao Ming topped it at the first time, shouldn't you say, Brand's basic skills in singles under the basket, enough, Yao Ming has not defended the inside line for a long time, and he found it. Opportunity, got into the basket.

"Snapped!"

  But Ratliff was not covered, so he covered his shot with a slap.

  Is the "King of Blocks" in the end! This ability to seize opportunities is really good!

  But Brand was also a little bit more frustrated and brave. After being blocked, he quickly grasped the ball, changed the angle, and played under the basket again. This time the ball finally scored!

  4-8!

  Oh, this guy deserves to be called the "captain". Later, he was injured and regretted by so many reporters. There is indeed something under the basket. Anyway, Yao Ming feels that this guy can definitely become a tricky existence if he changes his team.

   "Shoo!"

  Yao Ming thought this in his heart, and then used a long-distance two-point shot after catching the ball, responding to Brand's goal, and the score difference was 10-4.

  Bland looked at Yao Ming so easily and responded to his goal, inexplicably wanting to cry.

  His desperate effort just scored a goal, Yao Ming walked two laps on the outside, and he easily got the opportunity to shoot...It's really annoying!

   is indeed very irritating!

  Yao Ming is also upset, I should just step back to the outside line, that is a three-pointer!

  The head coach of the Clippers also realized something was wrong, and hurriedly called a timeout: “Don’t shrink the defense so quickly, the opponent shot too many three-pointers today!”

  Don Nelson did not make any changes.

  Even if the Clippers head coach sees that they want to shoot a three-pointer, it is impossible for the Clippers to stop the Blazers from shooting a three-pointer with a timeout!

As an old coach, Don Nelson's vision is still very sophisticated. After the timeout, the Clippers did not consciously shrink the defense line in such a hurry, but they really couldn't stop the Trail Blazers from continuing to shoot three-pointers, as old Nelson had done. Said that they can't judge Damon's passing route, and there is one more, they really have never seen a team that shoots three-pointers so decisively!

  At the end of the first quarter, the Trail Blazers were 33 to 22, successfully opening an 11-point gap.

  33 points in a single quarter!

  This score is undoubtedly a bit scary.

  Know that if this efficiency is maintained, the Blazers can score 132 points!

  This fierce offensive!

Of course, this fierce offensive is related to the "three-point rain" of all the Trail Blazers in the first quarter. Yao Ming made two three-pointers in the first quarter and Outlaw made two. For a three-pointer, Damon scored a three-pointer himself, and Derek Anderson also scored a three-pointer, which is equivalent to saying that the Trail Blazers had 18 points out of 33 points in the first quarter and they were shot by the 3-pointer!

  It can be seen how fierce the Trail Blazers are in the first quarter!

"Okay, the second quarter is still the same offensive rhythm. Don't hesitate to shoot as long as you have a chance. Since I put you on the court, it shows that I believe in your abilities! Even if I miss the shot, I won't blame you. I believe , As long as the tactics are played out, the ball will definitely be scored!"

   Before the start of the second quarter, Don Nelson mobilized for Cheeks.

  He still focuses on encouragement. Although the Trail Blazers lead by 11 points in the first quarter, he can see that some guys on the court, such as Outlaw, are a bit hesitant to shoot!

  Of course, no wonder these guys hesitate, before the start of this season, how can they shoot three-pointers like this! Must be scolded to death by the head coach.

   also at this moment, they all have a feeling of "eating stool".

  When Yao Ming stepped onto the field, he also encouraged his teammates: "Just shoot, don't be afraid!"

  This series of encouragement is still a bit useful, no, the second quarter one by one vote, more determined than the first quarter.

Whether to say it or not, from the number of three-pointers scored in the first quarter, it can be seen that the Trail Blazers have a faint sign of the three-pointer. Now, with the encouragement of Yao Ming and Don Nelson. One by one, self-confidence is bursting, and the shot is called resoluteness, determination, coupled with the already hot hands, these three-pointers are drilled into the Nets one by one.

  If it was a "three-point rain" just now, it is now a "three-point rainstorm"!

  Especially in the third quarter, relying on the three-pointer, the Rockets had a wave of 18-7 scoring, which directly extended the difference to more than 20 points.

  At this moment, the Trail Blazers have made 18 three-pointers!

   "In line with the principle of hitting people without hitting the face", it was the preseason again. Don Nelson consciously replaced the trailblazers' main players. The last quarter gave the Clippers some time to struggle.

  They barely recovered the 5 points difference, and in the first game of the NBA China Summer Games, the Trail Blazers finished a big victory with 18 points.

  For tonight, Don Nelson is quite satisfied with the performance of the Trailblazers who are not only for the newcomers to practice, but also for the offensive and defensive tactics of the training camp.

