The first half of the Rookie Challenge was more than six minutes into the game, and before the first commercial timeout in the seventh minute, Oden, as the interior core of the sophomore team, got his second foul of the game and was finally replaced by head coach Yao Ming.

Oden was off the pitch and second-year substitute center Noah came off the bench.

When Oden came off the bench and sat on the bench, his mind was still torn about whether he had hit James on the head with his right hand or his beard.

Thinking back to the whole person who threw himself into his arms, Harden, who was hit by him who didn't know where he was hit, looked at him with innocent and confused eyes, he was willing to believe that this bearded man with such a simple and innocent and blank eyes was not a bad guy who cheated and fouled, but ......

As far as his current defensive ability is concerned, when he is defending, generally, no, not generally, it is impossible to have this kind of blocking in the wrong place, hitting the opponent's head or other places!

If it's really not Harden who deliberately came up, that is, he thinks he has practiced very well, and even practiced defensive skills, but in fact, he has not practiced enough, and there are still loopholes?

Greg Oden sat on the bench and looked at his right hand, which went from being open to a fist.

Before him, he was indeed complacent!

His defense, there's room for improvement!

Oden sat on the sidelines and doubted his life for a while, but on the court, the first- and second-year games were a bit of a sudden change.

Oden is the offensive and defensive core of this year's sophomore, and without Oden, what the sophomore lacks is not only defensive hardness, but more offensive strength and stability.

No matter how uncomfortable the pre-sophomore offense was by the first-year defense, Oden was on the court, even if he was a pinch shot, he could attract a man.

And after Noah replaced Oden, not to mention whether he can replace Oden defensively, let's talk about the offensive end, he can't get Gasol Jr. one-on-one, let alone attract pinching like Oden.

As a direct consequence of this, Nick Young, Yi Jianlian and Conley clearly feel that the pressure they are under on the court has increased.

At the same time, the already difficult offense in the second grade became even more difficult.

Also, although Noah's defense is very good, it is relative to the rest of the league.

Compared with Oden, the league's current leader of the four young interior lines, Noah's defense is at a disadvantage in all aspects.

Noah's help defense is perhaps the closest to Oden's.

But before Auden alone blocked James Harden, Westbrook, Derrick Rose and Mike Beasley's singles, not by his defense, but by Oden's single defense under the basket!

Oden can not only jam Gasol Jr. under the basket, but also defend the first-year outside player who enters the basket after blocking Gasol Jr., and he also defends very well, which is simply a higher level on the court!

But after the substitution of Noah, the situation on the field was completely different.

Noah's single defense is also very strong, but Noah's height and weight are a little far behind Oden, and it is difficult to even jam Gasol Jr.

Not to mention that after jamming Gasol Jr., he can also defend Westbrook, Harden and Ross Beasley who rush in from the outside.

In the more than seven minutes of the game, the first commercial timeout, Yao Ming replaced the underconfident Jeff Green, and replaced the only defensive interior among the few remaining players in the second year, Al Horford.

Al Horford and Noah are inside teammates at the University of Florida, and the cooperation between the two is indeed tacit.

Al Horford's play-on can protect the basket more effectively than Yi Jianlian.

But......

When Rose, Westbrook, James Harden, and Mike Beasley rushed to the basket, Horford or Noah was really unstoppable!

The singles of these four people are a little too ferocious!

"Every offense of the first-year team is a singles!"

"If a year's defense is an infinite change of defense at the University of Washington, then a first-year offense is an infinite single!"

"Harden singles, Westbrook singles, Rose singles, Mike Beasley still singles!"

"What's more, not to mention the other abilities of these four people, they are really strong in singles!"

"The problem now in the second year is not only that there is a problem on the inside after Oden is off the court, but also that the problem in the second year is that the outside line can't prevent the singles of the first grade at all!"

"It's so easy for a sophomore outside player to get inside, and even if Oden stays on the court, sooner or later he will be sent off for too many fouls!"

