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Chapter 464 Yao Sha vs. Sun Mai PK!

"beep!"

With a whistle, Yao Ming returned the ball to half court, and the curtain of the finals officially kicked off!

Nelson had the ball, and after Yao dropped to the low post, he lobbed it in.

The Wizards played inside first.

Yao Ming catches the ball and hits O'Neal with his back.

After O'Neal got fat, his reaction speed slowed down, but the confrontation was still there. After Yao Ming pushed twice, he was pushed further outside.

However, Yao Ming is a center with a perfect combination of technology and height. He took advantage of the opportunity to turn around and hook outside.

O'Neill can only look at the ball and sigh.

"Shh!"

Yao Ming showed his soft touch and sent the ball steadily into the basket.

2 is better than 0!

The Wizards come out on top!
Although he doesn't have the MVP halo bonus like Sun Hao, Yao Ming's state in the playoffs, especially after winning the MVP, is extremely hot!
The Lakers' offense, Payton advanced to the frontcourt with the ball.

At this moment, Phil Jackson, who was on the bench for the Lakers, suddenly stood up.

Because he found a very "unbelievable" scene on the court.

On the Wizards side, McGrady is defending Sun Hao!
Jackson then turned his gaze to Carlisle on the sidelines.

Before the two teams played against each other, especially in the Christmas game, Sun Hao scored 62 points to kill the Wizards, unstoppable.

The Wizards, whether it is Nelson or Hamilton, including Alexander on the bench, can't stop Sun Hao at all.

Couldn't the Wizards have had a better defender?
The answer is, yes.

who?Maddie.

McGrady's physical talent is destined to be an extremely good defender.

But as I said before, the core defense rarely occurs on the court.

Because the players' physical fitness is limited, doing so will inevitably mean physical consumption on the offensive end.

Of course, there are exceptions, such as Kobe.

But McGrady is not Kobe, and the two have very different personalities.

What's more, the game has just begun!
Facing McGrady's attack in the first round, Sun Hao's shot after shaking...missed!
McGrady's physical talent is really good, whether it is static or dynamic, he is completely a plus version of Kobe.

And he is really doing his best to defend, which feels like the Suns are coming out of the west.

You must know that although McGrady has such a good talent, he has never been in the defensive lineup, and he doesn't work hard most of the time.

After successfully defending Sun Hao's goal, McGrady opened his sleepy eyes even more rarely.

To use the saying in fantasy novels, his eyes burst out with a breathtaking light after opening!
This time, it was Jackson who misunderstood Carlisle.

Defending Sun Hao was not Carlisle's arrangement, but McGrady's own request!
McGrady's personality is indeed much worse than Kobe's, but at certain times, his desire to win can also be very strong.

For example, in history, in order to help the Houston team win the playoffs, he played closed games!

Although that move later proved to be unwise, he did it.

Now that history has changed, the first-round virgin has reached the finals. This moment is much more specific than that time!
In the Wizards' offense, Nelson and Uncle Huo played a pick-and-roll, and after the split, they made a throw to O'Neal who was defending.

The ball was missed, but O'Neal had no time to take it back. After Yao Ming grabbed the offensive rebound from the basket, he scored a second offensive dunk!
4 is better than 0!

The cheers on the scene shook, and Jordan extended his hand to applaud the team's performance.

The Wizards got off to a perfect start.

On the Lakers' bench, Phil Jackson frowned slightly.

Judging from the fact that McGrady didn't participate in the Wizards' opening two attacks, the Wizards will use McGrady to defend Sun Hao throughout the game tonight.

If Sun Hao and McGrady trade one-on-one, the Lakers will be at a disadvantage.

It has to be said that the Wizards' adjustment is in place.

Now, it depends on whether Sun Hao can break through McGrady's defense.

Payton took the ball to the frontcourt, ready to continue to give the ball to Sun Hao.

But at this moment, Sun Hao made a new tactical gesture to him.

Payton was a little surprised because it wasn't Jackson's tactical arrangement, but he believed in Sun Hao and followed suit.

This is an inside tactic. After Sun Hao, Ariza and Walker stretched to the wings, O'Neal sank to the inside and Payton lobbed the ball in.

O'Neal caught the ball and glanced left and right without double-teaming, and went straight to Yao Ming.

Yao Ming held his breath...he couldn't bear it.

In history, Yao Ming was a bit reluctant to defend against O'Neal after gaining weight, but now Yao Ming has not gained weight, and it is O'Neal who has gained (issued) weight (blessing).

It's normal for Yao Ming to be unable to handle the ups and downs.

However, Yao Ming was very smart. After carrying it twice and knowing that he couldn't carry it, he took off the bench and planned to use his height advantage to block the shot.