  Of course, he also knows that the opponent is the Clippers, and such a performance is not worth too much joy.

   And after a whole game, he can clearly feel that the whole system does not have any bonus to Yao Ming, but Yao Ming is cooperating with this system.

  This makes him feel helpless. With Yao's ability, the team should play around him!

Yao Ming can actually feel it himself. The current lineup of the Trail Blazers is very different from him. Damon needs to play a fast pace. A little slower won’t work. Ratliff is better at assisting defense than top defense. In addition, this Several guys are not very good at passing the ball, which leads to him receiving the ball very few times.

  Seriously, during training, Yao Ming did not feel so obvious, but at this moment he does feel that his sacrifice is a bit too great!

However, it's not all disadvantages. At least Yao Ming's three-point shot tonight is a good shot. In this game, he shot 9 points from the three-point line and hit 3 of them... For the frequency of his shots, Yao Ming feels this. He can easily break 500 three-pointers this season!

  And his statistics are good. After playing three quarters, he scored 20 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists.

Uh, okay, the data is not good...no way, without the "card front", he really does not have that easy rebounding, and a few times he has to give Ratliff a concession. As for the assists, he is today. For his passing and the ability to seize opportunities, if it were for the original Rockets, I'm afraid at least 5 assists!

  What could be done?

  Just such a few pieces of material, let's sacrifice running-in first!

   Again, Rome was not built in a day, and the Blazers could not be rebuilt in a day!

  Also, although there are many problems, this is an 18-point victory after all...I still look forward to it!

  The Clippers really have no ability to adjust. They lost the first game on a three-pointer. As soon as the second game came up, they still had no defense on the Trail Blazers' three-pointer and let them shoot.

  The Trail Blazers continued the hot three-pointer feel of the previous game, and directly forced the Clippers into the half.

The most aggrieved one is Brand. Tonight, his hand feels really hot. He has a tendency to be unstoppable under the basket. But when he comes back to his side, he has worked so hard and finally scored a goal and turned his head. , The Trail Blazers responded easily with a three-pointer, and even during a period of time, he scored 5 goals in a row. As a result, the Trail Blazers opened the point difference by 3 points. After his strength was almost exhausted, the Trail Blazers were still able to continue to output from the outside...The point difference continued to be widened, that is, there were a lot of people on the scene, otherwise Brand would absolutely cry out "Wow", really Too wronged!

  Speaking of, this is also one of the reasons why the NBA's offensive core is gradually shifting to the outside. You work hard to chisel one on the inside. He makes an easy shot on the outside, saving time and effort, easy and long-lasting.

  Long-lasting who doesn’t love?

  The Trail Blazers once again beat the Clippers by 21 points!

  Yao Ming made 7 shots from the three-point line tonight, hit 4 three-pointers, and scored a total of 24 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 blocks...

After watching these two games, the domestic fans who watched the game on the spot expressed that they had watched it very well. They did not have watched the NBA game. But the previous NBA games were all kinds of meat grinders. Fighting, the offense is also based on positional offense, it is inevitable that it is a bit boring, how can they see such a simple offense!

And in the eyes of domestic fans, this is the NBA players' intention to show off their skills in front of them, especially the Trail Blazers, three-pointers and various shots like money, for domestic fans who are used to fighting inside. Said that watching these two games, there is a refreshing feeling.

  Of course, if Yao Ming knows that the domestic fans are thinking this way after watching the game, he will definitely explain: "You have misunderstood this. It is not a deliberate show of skills, but the result of league reform!"

  Furthermore, Yao Ming knows very well that the trailblazers will not be the only team that is going crazy with three-pointers in the new season, other teams will not say anything, at least the Suns will definitely shoot three-pointers crazy!

  ……

  The NBA China Summer Games is over. On the night of the end, the Trail Blazers went directly to the airport and headed to Houston!

  After playing the preseason, the NBA opener will naturally come!

  As I said before, the first opponent of the Trail Blazers in the 04~05 season opener is no one else, but Yao Ming’s old team, the Houston Rockets!

  Yao Ming, who has been adjusting his mood this week, found that when this day really came, the previous adjustments were of no use at all, and those who should be worried will still feel worried!

  In fact, the whole Houston is also conflicting about how to face Yao Ming, and they are also not ready to meet Yao Ming so soon!

  Many experts have published articles these days to discuss this matter.

Some experts think: "Yao should be greeted with shouts. Although he has indeed left, he has indeed brought the third championship trophy to the city. This is something no one can deny. For those who have contributed. , We must have a grateful heart! You know, the Houston Rockets are hated by so many players who have played for this team for no reason. We must correct these problems!"

