Two Hundred and Four: [A Game of Cat and Mouse?]

For Doug to make such an answer, the reporters were not surprised at all.

Because this is the difference between Du Ge and Yao Huang.

In the eyes of the media, Yao Huang has always been an honest and humorous image. He never does provocative things, nor does he say anything that smacks of gunpowder. Even if he is violated on the court, he is unwilling to conflict with his opponent, and will even take the initiative to pull him up after provoking his opponent to fall.

Such behavior is impossible to see in Doug.

Although he is also very humorous, but also very personable. But he was never magnanimous, and he never showed kindness on the court. Not to mention that he overturned his opponent on the floor more than once, looking back, whoever provoked him before the game, who was not humiliated by him? It is said that the Nuggets were shaved by him in groups in the locker room a few days ago. Now JR Smith's broken nose and Kenyon Martin's injured arm have become unsolved mysteries in the NBA.

It's just... can he really face Ron Artest tonight?

Artest is a true defensive champion. Not only has he won the best defensive player, but he has also broken the ribs of the basketball god.

With Doug's poor offensive skills, it is not easy to score 15 points under his strict defense.

The reporters couldn't help worrying about Doug.

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Before the start of the game, when the Rockets entered the field to warm up, Duge went over to say hello to Yao Huang and had a brief chat. Then go back to the locker room to prepare for tonight's game.

TNT will broadcast the game live across the United States, and three commentators even came to the scene, which shows that they attach great importance to this game.

Fifteen minutes before the official start of the game, they had already connected to the live broadcast signal.

Earl Johnson took the lead in introducing the background of this Chinese derby, then took the time to gossip about the secrets of the Denver locker room, and then teased Snoopy's rumored girlfriend. Finally, we talked about the donkey.

"Ben Wallace emphasized that there is no difference between Ron Artest and Kevin Garnett. They are both the kind of fake tough guys who talk tough."

Earl Johnson looks back at today's daytime news.

This "donkey incident" involved Ben Wallace. When the TNT reporter interviewed Ben Wallace, Ben Wallace had just finished his away game at North Shore Gardens. In the game, he had a fierce conflict with the Celtics players: the conflict was provoked by Kevin Garnett,

But when the bayonet became popular, he hid behind Perkins, only daring to keep putting pressure on the referee with his mouth.

This made Ben Wallace snort, so when the reporter mentioned this matter, he did not hesitate to compare Artest who beat the fans.

And he repeatedly said: "How can that guy compare with a puppy? A puppy can put him in the ICU with one fist. And...a guy who is floating around dares to laugh at Mr. Four Shuang? Who gave him the courage? Does he really think he's one of the Rockets' Big Three?"

On the screen, Ben Wallace looked contemptuous.

Although he has not been comfortable in Cleveland recently, he does have the confidence to attack Ron Artest. After all, he was the winner of the Palace of Auburn Hills War that year.

"So... according to Ben Wallace, Snoopy will bring his fists to the arena tonight?" Charles Barkley joked while staring at the screen in front of him.

"Do you think Ron Artest is afraid of Snoopy?" Rocket star Kenny Smith stood on Artest's side: "Ron is a full size bigger than Snoopy."

"Carmelo Anthony is also one size bigger than Snoopy. He didn't take advantage of Snoopy." Barkley said disapprovingly. When he was playing basketball, he was good at 'playing big with small', so he didn't have a cold about 'height theory' and 'figure theory'.

As the two debated each other, the game time came quickly.

Before the start of the game, the Miami Heat specially arranged a lion and dragon dance performance, which was full of Chinese flavor.

In order to maintain this "Chinese derby" atmosphere, Duge even stood on the center line and jumped the ball with Yao Huang.

When Duge, who is 193, stands in front of Yao Huang, whose official height is 226 and his actual height may reach 230, the visual contrast effect is full of joy.

"Standing in front of Duge, Yao Huang is the real Great Wall!!"

The host of CCTV said with emotion to the screen.

The hundreds of millions of Chinese fans sitting in front of the TV and waiting have the same feeling: Du Ge and Yao Huang are simply two completely different extremes. One is good at offense and one is good at defense. One is a pure tall center forward, and the other is a more American style of play than the American style.

beep!

When the famous whistle Crawford blew the game officially started, Yao Huang and Duge took off at the same time.

Snapped!

Duge almost completed the counterattack against Yao Huang in milliseconds, and he slapped the basketball hard to Mario Chalmers.

Chalmers holds the ball and advances steadily.

At this point ... the Heat lineup is: Mario Chalmers, Doug, Michael Beasley, Sean Marion, Margo Leuer.

The Rockets are: Aaron Brooks, Sean Battier, Ron Artest, Luis Scola, Yao Huang.

Judging from the lineup, the Rockets simply beat the Heat. The two teams are not on the same level at all.

Dug ran beyond the three-point line to receive the basketball, and Ron Artest immediately followed up and set up a defensive position.

Despite his stinking mouth, his defensive positioning is indeed beyond reproach: he deserves to be the man who can win the best defensive player of the season as a perimeter player.

"I guess you must have heard what I said on TNT."

Ron Artest told Doug with a relaxed face: "I said this on purpose, this is a psychological tactic. If you forcefully pursue scoring, then your team will die faster. And if you ignore My trash talking, direct indulgence, then... I will get a greater sense of accomplishment."

"However, even if you force the score, you still can't get 15 points. Frankly speaking, I'm playing a 'cat and mouse game'"

Artest even shrugged his shoulders when he said this.

He's studied Doug's game and knows how poor his scoring ability is. So... With so much attention being paid to the 'Chinese Derby', why not create some buzz to steal the limelight?

Doug ignored his trash talk, he just put his head down.

Glancing at the penalty area out of the corner of his eye, he has been counting the three seconds of Luis Scola and Yao Huang's defense.

For the first offense of the game, he didn't want to pass the ball.

When Yao Huang and Luis Scola moved to his desired position, bang!

He suddenly hit the ball vigorously, and then his body quickly galloped towards Artest's right... This is the only slight flaw Artest showed.

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