Turning around, Turkoglu continued to hold the ball and play pick-and-rolls with Howard, this time he hoisted the ball to Howard.

But after Howard received the ball, he didn't have too many moves in the face of the shrinking Yao Ming, and could only choose a small hook at close range.

However, compared with Yao Ming's previous hook hand, what stood out was a jade throwing brick and smashing it hard to the basket.

Although the ball was lucky not to be covered by Yao Ming, it smashed out of the frame without any suspense.

And Yao Ming is really very experienced in dealing with Howard, basically after Howard made a move, he turned around and stuck Howard to prevent him from jumping.

So when the rebound popped up, Howard could only watch Yao Ming easily collect the defensive rebound above his head.

But the good news is that Yao Ming gave the Magic time to retreat from defense, and the Bulls' defensive counterattack did not play again.

The two sides entered into positional warfare, offensive and defensive.

Nelson gave Rose the ball directly to his body, and finally didn't let Rose break through again.

Seeing this, Yao Ming took the initiative to mention the high position to block and dismantle Rose.

Nelson was blocked, and Rose took the opportunity to go straight to the basket.

Nelson squeezed through the pick-and-roll and chased after him, and Howard also found the right moment to wait for a block.

Rose ended up being sandwiched into a bun, but he jumped up and found someone in the air to see Yao Ming, and flicked his hand to pass the ball.

The ball was passed a little late, but Yao Ming moved quickly after receiving the ball, and shot from mid-range before Howard could make up the defense.

"Huh!"

Basketball hollow into the net.

Howard didn't have a good deal with this kind of ball.

The Magic team couldn't open the situation for a long time, and Turkoglu could only signal to pull away and hand the ball to the low post Bass single.

The Magic's orthodox style of play is a star-studded style, but the premise of that style of play is that Howard can have an advantage on the inside, not to mention that kind of crushing level of interior singles, at least the attack after blocking and dismantling can directly form a score.

But tonight so far, let alone these two points, Howard is completely suppressed by Yao Ming on a daily basis.

So the Magic team can only find other output angles.

Bass may be short, but he is huge, has strong confrontation and physical fitness, and has an accurate mid-range shot.

Otherwise, with his height, he would not have been able to start a team of Magic's level.

Bas singles Artest...... Not impressed.

Artest is also characterized by his strength, with a height of 2.01 meters and a weight of 113 kilograms during this period, which is on par with Bath.

Bass tried to turn around and attack, but Artest was experienced defensively and stuck early, which was a no-go score.

Buss finally chose to turn over for a jumper, and finally deflected off the basket under Artest's interference.

The Magic team was completely dumb on the offensive end tonight.

Fortunately, Turkoglu was only a tentative offense, and he had already called his teammates to retreat and prevented the Bulls' defensive counterattack.

Both sides continued to fight positions.

Rose saw that Nelson was still fighting with him, and directly beckoned Yao Ming to a high position to continue blocking and dismantling.

Nelson was consciously dodging Yao Ming's blocking, but Yao Ming was so big, he still didn't dodge.

Rose continued to break through Howard, but this time he kept an eye on it.

After seeing Nelson still chasing himself, this time before he became a meat bun, Rose returned the ball to Yao Ming.

Howard was also prepared this time, and when he saw Rose turn around, he was rushing to Yao Ming.

After all, a person cannot fall in the same place twice.

Yao Ming raised his hand to make a shooting motion, and Howard flew directly to it.

There was light in his eyes, and with his physical fitness, he had time to catch up this time.

As long as Yao Ming is exposed, it can be regarded as getting a place for himself.

However, Yao Ming shook a shot, and after receiving the ball, he directly dribbled the ball and broke through.

At this point, the Magic's interior line is defenseless.

"Bang!"

Yao Ming broke through and slammed the ball into the basket with a one-handed dunk.

The United Center boiled instantly.

0 to 8!

The Bulls got off to a dream start.

Except for Xu Yong's opening empty catch, the remaining 6 points are all from Yao Ming!

Howard's expression at this time highlighted two words: helplessness.

You'd rather fight the big shark than Yao Ming.

Yao Ming has all the qualities to finish him, height and weight on the defensive end, hook hands and projections on the offensive end.

That's really a wolf meeting a tiger, and there is no temper at all.