  But some media think: “Yao abandoned the city, he should have thought that when he comes back, he will be booed all over the world!”

  The discussion on both sides became more fierce, until Yao Ming returned, no one could convince anyone.

  As Yao Ming and the Blazers arrived in Houston, the entire league turned its attention to Houston, and more league experts participated in the discussion on this topic.

  Bill Walton: "There is no doubt that this city needs some cheers for Yao's name. Don't forget, this is the award night of the championship ring! Without Yao, the Rockets could not have such a night!"

  Kenny Smith also said: "In any case, the championship trophy is worth all the cheers!"

   Barkley said: “If even the championship is booed, then I really don’t know who else this **** city will cheer for!”

  ……

  In fact, it can be seen from these speeches that most experts believe that Houston should give Yao Ming cheers and shouts. This is the respect that a player who won the championship for this city should have!

Many media also asked the Rockets players about this matter. They all refused to answer this question. In the end, Morey could only stand up and answer this question: "Yes, unfortunately, we can’t help Yao’s first return. What to do, I know what we should do, but I’m sorry, for some reason, we won’t have any preparations, this will be an ordinary night!"

  For some reasons, we will not have any preparations!

  Many people are very angry after hearing Morey’s answer, because they all know what some of the reasons are!

  Yao Ming naturally paid attention to these news, and when reporters asked him his opinion on this, he just smiled indifferently: "This is indeed just an ordinary night!"

  Seriously, he really doesn’t need the Rockets’ management to prepare anything to pay tribute to him. It’s really, unnecessary! Why bother to be pretending, Morey said this, but he was relieved!

His words made the Houston media, who originally opposed cheering Yao Ming to find a reason to criticize him: "See? He has forgotten Houston, so what qualifications does he have to let Houston welcome him with cheers? Come back!"

  For such media, Yao Ming has always used two words to describe: crazy dog!

  So he didn't have a follow-up answer.

  However, he didn’t have any answer here, and the experts who had supported him before stopped doing it:

   "That's why the Rockets can't attract superstars!"

   "Houston, you should really reflect on it!"

   "Is that how you treat the heroes who won the championship for you?"

  While these experts condemned Houston, the time for the Blazers vs. Rockets game is gradually approaching, and it’s time for the Blazers to enter the field!

  Yao Ming rarely walks through the visiting team passage of the Toyota Center. When he walked this time, he felt weird, and the closer he got to the exit of the visiting team player passage, his footsteps became heavier and heavier.

   "Why is it so quiet?"

   Karl Malone, who was walking next to him, murmured a little strangely when he was approaching the door. At this time, players from the Trail Blazers had already walked out of the away team player channel.

  But there was no commotion at the scene.

  This is somewhat abnormal.

  However, soon, he knew why the scene was so quiet...

  When Yao Ming walked out of the visiting team player channel, there was a huge cheer on the scene!

  Yes, it's not that there is no sound, but all the Rockets fans are holding their breath, waiting for Yao Ming's entry!

  They will use the most ardent cheers to welcome Yao Ming back to Toyota Center!

  And this is enough for Yao Ming...

  His original expressionless face showed a satisfied smile as he cheered.

  He doesn’t care about the reaction of the Houston media. Anyway, this is a bunch of ungrateful guys. Olajuwon brought two consecutive championships to the city, and the result was so miserable! He is not surprised that some Houston media will speak badly at him; he doesn't care what the Rockets management shows for his return. From Alexander to Morey, one counts as one, which will only make him feel sick. Yao Ming doesn't care about their kindness!

  The only thing he cares about in Houston is the Rockets fans!

  If these guys really booed him, then he might be a little unacceptable.

  But the results proved that Yao Ming cared about the truth that he cared about, and the cheers from the sky proved that these guys deserve his attention.

  In fact, Yao didn’t want much in his name, as long as he didn’t hush him... He really didn’t expect that the Rockets fans in the audience would greet his return with cheers.

  It’s not just cheers. Yao Ming turned to look around. Banners and posters related to him can be seen everywhere. In addition, there are many fans wearing his jerseys...

  This scene looks exactly the same as when he hadn’t traded yet!

  Rockets fans seem to want to tell Yao Ming this way: We know what you have done for this city!

  The ESPN reporter on the sidelines could not help but sigh: "So fans will always be the cutest people in the world!"

The cheers continued for a long time, even when the Rockets home players were about to come on the court. The interesting scene happened when the Rockets home players officially entered the field, whether it was McGrady or Randolph. Including Shane Battier, one of them counts as one. When they played, they received less cheers than Yao Ming!

