“defense!defense!”

The Bobcats fans were extremely excited by Jiang Jun's performance and couldn't help but shout slogans in an orderly manner to encourage their team to defend.[]

Seeing Nelson trying to pk with Jiang Jun, not only coach Van Gundy, but also his teammates were a little anxious.

The scene was very noisy, and Carter and Lewis were shouting loudly, asking Nelson to pour the ball out. Nelson had no choice but to turn around, press Jiang Jun with his butt, and pass the ball to Carter outside the three-point line.

Carter took two steps to the ball and pretended to break through. Jackson hurriedly took a step back to prevent loss of position. Carter seized this opportunity and hung the ball to Howard, who was inside.

Howard didn't receive the ball for a long time, and he felt very depressed. After catching the ball, he did not hesitate. He shook it lightly, which made Diop stunned, and then saw the monster rushing in towards Diop.

Diop was shaken and lost his center of gravity slightly. When he wanted to get stuck again, he was too late. But he couldn't watch the Warcraft easily make a layup or dunk, so he had to go forward and reach out to block it.

But the monster's explosive power was too strong. Although Diop reached out and pulled it, he still rushed up. Although he did not dunk it into a basket, the ball was still shot out, then wiped the rebound, fell on the basket, and shook it a few times and it went in!

The referee whistle sounded, Diop made a foul, and Warcraft roared excitedly!

Just two minutes into the start, the starting center made two fouls. Old Brown had no choice but to signal Yao Ming to come on the field and replace Diop.

Originally, before the start of the game, Brown wanted to mention Yao Ming to the starter to deal with Warcraft. But considering that Yao Ming had been injured for too long before, he still asked Yao Ming to play as a substitute according to the arrangement at the beginning of the season and slowly restored his physical fitness and technical state.

Generally speaking, the starter needs to play for at least 5 minutes before he can replace the substitute. However, Diop struggled too hard today when he encountered the Warcraft. He committed two fouls in just a short time, so Yao Ming had to play early and start a showdown with Howard.

Barkley shouted excitedly: "Oh, my goodness! I finally saw the two centers compete. There is no doubt that Yao and Howard are the best centers in the NBA now. Today they can compete."

Webber smiled and said, "Charles, your words will be unpleasant. Your old friend may fight you again!"

Barkley smiled and said, "You mean Shaq? He was not my opponent back then. He is almost retired now. In Boston, he has not played in the pre-production. I think his weight has seriously affected his sports life."

O'Neal and Barkley did have a fight back then. It was in 1999. Barkley was on the Rockets and O'Neal was on the Lakers. O'Neal, who was 7-foot-1 inch, weighed 320 pounds, and Barkley, known as heavy tanks, staged a Chinese kung fu-style fight between the Lakers and the Rockets. When the game reached the second half of the second quarter, Barkley took a rebound in the backcourt and was hit by O'Neal in the head. In anger, he smashed the basketball in his hand on O'Neal's head. O'Neal turned his left hand and gave Barkley an uppercut. Barkley lowered his head and dodged, bent down and hugged O'Neal's legs to make a big back span. At this time, other players outside the court rushed into the court and began to persuade him to fight.

Regarding the dispute at that time, O'Neal and Barkley were also secretive because the camera's camera was surrounded by many players and did not really capture some of the scenes after the two finally fought together.

But many witnesses believed that O'Neal was overturned by Barkley at that time, and Barkley was hit on the face by O'Neal, and the corners of his mouth were covered with blood. Of course, the two of them had already made up as before, which was a story later.

O'Neal joined the powerful Celtics this year, but since the start of the game, he has not played even in a single game. In addition, the Sharks were old, so Barkley believes that O'Neal's current state is no longer good.

Weber did not express his opinion on this, but said cautiously: "Last year, Howard was the league's number one center, but Yao Ming was injured last year, and the Sharks rarely played due to injuries and age. This season, we have to watch the game before we know the results."

The game continued, and Howard missed the free throw amid the buzzing sound of fans all over the court.

Barkley shook his head and said, "As a big man, if the free throw is not accurate, it is indeed a big weakness. Free throws like Yao are good. So many defensive players will be cautious when defending him and dare not foul the foul unscrupulously."

Weber said seriously: "I completely agree with Yao's evaluation. But Charles, I remember you have always been a Yao Hei. Has you completely changed your view of Yao after kissing the donkey's butt?"

Barkley raised his fat palm, touched his bald head, and smiled proudly: "No one will be right forever. Yao won respect with his performance, and I also proved his quality with credit."

When Howard made a free throw, Lewis held Yao Ming, and Thomas on the other side grabbed the rebound and threw it to Jiang Jun.

Jiang Jun glanced at the head coach, and Brown Old signaled to play inside.

