"Yao, get ready to play. You're going to fight a little longer today. If you don't play, we can't beat the Bobcat inside. Hawks head coach Mike Woodson said.

The Bobcats' bench players chased the score closer, and the Eagles were forced to bring on Yao Ming early.

Yao Ming showed Gortat his means when he came on the court, and he turned around and hit a jumper. 42 to 34.

Gortat buckled two in a row on Pachuria's head, and he was majestic. As soon as Yao Ming came up, he came to the spirit. If you can buckle one on Yao Ming's head, he will be on fire.

Perhaps Felton also wanted to see Gortat dunk Yao Ming, so he broke through and gave the ball to Gortat. Gortat broke through with the ball and prepared to make a one-handed dunk to Yao Ming as well.

Are you Yao Ming Bradley when I am? Yao Ming thought to himself. He puffed up his strength to meet him, and the two masters faced off head-to-head, and Yao Ming slapped Gota's full slam dunk to cover it. Gortat is confident in his explosiveness, and Yao Ming's upper body strength is not bad. The referee hesitated and did not blow for a foul.

The ball fell to the ground, and two players from each side stepped forward to scramble. Landry flew out with a sideways pounce and touched the basketball first, and Felton caught the ball and reorganized.

Yao Ming's athleticism is not strong, but standing under the basket is an extremely difficult barrier to overcome, and countless well-known stars in the league have eaten "Yao-style hot pot". Violent factions such as Stoudamire, Warcraft Howard, and O'Neill are no exception.

Is this the strength of an All-Star player? I'm going to have to put one on your head today. Although Gortat was hatted, it did not discourage his fighting spirit, but aroused his desire to win.

Gortat is a very stubborn person, and he must find a way to do what he believes in. Unfortunately, all the offensive means he is good at must be close to the basket, and he turned around and threw and was covered by a big hat from Yao Ming. This time the Hawks launched a counterattack, and Joe Johnson hit a three-point shot. 45 to 34.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the Bobcats replaced Barnes with Hayes. The Eagles also immediately sent Josh Smith.

"Ma Xin, don't beat Yao Ming, leave the inside attack to me!" Hayes said to Gortat after he came on the court.

A person's too much faith is both an advantage and a disadvantage. Gortat is not willing to be a role player, but he can't compete with Yao Ming right now.

Elvis Presley spoke, and Gortat immediately nodded in agreement. In the team, he only served Hayes because Hayes knew him well. If Hayes hadn't discovered him, he suspected that he was still in the Coalition.

With Hayes on the court, the Bobcats' interior offense had a clear point of attack.

"Hayes, don't be arrogant! Let me give you a taste of my awesomeness! I'm going to kill you! Josh Smith exclaimed. He was cheering himself up, and in the first quarter he had already used all his strength to mark, and Hayes still scored 10 points. However, a few times it was Hayes who borrowed a teammate's jump shot after blocking and dismantling, and Smith couldn't do anything after switching positions, he didn't think it was his defensive ability.

Hayes reached for the ball at a 45-degree angle on the right side, stepped back with the ball and turned to face Smith. With his left foot as the axis, he got off the ball with his left hand, took a step, attracted Smith's center of gravity to move to the left, and immediately pulled up the ball with his right hand and turned sharply to the middle, past Smith, jumped with both feet and dunked the ball with one hand with his left hand! Yao Ming didn't have time to make up for it. 45 to 36.

"I'm sorry, you're still far away!" Hayes laughed.

The offense was like a slap in the face to Josh Smith.

The Bobcats wrapped Yao Ming, and after Yao Ming split the ball, Joe Smith missed the outside shot. Landry grabbed the rebound. The Bobcats were quick to attack, Hayes received the ball on the right, and Smith was eyeing him again. Felton and Weaver followed up from the left and middle respectively, with only one Marvin Williams defender in the middle.

I must defend this ball, at least not let him score! Smith thought to himself, so he followed Hayes. He has blocked Hayes' breakaway angle and predicts that Hayes will definitely pass.

Hayes glanced down the middle, and on the run the ball was pulled up with his right hand...... Passing the ball from behind? Smith immediately took a half-step forward to block Hayes' pass. How do you know that the ball spins out of Hayes's back and falls to the ground, and hands it to the left hand, it's just a back dribble. This simple feint completely shook off Smith, and Hayes took the ball with his right hand hook and shot, and the ball hit again! 45 to 38.

After the goal, Hayes looked around, pretended not to see Smith, and said to himself, "Huh? It seems that there was someone who wanted to cover me just now, where did I go? ”

This is a naked insult. Smith was really angry, and his face turned a little pale. (He's black...... Last season, Smith was beaten by Hayes with a back. In order to prevent Hayes, he frantically gained weight and fitness during the holidays, and weighed 110 kilograms. But after resisting Hayes, he still couldn't prevent it. Hayes has also improved, and his face-frame singles ability has started to shine this season.

Hayes still had the upper hand in the one-on-one with Smith in this quarter. However, the Bobcats were unable to recover the score. Yao Ming and Johnson's offense ensured the Eagles' offensive firepower.

Yao Ming's threat is too great. As soon as he catches the ball, he can attract the Bobcats' bag and can get the ball out of the line in time, although Yao Ming's passing needs to be improved and it is difficult to convert directly into assists, but Joe Johnson's individual singles still give the Bobcats a heavy blow.

The Bobcats had a while letting Gortat defend Yao Ming alone. As a result, Gortat was ravaged by Yao Ming with a turnaround jumper and a turnaround hook. Poor Gortat, in order to grow his hair, used the best hair growth lotion, and the few hairs that had just grown fell out again in a few minutes of confrontation...... Gortat fouled Yao Ming three times and was replaced by Biedrins.

