legendary point guard

Chapter 450 The Fourth Buckle of Victory

"Wood, thank you!"

Howard let go of the basket and gave Lin Sen a thumbs up.

Lin Sen smiled, responded to Howard, then turned and ran to the backcourt.

A trace of worry flashed across Eddie Jordan's face standing on the sidelines. Even Lin Sen and Howard only completed an alley-oop.

This offense seems to have brought Orlando back to his senses, especially Dwight Howard inside, like a hungry tiger, and Washington is the best prey in his eyes to fill his stomach.

In addition to Lin Sen, others also began to pass the ball to Howard.

Facing Washington's defense, the physically fit Howard played extraordinarily tough.

And once faced with a double-team, Howard didn't try to be brave, but split the ball in time.

Although his passing ability is limited, it is much better than when he saw himself forced to single and make mistakes some time ago.

Although the Magic didn't feel good for others, but with Howard's restraint on the inside, the outside feel recovered a bit compared to the first quarter.

At the end of the first half, the Orlando Magic caught up to a maximum of 14 points behind to only 6 points behind.

Howard, who played for more than six minutes, scored 8 points is undoubtedly the biggest contributor to the Magic's pursuit of points. More importantly, he took the offense on the court, which allowed Lin Sen, the main offensive point, to rest on the offensive end without consuming too much energy.

"Dwight's playing brought us a lot of trouble. Without Gilbert, our offense was obviously restrained, especially after Dwight came on the court, Antoine's inside offense was easily affected and could only be pulled out.

This directly led to the decline of Antoine's offensive efficiency. We only led by 6 points. In the second half, we must find a way to restrain Dwight, and it is best to push him out. "The local commentator in Washington said so.

In the locker room of the visiting team, Howard sat in front of his own locker, and he and Lin Sen's locker were next to each other.

Although he had made up his mind to stay since yesterday, at least temporarily.I also tried my best to integrate into the team and build a good relationship with my teammates, but I can still feel the gap, even if everyone is smiling.

Especially when facing Lin Sen, he would always think that Lin Sen didn't help him back then, which caused him to have so many problems, although now he has solved the troubles outside the court with money.

But the problem existed before, and he still had some concerns about Lin Sen.

Although I keep forcing myself not to think about it, I can still think about it.

If Howard has read the short story, he must know that as long as there is a rupture, the opening that was broken will still exist if it is repaired.

It may be hidden very deeply, but it may break out again at any time.

Shaking his head, Howard adjusted his armguards.

"Dwight. Good job." Stan Van Gundy walked into the locker room and applauded.

If Howard continues today's performance.Then he will definitely not freeze Howard.

The 10-minute intermission passed quickly.The second half of the game kicked off.

The Wizards fans in the mic center cheered for the Wizards players, and Gilbert Arenas, who was basically out for the season because of a knee injury, sat on the sidelines in a suit.

At the beginning of the season, he was looking forward to playing against Lin Sen again, but this season he played 10 games intermittently and just missed the match against the Magic.

"In the second half, Dwight returned to Orlando's starting lineup. Rookie Marcin Gortat sat down again. This is a big test for us. I hope Brandon can find a way to restrain Dwight. "Said the commentator on the sidelines.

Gortat lost the opening jumper to Brandon Heywood, so the Magic took the lead in the second half.

Lin Sen took the ball and found a person in front of him, and this was Deshaun Stevenson, one of the three Wizards defenders in the first half.

Deshaun Stevenson is short at shooting guard, but he's good at defensive lineman.

Although his height and weight make him normally at a disadvantage when defending two positions, his tenacity, abundant physical fitness and positional judgment can always cause trouble for defenders, thereby reducing the efficiency of opponents.

In the first quarter, he didn't defend Lin Sen many times, but every time he could make Lin Sen uncomfortable.

At halftime.Eddie Jordan especially emphasized that he forced Linsen from the beginning of the second half, and he was full-court marking.

Lin Sen didn't expect that Deshaun Stevenson would defend directly in the backcourt, sticking to Steven Linsen and dribbling the ball in the frontcourt.

Stevenson kept interfering with Lin Sen with body impacts, but his strength and movement range were well controlled, so that the referee would not call him a defensive foul.

Lin Sen is no fool.He naturally knew that Stevenson's defense would not only interfere with his rhythm, but also consume his energy.