Counting the past 14 meetings between the two, Yao Ming has a record of 12 wins and 2 losses, averaging 23.5 points, 10.2 rebounds and 2.2 blocks per game, while Howard only averages 12 points, 9 rebounds and 1.5 blocks per game.

It's really a real nemesis.

The first quarter was about 9 minutes into the game, and the score on the court was 9-24, and the two sides began to enter the rotation.

After Thibodeau arrived in the playoffs, although he still used a ten-man rotation, the playing time of the main team continued to lengthen.

For example, in the first quarter of substitutions, he only made two substitutions, Gibson and O'Neal on the inside, and Battier and Yao Ming on the inside.

The Magic rotated normally, with Arenas, Redick, Anderson and Quentin Richardson coming off the bench.

However, Howard also remained on the court because he did not have a substitute.

This time period is generally an excellent time for off-peak travel.

After the substitution came back, the Magic team's offense, Arenas and Anderson played a block and a pick-and-roll, and after the split, he shot directly from the outside three.

Before the "General" was injured, he averaged nearly seven three-point shots per game, which is a very high number in this era, almost on the same level as Ray Allen.

The difference is that he is better at this kind of three-point with the ball.

"Phew!"

However, it was said that it was before the injury, and after being traded to the Magic this season, his three-point shooting percentage was less than 30%.

Fortunately, this ball is a long rebound, and Howard has excellent sense of smell and judgment in rebounding, so he jumped up directly to take off the offensive rebound, and then directly attacked the frame twice.

Yao Ming is down, he has to do a big job!

But how could O'Neill do what he wanted, directly moved his body and raised his hands and pounced.

The two faced off physically, and Howard was forced to stop the ball, burying his head directly in his shoulders, trying to push O'Neal away like an iron hammer.

But O'Neal weighed too much, and although he was pushed back in the first shot, he quickly pressed back again, and Howard could only barely hit the board after the confrontation.

"Phew!"

The basketball misses off the basket.

He couldn't even score a goal tonight.

Fortunately, the referee's whistle blew and signaled O'Neal's defensive foul to save Howard.

O'Neill turned and looked at the referee motionlessly, full of pressure.

The referee did not change the decision.

Obviously, even if you used to be a supergiant, as long as you are not at Jordan's level, you will inevitably become a supporting role when you get old.

O'Neill's face instantly fell.

Good! Good! Let's play it this way!

Howard made both free throws from the free-throw line.

He has shot more than 70% of his free throw line so far in the playoffs, which is unusual.

And those two free throws finally helped the Magic break 10 points to 11 points.

The Bulls' offense, O'Neal took the initiative to drop low and reach for the ball after arriving in the frontcourt.

Rose quickly hoisted the ball in.

The biggest difference between O'Neal and Yao Ming is that he has no mid-range shooting ability, plus his moving speed decreases when he gets older, and the blocking and dismantling effect is not good, so he is either restrained on the inside during this period, and then he has to feed him the ball.

O'Neal received the ball, and there was no pinch on the Magic's side.

Gibson has a solid mid-range, the Bulls still have a lot of offensive space on the court, and the Magic can either choose to give the Bulls the rest of the shot or choose to put Howard and O'Neal one-on-one inside.

Big Van Gundy chose the latter, and although Howard was beaten by Yao Ming, it was not a big problem to deal with an elderly O'Neal.

Howard obviously thinks the same way, just now he was forced to stop the ball after the shot, really let him move, O'Neal's current ability may not be able to stop him.

O'Neal held the ball and chiseled in, and Howard also sank his weight and resisted.

The confrontation between the two has a very classical center flavor.

O'Neal suddenly turned around after the second blow, but Howard was already there.

It's hard to get up when the center of gravity sinks on the general inside line, but he's a "superman".

Almost the moment O'Neill turned around, he had already focused on it in advance, and then aimed at O'Neal's shot directly.

This move is like a rabbit, like a thunderstorm, and it looks like a flying hat.

But who would have thought that O'Neal was just a trick, and he turned around quickly, and then quickly wiped the board to send the ball to the basket.

Howard's hard blow hit the air, and when he landed, he was a little confused.

And the United Center has once again been filled with cheers from the fans.

Just now they thought that O'Neill was going to be capped, but it turned out that Jiang was still old and spicy!

O'Neal gave Howard a look of disdain after the goal.

I'm old and my athleticism has declined, but what athleticism does it take to hit a guy like you?

Howard was also angry when he saw O'Neal's eyes.

I can't beat Yao Ming, I can't beat this old guy?!

