Basketball: Dayao Reopened

Yao Ming and the Trail Blazers are now preparing for the second round of the playoffs.

From the first time he returned to Portland, Yao Ming discussed with the old Nelson and Cheeks about additional training.

"The next game we have to face is likely to be the Spurs, although from the regular season record, we are very dominant!"

Three encounters with the Spurs in the regular season, the Trail Blazers win!

Even in the last game, even the Blazers rookies were very excited to meet the Spurs. This is good news!

but……

"That's just the regular season. This team will be a different team to the playoffs. If we don't prepare a little bit, I'm afraid it will be difficult for us to beat them in the series!"

"Do you have any ideas, Yao?" Old Nelson could feel it keenly, Yao Ming seemed to have some idea he wanted to implement.

Yao Ming nodded and said with a smile: "I don't think we can beat this team without any preparation. If we want to win the series, we have to guarantee victory in some key games!"

Cheeks took the lead in expressing his position: "Go ahead, man, no matter what you want to do, we will support you!" Although his opinion is not very useful.

However, he had to let Yao Ming see his "Attitude"!

And, to be honest, in this year, he did learn a lot by the old Nelson and Yao Ming.

But this is normal. Even "Champion Coach" Tom has been surprised by Yao Ming's tactics several times. It is normal for him to be a rookie coach. A "rookie coach"!

In addition, it is still good to learn from old Nelson. Although old Nelson retired before his version came, Cheeks is still young and continues to learn old Nelson’s philosophy until the "small ball era" really comes. At the time, he will be one of the first men who will be familiar with the version...

Even Yao Ming can already predict boldly, Cheeks in this life will definitely not be so obscure in the NBA coaching circle!

Well, as a reopener, there is still the ability to change a head coach!

Besides, Cheeks is really very cooperative... If you have sacrifices, you will naturally get a corresponding reward!

Old Nelson was the one who unconditionally supported Yao Ming.

In other words, he originally came to the Trail Blazers to transform Yao Ming. He has never seen a guy who meets his requirements. In addition to his ability to hold the ball, Yao Ming has other abilities. , He is really good at it!

Including some abilities that a player shouldn't have, such as the concept of team building, and the tactical targeting of each game, he can say it all right, and hit the nail on the head!

For Yao Ming, the old Nelson now treats him as a collaborator, not just a player. This is something Nowitzki has not been able to do...

He couldn't wait to ask, "Go ahead, Yao, what should we do!"

Yao Ming showed a smirk: "It's very simple, turn off the air conditioning training!"

...

The training was in full swing for two or three days, and the remaining teams in the first round of the East and West playoffs that hadn't produced results finally had results.

"Youth Storm" defeated the Celtics and entered the second round of the playoffs. The story about young people this season continues to be staged...

The Pistons defeated the Wizards 4-2. The Wizards "Double Guns" finally failed to drag the game to the "Tie-Seven". When the Pistons came up with their toughest defense, they relied on the firepower of the "Double Guns". , Obviously some are not enough!

That’s right, it’s amazing that the "three shots" can make a case!

The Timberwolves finally defeated the Mavericks. Kevin Garnett defeated Nowitzki and successfully advanced to the second round. For the Timberwolves management, they were somewhat unacceptable.

In addition, the Kings successfully dragged the game to the "Tie-A tie", but in the "Tie-A tie", the flanking Christie was suddenly turned into a sieve by Ginobili!

You know, this was the best defensive team in the league that year!

It can be seen how sharp the "Demon Knife" breakthrough tonight has become!

Of course, this is not surprising. In the finals of this year, even the defense of the "Pistons Five Tigers" was broken by this guy in the finals. A Christie is really nothing...

The Blazers set off for San Antonio on the night the Spurs were determined to win the game!

Reports from the outside world about this round of the series suddenly increased.

In fact, the Trail Blazers and the Spurs did not have much overlap in the past two seasons. Although they met in the playoffs, the Trail Blazers were still the "prison team" at that time. By now, the members of the "prison team" are already there. I was completely sent away, so it is not an exaggeration to say that there are two horizontal lines, there is really no intersection at all.