An inside player with a high center of gravity is likely to lose his balance. If it were an ordinary inside player, it would be easy to get caught.

But this is Shaquille O'Neal, who has been on guard against Yao Ming so many times.

When Yao Ming removed the bench, he took advantage of the situation and directly took off and smashed the ball to the basket with one hand.

"Oh!"

Even a light leap is already a thunderous blow!
The scene was restless.

They don't know the psychological game between the two on the field.

What they saw was O'Neal slamming Yao Ming, and then dunking the ball in with a shark-out-of-the-cage dunk.

That kind of visual impact is indeed as O'Neill himself said, he has had enough rest!
The ball was exchanged, and Yao Ming received the ball inside and then punched O'Neal with his back.

O'Neal was very focused when defending, but Yao Ming did not gain weight and was full of flexibility. A hook that turned continuously and hit the board still scored the ball!

After scoring the goal, Yao Ming shook his fist vigorously.

Although he didn't guard O'Neal, O'Neal didn't guard him either!
Looking back, Payton continued to lob the ball under O'Neal.

However, there is a small detail at this time on the court. Sun Hao did not simply stand on the outside to create space, but ran around the half court without the ball.

O'Neal showed off his skills at the basket, and his iconic hook after turning around also steadily sent the ball into the basket!

The duel of two super centers!
After several rounds of the game, the fans suddenly realized that the game had turned into a Yao Sha duel from the beginning to now!

Phil Jackson looked much better.

From a strategic point of view, Sun Hao's choice is very wise.

In the opening Yao Shark duel, not only can make full use of O'Neal's physical strength when he is on the court.

More importantly, because McGrady is defending against Sun Hao, he will not participate too much on the offensive end, and the Lakers can maintain the situation.

Even Sun Hao cleverly used off-the-ball running to consume McGrady's physical strength. You must know that defense will always consume more physical strength than offense because of going around pick-and-rolls.

So if you keep playing like this, the Lakers will gradually gain an advantage.

The situation on the field is indeed developing in this direction.

The two teams played for about 6 minutes, and the score on the field was 14.

At this moment, Sun Hao caught the ball and faced McGrady, and suddenly stepped back and shot a three-pointer.

McGrady has excellent physical talent and has maintained a very high degree of defensive focus from the beginning, but running with Sun Hao for most of the quarter also consumes a lot of energy.

What?Only half a quarter?
You ask Payton, who is panting and tired, how he feels about defending against Hamilton running for half a quarter!
Sun Hao ran for half a quarter just like Hamilton's style of play!

This time, he didn't keep up with Sun Hao's attacking rhythm.

That is, the ball spun over his head and headed for the basket.

"Shh!"

Then with a crisp sound, Sun Hao's three-pointer rose and fell!
This is his first score tonight!
That's not counting, when Nelson's emergency stop jumper missed, O'Neal grabbed the rebound and gave it to Walker, and the Lakers pushed to counterattack.

After Sun Hao received Walker's long pass, he accelerated and left McGrady behind!
"Oh!"

An iconic tomahawk dunk, the scene was restless.

Sun Hao either doesn't shoot or doesn't score, and when he shoots, it's a wave of personal 5-0!

Carlisle reached out and called a timeout.

His reaction speed is fast enough.

But he overreacted a little this time.

Because after returning from the timeout, the Lakers have replaced O'Neal.

At this time node, it's O'Neill's regular rotation time!
For this suspension, Carlisle paid for his youth.

After returning from the timeout, Yao Ming singled Mourning in the low post.

He turned around continuously, but Mourning's flexibility was much better than O'Neal's. When he finally chose to attack, Mourning was tough enough.

His offense was destroyed in the end, and the rebound was caught by Mourning.

Mourning staged a performance of "Whether Lian Po is old enough to eat or not".

The Lakers advanced to the frontcourt and the ball was in Sun Hao's hands.

During the timeout just now, Jackson made tactical adjustments, and the Lakers' offensive focus has shifted from inside to outside.

Or to be more precise, O'Neill has been transferred to Sun Hao.

Facing McGrady, Sun Hao accelerated with one step, retreated, and accelerated again.

McGrady couldn't keep up with her pace.

His center of gravity was already much higher than Sun Hao's, but now that his physical strength has been exhausted, he can no longer defend himself.

Uncle Huo came to help defend, but Jackson had tactical arrangements, and Walker had moved ahead of time to set up the pick-and-roll.

Sun Hao turned around and went to Walker's side, used the pick-and-roll to get inside, and made a shot to cause Yao Ming's supplementary foul.

Sun Hao goes to the free throw line.

At this moment, Carlisle called McGrady and Nelson from the sidelines.

Sun Hao's free throw.

