Bobcat vs Hawks, in the online survey, the Hawks received 63% support, and more people hope that the Hawks will enter the finals, which shows how huge the number of Chinese fans is.

Many Chinese fans were introduced to the NBA because of Yao Ming, the Hawks are China's home team, and people hope that Yao Ming can become a qualified leader and lead the Hawks to defeat the Bobcats to reach the Finals.

And it is possible for the Bobcat to sweep the Eagle. In the regular season, the Hawks had a 1-3 record against the Bobcats, and Hayes was not there in the win.

How to defend Hayes is a headache for every NBA team.

Hawks head coach Mike Woodson decided to use Josh Smith as a one-man defense against Hayes. In the series against the Cavaliers, Smith was blown out by James, and Woodson could only hope that Hayes' offensive ability was not as good as James'.

Marvin Williams, who is 208cm tall, will shoulder the heavy lifting of defending Durant. Joe Johnson is in charge of defending Gerald Wallace. Jamal Crawford against Chauncey Billups. Yao Ming's vs. Camby or Brook Lopez.

The starting lineups of the two sides competed, and the Hawks did not suffer at all. It's not for nothing that they've been able to pull off a stellar record, with the Eagles attacking very strong, and the combination of inside and outside is overwhelming. Crawford's arrival made up for Starkey's inaccurate shooting, making it impossible for opponents to easily contain Yao Ming, and four players pulled to the outside to involve the defense, which could create a lot of singles opportunities for Yao Ming.

Where the Eagles lost to the Bobcats was on the bench. With Smith re-signing and Yao Ming and Joe Johnson on the team, the Hawks don't have the salary space to bring in good benches. In the middle of the season, just Ronald Deppley was traded for Knicks backup power forward Earl Baron. Baron has no place in the Knicks, which shows how poor the strength is.

The only players who have more quality on the bench are Rodney Starkey and Josh Childis. For the Hawks to play against the Bobcats, starters need to be mentally prepared to play more than 40 minutes.

No matter what the outside world says, the Bobcats team is full of confidence in this game.

D'Antoni said when arranging the tactics: "Defending 122 defenses, Marcus (Camby) is a one-man defense against Yao Ming. The strategy is very simple, you can put Yao Ming singles, but others must be guarded well, and Chuck must pay attention to protecting the backcourt rebounds. Offensive tactics double block and dismantle, both of them on the inside line pulled to the high cover, pulled Yao Ming out, and hit him when he broke through, Chuck, you know Yao Ming's weaknesses very well, you're welcome. ”

Hayes smiled and nodded.

There is already a fixed set of methods in the Super Center Alliance, everyone uses "shark cutting tactics" to deal with O'Neal, and the best way to deal with Yao Ming is "Hit Yao Strategy". Against the Hawks, offense is the best defense, and letting Yao Ming eat enough fouls and get off the court is the best way. When the swingman broke through with the ball covered by his teammates, he deliberately hit Yao Ming, Yao Ming's pace was too slow, and he often suffered such a loss, and he couldn't stand up, and the referee rarely awarded hitting someone with the ball.

The same goes for everyone else, the Hawks' bench and starters are very different, and as long as the Hawks' starters can get into foul trouble, the Bobcats can easily win.

Time Warner Arena was packed. This season, the Bobcats have the highest attendance in the league and have a full house. They averaged 113.8 points per game in the regular season, which is unmatched in offensive power, and conceded 94.9 points per game, which is also the seventh in the league. Looking at this statistic alone, the Bobcat is more fierce than the bulls of the year. Fans certainly love to watch games like this.

Heading into the playoffs, the Bobcats' momentum hasn't waned in the slightest. Hayes averaged 18.5 points, 13 rebounds, 8 assists and 2 steals per game, which was more courageous than in the regular season.

After the players came out, Hayes greeted Yao Ming on the field.

"Yao, you have a very stylish beard?" Hayes shook hands with Yao Ming.

