Chapter 080: The Last Glory
After the first round of the playoffs of the Rockets, they successfully defeated the Trail Blazers 4-2, and Da Yao entered the second round for the first time in his career.
After the game, Da Yao kept boasting to the media about Artest, Brooks, Scola and other Rockets teammates.
This is Da Yao, low-key and humble, he never shows off himself, but in fact, only Lin Yi knows that if this rocket can pay more attention to Da Yao, they will even have a chance to win the championship this year.
In the last game against the Trailblazers, Da Yao was 8 of 16, and the efficiency was good.
But do you know who the Rockets shot the most in the whole team? It's Artest, and Adelman would rather let Artest play 21 times than arrange more of Yao Ming's low-post tactics.
Fortunately, this is the best playoff game for Adelman's offense, but Adelman used Artest as Maddie, and Lin Yi was really convinced.
You must know that in this year's Western Conference playoffs, as long as the Rockets pass the Lakers, no one in the Nuggets who will play next will be able to compete with Da Yao, and if the finals play Magic, Yao Ming will play Howard as if playing.
Atai's biggest improvement to the Rockets is hardness and toughness, not offense. But the stubborn Adelman just wants to play Princeton, just don't add some low-post singles to Yao Ming, what can you do?
May 5, Staples, Los Angeles.
The championship-aspiring Lakers probably probably didn't expect before the game that the Rockets would cause them huge problems in this series.
In fact, if you look at the lineups of both sides, you will understand that the Lakers do not have the strong point guards that the Rockets are most afraid of, because the Rockets are most afraid of blocking and dismantling, and the thin guards on the Rockets' guard line are most afraid of super point guards who like to play blocking and dismantling and have strong single ability.
The Lakers' interior Bynum is Yao Ming's favorite type to play, while the Rockets have Artest and Battier to limit Kobe.
Gasol's defense is not top-notch, and Scola's offensive efficiency is completely capable of killing Gasol.
In Lin Yi's memory, in the first meeting between the two sides, Kobe Bryant made 31 crazy shots, and Staples's iron play continued throughout the Lakers and failed to turn.
If Adelman is more flexible and creates more opportunities for Yao Ming, the Rockets will definitely be able to step past this Lakers team with the advantage of lineup restraint.
In the first game of this series, even if Yao Ming had a huge advantage, he only got 17 shots, what was the result? Da Yao scored a high score of 28 points.
In fact, Lin Yi knows very well that no matter whether Da Yao is injured or not, as long as Adelman leads the team, Morey is the manager, and Alexander is the boss, it is absolutely impossible for the Rockets to win the championship.
Because how can there be any reason to take your own eggs and smash other people's stones?
The most classic scene of the game came 4 minutes and 54 seconds before the end.
In defense, Da Yao was injured by Kobe Bryant's knee, but Da Yao, who was helped into the player's tunnel by the team doctor, insisted on returning to the court.
What Lin Yi was most worried about still happened.
What should come, will always come.
This 226-centimeter-tall giant always likes to grit his teeth and persevere.
Whether you like Michael Jordan or Allen Iverson, whether you fan Kobe Bryant or McGrady, you can't deny that most Chinese fans wouldn't know the NBA so deeply and meticulously without Yao Ming.
He never complained, because he knew that his country needed him.
If it weren't for the death of the Basketball Association and the Shanghai team, no one knows if Da Yao would have been able to go far in the NBA, Van Gundy made him gain weight, he became a real low-post killer in the NBA, and McGrady and his team made Chinese fans look forward to it day after day.
However, at the height of Da Yao's glory, he met Adelman, who refused to arrange more low-post tactics for him.
He still didn't complain, even though his efficiency was amazing, and he always silently told the media that his teammates were playing well.
On the court, when Da Yao returned to Staples, when the Lakers fans stood up from the bottom of their hearts to applaud the Chinese giant, and when he chose to carry the Rockets on his shoulders, Lin Yi knew that this would be Da Yao's last glory.
This will be the last shred of sorrow in the center era.
Lin Yi won't watch the next game of the Rockets.
He didn't want to break himself again.
People say that Da Yao can play in the NBA because of his height.
Those who say this kind of thing may not know that the NBA has never reached a height of 226 cm and can feel so soft.
Da Yao is said to lack leadership qualities.
Those who say this kind of thing may not know that the head coach of the Italian team once said that he would rather exchange the whole team for Yao Ming.
Da Yao made Chinese basketball completely unrivaled in Asia, and he allowed the Chinese team to play even a dozen against European powerhouses.
When the Houston Rockets needed him the most, he didn't back down, he paid silently, whether it was rebounding or defense, and he led the Houston Rockets through the first-round curse, while his comrade McGrady could only watch from the sidelines.
He never complained about his teammates, and he never complained about Rockets owner Alexander's refusal to pay the luxury tax to make a final push to the team.
It's an impossible task, it's a team that can't win a championship.
Goodbye, Da Yao!
Thank you!
Because you made all the basketball fans in China have a dream, and it wasn't until N years later that people realized that playing in the NBA was such a difficult thing for yellow people.
In the fourth quarter of the game between the Lakers and the Rockets, with 3 minutes and 18 seconds left, Da Yao hit that high shot at the top of the arc in the middle.
His determined gaze made the Staples fans can't help but shout for him.
When the legend comes to an end, all that remains is the final glory.
The caravan passed;
A pack of dogs barking.
You look at the dogs;
The caravan moved on.
We have witnessed the growth and experience of many stars in the NBA, and we think we know them, but in fact, every star is a legend, once we look back at those lost pasts, we will understand their difficulties, understand their choices, understand their greatness, and recognize ourselves.
Yao Ming, who has always stood there like a giant, and the stories associated with him are often a mixture of low-key humility and pathos. But he always longed for the highest glory. This giant of sorrow is still as bright and beating as a flame in our memories. Although he has long since retired ...
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After watching the Rockets' victory over the Los Angeles Lakers, Lin Yi became more determined to learn from someone's grand ambition to interfere with the management and coaching staff.
Da Yao was eventually injured in the third game between the Lakers and the Rockets, and the injuries accumulated over the years completely broke out, and Da Yao said goodbye to the playoffs completely......
Hey, it's all tears!
In May, Lin Yi returned to Davidson to accompany Stephen Curry in special training before entering the NBA, and the shooting speed of elementary school students has been greatly improved.
In June, when the Los Angeles Lakers finally advanced to the Finals and defeated the Magic, Kobe Bryant was excited like a child, and he couldn't wait to show the world that he could win the championship without O'Neal.
But Kobe Bryant didn't clearly realize that although there was no O'Neal, this time he had Gasol.
The results of the NBA's draft pick draw have finally been released in anticipation, with Griffin, Lin Yi, Curry and other high-ranking rookies announcing that they will be exiting rookie training camp.
In this regard, even if he wants to change the outcome of the high draft rookies refusing to participate in training camp, NBA commissioner Stern can not do anything.
Because these high-pick rookies don't want to waste their time, there are only a few teams that can pick them, so why waste time and energy playing against a bunch of second-round picks?
And history has really changed as Lin Yi expected!