NBA villain

Chapter 679
Back at home, the Rockets defeated the Mavericks 99-92 and tied the score at 1-2.

McGrady played well in this campaign, scored 20 points and 11 assists on 29 of 9 shots, and his shooting percentage exceeded 50%, which is very rare since entering the playoffs.

However, Yao Ming still scored a double-double of 28 points and 14 rebounds steadily. The dual-core is effective, and it seems that Nowitzki cannot support himself.

In the playoffs two years ago, the Rockets played against the Mavericks.

Since Nash left, the Mavericks have always been like a single-core team led by Nowitzki. Later, Finley also went to the Spurs. The Mavericks became more certain about the tactical thinking of Nowitzki as the core and many scoring experts. There are many masters, but only one core.

Regardless of the Suns, Spurs, Warriors and Rockets, there are at least two stars above the All-Star level.

In the East, the Bulls lost 74 to 81 at home to the Pistons, and fell behind 0 to 3 by a big score, while the Nets were 96 to 85. They fought bravely at home and pulled the big score back.

In the subsequent G4 game, the Nets lost to the Cavaliers at home and fell behind by a big score of 1 to 3. The Bulls beat the Pistons 102 to 87 to avoid the embarrassment of being swept and fell behind by 1 to 3.

The situation in the East is very obvious. The Cavaliers and Pistons hold the match point. As long as they win one of the next three games, they will be able to reach the Eastern Conference Finals.

Relatively speaking, the competition in the West District has become extremely anxious.

In the fourth game between the Rockets and the Mavericks, the two teams played another overtime game, but this time, the Rockets showed their strength in the overtime game and narrowly beat the Mavericks 105-101, tying the score 2-2.

The two teams will have the battle of Tianwangshan that will most affect the overall situation in the entire series.

In the fourth game between the Warriors and the Suns, the Warriors at home also did not expand their victory, losing to the Suns 98 to 107.

In this game, the Warriors took the lead at the beginning, but in the third quarter, the Suns scored 35 to 22 in a single quarter. The Warriors lost their advantage and eventually lost.

The two sides will return to Phoenix for the crucial fifth battle, who will win and who will lose is confusing.

……

Both the first and second rounds went through Tianwangshan. Yang Di estimated that if the Warriors make it to the Western Conference finals, they might also go through the Tianwangshan battle.

This year's road to the championship has become extremely difficult. Byron is not there, and the Warriors' No. 1 position is always accompanied by flaws.

When he was going to play in Phoenix, he suddenly received a call from his agent Bill Duffy. Duffy told him that the Chinese Basketball Association had notified him to participate in the Stankovic Cup held in Macau this summer.

After Yang Di listened, he only replied with two words: "No."

"Isn't there an agreement before that I won't participate in such an event? Why do I want to participate now, whoever I like will go, anyway, I won't go." Yang Di doesn't care what the market calls for. He may play some games in the summer to ensure his condition, but it will definitely not be such an international competition. It is meaningless to practice with the second and third teams of other countries.

"OK."

Bill Duffy knew that Yang Di would say that. In fact, he had negotiated with the Basketball Association on behalf of Yang Di before. When he was selected for the national team to participate in the World Championships, he said that he would only participate in international competitions. However, the Basketball Association It is considered that international competitions naturally include commercial leagues such as the Stankovic Cup.

Yang Di doesn't think so. The international competitions he recognizes must at least have the American team to participate, right?

The two chatted about recent commercial contracts and summer commercial arrangements. Bill Duffy said that Warriors general manager Mullin and the head of Nike have recently started negotiations with him on the next contract.

……

Phoenix, America West Arena.

The Warriors and the Suns played the G5 battle on time and on time.

Before the game, there were many views on this round of the series. Experts have different opinions. The Suns regaining home court advantage may be the key factor in this anxious series.

From the perspective of book strength, the Warriors and the Suns are on par, and even the Suns are even better.

But the Warriors have Yang Di. Yang Di is the top five or even the top three super giants in the league. He is the most dominant man on the court after Shaquille O'Neal. Yang Di's performance affects the situation of the game.

By the fifth game, the two sides had already met their bayonets and faced each other tit for tat.

At the beginning of the game, the two teams had a full-fledged aggressive defense. Marion rudely pulled Yang Di down on the defensive end. Yang Di staggered to the ground. Fortunately, he was strong and had a good sense of balance, so he was not injured.

Marion is not considered a technical foul, but the action is a bit bigger, and there is no subsequent protective action, so he annoyed the Warriors including Chandler.

During the offense, Danny Granger raised his leg with a three-pointer and was called an offensive foul.

The Warriors fell into a more difficult situation. When the referee blew the Suns home whistle, he was not ambiguous at all. Double standards clearly appeared in the first quarter.

"What is a double standard?"

In the NBA’s whistle-blowing standards, double standards refer to the use of different whistle-blowing standards for players’ defense. For the same aggressive defense, one team is called for a foul, and the other team does not call a foul. The mentality of the players is very easy. It takes a very strong mental adjustment quality to overcome such difficulties.

"Hold on!"

Yang Di yelled at his teammates. Two years ago, when he encountered this kind of thing, maybe he had already conflicted with others, but now, he wants to use his performance on the court to respond to his opponent. He has become more mature, even If there was a conflict, it must be because he took the initiative to provoke the opponent.

The scores of the two teams rose alternately. At halftime, the Warriors led the Suns 59 to 55.

"Maybe looking back ten years, we will still think of this game, and still think it will be a classic game, with many stars in their peak period, the most representative teams of the small ball era, and endless stories of characters, Everyone can write something special."

When Cai Nan commented on the halftime game, he said so.

Danny Granger encountered a foul crisis in the first half and received 3 fouls early to end the rest. Not long after the third quarter, he still got fouled and ended.

Montgomery made lineup adjustments, Matt Barnes substituted, the Warriors strengthened their perimeter defense, and Yang Di needed to take on more responsibilities on the offensive end.

Yang Di turned on the offensive mode, turned around and hooked, broke through for a layup, grabbed an offensive rebound and then attacked under the basket. He scored 17 points in a single quarter to help the Warriors continue to maintain their lead and ended the third quarter with a score of 89 to 81.

At this time, Yang Di has scored 31 points and 11 rebounds, 4 of which are offensive rebounds.

In the league, Yang Di has the strongest offensive rebounding ability. Among the 13.5 rebounds per game, 4.9 are offensive rebounds, which is even stronger than last year.

(End of this chapter)