The following is the translation of a post-game interview from www.tom.com: Yao Ming didn't look as excited as we expected after one of the most important win over the Sun: Yao: To be honest, Amare was not on his best performance. The key to today's win was that we studied the two most dangerous players during the past two days, and we had a detailed plan on exactly how to defend them. In reality, how did they do? Yao: Our defence killed their fast break On how he dealt with the double team by Sun Yao: I have been doubled in many different ways, sometimes, it is a fake double just to get me to pass the ball, so they can execute their defence after I pass the ball. In the last quarter, they used Outlaw and Marion to double team me with that trick, but I already know how to handle them. At the time, I was sure that we'd win, but I decided to try my power (translator note: the dunk?). This try got a the home court fans wild.
I noticed that too, it seemed that late in the 4th when Ming came back in the game, Phx was leaving Yao one on one but once he got the ball and he held it longer than 2-3 secs and didn't move than they sent a double but only as a means to get him to pass it right away and when ming didn't fall for it all he had to do was hold it for another 3-4 secs and the double would go away and once again leaving Yao one on one but this time with the ball. Smart decision making Yao for not falling for the false double teams.
Well he did fall for the double teams. One time he threw the ball over glen rice or whoevers head and another time it got picked off. Which helped the suns make a run in the 3rd quarter.