Yao Ming grew a short mustache and goatee, and said with a smile: "My goal is not to eliminate you and not to shave." ”

Yao Ming grew a beard, this scene is not unfamiliar to fans, in the 2004 Athens Olympics, the Chinese men's basketball team had a poor start, Yao Ming was to "not enter the quarterfinals, do not shave the beard" to motivate the morale of the whole team, and finally with the efforts of all the players of the men's basketball team, the former world champion Serbia and Montenegro were eliminated in a life-and-death battle, and the men's basketball team finally completed the goal of entering the top eight in the world.

However, it is much more difficult for the Eagles to eliminate the Bobcats than for the Chinese team to enter the top 8 in the Olympics.

Hayes smiled: "Yao, if the beard is as long as Guan Gong, it will be inconvenient to play in the future." ”

"Don't get too complacent, we're not necessarily going to lose." Yao Ming stopped hip-hopping with Hayes, and his expression was very serious. As the main player of the team, he feels that smiling is easy to hurt morale.

Josh Smith also stepped forward to declare war on Hayes. Hayes disagreed. It's not the first time he's played against Smith, he's so athletic that it's hard to make a difference if he can't easily catch the ball and accelerate it as long as he keeps up a little bit. Smith averaged 16.8 points per game in the regular season and averaged just 12 points in three games against Hayes.

There's no point in talking about it, everything will be clear as soon as the game starts.

Bobcats starting lineup: Chauncey Billups, Kevin Durant, Gerard Wallace, Chuck Hayes, Marcus Camby.

Hawks starting lineup: Jamal Crawford, Joe Johnson, Marvin Williams, Josh Smith, Yao Ming.

Yao Ming outscored Camby on the jump ball, and in the middle of the half, Joe Johnson handed the ball to Yao Ming, who asked for the ball at a 45-degree angle on the right side outside the three-point line. Camby defended behind him.

Since arriving at the Hawks, it has not had much effect on Yao Ming's defense, Marvin Williams and Josh Smith are both very accurate, and it is easy to pull the inside line when they pull to the high post, as long as they seize the opportunity to pass, Yao Ming is easy to catch the ball under the basket and score easily. So instead of going around the front, the Bobcats let the inside center defend alone.

Yao Ming dribbled twice with his back, turned around and hit a jumper. 0 to 2.

Yao Ming was very satisfied with the feeling of today, and felt that it was still possible to win. He had no idea at this time that he was about to be unlucky.

Gerald Wallace covered from beyond the three-point line, Hayes ran off the ball and shook off Smith, who Billups gave the ball to Hayes. Joe Johnson switched guards, and at this point, Camby pulled up to the high post for a second cover.

Yao Ming could only follow out to defend, he did not rush too far forward, but raised his arms at a distance of two steps, ready to step forward to interfere at any time.

Two steps away from Hayes, it's not much different from an empty seat. Hayes immediately stopped his jump shot, but he didn't jump to the highest penalty and had already shot, Yao Ming saw Hayes shoot, and immediately turned around and prepared to grab the rebound. But the ball was too simple for Hayes, a solid shot. 2 to 2.

'Do you have to go out?' If I'm really close, he's going to rush up with the ball and make me foul, guy. When Yao Ming served the baseline ball, he considered defensive countermeasures. He's been teammates with Hayes for a year and knows Hayes' style well. If you don't prevent it, Hayes throws it well, and it's more dangerous to prevent it from going out.

The game was still in progress, and Yao Ming was a little distracted. Hayes put a mental strain on him with just a simple attack. The Eagles hoisted the ball high to Yao Ming again, and this time Yao Ming singled Camby, turned and hooked his shot wide.

Shooting with his left arm in front of him and his right arm hooking is one of Yao Ming's housekeeping skills. But Yao Ming lacked upper body strength after all, and Camby tried to hold him down as much as he could before he made a move. Yao Ming lost his rhythm a little and didn't score. Secondary offense and rebounding have never been Yao Ming's strong points, and Yao Ming immediately returned to defense after shooting.

