Chapter 713: Fire inside and outside
On May 14, the G2 battle in the west.
After losing the G1 game, Chinese fans have mixed feelings, two Chinese players, each with their own support or preference for a little player, and the game is always won or lost, which is also unavoidable.
At the Oracle scene, a group of fans pressed by black.
The fans made a lot of noise in various ways, but overall, the two teams were very friendly and there weren't too many clashes in the game.
Compared with the previous saber-rattling Suns and Spurs, it is too peaceful, and there is no way to see the fierce Western Conference Finals.
After the start of the G2 battle, there was a lot less of such a harmonious atmosphere, and the two sides launched a very rude physical confrontation at the beginning, even Maddie was ruthless, and when Yang Di dunked, he slapped Yang Di in the face.
Yang Di suddenly burst into tears, his sour eyes couldn't be opened, and it took a few minutes to return to normal.
Subsequently, Chandler also expanded his defensive moves accordingly, and Yao Ming's low position was that the two of them were like sumo wrestlers, pulling each other's clothes and moving, and the referee couldn't stand it and gave Tyson Chandler a foul.
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Chandler grabbed the basketball and asked the referee in confusion.
The referee shook his head and ignored Tyson Chandler.
Tyson Chandler wanted to say something, but was pulled away by Yang Di, who came over, "Forget it, the referee already knows, and he is saying that he is going to eat T." β
This season, Tyson Chandler is the one who eats the most T in the Warriors, often looking for the referee to "theorize", but the voice is too loud, as if venting his dissatisfaction with the referee, the referee has a "zero tolerance" policy, and naturally many of them did not hesitate to give him a technical foul.
From the point of view of the meaning of the game, such a technical foul is really not interesting, the key is to win the opponent.
At 7 minutes and 44 seconds in the first quarter, Monta Ellis, who came off the bench, activated the tactical rhythm of the Warriors, the Warriors flew up at speed, Ray Allen and Monta Ellis hit three-pointers from the outside one after another, and the Warriors played a wave of 8-0, 25-15 to lead the Rockets, forcing the Rockets to call a timeout.
"Another wave, the opening scorching situation seemed to be just a flash in the pan, and the Warriors found an opportunity and delivered the fatal blow."
The Warriors have seen this way of playing many times this season, and when they played against the Suns and Spurs in the last two rounds, there was no such effect, and this time they played against the Rockets, and it seems that they can play the most eye-catching special effects.
After returning from the timeout, Yao Ming attacked in the low post and caused Chandler to foul, and Chandler was fouled twice and went off the court early, and Biedrindden played.
But Bedrins' body is thin and his weight is somewhat low, and compared to Yao Ming's thick elephant legs, he is not a heavyweight at all.
Yang Di signaled to switch positions with Biedrins, and then defended Yao Ming himself.
"You can't stop me."
Yao Ming speaks in Chinese, the NBA is used to using English, and the first time to communicate in Chinese is a very strange feeling.
Yang Di snorted coldly, his eyes were like torches, and when he arrived on the field, there were only opponents and teammates, he didn't mean to ignore Yao Ming, and bent his arms against Yao Ming, preventing Yao Ming from easily entering the penalty area.
The Rocket team gave up blocking and dismantling, Yang Di's ability to prevent blocking and dismantling was too strong, so it was better to directly give Yao Ming a low position to single out Yang Di.
Yang Di's legs were firmly on the floor, Yao Ming arched in, and slammed into Yang Di's body with a "bang".
Yang Di snorted, his footsteps did not move, there was still a gap between him and Yao Ming in terms of weight, and he made up for it in terms of strength, and he was basically able to resist it.
Yao Ming turned around the second time and made a shooting motion.
Yang Di touched the flesh between Yao Ming's waist with one hand, felt the change in Yao Ming's shooting, and felt that he shouldn't really want to shoot, so he stood in place keenly, just stretched out a hand to interfere in front of him.
After Yao Ming paused, the second shot really shot, and at this time Yang Di jumped up and interfered tightly.
"Bell!"
The shot was badly off, and Beedrins jumped up and tossed the basketball to his teammate, Monta Ellis.
Usually ordinary interior players will not grab rebounds like Yang Di, who can control the rebounds in his own hands almost every time, and most of the time, he still needs to skillfully transfer the basketball.
Protecting backcourt rebounds is a team-wide thing.
After half-time, Monta Ellis handed the ball to Yang Di, who was also receiving the ball in the low post, and Yang Di turned around and held the ball with three threats, one foot forward and one foot behind.
When the three threats are attacking, Yang Di's ball protection is very good, when he breaks through to the left side with his left hand, his right calf steps out, and his left hand controls the ball on the left side, and he will use the cover of the calf to protect the ball, and at the same time the right hand can block the harassment of defenders.
Hayes can't break Yang Di, and he can't cover Yang Di, he can only put enough defensive pressure on Yang Di and hope that his technical movements will be deformed.
Yang Di shook to the right and then broke through to the left, his body was extremely fast, and he rushed in in an instant.
"Smack!"
He dribbled twice on the floor, with Sean Battier in front of him, and Yang Di suddenly pulled the ball up, drew a big circle in the air, jumped up and landed, turned around and shot.
Hayes couldn't cover Yang Di, and Yao Ming in the front position didn't have a chance to help defend.
Yang Di flicked it lightly, leaned back, and the basketball easily entered the frame.
"It's in again!" Rocket fans are full of emotion, the loophole of the Rockets' No. 4 position is undoubtedly exposed, the key is that they can't use Yao Ming to defend Yang Di like they did in the last round against the Mavericks, and Yang Di's speed is at the level of an outside small forward.
Two minutes later, Youngdy gave Monta Ellis a hand-to-hand cover, and Ellis missed a three-point jumper, but the active Biedrins picked up the rebound.
Yang Di flew in, grabbed the rebound in the front court, smashed it on the ground, and jumped high after bounce.
Yao Ming couldn't cover Yang Di, Yang Di straightened his abdomen, and then pulled the ball out, played the basketball board into the basket, and hit a difficult folding layup.
Ray Allen hit another three-pointer, and the Warriors fired inside and out, and at the end of the first quarter, 35-24 had already led the Rockets by 11 points.
Van Gundy sweated like pulp, flipped through the tactical notes, thinking about whether he had any key points missing, but he never thought of a way to deal with the Warriors, the Warriors, like the Suns, are really the team that restrained the Rockets, and among the three over/under teams, only the Mavericks are the most suitable opponent for the Rockets.
And the Mavericks are not in good shape, and luck plays a large part of the reason why the Rockets can advance to the Western Conference Finals.