The Legend of the Hungry Wolf in Basketball

Chapter 121 [No upset, only strength]

During the intermission, the two commentators, Ralph Basil and Michael Smith, almost kept talking about Ye Feng's technical progress this season.They thought it would be good for Ye Feng to average 20 points per game in the new season, but they didn't expect his scoring ability to improve significantly, becoming the league's top scorer.In this young team, he really took on the core responsibility.

拥有无限出手权是很重要的。就以麦迪为例，他在猛龙最好的一个赛季场均打31分钟只能得到15.4分，到了魔术队第一个赛季就场均拿下了26.8分7.5篮板4.6助攻1.5抢断1.5盖帽成为了全明星。其实他的打法和在猛龙队时没有太大改变，唯一改变的就是在魔术队获得了无限出手权。

All the tricks Adelman could come up with to limit Ye Feng had already been used. The two strong defensive players Battier and Artest took turns to defend. Ye Feng still scored 8 points in the second quarter.If he uses a dry jumper to attack, the Rockets, apart from admiring his amazing talent, can only interfere with him by closing his eyes.Now this Rockets team is almost all floor players except for Landry, and Ye Feng's pull-up jumper is as difficult to block as McGrady's shot at his peak.

When Tracy McGrady won two scoring titles, the most powerful moves were not dunks or breakthroughs, but jump shots. With a height of 203cm and a wingspan of 218cm, his sudden stop jump shot after taking a step has become a great trick in the league. As long as he can guarantee the touch, he can use jump shots to dominate the game.Almost no one can guard him at the 2 and 3 positions.Grant Hill once said that McGrady is the most talented person in the league.

Ye Feng's height, wingspan, and bounce are all similar to McGrady's, and his body is much stronger than McGrady's at his peak.Now he plays the No. 2 position, which is even more terrifying.When defending players like McGrady and Kobe, Artest can use physical confrontation to disrupt the opponent's shooting rhythm, but Ye Feng is also not afraid of confrontation, and can resist people rushing into the basket and dunking.

There's no question that the league is about to have another superstar.Ye Feng still had the shortcomings of not being able to dribble and inaccurate shooting last season, and he has improved a lot this season.Shooting is actually the best practice. As long as you are willing to work hard and master the movements well, and your wrists are not too stiff, most people can shoot goals.Many middle school students can practice shooting very accurately.If you want to play well in the NBA, the difficulty is to get a shot under high-intensity defense.

After consulting Mutombo, Thibodeau was ready to try a new defensive method and changed the lineup in the second half, "Javier (McGee) came on in the second half and replaced Kevin (Love), JaVale, you Take charge of resisting Yao Ming, use what Dikembe taught you, and try to interfere with his shooting. Everyone must pay attention to protecting the backcourt rebounds. After grabbing the rebounds, fast break if you can. ), you replace Matt (Barnes), entangle Artest, and don’t let him catch the ball easily. Today we are going to put Yao Ming in singles and focus on other people. Offensive leaves continue to shoot, bold shots, Josh in The outside line is responsible for the screen, and you can also choose to shoot after changing positions, try to play fast breaks, shoot quickly, like the Suns, don’t wait for their defense to fall, and switch offense and defense quickly.”

The Suns can complete a play in five seconds.Their bombardment tactics shocked the entire league. Although they didn't win the championship, they were indeed sharp.As long as the Rockets can get out of the rhythm and compete with them in quality, this game will be won.

Players from both sides returned to the court, Allen followed Artest, and McGee defended Yao Ming.

It is rare to be reused, and McGee is very excited.Thibodeau made targeted adjustments. The insider McGee has the weakest strength, but he is 213cm tall and has the strongest jumping ability. As long as the timing of the jump is well grasped, he may block Yao Ming.Yao Ming seldom resists low dunks in post-up singles. Although McGee's strength is poor, he will not be completely abused.

In addition, Tony Allen is very fast, so letting him entangle Artest, who moves slowly laterally, will also have a good effect.Seeing someone shorter than him defending, Artest may choose to shoot and attack by himself. His shooting percentage is very low, and the Clippers will have less defensive pressure.Ye Feng had no problem defending McGrady, McGrady couldn't break through him, so he didn't score too much today.Seeing McGrady's current state, Thibodeau sighed unceasingly. A good flying man has fallen to such a point due to injuries.

McGee was very active when defending Yao Ming. As soon as he was close to the body, Thibodeau knew it was right to let him play.McGee has a long arm, which can be extended to the front to affect Yao Ming's reception, and can achieve some effect of going around the front, which makes the Rockets passers uncomfortable.

Alston lobbed the ball inside, and Yao Ming hit McGee with his back. He found that McGee's defensive method was different from Love and Gortat's.This is the method that Mutombo gave to McGee. It doesn't matter if you don't completely withstand it, but you must let yourself have room to jump.You can only block shots by jumping up.What he has to do is to judge the opponent's shot time as much as possible.

Mutombo is also a legend. He is not physically strong. He can average 3 blocks per game as soon as he enters the league. In addition to his excellent height and wingspan, the most important thing is to grasp the timing of take-off and predict the shooting.

