Chapter 287: Origin
Chandler and Yao Ming are old rivals, Chandler entered the league a year before Yao Ming, and he is a role model, but he is two years younger than Yao Ming.
Previously at the Hornets, Chandler flew away and partnered with Paul to become the league's most entertaining playing pairing.
Later, Chandler was injured and sold by the Hornets, and in the Kings, it was also a season of stop-and-go until later, and the king slowly let him participate in back-to-back games tomorrow. He took a break for half a season.
Today, Chandler has recovered from his injuries, and his explosiveness and bounce have decreased slightly due to previous injuries, but as he grows older and more experienced, his defensive and rebounding skills have improved.
Kicking off, Chandler jumped up like a rocket and jumped to win Yao Ming.
Kidd advanced with the ball, handed the ball to Chandler in the front court, and Chandler held the ball at the top of the arc, turned and walked in the other direction, making a hand-to-hand pass to cover.
"The Kings' starting lineup on the court is Kidd, DeRozan, Artest, Bosh and Chandler. The starting lineup of the Rockets is Brooks, Gallinari, Battier, Millsap and Yao Ming. ”
This game with such a prominent plot in China was naturally broadcast by CCTV.
Yu Jiaxian introduced the lineups of both sides on the field.
Chandler handed the ball to Artest, who received it and suddenly exploded with power and rushed inside.
Battier was blocked, went around to chase and defended, Yao Ming had no way to pounce, just spread his arms and block in front of Artest.
Artest dribbled the ball, suddenly grabbed the basketball and pierced it to the weak side, Gallinari, who had helped defend because of the breakthrough, quickly turned back, and DeRozan had already jumped.
Hit!
The king took the lead, allowing Zhang Weiping and Yu Jia to exclaim at the same time, "Good ball!" ”
"Speaking of which, although the last time the Kings and Rockets played each other in the playoffs was more than two decades ago, there are many connections between the two teams that cannot be ignored."
"For example, Ric Adelman, the current coach of the Rockets, was the head coach of the Kings and is the culmination of the Princeton system."
"The Kings' current main small forward, the core star player Ron Artest, also played for the Rockets last season and contributed to the Rockets' playoff appearance."
"The two stars of the Rockets, Paul Millsap is Wang Mingming's confidant and favorite disciple, Millsap regards himself as Wang Mingming's disciple, and Yao Ming is the disciple of Wang Mingming's national team coach, and he also has a good relationship with Wang Mingming."
The relationship inside is indeed indistinguishable.
When the Kings hit the first goal, the momentum of the whole team skyrocketed, and the whole audience chanted "Defend, defend!" ”
The Rockets' offense was almost completely different from last season, with Brooks becoming a point of possession rather than offense, dribbling past half court and then handing the ball to the big man.
Later in the season, Gallinari gradually surpassed Wilson Chandler to become the Rockets' starting point guard.
It is said that when such a role change occurred, Chandler still had some complaints, but then the Rockets did a good job, and Chandler had full control in the second echelon, and the data did not drop much, so Wilson Chandler gradually accepted the role of the sixth man.
Gallinari received the ball and Paul Millsap faked cover, Millsap stepped on the three-point line to catch the ball, and Bosh immediately clung to him.
"Peng!"
As always, he was keen on physical confrontation, Millsap turned and went inside, Yao Ming came around in a low position, turned around, and his huge body was in place.
Hitting the ground, Yao Ming was extremely comfortable, got the basketball very appropriately, turned around after receiving the ball, raised his left hand high, and hooked it lightly.
"Huh!"
Chandler was squeezed and couldn't jump, with little interference from his long arms.
"This kind of position is Yao Ming to get the ball, that is equivalent to sending points directly!" Zhang Weiping sighed for a moment, and then explained seriously: "Yao Ming's hook hand is really beautiful, and besides, he has rich experience in the game and high skills, and the opponent can't prevent it at all." ”
Kidd advanced rapidly, apparently receiving a special instruction from Wang Tomorrow, and gained a foothold in the front.
This time the tactics were a little different, and Bosh ran to the low post to ask for the ball.
Millsap retreated quickly, and actually went around the front to defend Bosh, Kidd did not dare to pass the ball carelessly, and moved to the middle, DeRozan on the weak side held the ball, and Bosh ran over to form a high block.
Gallinari defended, DeRozan held the ball and shook a shot to the left, and then dribbled to the right, but he didn't block with Bosh and broke through with fake cover.
This breakthrough was extremely fast, and Gallinari didn't catch up and lost his position directly.
DeRozan strode at breakneck speed, like a thunderbolt.
He took a step inside the free throw line, jumped high, and with a one-handed tomahawk in his right hand, he completed a violent dunk on the head of Yao Ming, who was making up for the defense!
"Bang!"
The young man scored five points in a row, and his skills were astonishing.
"DeMar DeRozan was acquired by the king tomorrow in the draft last year from the trade with the Raptors, and he was the 9th pick in '09, so it was very interesting to come to the Kings and choose the No. 9 jersey as well." Yu Jia hurriedly popularized science.
The Rockets still chose to attack inside, but this time, Chandler went around the front defense, so that Yao Ming did not receive the ball in the first place, and the basketball was handed to Millsap.
Millsap turned around, turned into a face-frame attack in the low post, shook it for a moment, and then suddenly took a big step to the right and made a mid-range jumper.
Bosh defended the ball so well that it almost covered Millsap's face, and the basketball brushed out of the frame.
Chandler jumped to protect the rebound and gave it to Kidd to advance.
Yao Ming didn't pay much attention to the frontcourt rebounds, but chose to retreat in time.
The reason why Yao Ming's rebounding is generally is that he is not fast in retreating, so under normal circumstances, he will not be too obsessed with frontcourt rebounding, which is very different from Millsap or Bosh.
Wang likes to let Bosh wander in the front court tomorrow, a player like Bosh, a stop in the front court, is a huge threat, so this season, Bosh rebounding ball as a whole has declined, but the number of rebounds in the front court has not decreased but risen, and he is already a well-known secondary offensive warrior in the league.
Kidd took the ball and dribbled two steps to pass it to Artest outside the three-point line.
Artest didn't dribble, hit the ground for a point, and the follow-up Bosh hit the basket directly.
Millsap and Gallinari defended Bosh together, and in the confusion, Bosh was brought down.
"Toot ~" whistle sounded.
The baseline referee blew for a Gallinari foul.
Millsap breathed a sigh of relief, but then showed a look of wrong, and together with Gallinari, ran over to reason with the referee, trying to explain that the referee's decision was not appropriate.
The referee stepped back and ignored the two men.
The scene was thunderous applause, and Bosh and all the players on the field high-fived one by one.
He then went to the free throw line and hit both free throws.