So Lin Sen didn't intend to get entangled with Stevenson at all, and Billups on the other side ran over immediately after seeing Lin Sen's gesture.

Bang!

Stevenson was blocked by Billups, and although he quickly stepped aside Billups, Linsen was already out of his defensive range.

"Don't let him speed up!" The commentator shouted out the voice of the Wizards fans.

Lin Sen, who got rid of Stevenson, accelerated to the frontcourt.

Artest ran directly from the right bottom corner to the top of the arc, and Lin Sen dribbled the ball straight to Artest.

Daniels, who was in charge of defending Billups, wanted to cover Lin Sen, but was blocked by Artest's strong body.

"Consecutive screens, inside lanes, pay attention to defending inside lanes!" The on-site commentator was very anxious.

Lin Sen took a look at Brandon Heywood who was on the inside and rushed in directly. Compared with the past, his speed was slower, but in the eyes of the Wizards, especially Heywood, he was still very fast.

Seeing Lin Sen rushing to the inside, Brandon Heywood moved quickly and turned to face Lin Sen.

Howard, who Haywood should be marking, ran directly to the other side of the basket, and almost at the same time pulled Milicic, who was near the 45-degree middle distance on the left, to run.

"Pay attention to changing defenses, changing defenses!" Eddie Jordan shouted loudly towards the field.

boom!

Antawn Jamison, who was in charge of defending Milicic, was blocked by Howard, and could only watch Milicic run to the basket.

Lin Sen threw the ball with his right hand, Haywood wanted to jump up to interfere, but it was too late.

But he quickly realized that it was not a shot but a pass, and when he turned around to defend, Milicic, who cut in from a 45-degree angle, jumped up.

It is almost impossible for Heywood to turn around and defend Milicic, but he may lose a defensive foul.

Milicic firmly grasped the ball passed by Lin Sen with both hands, and smashed the ball directly to the basket.

Bang!

He yanked the basket hard with both hands.The entire basket shook violently under the pull of Milicic.

"Dako's dunk is beautiful!" Lin Sen and Milicic gave a high five, and Howard also walked up.

Milicic and Howard also gave a high five, and the three laughed and ran to the backcourt.

The Orlando reporter in the media area watched the shot of the three running to the backcourt and pressed the shutter.

The three had smiles on their faces. Lin Sen ran in the middle, with Howard on the left and Milicic on the right.

With Milicic's goal, the Magic will further narrow the point difference to only four points.

Offensive and defensive transition, after the absence of Arenas, the Wizards' offensive end relies more on Caron Butler and Antawn Jamison.

It was the offensive firepower of the two that helped the Washington Wizards remain in the top eight in the Eastern Conference without their leader, General Arenas.

Facing Artest who was defending himself, Butler succeeded in a jumper with the help of a screen to help the Wizards pull the point difference to six points again.

"Caron's excellent shot selection, he is our most reliable guy now." The on-site commentator paid tribute to Butler.

"Defend, defend!" Eddie Jordan, who was off the court, reminded loudly to the court.

This time Deshaun Stevenson did not press directly in the backcourt but returned to the frontcourt.When Lin Sen brought the ball to the middle circle a little bit.Stevenson moved too.

Stevenson wanted to entangle Linsen near the middle circle.Then force Linsen to choose to pass the ball.

However, what Lin Sen was waiting for was Stevenson's persecution. When Stevenson opened his arms and forced him, Lin Sen didn't have any fear, but turned around and dribbled the ball in the same way.

According to Stevenson.Lin Sen wanted to let go of his defense and immediately moved his footsteps to slide, but what Lin Sen wanted was his reaction.

Snapped!

After slapping the ball, Lin Sen turned around sharply, slapped the ball again with his left hand, and stepped hard with his right foot.

呲!

There was a screeching sound of friction between the sneakers and the floor, and when Stevenson moved quickly again, he had lost control of Lin Sen.

Throwing away Stevenson, Lin Sen glanced at the other Wizards defenders.He chose an emergency stop without hesitation.

The whole person jumped up directly outside the three-point line. Caron Butler threw away Artest and rushed forward, but the distance between him and Lin Sen was too far, and he couldn't interfere with Lin Sen's shooting at all.

Looking at the basket, Lin Sen threw the ball easily.

The ball draws a perfect Lin's arc in the center of the mic.Falls to the basket.

Amidst the boos of the audience, the ball passed through the net cleanly.

Lin Sen raised his right hand high, gesturing for a three-point goal amid boos.

