The Rockets beat the Trail Blazers 101-85 on the road.

Future interior star Aldridge is now just a backup power forward, Brandon Roy is still very immature and is defended by Battier, and the Trail Blazers can only rely on Zach Randolph for offense.

Zach Randolph had 26 points and 12 rebounds, but Hayes was even more aggressive, scoring a game-high 31 points and adding 13 rebounds and seven assists.

Don't just look at the stats and think Randolph is a superstar in the league. The biggest characteristic of this person is that he puts all his energy on offense, and the defense is a loose mess, which the league can see. Under his defense, Hayes has had enough of a scoring addiction.

Although he is said to be a senior cancer by experts, Randolph's offense really has two brushes. Hayes felt it was harder to defend than Garnett. Randolph's scoring approach is well-rounded, with his body hitting the basket and shooting from the perimeter. His hand is softer than Boozer's, and he uses his left hand, which makes Hayes very unaccustomed to defense.

However, no matter how beautiful the data is, it is useless, and winning is the key. After this season, the Trail Blazers are ready to put Roy as the core and let Randolph go.

On December 23, the Rockets flew to San Antonio to challenge the Spurs with a 17-game winning streak.

The Spurs also played a wave of five consecutive wins, and compared to the Rockets, it seems to be nothing. However, experts are predicting that the Rockets' winning streak is likely to end today.

Because the Rockets haven't won at ATT Center in 10 years, it's a veritable home of the devil for them.

Unlike other devils in the NBA, the atmosphere at the Spurs' home court is not very lively, which has to do with the style of play of the Spurs. They didn't have much passion and won quietly. The game was too dull and the fans were not excited.

However, the Spurs have a way to make their home court "devil".

Due to the live broadcast of this game in the United States, the Spurs thought of a new trick to make the home atmosphere a "white ocean", and the team officially put a white T-shirt on the seats of the fans, the purpose is to allow fans to dress uniformly after entering the stadium, making the home atmosphere more obvious......

But why white?

The atmosphere of the fans was not much more enthusiastic, and Hayes felt like he had entered a funeral home, and the audience was here for the funeral.

The first thing Hayes did when he entered the stadium was to find a commentary bench.

This game is widely considered a preview of this season's Western Conference Finals. So, the game was broadcast live to the whole of the United States. What's even more rare is that Radio announced yesterday that the trio of Ernie Johnson, Kenny Smith and Charles Barkley will leave the studio to provide live commentary on the game. Ross Barkley will be on the job of interviewing players and coaches live, while Smith will post live commentary on Twitter.

Hayes soon spotted a fat man on the sidelines waving to him. If you look closely, it's Charles Barkley. He strode to the commentary seat and said with a smile: "Hi, Charles, it's a pleasure to see you." ”

"Me too. Originally, I wanted to come to the scene where you beat the knight, but I happened to be arrested for drunk driving. Barkley stood up and laughed. His head is round, his body is round, and even his voice gives people a very round feeling.

Hayes sweats. It's not a "big mouth".

The two hunk men hugged each other.

Seeing the largest "Haimi" in the United States, Hayes was quite enthusiastic and hugged harder than Barkley. He was afraid that Barkley would not give him a brokeback kiss if he would go to the toilet for two hours and be absent again.

Barkley said: "I'm optimistic that you guys will win the Spurs today, don't let me lose the bet." ”

"Thanks, didn't you bet on kissing your ass again?" Hayes smirked.

Barkley gave him a straight slap in the back. "Do you have an addiction to me? You're playing against Tim today, right? You'll be good in a moment. Don't let Tim's (Duncan's) fame scare you. You wrap your arms around him and hold him out. ”

"He can't scare me. I'm targeting you, Johnson, Jordan and others, and today, the Rockets will beat the Spurs. "Hayes is also not modest. Being humble to someone like Barkley will only make him look down on him.

"I'm sure you can do it. You know our conversation is being live, right? Barkley laughed.

Hayes turned his head and realized that a photographer was filming them, which was a bit big, and it would be embarrassing if he didn't play well.

"Don't record the rest of the story." Barkley said to the photographer and walked to the side with Hayes.

The two giggled and chatted for a while, and Hayes sighed and returned to the players' seats.

"What did that guy say to you?" Jeff Van Gundy laughed.

"Taught me a few tricks to play to the basket and how to defend it...... He also left a phone number, saying that he was free to find me to go out to gamble and pick up girls, and he could find 10 beauties...... Hopefully he's joking. Hayes Khan said.

Barkley is probably not joking, it is said that "Tiger" Woods was led by him to cheat.

"When we attack, we did what we arranged before the game, with Chuck as the core. We're going to beat Spurs! Jeff Van Gundy's face sank and said seriously: "Chuck, today you have to defend Duncan all over the court, whether you can win or not depends mainly on your defensive effect." Duncan is older, doesn't move as fast as he used to, and has a more one-dimensional offensive approach, so you try to interfere with his shots, especially his 45-degree angle shots. ”

"I'll limit him." Hayes said. He waited for a long time, and finally waited to compete with super power forward Duncan, and whether he could defend Duncan was an important part of the outcome of the game. The game was broadcast live across the United States and was the best chance to prove yourself.

