NBA: Yao Ming at his peak returns to his rookie season

The Suns' offense is on.

Their posture was quite fierce.

With Penny Hardaway, Stephon Marbury, Shawn Marion, and Amar'e Stoudemire, their mobile warfare attributes are extremely strong.

The Rockets are under a lot of defensive pressure.

However, this is exactly what Coach Tomás needs; he is currently eager to develop Yao Ming's defensive abilities.

Offense earns cheers, while defense wins the game.

No NBA championship team is without defense. If Yao Ming is to become the leader of the Rockets, then the defense must be solid.

And Yao Ming's performance once again gave Coach Tang a big surprise.

That child is really wonderful.

Yao Ming's defense became more aggressive.

Although he was still quite inexperienced, he worked very hard and had a very strong defensive awareness in the penalty area.

Driven by their emotions, the rest of the Rockets team became even more active.

Marbury found an opportunity in the crowd and charged into the paint alone. Marbury was like a cannonball, full of anger.

The Suns had a particularly frustrating game today.

They had already fielded three big men, yet they were still evenly matched with Yao Ming and Morris.

For the Suns, a center like Morris, who is below the third tier, is no different from a dog.

Marbury's fiery temper must have been incredibly frustrating.

He wasn't afraid of losing to his opponents, but he loathed such frustrating matches.

The defense was in position, but Yao Ming was roughly pushed aside by Marbury.

Marbury forced a shot but missed.

However, the referee blew the whistle, and Marbury was awarded two free throws.

Marbury, who had just landed, glared at Stoudemire with an unfriendly expression.

They're both rookies, but their on-court performances are worlds apart. If Stoudemire had just pulled back a bit, or even set a screen, he wouldn't have missed!

"Well done!"

"Defense!"

"Defense!"

Houston fans started chanting for Yao Ming. At first, the sound was very soft, but gradually the arena was filled with it.

The defense they just executed has ignited their passion.

However, as Marbury made both free throws, the shouts and cheers in the arena abruptly stopped.

Stephon Marbury is a top-ten active guard.

They are indeed very difficult to deal with.

The cameras on site followed and filmed.

The two sides once again engaged in a fierce battle, with Yao Ming of the Rockets becoming increasingly prominent, and Yao Ming also discovered a slight effect from the "Resolute" badge.

Perhaps the level is still too low, and the effect is not obvious enough.

But every time Yao Ming wore this thing on defense, he felt more motivated, not physically, but mentally. He gradually became more excited on the court.

Yao Ming played with passion on defense.

The victim was Little S.

Yao Ming is basically playing a two-man game now. Whoever is attacking, he will defend them. He has to choose between Williams and Stoudemire.

Yao Ming's choice is quite unusual and varies greatly from person to person.

Every defensive play made things very difficult for Stoudemire.

He's starting to have a psychological aversion to Yao Ming now. The way Yao Ming jumps and blocks out the sky is just too awful.

A bad little Stoudemire can be really bad.

Stoudemire was substituted off the field in the seventh minute of the match.

The poor kid played for seven minutes and only scored 2 points, which is Stoudemire's lowest single-quarter score since joining the NBA.

Yao Ming just wanted to rack up badges.

As for Stoudemire, he was just unlucky. Yao Ming wasn't sure which opponent was attacking in which instance either. It can only be said that Stoudemire had bad luck, as Yao Ming guessed correctly three times in a row, resulting in three missed shots out of three attempts.

With Stoudemire relegated to the bench, the Suns' morale plummeted.

The direct result was that it made Yao Ming play even more enthusiastically.

After the first quarter, the Rockets led by 7 points!

Yao Ming also scored in double digits in a single quarter, getting 11 points.

The TNT studios outside were filled with Barkley's wailing.

Unless they break Yao Ming's legs right now, it will be very difficult for the Suns to limit him to 20 points today.

On one side, Rockets' Francis was praising Yao Ming highly.

That was a beautiful play.

While Cato, the team's core center, was dissatisfied, he calmly said, "You played quite well, but your offensive methods are too one-dimensional. You will be easily contained if you do that. You need to learn different offensive methods and also pay attention to the cooperation with your teammates."

Cato is 32 years old this year. As a defensive center, his peak has passed, and now he seems to be trying too hard to preach.

At least it was well-intentioned.

On the Rockets' side, Yao Ming is gradually integrating, and everyone is learning to accept the addition of this big man.

As for Stoudemire on the other side, he was in a very difficult situation.

Although he played well, there is a fundamental difference between him and Yao Ming.

With both players on the court, Stoudemire's performance became lackluster.

Stoudemire has many of the flaws of a rookie.

Marbury is now pointing his finger at him and yelling, "Are you kidding me? That big guy only knows one jump shot, and you can't even stop him?!"

Stoudemire really wanted to yell back.

It's easier said than done.

If it were just a jump shot, why would Stoudemire have had such a hard time? Besides, it's not that he couldn't defend, it's that he, Marion, and Williams couldn't defend.

The entry point was too high, and the timing was too perfect.

Yao Ming didn't give them a chance to double-team him.

Marbury himself is not a qualified leader.

He had a bad temper, a withdrawn personality, and didn't like to listen to advice, so although his career skills were not bad, he didn't leave much of a mark on any team.

He will be released by the Suns in the near future.

During this period, the Suns were still consciously developing the trio of Marbury, Marion, and Stoudemire.

The game entered the second quarter.

Both teams returned to the field.

With Williams on the bench, Stoudemire became the core of the paint.

Yao Ming did not play for the Rockets.

Although Yao Ming is in good form, he is too tall. Being too tall also brings the problem of energy expenditure, so Coach Tomjanovich is very economical in using Yao Ming.

He will need to rest on the bench for at least 3 minutes.

Cato took his place.

The Suns' frontcourt ball.

In terms of ability, Cato is undoubtedly a whole level ahead of Stoudemire at present.

However, it wasn't just Stoudemire who was feeling unbalanced today.

Cato was notified at the last minute that he was canceled from the starting lineup, and seeing Yao Ming playing brilliantly on the court, Stoudemire was frustrated, but Cato, who did not play, was even more frustrated.

He was also anxious.

So Cato didn't take Stoudemire seriously when he came up, just as he didn't think much of Yao Ming right now.

As a former top-tier center, Cato looked down on the two newcomers with equal disdain.

Marbury dribbled to the three-point line.

Accelerate the breakthrough.

Physically, Marbury is a bit stronger than Francis, and he's currently in his prime, charging straight towards the basket!

Marbury's play came very suddenly.

Cato was caught off guard and almost didn't react before he was about to defend.

Suddenly, Xiao Si next to him raised his hand!

That's why they say it's hard to learn good things, but easy to learn bad things.

After just one experience, Stoudemire has already learned this trick under the basket.

Cato was momentarily stunned.

Marbury had already taken off in his horrified eyes, while Stoudemire, quick-witted, dodged away.

'Bang!'

A powerful dunk! Marbury, riding Cato, slammed the ball in!

The big screen is now zooming in to show this dunk!