Hayes received a pass from Alston and turned his back to arch inside.

Bowen pressed close to Hayes, his brow furrowed.

Faced with the player, who is known for his defense, Hayes has a disdain in his eyes. He pushed Bowen into the three-second zone, suddenly turned to the baseline, squeezed Bowen to the basket, didn't even jump, hit the board into the frame, and hit the first ball of the game.

0 to 2.

The Rockets are also man-to-man defense, with Yao Ming facing Elson and Hayes targeting Tim Duncan.

Duncan took the ball on the right three-second line, turned to face Hayes, stepped back to make a jumper, hit the board at a 45-degree angle, and then started running back with a blank face.

2 to 2.

Seeing Duncan's playboard, Hayes showed a wry smile. Playing against such an opponent in defense is a real test for him!

If you were to vote for the ugliest power forward among the NBA All-Stars, Duncan would probably get more than 70% of the votes. He didn't know what acting was at all. Usually play the game with two moves, playing board shooting and turning and half-hooking. He's an All-Star every year, and shooting a three-pointer from the outside is a show for him. But if he votes for the most consistent power forward in NBA league and even history, Deng will definitely get more than 80% of the vote. Because he's so stable. Every year, it's 20+ points, 10+ rebounds, and 2+ blocks. Last season, his regular season scoring dropped to 18.6 points, and some people said Duncan was getting old, but by the playoffs, his scoring immediately increased to 25.8 points. Shut up the doubters.

In his 10-year career, no team has been able to completely defend against his ugly board-scraping shot and half-hook.

This time it was a little slower, and next time it must be tighter, so that he can't turn around easily. Hayes calculated in his heart that although Duncan is stable, his scoring ability is much worse than James and Kobe. After guarding those two, Hayes was confident that Duncan's shooting percentage would be reduced.

The Rockets fell to attack, Howardra went outside, and Alston redirected the ball to Hayes on the inside.

Seeing the rocket's tactics, Vicky's brow also furrowed. The Rockets found the Spurs' weakness in the opening game.

Sure enough, as Vicky guessed, Hayes still dribbled the ball with his back and used his own strength to eat Bowen. After squeezing into the three-second zone, he turned and hooked his hand, and the ball hit again.

2 to 4.

"What is Bowen doing? Isn't he the main defensive perimeter? Barkley laughed in the commentary booth and said, "Why did this little body run to Chuck (Hayes)?" ”

"Because Hayes played small forward today. He's the one in the wrong place. Kenny Smith leaned back in his chair and laughed.

Bowen is one of the league's best No. 2 and No. 3 defenders and is a back-to-back All-Defensive Team selection. But just one minute into the game, his weaknesses were exposed.

In the game between the Kings and Spurs last season, Wells and Artest beat Bowen. Because Bowen is good at defending frontal breaks. Players who are adept at shaking off opponents' offenses with feints or speed, Bowen can play to his strengths and limit opponents with a tangled defense. However, when faced with players who like to play with their butts, Bowen's problem is that he is not strong enough.

Hayes won't turn around and shake off each other like Kobe Bryant and Maddie; Instead, they leaned against each other with their buttocks and backs, and suddenly turned around and squeezed people in. He barely jumps, not even in disguise, he squeezes in when he catches the ball, and when he shoots, Bowen who resists with his body can't jump, and it is difficult to block his vision with his hands.

The Spurs attacked, Tony Parker missed the shot after breaking through, Hayes took the rebound, and the Rockets fell into the battle.

** Vicky yelled at the court from the sidelines, and the defender of Hayes was immediately replaced by Duncan.

The Spurs had a headache with Punch Wells' style of play in the last game against the Rockets, and this time Wells was traded away, which was more beneficial to the Spurs, but it was more troublesome to defend Hayes, who was one bigger "bulldozer" than Wells.

Spurs switch defenses. The Rockets have also changed their style of play. Hayes began to run in large numbers, Duncan struggled to follow, and Hayes received the ball that Alston handed almost face-to-face.

At this time, Yao Ming came out to block the demolition.

Hayes bypassed Duncan with Yao Ming's wide body, broke through from the right, and faced Elson, who was making up for the defense, Hayes jumped with both feet while dribbling, and passed Elson in disguise to the left front, grabbed the ball in the air and landed with both feet, and the whole action was done in one go, and the basketball went in again.

2 to 6.

Barkley exclaimed, "Pretty! It's actually a step in disguise! ”

Smith also showed a surprised expression and said, "The defender's movements, he actually did it so smoothly. ”

Ernie Johnson didn't speak, just opened his mouth with a look of disbelief, and he didn't seem to know what to say.

Hayes glanced at Duncan with a small smile on his face.

It worked. He practiced jumping for a long time, and was finally able to perform it on the court. Although it can't be as fast as Wade, as long as this move is practiced to perfection, it will be easy to break through the defense of the tall players on the inside by blocking and dismantling.

What about the "Stone Buddha"? He's the core of the interior defense, and his movement speed is below me, pull it out, and I can pass him too!

