legendary point guard

At 45:56, the score on the big screen made the Orlando fans at the scene a little unbelievable.

Before the game, almost all fans believed that the team would be able to beat the New Jersey Nets, but the actual game process was completely different from what they expected.

Fortunately, the difference of 11 points is not too big. As long as the team can make good adjustments in the second half during the halftime break, there is still a big chance.

"The 34-year-old Jason Kidd has suffered a lot from Wood Lin, who is 14 years younger than him. Regular season statistics show that Wood and Jason played three times, all representing Orlando.

三场比赛奥兰多取得了2胜1负，伍德场均可以贡献22分8次助攻4个篮板2次抢断。

But this data still looks very good, but when compared with his season average data, we can clearly see that Wood is far less good than other people when facing Jason. "

Bill Wharton glanced at Hoffman: "Yes, that's true, especially Jason's experience is far beyond Wood's comparison, and Jason's physical strength can also cause trouble for Wood.

In addition, Vince's supplementary defense was timely tonight, so Wood played a bit badly in the first half, and I believe that the recent rumors have indeed affected him to some extent. What do you think of this matter, agree or disagree? "

"I don't think there is anything wrong with this. Wood is now an American citizen, so why is he not eligible to enter the national team? As for how Wood will choose, that is his own ** We have no right to interfere. After all, many people still have serious concerns in their hearts. Discriminatory mentality, so I will try my best to oppose it."

In the home locker room, Lin Sen was shirtless, and Stan Van Gundy stood in front of the tactical board.

"In the first half we played very passively, but I can understand that we are still rookies compared to them, but this is our home game, even if we lose, we have to play our own characteristics, not to mention that we may not lose yet. Stan Van Gundy scanned the team, and finally his eyes rested on Lin Sen.

Now Lin Sen's upper body is much more physical than the Lin Sen he saw in the draft, and the muscle mass on his arms is the best proof.

"How are you feeling, Wood?"

Lin Sen raised his head and looked at Stan Van Gundy: "Coach, I'm alright, the pressure is a bit higher than the regular season, but I think I can adapt."

"That's good!" Van Gundy nodded. Although Lin Sen didn't play well in the first half, it was much better than at the beginning. After all, the team was still too young except for Webb Rodman and Pippen.

Although he had to pay tuition fees to grow up, although he imagined that Lin Sen and Howard would grow up all at once, he knew that this was not realistic.

Even if he loses, as the head coach, he can accept it. Of course, the key is that the team can learn something after losing and make progress.

Van Gundy didn't change his tactics too much. After all, the team's main problem in the first half was still being too young, which was caused by tension when the rhythm of the playoffs and the regular season were completely different.

"Dennis, you and Scottie are ready to play in the third quarter." Van Gundy said, looking at Pippen and Rodman.

The two didn't play in the first half. Van Gundy planned to let the experienced Pippen and Rodman play in the third quarter. It helps the team, it helps the team grow.

"No problem, I've had enough of sitting on the chair." Rodman laughed.

The atmosphere in the locker room of the visiting team was very active. Nets coach Lawrence Frank clapped his hands with a smile: "Guys, this is not the time to celebrate the victory. There is still a second half. Continue to work hard in the second half and then celebrate."

"Yes, let them see who should be celebrating after the victory." Vince Carter said with a smile.

"We will not interfere with Wood's choice. How to choose is his own decision, whether he chooses China or the United States." Otis Smith said, looking at Li Wei beside him.

"I know, but I still hope you can help to talk about it. You should know that for the United States, there is no shortage of players like Wood, but for China, we urgently need a good player. This is the wish of the 13 billion people in China, especially Hosting the Olympics next year in our home stadium."

"I understand, I will try my best." Otis Smith nodded.

Apart from Otis Smith, the people in the box were Li Wei, Wang Lin and Liu Li. Wang Lin was very moved when he saw the figure beside the court. He had also played with foreign women before, but the woman in front of him was far away from him. He has been there, and the other party did not reply to the text message yesterday, which made him feel incredible.

