NBA: Back to 97, to be the Jagged Bishop

Chapter 205 40+40 Is Not Impossible
With the whistle of the referee, the starters of both sides began to appear.

In the eyes of the outside world, it is obvious that the Knicks' starting lineup is more luxurious.

But Combe doesn't think so. In his opinion, after Yao Ming's rebounding strength has been greatly improved, his Philadelphia 76ers already have the confidence to not lose to any team in the league.

In the first offensive round, Da Zhi jumped the ball and won.

In the blink of an eye, Da Zhi has been playing for three years, and his chance of winning the jump ball is almost [-]% or more. It is rare to see him fail the jump ball.

After Payton controlled the ball to the frontcourt, he quickly found Da Zhi's position and passed the ball.

Da Zhi made a pick-and-roll with Wu Sheng, then made a mid-range shot and easily scored.

Tonight, Comb let Ratliff start the game against Big Zhi. As a copy of Marcus Camby, Ratliff is quite suitable for defending Big Zhi.

It's just that being suitable is suitable, and it doesn't mean that every time you meet Da Zhi, you can limit Da Zhi's performance.

In the offensive round of the 76ers, Knicks Zhengyin center Luke Langley quickly defended Yao Ming.

When the Bulls played against the Magic, Luke Langley had been using this trick against O'Neal. He couldn't limit O'Pang's attack at the basket, so he could only prevent O'Pang from receiving the ball under the basket.

In tonight's game, Old Thomas repeatedly told Luke Langley not to take it lightly, and to deal with Yao Ming with the focus of defending O'Pang.

If you want to say that the person who knows Kumbu the most on this planet, Thomas Sr. may be at least the top three.

Even if he doesn't have a personal experience of Yao Ming's real combat power, seeing that Kong Bu is willing to give up the Raptors Dynasty for Yao Ming, he should know how amazing Yao Ming's combat power is.

Facing such a center forward, one cannot be too cautious.

Iverson has already raised the ball, and seeing the oversized Luke Langley blocking Yao Ming, he can't find the space to pass the ball at all.

Since there is no way to pass it on, you can only vote by yourself.

Near the free throw line, Iverson jumped high and made a mid-range shot under Payton's defense.

"boom!"

There was the sound of iron striking.

At this moment, Yao Ming had already pressed down on Luke Langley in front of him and grabbed the rebound.

Standing on the sidelines, Kong Bu suddenly had an illusion. Why did he feel that Yao Ming's palm had grown bigger?

Under normal circumstances, Yao Ming's rebounding is not strong enough, which may also be related to his not long enough wingspan and not big enough palms.

It is rare to see Yao Ming grabbing the board with one hand.

As for the rebound just now, Yao Ming easily grabbed the rebound with one hand above Luke Langley's head, and it seemed that there was no difficulty.

Luke Langley is naturally not a top rebounder. He averaged only about five rebounds per game in most seasons of his career.

Don't look at his rebounding average is far less than Yao Ming's, his real rebounding strength is not inferior to Yao Ming's at all, and his rebounding rate is almost equal to Yao Ming's.

The reason why there are so few rebounds is that on the one hand, he has less playing time, and on the other hand, he has to give rebounds to Jordan Pippen in the team. These two averaged so many rebounds per game, and Luke Langley sacrificed a lot.

A bit similar to Adams and Westbrook of later generations.

It's not that Jordan Pippen likes to collect rebound data so much, but they are ball handlers. When some backcourt rebounds appear, they directly pick them up and start a fast break. It is definitely better than Luke Langley picks them up and then passes them.

At least judging from Yao Ming's rebounding efficiency in the previous ten games, he and Luke Langley's rebounding level is not far behind, almost at the same level.

After Yao Ming grabbed the rebound, he prepared to make a strong second attack at the basket.

It's a pity that he is now being stuck under the basket by Luke Langli, and the shooting angle is uncomfortable. After trying a bit, he couldn't find the shooting space. It happened that Reed cut from the side and Yao Ming simply passed the ball.

After Reid received the ball, he shot an arrow directly on horseback and threw the ball to the basket.

"boom!"

There was another strike.

The old Thomas was happy, and it seemed that the Philadelphia 76ers felt bad tonight.

Then there is no suspense in this game. Originally, he felt that the Knicks were better than Combe's 76ers in terms of hard power. Now that the 76ers don't feel good, why should they win?
Just when Thomas Sr. was delighted, Yao Ming grabbed the offensive rebound from Luke Langley again.

