Yao Ming's withdrawal only paused the game for a while. The Rockets brought in substitute inside man Chuck Hayes and let Scola play center.
Li Kaiming prayed for Yao Ming in his heart for a while, and then walked onto the court. At this time, the score between the two sides was 18 to 14, and the Wizards led by 4 points.
Yao Ming scored 4 points in 6 minutes before leaving the field, and his shooting percentage was 100%. It can be seen that if Yao Ming was at his peak, with the Wizards' interior defense, he might not be able to stop him at all.
The Rockets served the ball in the frontcourt, and the ball was given to point guard Ish Smith. The latter dribbled past Hinrich and took a quick shot from the mid-range, but did not hit.
Li Kaiming was just about to take off the rebound when suddenly a figure half a head taller than him squeezed in from the other side of him. Although that person was not tall, he was extremely strong. Even someone like Li Kaiming with a strength attribute of 90 found it difficult to parry. .
This person is Chuck Hayes, who just came on the court. He is one of the legendary four monsters on the court, a short and stocky rebounder. He is 198cm tall and plays in the post. He also averages nearly 2 offensive rebounds per game. It can be seen that Hayes Strong positioning ability and rebounding ability.
Coupled with the height difference between the two, the centers of gravity of Li Kaiming and Hayes were not at the same height at all. As soon as Hayes exerted force in the lower plate, Li Kaiming was actually pushed out!
Li Kaiming could only feel an extremely weird feeling. In fact, he was not afraid of Hayes, but this guy was too short. When he was stuck, the focus was just below his hips, and he couldn't exert any force at that position.
But Li Kaiming was not a vegetarian. While using force to prevent himself from being pushed away, he stretched out his arms to shoot the basketball that bounced back in the air.
Hayes won the position, but his height, wingspan and jumping were all beaten by Li Kaiming. In the end, the ball was passed to Blatche by the latter.
The Rockets still quickly return to defense. Hayes has the advantage of being a short inside man, that is, he moves much faster than Scola.
The Wizards once again engaged in a positional battle. This time after Hinrich's pick-and-roll tactics, the Rockets did not directly double-team Li Kaiming. Hayes wanted to challenge him to see if he could guard Li Kaiming.
Seeing Li Kaiming versus Hayes, the rest of the Wizards pulled away. They had seen Li Kaiming's offensive ability in training and games, so they were not worried at all about what trouble Hayes might cause to the latter.
Hinrich gave the ball in, and as soon as Li Kaiming got the ball, Hayes' strong defense came up.
Hayes' defense was very simple. He used his lower plate to hold up Li Kaiming while also providing physical confrontation to prevent the latter from dropping the ball.
Maybe if you encounter a person with average physical fitness and can't stand the confrontation from Hayes, the ball can only be passed out reluctantly, or the ball can be shot.
But Li Kaiming was never afraid of any challenge on the offensive end. He took the ball and turned sideways, then inserted his non-pivot foot between Hayes' legs. Then he pressed down with his whole body and used his legs to push away Hayes. .
Hayes felt the huge force coming from his chest and the feeling of losing balance under his feet. His expression changed and he immediately took a step back to prevent himself from falling.
As soon as he controlled his body, Hayes rushed forward again, but how could Li Kaiming let go of the space he finally got?
He took advantage of this time difference to immediately drop the ball and at the same time lower the shoulder close to Hayes. When Hayes wanted to push Li Kaiming out with force, he also lost his flexibility.
Li Kaiming seized this opportunity. At the moment when he was about to make contact with Hayes, his shoulder suddenly lowered again, and his whole body was like a blade, going straight from Hayes' side to the basket.
Coupled with his huge steps, Hayes was not careful and was behind Li Kaiming in the blink of an eye.
At this position, even if Olajuwon came, he could not keep up with Li Kaiming. There was only one Scola under the basket. The latter moved his feet, observing Li Kaiming while preventing Blatche from stealing the chicken.
