Basketball: Starting from the Rodman template

Chapter 175 Battle Rocket

The Rockets went through a big trade in the summer that made the entire league pay attention.

The birth of this deal allowed the alliance that had just lost the "OK" group to have a new "OK" group, their names:
Tracy McGrady and Yao Ming!

Apart from this deal, the Rockets don't have many more significant deals.

Even though many fans are looking forward to seeing a lot, at the beginning of the new season, Tracy McGrady and Yao Ming are also the Rockets' biggest top players, as well as the guarantee of the upper and lower limits.

As things stand now, this is enough for them to become one of the best teams in the West.

Although they are only ranked fourth in the Western Conference, except for the first-place Spurs, the other two teams in front of them only have one more win than them.

This team only relies on Yao Ming and Tracy McGrady, and has become a top team that any team in the league will have a headache against.

Among them, including the Heat, which currently has 8 wins and 1 loss.

Before the "Brothers Derby" between Stan Van Gundy and his brother Jeff Van Gundy, it can be said that he changed three sets of tactics in a row and felt that it was not safe.It shows how seriously he attaches importance to it. Let's put it this way, even in the game with the Spurs, Stan Van Gundy has never attached such importance to it.

But yes, after all, the opponent is a replica of the "OK" group!

No matter who you are, as long as you are in this league, you must give this name enough respect!

When Shaquille O'Neal talked about playing against Yao again, his tone was different from the past. Especially when he first talked about Yao Ming two years ago, it was a 180-degree change.That's called "kindness".

"He will be one of the best players at this position (No. [-]). There are actually many players of his height in this league. At least the bamboo pole has shown us that height is not a necessary condition for scoring. Yao is He has so many incredible abilities in that height category, and he will get better and better, I mean even better than he is now!"

So far in the new season, Yao Ming's average data per game has not increased much compared to last season.

The scoring average only went from 17.5 points to 18.3 points.

Compared with the transition from his rookie season to his second year, his increase has stopped somewhat.

But his efficiency has increased significantly compared to last season, with an average field goal percentage of as high as 55%. This is already an efficiency value that can only be possessed by the top five positions.

Use fewer shots to get more data than originally.

This is Yao Ming's biggest change this year.

Therefore, in terms of the overall evaluation of the media, not many media think that Yao Ming has reached his upper limit.

Shaquille O'Neal thinks so.

On the other side, Wade faced the media in a "student" posture, because the reporter asked him the following question:

"You're going to face Tracy McGrady tonight, what kind of performance do you think you can perform, offensively and defensively."

Wade said: "He has been the 'scoring champion' in the past two years, the best scorer in the league. I think I can try my best to keep up with his rhythm, which is already good."

He is very humble.

The reporter continued: "Some people say that you are the fastest first step in the league..."

"Who? Who said that?" Wade hurriedly retorted. He already knew what the reporter was going to say.If he remembered correctly, before him, the fastest first step in the league was Tracy McGrady.

This is this...

This is simply slander!

When Kevin Garnett was a rookie, he used trash talk to attack Michael Jordan, scaring his teammate Isiah Lederer into quickly apologizing to Jordan.A lot of people said don't piss off Jordan during the game, it would be scary.

Ever since Wade heard this story, he has kept it in his mind.

Especially for him now, McGrady is no less important than Jordan.He didn't want to anger Maddie.

and so……

Shut up you!

Unfortunately, as someone said later, life is always unsatisfactory.

Wade doesn’t want to talk about who is faster between him and McGrady, but a reporter has already put a similar question in front of McGrady: "Who do you think is the fastest player in the first step between you and Wade?"

McGrady was stunned for a moment. He probably didn't expect that he would appear in the comparison on this list, and asked with surprise: "Who?"

The reporter repeated: "Dwyane Wade!"

Maddie took a sharp breath. Although he didn't say anything, everyone could see that he took this issue to heart.

To him, it doesn't matter what the result of this answer is. If these people compare Wade, a second-year student, with him on the same level, he has already lost.

