Jim Bass Ambition

Chapter 85 Charles Good Friday
November 2002, 11 should be Yao Ming's lucky day, or at least one of them.

After the timeout, Brad Miller changed Yao Ming's defensive strategy, actively sought physical confrontation, and used his strength advantage to push the still thin Yao Ming to a position as far away from the basket as possible.

Mucci Norris sticks to the ball even more than Francis, and he can't blow up the opponent's defense with a bomb like Francis. All he can do is pass the ball to Yao Ming after dribbling for 15 seconds.

Brad Miller was trying his best to squeeze Yao Ming out, but after receiving the ball, Yao Ming took advantage of the opportunity to use his right foot as the axis, turned around flexibly against Brad Miller's body, and easily broke through the defense.

Boozer was under the basket, and his defense was not his strong point at the beginning of two meters tall. Facing Yao Ming, who was a head taller than him, Boozer made a quick grab, not only failed to prevent Yao Ming from putting the ball into the basket, but also Lost a foul.

Yao Ming steadily made an extra free throw.

"It seems that everyone is very dissatisfied with Charles Barkley, but my little boss is very popular, and all the players are helping me complete the bet." Jim said to Nicholson, whose face was getting worse and worse.

On the court, Gerald Wallace fought bravely, broke through Morris Taylor's defense, and tried to complete a morale-boosting dunk on Yao Ming's head.

Unfortunately, things backfired. Under Yao Ming's interference, Gerald Wallace dunked and flew, the rebound was taken away by Kenny Smith, and the Rockets scored from a fast break counterattack by Juquin Hawkins.

Seeing that the advantage in the first quarter was eroded in an instant, Zen Master replaced Brad Miller and others who performed poorly, and brought the main lineup back to the field.

The Lakers' starting center is Ben Wallace, and this time Yao Ming was replaced by him.

Although Daben is full of flesh and has excellent defensive skills, the huge gap in height has caused a great imbalance in this group of matchups. Daben has a ditch hairstyle today, and everyone saw Iverson's misplaced defense at certain moments. Horn scene.

After being eaten raw for two consecutive rounds, Zen Master could only move Garnett over, relying on his height and wingspan to limit the fiery Yao Ming.

Facing a spiderman like Garnett, Yao Ming had few options, but the Rockets, who had recovered, found a third reliable offensive method besides Francis and Mobley's singles, and they were aggressive all the way and their morale was high. .

As one of the victims of Clippers owner Donald Sterling's "rookie selling money plan", Maurice Taylor is a typical representative of his debut and peak. In his peak season, he played 62 times with the Clippers and averaged 17 points and 6 rebounds per game. According to the data, the team's record is 10 wins and 52 losses, and the ability to lead the team is close to that of Jahlil Okafor.

Now that the Rockets are here, Taylor plays his Buddhist basketball, so he doesn't have to worry about offense and defense, and occasionally shoots small mid-range shots.Because Yao Ming restrained a lot of attention from the inside of the Lakers, Taylor made a big profit today, hitting consecutive mid-range shots and helping the Rockets overtake the score in one fell swoop.

Naturally, Kobe couldn't bear the team's hasty loss of victory. Facing Mobley, who was nearly 10 centimeters shorter than himself, Kobe's offense could be said to be whatever he wanted. Various ways to torture Mobley's nerves.

Helplessly, the overall performance of the Lakers is not good today, and the sleepwalking of the bench is not counted. The two main players, Artest and Billups, also feel cold, and Ben is not expected to score. The team only relies on Kobe and Garnett In scoring, the score has been stalemate together.

Yao Ming and Maurice Taylor performed well and played the entire second quarter. Yao Ming scored 5 points in a single quarter on all 11 shots, and Taylor scored 6 points on 5 of 10 shots, helping the Rockets to score 27-21 in a single quarter. , narrowing the point difference to only 4 points.

On the way back to the locker room, Garnett was obviously very dissatisfied with the team's performance, and had been communicating with his teammates emotionally, while Kobe walked in the front without saying a word, disappointing several fans who hoped to give him high fives. return.

In the TNT studio, a TV was placed in front of Kenny Smith and Charles Barkley, and the scene of the two watching the live broadcast of the game was broadcast live.

"Friends in the audience, after an exciting first half, our No. 11 pick Yao has scored [-] points. If he can continue to perform like this in the second half, then we will witness how Charles will cash in on his bet. Next, we have invited Charles to comment on Yao's performance!" Kenny Smith feared that the world would not be chaotic.

"Well... he played well in the first half, he showed a good shooting touch, but I think a qualified center should not just float outside and shoot, like me and Hakeem, we can kill opponents at the basket, Putting the ball in the basket instead of avoiding the opponent, relying on the touch like this, I think it's more just luck." Barkley is still stubborn.

"Charles, I think you're going to change your mind soon, look... oh my god, it's Jim, let's hear what he has to say." Kenny Smith was in the middle of speaking, and the TV broadcast in front of them was shown To Jim who was caught by the sideline reporter.

"Hey Charles, I know you're watching this game, I'm sorry to interrupt your enjoyment of the cheerleading performance, but I want to say that in order to avoid making a fool of yourself in front of the fans all over the world, it's too late to cancel our bet ...or we have a plan B, you can give Rudy a call and tell him not to play Yao in the second half... Sorry, kind of digressed. I mean, although Yao played well today, I still have a win for the Lakers With absolute confidence, I believe in my team, that's it."

After finishing the long series of interviews, Jim left the bewildered reporter and returned to his special seat on the sidelines, continuing to discuss the dark history of Magic Johnson with Nicholson.

It was impossible for Charles Barkley to call Rudy Tomjanovich in full view, but in the second half, the stubborn Tang Shuai really put Yao Ming on the bench.

Depressed for a long time, Ben faced Eddie Griffin's rough offense, and he was not polite at all, while Garnett, who was liberated, showed his comprehensive skills on both ends of the offense and defense, completely liberating Kobe's offensive firepower.

In the third quarter, Fei Xia was fully fired and scored 24 points in a single quarter, which was twice the sum of Francis and Mobley. The Lakers' 2-36 attack wave completely opened the score.

According to Abdul-Jabbar's theory, Kobe does not intend to continue wasting time on the court, and resolutely refuses to let the water go.

It's just that Brad Miller suffered. As the first substitute insider, Miller, who was in poor condition, faced the hot Yao Ming in the fourth quarter.

For the sake of dignity, Miller played extremely tough and did not hesitate to use fouls to stop Yao Ming's attack. It was not at all obvious that the score had widened to an irreversible gap.

"Nice job, Brad, that's what we're going to do, take the game seriously no matter how much you lead, never let it go, oh, pity, you're only close to guarding Yao. Charles, see that, Brad We’ve tried our best, we really can’t help you!” On the court, Yao Ming received a pass from Juquin Hawkins, overwhelmed Brad Miller to score a dunk, and scored his 20th in the game. point.

Compared with Yao Ming's explosion and Kobe's scoring feast, Barkley's unlovable expression became a topic that many fans talked about after this game.

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