This time he is in a better position and has the opportunity to face up and hook.

After a while, old Thomas' expression became colorful.

I was happy at the beginning, because Yao Ming missed the hook, and the Philadelphia 76ers missed three shots in the opening game. Obviously, the feeling was too cold.

Just now there was a happy expression on his face, and after Yao Ming missed a shot, he took off the rebound again, and then made another face-up hook.

"Shh!"

The ball is in.

Old Thomas was speechless. He wondered if he had an illusion.

Are you kidding me, in just one offensive round, Yao Ming grabbed three offensive rebounds and scored two points?

Most centers in the league averaged less than three offensive rebounds per game, but Yao Ming was lucky, grabbing three offensive rebounds in one round and scoring in the end.

"It's really a shit-lucky kid. That guy Kongbu is shit. If you get in touch with him, you'll be lucky."

Old Thomas said unhappily, he didn't realize that he scolded himself by the way.

Regarding Yao Ming's performance in this round, Thomas Sr. certainly felt that Yao Ming was just lucky.

Rebounding is actually the most talented thing. Whether a player's rebounding ability is good or not is almost determined when the player finishes playing for the first month.

A late bloomer with scoring ability, a late bloomer with defensive ability, but a late bloomer without rebounding, whether he is a top rebounder or not, and whether he has talent in rebounding can be seen from the beginning of the game.

Even Big Ben, although he didn't rebound much at the beginning, it was only because he played less time on the court, and his rebound rate was not low at all.

Yao Ming's rebounding performance in the previous month was really not that good, too bad to be called, but definitely not top-notch.

So even though Yao Ming grabbed three consecutive offensive rebounds in one round, Old Thomas just thought he was lucky and didn't think much about it.

He didn't think much about it, and Da Zhi was taken aback.

The conversation he had with Yao Ming before the start of the game became more and more wrong now that he thought about it.

Kongbu said that Yao Ming has the top rebounding ability in history, which seems to be true.

It was the Knicks' offensive round again. This time Payton and Houston played a pick-and-roll with each other, and played a duo. Houston made a mid-range shot and made a hit.

Iverson continues to play Payton singles here. He has been in the league for so many years, and the losses he has suffered from Payton are simply countless.

Not only during the two years when Payton was in the Raptors, he was deflated every time he met Payton, even if Payton was not in the Raptors, he was locked up by Payton.

If it hadn't been for Comb to give Iverson a death order, and he could not take more than [-] shots in a game, then Iverson would definitely smash Payton tonight.

Yao Ming was still stuck behind the basket by Luke Langli, and Iverson still couldn't find the space to pass the ball to Yao Ming.

He just broke his heart and singled out Payton again.

It's a pity that he still failed to score. Payton seemed to have some kind of magical power. When Iverson met him, his shooting percentage dropped by at least ten percentage points.

As soon as Iverson's iron strike came, there was a muffled sound under the basket, and Yao Ming took the rebound again.

As soon as he landed, Yao Ming took advantage of the gap between Luke Langley's whereabouts, quickly got up again, and dunked the ball with both arms.

In the opening two offensive and defensive rounds, the scores of the two sides were tied, a 4:4 draw.

But on the scene, the Knicks were definitely suppressed by the 76ers. To be precise, they were suppressed by Yao Ming alone.

In just two offensive rounds, Yao Ming has scored 4 points and 4 rebounds. What's more deadly is that these [-] rebounds are all offensive rebounds!

Waiting for the next Knicks offensive round, Da Zhi didn't know if he was thinking too much and missed the shot.

Yao Ming grabbed the backcourt rebound from the basket again, and his personal rebound count has reached five.

Kong Bu sat on the sidelines and grinned excitedly. His efforts were not in vain, and Yao Ming really got excited.

The rapid improvement of rebounding ability, for Yao Ming, is not only a skyrocketing rebounding data, but also allows him to have many more shots.

For example, the four points scored on the court just now were accounted for, all of which were after grabbing offensive rebounds and playing a second offense alone.

In many cases, how many points a center can score depends on how many balls can be passed to him by outside players. Once the opponent chokes the center and refuses to let him catch the ball, the center will be very passive.

Now Yao Ming doesn't have to worry about this. His offensive rebounding ability is superb. Just grabbing offensive rebounds and playing a second offense may give him five more shots in a game.

Even if he only scored five points in five phone calls, Yao Ming averaged 25 points and 10 rebounds per game in his peak period, but now he may average 30 points and 18 rebounds per game.

