Yang Di was already very good at defending the ground, but Yao Ming's performance was even better. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Last season, Yang Di was on the bench of the Heat and used to make Yao Ming very uncomfortable.

This season, Yao Ming has paid attention to low-post offense, increased low-post offensive skills, played with a more rhythmic sense of play, stronger confrontation ability, and significantly increased stability, the reason why the data is similar is entirely because the team's playing style has changed somewhat, no longer around his core offense, but around him and Maddie's core offense.

And neither is the kind of player who is particularly hungry for the ball, and under normal circumstances, the rest of the Rockets players also have a lot of shots, and Yao Ming plays the role of a central axis and a drawer.

"Yao Ming can't attack like this the whole game." Richardson ran to comfort Yang Di.

"I know, we play them with speed, that's our strategy before the game, they don't have good perimeter defenders." Yang Di nodded, his face did not change in the slightest - it was just that he was beaten twice in a row, and it had not yet reached the point of imbalance in his mentality.

Richardson was relieved, dribbled past half court, and directed Petrus to run back into the bottom corner.

Petrus's counterrun was purely to open up space, but it was Murphy's side that gave Fisher's off-ball cover to good effect, and Richardson hit the ground straight through.

Fisher dribbled inside and turned back to pass the ball to Murphy.

Murphy faced Bob Sula on the defensive and hit a jumper. 8-6, the Warriors trailed by 2 points.

Bob Sula pushes in and passes to Jim Jackson on the flank.

Jackson stepped through, and the moment he passed, the referee blew him a step.

“OH，SHIT！”

Jackson shook his head, speechless. This kind of blowing penalty is more common in the NBA, and it is usually a flash of inspiration for the referee, because when the outside player breaks through, thirty or forty percent of them may have a violation problem. It's just a question of whether the referee notices it, and if he notices it, he blows a foul, and when he doesn't pay attention, it's okay to take a step or two.

The Rockets made a mistake, and when it was the Warriors' turn to attack, there was also a coordination problem.

When the block was down, Richardson gave Yang Di the ball too big, Yang Di reached out and didn't catch it, and the ball flew off the bottom line.

The two sides went back and forth, and halfway through the first quarter, the Rockets led the Warriors by three points 14-11.

It was at this time that Maddie suddenly broke out.

He shot a total of one shot in the first half of the quarter, and then got a chance to shoot from the outside line, facing Petrus, who came to make up for the defense, and hit a dry shot.

The Rockets led by six points at 17-11.

Fisher passed the ball to Richardson, Richardson turned over and missed a jumper, and the rebound was given to Zhu Wan by Yao Ming.

Then Maddie dribbled to the front court, faced the defense of Michael Petrus, dribbled under the hip continuously, lowered his center of gravity, and shook his shoulders so that it was impossible to discern his movements.

A strong step to break through on the right side, scared Petrus to retreat and defend.

However, Maddy still made a dry jump shot, stepping on a step inside the three-point line to stand up and shoot without warning.

Petrus pounced and looked pretty well defended, but in fact Maddie was shooting high in the air with little to no interference.

"Huh!"

The white net flowers flew, and the Rockets led 19-11, and a wave of 5-0 in an instant.

It was just over less than a minute and a half of the Rockets' timeout, Montgomery couldn't sit still any longer, stood up and asked the referee for a timeout, and after Fisher dribbled past half court, the referee blew the whistle to interrupt the game.

"We have to play aggressively, the Rockets are a traditional positional offensive player, positional play is not our forte, we have to find opportunities between offense and defense, we have to pass the ball, share the ball, dominate the ball, everybody runs, don't stay where you are!"

Montgomery roared as he pulled out the tactics board and instructed every player standing.

Yang Di took a towel and wiped his face, and then threw it to the staff, in the broadcast camera of the scene, he suddenly gave him a close-up of his back, and then gave Yao Ming a close-up of his back, the black No. 8 and the red No. 11 are like two symbols that exist in the memory complex, deeply imprinted in the hearts of fans.

The two sides returned to the field, Yao Ming and Yang Di stood together, the camera framed the two just right, the special significance of the Chinese derby, the fans couldn't help but be more excited.

Yang Di moved sideways and ran out of the three-point line to catch the ball.

He originally wanted to give Richardson a hand-to-hand pass screen, but unfortunately Jim Jackson, who defended Richardson, was particularly tight on the ground this round, and Yang Di pulled the ball up and pulled the ball directly over the heads of the two.

He turned around and faced Yao Ming's defense directly.

Yang Di took a crotch in his hand, exchanged it to his left hand, and then pressed down with his left hand, changed his body to his right hand to control the ball, and after a shake, he opened a little distance from Yao Ming, stepped to the right with his left foot, and broke through sideways.

This is also a characteristic of Yang Di, in this era, there are almost no centers who can dribble like him, and some will not be so hard in the game.

Many head coaches will not approve of this style of play, and Montgomery will never approve of it, but Yang Di sometimes plays like this with good results, so he is left to play.

This strong sudden attack had an effect in an instant, and Yao Ming couldn't keep up with Yang Di's footsteps, so he chased after him.

Juwan Howard pretended to be a reinforcement, but in fact it didn't have any effect at all.

Yang Di dodged the frontal defense, leaned forward and flew to the basket, Yao Ming's chasing ability was not good, and the ball could not be covered at all, so he could only press Yang Di's body in the back, hoping to interfere with him with confrontation.

Yang Di's shot was very soft, but his strength was a little heavier, and he couldn't move forward.

He stood under the basket, took an absolute position, jumped again, and flicked the ball with one hand with his right hand to send it into the frame.

13-19, forced an offensive rebound.

The Rockets attacked, and it was still Maddie who held the ball on the outside.

This time, it was replaced by a three-threat attack, and in the face of Petrus, Maddy directly tested the step on the 45-degree line to test Petrus's defensive intensity and center of gravity.

The 22-year-old Petrus is also too nervous, opposite Maddy, the league's scoring champion in the first two years, and the most talented genius in the post-Jordan era.

The others pulled out of the space, as if they knew Maddie was going to single, and the air became quiet.

Yang Di squinted, quietly let go of Yao Ming, and landed in front of the basket to guard the restricted area.

Maddie suddenly activated, stepping out with only one white legging, and intercepting Petrus's interfering arm with her left hand, the first step was frighteningly fast.

Petrus quickly followed with his steps, but Maddie suddenly stopped after two steps.

Jump high and make a pull-up jumper.

Petrus did everything he could to cover up and cover up the distractions.

"Huh!"

Another three-in-a-row, 21-13, the first quarter is equivalent to Yao Ming and Maddie teaming up to play one after another.

Yang Di silently picked up the basketball, looked up, and saw the two championship flags hanging above the rocket.

He couldn't help but think of the S+ level Olajuwon training card he drawn, from Elvin Hayes to "Prophet" Moses Malone, Ralph Sampson, and then to "Big Dream" Olajuwon, the Rockets seem to have embarked on a great path of legendary center continuation.

Yang Di looked at the back of No. 11, and suddenly felt that Yao Ming should be able to follow the great footsteps of this glorious tradition in the future and become a legend, right?