Scola's hesitation allowed him to successfully become Li Kaiming's background. He was only one step away from the latter to dunk directly. Scola obviously did not expect that Li Kaiming's steps were so big. By the time he reacted, it was already too late. , had no choice but to raise his hands in the air and jump on the spot, while praying in his heart that he would not be dunked.
God did not fulfill Scola's wish. After Li Kaiming flew in the air for a while, he used his arm half beyond the basket to push the ball into the basket directly in front of Scola's face!
The entire mcI Center immediately turned into a sea of celebrations. All the fans stood up almost at the same time. The fans close to the stadium could see it more clearly. They shouted "Fuck!"
The commentator at the scene may have been used to Li Kaiming's performance. He smiled and said to the guests next to him, "As long as there is this guy's game, there will definitely be a place for him in the top ten goals of the day. Who will the Wizards choose?" Why did you come back?"
"Brother, I'm looking forward to his performance in the All-Star Slam Dunk Contest now. If I were Stern, I would definitely invite him to participate in the Slam Dunk Contest." The black brother next to him shook his head and said.
The commentator nodded, and then remembered something, "Maybe it's not just the dunk contest, have you forgotten? This guy's three-pointer is also very good. Maybe we can do both the dunk contest and the three-point contest." Saw him."
The first quarter ended quickly. Li Kaiming was replaced in the 10th minute. Sanders has now gradually figured out how to use Li Kaiming.
When the team needs to score, it takes the latter. After playing for a while and the team takes the lead, Li Kaiming can come down to rest.
Li Kaiming played 10 minutes in the first quarter, making 4 of 5, 1 of 1 three-pointers, and scored 9 points, 3 rebounds, and 2 assists.
After seeing Li Kaiming's first-quarter statistics, the MCI Center commentator smiled and said to the black guest next to him, "This guy really does what he says. In the last post-game interview, he said it was easy to score 30 points. He scored 8 points in each quarter." Points are enough. At that time, most people were saying he was showing off, but today he scored 9 points in the first quarter."
The black guest also lamented, "To be honest, except for Jordan, I have never seen anyone score so easily."
"At the beginning, Jordan also said that averaging 30 per game was easy, just scoring 4 goals in one quarter was enough."
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In the first half of the second quarter, Sanders still asked Arenas to lead the substitutes. Now Sanders has no hope at all for Arenas. If the management hadn't asked Arenas to play, he wouldn't have wanted to watch on the court. To Arenas.
The management also had some considerations in letting Arenas play. After all, only by producing data can there be trading value. If Arenas's level in the last game is matched with a contract with an average salary of 18 million, I am afraid no one would dare to ask for it.
And Arenas was also very cooperative in brushing the data during the game. Unexpectedly, Arenas and the management unexpectedly had the same idea, but the former wanted to brush the data to compete for the team leader, while the latter wanted to brush the data to find the team leader. Receiver.
At the 6-minute mark of the second quarter, as expected, under the leadership of Arenas, the Rockets once again closed the gap. Sanders discovered that keeping Arenas in the team was to train Li Kaiming with weights. .
So he took advantage of the situation and replaced Li Kaiming again and played the remaining 6 minutes.
After midfield, the Wizards led the Rockets by 11 points 69-58.
Li Kaiming played 16 minutes in the half, making 7 of 11 shots, 2 of 5 three-pointers, and scored 19 points, 4 rebounds, and 5 assists. The Rockets did a very good job in rebound protection and rushing. Li Kaiming could only cooperate with Blatche to protect his own team. Backcourt rebounds, so basically all the rebounds were taken by Blatche.
Hinrich did not play many personal offensive roles tonight. He only scored 2 points in the half, but he got 6 assists, which were basically given to Li Kaiming.
Blatche scored 4 points and 8 rebounds at halftime, and Nick Young scored 6 points.
Sun Yue still didn't get a chance to play in the first half. Yi Jianlian and Arenas played together. They basically ran back and forth to practice their physical strength. In the half, they only made one of two shots and scored 2 points and 2 rebounds.
