Chapter 234: Confrontation
Yao Ming is really tall, and he has weight and skills, and he is also very flexible, when he is playing on the court, Yang Di will feel such difficulties again in his heart. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
At this time, in the third grade, 24-year-old Yao Ming was at his peak.
Since last year, Yao has been getting stronger, more likely to attack in the low post, and scoring closer to the basket in every game, as Van Gundy demands.
But when he met Yang Di, Yao Ming did not attack in such a way.
The first shot of the Rockets, in the eyes of the anticipation, Yao Ming directly turned around and jumped after receiving the ball, and made a force at the waist, just like Nowitzki did in the previous game against the Mavericks.
Yang Di was taken aback and immediately stepped forward and jumped.
But Yao Ming turned around and stepped on his feet, he didn't look like he was jumping high at all, his arm stretched out straight and swept the ball away in the air, and the action was done in one go.
Yang Di's bounce is powerful, and the bounce speed is also very fast, but no matter how fast it is, it takes time, when he jumps in the highest air, even if he can cover Yao Ming, but Yao Ming has already shot at that time.
This becomes even more pronounced when the height difference is too large.
The others were still in the air, and there was a "swish" sound from behind them, and the crisp sound of entering the network was heard.
Yang Di smiled dryly, sure enough, this kind of defense is too passive for himself, and it is very easy to lose his position when he strikes later, and at present, it seems that he really can't cover it.
He had other ways, the moment he landed, he ran slowly, like an antelope, quickly past Yao Ming, who was retreating, and ran to the middle line.
The Warriors, who were quick to serve the baseline ball, quickly pushed forward, and Richardson pushed the ball with both hands.
The basketball threw a beautiful trajectory, past Maddie, Petrus and others in the middle, and found Yang Di, who was unmarked in the run.
Almost instantly, Yang Di, who was in the transition between offense and defense, faced Rockets guard Bob Sura one-on-one in the frontcourt.
"Oops, how do I defend!"
Looking at Yang Di, who was murderous and rushed over like a fierce beast, Su La, who was thin and short, felt a deep anxiety in her heart, and watched Yang Di continue to advance, then lowered the angle of the dribble and patted it twice on the floor.
He chose to dodge, and Yang Di jumped up from outside the penalty area.
Rhythmically swaying his body to maintain balance, holding the basketball in the air, smashing the ball into the basket with his side hand after looking at the basket, and then landing his legs one after the other, contributing another fast-break tomahawk that amazes the world.
"Wow, what a dunk!"
The fans at the scene couldn't help but exclaim, and before they had time to cheer for Yao Ming, they were shocked by Yang Di's unexpected "answerball". They were a little puzzled, why Yang Di's bounce and explosiveness were so strong, and he didn't look like an Asian who couldn't jump up and run fast in his memory.
"He's really the best among Asians." Jeff Van Gundy couldn't help but feel sorry for his brother that such a good young, potential super center was let go so easily. But now that I want to come back, the Heat is also quite strong, and after getting O'Neal, the record has soared, and this season has gone straight to the championship, and there are finally losses and gains, and the worst should be the Lakers, right? Obviously, he had already got it, and he threw it away by himself.
At the beginning, the Rockets and Warriors drew 2-2, and Yao Ming and Yang Di were equivalent to each other.
The Rockets attacked, and Maddie, who was half-squinted and sleepy-eyed, still had no intention of attacking herself, but beckoned and motioned to the guard to pass the ball to Yao Ming.
At this time, he slid sideways, blocked the defender's pass to Yao Ming with his long arms, and actually made a defensive strategy around the front three-quarters.
This is the tactic that Yang Di adopts to deal with the inside line that he can't defend - going around the front to prevent the inside player from receiving the ball.
A defense like this is not good for the mobile inside, such as this year's two rookies Okafor and Howard, the outside ball carrier can easily hang the basket, pass well and even directly form an empty catch.
But Yao Ming can't, Yang Di's speed is a little faster than Yao Ming, and the Rocket guard is not a master of passing, and he is a little unconfident in his heart.
The timid Bob Sula was sprayed by the fans who supported Yao Ming, they didn't understand that Yang Di had adopted a different defensive strategy, they just felt that this person was really useless, and he couldn't even pass the ball well.
Bob Sula passes back to Jim Jackson at the top of the arc.
Jim Jackson's career is legendary, since he was drafted by the Mavericks with the fourth pick in the first round in 1992, he has been through 10 teams, at the peak of his career, that is, at the beginning of his career when he was in the Mavericks, when he formed a "3J" combination with Kidd and Mashburn, averaging 25.7 points per game in a single season. After that, because the woman was jealous of Kidd, he parted ways with the Mavericks and became the number one "ronin" in the NBA.
The Rockets were the tenth team he'd ever been on before.
Now 34 years old, Jim Jackson is already a veteran in the league, but he has yet to win a championship, and the combination of Yao Ming and Maddie has given him hope that it will be OK to rise, and he will do his best in the game.
Facing Richardson, he went straight to a beautiful cross-step dribble and changed direction to break down from the right.
The Warriors were like a fishing net, and the fish retracted in an instant when they entered the net, first Murphy was in front of him to block his view of passing the ball and attacking the basket, and then Yang Di bent over and stared at his side like a silent cheetah.
Jim Jackson made a layup, and Yang Di immediately saved, like thunder, fast as lightning.
"Smack!"
A clean to the extreme, the basketball was fanned into the group of cameramen on the bottom line.
"Don't go to the basket in front of me!" Yang Di shook his head, there are always people who don't believe in evil.
Maddie quietly glanced at Yang Di, and took the initiative to ask for the ball after sending the baseline ball, Yao Ming came out to block and dismantle for him, and the four people on the three-point line were entangled together.
Madilla moved the ball out and pulled out the space, and after Yao Ming blocked Petrus, he went down and in.
Yang Di delayed Maddy's dribble and stayed away from Yao Ming, Petrus and Yang Di together, directly sandwiched Maddie, Maddie was sandwiched into less and less space, and even retreated to the middle corner.
Yang Di was overjoyed, thinking that Maddie probably had no way to handle the ball.
The corners of Maddie's mouth quietly rose, and she jumped up suddenly, like a football player serving the ball on the sideline, and smashed the ball out with both hands behind her head, and the basketball cannonball whistled by, like an orange light.
"What!"
Yang Di turned his head to see that it was Jim Jackson who received the ball, and the veteran immediately handed it to Yao Ming, who was deep under the basket, like a setter.
At this time, there was only Murphy under the basket, Murphy was known as 2.11 meters, and his actual height was not much different from Yang Di.