NBA, Yao Ming is back!

The playoffs have been decided.

The match schedule was also released.

Great White Shark vs. Shenyang Military Region.

August 1st Rocket vs. Air Force.

Jiangsu Dragons vs. Guangdong Southern Tigers.

Liaoning Hunters vs. Shandong Fire Bulls.

The quarterfinals will be a best-of-three series, played in a home-and-away format.

In the first round of the playoffs, the Shanghai Sharks hosted the Shenyang Military Region Lions.

Before the competition, everyone was on tenterhooks, their hearts pounding.

Yao Ming was an unstoppable monster in the regular season, but the playoffs are a different story.

This was his first playoff game in his professional career, against a military team with a tough style and a much more lenient defensive approach than in the regular season.

Many people in the industry are waiting to see if this sixteen-year-old will show his immaturity under the intense competition and pressure of the event.

They experienced difficulties adapting to their playoff debut.

After all, many sports commentators believe that the regular season is the regular season and the playoffs are the playoffs, and their intensity is completely different.

That's right, the regular season is the regular season, and the playoffs are the playoffs.

But this is the CBA.

Do you think this is the NBA?

So when the match started, everyone was... stunned.

Yao Ming stood on the court, showing no sign of tension; his eyes even shone with an excitement brighter than during the regular season.

The intensity of the regular season was far too low.

I simply can't get myself into the right state of mind.

Playoffs.

That's more like it.

The Shenyang team's players came out fighting with all their might, engaging in close combat and aggressive positioning...

But these actions were tough enough in their eyes.

In front of Yao Ming, it's not even a tickle.

Shenyang's strength was limited to begin with, averaging less than 75 points per game in the regular season, which was the lowest in the league. The fact that they made it to the playoffs was mostly due to the small number of teams in the CBA at the time, and the teams were mostly there to fill vacancies.

Facing a team like the Shanghai Sharks, who had an undefeated regular season record, and with Yao Ming, a game-breaking center, they had no chance to fight back from the very beginning.

The match became a completely one-sided performance.

Yao Ming completely took over the game on both offense and defense. On offense, he attacked as soon as he received the ball, whether it was a strong back-to-the-basket move, a mid-range hook shot, or a mid-range jumper.

No matter how you throw it, you'll get a prize.

On the defensive end, he was even more dominant. Whenever someone dared to break through the paint, he would leap high and deliver clean and decisive blocks.

Or simply fan the ball back into half of the court.

They forced Shenyang's perimeter players to stay away from the basket.

This isn't a pickup game; it's not just about being aggressive or disciplined.

Professional basketball players are professional basketball players; what matters is their understanding of basketball.

In the professional basketball program of the military, the Bayi team still performs better.

This side clearly hasn't done a solid job of professionalization.

Therefore, although they are both military teams, they are not on the same level as the Bayi team.

When the halftime whistle blew, the scoreboard data left everyone speechless with astonishment.

Yao Ming scored 48 points, 22 rebounds, 14 blocks, 8 assists, and 3 steals in the first half.

The near quadruple-double performance in the first half completely stunned Shenyang's troops.

The Shenyang team's players stood on the field, their eyes glazed over; they had no idea how to defend.

It's impossible to prevent.

They couldn't even get the rebounds.

His drive to the basket was blocked.

Long-range shots are not consistent enough.

Wouldn't they get blown up?

Sitting on the sidelines, watching the scene unfold, Li Qiuping finally felt relieved.

He couldn't help but laugh at himself in his heart:

I was overthinking it.

This kid has no idea what tension or playoff intensity means.

Even as the conflict escalated, he seemed...

They seemed even more excited.

Indeed, the minds of geniuses are different from those of ordinary people.

It's not a brain circuit.

In the second half, Yao Ming was immediately benched by Li Qiuping to rest.

The lead is already too large to reverse, so putting him back on the court would be pointless except for racking up points, and would also make him more likely to get injured in such a one-sided game.

The remaining games became a training opportunity for the Shanghai Sharks. The substitutes played smoothly and turned the games into garbage time.

The final score was 120-80, with the Shanghai Sharks dominating Shenyang Military Region by 40 points at home.

And this score was achieved even after Yao Ming finished halftime and the team's defensive intensity dropped in the second half.

