After losing Game 3, the Eagles' goal was to defend their home court.

It's a shame to be swept in the Eastern Conference Finals, and no one wants to see that ending. In the fourth game, the Eagles players were desperate.

In this game, Yao Ming's singles were more resolute, jumping shots, hooks were omnipotent, and he turned around twice in the first quarter and successfully dunked Camby's hands, which was very morale-boosting.

In the case of no one to wrap up, Yao Ming's offense is almost incomprehensible, but the Eagles can't prevent the Bobcats' attack, the Bobcats' position offense is not slow, relying on the continuous cover between teammates, a few passes can appear empty, and get the opportunity to score easily.

The Hawks also led the Bobcats by eight points in the first half, and the Bobcats recovered the deficit in the third quarter. By the fourth quarter, Yao Ming, who had only rested for 5 minutes in the second quarter, finally had problems with his physical strength, and his shooting rate began to decline again.

Asians have never been able to match the strength of blacks, and Yao Ming is often lost when the team needs him to step up and score the most, so people say that he is not a good leader.

The Bobcats are different, the excellent bench allows the main players to get more time to rest, and even if they don't rest, Hayes's physical strength is still alive in the fourth quarter. Hayes hit back-to-back jumpers under the cover of his teammates, and Gasol's strong inside attack caused Yao Ming to foul and hit a 3-pointer, and the Bobcats were in control again.

At the last moment, the Hawks switched to the outside and gambled on three points, but there was no rebounding guarantee on the inside, and the Hawks players lacked confidence when they shot, and the shooting rate was not high. However, the Bobcats players believed in Hayes' rebounds in the frontcourt, and when there was someone defending in front of them, Durant and Bagnani were still very resolute, hitting two three-pointers in the last minute to kill the Hawks.

Yao Ming scored a game-high 37 points, 12 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 blocks in this game, losing to Hayes with 19 points, 13 rebounds, 8 assists and 3 steals. Yao Ming scored by himself, but Hayes revitalized the whole team.

107-98, the Bobcats swept the Hawks with a total score of 4-0 to advance to the finals.

If it had been before, a momentum championship like the Bobcat would have been a cyst. But there is also an unstoppable team in the West, with the Lakers currently leading the Hornets 3-0 and playing against the same opponents.

Woodson said in an interview: "The team lost because of defense and rebounding. In this series, the Bobcats completely dominated the basket, and their rebounding was just too strong. ”

After the game, the Bobcats did not immediately take a special flight back to Charlotte to rest for the night. After the press conference, Hayes and Yao Ming met.

Now Yao Ming's hotel business is getting more and more prosperous, and Yao Restaurant has opened a branch in Atlanta. The two sat in the private room of the restaurant, ordered a little supper, and talked freely.

"You're getting better and better." Yao Ming sighed: "It's getting more and more out of quality, the four games are all coming at me as soon as you break through, don't you know how to save me some face?" In the past two days, the news has to say that I can't defend well. ”

"That's why I said you have to think about moving in 2011, otherwise it's going to be hard for you to win the championship. You don't even have a proper point guard, Joe Johnson is not me, and there is no future for him to organize the offense. And the Eagles have three big contracts, and it's impossible to add bench depth. And the aging of the players or something, the Eagles can be strong for up to two years, and if Pachulia jumps out of the contract, you won't even have a qualified replacement. Hayes laughed.

"It's too early to say this, if I think about this now, how will I fight in the Eagles in the future?" Yao Ming knew that Hayes was thinking about him, so he didn't blame him for anything.

"I think you have to have a plan now, at least for the next two years, don't work too hard, don't get hurt. You're too tall and you may have a shorter career than us black players, so you'll have to take care of it more. Fight until you are 40 years old. Hayes said sincerely. If it was for the Rockets, Yao Ming would have been seriously injured by now and would be reimbursed next season. Now that it's the Eagles, Yao Ming played 76 games in the regular season and is basically healthy, which is a good sign.

"I've been paying attention. Let's start with what's in front of you. Yao Ming stroked the beard on his chin that was not too long and said.

"It's time for you to shave. To win the Bobcats, you'll have to have a chance next season. It's not going to stay until then, is it? ”

"I mean, you can't win the finals against the Lakers so easily, right?" Yao Ming said with a smile. The Hawks also played two games against the Lakers this season, and Yao Ming believes that the Bobcats and the Lakers are comparable. The Bobcats are strong in Hayes, but the Lakers have the Big Three of Pau Gasol, Kobe Bryant, and Caron Butler, and there are also super benches such as Lamar Odom, Trevor Ariza, and Andre Blecher on the bench, as well as a group of three-point shooters.

"Even if it's against the Lakers, we're going to win. The Bobcats lineup has no shortcomings, but the Lakers have shortcomings, that is, point guards, and Derrick (Fisher) is slower than he was with the Rockets. As long as Billups blows him up, how can the Bobcats not win? Besides, Kobe Bryant's defense against Durant may not be able to prevent it, where is Durant's height advantage. Hayes said confidently.

Durant, Lopez and others lack playoff experience and are not as outstanding as in the regular season, and Bagnani is about to become a waste, except to shoot after a pick-and-roll. Fortunately, Billups, Wallace and others played very consistently. As long as the weaknesses on the Lakers' guard line are grasped, the Bobcats still have a relatively large chance of winning.

