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

Chapter 136 Double Kill
For the home fans, their cheers are more dedicated to Li Chengming himself, followed by the ball.

Of course, the last shot didn't look very good. If the 2+1 was better, the direct free throw would be a bit boring, but if you look at it together with the previous steals, it feels different.

Li Chengming has always been considered to be strong offensively and weak defensively. He has indeed been picked on the defensive end. However, with the improvement of his personal ability and the accumulation of field experience, he judged the situation on the field, especially the opponent's tactics. With his insight, sometimes he can also play wonderful defensive cooperation.

This is why those who play with their brains are more able to stand than those who play with their bodies.

Just like this time, the decision to gamble and steal was actually made because he knew that the teammates behind him could rotate in place.

"Li Chengming helped the Magic overtake the score through one attack and one defense. Although there is still half a quarter in the game, Houston's momentum is a bit suppressed."

Not only because of the momentum of the Magic, but also because this is an away game, and there is more pressure on the game.

On the contrary, the Magic has a home bonus. Although their home losses are quite metaphysical, the encouragement brought by the cheers of the home fans cannot be ignored.

Adelman on the sidelines was also a little bit blind. After returning from a timeout, the opponent immediately scored the first point. This is the key score for overtaking. Of course, it is also a very embarrassing thing for the head coach.

But it's not good for him to call a timeout right away, so he can only look at the attack situation in the next round.

"Alston was a lot more careful when passing the ball this time. Scola didn't choose to play singles when he received the ball. He took a step outside and handed it to Wells. Wells bypassed the screen and Li Chengming immediately switched defenses. On Li Chengming, he chose to forcibly kill the insider..."

Wells seemed to be planning to directly challenge Li Chengming's defense, and Li Chengming immediately tensed up, trying to cover him with his hands.

Li Chengming has some advantages in height and shape, and Wells is not the kind of player who plays purely by speed or changes in dribbling rhythm, but seeks to fight against toughness.

His tendons and flesh are indeed not only good-looking, Li Chengming has such a big physique, but he was pushed so hard that he hit the basket.

Originally, in this situation, the attacker had the advantage, and Li Chengming didn't dare to make too much of a move, so he could only endure it. If he pushed him away with force, it might be a foul.

And this kid was about to make a shot when he was crushed under the basket. Li Chengming glanced under him and immediately raised his hands up like a volleyball block, and jumped up to touch him at the same time.

At this time, the whistle sounded immediately. Li Chengming didn't have time to see if the ball was scored or not. He looked at the referee first, and saw him signal a defensive foul. He couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. He stood up and adjusted his emotions before going to the referee to explain. The other party's judgment, so that next time you can learn from experience.

Although the standards of referees in different games are not uniform, they will still be consistent at a certain stage of the same game.

Li Chengming's defense is also in place, but the referee's penalty is something he can't do.

However, it is also a kind of experience that needs to be accumulated to find out the referee's scale.

Wells' goal was to draw a foul, and the ball only touched the edge of the basket. Naturally, it was impossible to score. Then he made two free throws, Turkoglu protected the rebound, and as Houston retreated , he slowly dribbled forward.

With Li Chengming, the Magic can enter the positional battle without pressure, opening up space to create opportunities for them to play one-on-one.

"The two teams started a tug-of-war in the fourth quarter, and the core players of the two teams have not yet returned to the field. However, the Magic team has Li Chengming here. Hayes will switch defenses to see if he can limit him a little bit. .”

Because Scola was on the inside, in order to strengthen the inside defense, Adelman naturally moved Hayes to the fifth position temporarily, and now he was facing Li Chengming.

Facing Hayes, Li Chengming will naturally not be hard-headed. Haiye's bottom plate is very stable, which is also his only advantage in defense as a short insider.

This is like how Li Chengming defended Dayao before. He was able to score, but firstly, it was due to too much consumption of muscles, and secondly, he needed to use jump shots and other unsure methods. To a certain extent, they actually defended successfully. up.

Of course, Li Chengming has a lot of low-post offensive methods. Even if he doesn't make hard shots and shoots, he can still make room for shots under the basket by relying on his footsteps and turning around.

He still retains enough respect for Hayes, and he doesn't have to be so high that he has to grind to win. If you can score, who cares whether you play O'Neal or Garnett?

This time Li Chengming turned right and hit a layup with his left hand. Hayes moved a little slower. On the other side, Scola let go of Foyer and came to help defend and missed it, and almost became a foul.

"Li Chengming hit another goal, Hayes still can't stop him!"

"After Li Chengming lost weight, his body's flexibility and speed of movement have improved. Hayes is a short and strong insider. Feint, but one step slower may not be able to keep up with the defense."