Because he saw Hayes under the basket. In his experience, Hayes was under the basket and the rebound was almost gone. Sure enough, Hayes grabbed the backcourt rebound, handed it to Billups to organize, and slowly ran towards the Hawks halfcourt.

The Bobcats still used the same tactic, Hayes took the ball and his teammates pulled to the perimeter to double block and dismantle, Hayes dribbled past Smith and Joe Johnson, and this time Marvin Williams made up the defense and blocked in front of Hayes.

Now the opponent likes to rush at Yao Ming, which is likely to cause Yao Ming to foul. The Eagles have suffered many times under this tactic, and most of the games they lost were caused by Yao Ming's reduced playing time due to too many fouls, and the lack of an interior fulcrum on the offense was unable to open the situation. So Williams wants to protect Yao Ming. He shrank back from the weak side to defend, Hayes immediately passed the ball to Durant, who was already unguarded on the outside and hit an open three-pointer easily! 5 to 2.

In the opening minute, Hawks head coach Mike Woodson frowned.

What can he do against the Bobcats? Maybe you can only let Yao Ming pull out to defend. How Yao Ming can improve his ability to break through in a single defense is very important, but if Yao Ming can improve it, he has been very desperate in defense now, and he may be worse than he is now when he gets older in the future.

Compared with the offense, Yao Ming suffers a lot in defense, a mismatch can make the Eagles empty, and the outside players can easily break through. If other players make up for the defense, with Hayes's passing awareness, they will definitely pass the ball to the open space, and then it will only depend on how the Bobcats' outside shooting percentage is.

It's obviously not enough to defend by mind like this, and if you want to go further on the road to the playoffs, the defensive problem needs to be solved. There's no time for the eagles to figure out how to solve it.

The eagle was still hoisted high to Yao Ming. If the Bobcats take a front or a bag to Yao Ming, the old winning player can play more flexibly. But the Bobcat players pulled away very cooperatively, letting Yao Ming play alone casually, and it was up to Camby to get in or not. Camby is 211cm tall, not as good as Yao Ming, but his arm span of 229cm is very perverted, and it is not for nothing that he has many caps. Yao Ming's arm span is only 220cm, and Camby's interference with him can have a certain effect.

And always let Yao Ming play so singlely, the other 4 people of the Eagles have to watch from the outside, not to mention the monotony of the offense, and the position is also dead. Woodson knew he couldn't play like that. So shout at the players on the field and let them run. Crawford cut in the air on the baseline, Yao Ming dribbled with his back, and passed the ball to Crawford alertly.

Crawford was very fast, took advantage of Yao Ming's cover, shook off Billups and rushed to the basket, Hayes ran out from behind Camby, stood in position, Crawford couldn't slow down, crashed into Hayes, and both fell to the ground at the same time. The referee immediately blew the whistle and hit the man with the ball.

Crawford has good physical qualities and scoring ability, and as a point guard, his weakest point guard is precisely passing. If it were Kidd and Nash, he might have found an opportunity when Hayes let go of Smith and passed the ball into the air, but Crawford didn't have that awareness, and he was about to steal points when he received the ball. Hayes was aware of Crawford's habitual style of play, so he defended successfully.

Lynx or block. Hayes picked up the ball at the top of the arc and Cambilla went to cover high and blocked Smith. Hayes broke through with the ball again, and this time Yao Ming saved to defend. He wanted to block Hayes's breakthrough, Hayes took the ball in his right hand, changed direction and dribbled the ball to see that Yao Ming was about to pass, Yao Ming's body moved sideways, and wanted to follow Hayes, how did Hayes shoot the ball with his left hand, and immediately changed his center of gravity back and collided with Yao Ming.

Before Yao Ming could stand in his position, the referee did not hesitate to award Yao Ming a foul......

(To be continued)