明天姚明对战魔兽，麦迪再对奥兰多魔术，比赛精彩，两位巨人也是惺惺相惜，但这回要比幽默功夫，姚明算是有点甘拜下风了。

"I think there is not many big men like us left in this league," Yao, 7-6 said. "Dwight Howard. Me. Shaquille O'Neal. Chris Kaman this year played very well, too. I feel like we're dinosaurs, almost done.When he gets more experience and more time in this league,one day he will be unstoppable.He has played great this year, shooting much better,Even his free throws have improved so much. I watched the film. Unbelievable player. All you can do is treat him like Shaq, try to push him out, and in the pick-and-roll, we need to keep touch with him so he doesn't get any second shots. I know it's easy to say, but we have to do it."

“我想，联盟中已经没有多少像我们这样的大个子了。霍华德、我、奥尼尔还有卡曼今年也打得很好。我觉得我们就像恐龙，快要灭绝了。如果霍华德在联盟中磨炼更多时间，积累更多时间，他会不可阻挡。他今年的投篮能力提高了不少。就连罚球也有长足进步。我看了录像。他简直不可思议。你必须把他当成奥胖一样对待，你必须努力把他推离篮下，而当他们做挡拆的时候，我们必须时刻贴紧他阻止他博得二次进攻。我知道这说起来容易，但是我们必须做到这些。”

                                                       ——姚明

"Just how big he is; it's just amazing," I was thinking, 'Why are his legs so big?' Then I went to China and I was like, 'He must have rode bikes all day.' I always say, 'What if I was 7-5 and I was still the same way I am now?' Him being 7-5 is like a cheat code in a video game. It's a cheat code to get somebody 7-5, shooting the ball like John Stockton or somebody.The biggest thing with Yao is not letting him get in a comfort zone. He can shoot over anybody in the NBA, so it's not like you're going to block any of his jump shots. So you have to not let him get comfortable down in the paint. Deep post catches, shots where he can get into a rhythm, we have to take those away. Try to tire him out. The biggest thing I can use is running him, fronting him, making it tough to catch. Make it tough."

 

“他实在太高大了，这真叫人惊奇。我总是想，为什么他的腿这么粗。后来我去了中国，我就想，他一定是整天骑自行车来锻炼。我总是想，如果我也有7尺5寸，我还会不会像现在一样打球？在游戏里面他简直就是作弊绝招。身高7尺5寸，能像约翰-斯托克顿一样投篮，这真的就是赖皮。要对付姚明最重要的就是不要让他进入火力区域。他能在任何球员头顶上投篮，想要盖帽他的跳投看起来不是很容易。因此你必须努力阻止他进入油漆区。低位接球之后他就进入了绝对领域，我们绝对不能容许这种情况发生。我能做的就是用跑动来牵制他，不断绕前，我要让他接球很不舒服。”

——德怀特-霍华德