The convulsion superstar of basketball

Chapter 343 342. Su Jiu may not be a human, but Iverson is a real dog! !

As the referee blew the whistle to start the game, Warcraft Howard was standing in the middle circle at this moment, planning to make a jump ball with Shaquille O'Neal.

And this scene fell into the eyes of the commentator at the scene, which made Mark Woodson feel that something was wrong.

"Before the game started, many fans made a special trip to watch the matchup between Howard and O'Neal."

"But when these two people are standing in the middle circle and preparing to jump the ball, this scene is really embarrassing."

"Even in terms of personal fame, the Shark O'Neal is much higher than Howard so far, but when these two people stand together at this moment, it really makes people have to sigh that the era of O'Neal has passed."

At this moment, when Howard and O'Neal are standing in the middle circle and preparing to jump the ball, one of these two is at the peak of his career, and the other is a powerful center who has entered the twilight of his career, forming a very sharp contrast.

Compared to Howard's seemingly muscular body, Shaquille O'Neill is fat at the moment, looking more like a greasy man who has gained weight.

It can be said that when two people stand together, the fans will not doubt who can win the ball this time.

As the referee threw the ball high into the sky, Howard jumped up in an instant, and directly pushed the basketball to the back of the court.

And when Howard landed, he discovered that O'Neal hadn't jumped at all during the midcourt scrimmage.

Because O'Neal, who is 37 years old this year, knows very well that even if he suffocates a pile of shit, he can't beat Howard.

So when he already knew the result, O'Neill didn't bother to go to that old effort, saving the final ball from not being won, and even played a disgraceful game.

Facing this scene, as Howard took the lead to get the ball after the opening, the entire Orlando fans fell into a carnival in an instant.

Even though the peak Howard jumped to win an old shark that couldn't bite its prey, but when Howard was able to dominate O'Neal's head, it still made the fans feel comfortable.

Although in a sense, this can be regarded as a kind of morbid psychology, but for these fans, what they want to see is that their team can do everything.

Some people might even fantasize that if Michael Jordan came back now, then Su Jiu would definitely be able to beat Jordan to the ground in one-on-one.

As Howard took the lead to get the ball for the team, after receiving the basketball, Su Jiu slowly advanced across the half court with the ball.

And at the same time, O'Neal and Howard, who were moving to the audience together, were chatting and laughing, as if they were joking about the jump ball just now.

After all, both Howard and O'Neill can be called living treasures, so when these two people are together, they really have too many common topics.

The most important thing is that this is just a preseason game after all, so for the two of them, it's basically just a formality.

By the way, adjust the tactics with the team. As for the court, there is no need to go all out.

Holding the ball through the half court, and standing on the court again after several months, and the opponent is the same familiar Cavaliers, this scene made Su Jiu feel a little dazed.

Among them, Turkoglu was poached by the Raptors during this offseason, so this also means that in the new season, Sujiu may play a large number of offensive roles with the ball.

Even in this offseason, Stan Van Gundy has been wanting Vince Carter to play the role of Turkoglu, so that Su Jiu can still make a difference off the ball.

After all, Carter, as an experienced court veteran, although he is not a pure passer on the court, but with his selfless spirit on the court, he can also play the role of the player.

But after nearly a month of running-in during the offseason, although Carter is already capable of this role.

However, if compared with the combination of Turkoglu and Su Jiu, Carter's ball speed is indeed a little slower.

You know, if you only talk about passing ability, then Turkoglu is definitely above Vince Carter.

In addition, Carter and Su Jiu have never cooperated in a real game before, so for this point, the two must have a long-term running-in in a real game.

It's not that the seamless state can be achieved through the team's training.

After all, even for Turkoglu and Su Jiu, it took a whole season of running-in before they were able to present a wonderful two-person cooperation for everyone on the stage of the finals.

Standing in a high position with the ball, Su Jiu looked around and found that the Cavaliers were defending a two-three defense, and O'Neal was completely in the low position, with no intention of coming out.

Seeing the defensive formation of the Cavaliers, Su Jiu immediately understood Mike Brown's intentions.

That is to use the zone defense to put O'Neal in the penalty area as much as possible, so as to avoid being transferred out of the penalty area by Su Jiu and Howard's pick-and-roll.

After all, the pick-and-roll connection between Su Jiu and Howard was a major offensive tool for the Magic last season.

So at this point, Mike Brown, who has already suffered a loss, defended the second and third defenses at the beginning of the game.

Presumably in this game, Mike Brown will put on a two-tower lineup, just to maximize the ability of the second and third defenses to guard the penalty area.