Hayes is indeed good at low-post defense, but not to mention the almost non-existent offense. Even on the defensive end, he is definitely not the best fit for Yao, because of his unremarkable athletic ability. This makes his defensive area not much better than that of Dayao.

Li Chengming and Hayes even felt that it was not much more difficult than playing against Howard, or it should be said that it was easier, because Howard's continuous take-off ability allowed him to sometimes cover Li Chengming blindly when he encountered a dead mouse, but Hai Yess belongs to the category of judging the right direction but can't control the body turning, more than enough heart but not enough strength.

And when Wells once again misplaced and singled out Li Chengming and missed, Li Chengming turned around and assisted Nelson to make a layup. The score became 93:98, and the Magic once again led by 5 points.

Adelman finally called a timeout again. There were more than five minutes left in the game. The time for chasing points was completely enough, and the outcome was still uncertain.

After the timeout, both sides have also adjusted their personnel. The Magic are Nelson, Durin, Turkoglu, Lewis and Howard, and Li Chengming is off the court to rest.

Houston also took Dayao back and put out a lineup of Alston, Hyde, Wells, Battier and Dayao.

This will definitely not be their winning lineup, but at this time they need to score. The lineup of one big with four minors, two guards and two forwards also shows that Adelman hopes to create more shots by constantly moving the ball. Especially the chance to shoot three-pointers to chase points.

Sure enough, Dayao pulled up to the high post and Alston picked and rolled, Battier was in the bottom corner on one side, Wells covered Hyde, and the basket turned out to be empty in an instant.

However, Howard returned to the defense quickly, Du Lin and Hyde were in place, and Alston had no passing vision, so he had to rely on Howard to make a shot.

Howard was still troubled by five fouls on his back, so he withdrew his hand temporarily, but the ball actually scored.

The Magic attacked, Lewis missed a shot, Houston pushed a fast break, Wells caught the ball and dunked with one hand, and caught up to only one point.

The two teams played back and forth, and the score rose alternately, but then the offensive efficiency dropped and began to fight again, until Dayao and Howard scored respectively.

At this point the score was 102:104, the Magic led by two points, and the game was about to enter the last 2 minutes. Finally, there was a dead ball. Van Gundy took advantage of the opportunity to replace Li Chengming, and Houston also replaced Hayes.

The opponent knew Howard's troublesome fouls, so they were very interested in letting Alston and Wells find Howard to fight, but Howard seemed to be suddenly sober, and he didn't jump easily or reach out casually. Two or three good opportunities, otherwise they might have overtaken the score.

Ma Jian said: "Houston's tactics during this period have failed. They want to beat Howard down. I think it's better to give the ball more to Dayao. His running back and forth like this is just exhausting his energy. It's better to take more rest off the court and then come up."

Yang Yi also sighed, and said helplessly: "Dayao didn't play much today, and he was in good control, but when it was time to chase points, he didn't give him more chances to shoot, wasting energy, and then thought of giving him the ball. Do you have the strength to fight?"

This is the reason why the inside line is increasingly weakened in the NBA, and it is also one of the reasons why it is difficult to produce a dominant traditional center today.

Like Howard, it is obvious that "super blue-collar" is more suitable to call him. He is a super giant of blue-collar play, but it is also difficult for the Magic to find him for key goals.

Because the inside line also has the option of catching the ball, but the defender or the wing can directly dribble the ball across the half court and attack directly from the outside line.

They were right to worry. In the next two consecutive rounds, Dayao, who hadn’t touched the ball for a long time, missed two consecutive shots after receiving the ball. The team played another wave of 5:0-Li Chengming hit a three-pointer shortly after he came on the court.

At 07 minute and 7 seconds, the Magic still led by [-] points, and Houston's situation was gone.

Although Dayao then hit a turnaround jumper and Hayes also scored two points at the basket, they couldn't prevent the Magic from scoring.

At the end of the game, the Magic still defeated Houston 111:106 at home and completed their double play against them this season.

Moreover, the regular season games of the two teams are all over this season. If Houston wants revenge, they can only pray that both sides will break out of the division and meet in the finals. There is still hope for the Magic, but for Houston, they are afraid I don't believe it.

After all, when Olajuwon led the team to win the championship, they were still in the sixth place in the Western Conference. They are now outside the top ten.

"Congratulations……"

At the end of the game, Li Chengming also hugged Dayao, but he saw that he was in a worse mood than the last time he played against each other, so he didn't say much. After a few polite words, the two sides separated. As the home MVP, Li Chengming still had to Going to be interviewed.

　Uh, there was a wrong description of the home and away games before, and it has been revised.

　　Recently, I have been thinking about how to write a good game, which is a bit stuck. I need to do other things to change my mind.

　　
　
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