If Yao Ming plays the entire game, or if the Shanghai team maintains high-intensity defense throughout, could Shenyang team score 60 points?

It's all still an unknown.

After the match, everyone understood one fact:

That is.

Yao Ming's dominance.

It is completely unaffected by the difference between the regular season and the playoffs.

He averaged 48 points per game in the regular season, and he'll only be more terrifying in the playoffs.

With a huge advantage of 40 points from their home victory, the Shanghai Sharks traveled to the away court for Game 2 of the series.

The entire Shenyang team was determined to save face on their home turf, but their pre-match training and tactical arrangements were hampered.

All of that became empty talk in the face of Yao Ming's unsolvable interior defense.

Having been mentally broken by Yao Ming's overwhelming blocks in the previous game, almost none of the Shenyang team's players dared to drive straight to the basket in this game.

They dared not attack the paint and were forced to take shots from the outside, but their long-range shooting was inherently unreliable. Either they would rush the shot and miss, or their shots would be interfered with by the Sharks' players and go wide.

They can't score inside, and they can't score outside.

The offensive end was completely paralyzed.

The momentum, which started off high, suddenly plummeted to rock bottom.

This further illustrates that professional basketball cannot be guaranteed by the military.

Otherwise, each country could simply send its own military personnel to compete.

Industry specializing in surgery.

Especially when it reaches a professional level.

This is something that needs to be clarified.

The Bayi team is awesome, not only because its players are trained like soldiers, but also because it has done a great job of professionalizing these players.

These two factors are the root of his success, not just his identity as a member of a military team.

Otherwise, under the suppression of absolute strength, no matter how high your morale is.

It will be extinguished soon.

The game was completely out of control from the very beginning.

The entire Shanghai Sharks team was in red-hot form. Yao Ming dominated the paint, orchestrating plays from the high post, setting screens, and delivering alley-oop dunks with ease. Shenyang's defense was torn to shreds.

On the defensive end, he remains a pillar of strength, delivering a clean and decisive block to anyone who dares to break through!

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It directly shatters the opponent's confidence in attacking.

After the first quarter, the scoreboard showed an glaring number: 30:5.

Shenyang only scored 5 points in the quarter, setting a new low for single-quarter scoring in the CBA playoffs at that time.

The entire stadium fell silent; even the boos from the home fans subsided.

In the second quarter, Shenyang still couldn't find a way to break the deadlock. Their outside shots kept missing, they dared not attack hard inside, they made repeated mistakes on offense, and they couldn't stop Yao Ming's overwhelming offense on defense.

In contrast, the Shanghai team played smoothly, widening the point difference further and further.

When the halftime whistle blew, the score was already 60-15.

Moreover, he scored 15 points in the first half.

This is absolutely unprecedented.

The score is unbearable to look at.

The huge 45-point difference meant that the game had already become garbage time from the middle of the second quarter.

Yao Ming did not play the full game again, and was substituted by Li Qiuping after halftime.

Even so, his data is still terrifying:

Playing less than 20 minutes, he scored 35 points, 15 rebounds, 10 assists, 5 blocks, and 1 steal, achieving another triple-double and easily securing the victory.

In the second half, Yao Ming sat on the bench for the entire game, watching the substitutes finish the rest of the match.

Taking advantage of the Shanghai team's reduced defensive intensity, Shenyang's players finally found some offensive rhythm and managed to narrow the gap by a few points, but the deficit was already irreversible.

The final whistle blew, and the score was 105-50.

The Shanghai Sharks crushed Shenyang Military Region team by 55 points on the road, sweeping their opponents 2-0 in the series and advancing to the second round of the playoffs without any suspense.

Yao Ming's average statistics for this series:

Average points per game: 41.5.

Rebounds per game: 18.5.

Assists per game - 9.

Blocks per game: 9.5.

Steals per game: 2.

合计起来，41.5+18.5+9+9.5+2。

Average...

Almost four pairs.

Especially his playing time...

This efficiency is simply off the charts.

Even if Shen's unit is weak.

That's a professional team, how could they be beaten like this?

They can't beat the Great White Shark, everyone knows that.

But I never expected to lose so badly.

The Bayi team also easily defeated their opponents.

2-0 sweep.

Both teams probably understand the situation by now.

The others are not a threat.

As long as we defeat our opponent in the playoffs.

That means the overall champion.