In his feeling, although foreign women are not as open as ordinary people think, but for artists, they should not refuse too much opportunities to help them. Now that China's economy is developing rapidly, more and more foreigners want to open up Huaxia market, that's why he wanted to touch Carolina's heart through that text message.

If Carolina's woman agrees to him, he is absolutely confident that she will become a first-line star in China. He believes that he has this ability, although he is only a branch of the Wang family, the founding hero of China.

Wang Lin was only thinking about these things, and he didn't pay attention to the conversation between Li Wei and Otis Smith. He didn't think that one player could make any big waves.

He doesn't care whether he gets into the China men's basketball team, and he believes that smart people should know how to choose.

And is Lin Sen a smart person?Obviously yes, but how will Lin Sen choose, at least for now Lin Sen has not expressed his attitude to anyone, as he said, the playoffs are the most important thing at present.

The 10-minute intermission passed quickly, and the Magic players came out of the player channel amid the cheers of the fans in the center of the water house.

"Come on Wood, you are the best!"

"Wood, the US team welcomes you."

"Fuck those New Jersey bastards."

"Go! go! go! Long live Orlando."

While running, Lin Sen high-fived the fans on both sides of the players. In the past two days, regarding whether he joined China or the United States, Orlando Multimedia basically expressed support for any decision Lin Sen made, and many people expressed hope outside his house. He joins USA Basketball's tagline.

"The second half of the game is about to start. Orlando doesn't know how to adjust during the halftime break. I hope we can see a wonderful second half." Hoffman said, looking at the players from both sides who walked to the sidelines.

"Yes, a wonderful game is the best reward for the fans." Bill Wharton said with a smile.

"Come on, you are the best!" Carolina looked at Lin Sen in front of her, and kissed Lin Sen on the cheek without hesitation.

Lin Sen didn't expect that Carolina would take the initiative to kiss him. Apart from being surprised, Lin Sen was more happy and happy.

How could the on-site director let go of such a picture, and the Orlando fans in the Water House Center also cheered, and they also expected Lin Sen to lead the Magic to stage a reversal under the encouragement of Carolina.

"Happy Wood, I hope Wood can show his due strength under the power of love." Bill Wharton said with a smile.

"Hey, Bill, this is not love, it's family affection." Hoffman joked.

"Do you believe it?" Bill Wharton asked with a smile.

"What do you think?" Hoffman looked at Bill Wharton jokingly.

Li Wei in the private room looked at this scene and smiled. Lin Sen really looked like the one in the rumors, and the corner of Wang Lin's mouth turned up inadvertently.

With a whistle, Jason Kidd took Krstic's serve, and the second half of the game officially kicked off.

Lin Sen stared at Kidd who dribbled to the frontcourt. Kidd didn't directly dribble too much but passed the ball directly to Vince Carter.

In the first half, Carter scored the highest score of 17 points. He was very excited. His outstanding performance in the first half made him full of confidence. He jumped up in front of Azubuike without any adjustments. Azubuike didn't expect Carter to be like this The ball in Carter's hand flew out directly when Azubuike jumped up.

The ball got into the basket cleanly, which made the fans depressed for a while.

"Vince scored a goal at the beginning of the second half. It seems that the excellent touch in the first half is still there. This is not good news for Orlando."

As Hoffman said, the inability to contain Carter's excellent touch is not good news for the Magic. After all, in order to reverse, in addition to being able to score goals, you must also contain the opponent's goals.

Lin Sen took Howard's serve and took the ball across the half court.

Carter's first goal in the second half was a pressure on the Magic. If the Magic doesn't score this time, it will undoubtedly affect the morale adjusted after the intermission.

In the first half, except for Chris Webber who had a good hand and scored the Magic's top 10 points, everyone else felt average. Lin Sen thought about it and decided to attack himself for the first time in the second half.

