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

Chapter 99 Only 2 point away

"A Lian shot the ball, this time it missed but caused a foul. Now it suddenly became a confrontation between U Lian and Li Chengming..."

After Li Chengming scored consecutively, Kongkongyi and Reid also began to cooperate. First, the corner position caught the ball and hit a jumper. Evans, who had just come up in the next round, jumped on Ah Lian because of excessive defense and was fouled.

After the UAE made two free throws, the Bucks still led the Magic by 77 points 73:4.

This made domestic fans enjoy watching it. I don’t know how many fans shouted excitedly watching it in front of the TV, computer, and mobile phone.

Even if it was just such a few short rounds, it was worth the fare in their opinion, because this is what they expected to see on the NBA stage, the strong confrontation between the two Chinese.

In fact, no matter whether it is Li Chengming or Ah Lian, the performance in this game is not bad. Although Ah Lian can't defend Li Chengming, he does not match up with him on the offensive end. They often follow down and catch and shoot, but the data seems Not bad either.

Not to mention Li Chengming, in this game defense depends on Howard, offense depends on him and Lewis, and Lewis is only relatively threatening outside the three-point line.

At this time, with one minute and 17 seconds left before the end of the third quarter, Van Gundy called another timeout.

During this period of time, because of the existence of Li Chengming, the team's offense could still keep up, but the defense seemed to have problems again. Anyway, they couldn't defend against the Bucks' pick-and-rolls, and they were hit one by one.

Reid and Xiao Mo are indeed a shooting threat, but they can't help but treat Kong Yi as a dish.

The zone defense was supposed to defend the outside three-pointer, but the opponent actually screwed them up by relying on sudden points.

He needs to make some adjustments. The deployment of personnel can no longer be better, so he can only change his strategy. For example, move Li Chengming back to the penalty area, and then change it to a second and third defense. It is still aimed at the Bucks' outside shooting. short board, and then concentrated near the penalty area to block their breakthrough path.

In this way, on the one hand, Li Chengming's defensive weakness can be relatively covered up. He still has a good marking ability in the three-second zone. Watching the opponent respond with footsteps, and this is what Li Chengming is good at.

On the other hand, other players can watch the opportunity shrink and pay attention to blocking the pass path. Even if the pass cannot be intercepted, they can turn around and interfere at any time.

On the offensive end, Li Chengming continued to play the main role. Once he attracted double-teams, he passed to Lewis. He came up to open up space for Li Chengming.

After the timeout, the Bucks replaced Space Yi first to rest. In this game, he was second only to Reed in the Bucks' playing time, and the third quarter was close to 10 minutes.

In case he has no physical strength behind him, coach K chose to replace him at this time to rest, and then brought back Bogou who had rested and calmed down for a while, and replaced the 05 Raptors with Villanueva for a while. The Seventh Show.

Villanueva was only traded to the Bucks last season, and he performed well in a small amount of playing time.

The Bucks also intend to continue to give him opportunities this season, but because of the overlapping positions and functions of Space Yi, after the UAE has become more and more adapted to the game, his opportunities have also been compressed a lot.

But this browless guy came up at this time just to open up the space, and also wanted to pull Li Chengming out, and the Bucks' offensive banner was still in Reed's hands. He only rested in the first half of this game 2 minutes, it seems that the third quarter will be played again.

Of course, after the Magic team switched strategies, Reid's breakthrough was somewhat restricted. Li Chengming directly squatted, and the other four were in the first four points on the left and right. It can also sink.

It was impossible for Reed to foolishly go in while seeing so many people inside the opponent, and immediately ran out from the bottom line.

Villanueva turned around after receiving the pass from the high post, and Reed just used his screen to circle around and then came to receive the ball from outside the three-point line. It happened that the Magic did not communicate well with the defense, allowing him to seize the opportunity Take a three-point shot.

The ball was lucky enough to go in, and Van Gundy immediately yelled at the side twice to get the players to focus.

But returning to the offensive end, the Magic immediately returned a three-pointer. Turkoglu shot directly at Reed at the top of the arc. Reed didn't react and was easily beaten by him.

The Turk is 208cm tall, half a head taller than Reed, and he can see the frame directly when standing.

In the last 40 seconds or so, the two teams each had an offensive opportunity. The Bucks chose to make a quick serve and attack once, but this time Reed's shot went out of the basket. Li Chengming did not rush after getting the rebound and handed it to Te Koglu organization.

Then Li Chengming received the ball in a low position again, and Bogou tried to resist him, but was forced into a foul by him in the last three seconds.

Li Chengming is now learning to use more offensive methods other than jump shots to solve problems. After all, jump shots are considered to be a powerful but inefficient offensive method. If the hand feels good, you can still take an extra shot. It's best to hit the basket as much as possible and do more damage.

At the same time as making free throws, allowing the opponent to carry a foul on his back will also fundamentally destroy the opposite defense line.

Of course, this also depends on his current status. Although he dare not say star whistle, but the rookie's DEBUFF has gone a lot, and he can basically get free throws under obvious foul actions.

After making two free throws, the Magic finally got within two points before the end of the third quarter.

Next, the Bucks served in the backcourt, and Reed missed a three-pointer after halftime. At the end of the third quarter, the two teams scored 78:80.

"At the end of the third quarter, the difference between the two sides is 2 points. Relying on Li Chengming's performance, the Magic have been chasing points in these two quarters. The Bucks have not been able to maintain their lead. The next four The final stage of the season will be a very big test for them."

Xu Jicheng also echoed: "That's right, there is still a certain gap in strength between the two teams. It seems that it is easy for the Magic to chase points. Of course, the Magic can't defend against the Bucks' double shots in the backcourt today. Now it depends on who is more powerful." We can continue to attack.”

In fact, for fans, they prefer to watch such offensive games.

Although many people expressed that they like to watch tough defense and feel that the games of this year are not as iron-blooded as the 90s, but the defense (fighting) and defense (iron) battle between the Pistons and Spurs in 05 had very low ratings.

Data doesn’t lie, if it’s not good-looking, it’s not good-looking.

Of course, the finals of last season also hit a new low, but there is another reason for this is that the game soon had no suspense. At least in 05, it reached the tiebreaker, and it was swept directly last season. The first two games basically saw The gap, and no one has hope for the Cavaliers.

But speaking of it, these two times have one thing in common, so the answer is actually that the Spurs are not likable?
But back to the game, soon after the fourth quarter, Turkoglu returned to the court with a substitute. Today, his outside shooting and inside kills are good, but the mid-range is inaccurate, but this is enough to attract the opponent's defensive attention. , to create opportunities for teammates.

It's a pity that neither Nelson nor Bogans seized the opportunity. Their blacksmithing is about to become the norm. Bogans can hit a few three-pointers anyway. It's really useless if Nelson doesn't get the ball from the outside.

This season is his fourth season, but in terms of statistics alone, not only has he not improved this season, but he is slightly worse than the second season, and it feels like he has regressed back to his rookie period.

In particular, his inability to provide a stable shooting performance on the three-point line also makes people not very optimistic about his performance in the Magic, a team with the inside as the core of tactics.

However, the Magic had reached a five-year contract extension with a total value of $10 million before the clarification period on October 31, so even if they regret it now, it is too late for the time being.

I can only pray that this little fat guy will quickly get back to his form and be on par with the big fat rookie in the team.

(End of this chapter)