Basketball Myth: Super Guard

Chapter 640 A Different Yao Ming
"Yao Ming, Yao Ming"

In the auditorium, the home fans stood up one after another, shouting Yao Ming's name loudly, cheering for Yao Ming's comeback.

In the past few years, the "Yao-Mac combination" of Yao Ming and McGrady has been Houston's business card and the soul of the Rockets. But in the first half of this year, McGrady was traded to the Knicks, and the "Yao-Mac combination" ended , only Yao Ming remained in Houston.

So countless fans of the Rockets were very excited to see Yao Ming's comeback. Some people thought of the old "Yao-Mike combination" and even couldn't help crying.

Tracy McGrady has gone, can Yao Ming carry this team?

"I'm back." Yao Ming waved his hand and greeted the audience. He murmured in a low voice with complicated emotions.

Although Yao Ming would accompany the team in every home game of the Rockets, even in away games, he would sit on the bench and cheer for his teammates.

But that's just the audience.

And today, after a year of truce, he returned as a player for the first time, welcoming his first game after his comeback, and one can imagine the emotion in his heart.

After a long while, the audience fell silent.

Qin Hao walked towards Yao Ming and hugged him, feeling a little excited. He had been looking forward to this match for a long time: "Brother Ming, it looks like you're in better spirits."

I haven't seen him for a few months, and Yao Ming has become a little thinner, but not the kind of weak and thin, but lean like Garnett, and even his skin has turned darker. Yao Ming used to be very fair.

However, Qin Hao could tell that Yao Ming was in good condition, full of energy, and steady on his feet. His physical injuries should have really recovered.

"Haha." Yao Ming patted Qin Hao on the back, his eyes filled with relief, "You can do it, you didn't disappoint me. No, you have greatly exceeded my expectations. I thought it would take a while for you to adapt to the NBA. , I didn't expect you to adapt to the NBA so quickly, and recently you averaged 20+ per game, which is much better than I was back then."

In 02, Yao Ming averaged 13.5 points and 8.2 rebounds per game in his rookie season.

However, in the rookie class in 02, they were already considered one of the best duo. In the end, Stoudemire, who won the best rookie, averaged only 13.5 points per game, but he averaged 0.6 more rebounds per game than Yao Ming.

Later, in the All-Star voting, Yao Ming was directly sent to the starting lineup, which made Stoudemire's "best rookie" feel a little dull, and O'Neal was furious.

Yao Ming speaks modestly, but in fact his rookie season was also very good.

It's just that compared with Qin Hao's recent average of 20+ per game, and at least 5 assists and 5 rebounds per game, the data is still inferior.

"Brother Ming, stop boasting. It won't be too late to say this when I beat Griffin." Qin Hao was a little embarrassed.

"Haha, okay, I'll wait." Yao Ming said with a smile, "I'll say it again when you beat Griffin and win the 'Best Rookie'."

After reminiscing about the past, the two returned to their teammates and started warming up before the game.

Yao Ming has lost a lot of weight now, but his footwork and shooting touch are still there. I saw him practicing shooting on the court, looking for his shooting feeling.

Here, Qin Hao is also practicing shooting, mainly three-point shooting.

"Shh, shh"

Shot after shot, hit after hit, the corners of Qin Hao's mouth turned up, he was in a good mood, today's hand feeling is not bad, it's the first time he's fighting Brother Ming, he can't be too good at it.

The warm-up is over, the players on both sides return to the sidelines, and the game is about to begin.

On the side of the 76ers, Coach Collins spread out the tactical board, with a solemn expression, and emphasized: "Be sure to pay attention to the rebounds. Each of you has to fight for rebounds. Don't just watch from the outside. Also, shrink the defensive line, See Yao get the ball in the low post and go up to help defend."

Although Yao Ming had a one-year truce and it is hard to say how much he has recovered, Coach Collins did not dare to take it lightly. He is an All-Star player after all.

It's just the inside line that frustrates him.

Coach Collins shook his head as he looked at his inside players. Hawes and Nocinho could not be counted on. Speights has been playing pretty well recently, but after all, he is only 23 years old and not mature enough. Whether it is personal ability or field status, it is a bit unstable.

As for Batty, it's about the same as Hawes.

With such an inside configuration, facing the Rockets with Yao Ming and Scola, even if Yao Ming has just returned from a one-year truce and his condition has not recovered, but after all, his height is there, and his rebounding will definitely suffer again.

"Hey, when will this problem be solved?" Coach Collins sighed secretly.

He has long reflected to the team management, suggesting that an excellent insider be traded to make up for the team's weakness, but so far there has been no progress.

The Rockets here.

Head coach Rick Adelman also made some arrangements. Their advantage lies in the inside, but considering that Yao Ming has just come back, Coach Adelman did not put too much pressure on him: "Yao, take advantage of your height, Protect the rebounds. As for the offense, let's take our time, you just came back, don't worry."

"Understood." Yao Ming nodded.

The whistle blew and the game officially started.

Players from both sides came to the court, and the 76ers were still the regular starters without Qin Hao.

The Rockets' starting lineup is center Yao Ming, power forward Luis Scola, small forward Shane Battier, shooting guard Kevin Martin and point guard Kyle Lowry.

First is the jump ball. With Yao Ming's height right there, and now that he has lost weight, his jump height is actually higher than before. He can easily jump to the ball and shoot it to the backcourt.

Lowry took control of the basketball and started to attack.

The 76ers set up their defensive line. After Lowry came to the front court, he asked for a pick-and-roll first, but there was no chance to score directly. He passed the ball back to Yao Ming at the top of the arc. Yao Ming raised the ball after receiving the ball. His The middle distance is still very accurate, Hawes subconsciously rushed forward, jumped up to block the shot.

But the next moment, Yao Ming put down the ball and slapped it on the floor.

"What?" Hawes was taken aback. He didn't expect Yao Ming to make a breakthrough. This is not Yao Ming's game style.

Not only Hawes, but even the Rockets fans in the auditorium were surprised. In the past, Yao Ming mostly played low-post singles, or turned over jump shots, or hooked, or caught the ball under the basket to score points.Even when it comes to high pick-and-rolls, teammates pass the ball back to him, and most of the time they shoot directly.

After all, the height is there, and it is difficult for defenders to block shots.

Yao Ming hardly breaks through. Considering his height and weight, firstly, his speed is too slow, and secondly, his dribbling center of gravity is too high, so he is easy to be intercepted.

But this time, he chose to break through.
(End of this chapter)