Despite Alston's poor performances, the Rockets continued to maintain their previous starting lineup.

Timberwolves starters: Trenton Hassel, Mike James, Ricky Davis, Kevin Garnett, Mark Blunt.

Garnett jumped the ball to outperform Yao Ming. "Wolf King" has a strong bounce power, and when Ju said that when he first debuted in the trial, he performed a continuous touch to the top edge of the rebound.

Mike James dribbled the ball to the frontcourt, and Garnett was in the position on the inside while chanting to Hayes: "Let you defend me, did the Rockets surrender?" Just because of you, a dwarf? ”

Hayes has always liked Garnett because of his well-rounded skills and beautiful play. But now that he is in the opposite position with Garnett, he is a little disappointed. This guy is also in the same league as Rasheed Wallace, and in addition to playing, he has to spit trash talk non-stop.

In addition to his stable playing stats, Duncan is also very quiet, so he is respected. Garnett plays while spraying people, and although it doesn't affect the fans to like him, the players who play opposite him will find it annoying.

"Pass me all the balls, and I can eat him alone." Garnett shouted outside.

Mike James passed the ball, Garnett received the ball at a 45-degree angle, and immediately stepped back to shoot a jumper, Hayes reacted quickly enough, jumped up but could only look at Garnett's chin.

I rub! Sure enough, it jumped so high.

Garnett hit a steady two-point shot, and continued to chant in the defense: "Rookie, this is your bounce power?" Is there 5 cm? You're a third-class cripple to defend me? ”

Hayes rolled his eyes and ignored Garnett. Compared to Rashid Wallace, Garnett's trash talk is still more civilized and just provocative.

Provocations are useless to Hayes, and the opponent is also provocative, and the more he pushes up.

Garnett had a hard time getting it done, and in addition to pushing him out of the three-second zone, Hayes had to jump as early as possible to interfere with the shot. Garnett has a high shot and has to add a back, and it is almost impossible to block.

Although you have a height advantage, it must not be easy to defend against me as a strength type, right? Hayes mustered up his strength and was ready to single out Garnett. In this game, he fantasized countless times, and only by beating Garnett can he prove that he has become a real interior star.

Hayes blocked, Maddie couldn't break through, and returned the ball to Hayes, who passed the ball out again. A couple of flips, Hayes and Garnett are in alignment. He sneered and unceremoniously used the inheritance stunt "Arch Ass".

Garnett's body was pressed low, and the power that burst out was beyond his imagination.

Many people look at Garnett's thin and tall body and think that his strength must be a weakness and not a qualified power forward, but this is actually a misunderstanding. If Garnett resists Yao Ming with strength, Yao Ming will not be able to squeeze in with a back hit, and many people blame this on Yao Ming being too soft.

Is Yao Ming really soft? His bench press power is not bad, reaching 150 kilograms, his legs are thick and stable, and from a professional point of view, either Yao Mingsoft or Garnett has the strength that his figure does not match.

In China, many people ignore Garnett's standard work for the sake of black Yao Ming. Garnett is a power forward with full power qualification.

Hayes squeezed hard, but there was a smile on his face, and it was a beautiful thing to be able to compete with his former idol.

He didn't expect Garnett to be able to explode with so much power just by relying on his bones, which is the strength of an all-round power forward.

However, the strength is greater than Yao Ming's, which does not mean that he can resist him.

Hayes isn't as versatile as Garnett, but there's one thing that does stand out in the league: strength. And strength is precisely the most important one as a power forward.

Hayes struggled to knock out a gap with his butt and into the three-second zone, relying on this half-second gap, he used his back as the axis and successfully turned, which was unmatched and Garnett lost his balance.

Hayes seized the opportunity, jumped with all his might, and smashed the ball into the basket.

"Hayes is crazy! I can't believe it! He dunked on Garnett's head! Commentator Matt Bullard exclaimed.

The fans in the audience cheered in unison, and some shouted "Shrek!" Shrek! (Why not shout Hayes)

Hayes had a break from injury and came back like a different person.

On the commentary bench, Drexler laughed and said, "Hayes is amazing! That's the way an inside player should play! Hayes was excited today, and the first ball turned into a 198cm O'Neal. ”

This trick is indeed what O'Neill is best at, and Hayes has also practiced it. Because the opponent was Garnett, he was especially excited.

Matt Bullard laughed: "This dunk is really domineering, it's weird, have you noticed that Hayes's physical fitness seems to be better, he wasn't so fast before." Oh, Garnett asked for the ball, stepped back for a jumper, and scored again. ”

Garnett punched his chest with one fist and defiantly challenged Hayes. Hayes went inside again to ask for the ball, arched Garnett to the middle, and hooked up to shoot. This time, Garnett slapped the ball into the audience, but the referee blew the whistle and ruled that the goal was valid, and Garnett defended the ball to interfere with the ball.