  The Rockets team correspondent Feigen watched this scene dubiously: "Whose home field is this anyway!"

   But it’s no wonder that even though people go to the cold, who made Yao Ming’s performance last season so incredible?

  Sometimes missing is the deepest feeling!

  Show it, it's far crazier than love!

After the Rockets finished their home ceremony, Yao Ming took the initiative to embrace Shane Battier and the old guys. Of course, he deliberately avoided McGrady, but he didn’t need to avoid him. McGrady saw him, glanced at him, and just turned away. It opened, a faint smell of gunpowder.

  Although Yao Ming was very happy because he met these old guys again, he didn't notice any reaction of McGrady next to him.

  But even if he noticed it, he wouldn’t be surprised. After all, he “dumped” someone first. Where can his ex-girlfriend not hate his ex-boyfriend?

  If you don’t hate, it can only mean that you don’t love you enough, or she dumped you!

   Finally, Yao Ming went to say hello to Thibodoo.

It is worth mentioning that the head coach of the Rockets in the new season is Thibodeau. Tom has to say goodbye to the stadium for a while due to physical reasons. Of course, the truth is that Tom has already submitted his resignation report, but because Morey has considered Yao Minghe Francis has just left, and if his meritorious coach leaves again, the team will inevitably be more turbulent, so the news has not been made public for the time being. At present, only four people know this matter, Morey, Alexander, and Thibodeau and Yao Ming.

  But Morey’s is a typical "think he is the smartest in the world" thinking. In fact, when Morey announced that Thibodeau became the acting head coach, it was analyzed that Tom was likely to have submitted his resignation report!

  He is completely lying to himself!

  Well, it’s not surprising, all white pigs are like this!

Subsequently, as the final championship team last season, the Rockets began to issue championship rings. Generally speaking, in this case, in order to ensure that their enthusiasm is not affected, the opponent team will choose to return to the locker room first, but the Trail Blazers did not Back to the locker room, there is no way, who can let Yao Ming and Karl Malone also get the championship ring?

  The process of the Rockets awarding the ring did not stimulate them at all. Instead, it reminded them that Yao Ming, who was the hero of the Rockets' championship, is now their teammate, Francis has also left, this Rockets is a fart! It's over in a while!

  It should be very cool to step the defending champion under your feet on the night of the ring award!

  The trailblazers are getting more excited as they think about it, their morale can’t help but not be affected, on the contrary, they are even higher!

  Yao Ming didn’t stand up to pick up the ring. Anyway, he is not a member of the Rockets anymore. If he stood up to pick up the ring, he would always feel weird...

  Forget it, he should sit down and wait for the staff to give him the ring!

He didn’t wait long. Soon, a staff member gave him the ring. Of course, there was also Karl Malone’s. When he took the ring from the staff member, a huge message was immediately sent out on the spot. Cheers.

  This scared Yao Ming, and the ring was almost unsteady!

  Don’t blame him, it’s just that when other Rockets players took the ring, the cheers on the scene were intermittent, not at all enthusiastic.

It's hard to imagine that by the time he came, the cheers would suddenly be so loud, and now he finally understands why David Stern put the Blazers away against the Rockets in the first game. NS!

  If he doesn’t come back, the Rockets will give this ring.

  Yao Ming looked at the ring in his hand carefully, and compared it with Karl Malone’s one, and finally came to a two-character conclusion: really stubborn!

  Generally speaking, as the absolute core championship ring, there must be a big gem on it. This is used to distinguish it from the ordinary championship ring, and it is also a consolation to the absolute core of the team.

  This is also an unwritten rule of the NBA regarding championship rings!

  As a result, after Yao Ming compared his own with Karl Malone’s, he found that there was no big difference except for a few more broken diamonds on the ring face.

  If you put aside the bonuses brought by the championship, it is estimated that this championship ring will be more than a hundred thousand.

  Should be the cheapest championship core ring ever made!

However, think about it, the NBA championship ring is designed by the boss with money. Just like Alexander, he can give hundreds of thousands of rings to build the core of the championship. It is already the result of bitter teeth. If Not for the sake of his own face, it is estimated that the cost of this ring would have to save one hundred thousand yuan...

Karl Malone looked at his championship ring with satisfaction...Although the cost of his championship ring was much cheaper than that of Yao Ming, his 18-year career has been struggling for the championship ring. Now Finally there is a ring that belongs to him, he doesn't care about the cost of the cost!

   "Alexander is really picky!"

  Of course, this does not prevent him from scolding Alexander.

  The ring award is over, and the game officially begins!

