Chapter 629 [The Super Two Pairs Recorded in History]
Today, Chinese fans are paying attention to the NBA Finals, even those who don't know much about basketball, because Yao Ming took the time to watch the game. Although Yao Ming has never won the championship for the Chinese men's basketball team in international competitions, he is already recognized as the most influential athlete in China.
In China, some brainless Yao Hei on the Internet called Yao Ming "Dasha", and if they said so in the United States, they might be regarded as a psychopath by American fans.
Aren't Chinese people immigrating to the United States for a hundred years just to let other ethnic groups understand Chinese culture and ethnicity? After Yao Ming joined the NBA, he began to let more people become interested in China and understand China. Many Chinese children are motivated and passionate about learning Chinese. Some Americans are also starting to learn Chinese, which is a big contribution that not the average person can do.
In the Chinese community in the United States, Yao Ming's name is like thunder, everyone knows it, he has changed the impression of Europeans and Americans on Chinese, and his emojis are even more popular all over the world......
If at the beginning, Yao Ming became the champion only to bring a huge heat wave, which made everyone feel it casually or inadvertently, then now, what Yao Ming brings to the Chinese people is pride that penetrates into their bones.
Chinese fans who watched the live broadcast through the Internet posted and discussed the game at any time.
"Those who say that Howard has replaced Yao Ming as the No. 1 center, go to sleep, he's a blue-collar worker. The two are not at the same level at all. ”
"The best defensive player or anything is a floating cloud, and it turns out that the only one in the league who can defend Yao Ming now is Kobe."
"Is Larry Brown still alive? It's been a long time since I've heard from this person, and I can use Yao Ming as a blue-collar true god. ”
"I seem to understand why Kobe Bryant is on the All-Defensive Team every year."
The Lakers led 31-14, and Lewis, the Magic's top scorer, had just five points, shooting a three-pointer and a mid-range shot.
In the second quarter, Yang Rui sent a run-and-bomb lineup. Brooks, Louis Williams, Posey, Millsap, Odom.
In the final, Yang Rui no longer let the players conserve their physical strength. Posey was replaced by Millsap in the first quarter and rested for five minutes, and now he came up to the bench, and Dennette Jones, who had a poor three-point range, was still sitting on the bench, and Yang Rui was aiming to score as many points as possible.
Magic bench five: Kenyon Durin, Redick, Batum, Channing Frye, Gortat.
The No. 5 pick in '97, Tony Barty, can only be a marginal man. Barty was reimbursed for the 07-08 season due to a partial tear in the left rotator cuff and did not perform as well as Gortat and Frye after his return.
The Magic players are not small, and the two rookies are also high-pick rookies, but they are severely suppressed by the Lakers bench because of their lack of speed.
DURIN 191CM, WEIGHS 90 KG, IS A TWO-WAY GUARD WITH ORDINARY PHYSICAL FITNESS, REASONABLE SHOOTING, BREAKTHROUGHS, AND AVERAGE ORGANIZATIONAL SKILLS. He is more famous off the field than on the field, as he is the first vice president of the players' union.
Redick is a white player, 193cm tall, weighing 86 kg, a scoring guard known for his good looks, and the most outstanding pitcher in NCAA history. He lacked explosiveness, suffered from height and athleticism, and worked as a substitute for the Magic, averaging 6 points and 1.1 assists per game.
Reddick is a movie star who has been delayed by basketball, and his face may be more popular if he goes to the entertainment industry.
Batum is just a rookie, under the age of 21, and after entering the playoffs, he can't let go of it, and his stats have dropped to an average of 5 points per game.
Frye and Gortat's athleticism is also inferior to the Lakers' two interior lines, they can't prevent the Lakers' running and rebounding, and they can't grab the Lakers, Odom is responsible for grabbing the backcourt, and Millsap rushes to the frontcourt.
Six minutes later, the difference between the two sides widened to 33 points, with Hollins replacing Howard and Yang Rui immediately replacing Yao Ming.
