Rebirth of Hayes Cyclone

Chapter 331 [The beginning is the end! 】

The Bobcats VS Eagles played more than four minutes in the first quarter, and the Bobcats led 13 to 6.Hayes faced Yao Ming after his teammates screened and had the advantage.In order to avoid fouls, Yao Ming did not dare to follow too closely. Hayes made sudden shots and scored 5 points on 4 of 8 shots.The Eagles requested a timeout.

Hawks coach Mike - Woodson has been feeling a lot of trouble, they can not prevent Hayes.The Bobcats always have a way to screen Hayes away from Josh Smith.Hayes averaged less than 20 points per game this season, which gives the illusion that he is the kind of person who can defend one-on-one.This is not the case. Hayes also had an amazing performance of scoring 25 points in a row last season.

"If you don't double-team Hayes, he may score more than 50 points in this game. If you double-team him, he will get a triple-double..." Mike Woodson thought hard, and said to the players: "When defending Speed ​​up the rotation, we play 32 zone defense, Yao pulls to the middle of the high post, Marvin (Williams) and Josh (Smith) are on both sides of the low post. Joe (Johnson) defends Hayes at the top of the arc."

After listening to the tactics, Joe Johnson suggested: "Coach, apart from Camby, the other four Bobcats can shoot from the outside. If they don't break through from the high post, but break through from the bottom corner or shoot three-pointers, our defense will still have loopholes."

Woodson sighed softly and said: "Speed ​​up the rotation. If they don't go inside, then change to man-to-man. Prevent them from shooting."

Woodson knew that such an arrangement would make it difficult to defend against the Bobcats. The main problem lies in his personal ability. If he can't guard against Hayes, he dare not double-team. This situation is very bad, but double-teaming will only kill him faster. The best way to change the offensive rhythm of the Bobcats is to replace Yao Ming, and the Eagles' attack power will decrease again if Yao Ming is replaced.

The Eagles used Yao Ming as the core offense, and Camby maintained a high success rate in one-on-one singles.The score gap between the two sides has always remained within 10 points.

At 8 minutes and 15 seconds into the game, Durant broke through from the left and jumped up from the basket to dunk Yao Ming.Yao Ming took off with all his strength to block the block, and while destroying Durant's dunk, he also received his second personal foul and was substituted for a rest.

Yao Ming, Bobcats immediately take substitutions, replacing Camby and Gerald - Wallace, replaced by Brook - Lopez and Bargnani, Hayes to the small forward position.

The Eagles replaced Pachulia, and the inside height dropped.The inside height of the Bobcats has improved. With Durant, there are already three players with a height of about 7 feet on the court, and they are all good at shooting.

After Lopez came on the court, he no longer pulled up to the high position to cover his teammates like Camby, but asked for the ball in the low position, singled out Pachulia, Hayes, Billups and Lopez on one side for three points Outside the line, they form a triangle with each other.This is the way the Eagles played just now, a triangle offense, a combination of inside and outside.

Lopez lived up to expectations and made two consecutive shots.Although his height is not as good as that of Yao Ming, he is more flexible, which is not something a player like Pachulia who has height and lacks confrontation ability can handle.To defend Lopez, the first thing is to put him on the outside. Lopez is not strong, but Pachulia can't even do this well, and he is softer than Lopez.

Without Yao Ming on the offensive end, the Eagles lost their advantage in the paint.Josh Smith bears the title of power forward, but it is a swingman's offensive style.On the offensive end, Pachulia can also shoot jumpers, but he is too soft, and Lopez can easily push him outside the penalty area.The most serious problem is that Yao Ming is already the number one rebounder of the Hawks, and Pachulia's rebounding ability is not much better than Bargnani's.Hayes dominated the basket for a few minutes.

The Eagles' offense went wrong, and the Bobcats' offense became sharper.At the end of the first quarter, the Bobcats led by 35 points 23 to 12.

In the second quarter of the game, the Eagles took the risk of letting the main players rest, and the Bobcats Rondo, Azubuike, Miller, Landry, and Lopez played.In two and a half minutes, the Bobcats extended the score to 18 points. The Eagles quickly dispatched Marvin Williams, Josh Smith, and three substitutes, Childress, Stuckey, and Pachulia. As a result, the Hawks can't take advantage of the Bobcats' full bench.The Eagles performed well on the outside, but Pachulia couldn't defend Lopez inside, and Marvin Williams was also struggling to defend Landry.

The Hawks failed to take the opportunity to recover the score, and the main players of the Bobcats got a full rest and only played in the second half of the second quarter.Bobcats completely control the situation.Leading 68 to 50 at halftime.

In the second half, the Eagles became more and more passive.Josh Smith and Marvin Williams couldn't go off at all.The Eagles let Pachulia play power forward with Yao Ming in the third quarter, and the Bobcats immediately dispatched a small lineup, with Rondo, Weaver, Wallace, Hayes, and Bargnani playing starters.

Yao Ming and Pachulia were exhausted in defense, and the score was pulled closer.

After D'Antoni won the best coach award, he became more daring when ranking and setting up. Van Gundy was on the sidelines again. In addition, the Bobcats had too many people they could use, and they restrained the Eagles tactically.