However, although the Trail Blazers have no grievances with this team, Yao Ming has a lot of grievances with the Spurs!

Since Yao Ming entered the NBA, he has played with the Spurs in the playoffs every year. This is the third consecutive year. Only the first two years were in the Western Conference Finals. This year is the second round of the playoffs. .

So many playoff games, coupled with so many accidents and diss during the regular season, made Yao Ming and this team a little bit "old enemy"!

This kind of feeling is being created by the media:

"The Big Devil meets Stone Buddha again, and for the third consecutive year in the playoffs of his career, who can have the last laugh this time!"

"Meeting for the third year in a row, these two guys are destined to become rivals!"

"A pair of classic rivals will appear in the West? Tim Duncan meets Yao Ming again!"

Of course, let’s say it or not. It’s not a violation of the two men’s positions to be portrayed as rivals. In the past, Tim Duncan has eliminated Yao Ming and Yao Ming has eliminated Tim Duncan. Both sides have the experience of winning the other side into the finals and winning the championship in the playoffs. There is no such thing as who is crushed by someone, and it is indeed in line with the "old enemy" situation...

Barkley even stated directly: "Maybe for a long time in the future, the victory or defeat between these two teams will determine which of the two teams can enter the finals. If Tim Duncan wins, then Tim Enter the finals, if Yao wins, then Yao will enter the finals!"

"Like the black and white duo of the year, this is the western version of the black and white duo!"

The atmosphere is heated, and the first game of the Spurs vs. Trail Blazers series has arrived as scheduled.

One thing that made Yao Ming happier was that when the Trail Blazers entered the AT&T Center Arena, they did not feel the tension they felt when they went to the home court of the Sonics last time. Instead, they were all excited!

Looking at their appearance, they all seem to say: It's great to be able to play the Spurs again!

This shows that their enthusiasm for the Spurs in the regular season is still there.

This is definitely good news!

Such a mentality will definitely add to their performance!

As for why they are energized as soon as they play against the Spurs — obviously this team is the second team in the Western Conference. Looking at them, it is the same as the Rockets who met the bottom of the Western Conference. No, they played the Rockets. They are not so excited.

This has to talk about the game that replicated the "Meddie Moment"... After that game, the young people of the Trail Blazers regained their confidence and made them no longer afraid of facing adversity. They began to believe that if If there are nine hundred and ninety-nine situations in adversity, then under the leadership of Yao Ming and Vince Carter, they have 1,000 ways to solve adversity!

When facing the Spurs, they believed that there were 10,000 ways to solve it!

After all, the miracle happened to this team!

It is this kind of unscrupulous mentality that makes them especially excited when facing the Spurs...

Yao Ming doesn't know if this kind of enthusiasm will continue. In that case, he is really the nemesis of the Spurs!

However, even if it doesn't last forever, it would be great for Yao Ming to maintain this momentum in this round of the series!

"Guys, keep up the current momentum, thinking about how it feels like we beat them in the regular season, let's beat them with one effort, let's try to beat them again!"

Before the game, Yao Ming surrounded his teammates in a circle. As he finished saying what he wanted to say, a beep sounded and the game officially began.

There was a huge boo at the scene, and the Spurs fans’ hostility towards Yao Ming has reached the highest peak that can be reached.

It's normal to think about it. Since Yao Ming entered the league, they have suffered many losses on this guy!

Without this guy, the Spurs would obviously have better results in the past few years...

In the face of such a "blocker", you said, as a diehard fan of the Spurs, can they have a good face?

However, for Yao Ming, booing really has no effect. No matter how the fans yell, even if the throat breaks, it is estimated that his ears hurt because of the noise.

That's it.

No, he successfully grabbed the first attack right at the beginning of the game and gave the ball to Gary Payton. The two played a pick-and-roll cooperation, and then quickly opened. Yao Ming cut in the middle, and Gary Payton also cut the ball in the first time. When it was given to his hand, it was a one-handed snap button.

