The United Center erupted in cheers.
Xu Yong shook his arms after landing.
He is now sure that what Rose said before is right. This kind of dunk without slowing down and changing direction to hang the basket is indeed very taxing on the arm.
And he also underestimated his current explosive power and speed, because you will subconsciously have reservations during training, but on the court, especially when facing top defenders, you will just give it your all.
"That's not good for Battier. He's as motionless as a wooden stake. Xiao Xu needs to be fast enough." Zhang Weiping immediately said with a smile again.
At this time, Director Zhang has not yet understood what happened in the round just now.
In the Rockets' round, Yao Ming continued to hold the ball at the free throw line, and this time Noah had to defend him.
That is to say, seizing this gap, Artest ran back and came out to receive Yao Ming's pass and hit the board in the mid-range.
McGrady couldn't play, but the Rockets' offense in the opening two rounds stood out smoothly.
This is the hallmark of Princeton's offense, man-movement-ball-movement, coordinated.
Of course, more importantly, Yao Ming's support axis is better than Divac or Brad Miller.
Because of his mid-range stability at the free throw line, he is much more of a threat than those two.
Xu Yong was also quite surprised at this time.
He originally advised Yao Ming to lose weight, thinking that Yao Ming's performance on the court would definitely decline.
But it seems that his judgment is biased. Yao Ming seems to be playing better than before?
And this is like an experimental control group, the weight-increasing version of Yao Ming + Adelman = overwhelmed and reimbursed for the season;
The weight-loss version of Yao Ming + Adelman = Princeton, like a duck in water.
However, this seems to be explainable, because in history, the season when Yao Ming really performed in the NBA was under the coaching of Adelman.
In other words, if Yao Ming met Adelman when he was a rookie and before he gained weight, the scene would be beautiful.
So...damn Jeff Van Gundy!
On the court, Rose continued to make a wedding dress for Xu Yong, but Xu Yong's mid-range pull-up failed to hit the ball this time.
His touch looked average tonight.
Yao Ming protected the defensive rebound and passed a long pass to Brooks on the outside. Brooks rushed to the frontcourt and scored two points for a layup.
6 to 2.
The Rockets opened the game with a flurry of mercury.
They are currently ranked third in the Western Conference, not only in terms of strength, but also in very good condition.
Yao Ming told Xu Yong yesterday whether he should be gentle with his actions. That was not entirely a joke.
Rose took the ball and beat Brooks. Brooks was one size smaller than Rose. The whole scene was like eating him alive, but Yao Ming's defense allowed Rose's throw to miss the basket.
In fact, you can feel it from the opening game against the Cavaliers. The instability of shooting makes Rose's performance very limited when facing big centers.
In addition, Xu Yong missed the mid-range shot just now, and the Bulls will not be able to deal with Yao Ming like they did with O'Neal tonight.
Looking back, Brooks shot a three-pointer directly from the outside. Although the ball did not go in, Yao Ming grabbed the offensive rebound, tip-in and scored, and also caused Noah's pulling foul.
Yao Ming shook his fist excitedly, and the Rockets were full of momentum.
Xu Yong was looking at Yao Ming from the outside. This was really a heavy blow!
"Uh-huh!"
Yao Ming also had extra penalties, and the Rockets led 9-2.
The scene was agitated, and the Rockets felt like they were completely lifting up the Bulls.
Xu Yong continued to run off-the-ball tactics in the frontcourt, but Battier was experienced and bypassed Noah's pick-and-roll, and he did not have a good chance.
However, he did not return the ball to Rose, but faked a shot, and then went in with the ball.
At this time, he must stand up.
This time, Battier consciously guarded against Xu Yong's change of direction and did not slow down.
But after seeing Battier's choice, Xu Yong did not slow down and went to the right to break through.
Battier's disadvantage was also highlighted at this moment. With mediocre dynamic talent, it was basically impossible for him to catch up with Xu Yong after making a mistake in defensive judgment.
Yao Ming saw it and quickly recovered it from the weak side to the basket.
In the era before Xu Yong was reborn, one of the topics that fans tirelessly discussed was whether Yao Ming could play in the small ball era.
Yao Ming showed a good performance on both offense and defense tonight. With just a slight weight loss, he can go to the free throw line to provide support on the offensive end, and can cover the entire three-second zone on the defensive end.
If you drag Yao Ming, who was capable of fast-break and behind-the-back dribbling as a rookie, to the small ball era, the answer is obvious.
By the time Xu Yong broke through to the basket, Yao Ming had already stepped in to help defend.
Seeing this, Xu Yong directly dribbled the ball hard, fell to the ground, and turned around behind Yao Ming to shoot at the free throw line.
Yao Ming was a little unable to keep up now, but because he was under the basket, he was still able to interfere with Xu Yong by moving forward.
However, Xu Yong's shot was a false shot. He knew that his hand was not good, so how could he still choose to shoot to finish!
