At the end of January, the Warriors defeated the Hornets on the road, surpassing the Rockets and Jazz in the rankings and returning to fifth place in the West, and it was only a matter of time before the Hornets were surpassed.

Center Tyson? After Chandler's injury, the Hornets had no one available inside, and it was all up to Paul and West, and it was a miracle that they were able to make the playoffs.

The Hornets were blown up into a sieve by the Warriors, they couldn't guard against Randolph, Margety, and Peterson couldn't keep up with Ellis. The Warriors didn't contain Paul throughout the game, but just guarded West tightly, so that their blocking power could not be brought into play.

The high-paid backup Posey brought in by the Hornets was really bad, only scoring 2 points and 5 rebounds, and his role was only defense, and the offensive end was more like a tumor on the outside line.

Paul played 36 minutes and scored 32 points, 4 rebounds, 8 assists and 3 steals, but the Hornets lost by 24 points 93-117. Zhou Xuan only played two and a half quarters, with 6 points and 10 assists. Since Ellis' comeback, the team has won easily, his playing time has been shortened, and his efficiency is still high.

The Warriors' Texas road trip has just begun, with a trip to the Mavericks a day later.

Zhou Xuan has been looking forward to this game for a long time, and the opponent is the veteran Jason? Kidd, a famous point guard in the league, is second only to Stockton's assist leader in assists.

The Mavericks also have a good lineup now, with a strong offense. Experts say the battle between Randolph and Nowitzki is a highlight, but after the game started, the outside players began to steal the show, and the Warriors kept relying on blocking and perimeter breakthroughs to attack the Mavericks' defense. Azubuike returned to the starting line-up and Morrow came to the bench to play Ellis to a greater extent, with no substitutes to compete with him for the ball.

The Mavericks have problems with pick-and-roll, Nowitzki is fine, and the main Dampier is too slow. Dampier is a good defender in the low post, but as soon as the opponent pulls him out, he is in trouble. And on the offensive end, Dampier can't make any contributions, and his style is very similar to Turyaf, who can only shoot and dunk under the basket. His salary is much higher than that of Turyav.

Kidd is now mainly responsible for the perimeter and rarely breaks through after the pick-and-roll, and before Terry came on the court, the pressure on Randolph's pick-and-roll defense was greatly reduced. The Mavericks couldn't get up fast, and almost always played the position, as long as the shot missed, as soon as Biedrins and Randolph won the rebound, the Warriors immediately counterattacked. In the second quarter, the Mavericks played two guards, Barria partnered with Terry, Ellis came off the bench and Zhou Xuan "combined two swords", and the Warriors gradually took the initiative.

In the second half, the Clippers continued to send small ball tactics, leaving a Biedlings on the inside, and hit a 15-2 attack to open the score, after which the Mavericks failed to recover the score. Nowitzki felt like he was reliving a nightmare, back in time when he was hacked.

Zhou Xuan didn't feel very good today, 1 of 4 shots, got 3 points and 9 assists, there were too many offensive players, he couldn't shoot too much, Randolph, Margety, and Ellis could only shoot more than a dozen times each, trying to ensure efficiency.

After a six-game winning streak, no one underestimated the Warriors.

On Feb. 1, the Warriors faced the Rockets for the third time this season.

When the players came out, Yao Ming and Zhou Xuan greeted each other. "Your kid has been majestic again recently, six consecutive wins after six consecutive defeats, do you have to grab the MVP during the Star Game."

"I didn't think that far, isn't the Star Game just playing?" Zhou Xuan didn't mention the record, Maddie still played and rested, and the rocket has been half-dead.

"You won twice, and this time it's time for the Rockets to win." Yao Ming said with a smile.

"Oh? Now we have a stronger squad than we did in those two games. ”

greeted before the game, and the two of them did their best when they started fighting.

This time, the old Nelson did another experiment, with Margeti also on the bench, and Azubuuk and Morrow starting. Moreau looked for opportunities on the periphery to open up space, and Battier's defensive ability could not be brought into play.

The Rockets started Yao Ming, Scola, Artest, Battier, and Alston. The style of play is always the same, Yao Ming asks for the ball in the low position on the right side, passes Yao Ming dribbles twice, turns around and jumps or turns around to hook his hand, and passes the ball with Yao Ming. In the first quarter, the Rockets played like this, and the old Nelson didn't let the players wrap up, so he defended himself alone and guarded against others.

Yao Ming shot 6-of-9 from the field and 4-of-4 from the free-throw line in the first quarter to finish with 16 points and 3 rebounds, and the Rockets led the Warriors by 4 points. But even CCTV5 commentator Su Qun felt that it was difficult to win the Warriors by playing the Rockets like this.

The Rockets just passed to Yao Ming, and everyone else stood and watched, and didn't get a few shots. The Warriors' offense was more blossoming, the formation was completely stretched, and all five men scored.

In the second quarter, the Warriors overtook the score, Ellis and Margetty played off the bench, but the Rockets could only rely on Weaver and Landry to attack. Brooks plays average defenders, can use his speed to get past opponents, and he has no advantage against Ellis. He broke through once with the help of the pick-and-roll, and was slapped away by a large hat from Turyav.

Not only can the Warriors ensure their attacking power, but the stamina of the main players is also properly distributed. Nelson Sr. feels that when Jackson returns and after the Biddlers trade, it will be necessary for Margeti to also play as a backup, so that the Warriors will be even more unstoppable. The starting five people who can shoot the basketball, and there are also two scoring masters off the bench, and Watson and Duby are not bad and can hit three-pointers from the perimeter.