Duncan suspected that Hayes had seen through his weaknesses. He is the player who has been named to the All-Defensive Team the most times of any active NBA player, is a natural barrier on the inside, a first-class team defensive player, a defensive pillar of the team, a first-class defensive awareness, a first-class defensive skill, and he can dominate the game with defense.

Overall, Duncan's physical qualities are not particularly outstanding, neither in terms of strength nor bounce, but this does not affect his defensive ability. He can accurately predict the opponent's position, is good at disrupting the opponent's offensive rhythm, makes up the defense at the first time, has a good sense of position and accurate judgment of the landing point of the defensive rebound.

However, he is 211cm tall after all, and as he gets older, he has a weakness in defense, which is slow footwork.

Hayes' speed can keep up with Marion, and he is the fastest on the inside, except for Dwight Howard, Stoudamire and a few other quality supermen.

Offense and defense switched, Hayes followed Duncan. His goal is to keep Duncan in the three-second zone for the entire race.

It was difficult for Duncan to beat Yao Ming in the back, and now that the opponent is Hayes, he can't squeeze in. He can use his height to shoot, but Duncan's turnaround jumper is not very high, and the face frame is what he is good at.

Moreover, Hayes was right behind him, making it impossible for him to turn around easily. Duncan passed the ball out of the line, Ginobili borrowed Elson's block, broke through the pull-up jumper, the ball was deflected again, and Hayes won the rebound.

Spurs defend back. Although Duncan's face was expressionless, his heart also made a little waves. Like all those who have played against Hayes, Duncan thinks Hayes is too strong. Against Hayes, almost all interior players have to choose to hide and play. However, Hayes also has a strong sense of defensive breakthrough, and the forced man can only choose to use the height advantage to jump shots.

Hayes' defense is strong! Duncan had to admit it.

Rockets offense, Hayes used the same tactics as last time, running on the outside, using Yao Ming's blocking and breaking, boasting the dribble past Elson, attracting Bowen to make up for the defense, and lightly stuffing the ball to Juwan Howard. Veteran Howard throws the ball in the middle of the vacancy.

2 to 8.

To everyone's surprise, without Maddie's Rockets, the Spurs were beaten in the opening game. In these rounds, Yao Ming did not make a single shot except for the strategy, which disrupted all the pre-match deployments of ** Vicky.

Duncan is known to be an extremely rare player in the NBA, and he has a surprising ability to control the game. His nimble footwork and solid fundamentals make him a threat at 12 feet and 15 feet from the basket. Not only can he score, but he can also pass the ball.

Now, this 10-year-old and long-standing "Stone Buddha" has been suppressed by Hayes, who is 198cm tall.

"Hayes is amazing!" The first to praise Hayes was not Barkley, but Ernie Johnson. 'He's defensive, he has a good sense of passing. Charles, he's not like you. You're only good at playing power forwards. He may not be as fierce as you were when you were younger, but he is more versatile than you and can play five positions. ”

"Don't make a fuss, I could play five positions when I was younger, but I don't want to play." Barkley laughed and said, "Chuck is my incarnation. He's the strongest on earth right now! ”

"I don't know if he's the strongest, but you have two things that must be the biggest. One is the ass, and the other is the mouth. Smith laughed.

As soon as Smith finished speaking, Barkley picked up a burger from the table, took a big bite, and paused time, his mouth could not be idle.

The development of the game was completely unexpected by **vic. He's almost never called a timeout after just over two minutes, but now he has to. If Hayes is not restricted, the Rockets will go crazy.

He carefully studied how to deal with the Rockets before the game. Gone Wells, the Rockets have only two people who must be guarded against.

One is Yao Ming, although it is difficult to defend Yao Ming, but the method is very clear, one person defends around the front, and the other person next to him can steal at any time.

The second is Hayes. Although Hayes averages fewer points than Yao Ming, he is more difficult to defend against the Spurs than Yao Ming. Because Hayes is comprehensive. Vicky can't guess what method he will play and what position he will play.

In Hayes' last two games, playing against the Clippers, he faced Brand's defense and took less than 10 shots in the whole game. Pick-and-rolls and assists are his top priorities. On the court against the Trail Blazers, Hayes's style of play is completely different, he constantly runs on the outside, catches the ball, shoots from the outside, or breaks through through by blocking and picking, and he has an excellent touch, shooting as high as 6 percent, and easily scoring more than 30 points.

Vicky felt that Hayes' hand shot was terrible, so he sent Bowen to defend first, trying to limit his outside shooting and not let him shoot smoothly. However, Hayes resolutely played the inside, and Bowen couldn't prevent it. Duncan, Hayes became a small forward.

The Rockets also arranged for Yao Ming to come out to block and dismantle, and Yao Ming's figure blocked, and Hayes would definitely bypass the defender. It was impossible for Elson to defend him after the switch.

Vicky came to a terrible conclusion. Hayes was almost incomprehensible, and he had to send someone to trap him.

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The speed drags down the high, and the force hits the skinny. Hayes used pick-and-roll cover to prove that he could still play basketball if he wasn't full of flying qualities. Wells is not the Spurs nemesis, Hayes is! Friends, bookmark!

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