For me, talking about the NBA, Maddy is a person who can't get around.
In my memory, the afternoon of my childhood was golden, and I don't know when this feeling disappeared, and with it, it was my youth.
I first met Maddy on a golden afternoon, when I was still a happy young man whose biggest thing after eating every day was to figure out where to play. That day, after lunch, I couldn't remember why, maybe the afternoon sun made me feel a little sleepy, maybe I was tired, I didn't go out to play, and the ghost made God watch TV at home.
At that time, the TV was not as much as there are now, my favorite in addition to the central 3 is the central 6, probably that day there is really nothing to watch, and finally the remote control is fixed in the central 5, since then, the central 5 has come to the top, jumped to become my home TV picture of the most channel.
At that time, I didn't have any understanding of basketball, and the reason why the remote control stopped in the center 5 was because of Yao Ming, because Yao Ming was really hot at that time, so I wanted to see, curiosity, it was as simple as that.
The rocket lost that day's game, and Yao Ming played less than ideally, but the No. 1 player in the rocket team left a great impression on me, feeling that this person seemed to be stronger than Yao Ming, from the mouth of the commentator Xu Jicheng, I knew that this person's name was McGrady.
Since then, I have been out of control, and my long youth career has two more words - watching the ball.
As I watched more and more games, I learned about Kobe, Iverson, Carter, Wade, James, Anthony...
But if you want to say the favorite, it has to be Maddy.
Kobe Bryant once said that if he wants to choose an enemy of a lifetime, his choice is Maddy, and many fans now don't think so, but only fans who have seen Maddy's peak know that Kobe Bryant is true, then again, Kobe Bryant has no reason and need to lie!
Flowing ball style, smart breakthrough, the most amazing thing is his insoluble dry pull, 2.03 meters tall, different from Harden's crotch per ball to find rhythm, any move is not, directly pull you, perfect interpretation of what is no move to win, another defensive player can only look at the ball and sigh.
As a two-time NBA scoring champion, Maddy's offensive arsenal can also be described as a singles encyclopedia, breaking through with the ball, singles with the back, jumping shots, holding the ball for three points, balancing left and right hands, the fastest first step in the league, and a good ball quotient, because it is too comprehensive, this is often overlooked.
Anything you want to see, you have it all! There are many scoring masters, but those who can play scoring into art, the only one in the league, the name of the basketball poet is well-deserved, no ancients before, and it is difficult to have anyone after that!
At that time, the Rockets were the home team of all Chinese fans, and Maddy, as the core of the Rockets, was naturally the darling of the Chinese media. Of course, there are Yao Ming factors in it, but Maddy's personal strength is also beyond doubt, especially after the 35.13 minutes of the game, Maddy's influence in China reached the peak of his career, at least in the mouth of the commentator Da Xu, the original McReddy has become wheat, a white horse long gun, killing invisible, just like Zhao Zilong of Changsakapo.
Fate really loves to joke, you think the beginning, in fact, is over. Now looking at it, Yao Mai's first year is actually Maddy's last peak.
In the 04-05 season, Yao Mai Ensemble's first year, a healthy Maddy. In the regular season, Maddy played in 78 games, averaging 40.8 minutes per game, with 25.7 points, 6.2 rebounds, 5.7 assists and 1.7 steals, leading the Rockets into the playoffs as fifth in the West.
In the playoffs against the Mavericks led by Nowitzki, Yao Mai both broke out and led the Rockets series to a good start of 2:0.
g2 Maddy walked idly to kill the calves
Everything seemed to be going in a good direction, but unfortunately, the Rockets eventually lost to the Mavericks 3-4.
There was no way, the Rockets' lineup was too few helpers that year, Yao Mai had no one around to use, and the starting big forward Huo Er Uncle was also injured, so that Van Gundy had no way to send me out I thought about it for several days and couldn't understand how he mixed into the NBA's Li Anwen.
The Rockets lineup has too many flaws, maddy this series to do the following things: main defense Nowitzki, internal defense, holding the ball to organize the attack, breaking the point, holding the ball to break the whole field tight, tactical play can not finally rely on personal ability to end the attack.
Despite this, Maddy still averaged 43.0 minutes per game, scored 30.7 points, 7.4 boards, 6.7 assists, 1.6 breaks, 1.4 shots, shooting 45.6%, and left behind the "big bamboo pole" Bradley, 2.2 seconds before the final and other classic famous scenes, although the season was not perfect, but what left people with hope. I still remember the words that Maddy said at the press conference: I will be back, we will be back!
However, the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment.
In the 05-06 season, Maddie began to suffer from injuries such as back injuries, and this season only played 47 games, averaging 37.1 minutes per game, with 24.4 points, 6.5 rebounds and 4.8 assists, and the Rockets missed the playoffs.