Switching offense and defense, Howard asked for the ball directly in the low post on the right side, and when he received the ball, he framed O'Neal.

He made a direct virtual movement, and then walked the baseline to hit the basket.

O'Neal couldn't keep up and was pushed inside by Howard.

"Bang!"

Howard violently slammed the ball into the basket with a two-handed hoop frame.

After the dunk, Howard was quite excited, not only beating his chest and roaring, but also making Superman's signature flying move right in front of O'Neal.

Here is a brief mention of the history of feuds between O'Neill and Howard.

Howard has always respected O'Neal very much at the beginning, and as a center who grew up watching O'Neal play, he has always regarded O'Neal as an idol and is eager to be recognized by O'Neal.

But since the 2008 Slam Dunk Contest, O'Neal has publicly complained about Howard because of Superman's nickname.

That's right, it was the words he had said to Xu Yong.

After that, O'Neal also saw Howard's various unhappiness, and publicly criticized Howard's rough technology and the like.

Although O'Neal is very funny, he is still a cautious person in nature, otherwise he would not have had such a quarrel with Kobe Bryant in the first place.

So the former idol is no longer there, and Howard is also holding back his strength to prove himself in front of O'Neal.

In this ball just now, Howard can be regarded as earning face for himself, so he is a murderer, and he almost sprays trash talk about O'Neal Sr. retiring.

O'Neill's face was horribly gloomy.

Switching offense and defense, he continued to ask for the ball in the low post.

Rose then fed the ball in, O'Neal had just scored a goal, and there was no reason not to feed it.

Richardson tried to shrink the defense, but was called back by Howard.

The two continued their one-on-one singles on the inside.

O'Neal's style of play at this time was significantly different from the previous round, and he was riveting hard inside after his back.

Howard also showed no weakness, and at this time it seemed that he was cowardly.

O'Neal finally turned to the free-throw line, then had a noticeable stop-and-go move to get up against Howard.

It's like a surging volcano can't be stopped, and Howard is torn apart.

"Bang!"

Then, it was the first powerful and heavy hands that were vigorously buckled.

The huge figure instantly stretched the basket down a long way.

There was an exclamation at the scene.

In a trance, fans seem to go back in time to ten years ago, the era when the big sharks ravaged the league.

At that time, O'Neal had the nickname of "basket quality inspector", and it was common to smash baskets, and even directly knocked down the entire basket.

It was also around that time that O'Neill was nicknamed "Superman" by fans.

And what's even more terrifying is that O'Neal is still expressionless after completing the dunk.

Obviously, Howard's action just now is not something that can be solved by a dunk.

At this time, the time had come to the final attack of the first quarter.

"Defend! Defend! ”

The emotions of the fans at the United Center have been mobilized by O'Neal's dunk just now, and the shouts on the scene are overwhelming.

Howard was still very tough, and he didn't back down after being dunked, and on the offensive end he continued to hold the ball and single O'Neal head-on.

At this time, we have to talk about the importance of idols, O'Neal and Kobe, the new stars who grew up in this era, and their kneecaps are still very hard.

Howard did the same trick, but this time O'Neal shrank to the basket early.

He knew that Howard's hook technique was clumsy, so he just had to prevent him from dunking.

It turned out that O'Neal's choice was very correct, Howard suddenly went to the basket and was blocked, and he couldn't do it if he wanted to hit O'Neal, so he could only barely use the turning and wiping technique that he was not good at before the time was up.

But just as he made a move, O'Neill suddenly jumped up from the ground.

It's hard to imagine that the 39-year-old O'Neill can still jump like this.

But it seems that since the last round, the remaining energy in O'Neal's body has completely burst out.

"Bang!"

In the stunned eyes of the fans again, O'Neal staged a whistle-pressing pegboard hat directly in front of Howard!

The Union Center fryed the pan directly.

Xu Yong also ran into the inside line at this time and had a passionate chest bump with O'Neal.

Blocking on the offensive end, nailing the board on the defensive end, the 39-year-old O'Neal is playing a real [Superman Return] in front of the 25-year-old Howard!

It's just that he took pity on Howard, who was first pressed on the ground by Yao Ming and rubbed for most of the time, and when he thought that he could finally travel at a staggered peak, he was stunned and was educated by old O'Neill again.

This is really Yao Shark relay, mixed doubles, and you will have a full career!

(End of chapter)