Chapter 823 [Rocket Wins the Championship!] MVP! 】
After the game, a group of Celtic fans expressed dissatisfaction that the veteran rushed to the championship to watch one less game, but he was hacked by the referee.
Whose game isn't one less to watch? How much more can you see this thing?
In fact, the fans of the Green Army don't have to worry at all, these young people in their early 30s who have been able to play in recent years have been crying dad and calling mother. In Guo Xu's previous life, if they hadn't been unlucky, Garnett was injured in 2009 and Perkins was injured in 2010, maybe they would have completed three consecutive championships.
In this life, it is very difficult for the Green Army to win the championship, and some strong teams have become very terrifying in order to deal with the Suns, and the Suns, who are healthy at the core, are the most terrifying.
On June 8, the NBA Finals kicked off in Houston, with a schedule of 232, and the Rockets had home-court advantage.
In the first game, the Rockets showed the momentum of victory, winning 105-88 against the Cavaliers by 17 points, Yao Ming shot 12 of 19, 1 of 2 three-pointers, 8 of 8 free throws, and scored 33 points, 10 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 blocks.
How easy is it for Yao, who has entered his prime, to pick Bidrins? The Cavaliers don't help defend in the low post, Yao Ming plays casually, and he splits his teammates to shoot three points in a pack.
Without a direct shot, Billups can also single-handedly play Delonti West with the ball, or play a block and pick and roll with Scola in the middle, so there are many options.
Billups is widely regarded as the Rockets' No. 2 leader, and he's been doing just too well this season.
On the surface, he averaged 18.6 points, 3.3 rebounds and 6 assists per game in the playoffs, shooting 43.5% from the field, 40% from three-point range, and 85.6% from the free throw line. Looking at the high-end data again, this guy's true hit rate is 61.2%, which is higher than Yao Mingdu.
On the defensive end, Yao Ming is not a weakness, his task is to defend the restricted area, Biedrins and Gooden let them shoot when they are out, he only moves near the penalty area, helping his teammates to cover the breaking James and protect the rebounding ball in the backcourt.
Yao Ming's big model of center is under the basket, and it is difficult for James to break in, and Guo Xu played the Mavericks in his previous life.
The Green Army can't defend James, because Garnett has to defend Boozer, anti-blocking and pick-and-roll, Perkins is only 208CM tall, even if his arm span is excellent and Yao Ming's deterrence is not at the same level. Yao Mingfang doesn't need to jump in the restricted area at all, just raise his arms in a standing position.
Everyone knows that Yao Ming's weakness is that he is slow, can't defend himself, and is easy to be passed by defenders and fouled. But like O'Neal, he's standing in the box and he's uncomfortable with teams that like to force the basket.
To defend the low position, the most important thing is the strength of the lower limbs, looking at Yao Ming's big thick legs, you know that his defense of the restricted area is the top.
When the Jazz have Oku's partner, Boozer pulls out to shoot will give Yao Ming a headache, but the Cavaliers don't have a drop-out center like Oku, and the person who starts to defend Yao Ming is Biedrins, who has no range and can be empty.
Gooden and Boozer went together, Yao Ming was not uncomfortable, and Gooden, who shot 40% of the shots, shot at the shot, as long as he interfered slightly, he couldn't shoot dead. And the 208CM tall Gu Deng main defense Yao Ming had a big accident, Yao Ming leaned his back on him twice and turned around in a low position to shoot.
Yao Ming's move turned around and threw a backward jumper, and the interference of players with a height of less than 210CM was ineffective, and the knight's single defense was ineffective.
In Guo Xu's previous life, Yao Ming was very powerful before gaining weight, and in the 2005 playoffs, he shot 57.1% from close range on two points, 46.7% in the regular season, and more than 45% in the middle distance. Turning around and shooting is his trick, and it's more consistent than Duncan's shooting percentage from the field.
The situation in the second game was almost exactly the same as the first game, the Rockets' defensive tactics were to strictly guard the restricted area, and the outside Prince and Sefrosha took turns to defend James, restricting James from breaking through and letting the Cavaliers make other shots.