Tim Duncan moved sideways in time, but when he blocked in front of Yao Ming, Yao Ming's ball holder suddenly gave a hand to his side, and the ball flew out slowly, just out of Yao Ming's hand. , I saw a bald head holding the ball, and at the same time the whole person rose into the air and smashed the ball into the basket! ,

"Bah!"

With a loud bang, the Trail Blazers came up for the first round, the "half man, half god" directly staged the "big windmill dunk"!

The ball directly caused a low voice on the scene.

"Nice!"

Yao Ming shouted loudly.

Vince Carter pointed at him, but there was not much excitement on his face, but a serious look on his face.

This is obviously very different from his usual.

If he usually dunks and lands, he will inevitably roar.

Today is so calm and calm!

Yao Ming is very familiar with this kind of reaction. This is the attitude that must win this game!

And Yao Ming is not surprised why Vince Carter is so eager for victory tonight! After all, the opponent is the Spurs, the Spurs with Bruce Bowen! It's weird that he doesn't want to win!

The Spurs counterattacked here. Tony Parker also played a pick-and-roll with Tim Duncan. After he broke into the free throw line with the ball, he suddenly got up and rode the ball into the basket with an archery on horseback.

It seems that this guy has completely grown up!

The horseback archery small throw is Tony Parker's most iconic way of scoring in his career, he has mastered this trick, and he has a real breakthrough threat.

To a certain extent, the small throw concealed his frailty in physical confrontation.

Gary Payton once again looked for cooperation with Yao Ming. This time it was a breakthrough goal from the center. Yao Ming deliberately pulled out. After receiving the ball, he had already stood outside the three-point line. Break up!

5-2!

The Spurs did not hesitate here and also made a three-pointer.

In the next few rounds, the two sides played back and forth like this, and no one found a chance to open the score.

But this is normal. Tony Parker is a defensive colander, but his defensive attitude is okay. Most importantly, in Popovich’s PUA.

Later, when he faced Gary Payton's "trash talk", there was no psychological fluctuation, which allowed him to continue to control the Spurs' offensive rhythm and proceed according to their desired rhythm.

This is what he did better than Ridnour. In the last round of the series, the "x factor" Gary Payton averaged 14 points and 6 assists per game. Therefore, in the first few rounds of this game, he did not find a rhythm. Breakthrough.

In addition to that, except for the three-pointer, Yao Ming basically responded, and without his strong offense, this is also the reason why the pace of the Trail Blazers has not risen.

However, at 4 minutes and 17 seconds, as Vince Carter made another mid-range shot, unknowingly, the Trail Blazers established a 3-point advantage.

Vince Carter is an absolute hero. He has scored 7 points in this period of time. He has contributed more than half of the 13 points the Trail Blazers have scored.

Not only does this guy want to win tonight, he is also in very good shape!

More importantly, there is a strong desire to attack!

As I said before, Vince Carter is not a player with a strong personal offensive desire, and he doesn't like that style of play... There are really too few shots like this tonight!

It can be seen that this guy is determined to make Bruce Bowen a defensive sieve!

In other words, only Bruce Bowen can inspire such a strong desire for singles, which shows how much Vince Carter hates Bruce Bowen!

Popovich also noticed Vince Carter's desire for singles tonight, and hurriedly targeted, the entire defensive lineup began to wrap up Vince Carter, intentionally or unintentionally.

Yao Ming looked at the situation and immediately went up to do a pick-and-roll.

He hopes that Vince Carter will continue to maintain the current singles momentum, so as to completely change the Spurs' defensive layout and allow the Trail Blazers to have more initiative on the offensive end!

In fact, it is not easy for Vince Carter to break through Bruce Bowen. Bruce Bowen doesn't use those tricks to make the third and third. He is also a guy who can enter the best defensive team and has a strong foundation in entanglement defense.

Vince Carter's ability to get rid of the opponent's defense is a bit weak. He is relying entirely on physical fitness and struggling in singles with Bruce Bowen.