In the Rockets' starting lineup, Juwan Howard continues to play as power forward, and Hayes appears at the small forward position.

There were some changes to the Spurs' starting lineup, with Oberto showing up on the bench in poor form and replacing him with blue-collar center Francisco Elson. The other four are Tony Parker, Ginobili, Bruce Bowen, Duncan.

Before the game, several commentators talked about the Rockets and Knicks trade.

"The Rockets might have had a better game if they hadn't traded Wells, and Wells would have been on the Spurs as soon as they hit him," Smith said. I don't know what the Rockets think, the arrival of Wells this season has significantly improved the team's strength, but now it has been let go in exchange for the Knicks' blue-collar David Lee. It's hard to say now whether David Lee can be a qualified replacement for Yao. ”

Barkley smiled: "The Rockets, except for Yao Ming, lack an interior player with height who can grab rebounds, and David Lee can just be an interior bench." Looking at the data, he is an efficient blue-collar worker, which is a good choice. ”

Smith smiled: "The biggest problem of the Rockets in the first two seasons was that the bench players were too weak, and now the battle in the West is no longer a battle of the starting lineup, but a battle of the second team." With a few good players on the Rockets' bench lineup, they have the ability to compete with the Spurs. ”

"It's too early to say that it's going to be a fight." Ernie Johnson raised objections against two Rockets fans. "I think Spurs are better. Their experience is not comparable to that of rockets. The Rockets are short of players with playoff experience, and none of the team have made it past the first round. This weakness will show up in the playoffs. ”

Barkley laughed, "You have a point. Speaking of substitutes, in fact, the Spurs' bench lineup has not been very good in recent years. Tim (Duncan) is really good, he has been holding on with such a bunch of waste for many years, and I have no problem that he is named the No. 1 forward in history. I've never seen a guy like this, no Hall of Fame players around, just a bunch of international tramps to win a few championships...... Don't tell me David Robinson, if I'm not mistaken, when Tim first arrived at the Spurs, the guy was almost retired. But I'm still optimistic about the Rockets, because with Chuck (Hayes), don't underestimate the base salary MVP, he is much better than Yao Mingke. ”

Barkley praised Hayes, and did not forget to blackly Yao Ming.

The Rockets have played the regular season so far, and their record is amazing, but experts are generally more optimistic about the Spurs. Because they're a team with a championship legacy. The Rockets are more like the Suns in the previous two seasons, with strength and lack of experience.

The strength of the Spurs is the strongest in the league in recent years. It's just that the Spurs' luck is too bad, and their failure to win the championship in even years has always been a strange circle, and the team can't win consecutive championships and can't establish a dynasty, which lowers the outside world's evaluation of them.

It can be said that they lost to luck. In 04, the Spurs and the Lakers fought 7 games, the key battle of Tianwang Mountain, with 0.4 seconds left in the game, and Fisher scored two points. The ghost believes that it is the strength of Xiaoyu, and this is all fate. At that time, Duncan, who threw himself into the quasi-lore, was as confused as Liang Guo's "detective" in the movie "Big Soldier" - what is the situation?

If it was the Spurs and Pistons playing the Finals that year, the Pistons would only have a 50% chance of winning, because they are both defensive teams, and the Spurs are slightly better offensively.

The '06 Western Conference semifinals bull-horse battle was even more bizarre, and those who watched that series knew that the Mavericks and Spurs played in the dark.

In the seventh game of the bull-horse war, the Mavericks finally fell behind by three points, and the last attack was Nowitzki, and the main defense against him was actually the Spurs' guard Ginobili.

As long as Ginobili stands aside and watches, it's fine, but his stupid foul made Nowitzki play a 2-plus-1 and directly dragged the game into overtime, and there is no need to foul the Spurs by 3 points, even if Nowitzki successfully scored two points in a single, with the Spurs' old spiciness, the Mavericks have a good chance of winning by one point. At the time, it was a real suspicion that the NBA also had match-fixing. After going into overtime, Stackhouse scored back-to-back points like a chicken and eliminated the Spurs.

If the Heat and Spurs are competing for the championship, can they still turn the tables and win the championship after falling behind 2-0?

Spurs are strong. In this game, Vicky also gave a death order to take the rocket. If they are defeated by a Rockets without Maddie, it will be a shame for the Spurs.

The referee tosses the basketball into the air and the game begins.

Yao Ming jumped the ball to win, and the Rockets attacked first. The Spurs used man-to-man defense, Duncan defended Yao Ming, Ells targeted Juwan Howard, and Hayes defended Bruce Bowen.

Let Bowen defend me? Hayes was surprised. Bowen is very strong defensively, but always defends the outside core of the opposition.

Howard pulled out from the inside to block Alstom, and Hayes ran inside to ask for the ball.

In the process of asking for the ball in the card position, Hayes has already learned Bowen's small movements, this guy pulled Hayes's pants with his hand in the first round, fortunately the belt was tight enough.

"You like my pants so much? I'm going to stuff you in your mouth after the game. Hayes said to Bowen as he asked for his position.

Bowen is an old man, and he doesn't talk at all.

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

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