The halftime score was 62-53, and the Hawks led by nine points.

At half-time, Mike Woodson entered the dressing room and praised the players. He was very satisfied with the performance of the "Yao Qiao Combination". "In the second half, Yao and Joe continued to attack, Rodney stepped up the breakaway, and we tried to break the Bobcats in one go in the third quarter. Josh pulls to the outside to defend Hayes, and Marvin (Williams) plays power forward and helps defend at any time. Don't let Hayes get into the interior easily anymore. That guy can't be guarded against one-on-one! ”

Josh Smith felt a little uncomfortable, he was very depressed. Before the game, he took the initiative to propose to the coach to defend Hayes alone.

At the time, Yao Ming said: "No one on the Rockets can defend Hayes one-on-one, and there are few in the league who can do it. I recommend wrapping him up. Or one person will put him on the perimeter, and there will be one person on the inside to help defend at any time. ”

Smith boasted that he was confident of limiting Hayes, and as a result, Hayes scored 21 points in the half, and he also carried three fouls.

This result made him very uncomfortable. He hopes to become a first-line star in the league and a top swingman, but he is always a little worse than James, Hayes, Anthony and others.

"Don't worry, Josh, you're an indispensable member of the Eagles. Although Hayes scored a lot of points, he also put a lot of effort into it, and you defended well. Keep working hard in the second half. Mike Woodson said.

On the other side, the atmosphere of the Bobcats in the visiting team's locker room was a little solemn. They didn't defend well enough today.

"Jeff, if the Rockets had played this tactic in the regular season last season, you would definitely have broken the Bulls' 72-win record! You've trained a monster. D'Antoni said helplessly. He had already used all the methods he could to defend Yao Ming. Still can't be limited.

The tactics that Yao Ming feared the most in previous seasons have been cracked by the Eagles. As long as the inside line is short, the eagles can easily hang Yao Ming to score. With a big forward partner who can score mid-to-long shots, Yao Ming's ability has been fully developed, and his state has reached its peak.

Dare to love is the Hai Ye in the previous life who dragged Yao Ming down. Hayes thought to himself. If Hai Ye in the previous life could shoot, how could the Rockets lose to the Jazz. On the one hand, he was happy for Yao Ming, and on the other hand, he was a little worried about the future of the Bobcat. Not to mention the championship this season, it is not easy for the Bobcats to reach the finals. The Eagles have risen ahead of schedule, and there are Magic and Knights on the lookout.

"The only advantage we have now is physical strength. Yao Ming played for more than 35 minutes, and he could only play 6 to 7 percent. We can put on the bench and play with the Eagles as appropriate. Let's just hope they don't make it to the end. Van Gundy shook his head.

The Bobcats don't have a good way, Bidrins, Gortat can't do anything to Yao Ming, and Kurt Thomas can't do it, his height is only 206cm, the disadvantage is obvious, and his form has also dropped this season. If the Bobcats want to win, they can only attack against attack. Calderón and Gerard Wallace are out of form. Both are of the offensive pumping type, and today is a low tide. The man who stepped up to help Hayes was Weaver, who scored 10 points in the first quarter.

"Corunna, you have to keep an eye on Joe Johnson, whether you can win today depends on your defense." D'Antoni said. The combination of Joe Johnson and Yao Ming is the main reason why the Bobcats fall into passivity.

As the saying goes, "one mountain cannot accommodate two tigers, unless one male and one female". Kobe Bryant and Gasol, Jordan and Pippen, Olajuwon and Glider, these great duos are all one domineering and the other calm and restrained. Reality tells us that if a team wants to reach the peak, what is most needed is the harmony of yin and yang, too rigid will be broken, too soft will be easy to break, the core of the team has a "male protagonist" to have a "female protagonist", Tai Chi gives birth to two yi, two yi gives birth to four elephants, so that evolution can change endlessly, invincible.

In Hayes' previous life, the Heat's Big Three Wade and James were both too domineering and overlapped, so they lacked chemistry and their records were not ideal.

Yao Ming's style of play belongs to the technical center and takes the feminine route. (Yao Ming's style of play is similar to Gasol's, and that one is recognized as a "sister-in-law"...... And although Joe Johnson is calm and introverted, it is difficult to be domineering and fierce, but his style of play is also tough enough, and he often has a fiery performance on the court. The anodew of the Eagles is none other than Joe Johnson, who is partnered with Yao, and the yin and yang are in harmony.

In terms of defense, Joe Johnson is also a relatively good defensive player, he can guard from the No. 1 position to the No. 4 position, the pace is not fast, the height of 201cm and accurate judgment can lock the opponent's breakthrough route, and can also bring shock to the opponent's outside shooting, the overall situation is very good, not easy to intercept, good at creating offensive fouls. What is even more commendable is his defensive attitude, even if he has to play 40 minutes and organize more than half of the team's attack, he can still spare no effort to participate in the defense.

Before Yao Ming's transfer to the Hawks, Atalanta had an interview with a star show asking "Who do you want to be"? At that time, Joe Johnson replied: "Yao Ming." I wanted to see how his life was like, he was from China, a country of billions of people, and the pressure he had to deal with was unimaginable, so I wanted to see what it was like. It can be seen that he respects Yao Ming. Such a super center, a person he wants to be who he wants to know becomes his teammate? Joe's joy can be imagined.

In just over a month of running-in, the "Yao Qiao Combination" has become the best partner that is enough to make the whole league fearful.

(To be continued)