He turned around and passed Yao Ming, then wiped the board lightly with his right hand and sent the ball into the basket.gif.
What stands out about this step up and down is that the steps are clean and flowing, which a king cannot learn in his lifetime.
Of course, it also ignited the emotions of the fans at the scene.
Olajuwon was so popular back then, not because of three-pointers or dunks, but because of his steps that could make people look wet.
Xu Yong is going to compete with Kobe for the title of Big Dream's chief disciple!
"Defend! Defend!"
After the fans' emotions were ignited, they began to spontaneously cheer for the home team.
Encouraged by this kind of shouting, the Bulls showed defensive enthusiasm.
Scola's attack was blocked by Gibson, and Yao Ming's attempt to make a tip-in was blocked by Noah, who couldn't reach it. Finally, Xu Yong jumped up from the crowd and grabbed the defensive rebound.
The Bulls' defensive performance was quite impressive this time around.
Looking back, Gibson received a pass from Rose and hit a high parabolic mid-range shot.
Moreover, after the Bulls continued to maintain a high-pressure defense, Scola made a passing error. Rose seized the opportunity and scored a layup on the fast break, also scoring the first goal of the night.
9 to 8!
Starting from Xu Yong's wonderful up and down steps, the Bulls launched a counterattack climax and narrowed the point difference to 1 point!
Because of their youth, the Bulls were beaten at the beginning, but also because of their youth and passionate youth, it only took a matter of minutes for the Bulls to gain momentum.
"Yao Ming is going to the basket!" Zhang Weiping shouted anxiously from the commentary box.
I don’t know if he really heard Coach Zhang’s voice, but Yao Ming really moved to the low post in the next round.
Noah was inexperienced in defending this ball and did not go forward. After receiving the ball, Yao Ming saw Xu Yong coming to help defend, turned directly to the baseline and made a fadeaway jumper.
Noah looked up at his face: ...you are noble!
"Uh-huh!"
Yao Ming's fadeaway shot was a solid hit, and the key score helped the Rockets stabilize their position.
"That's how it should be played. Yao Ming has to take advantage of his height." Zhang Weiping said with a smile after seeing the goal.
After scoring the goal, Yao Ming also glanced at Xu Yong. Although he was happy that Xu Yong's strength had improved, he also hoped that Xu Yong could get good data, just like Yi Jianlian back then, but just like before, he had to win the game. No mercy.
His competitive spirit is no weaker than anyone else's.
At this time, Stern in the stands was already smiling from ear to ear.
From Xu Yong's opening dunk, to Yao Ming leading his team to build an advantage, to Xu Yong's wonderful up and down steps to lead his team to counterattack, and finally Yao Ming stepped forward to stabilize the position at the critical moment.
This Yao-Xu Derby was much more exciting than the Yao-Yi Derby back then.
And the key is the detailed interaction between Yao Ming and Xu Yong, which is full of liu (liu) questions (liang).
Xu Yong was also a little excited at this time.
Although their relationship didn't allow them to talk trash to each other on the court, he understood all the messages in Yao Ming's eyes.
After the transition between offense and defense, Xu Yong directly reached out for the ball for the first time.
At this time, fans both at the scene and watching the live broadcast became excited.
Even Stern in the stands straightened up subconsciously.
Two Chinese players played American hero ball on the NBA stage. In terms of topicality, what could be more interesting than this?
After his teammates opened up the space, Xu Yong opened the distance between him and Battier and launched another breakthrough.
This time Battier was also a little unsure about Xu Yong's breakthrough, and he focused more on Xu Yong's feet.
This time he finally saw the change in Xu Yong's footsteps, but after he judged Xu Yong's intention, the feeling of déjà vu came again.
With a "swish", something passed over his face again.
After seeing this, Yao Ming shrank to the basket again, but this time he was obviously a little behind.
Xu Yong saw Yao Ming's assisting defense. This time, he did not use his pivot foot to slow down as he did last time. Instead, he jumped into the air half a meter away from the basket, passing Yao Ming who managed to get there...
"Bang!"
Smashed the ball directly into the basket.gif.
The spotlight suddenly flashed under the basket.
All the fans at the scene were stunned.
This isn't some parallel import Thabit, it's the little giant Yao Ming!
The huge impact hit Yao Ming directly, and Yao Ming was pushed out of the bottom line.
However, this time it happened that Xu Yong was manually relieved of his strength. Xu Yong loosened his hands and landed gracefully.
Yao Ming looked at Xu Yong in shock: What a kid!
Xu Yong smiled slightly: Brother Yao, I'm sorry, you were the one who struck hard first!
This is the 9th update, the leader’s additional update. There are 2 more chapters updated during the day, a total of 11 updates today. As for the update time, some readers have suggested before. I will make some adjustments and change it to 8 am and 8 pm, so that everyone should read the book. It’s the most comfortable~
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