Rebirth of Hayes Cyclone

Chapter 330 [Strategy against Yao! 】

Bobcats VS Eagles, in the online survey, the Eagles received a support rate of 63%, and more people hope that the Eagles will enter the finals, which shows how huge the number of Chinese fans is.

Many Chinese fans came into contact with the NBA because of Yao Ming. The Eagles are the home team of China. People hope that Yao Ming can become a qualified leader and lead the Eagles to defeat the Bobcats and enter the finals.

The Bobcats are likely to sweep the Eagles.In the regular season, the Eagles had a record of 1 win and 3 losses against the Bobcats, and Hayes was not in the winning game.

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

Hawks head coach Mike Woodson decided to use Josh Smith alone to guard Hayes.In the series with the Cavaliers, Smith was overwhelmed by James, and Woodson can only hope that Hayes' offensive ability is not as good as James.

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

The starting lineups of the two sides competed, and the Eagles did not suffer at all.It is not without reason that they can achieve an excellent record. The Eagles' offense is very strong, and the combination of inside and outside is hard to guard against.The arrival of Crawford made up for Stuckey's inaccurate shooting, making it difficult for the opponent to double-team Yao Ming. The four players pulled to the outside to involve defense, which could create many singles opportunities for Yao Ming.

Where the Hawks lost to the Bobcats was the bench.With Smith's contract renewed, and Yao Ming and Joe Johnson on the team, the Eagles have no salary space to bring in good substitutes.During the season, only Ronald Depley was traded for Knicks backup power forward Earl Barone.Baron has no position in the Knicks, which shows how poor his strength is.

The more powerful players on the bench are Rodney Stuckey and Josh Childress.If the Eagles want to fight the Bobcats, the starting players must 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.

When arranging the tactics, D'Antoni said: "Defense 122 zone defense, Marcus (Camby) single-handedly defends Yao Ming. The strategy is very simple, you can let Yao Ming play singles, but other players must defend well, and Chuck must pay attention to protecting the backcourt rebounds. Offensive tactics double pick-and-roll, both inside pull to the high screen, pull Yao Ming out, hit him when breaking through, Chuck, you know Yao Ming's weakness, don't be shy."

Hayes nodded with a smile.

There is already a fixed set of methods for dealing with super centers in the league. To deal with Shaquille O'Neal, everyone uses the "shark-cutting strategy", and the best way to deal with Yao Ming is the "bashing Yao strategy".Against the Hawks, offense is the best defense, and letting Yao Ming get enough fouls to get off the court is the best way.When the swingman dribbled the ball under the cover of his teammates, he deliberately ran into Yao Ming. Yao Ming's footsteps were too slow, and he often suffered from such a disadvantage.

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

The Time Warner Arena was packed.This season, the Bobcats' attendance ranks first in the league, and the games are full.They averaged 113.8 points per game in the regular season, with unparalleled offensive power; they conceded 94.9 points per game, ranking seventh in the league.Looking at this data alone, the Bobcats are stronger than the Bulls back then.Fans certainly love watching games like this.

After entering the playoffs, the momentum of the Bobcats has not weakened in the slightest.Hayes averaged 18.5 points, 13 rebounds, 8 assists and 2 steals per game, which was even more heroic 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, not to shave."

Yao Ming grows a beard, this scene is no stranger to the fans. In the 2004 Athens Olympics, the Chinese men’s basketball team got off to a bad start. The morale of the team, and finally with the efforts of all the men's basketball players, the former world champion Serbia and Montenegro were eliminated in a life-and-death battle, and the men's basketball team finally achieved 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 and said, "Yao, if you grow a beard as long as Guan Gong, it will be inconvenient to play in the future."

"Don't be too complacent, we may not lose." Yao Ming stopped joking with Hayes, and his expression was very serious.As the captain of the team, he felt that laughing could hurt morale.

Josh - Smith also stepped forward to declare war on Hayes.Hayes disagreed.It's not the first time he's facing Smith. He has excellent athletic ability. As long as he keeps up a little bit, he can't easily catch the ball and accelerate, and it's hard to do anything.Smith averaged 16.8 points per game in the regular season, but only 12 points in three games against Hayes.

It's meaningless to say more, after the game starts, everything will be known immediately.

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

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

Yao Ming beat Camby with a jump ball. After halftime, Joe Johnson passed the ball from beyond the three-point line to Yao Ming who wanted the ball at a 45-degree angle on the right.Camby defended behind him.

Since arriving in the Hawks, the defense against Yao Ming has not had much effect. Marvin Williams and Josh Smith are both very accurate in mid-range shots. It is easy to pull the inside line when they are in the high position. As long as they seize the opportunity to pass the ball , Yao Ming easily caught the ball from the basket and scored easily.So the Bobcats did not go around the front, but let the inside center alone top defense.