Drexler said: "Van Gundy was interested in having Hayes in charge, and he and Garnett sparked as soon as they came on the court. Howard was injured, and the Rockets only had Hayes as a big forward on the inside, and at first everyone thought that his height was too short and would be a weakness on the inside, but he played All-Star data and proved himself, and the whole league abandoned him in the draft that year, and now it's time to regret it. ”

Matt Bullard laughed: "Hayes' defense is to keep Garnett dead outside the three-second zone, he can only do this, but Garnett's offense doesn't need to go inside, Garnett does a pick-and-roll, and the ball is not handed back." ”

This time, Hayes did not change the defense to continue to follow Garnett, Mike James burst into the interior to make a layup, and was fanned out by Yao Ming, who was on the defensive line, and Battier picked up the ball.

The Rockets' offense used the same tactic, with Hayes blocking Maddy, Garnett quickly switching defenses, and Maddie returning the ball to Hayes.

The pampered Mike James just wanted to be lazy, but he didn't want to be hit by the savages, so he chose to step forward and steal.

Hayes shook a bit, Mike James missed the shot, but got out of the way.

Hayes dribbled up for a three-step layup, Garnett blocked the basket and ruined the shot, but the referee blew the whistle and the batter fouled.

Garnett's neck stiffened and he yelled at Mike James twice. He is very unhappy with Mike James, he can't defend it, only an absolute softie will give up the defense.

Hayes made a free throw, making both of them.

Drexler laughed, "Hayes hit both free throws, and he had the upper hand in this round. We can see what Garnett has been saying all the time around him, presumably trash talk. ”

Matt Bullard is also full of confidence in Hayes, laughing: "The problem with Garnett arises, he can prevent almost any technical power forward, the only weakness is that he is not strong enough. When attacking, he was also pushed out of the three-second zone by Hayes, and the scoring could only rely on outside shots. Nowitzki, the league's most accurate big man, can only shoot an average of 50% from the field. Hayes, however, tried to hit the basket as much as possible, shooting more from the field, and it was easy to get a foul if he couldn't score.

Garnett asks for the ball inside again.

"Please vote as much as you like. I'll let you go, I will never cover you, do what I say, don't worry. Hayes stood up to Garnett. Of course he didn't build it, he couldn't build it at all.

Garnett snorted coldly. After receiving the ball, he raised his hand and shook his back for a moment, but Hayes didn't shake it and didn't even raise his hand. Garnett dribbled with his back, his shoulders moved to the left, Hayes's center of gravity moved slightly, Garnett turned to the right dexterously, strode past Hayes, and then dodged Yao Ming, who was supplementing the defense, and won the backhand dunk.

Again, this is an offensive style that doesn't belong to a power forward, and no power forward in the league can do it better than Garnett.

Garnett clenched his fists and challenged Hayes again. "Come and guard against me, why didn't I see you just now?"

Hayes was provoked, and instead of being angry, he laughed: "Your head is about to hit the rebound, am I sitting on the rebound for you to see?" ”

The Rockets attacked, and hit Hayes again. This time Garnett has experience in defense, he is very light, and intends to withdraw from the defense at any time, anyway, no matter how hard he tries, he can't compare to Hayes. Hayes took the ball with his back near the right baseline, raised his center of gravity and dribbled with his back to take an easy step outward, as if to steady the rhythm, and then turned to the baseline, he squeezed Garnett with his body, wiped parallel to the basket along the baseline, jumped up with both hands on the ball, and made a backhand layup. Garnett, although he kept up with the speed, was stuck in position and couldn't block it.

Although the ball went in, the audience didn't applaud loudly, just a few applause from the symbolic surname, and Drexler laughed and said: "Haha, I've never seen a uglier layup than this, but he thought of it, and he didn't throw the ball yet, and his ass was pouting like he was ready to grab a rebound." ”

"What the hell are you doing, the shell Lang is more beautiful than you!" Garnett was furious when he saw this.

Hayes doesn't care if he's pretty, he's just scoring a good goal. Hui Fang Zhong smiled: "You know, man, if you don't say a word, you might have followed me just now." ”

Hayes was startled. Garnett received the ball high and turned around with almost only the whites of his eyes.

I didn't kill your father, as for being so murderous? Hayes thought to himself, and he lowered his center of gravity to prevent Garnett from breaking through. Garnett shook left and right for two pull-up jumpers. Hayes jumped half a beat slower and not high enough to watch Garnett throw the ball in again.

Hayes and Garnett each scored eight points, and the rest of the group played soy sauce.

Drexler said: "The-for-tat between the two in the opening stage made the fans addicted. 'Shrek' and 'Wolf King' can't stop each other. ”

Jeff Van Gundy called a timeout and asked, "How's it going, Chuck?" ”

"He's so good at bouncing and having an exaggerated arm span that I can't stop him, but he won't always be so accurate." Hayes laughed.

"For a while, Yao Ming will attack. Tracy relied on Chuck to block and strengthen the breakthrough, Chuck focused on defending Garnett, and it didn't matter how many points Garnett scored himself, others must defend it. Don't let them open. Jeff Van Gundy said. He didn't ask Hayes to be prevented, and no one in the league dared to say that Garnett was killed.

The first head-to-head meeting between Hayes and Garnett was scoreless.

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