Wade, right? OK, I remember it!
Let's see later who has the fastest first step in the NBA!
Wade had no idea that he was already on McGrady's mind. During the warm-up session before the game, he even ran over to say hello to McGrady.

McGrady looked at him from top to bottom: "Are you Dwyane Wade?"

Wade was overjoyed when he asked this. McGrady actually knew his name and beamed with joy: "It's me, it's me, Tracy, I'm your fan!"

His words did not receive any enthusiastic feedback from Maddie.Instead, he muttered something in his mind:
fan?

Say you are a fan before the game, and then blow my fans away during the game, right?

I understand this plot!
Who hasn't experienced the era of "Michael Jordan's successor"?

Who can see Jordan not saying that he is his fan, and then suppressing his energy to defeat Michael Jordan?
This kid looks honest and honest, but he is full of bad ideas!

Okay, today I will let you know how terrifying the NBA "scoring king" is with all his firepower!
Thinking of this, McGrady also responded with a "core-kind" smile.

On the other side, Woody and Dayao also said hello. Every hug they gave was a memorable moment for Chinese fans. Domestic reporters on the sidelines also knew this and quickly picked up their cameras to capture this. One scene.

Then the game officially started, with the starting lineups of both sides taking the field.

The Heat are still the same:
Alston paired with Wade, forward Gerald Wallace, power forward Woody and center Shaquille O'Neal.

For the Rockets, "Mickey Mouse" Wesley plays point guard, shooting guard Tracy McGracey, former Mavericks "3J" Jim Jackson at the third position, and "Second Uncle" Juwan at the fourth position. -Howard, plus center Yao Ming!

If these five people are all in their prime, then this will be a very impressive lineup, but in reality, Yao Ming is still in the growing stage, "Mickey Mouse" is already old, and Jim Jackson is in the Mavericks because of women and Jason Key. De made a big fuss, and after leaving Dallas, he also entered the "retirement stage."Not to mention Uncle Huo. He was from the same era as Shaquille O'Neal and was a little older than Shaq.

When he was young, he was the first "Mr. Billion Dollar" in the league. Now that he has completely degraded, he is just a decent main force at the fourth position, and cannot even reach the core level.At least half of the four positions in this league are better than the current Juwan Howard.

However, being able to lead these "old people" to their current position also shows that the "copy OK" combination of Tracy McGrady and Yao Ming is indeed capable.

And they have only played together for less than 2 months.

The "OK" group back then won their first championship after playing together for 4 years.

So although the Rockets did not immediately dominate the Western Conference, the media are more optimistic about their upper limit.

The two sides in the jump ball are Woody and Yao Ming.

Before the referee blew the whistle and threw the ball, Woody deliberately "jumped the whistle" and made a take-off action.Just like the "shooting run" in running, Yao Ming was successfully interfered and subconsciously raised his hand. As a result, the referee blew the whistle and threw the ball at this time. When he recharged his energy and took off, it was already too late. Woody easily grabbed it. Right of first strike.

dirty!
It’s really so dirty!

Yao Ming really didn't expect that this kid would start playing tactics just after coming to the league for such a short time.

In his rant, Alston dribbled into the frontcourt.

Facing Wesley, who is 1 meters tall, Alston has no intention of breaking through in singles. The reason is that this guy is much thicker than him. In terms of confrontation alone, he may not be this guy's opponent.

So he decisively gave the ball to Wade on the wing.

Wade held the ball and was faced with pressure. McGrady's eyes shone brightly, as if he had seen some prey.

His appearance made Wade nervous subconsciously:
no……

I showed my kindness before the game!
Why does this guy still treat this game as the Eastern Conference Finals?
Fortunately, Wade didn't say this, otherwise McGrady would be even more furious.

You just played in the Eastern Conference Finals, right?

After entering the league in 97, McGrady has yet to make it past the second round of the playoffs!

Can you not be angry?
Wade couldn't get away, so he could only retreat from the space. Facing McGrady who continued to press, he no longer gave in. He drastically changed the direction of his body and forcibly misaligned with McGrady.