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

Yao Ming is very satisfied with the feeling of the game today, and feels that it is still possible to win.At this moment, he could not have imagined that he would soon be unlucky.

Gerald Wallace screened from beyond the three-point line, Hayes ran off the ball to shake off Smith, and Billups handed the ball to Hayes.Joe Johnson switched and Camby pulled up high for a second screen.

Yao Ming could only follow up to defend. He didn't charge too far forward, but raised his arms two steps away, ready to step forward to interfere at any time.

Two steps away from Hayes is not much different from an empty seat.Hayes immediately stopped for a jump shot, and he missed the highest penalty and shot. Yao Ming saw Hayes shot, and immediately turned around to grab a rebound.But the ball was too easy for Hayes, and he hit it steadily. 2 to 2.

'Do I have to follow out?If I got too close, he'd come up to me with the ball and foul me, man. 'When Yao Ming served the baseline ball, he considered the defensive countermeasures.He had been teammates with Hayes for a year, and he knew Hayes' style very well.If you don’t guard against it, Hayes can throw it no matter what he surrenders, and it’s more dangerous to guard against it.

The game is still going on, Yao Ming is a little distracted.Hayes was just a simple attack, which put pressure on his mind.The Hawks lobped the ball to Yao Ming again, this time Yao Ming singled Camby, turned around and missed a hook shot.

His left arm is horizontal in front of his body, and his right arm hook shot is one of Yao Ming's housekeeping skills.But Yao Ming lacks upper body strength after all, and Camby tried to hold him down before he made a shot.Yao Ming lost his rhythm a bit and ended up missing a shot.Secondary offense and rebounding have never been Yao Ming's strong points. After shooting, Yao Ming immediately returned to defense.

Because he saw Hayes under the basket.According to his experience, Hayes is under the basket, and the rebound is almost gone.Sure enough, Hayes grabbed the backboard, handed it over to Billups, and slowly ran towards the Hawks half.

The Bobcats still use the same tactic. After Hayes gets the ball, his teammates pull to the perimeter for double pick-and-rolls. Hayes dribbles past Smith and Joe Johnson. This time Marvin Williams makes up defense and blocks in front of Hayes.

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

In the opening minute, Hawks coach Mike Woodson frowned.

What countermeasures can he have against the Bobcats' offensive style?Maybe Yao Ming can only be pulled out to defend.It is very important for Yao Ming to improve his single defense breakthrough ability, but if Yao Ming could improve, he would have improved a long time ago. He is already very desperate in defense now, and in the future as he grows older, he may be worse than he is now.

Compared with offense, Yao Ming suffers a lot in defense. A misplacement can make the Eagles open, and outside players can easily break through.If other players supplement the defense, with Hayes' passing awareness, he will definitely pass the ball to the open space. At that time, we can only see how the Bobcats' outside shooting percentage is.

It is obviously not enough to rely on mental defense in this way. If you want to go further on the road to the playoffs, the defensive problem needs to be solved.Now there is no time for the eagle to study how to solve it.

The Eagles still lobbed Yao Ming.If the Bobcats go around the front or double-team Yao Ming, the old winner can play more flexibly.But the Bobcats players cooperated and pulled away, letting Yao Ming play singles casually, and it was up to Camby to make or break.Camby is 211cm tall, not as good as Yao Ming, but his wingspan is 229cm, which is very abnormal. There is no reason why he blocks more shots.Yao Ming's wingspan is only 220cm, and Camby's interference with him can play a certain role.

And always let Yao Ming play solo, the other 4 Eagles have to watch from the outside, the offense is monotonous, and the position is dead.Woodson knew it couldn't be played that way.So shout at the players on the field and let them run.Crawford made an air cut from the baseline, Yao Ming dribbled the ball with his back, and alertly passed the ball to Crawford.

Crawford was very fast, took advantage of Yao Ming's cover, threw away Billups and went straight to the basket, Hayes ran out from behind Camby, stood still, Crawford couldn't slow down, and hit Haye Si, the two fell to the ground at the same time.The referee immediately blew his whistle and dribbled the ball into someone.

Crawford has good physical fitness and strong scoring ability. As a point guard, his weakest point is passing.If it was Kidd and Nash, they might find an opportunity when Hayes let go of Smith and pass the ball to the open space, but Crawford didn't have this awareness, he would grab points when he received the ball.Hayes knew Crawford's habit of playing, so he defended successfully.

Bobcats still pick and roll.Hayes gets the ball at the top of the key and Cambila screens high to block Smith.Hayes broke through again with the ball, and this time Yao Ming threw himself out to defend.He wanted to block Hayes' breakthrough. Hayes took the ball with his right hand and dribbled the ball in a direction that was about to pass Yao Ming. He changed his center of gravity back and bumped towards Yao Ming.

Before Yao Ming could stand still, the referee called Yao Ming a foul without hesitation...

(End of this chapter)