"I know now, Yes didn't use other tactics on the offensive end at the beginning of this game, but directly used this kind of rotation single tactics that seem to be xjbd, just because I know that these singles players in the first grade have too strong penetrating ability, even if the efficiency is not so high, they can kill the interior line of the second grade, not to mention, their single efficiency is not bad after Oden is off the court!"

"Compared with other offensive tactics, the infinite singles tactics that Yes made in this game are simpler, more direct and more effective!"

As the game progressed, countless commentators from all over the world who complained about Yes's offensive tactics at the beginning of the game changed their tune.

Because what is happening on the pitch right now is amazing.

Before the start of this game, many people were optimistic about the second grade, because the nine players in the second year are more balanced, both inside and outside, and the first grade, the outside line is slightly stronger, but the inside line is really not that strong, it can be said to be hanged!

This situation, in general, is very difficult to turn around.

According to many NBA expert coaches before the game, even the legendary NCAA coach Lorenzo Romar will have a hard time bridging the gap between the two teams when he comes as the first-year head coach.

But now?

Master Lorenzo Romar hasn't played yet, and his apprentice Yes has directly nullified the second-year inside advantage!

It's really, incredible!

"Use Lorenzo Romar's infinite change defense to stabilize the defensive end of the small lineup, and then use the single advantage of the small lineup to blast the interior ...... of the second year"

This tactical idea, watching Phil Jackson on the sidelines and many basketball professionals were dumbfounded.

Let's not talk about anything else, let's talk about tactics and coaching, Yes is also a genius!

Except for Master Lorenzo Romar, no basketball coach may have such a clear understanding and attainment of basketball tactics!

And this is the first game that Yes has coached!

His basketball experience and experience are nothing compared to the thousands of coaches who have played thousands of games in the NBA!

"It's unbelievable to understand basketball like this......"

Phil Jackson's exclamation is really from the heart.

On the court, the Yes team of the first grade is playing against the Yao team of the second grade!

On the sidelines of the court, the fans in the stadium were frantically shouting Yes's name, and the magic number that has now become the NBA's most famous number meme!

Listen to the fans on the sidelines shouting frantically '58! As the head coach of the second year, Yao Ming is really helpless.

In the current NBA, as soon as there is a possible big score, fans will shout this number in a heckling manner.

On the other hand, when the fans collectively coax this number, it means that the game is likely to play a big score!

Whether it will be hit by Xiao Yezi in the end is a 58, Yao Ming is not very sure.

But now, there is indeed such a risk.

This first half is a little more than halfway through, and the score on the field is almost 20 points off!

36 to 16!

This score!

That's still the reason why Oden played six minutes on the pitch, and it would be bad if Oden wasn't there for those six minutes.

In order to make this year's Rookie Challenge even more exciting, this year's Rookie Challenge has a rule of six foul departures!

Previously, the NBA Rookie Challenge was not about six foul throws, but when a team made 10 fouls or committed a second foul within two minutes of halftime, the opponent would get a free throw.

The rules of the previous Rookie Challenge were somewhat skewed towards the rules of the NCAA.

It's so unfriendly to be the head coach of the Rookie Challenge this time!

What can he do in the face of the menacing first grade?

He had nothing to do but go to Auden!

Finally, after 14 minutes of the game, Yao Ming once again replaced Oden, who had committed two fouls.

After Oden came on the court, the situation in the second year was very noticeably different, both offensively and defensively.

"Auden is still strong!"

Not only were many audiences and reporters and media professionals at the scene sighing, Ye Si also nodded secretly in his heart.

After Oden came on the pitch, he kept leading the fans to shout '58! O'Neill was a little sluggish.

Oden's appearance made the arrogant O'Neill a little unable to shout.

And James, who was sitting behind Yes, also breathed a sigh of relief.