In order to avoid the Magic having more opportunities to attack the basket, and Howard's great power at the basket.

But after experiencing the baptism of the whole season, and Su Jiu already has an excellent basketball concept, so when he saw that the Cavaliers were defending a two-three defense, Su Jiu subconsciously focused on the outside.

In the NBA, zone defense can be described as a very popular set of tactics, because zone defense can often make up for the lack of personal defensive ability of some players and the flaws that are easy to be targeted on the defensive end.

However, zone defense is a test of players' positions, that is, it will test the cooperation of defensive players when moving back and forth.

And the biggest flaw of the second and third joint defense is the weak defensive ability for the outside line.

It can be said that when Su Jiu is standing in the middle of the high position with the ball at this moment, then the Magic only need to go through a small pick-and-roll and delay, and they can shoot a three-pointer at a 45-degree angle on both sides.

He made a gesture with the ball, and for Iverson and Carter, who had been in the league for many years, Su Jiu's gesture understood Su Jiu's intention in an instant.

Following Su Jiu's signal, Iverson came out on the right side to catch Su Jiu's pass, and then changed from a mover without the ball to a starting point with the ball, and made an exchange with Su Jiu.

After all, compared to Su Jiu, Iverson's shooting ability off the ball is not a little bit worse.

So when the team wants to focus on the outside as much as possible, Su Jiu can be regarded as the core of the team.

After switching to playing without the ball, Su Jiu started to make an air cut downwards, but when he reached the three-second zone, he suddenly completed a back and forth running upwards.

And at the same time, Vince Carter immediately made an off-ball pick-and-roll for Su Jiu. After the whole process, it can be called smooth and smooth.

Taking advantage of Carter's pick-and-roll and position adjustments in the zone defense, Su Jiu scrambled directly to a 45-degree position outside the three-point line on the right.

At the same time that Su Jiu successfully got out of the open space, Iverson also got the ball in the first time, and quickly transferred the ball to Su Jiu's hands.

Although Iverson is not an excellent passer, this kind of ball is nothing to Iverson, who has been in the league for more than ten years.

After receiving the pass from Iverson, the defensive player in front of Su Jiu has not yet returned to his position immediately.

So after a little adjustment from outside the three-point line, Su Jiu completed the shot from outside the three-point line! ! !

"Shu~"

3:0

With the sound of a basketball hitting the net, after a few months, Su Jiu finally hit an outside shot in an official basketball game.

And this ball is also the first shot of the game, and the first goal.

After Su Jiu's three-pointer, although it was just an unremarkable preseason game, the audience at the moment still felt a little excited.

Because from the current point of view, the overall chemistry of the Magic team seems to be very good, and Su Jiu's personal state in the new season is also perfect.

At least from the current point of view, the Magic seems to be on the right track and is fully capable of hitting consecutive championships in the new season.

The Cavaliers attack, compared to the Cavaliers, the Magic still defends a man-to-man defensive tactic.

After all, Howard's personal defensive ability is excellent, and the movement speed of his feet is also very fast, so under normal circumstances, Howard is not afraid of a high pick-and-roll to transfer him out of the three-second zone.

At the same time, Howard at his peak also possessed efficient big defense and small defense capabilities.

So under normal circumstances, as long as you don't encounter insiders like Okur and Murphy who can completely pull outside the three-point line to shoot, then Howard's point will definitely be a big nightmare for all teams that focus on breakthroughs.

Facing the Cavaliers' offense, the Magic is responsible for facing LeBron James on the defensive end with Marion.

Because among all the players in the entire Magic team, the only two players who can defend LeBron James from the front are Sean Marion and Xiao Lizi.

Among them, Xiao Lizi is too thin compared to James' personal impact, so if he really has the ability to limit James' performance, then Sean Marion is definitely the only one.

Although Su Jiu thinks he can match up with LeBron James after gaining weight this season, but if Van Gundy doesn't ask for this kind of thing, then Su Jiu will definitely not want to recommend himself.

After all, wouldn't it be nice to wander around on the field and be a salted fish?

He also wanted to take the initiative to match up with James on the defensive end. If he could say this, how many catties of fake wine would he have to drink? !

And when Marion is on the field to defend LeBron James, this means that Vince Carter is going to be responsible for defending JJ Hickson at the fourth position.

Although Carter's height is only 1.9 meters eight, but fortunately Carter has a weight of more than 100 kilograms, and he is not much lighter than Hixon in weight.