The Bobcats swept the Magic, and some people suspect that the Magic is not strong enough. Now the Bobcats are playing against the Eagles, the Eastern Conference champions of last season, and it looks as easy as playing a lottery team.So it seems that it is not that the magic is weak, but that the Bobcats are too strong.

The Eagles replaced all the main players in the opening stage of the fourth quarter and gave up the game early.The final score was 134 to 101 and the Bobcats beat the Bobcats by 33 points.

海耶斯只打了24分钟就砍下20分12篮板7助攻。山猫得分最多的球员是替补上场的布鲁克-洛佩兹，26分7篮板3助攻2盖帽，创下了本届新秀季后赛得分新高。2008年乐透区的新秀，也只剩洛佩兹一个人还在打季后赛。

Lopez didn't get carried away by the results, he knew very well that his scoring was basically obtained when facing Pachulia or even the third center of the Hawks, and he couldn't take advantage of Yao Ming's matchup.

Yao Ming of the Hawks scored a game-high 31 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists, while the rest of the Hawks played mediocrely.

At the press conference, Eagles coach Woodson did not admit defeat.He said: "The Lynx players played very well in this game. Some of our players were affected by the atmosphere at home today. For a while, they were not focused on the court. In the next game, I believe they can adjust their state and play at their level. This series is just getting started, anything can happen and we can win!"

When D'Antoni spoke, he praised the Bobcats players over and over again, even Anthony Morrow and George Hill, who did not participate in the playoffs, also praised them. "Our team has a lot of good players, everyone can play their due role, I am very satisfied with all the players."

When interviewing Hayes, Hayes said: "As the Eagles said, the game has just begun. We can't relax after winning one game, and we must do our best to win the next game."

What Hayes thought in his mind was that the outcome of this round of the series was based on points.The Bobcats can defend against the Eagles' offense, but the Eagles have nothing to do with the Bobcats' offense.In this case, they can't win at all.But Hayes can't speak out what's on his mind, he doesn't want to offend the majority of Chinese fans because of his quick talk.

Many people are now saying that the Bobcats will prove that offense can also win the championship.In fact, the Bobcats are different from the Suns back then. The Suns could only run and bomb, and their defense was poor.The Bobcats can now run and bomb, they can play positions, they can play one-on-one with stars, and their tactics are more diverse, and they don't lose defense.Offensive and defensive balance can win the championship.

The second game was still played at the home court of the Bobcats.The Hawks players are desperate, but due to the gap in strength, they still can't do anything to the Bobcats. Yao Ming is the Eagles' strong point in offense, but it becomes a weakness in defense.The Bobcats seized this weakness and continued to attack.

In order to protect Yao Ming from leaving the field prematurely due to foul troubles, Marvin Williams and Joe Johnson made up defenses many times.Hayes has elevated his passing from skill to art.Seven assists were sent out in the first quarter, two of which were assists for Gerald Wallace and Durant for dunks.

Lopez started instead of Camby and got the chance to face Yao Ming, which was specially arranged by D'Antoni.I hope he can accumulate experience in the process of defending stars. Yao Ming scored 15 points in a single quarter, and Lopez was blown out.Later, Marc Gasol was replaced to defend Yao Ming, but the effect was much better.

Especially in the second half, Gasol not only withstood Yao Ming's firepower, but also performed well on the offensive end, scoring 8 points in a single quarter.This is not because Gasol is strong, but because of Yao Ming's physical strength.Yao Ming took on too many offensive responsibilities, and had to quickly return to defense following the Bobcats' rhythm, which exhausted his energy very quickly.

In the fourth quarter, Yao Ming's hand feeling declined, and the Bobcats played a wave of 13 to 0 to open the score. 121 to 104 to win another game.

海耶斯得到20分11篮板12助攻，比卢普斯也得到了21分7助攻，杰拉德-华莱士也有18分12篮板入账，加索尔15分6篮板，杜兰特14分，韦弗10分，米勒12分。山猫7人得分上双。

The best performer of the Hawks is still Yao Ming, with 38 points, 10 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 blocks.

In this press conference, Woodson took the responsibility for the Eagles' loss to himself. "I am very satisfied with the performance of the players, but I did not do well enough in terms of on-the-spot response, and the tactical choice was wrong. I am responsible for this loss."

The Eagles lost two games first and had one foot on the edge.

The third game was played at the Eagles' home court, and the stadium was also full.The staff of the Eagles uniformly issued vests to the fans to cheer for the home team, and placed large-scale photo photos of Taylor Swift and Scarlett Johansson under the basket, which were used to deal with Hayes and Durant, intending to let They are distracted.

Before the game, news of Hayes' "child is not his own" spread on the Internet. It was obvious that someone wanted to use vicious means to influence Hayes' state.Unfortunately they miscalculated.Hayes trusts Gao Tongxuan very much. Gao Tongxuan doesn't even have friends of the opposite sex, so how could she have an affair?

这新闻造成的结果是海耶斯大爆发。出场37分钟，拿下大号三双，35分18篮板13助攻3抢断。山猫117比94大胜，总比分3比0领先。

After the game, Woodson did not find reasons for the defeat. The fans have already seen the gap in strength between the Eagles and Bobcats!
(End of this chapter)