The Trail Blazers were gearing up for a long time, and they couldn’t help it. Old Nelson was planning to boost morale. Seeing what they looked like, he gave up directly. I really can’t boost morale any more. Go on, I'm afraid that all of them will have to be "burned"!

  The Rockets here are also very fighting spirits, especially McGrady, who already has raging anger in his eyes! He has only one feeling until the end of the ring award tonight!

  This is still Yao Ming’s city...

  What's special, I am obviously a Rockets player now, and today is also the first game I played on behalf of the Rockets in my career. Why do these guys only have the name of Yao in their eyes!

The league’s two consecutive scoring champions in the past two seasons feel that he has been ignored again. This feeling is still what he felt when he was in the Raptors. He did not expect that he went to the Magic to take two scoring champions. The result is now... still the same!

  Good, good, I will make you sober!

  In this case, he wants to use his performance on the field to let all Rockets fans know that the era of that big man has passed, and now Houston has officially entered the "Meddie Era"!

Only at the beginning of the game, Yao Ming helped the Trail Blazers grab the first strike. After Yao Ming dialed the ball, he actively inserted into the Rockets’ inside line. Looking at his posture, Damon knew he wanted to solve the first goal immediately. A cat waist rushed over from the side of Tylenlue, and when it was almost below the basket, he sent it directly to the basket.

  As soon as the ball flew over the basket, Yao Ming jumped up in time and pressed the ball into the basket with both hands.

   "Boom!"

  The cracking of the basket caused the Rockets fans to cheer spontaneously.

  When they watched Yao Ming's jerseys were a little twisted, they later realized that it was the Blazers' goal, not their Rockets' goal.

   "nice!"

  Yao Ming finds Damon high-five.

  This ball is good.

   Damon raised his head and gave Yao Ming a high-five.

   Looking at his strenuous appearance, Yao Ming secretly said in his heart: Forget it, I'll just rub my head in the future.

   High-five a person who is only 1.83 meters tall, he has to bend slightly, how can he touch his hair so directly?

"ball!"

   Seeing Yao Ming scored the first goal, Tracy McGrady was ready to respond, and Taren Lu said that I was too professional to give the ball to the thigh! After halftime, the ball was quickly given to McGrady.

  The wing holds the ball with one hand, and McGrady faces Derek Anderson's defense, which is an elegant posture.

   Then suddenly lowered his body and strode directly.

  Only one step, Derek Anderson was thrown behind him.

  The Union’s cancellation of Hand-check's bonus to outside players is reflected in McGrady's body more vividly!

He hit the basket in an instant, McGrady jumped up just after his foot crossed the free throw line, facing Ratliff, who came from the defense, he made a large drawbar, evaded his block, and easily sent the ball in. Basket.

  The whole set of actions is called a stretch!

  What is the beautiful offense, which is called the offensive picturesque!

  Even Yao Ming has to admit that "the league's two-time scoring champion" is indeed not built...

  He is indeed one of the best guys who attacked from outside with the ball in this period!

However, the goal did not affect the offensive rhythm of the Trail Blazers. Damon passed the half-court carelessly as soon as he got the ball. Then, like McGrady, he used his speed to forcibly break through Tyronnlu and Tyronnlu. The entanglement ability of Allen Iverson is really good. Although Allen Iverson completed a classic in the face of him in 2001, he was undoubtedly successful in defending Allen Iverson in the whole series of the finals!

But again, the cancellation of Hand-check is too much for perimeter players, especially those who have the ability to break through, and Tyronnlue can’t put his hand on the opposing player from beyond the three-point line. , The problem of his lack of explosive power is also highlighted.

  A starting step directly forced Tylenlu to retreat, and then suddenly stopped and changed the direction of the continuum. When Tylenlu rushed up again, Damon again dribbled the ball and killed him directly.

  Taylon Lu instinctively stretched out his hand, but failed to stop him.

Damon plunged into the heart of the Rockets like a steel knife. Just when he was about to turn around to find someone to pass the ball out, he suddenly found that Zach Randolph didn’t even bother to move, just watching him like that. Completed an easy layup.

Um?

   Damon looked confused.

   Thibodeau shouted helplessly: "Defense, defense!"

   Randolph passed by him, deafening.

  Tellen Lue passed halftime, and McGrady continued to ask for the ball at the first time.

   is still his own singles.

  Derek Anderson is indeed not his opponent. He chased after him again and watched him complete the layup.

   scored another goal.

  There was a huge cheer at the scene this time.

  The two goals that McGrady scored are really so beautiful, which fully shows his talent!

  These two goals also made the Rockets fans feel excited. Who doesn't like the handsome players!

  Yao Ming comforted Derek Anderson: "It's okay, we just need to score goals on the offensive end!"

  This also works.