When attacking, Yao Ming and Scola take turns to be the inside axis, one person pulls out to cover the guard, combines inside and outside, and the swingman does not take on the task of attacking with the ball, just catches the ball and shoots.
In the end, the Rockets won by 12 points and kept the situation firmly in their hands because their offense was more efficient.
James' playoff statistics are very beautiful, averaging 28 points, 8 rebounds and 7.5 assists per game, but his style of play is still like that, he must hold the ball and rush into the restricted area.
James shot 28.9 percent from long range, 26 percent from mid-range, and only 40 percent from close range, and only went to the basket to shoot 55 percent.
In the first two rounds of the Cavaliers, the opponent's restricted area defense was average, and James performed very well, but the efficiency against the Celtics began to decline, and James' shooting rate dropped to 40.4% in two games against the Rockets, and it was almost impossible to watch.
Back at home, the Cavaliers' offensive problems were not solved, the Rockets players blocked the restricted area, and James was difficult to get a shot if he didn't shoot from mid-to-long distance.
The Cavaliers are inseparable from the efforts of the whole team to reach the finals, and after the mid-term trade, the offensive points have been increased, and McBrown, who is known as the puppet coach, is good at arranging the defensive system, but the online argument is that James has a strong leadership temperament, and many fans believe in this more.
The core of the long-range shooting rate is not even 30%, how strong can the leadership temperament be? And this leader didn't practice his back fight well, everyone knows how he fights, just prevent the crab step in the face frame.
In the third game, the Cavaliers' home whistle was quite obvious, the referee did not blow the defensive action, and the outside West, Gibson, and Szebiak made a lot of three-pointers, and the Cavaliers pulled back a game at home.
On the Rockets side, Billups and Prince were both 3 of 12 shots, and they were in a sluggish state, and only Yao Ming played steadily, shooting 8 of 14 and 5 of 6 free throws, and scored 21 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists.
The Cavaliers didn't last long, and in the next game, Billups regained his senses, shooting 5-of-10, 2-of-2 three-pointers, and 7-of-8 free throws, finishing with 19 points and seven assists. Not only can he score on his own, but he also organizes his offense in an orderly manner.
Scola and Yao Ming both scored 20+, and the Rockets beat the Cavaliers 108-85 to lead the overall score 3-1.
The fifth game was still on the Cavaliers' home court, and the Cavaliers players who wanted to win and were afraid of losing had a very low shooting percentage, losing 90-103, thus seeing the Rockets win the championship trophy on their home court with a total score of 1-4.
Cavaliers fans are depressed, the three finals are a win-win game, and every time the visiting team celebrates the victory with a cup in Cleveland, this is really exciting, the away team is blessed land.
James played 45 minutes in the final game, shooting 8-of-20, 2-of-8 from three-point range and 7-of-11 from the free-throw line to finish with 25 points, seven rebounds and seven assists.
The Rockets played 41 minutes, shooting 14-of-21 from the field and 12-of-14 from the free-throw line, scoring a career-high 40 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists while shooting 66.7% from the field.
The teammates intended to help Yao Ming get the FMVP and pass him again and again, Yao Ming did not disappoint everyone, and the offense remained efficient.
The Cavaliers experienced the pain of the Spurs, their imaginary opponent in the Finals was the Suns, a roster reinforced by the Suns, strengthened interior mobility, small-ball tactics, two-guard tactics, and so on. In the end, they found that the sun was eliminated, and the mobile inner line was abused by Yao Ming.
Yao Ming's stats are not eye-catching compared to other Finals stars, averaging 49.6% shooting per game, cutting 25.7 points, 10.3 rebounds, 2 assists and 1.3 blocks, but this data is enough for him to win FMVP.
On that day, Chinese fans were like celebrating the New Year in advance, and Guo Xu also called Yao Ming to congratulate him, he won two MVPs this year, and he can evaluate his historical status in the NBA in the future. At least there won't be any more lunatics arguing that Ben Wallace and Marcus Camby are better than Yao Ming.
After all, with Maddy's assistant to the Pistons, Ben Wallace has no stats, he didn't make it to the playoffs, and Camby, who is partnered with the Golden Twin Guns, has only been selected to the All-Defensive Team......