No matter how many points he leads, as long as Howard plays, Yang Rui plans to let Yao Ming go head-to-head with him, so that everyone can see clearly who is the active No. 1 center!
The teammates didn't want to compete with Yao Ming for MVP, except for him, no one else had the ability to suppress the "Warcraft", Howard was the best defensive player, and it was okay to deal with Yao Ming, and it was no problem to deal with others.
Yao Ming is completely let go, he is competing for MVP in the finals this time, not only to win a ring, but also to establish his historical status, at this time, he needs to be selfish. Bryant is not there, and the team also needs him to play selfishly.
Yao Ming actively asked for the ball to go heads-up, attracted the bag clip and then divided the ball to shoot three points to his outside teammates.
At halftime, 68-38, the Lakers led by 30 points.
Yao Ming had 25 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal and 2 blocks in the half.
During the break, Barkley commented: "Howard is a big improvement over when he first entered the league, and during the regular season, many people thought he was the active No. 1 center. This game has revealed everything, and now I just hope that Howard will have the courage to live after the Finals. ”
The fans who watched TNT's live broadcast were all thundered, what are you looking forward to Howard being abused?
Smith said with a smile: "I remember when the Lakers won the second championship, some people said that it was the most disparity in NBA history, playing the Cavaliers in 2007, and some people said that it was the most disparity in the Finals, and now, O'Neal and James must be very happy, and fans will not hold them on this issue in the future." ”
In the second half, Yao Ming continued to play, and the Magic also sent Howard.
Teammates can interfere with shooting well on the periphery, prevent the Magic outside line as a blacksmith, and Yao Ming can brush up rebounds near the restricted area.
On the offensive end, Yao Ming kept asking for the ball in the low post on the left and right sides, and solved the problem with hook hands and backward jumpers, and Howard broke out in a cold sweat on his head in a hurry, and he was never able to block Yao Ming's shot.
Before the finals, it was said on the Internet that Howard was better than Yao Ming, because he was a tougher person who played ball, and his face was about to be slapped by Yao Ming.
Not only Yao Ming, but Magic center coach Ewing is also soft to play, if Howard can learn Ewing's two strokes, he will not be helpless in the face of Yao Ming on the offensive end.
In Yang Rui's previous life, Howard was a tough rough brother all his life, and his condition began to decline after his athleticism deteriorated. In this life, if he can't practice mid-range shooting, he won't be much stronger.
None of the Magic players have any experience in the Finals, and it is inevitable that they will be a little nervous when they play the Finals for the first time, Batum, who performed well in the regular season, is completely wasted, Turkoglu is defended by Iguodala as a fixed-point shooter, and the offensive pressure of the whole team is on Nelson and Lewis, and they play very simply, relying on jump shots.
Yao Ming played the whole quarter again, in addition to heads-up, he also received a pass from Iguodala on the counterattack, followed up with a shot from the middle, and shot a three-pointer.
He shot 6-of-11 from the field, 1-of-2 from three-point range, and 4-of-4 from the free-throw line to finish with 17 points, 6 rebounds and 1 assist, and finished with 42 points, 15 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals and 3 blocks in 30 minutes of playing time.
Howard was beaten stupidly, and dedicated a performance that could be selected for TNT's five embarrassments, grabbed a backcourt rebound and launched a long counterattack, and passed directly and accurately to Yao Ming, who returned to the defense, with great strength, Yao Ming was not easy to catch, and was almost smashed in the face.
The Lakers led 101-55 and the game went into garbage time.
Yao Ming still has physical strength, Yang Rui let him go up to play for a while in the last quarter, the whole team made the ball for him, for fear that the opponent would lose a malicious foul, he mainly made a long-distance jump shot and gave up the low post.
Yao Mingcai was replaced 6 minutes later, scoring 51 points, 20 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals and 3 blocks.
Fans all over the world were stunned, Yang Rui was obviously helping Yao Ming brush data, but who stipulated that the finals couldn't brush data?
Yao Ming successfully surpassed Iverson's 48 points and became the star with the highest single-game score in the NBA Finals since the 21st century.