When we post-80s watched the NBA, if we wanted to say which team we hated the most, it was the Jazz. Because Yao Ming's Rockets team was eliminated by the Jazz in the playoffs for two consecutive years. Yao Ming played very uncomfortably every time he met the Jazz team, and even many fans thought that Yao Ming was blown up by Boozer in the playoffs, resulting in the Rockets not being able to get past the Jazz.
In the 06-07 playoffs, the Rockets met the Jazz in the first round. The Rockets once led 2-0 and even won the battle of Tianwang Mountain, but they were still reversed by the Jazz. Yao Ming averaged 25 per game in seven games1 point 103 rebounds, that's a pretty good stat, but the shooting percentage is only 44%, which is pretty low for a center. Boozer averaged 24 per game6 points, 11 rebounds and 34 assists and 50 percent shooting3%, especially in the seven-game game to cut 35 points and 14 rebounds.
But this does not mean that Boozer blew up Yao Ming, but that the Jazz as a whole restrained Yao Ming. Playing Jazz, Yao Ming played very both offensive and defensive ends. On the offensive end, the Jazz interior line has Oku, Boozer, and a co-defense master like Kirilenko, and the Rockets' big forward at the time, Uncle Huo, is basically to the point where he can let go, so the Jazz interior line can constantly trap Yao Ming.
On the defensive end, Yao Ming is even more tired, because Yao Ming is large and slow, he can't guard out. And Boozer is a more mobile inside line, and Yao Ming can't defend against it at all. Oku is also a player with outside ability, who can play inside and shoot threes from the outside. Yao Ming's inner partner Huo Ershu was even worse on the defensive end at that time, his pace couldn't keep up, and the inside line couldn't withstand people, so Yao Ming's defensive pressure was very high.
In fact, that year, Maddie was also uncomfortable by Kirilenko's defense, and both cut 253 points 59 rebounds 73 assists, good stats, but only 39 percent shooting4 percent, and only 25 percent three-point shooting. Maddie didn't open on the outside, and Yao Ming had more chances to be caught on the inside.
Judging from the analysis, it was not Boozer who broke Yao Ming at all, but the overall lineup of the Jazz did restrain Yao Ming. If Boozer relies on himself to defend Yao Ming, at most it will blow up each other, Boozer may shoot Yao Ming to death on the outside, and Yao Ming can also scuttle Boozer on the inside.