After Yao Ming arched twice, McGee chose to retreat. Yao Ming was used to someone behind him, but when McGee pulled away, he was a little uncomfortable. He immediately turned around and made a jumper. McGee jumped up to block the shot and almost touched the basketball. , he jumped too high, Yao Ming was also taken aback, and the ball missed.

Smith grabbed the rebound.As soon as McGee hit the ground, he rushed towards the Rockets' half court, leaving Yao Ming behind in a few steps, like a giant guard.He doesn't play a lot of time in each game, doesn't score many points, and has few rebounds, but he does have an advantage, and that is his hard work.No one can deny his desire for victory, and it is precisely because of this never-give-up style that Thibodeau likes to use him.

Smith passed the ball to Lowry, and Lowry dribbled past Als through half court to watch the situation.

Ye Feng and Tony Allen rushed down together, surrounded by Battier and Artest, who had no chance, but McGee rushed into the inside without defense.

McGee was reaching out all the way through the run, ready to go.Lowry believed in McGee's jumping ability and threw the ball high to the basket.McGee flew up under the basket, caught the basketball, and dunked into the basket with both hands! 67 to 56.

The Clippers have dunked many times in this game, and the audience stood up and applauded.

Mutombo looked at his disciple's outstanding performance and said proudly: "How is it? His physical fitness is amazing, better than when I entered the league. When these young players on the team grow up, maybe the Clippers can really win the championship. .”

Thibodeau smiled and said: "Dikembe, when you were young, you also had a performance of 16 points in a single season. If he can do as well as you, he is a great player. Teach him well, I see this You hit it off, kid. Are you interested in staying with the Clippers as an assistant coach after your contract expires?"

Mutombo said with a smile: "Of course I am interested. I like this place and these young people, especially Ye Feng. His talent is better than McGee. I used to think that Yao Ming was the most powerful Chinese. I don't think so. There will be monsters like him, I think if we play like this with him as the core, we are likely to enter the playoffs."

As Mutombo was talking, McGrady pulled out his hand under Ye Feng's defense, and the ball hit the iron.Yao Ming picked up the offensive rebound, had no chance to make a strong attack, and passed the ball again.After several passes, the ball was in McGrady's hands again. He relied on Battier's cover to break through to the inside, stopped suddenly, and wanted to shake Smith up to make a foul, but Smith just raised his hand to interfere and did not take off.After McGrady jumped up, Smith jumped up to interfere.

McGrady's bullet speed is too slow now, and the offense has traces to follow.The ball went wide again, and Ye Feng rushed inside to protect the backboard.McGee strode towards the rocket's penalty area with strides like a quick smoke. Ye Feng saw his momentum and decided to pass it to him, maybe he could score.

McGee received a long pass from Ye Feng in front of the three-point line and rushed to the Rockets' restricted area. Battier had already established his position in front of the reasonable collision zone in the middle.McGee did not slow down, took the ball with one hand, passed Battier, and looked as if he was going to jump over Battier's head, but he failed, and the jump shot collided with Battier , the ball was thrown out...

The unlucky Battier was hit by McGee under the body, and the referee blew McGee for a foul.

Thibodeau sighed helplessly, and said to Mutombo: "When will this kid stop doing this kind of thing? Tell him about him, don't always think about acting."

McGee's mistakes are funny, but the defensive end is doing well. The Rockets' offense started to misfire. Battier, Artest, and Yao Ming missed shots one after another. The Clippers played a quick counterattack, and Ye Feng stopped driving inside , running without the ball, rushing to shoot after catching the ball in the high post and on both sides, making very resolute shots, making consecutive mid-range shots.

His performance completely overwhelmed McGrady.McGrady couldn't get rid of the defense. He shot three times in the third quarter and all missed, looking like he was sleepwalking.Adelman couldn't take it anymore and finally replaced him, sitting on the bench for the entire fourth quarter.

Yao Ming's physical strength finally had problems in the fourth quarter, and his power was greatly reduced.Not only is it difficult to attack, but the defensive rebounds are also difficult to protect.The Rockets replaced Krstic and Landry.The Clippers seized the opportunity of Yao Ming's exit and widened the point difference to 18 points at most. Scola stood up and scored 10 points in this quarter, but he couldn't help the Rockets catch up with the score.

In the end, the Clippers beat the Rockets by 106 points 90 to 16.

叶锋出场38分钟，得到36分5篮板2助攻2盖帽。他在防守端的表现同样惊人，本场比赛和他对位的麦迪出场27分钟，8投0中，只依靠罚球得到了2分5篮板1助攻。

McGrady used to be all-powerful on the court, but now he has fallen like this. Is it the impact of injuries or his own lack of diligence?Right and wrong, who can tell? "Mai Mi" would say it was due to injuries, "Mai Hei" would say it was due to his personality, and the media reported it for utilitarianism!
If you have to find a murderer, it is the rocket!The time when Yao Mai was really together, except for 2004-2005 and 2006-2007, the rest of the time was either you were hurt or I was sick, the heavy burden, who is to blame?McGrady averaged 40 minutes per game when he first arrived at the Rockets, and he was exhausted.

After this game, the media no longer used the term "upset" to describe the Clippers.Winning a game is an upset. If you can win three teams with strong performance in the playoffs, including two favorites to win the championship, that is strength!

(End of this chapter)