In the 06-07 season, the impact of Maddy's injury at this time has begun to change the way of playing, reducing the number of breakthroughs, increasing mid-range jump shots and more organizational teams, but if you talk about scoring ability alone, Maddy has actually been left behind by Kobe Bryant between Bo Zhong.
But fortunately, at that time, Yao Ming had also grown into a veritable inside killer, and Maddy's cooperation was also more and more tacit, the overall strength of the Rockets should not be underestimated, and they also lived up to expectations, reaching the playoffs with the fourth place in the West, this time they faced The Utah Jazz led by Delombutzel.
Compared to the playoffs with the Mavericks, the playoff showdown with the Jazz in the 06-07 season is more in my mind... How to say it, don't be willing.
The Rockets went down two cities first, leading 2:0, but the Jazz Devils' home name at that time was obviously not a waste, the big score was moved to 2:2, and the two teams returned to the same running line. The crucial battle of Tianwangshan, the Rockets did not disappoint me, and I still remember Maddy's unreasonable three points in the third quarter, and Haiye's key moment of making offensive fouls, completely igniting the Toyota Center! At the time, I was really naïve to think that the Rockets would win!
Contrary to expectations, the jazz led by the old coach Sloane and led by Drombützel is indeed a difficult bone to gnaw! Their calmness is terrifying, they once again equalized at their home court, and the Rockets, once on the stage of the seven!
Grab the Seven Wars, I really don't want to say it again!
Yao Ming was hit in the knee at one point during the game, but he insisted on fighting with the injury. After the third quarter, the Rockets trailed by eight points. In the last quarter of the game, Yao Mai led the team to launch a counterattack, and once surpassed the score! But at this time, Yao Ming's physical weakness was revealed, two key rebounds were grabbed by Boozer, and damn Oku's fatal three-pointer, the Rockets once again regretted the first round out.
From the 2-0 lead again, to the final seven-game out, the Rockets encountered a series full of losses, regrets, and unwillingness. It was a series of tough defensive, bayonet-red series, with the Rockets scoring more than 100 in any of the seven games. The Jazz only scored 103 points in the game of seven, and the rest of the games also scored less than 100 points.
In this series, Yao Ming averaged 25.1 points and 10.3 rebounds per game, and Maddy averaged 25.3 points, 5.9 rebounds and 7.3 assists per game, and the core performance of the two major teams was blameless. However, their helpers are still too few.
In addition to Yao Mai and the two, the Rockets only battier (10.9 points) and Alstom (10.3 points) averaged in double figures per game. The rest of the players averaged less than 5 points per game (Uncle Huo averaged 5 points and 4.4 rebounds per game, Hyde averaged 4.6 points per game, Spanolis averaged 4 points per game, Hayes averaged 3.7 points per game, and Uncle Mu averaged 1.3 points per game). Such a top-heavy team, it is really not easy to win a seven-game, four-win series.
In the subsequent 07-08 season, the Rockets won 22 consecutive league games in the regular season, and were once regarded as a strong contender for the championship, but Yao Ming's season reimbursement directly ended the Yao Mai era. They met the Jazz again in the playoffs, but everyone knew it was a matchup without suspense.
Maddy may have made one of the stupidest decisions of his life, forced a closed and injured operation, stun kirilenko, and scored 40 points in the final battle, but the Rockets still lost, losing 2:4 to the Jazz and out of the first round again. And Maddy, because of this decision, has since withdrawn from the ranks of A-list stars, and then was ruthlessly abandoned by the Rockets, the hero twilight, but so!
God is fair, He has endowed you with unparalleled talent, but he has also brought endless injuries.
Now look, Maddy's Rocket career has only two chances of the first round, 04-05 facing the Mavericks and 06-07 facing the Jazz, but helplessly at that time Yao Mai's side of the helper is indeed too few, before Adelman came, the Rockets are really sewing and patching up another year, but when Yao Mai really ushered in the helper, Maddy's body has been wasted, can only be said to create people!
From 05 to now, in the blink of an eye, more than a decade has passed, in these ten years, many children have grown up, they do not understand why a player who has never stepped on the first round has so many fans, they can't understand why a player who does not have a so-called "top hard goods" can have so many people like, and they do not understand why he will enter the Hall of Fame, they will put data, do comparisons, prove that Maddy is a garbage.
In this regard, I would like to say: there was once such a player, sleepy eyes, gorgeous style, will make you watch some moments of the game, forget the score, do not care about winning or losing, but just want to appreciate his flowing style, idle walking kill, stone-breaking buckle, Qingshi left a famous 35 seconds and 13 minutes, you never know what he will do next!
That's the best promotion for basketball, not a three-point step backwards like a robot, isn't it?