This is definitely not a grade of data.

The former is the top center among active players in the NBA, and the latter is definitely a super center in NBA history.

Yao Ming looked forward to tonight's game more and more.

Old Thomas hurriedly called a timeout, but this timeout was not intended to change players, he just simply wanted to ask Luke Langley what the hell he was doing.

It was just a blink of an eye at the beginning of the game, allowing the opposing center to grab five rebounds, which is really outrageous.

"Luke, I think I can play the starting center forward, and I can do it if I play, and I may not be worse than you."

"Let the opponent grab five consecutive rebounds in less than 2 minutes? There are also four offensive rebounds. Do you think this is a qualified starting center?"

Old Thomas asked angrily.

Luke Langley has a weak temper. He was used to being scolded by Jordan when he was in the Bulls. Now the old Thomas's non-painful words can't irritate him at all.

"Coach, that guy is really weird."

"I watched his game during the Olympics before, and his rebounding ability is definitely not so strong."

"I dare not say that rebounding will definitely suppress him, but it will definitely not be worse than him, but he is too weird tonight, and his rebounding ability gives me a feeling that he is better than Rodman."

Luke Langley said with an innocent face.

Old Thomas was about to go crazy, "Rodman? You might as well say that Chamberlain, who has been dead for a year and a half, is possessed by Yao, then I can accept it more."

"It's not scary to be weak, what's scary is that you always make excuses for your weakness!"

In Luke Langley's heart, he was wronged. He was provoking someone, and gave old Thomas such a reprimand.

Does he not want to suppress Yao Ming?Of course I want to.

There is no center in the league who does not want to slap Yao Ming and increase his worth.

He was sure that tonight he had used [-]% of his mental energy to deal with Yao Ming, but in the end he was still scolded by old Thomas.

On the bench of the Philadelphia 76ers, Combe looked at Iverson with a smile, and his scalp was numb.

"Coach, if you have anything to say, just say it."

"Don't worry, my mental capacity is very good."

"No matter how ugly you say, I won't take it to heart. Of course, maybe I won't change it."

Iverson truly interprets what is called unruly.

Kong Bu waved his hand, "What I want to say is that you can make an exception to shoot more tonight, and I can even give you unlimited fire rights."

"Our current team style has changed, but it is also necessary to specifically restrict your shots."

"At least there is no need for this during the regular season."

Because Yao Ming's rebounding ability has skyrocketed, it's not a bad thing for Iverson to hit the iron sometimes.

As long as the rebounding ability is strong enough, hitting the iron can also be regarded as an alternative pass.

Iverson's eyes lit up, "Coach, are you serious?"

"Of course it's serious, against Payton tonight, I know you really want to get back on Payton."

"Just feel free to shoot." Kong Bu nodded.

With Kumbu's words, Iverson was completely relieved, and he was ready to fight Payton tonight.

The game restarts.

Even if the old Thomas almost made Luke Langley mad, he couldn't replace him, because now the only center that the Knicks can play is Luke Langley.

In the next game, Thomas Sr. looked more and more wrong.

It is Yao Ming's rebounding ability on the field that is a bit dazzling.

The 76ers' shooting percentage is very low, it can even be said to be so low that it is eye-catching, but relying on Yao Ming's rebounds, they have been able to maintain their advantage.

When the first half was over, the benches of both sides were completely silent.

"It's not right, it's very wrong."

"This guy Yao's rebounding can't be so strong!"

Barkley looked at the technical statistics table, frowning into an old twist.

23 points, 20 rebounds and 1 block, this is Yao Ming's report card in the first half.

Among them, there are as many as 20 offensive rebounds in 11 rebounds!
Too many can't be said to be against the sky, because Barkley is a good offensive rebounder. The current record of offensive rebounds in a single quarter is 11, which is held by Barkley and Larry Schmitz.

The halftime offensive rebound record is 13, two more than Yao Ming tonight, and this record is also maintained by Barkley.

These two records were born in the same game, and even more coincidentally, this game happened to be against the New York Knicks when Barkley played for the Philadelphia 76ers.

This is called no coincidence, no book.

Barkley gasped, the record he was so proud of was almost about to be broken.

Kongbu was smiling. Yao Ming had already scored a large double-double of 20+20 at halftime. The difference between the two sides is not too big at the moment, and there is no possibility of entering the garbage time early.

If there is no accident, Yao Ming can at least hit a double [-] historical level data tonight.

If you're lucky enough, 40+40 doesn't seem impossible!

(End of this chapter)