  Derek Anderson actively participated in the next round of offense.

After Damon failed to attack the frame, he successfully grabbed the rebound and scored a second offense.

  The Trail Blazers took the lead again.

   "Grab the board, grab the board, hey, what the **** are you doing?" Thibodeau yelled at the court again.

  Yao's name is not surprising. It was a bit outrageous just now. A Miles and a Zach Randolph were all under the basket at the time. It was a surprise that Derek Anderson, an outside player, completed the rush.

  If this Thibodeau can bear it, then he is not Thibodeau!

  However, after the two rounds were played, Yao Ming could see it. Randolph is really just a "lazy man" at the moment, just wanting to scan data on the offensive end, and has no defensive meaning at all. As for "Little Garnett" Dalius Miles, let alone not being able to concentrate all the time, being less motivated on the defensive end, and acting like a wooden man without the ball... In short, he has all the shortcomings of high school players. Have!

  It can be said that the inside line of this team is no different from a vacuum.

If Yao's name is Thibodeau, he might replace the two men directly, but when Yao Ming looks towards the off-court bench and finds that there are only Robert Horry and Mutombo on the off-court bench, he probably I also understand why these two guys are put on the court. Compared with Mutombo and Horry, it is obvious that Randolph and Miles have more future possibilities and should have more playing time. , Besides, these two guys are indeed not weak...

   But, if you insist, if you take these two people, you will have to be a "meritorious coach" like Tom. The role of an "acting head coach" like Thibodeau is no different from that of Cheeks.

  No matter what you say, they will only be regarded as farting!

Of course, what Yao Ming didn’t know was that the reason that really made Miles and Zachrandorf become "headless" and "unhappy" was because when the training camp was closed, Thibodeau determined the offensive tactics with them. The offensive core gave McGrady to McGrady. There is nothing wrong with it. After all, the league leads the league in scoring. After all, the league promotes the cancellation of "Hand-check" and it is indeed a better choice to launch an offense from the outside.

If you switch to other players, you may also agree, but it is Zachrandorf and Miles, the two guys who just ran out of the "prison team". These two finally won the ball and attacked last season. Quan, finally played some performance, let them change the team to start again, they must not do it!

  This is where the current scene appears: Since we have nothing to play on the offensive end, we should also be two "wooden men" on the defensive end...

  Sibodu can also feel this, saying "too difficult" in my heart!

  After the Rockets once again lost points because of the inside, Thibodeau decisively put Teren Lu down on the field and took Lagabe on the field. He was prepared to rely on outside defense to make up for the lack of active inside defense!

The effect was quite good. In the next round, Damon was rushing to the inside and was successfully forced to Zachrandorf by Lagabe. Although Zachrandorf was not actively defending, he was just in front of him. Flying squirrel", he couldn't just watch him slip past like this, it was too much.

   "Bang Dang", Damon shot out.

There is one thing to say. Although Thibodeau’s defensive tactics are arranged in this round, the most important thing is Lagarber’s own individual defensive ability. Even if this guy has the effect of canceling Hand-check, he still keeps up well. Due to Damon's rhythm, he was not even thrown away by Damon during the whole process, and he forced him to Randolph's face abruptly.

   Tracy McGrady seized the opportunity and used an emergency stop jumper to help the team smoothly overtake the score.

  At 6 minutes and 45 seconds in the first quarter, the Rockets started to lead.

  Damon also noticed that Lagabe defended well and gave the ball to Derek Anderson the first time.

  Anderson attacked as soon as he got the ball, and he actually passed McGrady in one step.

  He did not expect this result, nor did Battier, his reaction was slow for a half a beat, and when he caught up again, Anderson had already hit the basket directly and completed a one-handed slam dunk!

  The score difference was tied again.

   Thibodeau couldn't help covering his face.

  Yao Ming also said in his heart: There are a total of five people on the court and three are not defending. How do you play this?

Yes, this is the reason why Yao Ming is not willing to partner with McGrady. This guy has never worked **** the defensive end. Later, many people said that James Harden is "eye defense", but he really wants to say "eye defense" ", McGrady is not much worse than James Harden.

   is really the "heritage" between the Rockets' two positions!

To be honest, in comparison, Yao Ming hates Tracy McGrady. You must know that Tracy McGrady was the defensive leader of the team during the Raptors era, especially in the last year of the Raptors. He averaged 1.1 steals and 1.9 blocks per game. , This is the defensive data he played when he came off the bench in 34 games.

  As a result, after being the core of the Magic team for a few years, the attitude on the defensive end is really getting worse every year.

   directly becomes "eye defense".

