NBA, Yao Ming is back!

In the second round, the most anticipated matchup in the lower bracket was between the Bayi Rockets and the Jiangsu Dragons, a contest that captivated the entire basketball world from the very beginning.

Jiangsu Dragons, relying on Hu Weidong's unstoppable performance, advanced all the way in the regular season and easily passed the first round. They hoped to fight their way to the top in the second round, but they faced the most dominant military team in CBA history - Bayi Rockets.

At the start of the series, Hu Weidong continued to play at the level of a top star.

He knew the strength of the Bayi team well, so he gave it his all from the start, taking on all the tasks of breaking through, shooting, and organizing the offense.

With his exceptional individual offensive firepower, he led the Jiangsu team to stay close in the score, demonstrating the team's united will.

They fought hard and managed to snatch a victory from the powerful Bayi team.

It dealt a heavy blow to the defending champions.

This victory gave the Jiangsu team hope of pulling off an upset, and also made fans exclaim that Hu Weidong might be able to shake Bayi's dominant position.

However, the Bayi Rockets, with a core of half a national team and a super team under both professional and military management, never give their opponents a chance to turn the tide.

One defeat was merely a test for them. Soon, this iron-willed army demonstrated its strength and completed a lightning-fast tactical adjustment.

Starting from the second game, the Bayi team immediately deployed a highly targeted and ruthless encirclement tactic, marking Hu Weidong closely throughout the game and never leaving his side.

Liu Yudong used his tough inside game to wear down Hu Weidong's stamina, Zhang Jinsong used his tight marking to block Hu Weidong's shooting space, and Adijiang precisely cut off all passing routes between Hu Weidong and his teammates.

The team displayed excellent teamwork and discipline, forming an impenetrable defensive network that completely shut down Jiangsu's core players.

That is, Hu Weidong himself, who is known as the Chinese Jordan.

Jiangsu team's fatal weakness was exposed by Bayi team's iron-willed defense.

The team relies too heavily on Hu Weidong; apart from him, there is no other strong player who can consistently score.

Role players were ice-cold, and foreign players were unable to shoulder the responsibility and were simply unable to share the pressure.

Once Hu Weidong is completely contained, the team's offense is paralyzed and can no longer stir up any trouble.

This is, of course, a microcosm of the daily work of the Jiangsu Transportation Work Team.

Even in the next five, six, seven, or eight years.

That's how it is too.

Especially in the third game of the series, Hu Weidong was completely surrounded and defeated, losing all his edge from the regular season.

He tried his best to break free from the defense, but he could not find a comfortable offensive rhythm. His physical strength was exhausted, and his shots were frequently blocked. The game was over.

Their score plummeted, failing to even reach 20 points.

As someone who can score over 30 points in the regular season.

That would be considered an off-beating performance.

Without its core firepower, Jiangsu Dragons completely lost its ability to resist and ultimately suffered a regrettable defeat, stopping in the second round.

Wang Fei did a brilliant job here, showing that the others weren't determined enough to play in the playoffs.

Even three people could participate.

They surrounded Hu Wendong tightly.

Moreover, all five of them are members of the national team.

Even if one person is less capable than you, if the three of us work together, are we still not as good as you?

Besides, they're all on the national team, so they know your attacking rhythm and tactics very well.

They really don't care about anyone else; they're just going to guard against you to the death.

There really isn't a good way to get rid of it.

Because in situations like this, it's up to teammates to score.

Unfortunately.

The rest of the Jiangsu Dragons are disappointing.

I can't get it up.

In the end, all they could do was watch Hu Weidong get surrounded and then miss their shot.

The score gap widened further.

You can only help Hu Weidong get out of trouble if you can score points yourself.

Unfortunately, they don't have that ability.

finally.

They could only watch as their star player, Hu Weidong, was surrounded and defeated.

High-intensity hand-to-hand combat.

After the fight, Hu Weidong had several bloody ridges on his body.

