After the confession failed, I went to the NBA to play and lose weight

Chapter 134 Magic hero
At the beginning of the second half, Houston, who had rested for more than ten minutes and regained his strength, came up to play a wave of 6:0, and then opened the score to 9 points, almost reaching double digits. Van Gundy had to call a timeout directly.

At this time, just over 2 minutes into the third quarter, the home fans were suddenly awakened to some painful memories. More than 1 people, at least thousands of people, felt their hearts thumping at the same time.

Yang Yi smiled and said: "Houston played very well, and immediately opened up the point difference. It seems that although McGrady is not here today, the energy of the others is still there. Yao's single-core team is playing very well. .”

Ma Jian said: "The Magic's problem still lies in Howard. If he can't defend Yao this time, there will be a chain reaction on offense and defense. Van Gundy must make some adjustments."

For them, it doesn’t matter which of these two teams wins, because there are Dayao and Li Chengming, and they even hope that it will be Dayao’s side. After all, Houston’s recent situation is not very good, and after a losing streak, they need to beat a strong team to improve their spirits. .

What's more, the Magic is not Li Chengming's team after all, he can only be regarded as the No. [-] player, and currently he is only better than Nelson and others.

You can tell by looking at the order of appearances before, because he still played before Nelson as a rookie.

At present, the Magic has several big contracts. Needless to say, Howard and Lewis, Turkoglu and Nelson are also important forces. The rest are either middle class or rookies or basic salary. , and the reverse mismatch is Li Chengming.

And at least he won't be able to challenge the status of the old man of the team until he has some seniority in the second year. After all, the NBA also has unspoken rules, and sometimes it depends on seniority and status.

However, Van Gundy was not in a hurry to replace Li Chengming during this timeout. He just told the players to pay more attention to the offensive end and find some reasonable places to play the ball. Even in singles, they must target the opponent's defensive loopholes. Two small defenders.

Although Houston has Dayao, Hayes, and Battier on the front line, the defensive loopholes in their back line also exist naturally, and it is difficult to make up for them.

The two defenders who played today are only about 1.9 meters high. The key is that they are relatively thin. Both Arroyo and Durin can bully them with their bodies. It's okay for Turkoglu and the others to play singles in dislocations.

In fact, the main point of being beaten 6:0 is that Howard wanted to find the field on Dayao, but he couldn't play. After wasting time, he split the ball and didn't find a good opportunity to give up the ball. Then he made another unnecessary pass error. , was beaten into a counterattack.

But Howard's choice is also reasonable. After all, he is the head of the star, not only in the face, but also in the face. At this time, it depends on the adjustment of the coach.

So he came back after a timeout, and after the stable Magic relied on the pick-and-roll, Lewis faced Hyde, who was on defense, forced a foul at the basket and made two free throws.

The difference in height between the two is too large, and Lewis can actually pull out directly, but he is still iron today, choosing a more sure way of attack.

There were also changes after returning to the defensive end. After Dayao received the ball, Turkoglu did not choose to go forward to double-team immediately, but retreated a few positions to the basket to ensure that he could both interfere with Dayao and Be ready to grab at any time, and can cut off his connection with the outside line.

Dayao leaned back against Howard, felt the strength with his back, and then turned around to make a shot. At this moment, Turkoglu suddenly grabbed Howard and directly resisted Dayao, making it difficult for him to turn around again.

Under the pincer attack, Dayao was in a hurry to get the ball out, and at this time he exposed his weakness. Arroyo slashed out from a diagonal stab and picked up the leaked ball. Lu singled out Battier and scored.

Battier is a good defender, but he can't be called a "Titan", because his defense is a bit elegant and not aggressive enough. The so-called closed-eye defense will not pose any threat to the upper-grade earth stars, such as Kobe's kind is even more unaffected.

However, on the offensive end, Battier made another contribution. He received a breakthrough from Alston and made a three-pointer from the bottom corner. Two goals, now the goal has been achieved.

After that, the two sides played back and forth, and the score rose alternately. When Li Chengming came on the court in the middle of the third quarter, the score of the two teams was 69:64, and the Magic was still 5 points behind.

Houston did not use foul tactics against Howard, and Howard also controlled himself and did not foul again. Of course, this was definitely not enough to stop Dayao, allowing him to score 4 points in a row.