In addition, Hickson will definitely not become the main offensive point of the Cavaliers, so in this case, Carter and Hickson's personal dislocation can be said to not be at a great disadvantage.

As LeBron James held the ball and stood in a high position, when he saw that Marion was in charge of defending himself in front of him, James frowned slightly.

Then he asked JJ Hickson for a pick-and-roll on the offensive end. As for why O'Neal, who is not a center, came to the pick-and-roll.

Because if O'Neal comes to the pick-and-roll, then this also means that Howard, who is facing up with O'Neal, will also come out to delay.

So as long as James has no problem with his mind, then he definitely doesn't want to take the initiative to find trouble with Howard.

After all, this is so fucking scary...

Using the pick-and-roll, James has always wanted to use the pick-and-roll to replace the defender with Carter as much as possible, so as to facilitate some individual singles against Carter.

You know, Marion's defensive ability can be described as very versatile on the front line, even though Marion at this age is no longer able to completely lock James in one-on-one personal defense.

But playing Vince Carter on the offensive end will obviously have a much higher success rate than playing Marion.

So James has been thinking of a way on the offensive end to see if he can replace Vince Carter with his defender through the pick-and-roll.

But facing James' thoughts, Stan Van Gundy obviously had expected it before the game.

Since Hickson doesn't have the ability to shoot outside the three-point line at all, when Hickson comes up to pick and roll for James, Marion and Carter on the defensive end will retreat back at the same time.

In order to be able to keep up with James' breakthrough and switch defenses between these two people.

Because the entire league is basically aware of James' personal flaws during this period.

That is, James' outside shooting is not stable, at least it is far from reaching the point where just using outside shots can kill the game.

So in this case, Van Gundy would rather put James' outside shot after the pick-and-roll, and resolutely not give him the opportunity to switch defenses or break through to the inside.

Faced with this method, James is obviously a little uncomfortable personally, but when the opportunity came out, James still completed a shot from outside the three-point line directly after the pick-and-roll.

"boom!"

With the sound of iron striking, Howard under the basket overwhelmed O'Neal and successfully protected the backcourt rebound.

And when James threw the ball, James also frowned unconsciously, obviously not satisfied with his offense.

Because at this time James already understands what the Magic want to do, that is, to push himself out of the offensive comfort zone on the defensive end, and try to make himself complete more shots in areas he is not good at.

It has to be said that when Warcraft Howard sits under the basket, this Magic team can definitely be called the life of LeBron James.

Throughout the first quarter, both the Magic and the Cavaliers made tentative efforts. Neither team showed their full strength, and they were still testing each other's strength in the new season.

After all, no matter how you say it, this is just a preseason game, no matter how well you play, there is no real reward.

And if the team faces some player injuries in the preseason, it can be regarded as a real big loss.

Therefore, in the entire first quarter, the main players of both sides did not have a lot of playing time. Basically, after playing for six or seven minutes, they were replaced by the head coach one after another.

They have entered the training stage in a very tacit understanding with each other.

In the end, after the end of the first half, the Magic at home played in the first preseason game after the start of the new season with:

57:45

Leading the Cavaliers by 12 points, the contest between the two sides ended in the first half.

Throughout the first half, Warcraft Howard basically didn't exert much effort. In the case of only playing more than nine minutes, he made 4 of 2 shots, 2 of 1 free throws, scored 5 points, 5 rebounds and 1 block.

So just looking at this, it is impossible to judge whether O'Neal's arrival can really limit Howard's performance.

In addition, the magic team's best performance in the first half is probably the rookie Su Jiu.

Before the start of the new season, whether Su Jiu can continue the miraculous performance of his rookie season has always been a question that fans are eager to discuss.

In the first preseason game of the 09-10 season, Su Jiu only played 11 minutes in the entire first half.

但个人却是在进攻端8投6中，其中三分线外6中5，特别过分的就贡献出了17分2篮板以及2次助攻的数据。

It has to be said that Su Jiu may not be a human being, but Iverson is a real dog.

Because Iverson didn't work hard throughout the first half, and basically didn't take the preseason seriously.

Throughout the first half, Iverson didn't even take a shot, and he was more of a spectator on the court.

In the 8 minutes and 46 seconds of his personal debut, Iverson contributed 6 assists and 1 steal for the first time.

And there wasn't a single shot in the entire first half, not to mention the reckless killing of the inside like last year's playoffs, and even Iverson didn't bother to shoot from the outside.

I have to say that Su Jiu may not be human, but Iverson is a real dog! ! !

(End of this chapter)