You can question his tactical abilities or his individual skills in the CBA, but you can question his physical style.

You cannot doubt it.

Otherwise, when Hansen Young goes to the NBA in the future, he won't say a word—

Compared to the CBA, the NBA is much more civilized in terms of physicality.

After the match, Hu Weidong looked exhausted, but he was unusually clear-headed.

Facing the media, he remained true to himself, making no excuses and instead stating his prediction for the finals: "The only team capable of defeating the Bayi team in the playoffs is the Shanghai Sharks. I hope that young man has good luck."

He said this because he had personally witnessed just how terrifying the Bayi team was in the playoffs.

In the original timeline, the Bayi team was already the league's highest-scoring team in the regular season, leading all opponents by an absolute advantage, and had already reached the ceiling of the league's scoring.

However, once they entered the playoffs, this team actually made a qualitative leap – their average points per game increased by 13 points compared to the regular season!

It's true that most teams can only score 80 or 90 points in the playoffs. Even in the playoffs, Jiangsu Dragons, who had the biggest increase in points, only averaged 90 points per game.

They can average over 110 points per game.

FIBA's pace is usually quite slow, which shows just how formidable they are.

A 60% shooting percentage, and that's for the whole team.

It's no exaggeration to say that this is an exaggeration.

It's important to understand that defensive intensity skyrockets in the playoffs, causing most teams to drop in scoring. Even the outstanding Jiangsu team only saw their average points per game increase by 5 points in the playoffs, which is already the highest increase on the original timeline.

However, the Bayi team defied the trend and surged by 13 points, demonstrating terrifying dominance.

It's like you're already a top student, ranking first in the whole school, but you're still striving to climb even higher on top of that.

Who could stand this?

Not only in scoring, but the Bayi team's statistics exploded across the board.

During the regular season, they ranked only seventh or eighth in the league in rebounds, placing them in the middle. However, in the playoffs, the whole team focused on positioning in the paint and collectively attacked the boards, causing their rebounding numbers to soar to the top of the league.

Completely control the inside game.

The most overlooked aspect, offensive field goal percentage, jumped from 53.2% in the regular season to nearly 60% in the playoffs.

Their tactical execution and finishing efficiency are unmatched in the league.

Hu Weidong knew better than anyone that the Bayi team hadn't shown their full strength in the regular season; they were the true ultimate champions in the playoffs.

This is also why Faye Wong is such a good coach.

He knew that after finishing the regular season undefeated last year and then winning the playoffs, everyone needed some rest, so the regular season wasn't as intense.

They even gave some team members a break.

The goal is to explode in the playoffs.

This goal has now been achieved.

Moreover, they are very good at dealing with teams that only have one point of attack.

Just like myself.

In Hu Weidong's memory...

That young great white shark.

It seems to be a point as well.

If number 15 is held down.

The rest of the people.

They were no match for the Bayi team at all.

Therefore, his words were a reminder to Yao Ming from afar not to underestimate their opponents in the finals.

What Hu Weidong didn't know was that Yao Ming...

He knows better than anyone else in the league how formidable the Bayi Rockets are in the playoffs.

In his previous life, he fell at the feet of the Bayi team time and time again, and it took him several years to finally overcome this mountain.

This memory, etched into his very bones, made him fully aware of Bayi's strength in the playoffs.

So this time.

Can I take them down in one fell swoop?

Let's just have the finals.

Let's talk.

After all, I won't subdue you until I beat you into submission.

How will I lead the national team then?

In any team, if there isn't a truly prestigious and capable person to unite the team, it's very easy for disagreements to arise.

However, youth is a disadvantage; it's difficult to convince others with seniority.

So we need to solve this problem.

There is only one way.

In this final.

Subdue them with force.

Beat them to a pulp.

That's natural.

Then no one will be dissatisfied.

Based on this...

He will also be in this final.

Take them down.

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