Fortunately, he is in great shape tonight...

It’s just that when the Spurs’ entire defense came towards him, he suddenly got a bit tricky. He just squeezed past Bruce Bowen and stood up facing Tim Duncan, blocking it so hard that Vince Carter subconsciously Turning to the outside line, I want to find another chance to break through. Fortunately, Yao Ming came to pick and roll at this time and blocked Tim Duncan very well. Vince Carter also immediately bypassed Yao Ming with a small step and went straight to the basket. .

At the basket, Vince Carter's energy is obviously different!

A domineering arrogance of "don't you me" emerged, and Nath was directly forced to retreat.

"Bah!"

It was another dunk. Vince Carter still did not show any venting emotions, but quickly returned to defense, while staring at the players coming by the Spurs.

Looking at him like this, ESPN commentator Mike Brin couldn't help but said: "Tonight's Vince Carter, fully expresses his desire to win!"

"He is like a **** of war tonight!"

Vince Carter seemed to have heard Mike Brin's evaluation of him. After two rounds, he once again bombed the rim with the ball, fully demonstrating his ability to threaten the rim.

This one after another bombarded the rim and showed Mike Brin stunned. He spoke again, murmured in his tone: "I seemed to be wrong just now. I said Vince Carter is like a **** of war. This is not appropriate. He is tonight. , It seems, is the God of War!"

"Look at his **** destructive power!"

"I must say that when this guy does his best, he is still one of the best swingmen in the league!"

Because of Vince Carter’s performance tonight, Mike Brin has gradually become his "fanboy". The Trail Blazers on the field have indeed gradually opened up the situation with Vince Carter’s singles, and the lead gap gradually widened to 5 points. !

In order to replace him, the Trail Blazers took out a number of players with good stats, and then traded him to Portland after 5 for 1. Now, through this battle, he proved why the Trail Blazers would rather be available The reason why 5 guys with good stats have to trade him, because he is Vince Carter!

At the end of the first quarter, Vince Carter scored 15 points in a single quarter, sifting Bruce Bowen as he thought, and with his so powerful performance, the Trail Blazers also successfully pulled in the first quarter. Opened a 7-point difference.

Of course, this is not the most important thing. As the pace of the game becomes faster, the 7-point difference can no longer be an advantage at all. At most, it has a slight upper hand.

More importantly, in order to prevent Vince Carter from being in such a hot state, Popovich further arranged his defense in the second quarter. More and more arrangements were made, which also made the Spurs better than the rest of the Trail Blazers. The defense is no longer in place.

Vince Carter also realized at this time that the opponents' targeted defensive efforts for him have once again increased. It is not the best choice for him to continue singles, so he waited until he played again in the second quarter. He began to actively look for teammates to cooperate, and when he watched his conscious changes, Yao Ming couldn't help but whispered: "This guy is indeed the best second master!"

Even Francis is not as good as Vince Carter in terms of usability.

Although this guy is willing to listen to Yao Ming, his mind is not always sober. Many times he will enter the "single mode" because of his emotions and temporary brain twitching. Yao Ming In order to prevent him from appearing too many singles before, from time to time he would be crazy about two games, so that he can 100% cooperate with the team in the more important games.

Vince Carter is different. His understanding of the four words "team cooperation" is really too thorough. Among so many "Michael Jordan successors" from North Carolina, the playing concept is the least "Michael Jordan". !

Just like now, when he realized that passing is a better way to play, he decisively changed his way of playing!

His support coupled with Yao Ming’s support, the role players of the Trail Blazers began to play their role, the Blazers' firepower suddenly increased, and the Spurs were originally rushing to Vince Carter’s defensive layout. It just collapsed. At 7 minutes and 14 seconds of the second quarter, there was a wave of 11 to 3 scoring.

Popovich was so angry that he immediately called a timeout!

"Good job!"

"Man, it's beautiful!"

When Yao Ming left the field, he gave high fives to Outlaw and Kwame Brown. Outlaw already threw two three-pointers in the second quarter. Kwame Brown also "eat pie" one after another. It is their performance and development. The team just hit a wave of scoring 11 to 3!