Team Yes played Team Yao with a 58 points, he didn't have any interest, he would have preferred Team Yao to play Team Yes with a 58 points.

Yes's prestige and aura are high enough, and now that he is even a coach so well, it really makes a Yes competitor like him desperate.

He wants to surpass Yes in all aspects, and won't he also surpass Yes in the field of coaching in the future, Coach James Can?

The cranky James hurriedly shook his head!

Before Auden played, there were a little signs of collapse in the second year, but after Auden came on the field, he stabilized all this.

But the good times didn't last long, and after three minutes of play, Oden was once again covered with a foul!

"James Harden Break!"

"James Harden made another ball-hugging breakthrough, James Harden's head and beard are still flicking!"

"Greg Oden has fouled again!"

"Greg Oden's right hand hit James Harden's beard again!"

Seventeen minutes into the game, James Harden once again fouled Oden's defense.

Looking at the bearded man sitting on the ground with blank and innocent eyes, sitting in front of Oden, Rose and Beasley, who had gone up to pull him up, were stunned.

Make Oden's foul, that's really hard!

But this bearded man who is not very strong can actually make Oden two fouls in this game!

Isn't that incredible?

"This kid's foul-making posture is too cheap!"

O'Neal, who was somewhat suppressed by Oden, was resurrected again after Oden's third foul in this game!

O'Neal said James Harden's foul-making posture was cheap?

It's really cheap.

Especially when combined with James Harden's talent for seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages.

As long as he is willing to be beaten, he can be very sensitive to where his body is most likely to cause the opponent to foul.

His plan for this game was not to foul Oden, the offensive and tactical literacy of these young players in the first year is generally not high, but their singles are very strong, so the offensive end of unlimited singles plus counterattacks is the best way.

Yes didn't expect James Harden to make his offensive tactics into a foul for Oden.

James...... Harden ......

Inside the SuperSonics, a lot of people say what buttons James Harden turned on after being elbowed by Artest.

Yes had always felt that the button was a blow to James Harden's fear.

Seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages, James Harden always likes to retreat in the face of danger.

It's a great talent, but if a player is too scared, the person with this talent can't be relied upon at critical moments.

Being elbowed by Artest made Harden discover that this talent of his could even protect him.

He doesn't have to be afraid of anything, just like this game, he is not afraid of being fanned by Auden, and sends his head and beard to the palm of Auden's hand, it doesn't matter if he is fanned, anyway, this talent of the body can protect him to the greatest extent and let him avoid the biggest damage.

The pain may really hurt, but as long as you are not afraid of the pain, you can also make Oden's foul.

Seeing James Harden twisting his neck and jumping up after being slapped by Oden, Yes's eyes narrowed.

This talent......

He's got to know it again!

And Oden on the field really has a feeling of ruining the three views.

Oden was fouled twice by James Harden, but Yao Ming didn't dare to replace Oden.

This is really not daring to change!

But when halftime ended, watching James Harden and Gasol Jr. on the court, blocking and dismantling, leaning on Oden's body, facing Oden's defense, Harden turned around and stroked his hands under Oden's armpits......

"Big, big loop?!"

Looking at the blindfolded Oden on the court, the audience on the sidelines and Yao Ming were shocked.

"Four, four fouls? Oden was fouled again in the first half by James Harden, his fourth foul of the game! ”

"It's dangerous, the sophomore team is completely dangerous now!"

To be reasonable, before the start of this game, no one in the world really thought that the most showy person in this game was James Harden!

Oden was fouled four times at halftime, and the impact on the game's trend was huge!

When the game ended, looking at the 146-88 score on the sidelines, Yao Ming shook his head with a wry smile.

He really didn't expect that he would be the head coach and lead a stronger team to be led by Xiao Yezi, who is also a novice coach, to beat a 58!

The first grade side could have won more, but ......

Those little guys in the first grade just won 58, which is uncomfortable.

At the end of the game, Yao Ming's face smiled bitterly.