The game continued, the Wizards still mainly relied on the offense of Butler and Jamison, but Daniels and Stevenson had a good touch, and they each hit a three-pointer.

And after Lin Sen hit this three-pointer, he changed his role on the offensive end. Billups became the controller of the team, and Lin Sen became a transfer station and a spot-up shooter.

However, Lin Sen basically didn't make a shot, but passed the ball.

On the defensive end, because Daniels doesn't take the initiative to attack Lin Sen, Lin Sen consumes a lot less physical energy, and Lin Sen reduces his help defense.

Howard's state has dropped a bit from the first half, and Haywood's defense has brought him some troubles.

At the end of the third quarter, the Washington Wizards at home only led the Magic by 1 point.

Eddie Jordan frowned deeply. How could he not see that Lin Sen's style of play was obviously accumulating energy for the fourth quarter, especially when Lin Sen sat on the bench early in the third quarter with 5 minutes left? at the table.

The team is now only 1 point ahead of the Magic, and there is still a full quarter of game time.

Eddie Jordan glanced at Arenas, who was sitting on the bench, feeling very depressed. Xia Tian managed to keep Arenas with a contract of [-] million yuan, but it turned out like this.

After the start of the fourth quarter, Sam Cassell and Devin Brown became the Magic's backcourt. Such a backcourt lineup had much less impact, and the Wizards also seized the opportunity to play a few games.

Stan Van Gundy was not in a hurry looking at the point difference, and still left Lin Sen and others on the bench.

The game was still going on, and Eddie Jordan looked at the Magic bench on the other side of the technical table from time to time.Antawn Jamison also stayed on the bench, leaving Caron Butler on the field.

When the time came to the last 7 minutes, Stan Van Gundy turned around and walked to the bench.

"Wood, Chauncey, Darko, Dwight, how do you feel?" Stan Van Gundy asked with a smile.

On the court, Caron Butler was facing Sean Battier's defense at the moment. Caron Butler, who was holding the ball with his back under Battier's defense, hit the ball with his back and slapped the ball against him. Battier cuts hard from the baseline.

"Caron made a successful breakthrough and hit the inside line along the bottom line!" The live commentator on the local radio station in Washington shouted excitedly.

Caron Butler, who got rid of Battier, was not afraid to face Eddie Griffin's defense. Under Eddie Griffin's supplementary defense, he sent the ball to the basket toughly.

Roar!

Caron Butler waved his arms and roared, and there were crazy cheers from the center of the mic.

With Caron Butler's goal.The Wizards pulled the point difference back to 7 points.

"Orlando requested a timeout. It looks like they are going to make substitutions. The real test we face is coming!" The on-site commentator looked at the sidelines with some concern.

After a 20-second pause, Linsen, Artest, Billups and Milicic appeared on the court, while Howard waited a while before playing.

At this time, there were almost 6 minutes before the end of the game, and Lin Sen had just dribbled the ball past halftime.

Stevenson defended again.This time Stevenson's defense was tenacious.

Carrying Stevenson's body, Lin Sen pulled the ball.

With this pull, a space appeared between the two.

Lin Sen quickly raised his right hand. Darko Milicic on the inside saw Lin Sen's gesture and immediately understood. He didn't need to go up to cover for Lin Sen.

Milicic turned around and ran to the middle distance at 45 degrees on the right side of the basket. Milicic made a mid-range shot so that Haywood didn't dare to be careless. Seeing Milicic running out, he immediately followed up to defend.

The departure of Milicic and Brandon Haywood suddenly made the inside line look wider.

Stevenson also wanted to force Linsen.Looking at Lin Sen, who was bowing his body and lowering his center of gravity, Stevenson could only stare closely but could not defend against him.

Lin Sen made continuous cross steps, slapped the ball with his left hand, and turned his body halfway to the right.

Stevenson reacted immediately to Lin Sen's action, and Lin Sen saw that Stevenson's defensive center of gravity had changed.

Pull the ball back quickly.Then directly accelerate the start.

Bang!

Lin Sen's body collided with Stevenson's chest, and Lin Sen staggered slightly.

He left Stevenson behind, and Stevenson's defense also failed.

Throwing away Steven Linsen and rushing directly to the inside, Antawn Jamison immediately chose to throw away Eddie Griffin and defend Linsen.

Watching Jamison's supplementary defense, Lin Sen glanced at the Wizards' defense change, which was not timely.