No matter what, once a big killer like Yao Ming is on the court, you must make full use of it. If you can score the best, if you cannot score, you can also create a foul on the opponent. If you are not good enough, you can attract defense and create better opportunities for other players. These can help the team to varying degrees.

Nelson stared at Jiang Jun with an unpleasant expression. Jiang Jun hit both attempts, which made him a little nervous. If Jiang Jun scored too many points, he would really not be able to hold his face.

However, Jiang Jun did not pay attention to Nelson's feelings, but waited for Yao Ming to take the position and passed the ball to Yao Ming as soon as possible.

The ball was passed to Yao Ming's chest. Yao Ming grabbed the ball with both hands, drove it on the ground twice, then turned around and took a step back and jumped. The Warcraft tried hard to block it, but Yao Ming was tall and leaned back. The ball almost touched the fingertips of the Warcraft and entered the basket through a perfect arc.

7-4! The Bobcats lead!

Yao Ming's skillful actions aroused the simultaneous cheers of his teammates and the audience.

Jiang Jun is also very familiar with Yao Ming's move, but in the past, I saw it on TV. Recently, during the competition and training, Jiang Jun watched it from close range. It was amazing that such a tall big player actually had such a mature defender move.

The Magic's offense, Nelson did not go solo this time, but passed it to Carter in time. Seeing Howard actively asked for the ball, Carter knew that he wanted to play and returned Yao Ming with one, he hung the ball to the inside.

Howard received the ball and leaned back, Yao Ming remained motionless. Howard knew that as before, Yao Ming was not afraid of a powerful player like him, so he changed his strategy.

He turned around to face Yao Ming, and the ball was transported on the ground twice, then he swung it in with both hands and rushed in.

Yao Ming couldn't keep up with the pace, so he had to let the monster rush in, and then he made a powerful dunk!

7 to 6!

The two commentators were very excited to watch it. Today's showdown between the two centers is really worth the trip.

Next, Jiang Jun dribbled the ball to the frontcourt. Seeing Yao Ming being double-teamed by Howard and Carter, he fell twice with Jackson. Taking advantage of the Magic's defense, Jiang Jun changed direction and broke through Nelson and ran to the basket!

Carter came up and pretended to defend Jiang Jun for a moment, then shrank back and defended Jackson from outside the three-point line.

Jiang Jun ignored Carter's fake moves and kept rushing in. Seeing the Magic's inside line open, Jiang Jun was about to lay up flat, and Howard had to give up defense, Yao Ming ran out to defend Jiang Jun.

Jiang Jun made a shooting move, which was very realistic. Just as Howard jumped to defend himself, Jiang Jun handed over the ball and passed it in from Howard's ribs.

Yao Ming caught the basketball, and there was no one in front of him. Yao Ming almost didn't jump much and pushed the ball into the basket with one hand.

9 to 6!

The Magic then played inside, Nelson, Carter, and Richardson poured the ball twice and finally passed the ball to the Warcraft.

However, since Yao Ming can defend the Warcraft alone and does not need other teammates to assist in defense, the Magic team is still subject to great restrictions.

Except for Warcraft, other Magic players were strictly controlled, especially the Bobcats defended the route from Warcraft to the outside, cutting off the organic connection between the inside and outside lines.

In this way, in the 5 minutes of Yao Ming's appearance, the Magic could only rely on the Warcraft to score. Although Yao Ming could not defend Howard, Howard also found it difficult to effectively defend Yao Ming.

When the Magic players assisted in defense of Yao Ming, Yao Ming poured the ball out in time, and Bardinger, Jiang Jun and Jackson all made three-pointers. In this way, when Yao Ming was resting, the Bobcats were already 5 points ahead 20-15.

Kwame Brown replaced Yao Ming as the center on the field. He struggled to defend the Warcraft because the Warcraft's power and explosive power were stronger than him. Howard succeeded in several singles.

However, what frustrated Warcraft and teammates was that every time after their team scored a goal, the Bobcats, the not-tall Chinese defender, was always able to respond.

Either shoot yourself or turn the ball into an assist.

The Magic team tried their best. At the end of the first quarter, not only did they not narrow the score, but the gap was bigger. The score was 29 to 21, and the Bobcats led by 8 points!

Jiang Jun played in the first quarter, scored 10 points and 3 assists, and had a block.

In the second quarter, Jiang Jun came off the court and the Magic took the opportunity to achieve a small climax. After 6 minutes of this quarter, the Magic had already chased the score to 30-32.

Old Brown had no choice but to wave the flag and replace Jiang Jun again, and also replace Yao Ming.

[Thanks to Brother Ming of Yicheng for his reward; thanks to friends who have always supported and have supported Tanhua. The update is completed today, thank you everyone!]
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