A little closer to the three-point line, Kidd, who made him very uncomfortable in the first half, stood on the three-point line and waited for his arrival.

Kidd's body is not comparable to Lin Sen's for the time being. In addition, Kidd's experience is also unmatched by Lin Sen. In the first half, Lin Sen's breakthroughs were often blocked by Kidd, who has physical experience. So Lin Sen didn't plan to go one-on-one directly.

Chris Webber made a gesture towards the inside, and Weber immediately understood Lin Sen's thoughts and ran directly to the free throw line.

Collins, who was in charge of defending Chris Webber, immediately followed. Chris Webber is not Dwight Howard. Except for the three-second zone, there is no threat.

Seeing Webb pull out, Lin Sen pulled the ball with a large range, and then directly accelerated one by one.

Kidd made a quick retreat, but he was quickly blocked by Chris Webber, and Collins immediately dropped Webber to defend Linson.

Collins is a 2.13 inside player, but his rebounding ability and offensive ability are almost negligible. The biggest role in the Nets is defense.

However, his footsteps were the biggest problem. He just stuck to Lin Sen just slowed down Lin Sen's footsteps and then lost control of Lin Sen.

Throwing off Collins, Lin Sen threw the ball directly.

After the ball crossed an arc, it got into the basket cleanly.

The ball went into the basket, and the fans in the center of the water house immediately applauded.

In the transition between offense and defense, Carter caught the ball again, but he didn't make a shot but passed the ball to Richard Jefferson. Jefferson's mid-range shot hit the basket.

Turkoglu got the defensive rebound, and Lin Sen didn't catch the ball but ran forward quickly.

Jason Kidd saw Linsen running to the frontcourt and followed immediately. Turkoglu, who got the rebound, dribbled the ball to the frontcourt himself.

Turkoglu took the ball to the front court and handed the ball to Lin Sen.

Lin Sen put the ball between his waist and abdomen with both hands, and looked up at Kidd's defense. Kidd's defensive position this time was slightly closer to him than last time.

And Vince Carter is defending Azubuike, but he is not far from Lin Sen, and he can come up to defend at any time at a glance.

Lin Sen tried to take two steps forward twice in a row, but Kidd did not respond.

Another tentative step, Kidd still did not respond, but at this time Lin Sen directly raised the ball with both hands.

Kidd immediately raised his right hand and took a step forward. Lin Sen immediately received the ball and cut to the left side of Kidd's body with his left foot.

Seeing Lin Sen's action, Kidd immediately took a step back, but at this time Lin Sen slapped the ball with his right hand, and the ball passed through the gap between him and Kidd to his left hand, and at the same time, his right foot reached out to Kidd. Germany's right side of the body.

Such a short-distance change of breakthrough direction made Kidd a little unexpected. When Kidd wanted to defend, Lin Sen had already accelerated and cut from the right side of his body.

Richard Jefferson on the other side was considering whether to leave Turkoglu as a replacement when Lin Sen pulled the ball across.

"Wood didn't choose to hit the inside, does he want to shoot?" Hoffman looked at Lin Sen who pulled the ball and said.

"Obviously." Lin Sen jumped up in Bill Wharton's voice.

He raised the ball high with his right hand and watched the ball go to the basket in the distance.

"Wood's pull-up jumper!" Hoffman yelled.

The ball quickly crossed an arc and fell straight to the basket.

Swish!

There was a crisp sound of wiping the net, and the ball passed through the net and hit the floor.

"Hit again, two consecutive goals in the second half, and this time it is an emergency stop jumper. "Bill Wharton said with a smile.

The Nets coach Frank on the sidelines was equally incredulous. Everyone knew how bad Lin Sen's mid-range shooting was, and he didn't make targeted defenses against Lin Sen's mid-range shooting at all.

In the practice before the game, he mainly focused on Lin Sen's defensive arrangement outside the three-point line and under the basket. However, Lin Sen has already made two mid-range shots tonight, so he has to be careful.

