Chapter 59: Rockets Can't Take Off

At the beginning of the second quarter, Yao Ming sat off the court.

His physical strength cannot support him in the NBA high-fight high-tempo game. In fact, if Yao Ming's physical strength can support him in doing this, not to mention Super Dream Chasing Shark, he is definitely at the same level as the four centers.

Unfortunately, the huge size gave him endless low pressure and also increased his physical energy consumption, especially his legs. His thick thighs allowed him to nail firmly to the floor. This is very important, because if this is not the case, he would not be able to effectively position at a low position. However, his weight of 300 pounds also puts him under too much pressure, especially when his two scripts are scarred.

Without Yao Ming, the Rockets replaced Deekenbe Mutombo. This old center with no known actual age still performed well on the court. He was able to grab rebounds with defensive positions and occasionally gave out shocking hats on the defensive end. However, none of this can change the fact that he is at least forty-five years old. No matter how good he is in good condition, the decline in physical fitness is still inevitable.

Although Scola is good at making offensive fouls on the defensive end, this is only a cleverness. He cannot support the Rockets' inside line with his 206 cm height. Therefore, when Yao Ming got out of the field, the Rockets' inside defense began to fall.

Scola was completely unable to stop Zhang Kong. His proud foul technique has not been successfully used on Zhang Kong today. This is because Zhang Kong hardly predicts his next move and takes the time to deal with it. The two of them have too many poor physical fitness.

However, on the offensive end, Louis Scola can still cause some trouble to Zhang Kong. His skillful footsteps and many fake moves that make people fireworks make Zhang Kong dare not easily steal or block. His ability to make fouls is too strong, almost unlike Kenyon Martin of the Kings.

Zhang Kong has gradually learned how to control his fouls. Facing Scola, he is not in a hurry to block his shooting vision and shooting angle as much as possible. If it really doesn't work, just enter one. For the Cavaliers, it's much more important to keep himself on the court than to cover a few shots.

Under Zhang Kong's defense, Scola was indeed not blocked, but his offensive efficiency was greatly reduced. He was always blocked by Zhang Kong's shooting space and his shooting percentage plummeted. He failed to enter the basket for several consecutive goals.

Mutombo defended Irgoskas. Every time he saw Irgoskas shooting slowly at mid-range, Mutombo looked angry. If it was ten years ago, no, five years ago, no, even three years ago. Irgoskas dared to shoot so slowly in front of him, he would slap hard with a big blood hat so that the European guy would know that he was not a vegetarian.

But now... time is unforgiving.

On the Rockets, after the rest of the second half of the first quarter, McGrady seemed to be unable to find the position of the basket, and he made a few shots. As one went up and down, the Cavaliers' leading advantage began to expand. As he had no choice but to call Yao Ming, who had only had to rest for three minutes in the second quarter, from the bench. In normal rotation, Yao Ming would not play so early, but if Yao Ming was not allowed to play now, I am afraid that there would be no need to wait for the rotation time in this game to enter garbage time.

He knew that McGrady had the ability to 35 seconds and 13 minutes, but you can't expect McGrady to 35 seconds and 13 minutes. This kind of thing is completely a matter of character, just like you can't expect Nick Young to possess Jordan every night.

After Yao Ming came on the court again, the Rockets, who could not find the offensive direction, naturally handed the basketball over to him. They played beautifully in the basket twice in a row, and caused Ilgoskas to make a foul. However, when they turned around, Mike Brown replaced Gibson and Ilgoskas, replaced Drew Gooden and Shannon Brown. James immediately dribbled the ball and raised the offensive and defensive speed on the court. He took advantage of Yao Ming's shortcoming of slow speed and slow positioning to start a fast attack.

Once Shannon Brown falls into positional battle, it will be difficult to achieve, but in the fast attack, he can perform some wonderful performances with a lot of offensive space.

Yao Ming ran back and forth with the butts of several Cavaliers. Often, he had already completed an attack before the runway, and then he had to turn his head and run back to the Cavaliers' penalty area to prepare for the next attack. In this way, although he could score some goals, his physical strength was quickly consumed.

Yao Ming's weakness of poor physical strength, all the NBA knows that James' IQ is not abnormal. Since he is forced to play on the field outside of rotation time, he naturally needs to further consume his physical strength at a faster speed. Yao Ming, who has sufficient physical strength, is an unstoppable killer at a low post, but once his physical strength is exhausted, he can only sit on the field and breathe.

This is Yao Ming's weakness, and it is also the Rockets' weakness. The Rockets do not have a qualified substitute who can replace Yao Ming's role in the field when Yao Ming is out. No, it can even be said that the Rockets' substitute lineup is really short of. Their main lineup is definitely first-class in the league, but their substitute lineup is really stretched. Even the Cavaliers' substitute lineup can ridicule the Rockets. Alexander, a harsh boss, can almost be said to be the stingiest one in the NBA. Not only is he unwilling to pay luxury taxes, but he even does not allow a break through the soft salary cap. Among the 30 NBA teams, only Jordan can compare with Alexander for the long and short periods. Jordan is really poor. Although he has made a lot of money in the NBA, he is only a drop in the bucket compared to these business tycoons. And Alexander... that's really stingy!

Although it is fifty steps, there is still a gap of at least one hundred steps, right?

Zhang Kong looked at Yao Ming running back and forth with panting, and many thoughts flashed through his head. He really couldn't feel any pressure from Scola, and he was very relaxed, which even made him feel in the mood to think about Yao Ming's experience and his own.

Zhang Kong was replaced for the first time in the last minute of the second quarter. After the game, he never played again because the fourth quarter entered garbage time. The score gap of more than 30 points on the court made the Rockets players powerless. Yao Ming consumed all his energy too early because he didn't rest enough. Although he had a period of rest in the third quarter, it was meaningless for Yao Ming to appear again when the score difference was more than 30 points.

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