Chapter 28 He is really not an ordinary newcomer
Yao Ming showed off his skills at the beginning, which made the home atmosphere warm up a lot. The Rockets played 6-2 amid the cheers of home fans.
At this time, Carter took the initiative to ask for the ball. Facing James Posey, he dribbled the ball and made his steps and gradually found a space for breakthrough. He suddenly started to force his speed and was not very fast, but he was still stuck to the position. James Posey, who could have limited him, was much more passive in an instant. After the Katoon scored the free throw line, it would not have any impact on him.
Is there any more to say about the power of the nuclear bomb launched?
"Bang!"
A heavy deduction.
The hot atmosphere on the scene was slightly destroyed.
"This is Vince Carter!" Xu Jicheng couldn't help but sigh at the dunk that even Yao Ming and Kevin Cato dared not defend themselves.
"Four Major Quantity", of course, this is what is called in China, and there is no such statement abroad. In terms of ability to get rid of defenders, Kato should be the worst. His extraordinary skills are not as cool as McGrady, not as straightforward as Allen Iverson, and not as fast as Kobe. However, he combines the use of footsteps and body very well in the breakthrough, and once he reaches the basket, his dunks will make people unconsciously want to avoid it, so as not to become a background board.
The score is 4-6.
After halftime, Francis did not rush to break through, but instead looked for a chance to give Yao Ming a pass. This was Yao Ming's first start in his career. Everyone agreed before the game that he would perform as much as possible.
He has been looking for a chance to pass Yao Ming in every round that has just begun.
However, after three consecutive games of "20 plus 10", Yao Ming gradually attracted the attention of the coaching staff of other teams. The Raptors were also prepared tonight. Yao Ming had no special targets when he was at the low post, so the Raptors only let Jerome get entangled with him. But once Yao Ming gets to the high post, he will be embarrassed and double-teams will be arranged immediately.
So much so that Yao Ming never had a chance to take action after scoring 2 points from the beginning.
This round is still the same, and Francis still did not find a chance to pass Yao Ming.
As long as Yao Ming moves to the high position, Alvin or Morris Peterson next to him will immediately lean towards the high position where he is.
Even though Yao Ming supported Mobri to score a goal at a high position, they did not change their defense style.
"Well~"
The booing sounded in the audience at this time. Rockets fans were looking forward to Yao Ming continuing to perform, but the Raptors played such targeting, which made them very upset.
However, it is naturally impossible for such a target to trap Yao Ming forever. He moved to the high position again and pretended to receive the ball, and then ran backwards directly. This counter-run was very sudden, and Jerome was instantly freed by him. Yao Ming pointed to the basket in the middle, and Frances understood it and threw the ball towards the basket.
This is obviously an empty connection!
Antonio quickly leaned towards the basket, trying to destroy Yao Ming's aerial contact, but Kevin Cato once again got stuck on the road that must be passed early.
While he struggled to break free from Kevin Cato, Yao Ming had already completed an all-match dunk.
"Bang!"
This all-in-one dunk made the atmosphere, which was originally a bit cooler because of Carter's dunk, become hot again.
"Oh, this is an aerial dunk. The fans of Shanghai Sharks should be very familiar with it!" Yu Jia "Oh, heh" again, but Yao Ming's aerial dunk really made him angry.
The camera was once again given to Olajuwon, and some surprises appeared on his face again. Obviously, he did not expect Yao Ming to complete this level of free-connect dunk.
"Nice, man!"
Yao Ming brimmed Kevin Cato with high fives, and he saw the latter's position in time. He blocked Antonio Davis, otherwise this aerial ball might have been destroyed.
It is not difficult to get Yao Ming to complete the empty connection without confrontation, but it is not that easy to make him perform the empty connection without confrontation. You have to have a guy like Kevin Cato help him get the empty space!
"Don't you understand if you are close to the body defense, close to the body defense, confrontation, confrontation?"
In front of the Raptors' bench, legendary coach Wilkenth cursed at Jerome. A guy who had been playing in this league for so many years was played by a rookie with his footsteps. This is not something he can tolerate.
Jerome was also very wronged. It was not that he didn't want to fight Yao Ming physically, but Yao Ming was like a loach, slipping very much, and kept moving between high and low positions. This guy didn't even think about getting stuck with him. In addition, this kid's every step was like he was about to catch the ball and take action, so he couldn't pounce on him desperately.
To be honest, Jerome really didn't feel like he was fighting against a rookie. He felt like he was facing an "old bird" who had been in this league for almost ten years...
It's really difficult to deal with!
"Swish!"
Then, Yao Ming made another mid-range shot under Jerome's defense. He was about to go for 10 points in the first quarter. Wilken thought about it and finally decided to let Antonio Davis switch defense with Jerome.
This is the first time that the Raptors and Rockets have met this season, but this is not the first time that Antonio Davis has fought against Yao Ming. They have met at the World Championships this summer.
Regarding Yao Ming, Antonio Davis believes that he is more familiar with others than the others in the Raptors, which is why he was so active in making adjustments just now.
He has to show his familiarity with Yao Ming!
But as a result, Cheng Yaojin appeared halfway, Kevin Cato was very entangled with him today and did not give him the chance to assist in defending Yao Ming.
But this is not important now, he doesn't need to assist in defense. Next, he has to directly compete with Yao Ming - Jerome, learn a little, how should a player like Yao Ming defend!
Antonio Davis was waiting for Yao Ming to approach. He did not hesitate at all and pestered Yao Ming like a mad dog. His height was only 2.06 meters and his movement speed was much faster than Jerome. In addition, he didn't care about Yao Ming's movement tendency at all, so Yao Ming failed to avoid this time.
However, Yao Ming's position was very sophisticated. He glanced at the referee's position first, and then let himself be entangled by the latter in front of the referee. He even looked at the referee intentionally or unintentionally.
Good players must learn to put pressure on the referee, especially this is the Rockets' home court.
It's useless once, so watch it a few more times.
Antonio Davis did not notice Yao Ming's "small move". When he was so close to Yao Ming, all he could see was Yao Ming's chin...
And his mind was all about not letting Yao Ming catch the ball.
But he didn't know that the referee had been stared at by Yao Ming several times and his attention was also focused on him.
This kid is a bit big!
Maybe you'll have to be a foul!
I have to stare.
The referee had just said this in his mind, and he clearly saw that Antonio Davis pushed Yao Ming hard when he held the ball. This was a very concealed action and the angle was very tricky. If he hadn't been watching it right now, he wouldn't have seen it at all.
"beep!"
He immediately blew the whistle hard, and the whistle sounded.
"Rapgers No. 33, defensive foul, Rockets' ball rights!"
Um?
"I didn't foul, when did I foul?" Antonio was a little confused when he saw that he was called for a foul and ran to complain to the referee.
The referee gave him a blank look and said to himself: I'm watching, why are you wronged?
He said to Davis with anger, "It's a pity that you don't go to act, man!"
Jerome looked at Wilkens on the sidelines and muttered in a low voice: "Look, I just said it's not my problem. This guy is really not an ordinary newcomer!"
Chapter completed!