"Good luck then. If the Bobcats can win back-to-back titles, I'm going to hug you on the thigh when my contract expires. Yao Ming smiled: "I'm going to go back to China this summer to get some things about the Yao Foundation, will you go back with me?" With so much money donated, I think you should show your face too. ”

"No, I have to attend the draft first, and then I'm going to the UK to attend Jackson's concert, and there may be other things when it's over, and I'm going to be very busy this summer." Hayes rejected Yao Ming's offer to go to China. The concert is a trivial matter, he has to prepare a marriage proposal after the season, Taylor Swift's agreed time is coming, the two rarely contact, and there is no news of Taylor's procrastination on the news, it seems that Taylor still wants to develop with him. If that's the case, Hayes will inevitably have to communicate with Taylor's parents, and there are really a lot of things.

"Then I'll go to your house before the draft, I haven't seen your kids yet." Yao Ming said with a smile.

Hayes jokingly proposed that in the future, when Yao Ming had a child, if it was a girl, the two would marry. When it comes to grandchildren, they must be tall and strong. Yao Ming didn't promise Hayes, probably that he wanted his child to be a boy, or that he didn't want his daughter to marry a black man in the future, there is no way to know.

Perhaps stimulated by the Bobcats' consecutive sweeps of their opponents to advance, the fourth game of the Lakers vs Hornets was also full of passion. As soon as Gasol and Kobe Bryant combined inside and outside, they scored consecutive points.

The Lakers rely on defense to win.

Chris Paul was successfully limited by the Lakers in this series. Of course, it is impossible for Fisher to defend Paul alone, and it is easy to combine the strength of the entire Lakers team. The Lakers used a 32-link defense to break through the main defensive guard, Bynum defended West's jumper in the high post, and relaxed the defense against Tyson Chandler, a strategy that worked very well, Chandler lacked offensive means other than dunks, and the Hornets lacked three-point shooters, and many open three-point opportunities were not taken. The Lakers' triangle offense, but the Hornets can't find a good way to defend, and Gasol, Kobe, and Butler are too strong in singles.

Hornets outside players are hard to please even if they break through to the inside. Bynum and Gasol, two tall men with long arms, are easy to send blocks under the basket, and Chris Anderson on the bench is also famous for blocks. The Hornets were lucky enough to reach the Western Conference Finals. By the time the Lakers arrived, the gas was exhausted.

106-81, the Lakers defeated the Hornets to advance. It is very rare for the Eastern and Western finals to end in a sweep. The Lakers also lost only one playoff game against the Timberwolves.

Game 1 of the Finals will be played on June 1 at Time Warner Arena, home of the Bobcats.

Finally, when the most critical moment comes, winning this series will reach the top, and if you lose, a season's hard work will be in vain.

The big war is just around the corner, and several key players have different ways of adjusting.

On the Lakers' side, Kobe Bryant chose to practice shooting during the holidays. In the previous playoffs, Kobe Bryant's shooting percentage was only 43%, which can only be a failure for Kobe, and he has been criticized for his style of play that focuses on floating on the outside, so should he stick to this style? In Bryant's opinion, this is not a problem at all. He thinks he has a lot of free time, but he doesn't feel good and doesn't take advantage of opportunities, so he has to seize the time to get his feel back.

Gasol went fishing on his 6-meter yacht during his vacation. He loves fishing, and fishing can put him in a relaxed mood.

Odom Vacation chose a date. Recently, he met a woman he liked at a party. Her beauty is incomprehensible, her lips are sensitive, her delicate skin, her eyes are clear, and her seductive curves make Odom think she is simply the embodiment of a goddess. Of course, only Odom himself thinks so. The person he has his eye on is Khloe Kardashian, a tall, somewhat obese woman. The ugliest of the three Kardashian sisters...... Caron Butler spends his holidays visiting parks not far from his home, taking his wife and children with him, where he likes to watch them play and chat with his wife.

Head coach Phil Jackson is perhaps the busiest man, as he has to work out tactics against the Bobcats and get a little bit of KFC business. The Bobcats have more days off than the Lakers, and Hayes still stays at home watching the kids, which is where his fun lies. Reborn as Hayes for nearly three years, he also couldn't get used to the image of black people, and now that he has children, he finally finds black people cute.

Lopez, despite his wife's objections, went out on vacation and cut his hair bald, ruining his image as a literati, which he felt was more sturdy. In previous games, many experts criticized him for playing too softly, but this time against Gasol or Bynum, he wants to be tough!

Van Gundy and Rondo are superstitious to the extreme during the holidays when they tell fortunes, burn incense and worship Buddha, pray in church, wear red vests and red underwear. Make sure you get off to a good start.

Durant did the best, he threw all the pieces he collected under his bed into the closet and locked them. Not close to women, the six roots are clean and recharged. Heading into the playoffs, he wasn't happy with his play. He hopes that he can play at a level in the Finals and take out the Lakers.

Experts say this is the closest Finals matchup in the NBA in the past 20 years. On June 1, these two teams will stand in the highest ring of the NBA and compete against each other!

(To be continued)