After the timeout, the Rockets talked and laughed up and down, although they didn't lead by many points, but the Yao Mai combination was powerful, and the Warriors had no way to deal with the two, the Rockets had mastered the rhythm of the game, and in the eyes of the players, victory was within reach.

But in order to start the war, the Warriors gave them a blow to the head, since Maddy was so scrappy that he couldn't defend this game, the old Nelson simply sent Ellis to the court, and Barnes couldn't stop Maddy on the court, so it was better to come up with Ellis, who couldn't defend Maddy but had stronger offensive power.

Ellis made a mark as soon as he got on the court, lurking outside the three-point line in the bottom corner and receiving a shot from Jackson.

Alston and Luiz were entangled with each other, Maddy asked for the ball from outside the three-point line, Ellis bent down and spread his hands in a decent manner, and then Maddy took a big stride close to Ellis and then changed direction in front of him, and then shook off Ellis to complete the breakthrough.

Harrington let go of Hayes to make up the defense, and Chamberlain, the Warriors' top defense master, remained unmoved, still pestering Yao Ming.

Maddie hit Harrington's basket hard, the ball bounced out on the rim of the hoop, Chamberlain quickly turned around and stuck Yao Ming, Hayes rushed up from the other side to grab the rebound, but as soon as he rushed to the basket, Chamberlain had already jumped up and picked up the rebound.

Luis dribbled outside the three-point line and couldn't break through Alston after a few attempts, Ellis came up to meet and Maddy followed.

Regardless of offense and defense, Maddy can be regarded as a top expert, when he was with the Raptors, he started as a defensive coolie, specializing in helping his cousin Carter wipe his ass. But now with the increase in value, coupled with his injury, the power on the defensive end has been greatly reduced, and all the strength has been accumulated on the defensive end.

Ellis used Jackson's cover to rush inside, and it became Battier who switched to defend Ellis, who was the defensive spearhead of the Rockets' perimeter. Ellis had a hard time getting rid of him, and several consecutive crotch and direction changes were unsuccessful, so he had to pass the ball to Jackson.

Jackson resisted Maddy hard, worried about causing a back injury, Maddy didn't go all out, Battier could only help defend in the back, Ellis took the opportunity to get inside, Chamberlain blocked Yao Ming, Jackson passed the ball back to Ellis, who scored two points on a layup.

After a switch between offense and defense, Yao Ming understood Chamberlain's intentions, which was intended to block him at this point to destroy Yao Mai's combination. In fact, the other 29 teams in the NBA all know the key to destroying Yao Mai's combination, but almost no team can do a good job, because in this combination, both Yao Ming and Maddie's attack power is top-notch, how can it be so easy to get stuck at any point?

Maddy made a jumper with a false shot, and the pressure on the Warriors' defense suddenly increased, and everyone except Chamberlain was led out of the restricted area. Seeing this, Maddie immediately passed the ball to Yao Ming, and the others cooperated to pull away, giving the latter a chance to play alone.

Yao Ming turned around with the ball and took a tentative step, but Chamberlain not only did not retreat but pressed forward, sticking to Yao Ming's body.

The two seven-foot men were entangled and collided with each other, and Yao Ming patted the ball rhythmically against Chamberlain's chest with his shoulder, and the latter did not give an inch, just sanctioning him with brute force.

If it was in previous seasons, Yao Ming was the least afraid of this kind of defensive object, and when his Shanghai dance moves first appeared on the field, he made the opponent suffer greatly. As a result, with Van Gundy coaching the Rockets, Yao Ming's weight soared, and he was treated as a pure inside meat pillar, no longer as flexible as before.

There was no chance to shoot in the front, Yao Ming performed a stunt, hit Chamberlain twice sideways in a row, suddenly put away the ball with one hand, stepped back and raised his right arm high, and made a hook layup with a shake of his wrist.

Chamberlain waited for this opportunity, the ball flew high, he rose from the ground, raised his arms, pressed his big hand on the ball, and rolled the ball off the three-point line and around the half-court line.

The group went up to grab the ball, Ellis grabbed the ball first, and wanted to break fast but was stuck by the experienced Battier, Nelson Sr. stood up and gestured, the Warriors slowed down the pace of attack, Luis took the ball, and the other players covered each other and fell into position.

Just as Chamberlain focused on defending Yao Ming, the Rockets also had someone dedicated to defending him, and after the switch between offense and defense, Hayes was firmly following him.

When Hayes first participated in the draft, his development prospects were not optimistic, the reason is that he is too short as a center or power forward, and he claims to be two meters and one, but this is also mixed with water, and he is only one meter and ninety-eight, which is not tall among scoring guards.

However, he also has his own advantages, one is that he is strong and not afraid of confrontation, and the other is that he is fast and explosive. These two strengths have helped to cross the NCAA, but not in the NBA, the NCAA is a college student, and the body is relatively thin, so Hayes's strength advantage can be used 100 percent, which greatly covers up his short height disadvantage.

It's not like this in the NBA, they are all professional players, one physique is stronger than the other, Hayes is too short, and the arm span is not long enough, as long as the defense opponent has a little mid-range shooting ability, he can bully him to death with his height and arm span, so he has been useless.