  Just like this ball, Derek Anderson did get a certain distance away from him for the first time, but if he used his explosive power to catch up, he might not be able to catch up with his talent.

  But he gave up directly and watched Derek Anderson pass by him.

  The level of embarrassment is close to the core of a team who was pushed to the defender by a teammate...

  Would you like to change defense?

   Battier motioned to McGrady with his eyes. McGrady glanced at Outlaw, watched him constantly move without the ball, and chose to give up.

   Follow and defend like this, he will undoubtedly waste more physical energy!

  Just guard against this guy, what if you resist it the first time?

  The result is that, there is no case, the first successful breakthrough gave Derek Anderson sufficient self-confidence. The second time he held the ball, he did not hesitate at all and rushed straight to the inside.

   "Dang!"

  It's a pity that Battier has been waiting this time. He made a good defense and interfered with his ball.

   Randolph protected the rebound. He really doesn’t want to give it away, but what can be done? He didn't have the ability to dribble the ball to the Trail Blazers basket.

  Hey~

   is obviously only 47 meters away.

   was so far away in Zachrandorf’s eyes.

Cheeks and Don Nelson on the sidelines watched Anderson's ball popping out of the frame, and their faces did not become dignified. They just saw clearly that the Rockets' defense line shrank slightly after Derek Anderson rushed into the interior. How small!

it's time!

Old Nelson watched McGrady score another goal on the field and concealedly sent a signal to Damon who was holding the ball on the court. Damon who received the signal also conveyed the old Nelson's request to the rest of the Trail Blazers through gestures. .

  Others on the Trail Blazers field saw his gestures change, and the running position suddenly became more active.

  Sibodu instinctively felt something was wrong, and loudly emphasized: "If you follow yourself closely, don't lose it!"

  But he was nervous because of his nervousness. Zachrandorf and the others were still the same, standing on their own one-third of an acre.

  Damon took the initiative to call Yao Ming’s pick-and-roll, and he couldn’t break through Lagarber’s defense by himself.

  But with Yao Ming’s help, it was indeed easier for him to get rid of Lagabere, but Lagabere didn’t react slowly. He immediately walked around behind Yao Ming and wanted to intercept the "little flying squirrel".

Yao Ming's reaction was also very quick. When he went around to intercept the "Little Flying Squirrel", he quickly moved beyond the three-point line. Instead, Lagabeel became Yao Ming's bunker, which allowed him to successfully follow Randolph. Opened the distance.

  "Little Flying Squirrel" immediately gave the ball to Yao's name.

  Yao Ming glanced at the three-point line, stepped back, and jumped directly.

  Lagarbel prevented him from coming over, and desperately hooked his hand in front of Yao Ming, but his height of 2.26 meters was too buggy!

  He was almost in front of Yao Ming, and he could only touch his chest.

   "Shoo!"

  Score in three points!

  The Blazers once again opened up a 1-point difference.

  When Yao Ming became an opponent, Lagabere deeply felt how difficult it is for this guy to stand outside the three-point line!

   "Have a three-pointer?"

Thibodeau did not watch the first two NBA China games, and was surprised that the Trail Blazers suddenly started shooting three-pointers. And it's not an offensive tactic with Yao Ming as the core.

  Well, he really couldn't see it either, because it was in China, there was no broadcast source, and there were only two preseason games, Thibodeau didn't care too much.

  Only when the game was resumed after the game, I knew that this team had made a lot of three-pointers in the two China games...

Isn't    to please the fans?

  Well, Thibodeau has the same idea as the Chinese fans.

Not surprisingly, with Thibodeau’s offensive tactics, it can be seen that the cancellation of "Hand-check" is of great benefit to outside players like Tracy McGrady. Let the league play change!

   Thibodeau did not change in the end.

  He attributed the three-pointer made by Yao Ming to Yao Ming’s personal ability. At that time, it was indeed more appropriate for Yao Ming to go outside the three-point line than to go inside.

  The result of the goal also shows that Yao Ming has no problem with this position.

  In the end, he decided to take a good look at the inside.

   Just now Damon and Derek Anderson’s consecutive breakthroughs made Thibodeau believe that the Blazers’ play in the new season should be a sudden division.

  This conclusion cannot be wrong!

  Because it is indeed a sudden point play!

   is nothing but a "surge play" that goes beyond the three-point line!

  It was Damon's pick-and-roll cooperation with Yao Ming. Yao Ming once again went outside the three-point line, but this time Battier changed defense in time. Anyway, Yao Ming likes to cooperate with Battier! This guy's mind is turning too fast.

   But he defended it, which meant that the guy he was defending was empty, and Yao Ming quickly handed the ball to Outlaw.