The old Nelson was excited when he thought about the roster after the star break, having spent most of his life on the court, and he had never seen a team with more offensive power than the Warriors today.

Zhou Xuan has also been thinking about it off the court, and he feels that Adelman's arrangement is very problematic. The starting Scola is just covering in the high position, so that Yao Ming keeps playing strongly, if it is just for the mid-range shot after the cover, why not let Landry start, he can also shoot in the middle of the shot, and the athleticism is stronger, and if Scola is a substitute, there is also someone who can attack in the low post on the second position.

Randolph commented that Scola's low footwork is better than Yao Ming, and even better than him, if he keeps playing is not a big threat, but Adelman is not flexible enough. In addition, it was also wasteful for Battier and Artest to start together, Margeti was on the floor, but the Rockets used two super defensive players to limit Morrow and Azubuike.

The Chinese pulled out a fan and also knew that the "Tian Ji horse race" and used his strong point to touch the opponent's weakness, but Adelman did not know the way, he knew that the road used Yao Ming, and when he saw that the situation was not good in the second quarter, he immediately replaced Yao Ming and then played in a low position.

Just last week, the Rockets played the Pacers away game, Yao Ming collided with teammate Battier in the first quarter, resulting in a knee injury and leaving the court early, teammates joked that Yao Ming's knee was swollen into a "D cup" after the game, and now Adelman has begun to play with Yao Ming again, of course, he is very relaxed, playing Yao Ming's life.

Yao Ming is generally very energetic when he fights warriors, and even more so when he doesn't wrap up. In the third quarter, he relied on his personal ability to score points, and also assisted Artest and Brooks to hit three-pointers from the outside.

71-78, the Warriors trailed by 7 points, and Ellis felt cold and hit multiple pull-up jump shots.

Nelson Sr. was unhappy with his performance, called a timeout, and scolded Ellis. "Monta, your job is to break through, get in for a layup or make a foul, there are a lot of shooters on the team, there are people who are more accurate than you, don't let me see you dangling two pull-up jumpers outside, do you understand? It's stupid, we want to win, it's not the whole team to accompany you to score points! ”

Then Nelson Sr. said, "Go a little quicker when you block and pick-and-roll, keep an eye on Brooks, and don't let him score any more." ”

Alston was largely defended today, scoring just two points and providing two assists on 1-of-6 shooting in the first half, and Adelman gave Brooks more time. Brooks is a convulsive and fast, and once he finds his touch, he is really not easy to defend, and he exploited Randolph's weakness of slow lateral movement in the second half, scoring on several breakaway layups.

Zhou Xuan is no longer hostile to Brooks now, looking at his contribution to the team, he is really no worse than the current Alstom, the street ball king shoots too badly, as long as there is someone in front of him, he is basically playing iron.

The strongest lineup of the Warriors played, Zhou Xuan was responsible for controlling the ball, playing blocking and dismantling with Randolph, and as soon as Scola changed his defense, he immediately sent the ball to the middle.

With Brooks on the floor, the Rockets' high defense has obvious weaknesses, and as soon as the pass is misplaced, Randolph can easily squeeze Brooks to get the ball. Battier immediately switched defenses, freed Ellis, and let Brooks switch positions to defend.

The previous few balls were guarded like this, Ellis saw that Brooks was only 180CM tall, and chose to shoot, but the opponent couldn't cover it, but he hit the iron. This time Brooks chased Ellis, and Biedrins pulled out of Ellis to cover again, and as soon as he misplaced, the person who defended Ellis became Yao Ming.

This kind of alignment is the biggest headache for the Rockets, Ellis holds the ball and bursts through the baseline, passes Yao Ming in one step, and makes a quick layup before Yao Ming turns to block. 73 to 78.

In the next round, the Rockets still played Yao Ming, and the person who defended him was still Biedrins. With more than 4 minutes left in the third quarter, Yao Ming has scored 28 points and 8 rebounds, and there is no big surprise today to get a big double-double. However, he has already taken a lot of shots and has consumed a lot of energy on the defensive end.

Yao Ming leaned on Biedrins with his back, turned around and shook it in the middle, lit Biedrins up, and then jumped forward to shoot the basketball with one hand, and the referee blew the whistle 2+1. Yao Ming also scored a free throw. 73 to 81.

The home fans are very excited, calling Yao Ming's name, entering the league, Yao Ming's highest scoring record is only 41 points, fans hope that he can play a domineering game, break the scoring record at that time, today's game The Warriors are almost not covered, he can do it.

In the next round, Zhou Xuan first attracted the defense to lead Scola to the left high position, and then passed the ball to Ellis, who was cut to the bottom line, and Biderins successfully covered without the ball.

Yao Ming doesn't want to lose again, he wants to prove himself, even if he can't win the championship, it's good to pass the first round of the playoffs. In the playoffs, they could very well meet the Warriors, and he had to find a way to kill them.

Therefore, Yao Ming was very active in blocking and dismantling this time, and as soon as he saw Ellis running, he immediately stood in a position and blocked the breakthrough route, if Ellis hit him with the ball, eighty percent would be blown into someone with the ball.

Ellis was too fast to stop the car, and sure enough, he hit Yao Ming, and the referee blew the whistle and hit people with the ball.

The home fans just wanted to cheer for Yao Ming's defense, but they found that Yao Ming was holding his knees, his expression was painful, something bad was wrong......