But let alone Dayao's lack of physical strength, it is impossible for him to complete every attack. Now Houston's tactical system is also doomed that they will not only rely on one shot point, but pay attention to multiple points.

It's just that Hyde and Battier didn't seize a few good opportunities, and the efficiency of Turkoglu and Lewis on the Magic's side is relatively average. in the deadlock.

This is not good for the Magic team chasing points, but the score can be stalemate, which is still acceptable in the third quarter.

However, after entering the rotation stage, Houston's staffing is even more stretched. Wells, who performed well in the last game, seems to have exposed his prototype in this game. It is not realistic to pull such a "rookie".

What's more, Scola is an insider after all, and still needs to pass the ball in from the outside, but even Hyde has been put in the starting lineup, and no one can pass the ball seriously as a substitute. Brooks is more like an attacking guard, with a short height and poor vision. Too good.

As a result, Wells came up with a pass operation, continuous strikes and mistakes, allowing the Magic to get many opportunities to switch offenses in the second half of the third quarter and they succeeded.

And from Li Chengming's 5-point deficit when he played, to the end of the third quarter, the Magic established a 5-point lead, which is 10 points inside and outside.

Filled with a sigh: "Wells is not in a good state today, Houston's rotation is not on the Magic's side at all, Nelson and Li Chengming play very well, and the cooperation is becoming more and more tacit."

In fact, the biggest contributor to the Magic's pursuit of points is Wells, but Li Chengming's offense is guaranteed, which also makes it impossible for Houston to follow suit and fight back.

Although Li Chengming only took 3 shots, he made all three shots, made many passes and made 0 turnovers. In addition to grabbing rebounds and blocking shots, he performed well on both ends of the offense and defense. The home chants of "LI" came back, and wave after wave.

Ma Jian specifically talked about this point, saying: "Li Chengming now has a good fan base in the Magic, and the home fans seem to like him very much."

With a smile: "Foreign fans are like this, mainly because they are on their own territory, the team in their own city, and the locals must support it. And Li Chengming is a rookie selected by the Magic. This year there are such outstanding players. Playing, just like Howard and Nelson, is watched step by step, as if watching your child grow up and get better and better."

For example, Lewis and Turkoglu are a little bit worse in this respect. This is the "children of our own family" and outsiders, and they will always be treated differently.

Of course, if he really plays well, he will also get support, but it's not that Mr. Lewis, who is a billionaire, is not even as good as Li Chengming, a rookie freshman.

"Li Chengming scored another 16 points in three quarters. If the game is normal, he should still be able to score 20 points."

Surprised: "Li Chengming's efficiency is too high. He has only conceded 3 goals in this match. 6 and 70 hits are common things for him, which really subverted our game. Imagine."

This is also a point that people have begun to talk about. Li Chengming's stability lies in his scoring efficiency. Although some people criticize him for his lack of explosive scoring power, the reason why he doesn't take many shots is because his efficiency will drop if he takes too many shots. , so it is necessary to "protect the hit rate".

Uh, there seems to be some truth to this statement - no wonder.

But there is a fact that I have to admit, Li Chengming does have more and easier shots. This is also the help that his teammates can bring to him, just like he often distracts the defense to help his teammates score. In fact, no one It must be more important, the two are complementary.

If his teammates are not good, as Li Chengming is now double-teamed from time to time, if it is reported that his teammates can't hit him, then he is destined to be trapped to death, and don't even think about any serious chances to make a move. It is estimated that he will not get ten points in a game .

After three quarters, the score became 81:86.

In this quarter, Wells, the biggest hero of the Magic, committed a crime for almost half of the quarter. The only positive contribution he made was probably a breakthrough at 3 minutes and 20 seconds that caused a foul by Howard and a total of four fouls.

Then the Magic's defensive strength dropped, allowing Houston, who had been unable to score, to score some points, and barely pulled away too much.

In the fourth quarter, taking advantage of Dayao's absence, Van Gundy simply brought Howard on as a substitute. As a result, Scola suddenly broke out and scored 4 points in a row, causing Howard to foul once.

This can also be regarded as the chain effect caused by Wells Nabo——

Howard's fifth offense!
(End of this chapter)