   Honestly, at the moment Outlaw took the shot, Yao Ming was nervous for a while, don’t look at it as just an empty seat, but this kid really dare not make a shot for you!

  For this reason, Yao Ming rushed to the inside as soon as he passed the ball.

   "Shoo!"

  Fortunately, in the end the ball steadily fell into the basket.

  The second three-pointer!

  After Outlaw made this three-pointer, Battier looked at Thibodeau, how do you say, do you still make up for the inside defense?

   Thibodeau did not answer.

  He knows very well that if he expands the defensive lineup, the Trail Blazers will immediately give up the three-point line and start to break through.

  So he hesitated.

  He hesitated, the Trail Blazers made a three-pointer from the outside after three rounds!

  Seriously, Thibodeau wants to say something, come and vote! Have the ability to throw me to death!

   But seeing that the Trail Blazers had already made three three-pointers in the first quarter, he really didn't have the courage to say this.

  In desperation, he can only choose to expand the defensive formation...

  As he expected, after he expanded the defensive formation, the Blazers immediately began to increase their breakthrough!

  Seriously, relying on a Damon and a Derek Anderson, breaking through and rushing, there is no such great power at all, at least it is impossible to make Thibodeau feel helpless.

  But who made him put "headless" and "unhappy"?

  These two guys just don’t want to defend. The inside line is really out of space!

  The two breakthroughs combined with Yao Mingchong’s second offense after grabbing rebounds, the Rockets’ inside line was completely blown!

  Until the end of the first half, the Blazers were already 8 points ahead.

Back in the second half, McGrady began to exert his strength. First, a "picturesque" dry three-pointer was made from outside the three-point line, and another one-handed buckle broke through to the inside. After 5 points in a row, the difference was reduced to only one. 3 points difference.

  After these 5 points, McGrady’s total score in this game has come to 25 points. With his current fierce offensive, if no surprises, his score in this game will exceed 40 points!

  Houston’s new owner is still a bit fierce!

   And his performance obviously conquered the Rockets fans in the audience, cheers came after another!

  It’s just that the Rockets have Tracy McGrady, and the Trail Blazers have scorers that the Rockets can’t stop... The game has come to the third quarter, and Yao Ming can do it too!

  He first completed the "2 plus 1" on the inside, and then hit the basket to make a kill, got 2 free throw opportunities, made two free throws, let the point difference back to 8 points!

It’s no wonder that he was under the basket in both offenses. It is because Thibodeau has expanded the entire defensive formation too much. There is not much room for shots beyond the three-point line. Naturally, it is impossible for Yao Ming to continue shooting outside the three-point line. .

  He immediately turned his gun and aimed it at the basket. No, the effect is obvious. For him, the inside of the Rockets is just the road in the morning.

   Yao Ming’s strength at the basket forced Thibodeau to change again and put the defensive focus back on the inside again.

  Yao Ming felt that the interference on the inside defense had become greater, and he was also unambiguous. He immediately began to give the ball beyond the three-point line, and the Trail Blazers began to "three-point rain" again!

After this wave of "three-point rain," the Trail Blazers never gave the Rockets any chance. Eventually, Yao Ming made a two-handed dunk, and the Trail Blazers scored 118 to 106 at the Rockets’ home court with a 12-point difference. Won the opening match of the 04~05 season!

  Yao Ming ended his first performance at the Toyota Center after being traded with a victory!

  He delivered 31 points, 10 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 block in this show, plus 3 three-pointers!

   Tracy McGrady scored more dazzling points than him in this game. He eventually scored 41 points... But because the Rockets lost, his 41 points were reduced to an empty cut.

"As far as this game is concerned, what I see is still the Magic Tracy, he is fighting alone~www.wuxiaspot.com~ The Rockets are like normal sand!" Kenny Smith played the game. In summary, "Compared to him and the Rockets, Yao and the Trail Blazers are obviously playing more like a team. To be honest, I can hardly believe that this is a team that has introduced a total of seven or eight in this off-season. The rookie team, they are already playing very well in the team, maybe this is Yao's magic? He can integrate the whole team!"

  Barkley watched Kenny Smith talk more and more, and quickly signaled to him, okay, okay, shut up, it's time for me to boast too, I'm almost out of praise!

  Kenny Smith shut up in due course.

Barkley continued: "We can see that Yao's style of play in this game is completely different from when he was in the Rockets. This is the sacrifice he made for the Blazers unity, and the Blazers guys Yao's sacrifice was also repaid. They started their new season with a beautiful victory. Let's see what will happen next!"

  　 Thanks to Edifier_Li Da for the reward of 1500 coins;

  　　 15,000 words today.

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  　　 Continue tomorrow, Risby!

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