When Outlaw and Kwame Brown gave high fives to Yao Ming, they were all very excited. Not only them, but also the newcomers off the court. They came to the sideline early and waited for Yao Ming to give high fives and watched them. The look of each of them was "sure enough to knock them down again" expressions!

Sometimes this mentality is really, too critical!

In fact, every year in the league, there are many examples of big-bodied teams that are very restrained from the league’s power. For example, the Bobcats in 2009 were just the tail of the Eastern Conference playoffs, but they were able to meet the defending champion Lakers. Swept them.

Another example is the 2006 defending champions, the Heat, in the regular season, they also met teams that couldn't be dealt with.

The story of the Warriors and the Mavericks in 2007 is even more needless to say.

Really analyze the paper strength, it must be those who are more powerful, including analyzing the current Spurs and the Trailblazers, and the Spurs' paper strength is more dominant. Although the Blazers have Yao Ming and Vince Carter, they can still There are so many raw melon eggs! This greatly affected the paper combat effectiveness of the Trail Blazers!

But it happens that these newcomers who are dragging their legs, now have the mentality of meeting the Spurs to fight, and this time they have made up for their weakness!

To win the Spurs, there are two key points. One is to establish an advantage early, and the other is that the whole team must work together!

Only when the whole team worked together, Popovich couldn't do it one by one. Tonight's Trail Blazers did a good job of these two points, which also allowed them to score 18 points at the end of the second quarter. Leading advantage!

All the Spurs fans in the audience watched the huge point difference that they had fallen behind in this half, and their faces were heavy, but there was no big surprise. Also, they lost three times in a row in the regular season, even if they lost again this time. This is the playoffs, and it doesn't seem to be a big deal...

They seem to be our nemesis!

There are even Spurs fans who have such thoughts in their hearts.

However, the Spurs are not so easy to admit defeat. As soon as the third quarter came up, the desperate Popovich put all the "troika" on the court.

Originally, he was thinking of "a last fight", and he would replace him if he lost, but what he didn't expect was that the "troika" made all the effort in the third quarter, and he was shocked less than 3 minutes after the start of the third quarter. The team had a wave of 11-5 scoring, and the difference was returned to only 12 points.

Ginobili once again "demons" out of the hole during this time, the Blazers' defense problem on the front line was suddenly exposed.

There is no way, old Nelson can only limit Manu Ginobili's breakthrough by narrowing the defensive circle-it can be seen how sharp this "monster knife" breakthrough is.

But when the defensive formation changes because of a player, the defense is naturally more passive. The previous Spurs were like this, and the current Trailblazers are like this. The Trailblazers narrowed their defensive circle because of Manu Ginobili. Immediately fired shots on the outside line, and the score difference was further reduced to less than 10 points at this time!

Looking at this situation, Old Nelson no longer entangled how to arrange the defensive end. With a big wave, the whole army attacked!

He intends to suppress the Spurs' offense with fierce firepower.

I have to say that in terms of offensive research, the old Nelson is indeed unique in this league. He replaced Kwame Brown and took over Karl Malone, who has a more stable shooting ability. At the same time, in order to make up for Gary Payton’s lack of shooting, he Ask other people to open up the space as much as possible, so that the "gloves" have a better breakthrough space.

In fact, the Spurs in this period lacked Robert Horry, who should have been added. With the departure of Stephen Jackson and the fact that Michael Finley has not yet arrived, the defensive quality of the perimeter is also the same. Once the defensive system of the Spurs with Duncan at its core has been opened, it will not be able to respond at all.

Tony Parker's physical disadvantage was suddenly magnified!

Even Gary Payton has emerged, and the Blazers are now completely "attacking the whole army"...

The Spurs’ “troika” firepower was gradually suppressed. At 6 minutes and 15 seconds of the fourth quarter, with Yao Ming’s mid-range shot, the Trail Blazers once again successfully established a double-digit point difference advantage. The advantage has been leading to the last minute.