First free throw, hit.

There is also a second penalty.

Steady two free throws.

14:21.

The point difference was stretched to 7 points.

Counting before the timeout, Sun Hao also scored 7 points in a row!
The Wizards advanced to the frontcourt, McGrady began to hold the ball!
Obviously, this is the new deployment made by Carlisle when Sun Hao made a free throw just now.

With this reaction speed, Carlisle's on-the-spot command ability is a few blocks away from D'Antoni.

Yao Ming mentioned that the high position is used for pick-and-roll, and the classic MM cooperation is long overdue.

An up and down pick and roll, the Lakers switched defenses, and McGrady pulled out his hand against Mourning.

Elegant figure, picturesque posture.

Because of the beauty of playing, McGrady's popularity in China skyrocketed after partnering with Yao Ming.

In addition to "T-mac", he even has a nickname in China: Basketball Poet!

"when!"

But although it looks good, his first shot failed to hit!

Fortunately, Yao Ming took off the offensive rebound and directly scored a second offense.

16 is better than 21!

The point difference returned to 5 points!
Sun Hao took the ball again in the front court, and at this moment, his defender changed from McGrady to Hamilton.

This is also a normal adjustment.

Carlisle arranged for McGrady to attack, so he would not let him defend again.

But such an adjustment is Sun Hao's opportunity.

Sun Hao continued to change directions and break through, Hamilton couldn't resist, and Uncle Huo followed up to make up defense.

Sun Hao saw the latter false pass Walker tricked Uncle Huo, and after confronting Hamilton, he made a shot.

The ball spins and wipes the board into the frame.

16 is better than 23!

The point difference was stretched to 7 points again!
Sun Hao scored 9 points in a row!
"What a terrifying scoring explosion!"

The live broadcast of this year's finals was won by ESPN, and Brin couldn't help sighing after seeing it.

No one thinks such an exclamation is exaggerated, because Sun Hao didn't score much in the first half of the quarter, but now he has scored 9 points in an instant!
At this time, let's revisit Jordan's answer to the wrong question. The implication of that sentence is that Sun Hao is actually stronger than McGrady by default!

It's just that the god of basketball puts face first. Now that McGrady is on his team, it is impossible to admit it.

Looking back, McGrady continued to play pick and roll with Yao Ming.

The Lakers didn't dare to change again this time. Yao Ming's height is there, and he would basically lose backcourt rebounds if he changed.

Ariza tried to get around, but Yao Ming was also big.

And McGrady is still very decisive shot.

Another picturesque scissor-leg dry pull.

"Shh!"

This time the basketball heard the call of the poet and dropped into the bag hollowly.

18 is better than 23!

The point difference was pulled back to 5 points again!
The situation on the court was extremely anxious.

Sun Hao broke through the front court and was double-teamed. This time he chose to pass the ball to Walker in the bottom corner.

Walker made a decisive three-pointer, but unfortunately he almost missed the frame.

Yao Ming protected the defensive rebound.

After O'Neal left the field, the Lakers were clearly at a disadvantage inside.

And this time the Wizards played a fast break, and McGrady followed the fast break quickly, and jumped up after receiving a pass from Nelson in the frontcourt.

Ariza has also retreated to the backcourt at this time, he jumped up to block the shot, but McGrady showed his physical fitness, and after dodging in the air, he spread his belly and gliding dunks!
In an instant, the Verizon Center Arena was ablaze.

The visual impact of this dunk is simply bursting.

When Sun Hao watched the LED playback, he couldn't help being a little envious.

McGrady's physical talent is unique in the NBA.

And more importantly, the momentum of the Wizards has risen.

Back on the defensive end, they held the Lakers to almost 24 seconds.

The ball returned to Sun Hao's hands in the last 2 seconds, and Sun Hao faced Hamilton and directly bukkake!
This goal is very important, not only because the point difference on the field is only 3 points, but more importantly, if the Wizards play a defensive counterattack, the "momentum" on the field will fall to the Wizards. up.

Just like in the Western Conference finals against the Suns before, "momentum" is almost decisive in a close game.

Everyone on the scene was watching the ball spinning in the air.

"Shh!"

Then, this time it was the Lakers' bench that was boiling.

Sun Hao's key shots never disappoint!
20 is better than 26!

The point difference was stretched to 6 points again.

The scene was restless.

At this time, Maddie also smiled and stretched out his hand to rub his nose.

In fact, he is also very envious of Sun Hao's key ball ability.

"This is the matchup between the strongest teams this year!"

Brin went on to sigh with emotion.

In the front is Yao Sha duel, followed by Sun Mai PK.

This finals has only played less than a quarter, but the excitement has surpassed all previous games!
(End of this chapter)