After Lin Sen made a fake pass to Milicic on the left, he threw the ball directly, and Eddie Griffin was hanging on the basket in the next second.

"We gave Wood Lin too many chances to pass the ball alley-oop. There was always a bombardment of air defense above our airspace. The defense inside was too bad. If we want to go further, we must defend the inside." Wizards commentary Said the member very depressed.

In his impression of this game, Lin Sen's pass directly turned into four or five alley-oops, and he remembered it well.

Lin Sen has only scored 10 points so far in this game, but sent out 11 assists, 5 of which directly turned into alley-oops.

With this alley-oop cooperation, the Magic narrowed the point difference to 5 points.

Caron Butler chose to attack again, but this time he failed. Under Artest's defense, he finally chose to pass the ball. Although Jamison's inside offense was not blocked, he finally shot and hit the basket And out, Milicic grabbed the defensive rebound.

Milicic handed the ball to Lin Sen, who received the ball steadily without rushing forward.

After coming to the frontcourt, he took a look at the positions of his teammates. In this game, Lin Sen gave people the feeling that the desire to attack independently on the offensive end was not strong.

Made a gesture again, and Milicic saw Lin Sen's gesture.Immediately pull outward.

Lin Sen waited until Milicic was about to stand still, and Lin Sen moved.

The speed increased to the highest in an instant, and after a collision with Stevenson on the side, it slightly knocked Stevenson away.

Lin Sen used Milicic's cover to rush directly to the inside line. Stevenson bypassed Milicic and chose to chase Lin Sen again.

Heywood, who came out to defend Milicic, also defended Lin Sen. However, Lin Sen jumped up when he took a step outside the reasonable collision zone. He didn't look behind and threw the ball behind his head with his right hand.

"Damn it, pass back! Defense!" Eddie Jordan yelled.

Lin Sen seemed to have eyes in the back of his head and passed the ball back to Milicic.

This is one of the Magic's offensive tactics this season.Milicic screens and returns for the shot.

Stevenson hastily turned back to defend Milicic before it was too late.I can only watch Milicic throw the basketball in his hand calmly.

Swish!

The basketball finally got into the basket cleanly.The Magic chased the trailing point difference to only 3 points.

The game continued, and the Wizards' defense was even more stretched after Howard came on the court. With 2 minutes left in the game, Lin Sen made a throw to help the Magic overtake the score.

Billups has the ball in his hands.Now he doesn't have much time to control the ball, mainly for Lin Sen to control the ball.

Billups gestured, and the Magic's players quickly started running, and the back and forth screens and pick-and-roll runs disrupted the Wizards' front at once.

Eddie Jordan was very worried. After all, the Wizards were behind. If the ball couldn't be defended, the game might end here.

Butler was not disturbed by the Magic's offensive tactics, because his eyes stayed on Lin Sen, and Butler moved when Lin Sen was about to run out of space.

"Be careful!" When Billups passed the ball to Linsen, he saw Butler rushing up quickly and immediately reminded him.

Lin Sen didn't pay attention at first, but heard what Billups said.Immediately accelerated towards the ball, Lin Sen seemed to be in a hurry to attack after taking the ball.

Immediately raised the ball, Butler, who followed closely behind, jumped up directly, waving his big hand and went straight to the ball in Lin Sen's hand.

Dwight Howard runs inside to midrange and takes Jamison out.Milicic showed a gap at this time.

Lin Sen threw the ball directly to the basket, and Butler's hand slapped it in the air.

"Inside!"

Butler's reminder was still a beat late.

Milicic, who was outside the three-second zone, jumped up facing the basketball, pushed the ball into the basket with one hand, and yanked the basket hard, dropping it by an obvious height.

Offensive and defensive transition, Daniels had just dribbled the ball to the frontcourt, Butler yelled at Daniels to signal a pass.

Daniels dared not disagree with Butler's request, and immediately passed the ball.

Artest's attention was immediately raised. Who dares to underestimate Butler's lethality in the entire league. His height advantage and flexibility are Artest's greatest reliance.

At this moment, Artest can't wait to cover Butler directly in his own defense. He has seen all kinds of defenses for Butler.

Butler calmly leaned against Artest to protect the ball, and suddenly used his own speed to pull the ball after a hit and turned around to leave Artest behind.

Just after Artest was passed, Lin Sen pushed forward, and Howard, who was on the inside line, also pulled out eyeingly. Artest, who was thrown off by him, also turned around and chased after him.

