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

Chapter 195 The Second Half Begins

Li Chengming also explained to the referee that he didn't do anything at all, but the referee just played [-] boards to calm down the situation at this time, so that neither side dared to lose their temper.

In the end, he was helpless. After the technical fouls on both sides were directly offset, the ball still belonged to the Magic. Li Chengming served in the backcourt. There were more than 30 seconds before the end of the first half. Turkoglu did not choose to attack, but pressed time.

Because of his confidence in his own offense, Howard came out to pick and roll this time. Turkoglu assisted Howard to push up under the basket and caused a foul by Big Z. He made two free throws and one.

58: 65!

There are still more than ten seconds left, which is enough for the Cavaliers to make a complete attack.

But this time Evans started to press directly from the backcourt of the Cavaliers. James handed the ball to Hughes. Hughes dribbled the ball to the top of the arc and began to press the rhythm. The final attack will be handed over to Hughes.

This is also the power that Hughes won for himself with 20+ in the half. Whether he can score in the final attack is not so important. After all, there is only a 7-point gap, but it is better to be able to score.

When entering the last 7 seconds, Hughes changed direction and swayed past Turkoglu. Turkoglu was a step too slow and could only grab the corner of his clothes.

Li Chengming came to defend and missed Gooden, but Hughes did not choose to pass the ball, but forced Li Chengming to make a layup. After changing hands in the air, he still scored.

At the same time, the referee's whistle blew again. Li Chengming was stunned for a moment, looked over inexplicably, and reacted after a while, and quickly complained: "I took off vertically, there is no extra movement..."

This gave him his fourth foul all of a sudden, and Van Gundy regretted that he didn't replace him in time when he committed the third foul just now.

But it was too late to regret at this time, and it was obviously impossible for the referee to change the penalty. In the end, Hughes walked to the free throw line to execute this additional penalty.

However, the free throw bounced out, Howard grabbed the rebound, the time was just up, and entering the intermission, there was only a 5-point difference between the two sides, which was acceptable to both sides.

But for the Magic, Li Chengming made four fouls, Lewis three fouls, Howard and Turkoglu also made two fouls.

Today, James and Hughes, who is in full form, have attacked the Magic inside wave after wave. Sometimes they can only be stopped by fouls, and sometimes it can only be said that the referee is willing to give them the whistle.

This may also be another reason why Hughes broke out today, the whistle is relatively loose.

Of course, apart from Li Chengming's last two fouls, the referee didn't particularly favor the Cavaliers. Hughes and Big Z have also committed three fouls, and these are their important offensive and defensive players.

During the intermission, the two commentators of CCTV also analyzed the reasons for Hughes' outbreak today.

Seriously speaking, it's nothing special for a player to suddenly break out in a game. Many role players have such bright moments, let alone a former All-Star player like Hughes.

It can only be said that he exploded at the right time, and the referee's whistle, the Magic's defense, and various reasons contributed to his explosion today. Even James was willing to give up some of the ball to him. The Magic must have such explosive teammates to stand up in order to help themselves.

The two cooperated a lot in the first half. Of the 5 assists James sent, 3 were given to Hughes.

Of course, Director Zhang also mentioned Li Chengming's "explosive ball", which is destined to be a hot topic for a while after the game, after all, it was really shocking.

Even at this time, on the Internet in China and the United States, this topic has already begun to spread.

Many who didn't watch the game or couldn't watch the live broadcast because of work or study felt regretful and felt as if they had missed [-] million yuan.

Even until the beginning of the second half, the topic of many people still revolved around that ball.

Although Li Chengming was sentenced to a foul in the end, many fans and commentators who watched the game thought that the ball was actually a good block.

As for the extra physical confrontation, if even this kind of physical confrontation is not allowed in this basketball, how about playing a ball?
Of course, because of the explosive effect at the end, even if a foul is awarded, the ball is destined to be remembered in history. After all, such things are too rare.

In the second half, the Magic returned to the previous starting lineup. After all, Li Chengming had already fouled four times. In order to protect him, Van Gundy would not let him play immediately.

As a result, Hughes still continued his good form in the first half of the game, scoring 8 points in a row in the half quarter, and scored 30 points in less than three quarters.

Then because of defensive fouls against Turkoglu, he accumulated four fouls and ended up.

After Hughes, Big Z also rested at the same time. The Cavaliers' lineup on the court was weakened, and the momentum was gone all of a sudden.

James also played well today, but the Magic did a good job of targeting him. He put a step shot to mainly defend against breakthroughs, and Howard guarded the penalty area and was ready to help defend at any time, which also put a lot of pressure on him.

After Hughes left the field, James intended to carry the banner of offense, but he hesitated between his own shot and assisting his teammates, and was also restricted by the Magic's "pocket defense".

Howard just squatted in the pit and couldn't get out, waiting for him to come forward and divide his outside teammates. However, Bogans and others tried to prevent the Cavaliers' outside players from getting good open shooting opportunities through continuous rotation.

If it is true that they can still score despite such a hard shot, then they will admit it.

But obviously, only Hughes broke out today.

When Li Chengming was replaced with 3 minutes left in the third quarter, the Magic relied on a counterattack after a successful defense to open the score to 8 points again.

As a result, Devin Brown suddenly found an offensive feeling, scored a three-pointer and an air-cut layup, and chased the score to 3 points.

At 1 minute and 58 seconds, in the offensive round of the Magic, Nelson held the ball and advanced to the top of the arc to stop the ball, holding the ball high to find his teammates.

Evans came out to catch the ball. Today, his touch was mediocre. He was 6-of-2 from beyond the three-point line, wasting a lot of chances.

Li Chengming carried Marshall, a veteran who weighed less than 100kg, obviously did not voluntarily defend him, and the Cavaliers could not arrange this.

It's just that after frequent cover runs, the defender is taken away, and the rest fills in, naturally forming a dislocation.

So in the game, you have to run, because many opportunities come out like this.

If they all stand still, just waiting to catch the ball, and one person holds the ball and four people watch it, this kind of team probably won't go far.

Li Chengming took two steps in, and the Cavaliers immediately double-teamed. His offensive threat is too great, we can't let him get too close to the basket, otherwise he will force two people to fight with his size. It's not impossible to get in.

Li Chengming immediately distributed the ball, but Evans still didn't shoot directly, and gave it to Nelson, who then passed it to Cook.

Seeing that the defender was two steps away from him, Cook didn't seem to think that he could make a shot. He still made a direct shot from outside the three-point line and even made a hit.

This is his second three-pointer of the game!
"The Magic team used Li Chengming to attract double-teams, and transferred the ball outside to find an open opportunity. This offensive routine is very simple, but the Cavaliers dare not bet, because the three-pointer may miss, but let Li Chengming kill When he gets to the rim, no foul can stop him."

(End of this chapter)