Frank decided to take a look. If Lin Sen was still like this, he was going to call a timeout and set up a defense against the surname.

In an offensive and defensive transition, Kidd brought the ball to the frontcourt.

Kidd is a traditional point guard always with the primary purpose of organizing the team's offense, and the Nets immediately started running under Kidd's command.

Snapped!

I saw Kidd pulling and pushing the ball, and the ball passed directly through Lin Sen's body.

A ball hit directly to Jefferson who was using the screen, and Lin Sen quickly shrank the defense.

However, Jefferson made a pass back directly, which was completely beyond Lin Sen's expectations.

Kidd, who received a pass back from Jefferson at the top of the arc, immediately lifted the ball up, and Lin Sen also rushed forward.

Lin Sen's jumping ability exceeded Kidd's imagination, and the ball he almost threw was blocked by Lin Sen.

clang!

After Lin Sen landed, Kidd's shot hit the front of the basket and bounced out.

Jumping up with a stride, Lin Sen easily received the defensive rebound.

Without any pause, Lin Sen directly pulled the ball and turned around and ran forward.

Kidd subconsciously reached out his hand to block it, but was dodged by Lin Sen.

Azubuike on the other side started at the same time, and Lin Sen was on the same line.

Although Vince Carter retreated quickly, it was still a bit difficult for Lin Sen and Azubuike who were on both sides.

Seeing that Lin Sen made a posture of hitting the basket, he immediately rushed towards Lin Sen. Lin Sen directly passed the ball to Azubuike with a back pass, and Azubuike dunked the ball into the basket easily.

beep!

The referee blew his whistle.

"Lawrence couldn't stand anymore, and was scored by Orlando in three consecutive rounds. Although the team still led by 58 points at 51:7, Orlando's morale has obviously improved." Bill Wharton said, looking at Frank on the sidelines.

After three consecutive offenses, the entire Waterhouse Center was in a completely different state from the first half. Although the team was still 7 points behind, Lin Sen's performance in the second half convinced them that the lag was only temporary.

"Wood! Wood! Wood!"

There was a uniform cheer in the center of the water house. Li Wei in the box heard the cheers belonging to Lin Sen, and he was more eager to invite Lin Sen.

"This is Wood's cheers. Although the second half has just started, Wood's state has obviously recovered. Just like the fans shouted, the recovered Wood is the team's hope of victory." Hoffman said.

After the timeout, the Nets did not pass the ball to the outside line when the Magic defended tightly on the outside line, but handed the ball to Krstic inside.

Only Howard was inside, one-on-one offense and defense, but Howard failed to prevent Krstic's turnaround jumper.

In the transition between offense and defense, Lin Sen handed the ball to Howard who asked for the ball, and Howard directly forced Krstic.

However, Collins' touchdown interfered with Howard's hook shot, and Krstic grabbed the defensive rebound.

However, the Nets, who returned to the offensive end, failed to attack again. Jefferson hit the inside and was slapped by Howard directly.

Lin Sen got the ball that was slapped by Howard, but this time the Nets retreated quickly and Lin Sen had to give up the fast break plan.

The game continued. Although the Magic did not hit a shot all at once, it eroded the lead of the Nets a little bit. When the game came to the 7th minute of the third quarter, the Nets led by 11 points in the first half. 71:70 leading by 1 point.

"Is Wood still passing the ball this time? In the second half, apart from the offensive shots after the opening, in the past few minutes he has attracted the defense to pass the ball to help the team. I think Lawrence must be very depressed that Wood didn't get into his customized for Wood. In terms of defensive tactics, he used his defensive center of gravity to help his teammates score goals." Hoffman looked at Lin Sen who dribbled the ball past the center line.

"This time I will score by myself!" Lin Sen said as he pulled the ball away from Carter's press.

"Really? Let me see your clumsy attack!" Carter responded with a smile and slammed into Lin Sen again.

"I'll tell who's clumsy!" Lin Sen said, rushing up. (To be continued.)