Today's situation is different, Chamberlain is tall or strong, the problem is that his range of attack is only limited to the restricted area, in addition to being able to dunk and layup in the air, he is not good at anything else, especially mid-range shots, etc., which is his shortcoming, so that Hayes's defense has a place to play, and he is good at defending such opponents.

Hayes kept pushing Chamberlain, his legs were thick and strong, the lower plate was very stable and the whole was like a dinosaur, it was very difficult for Chamberlain to squeeze into the penalty area, he was blocked by Hayes several times, seeing this, he was a little depressed, glared at Hayes and said: "Man, do you like men?" Can you not get so close to me? ”

Hearing Chamberlain's sarcasm, Hayes was not angry, he raised his head and smiled, then lowered his head and continued to defend Chamberlain.

Adelman watched this scene with satisfaction, he didn't expect Hayes to completely block Chamberlain, as long as he could consume the opponent's physical strength, he would be satisfied, if Chamberlain didn't admit defeat and focus on the offensive end, then there would inevitably be a hole in the defensive end, and then Yao Ming's opportunity would come.

In the face of Hayes, who was like kraft candy, Chamberlain simply did not enter the penalty area, ran to the high position to help his teammates cover, and occasionally used his vision and ball quotient to pass the ball when he received a pass, which revitalized the Warriors' offense for a while.

When the offensive end no longer deliberately takes care of Chamberlain, the rest of the Warriors players suddenly come to the effort, because now Chamberlain is doing the same work as Biedlings last season, covering, blocking, and responding, they just need to find a good position to shoot.

Alston missed a three-pointer, Chamberlain grabbed the rebound, the Rockets organized defense, and Maddy and Battier switched defenses, the former went to play against Jackson, and the latter came to deal with the more difficult Ellis.

Ellis singled Battier, Chamberlain covered from the left side, Battier reached out to support Chamberlain's lower abdomen to pay attention to his left side, and Ellis quickly broke through from the right side and hit a pull-up jump shot.

The Warriors pressed all over the court, and Alston passed the ball to Maddy after several attempts without a chance, and Maddy rushed past Ellis and Jackson directly into the penalty area, and scored two points on a jumper at the top of the penalty area.

The Warriors took a four-point lead at 22-18 in the eighth minute of the first quarter, and the Rockets attacked, with Adelman calling a timeout to redeploy his tactics. Many coaches in the NBA have a set of tactics, such as Phil Jackson's triangle offense, D'Antoni's small-ball strategy, and Adelman's Princeton.

Nelson Sr. made changes to the lineup, and Harrington, who didn't show much, was replaced by Petrus, who is a master defender who can help Ellis defend Maddie. The Rockets also adjusted their lineup, with Yao Ming and Maddy still on the court, and the playmaker replaced the veteran Francis.

In fact, even if he just arrived at the Magic team two seasons ago, he was still able to play an All-Star average of 20+5 per game. It's just that he was later replaced by the Rotten Apple Knicks, lost in the bright lights of New York, and his ability suddenly plummeted.

However, now Francis has been very open, and when he returns to the Rockets, he positions himself as the second backup for point guards, and he is also a veteran contract. Compared with the unruly and unruly when he was young, the current Boss Fu is much more docile, and he is no longer the thorn.

Adelman replaced Francis, not because he was more capable than Alstom, but because he had been with Yao Ming for more time and knew how to pass the ball to him.

Alston always used Maddy as the first passing point, and Francis was different, he stuck Luis and put away the ball and gave it to Yao Ming.

Yao Ming and Chamberlain were entangled for eight minutes in a row, already a little out of breath, and after getting the ball, he leaned back and raised his hand to make a shooting feint.

Chamberlain's legs bent and jumped, Yao Ming took a step back with the ball, and then he really jumped up and threw the ball out of his hand. As a result, as soon as the ball flew out, Chamberlain, who had already jumped, fell to the ground, and jumped again with his feet heavily on the floor, higher and faster than the first jump!

'Smack! There was a muffled sound, another block, and Yao Ming realized that Chamberlain's jump just now was actually to lure the enemy, deliberately making himself think that he had been deceived, but in fact the other party had been waiting for him to really make a move.

But in this way, Yao Ming couldn't help but admire Chamberlain, this kid not only has excellent physical fitness, flexible brain, but also big enough, not everyone dares to deceive Yao Ming, because many people's measures to lure the enemy eventually become loopholes, so that Yao Ming can fight, such as Howard, a monster who likes to pretend to be smart, one of the reasons why Yao Ming can beat him into a slag every time is that he always wants to win Yao Ming with his IQ, but he doesn't know that IQ is a hard injury for him.

The basketball was slapped down by Chamberlain, Hayes picked up the ball and rushed into the restricted area to pick up the cheap, his movements were a little slow, when he entered the inside line, Chamberlain also landed, Hayes roared and jumped up to dunk, Chamberlain also roared and jumped up again, the latter came to face Hayes first, and slapped the basketball between the latter's hands, and slapped the ball away again, this time directly out of the court and flew into the audience!

Blocking twice in a row, especially the one in the back who still covered the section with him, Chamberlain finally let out a bad breath, he was surrounded by Jackson and others, raised his right arm with one hand into a fist, and roared like the Statue of Liberty.

Francis gave him a faint look, and smiled as he ran past him: "Rookie, don't be too happy, the game has just begun." ”