119 to 109, 10 points difference advantage, the Blazers successfully won the first game of the series at the Spurs' home court, rewriting the big score to 1-0!

"Yes!"

Vince Carter gave Yao Ming a high-five, and at the same time he looked for Bruce Bowen and gave him a vicious look. This is what he most wants to do after winning the game!

Bruce Bowen tilted his head and left.

Vince Carter finally scored 32 points in this game, really knocking his head crooked!

Yao Ming's score in this game is not as good as Vince Carter, he only scored 28 points, but he also got 17 rebounds, 7 assists and 3 blocks. This data can be said to be a gorgeous batch!

Kwame Brown had 11 points and 8 rebounds in the "quasi double-double" data.

Gary Payton had 10 points and 5 assists, the standard "10 plus 5".

Outlaw scored 12 points, including 3 three-pointers!

The entire starting lineup all scored in double figures. It was also relying on the team's performance that the Trail Blazers won the first game of the series so smoothly.

"Troika" played very well, Tim Duncan scored 28 points, 15 rebounds and 4 blocks; Tony Parker scored 17 points and 5 assists; improved 21 points, but they obviously couldn't deal with the entire army. For the Trail Blazers, Tim Duncan also said after the game: "Obviously, they were better prepared than us in the first game of the series. They beat us with a better team form!"

After the game, the outside media were also full of surprises about the upset in the first game of this series.

"ESPN" headline post: "The Trail Blazers upset the Spurs, the following grams are still playing?"

"Beach Stand" said: "These guys are doing a big thing!"

"Sports Illustrated" is more direct: "NCAA has March Madness, and now, the NBA is staged Madness May! The Blazers obviously don't want to fall in the second round of the playoffs!"

The three NBA media giants posted at the same time, which shows that the outside world was surprised and shocked by the Blazers' ability to defeat the Spurs. It is no wonder that although the Blazers upset the Western Supersonics in the last round, but The Sonics are like "upstarts", with no background and no experience. In fact, the performance of these four teams in the first round may mean that the Grizzlies will be eliminated by them, and the other three teams. There is a possibility of defeating them!

The Spurs are different. Their core lineup has gone through the baptism of the Finals. More importantly, Popovich’s return has made this team more stable on the court. Such a team is truly powerful. It's really not so good to be "subjected"!

"That's why I am a fan of the Trail Blazers!"

"I really love this team. When they are in that form, they can beat any team, including the Spurs in the playoffs!"

"They have the possibility of defeating any team in the regular season, and now they can still do such a thing, this team is really attractive!"

And on Facebook, more and more NBA fans are claiming the identity of "Blazers fans". In the eyes of this group of fans, the Blazers are no less attractive than a 36d beauty who takes off her shirt.

It's a team that people can't help but want to study!

However, the Spurs are the Spurs, Tim Duncan is Tim Duncan, Popovich... There are still two times. The loss in the first game of the series did not affect their state, but in the second game. They made a very timely change~www.novelmt.com~ No matter how Vince Carter and Yao Ming attacked, they were determined to stay the same and put most of their defensive power on blocking other role players. Then let the "troika" and the MV combination explode. The final result was that the "troika" suppressed the MV combination, 111 to 103. The Spurs pulled back on their home court and the score came to 1 to 1. flat!

The "troika" combined their efforts to score 73 points, 20 rebounds, 15 assists, 4 steals and 6 blocks, setting a good example on both ends of the offense and defense.

Yao Ming actually played better than the previous game. He scored 36 points, 16 rebounds, 2 assists and 3 blocks. However, Vince Carter's condition in this game was not as good as the previous game. He "only" scored 25 points, but this It also has something to do with his defensive end in order to limit Ginobili's consumption of too much physical energy.

However, although the big score came to a 1-1 draw, Yao Ming did not have any concerns. The 1-1 result was the best result he expected before he came to the San Antonio Spurs!

Now that he is back to Portland with the best result, what is his concern?

Next, it's time for us to treat you well!