Butler leaned directly against Lin Sen and cut to the inside, but Butler squeezed through with strength.

Lin Sen didn't give up his defense, but retreated and immediately slid to the inside.

After passing Linsen Butler, he directly faced Howard who came out to defend from the inside. He staggered and jumped up to face Howard before he was fully adjusted. He dodged in the air and threw the ball to the basket.

Lin Sen, who was following Butler, saw Butler's movement and immediately jumped up, his right hand was like a waving fly swatter, and the ball in Butler's hand was that damned fly.

Seeing Butler pick out the ball in his hand, Lin Sen, who had been waiting for a long time, slapped it hard with his right hand.

Seeing the big hand emerging from behind, Butler's face changed suddenly.

Snapped!

Lin Sen's hand quickly slapped the basketball, and the basketball that was still rising immediately changed direction and flew towards the backboard at high speed.

Bang!

The basketball slammed heavily on the backboard, and the sound of the smashing board was spread throughout the huge Staples Arena through the loudspeakers on the backboard.

The basketball rebounded directly, and Billups quickly grabbed the ball before Daniels and firmly controlled the ball in his hands.

Because there is no good fast break opportunity, Billups is not eager to fast break but slowly advances forward.

Lin Sen's block made Wizards fans sigh, while Eddie Jordan on the sidelines was expressionless.

Billups dribbled the ball through the half court and landed at the top of the arc, waiting for the Magic players to settle down one by one. Billups, who was about to hand the ball to Lin Sen, nodded when he saw Lin Sen's signal .

Immediately raised his left index finger to indicate the tactics his teammates would play next.

Billups made a tactical gesture, and Artest and Howard on the inside moved immediately, while Milicic stood still outside the three-second zone like a huge stake.

Helping Artest block the follow-up Caron Butler, Milicic pulled to the other side to make a screen for Artest, and Artest who came out received Billups the pass.

Milicic, who was covering for Artest, did not stop, but quickly pulled to the middle distance.

At the same time, Lin Sen accelerated directly, and Butler could only use his body to rely on Lin Sen's defense as much as possible.

In the end, he was still blocked by Milicic's huge body, and he could only watch Lin Sen cut into the inside line. At this moment, Artest, who had just received the ball, immediately sent the ball.

Lin Sen caught the ball steadily and was already facing the Wizards' inside defense.

Antawn Jamison and Heywood saw Lin Sen coming in, and Antawn Jamison moved his body to face Lin Sen.

There is only one Antawn Jamison between Linsen and the basket.

So what if Antawn Jamison was in front of him.

Although Antawn. Jamison can play center and power forward and even small forward, but inside defense is not his strong point.

The edges and corners of the calf muscles became extremely sharp at the moment of take-off.

Deng!

Stepping heavily on the floor, Lin Sen raised the ball high with his right hand and flew towards the basket with a sharp momentum.

Antawn Jamison?

At this moment, Lin Sen has ignored him.

Seeing Lin Sen's actions, Antoine Jamieson couldn't help feeling angry.

"F...uck, stop looking down on people!"

With a low growl, he jumped up, his arms raised high, trying to stop Lin Sen's arrogance.

Looking at Antawn Jamison who was rushing towards him, Lin Sen's eyes were full of determination.

"boom!"

A loud noise emanated from the chests of the two people, and the purest forces confronted each other.

The sound of the collision spread throughout the audience, and the live director's camera captured the pain on Antawn Jamison's face at the moment of the impact.

The huge force produced a rebound, and Lin Sen's body dropped slightly in the air. As soon as he gritted his teeth and exerted force on his waist, his whole body abruptly rose a few centimeters.

After Antawn Jamison was hit, he flew out like a kite off the string, and Lin Sen continued to slide towards the basket, completely reflected in his eyes.

"Go in!"

With a roar, Lin Sen slammed the ball hard towards the basket with his right hand.

The basket seems to be afraid of Lin Sen's arrival, but how can Lin Sen show mercy.

Bang!

The entire basket shook violently.

Lin Sen was hanging on the basket with one hand, and looked directly at Antawn Jamison, who was barely standing.

Antawn Jamieson dodged Lin Sen's eyes, as if Lin Sen's eyes were going to swallow him up.

He let go and landed, grabbed the ball bouncing on the floor, walked to the bottom line and let it go.