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This shot was very difficult, but in the eyes of the Chicago Bulls players, it was just a forceful shot that went in.

During the Chicago Bulls' offense, Yao Ming spread out, clearing the area under the basket for Tyrus Thomas, the pitiful player, allowing him to stay close and thus restrain Millsap, while calling for the ball in the mid-range on the right side, leaning on Okafor.

In this position, the Bobcats couldn't double-team, but Okafor didn't have a tough time defending. As Yao Ming took a step and grabbed up the ball to turn around, Okafor jumped up to interfere the first moment, but... Yao Ming leaned back and launched the ball over Okafor's fingers, the ball went straight into the basket, hitting clean!

Zhang San just scored, and the little giant immediately responded, reassuring the Chicago Bulls players who quickly fell back to defense and continued pressing the pace.

Transition between offense and defense, Felton advanced with the ball. It was originally meant for the Double Guns to take turns with the ball, but this time he passed it to Zhang Yang since Zhang Yang had just scored a goal.

Zhang Yang leaned on Luol Deng to receive the ball, faced the basket solo, Luol Deng immediately pressed up for defense, Zhang Yang seized the rhythm gap, dribbled under his legs, and moved a half-step right, charged ahead!

Luol Deng got passed again, but he didn't pause for a second, immediately turned around for a chase defense, Tyrus Thomas also moved first time to assist defense, the two prepared for a front-back pinching maneuver... but there was a slight deviation in their position move!

To be precise, Zhang Yang didn't penetrate towards the basket, but rather rushed vertically towards the baseline, avoiding the defense of both by a step!

The two reacted very quickly too, immediately shifted horizontally to fill the gap, but Zhang Yang seized this moment, stopped sharply in the right side of the three-second zone, grabbed the ball, jumped up, twisted mid-air at a 45-degree angle, tilted slightly left with the upper body along the force of the turn, avoided Tyrus Thomas' swinging block and launched the ball... Score!

This shot had the Chicago Bulls players a little unsettled.

It's not just a matter of consecutive scoring; Zhang Yang made this shot very artistically!

No need to see this guy's cocky steps when retreating to defense, just recalling his solo plays can show his confidence in this offense — when pinned closely, break through, take another route if the conventional penetration is blocked; when the opportunity comes, pull up and shoot...

Facing the defense combo of Luol Deng and Tyrus Thomas, has this guy already found a way to handle it?

It's Chicago Bulls' turn, Yao Ming continued to spread out in mid-range calling for a solo play, Zhang San scored, so the little giant naturally needs to respond.

After receiving the ball, Yao Ming turned facing the basket with a fake shot... did not deceive Okafor.

Even though Yao Ming scored the last play, Okafor defended steadily, doing as he should.

Yao Ming could only lean back his body, pushed against Okafor once, then turned around for a mid-range shot... but hit iron!

Yao Ming, after all, is an offensive center focused inside, with only limited mid-range solo play diversity, cannot compare to Nowitzki, Garnett, etc., even Duncan surpasses him; the last play was actually a forced shot, being far from the basket, Okafor with his bounce speed could largely bridge the height gap, moreover Okafor's defense is similar to Duncan's, doesn't seek to block but to interfere maximally, making continuous forced scoring for Yao Ming truly challenging.

But his way of playing already stands as the best solution for his team in need of scoring right now, otherwise, others would have to shoot defensively or gamble on slots they're not skilled at.

The execution of Bobcats' defense gained respect from Chicago Bulls players, like the double-team on Hinrich by Zhang Yang and Millsap at the start, withdrawing after achieving the defensive goal, applying the team defense plan strictly without overdefense... In contrast, Chicago Bulls' team defense relies more on personal capability.

There's no bad or good division here; Chicago Bulls have stronger individual defense capability, fitting their style, while if the Bobcats had many individually great defenders, Carlisle wouldn't give up on a simple yet strong defense method.

However, Yao Ming stretching out for solo play in mid-range aids defense; Okafor pulled out, after his shot clanked off, Millsap and Pietrus immediately turned around to box out, blocking Tyrus Thomas and Luol Deng.

Zhang Yang utilized teammates' box outs to retrieve a defensive rebound ball and initiated a fast break; only Felton caught up, whereas Yao Ming, Hinrich, Sefolosha retreated, and Luol Deng followed closely.

Zhang Yang slowed down, waiting for teammates to set positions.

Even after successfully stopping another Bobcats rebound attack, Chicago Bulls players didn't feel less pressured; seeing Zhang Yang dribbling step from the top arc, they confirmed the last play was no illusion.

This guy wasn't as serious and focused in those first three solo plays; his dribbling was very casual, revealing confidence just from body language.

Other scorers wouldn't draw such detailed attention from Chicago Bulls players, but certain players are different, like the old snake, Big Cheek, Little Sweet Melon, Truth... and the mischievous boy ahead!

Seeing Zhang Yang's seemingly flawed full body while dribbling, Luol Deng didn't dare reach to steal.

Once Okafor moved close to the left side of the three-second zone, Zhang Yang dragged right horizontally and accelerated to break through!

Luol Deng didn't retract backward, just shifted horizontally, guarding against Zhang Yang's step-back shot; simultaneously, Tyrus Thomas from the left elbow zone, alongside Sefolosha from the right sideline together rushed to double team.

Meanwhile, as Sefolosha surged for the double-team, Pietrus didn't wait by the sideline for a pass but instead rushed directly into the paint, Okafor on the right side of the three-second zone also slithered baseline to the left side of the three-second zone, Tyrus Thomas halted in the middle of the three-second zone.