McGrady clearly saw the movement of the ball changing direction in front of his body, and tentatively reached out, but was thrown behind him by Wade.

But at this time, McGrady activated the "White Horse Silver Gun" passive, and after losing his position and being shaken away, he caught up again.And the momentum was even more fierce than before.

When he caught up, he was not only fierce but also carrying a strong wind. His overall aura was as strong as that of a Doha person.

When Wade was about to jump, he raised his head and glanced at the top of his head. At that time, there was still infinite space, but when he really jumped up and faced McGrady who was chasing after him like this, Wade "withered" at that time.

No, buddy, how can I be so virtuous?

How can I make you so right!
He quickly turned around to find his teammates, but made a mistake in passing the ball.

"This is the transformation of McGrady after cooperating with Dayao. He has regained the defensive enthusiasm of his Raptors days. We all know that when McGrady was with the Raptors, he averaged 1 steal and 1 block per game. He was also a very powerful perimeter player. Defender, you can see from this shot that his skills are still there, Wade's shot was simply frightened and he made a mistake!" Domestic studios seized the opportunity to praise McGrady.

After being traded to the Rockets, McGrady's reputation has risen a lot, reaching the same level as Allen Iverson and Kobe Bryant.

Although he is the player with the least honors and the worst performance in leading the team among these people, fans are just like that, they bring their own filters.

Although the return of this ball is beautiful, the loss of position in front is actually fatal.But this group of commentators didn't even mention a word.

Of course, this kind of explanation is also very reasonable when the opponent makes a mistake.

After the commentator finished speaking, the ball was already in McGrady's hands. Facing Gerald Wallace, who was famous for his passion, he did not rush to attack. Instead, he first observed Yao Ming's position before starting to attack with the ball. .

This is the angle that the commentator observed. From the angle that they did not see, McGrady also glanced at Wade next to him, as if to say:
Take a good look at what "the fastest first step" means.

Then he turned on the "engine" and McGrady, like a luxury sports car, instantly reached full speed and rushed past Gerald Wallace.

Wallace is not slow, but McGrady is faster.

Woody defended in time, and McGrady showed excellent vision and passed the ball to Yao Ming, who had just observed the position.

Yao Ming has not completely gotten rid of Shaq at this moment, but with the ball in his hand, he turns around next to Shaq, and smoothly changes from the state of back to the frame to the state of facing the frame. He holds the ball with one hand and shoots with a small hook.

The whole action was smooth and smooth. During this period, Shaquille O'Neal only made one action, which was to raise his hand. He tried to stop it, but he just watched Yao Ming hit the ball into the basket.

Gorgeous technical moves from a 2 meter little giant.

"Good shot!" He couldn't help but praise his opponent.

Yao Ming smiled slightly: "Thanks, man!"

Eh?
This answer left Shaq stunned. This guy can speak English!

He also always thought that Yao Ming could not speak English and could not understand English.

With the cooperation of the "Yao-Mai combination", the Rockets took the lead in scoring the first goal of the day.

On the Heat's side, Wade did not pick up the ball from the wing this time. McGrady's crazy defensive look just now was a bit annoying, so he chose to avoid it.Woody stepped up to catch the ball. Facing "Uncle Huo", he didn't hesitate at all. He took the ball in his hand and punched him fiercely, which allowed him to see the fierceness of the young man.

"Bah!"

The final hit of the basket into the frame not only caused huge cheers from the scene, but also made Juwan Howard rub his chest and couldn't help but say: "Oh, this young man!"

He thought of something, just in case: "Man, I'm not that rookie Howard!"

The implication is:
I have no grudge against you, don’t do this to me!
Woody responded to Howard's words with a smile on his face: "I know, so I only used a little force. If it was that guy, I didn't just use that little force!"

The sound was loud enough for reporters on the sidelines to record it.

A reporter accompanying the Heat wrote this sentence:

Is the No. 04 pick in [-] ready?Woody is coming!
It is not difficult to tell from Woody's words that he still cares about Dwight Howard's words. Not only does he care about it, but he is also ready to give him a lesson!
(End of this chapter)