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Chapter 190 Can't Support the Defense System!
"Give it back to the paint and hit Duncan.

Turn your back, confront, turn around and hit the board...

So steady.

Brad Miller, the defense can't handle it at all.

If the Magic play like this, the Rockets will be very painful.

Miller is too soft and Olajuwon is too old, so he is very passive. ’ Kenny Smith shook his head.

11 to 9! !
The Rockets attack.

Francis broke through, and after being flanked, he stepped down and dribbled continuously and retreated.

Outside the three-point line, a dry three-point jumper shot...

Bang-dang-!
Basketball, strike hard.

O'Neal blocked Olajuwon, Jackson grabbed the rebound and dribbled the ball.

Snapped--!
Pass the ball to Hill and continue to advance forward.

"Counterattack, the Rockets' quick return to defense, the three outsiders, and their speed are not weak, which did not allow the Magic to complete the counterattack.

what.

it's not finished yet.

Miller and Olajuwon are not coming back.

Duncan and O'Neal rushed to the frontcourt, McGrady passed the ball.

The frontcourt was 5 vs 3..."

O'Neal rushed from the backcourt to the frontcourt, received a pass from McGrady, and rushed to the penalty area.

With a bang, the other dunked and scored two points.

13 to 9! !
"In terms of physical talent, the insiders of the Rockets are far behind the Magic."

Li Mu nodded.

As long as you rush up and use your physical talent, such magic can't be stopped at all.

On the field.

Francis began to speed up, trying to pull the game into chaos.

If you don't set up a good formation for the Magic's defense, it's a sudden rush.

Break through the basket and score the basketball.

13 to 11! !
In the chaotic battle, Jackson was like a fish in water, and directly made a three-pointer in the frontcourt.

Swish-!
Mobley, not to mention Jackson's sudden shooting, even if he defends normally, with a height of 1 meters, he is powerless in defense.

Fortunately, he has good speed and is very agile.

During the offense, he broke through, lowered his center of gravity, passed Jackson, made an emergency stop and hit a two-point jumper, and returned the favor.

McGrady also responded with a three-pointer.

It rained three points with Jackson.

After the first quarter, the score was 35 to 26. In the match, the Magic took a 9-point lead.

Francis and Mobley scored 18 points together, and the two guns performed well.

却挡不住邓肯6投5，罚球2中2，单节轰下的12分4篮板3助攻。

In the second quarter, Li Mu let Duncan and McGrady continue to play.

Bring on Armstrong, Mike Miller and Magloire.

Rockets over there.Replaced by Maurice Taylor, Kenny Thomas, Kevin Cato.

The two guns in the backcourt, Francis and Mobley, continued to play.

Just looking at the lineup, the Rockets have a good bench.

The game is on.

Francis continued to push forward, but Armstrong couldn't stop him.

Before being assisted, he made a two-point jump shot...

Swish-!
The gap between the two sides has become 7 points.

When 183 played, Li Mu knew that the defense was unreliable, and the next step was to fight for offensive firepower.

Armstrong played a pick-and-roll tactic with Duncan in the frontcourt.

Breaking into the inside, playing big with small, and scored two points for a layup.

The point difference returned to 9 points.

After Francis broke through and attracted the defense, he snapped and passed the basketball behind him.

Mobley made a three-pointer.

Swish-!
The point difference became 6 points.

"The Rockets' two guns connected in the backcourt. This offensive firepower is also unstoppable."

The Magic's offense is still playing against Duncan.

McGrady suddenly made an empty cut, received a pass from Duncan, slammed, dunked with one hand, and scored two points.

Barkley shook his head, "The cooperation of the top ten scorers in the league.

Also indestructible.

Duncan and McGrady are on the court together, this is cheating! "

On the court, the Rockets focused on the outside, and the Magic combined inside.

The situation of the game is back and forth.

Rotating the lineup, the Rockets did not lose much in strength, and even narrowed the point difference to 3 points by virtue of their home court advantage.

However, the Magic's inside advantage was too obvious, and soon, the score difference was widened again.

At the end of the second quarter, the score was 64 to 57. With a 7-point advantage, the Magic entered the locker room to rest.

"In the second quarter, the Rockets recovered 2 points.

For Francis and Mobley, though, there was little rest.

In the second half, it depends on their offensive efficiency and whether they can continue. "Kenny Smith sees through the loss, knows the advantage, or the Magic.

Came back in the second half of the game.

Li Mu continued to start with 5 players.

On the Rockets side, Olajuwon rested and was replaced by Kevin Cato.

The other four all started first.

The third quarter started.

McGrady continued to try three-pointers, trying to make the game easier.

Bang-dang-!
Missed.

Fortunately, Jermaine O'Neal was strong and got a rebound on Cato's head.

Landed, turned around and dunked, and was grabbed by Cato.

beep~
The referee's whistle sounded.

At the free throw line, Jermaine O'Neal made two swishes and made two free throws.

66 to 57! !
Looking back, Francis still chose to break through.

His style of play is to drive his teammates by scoring offensively.

However, facing the shrinking defensive Magic, Francis' offense was blocked.

The ball went out, and Brad Miller, under the interference of Duncan, made a two-point jumper...

Bang-dang-!
Not in.

Brad Miller is no match for Duncan.

Can't defend, can't attack.

"Magic's counterattack.

McGrady, Jackson, Hill, rushed to the frontcourt.

Three-on-three situation.

Jackson dribbled the ball by himself, broke through Mobley's defense head-on, layup, attracted the supplementary defense, and sent the ball out. "

Bang-dang-!
Hill received the ball, dunked with one hand, and scored with a two-point counterattack.

68 to 57! !
The Magic's defensive counterattack began to make contributions.

"The wind direction of the game, the key is defense.

The Rockets are now attacking, mostly shooting from the outside.

It's dangerous. "Barkley pointed out the shortcomings of the Rockets.

Rockets coach Tomjanovich also sees the problem.

The third quarter lasted more than 3 minutes, and seeing that the point difference was 15 points behind, he replaced Olajuwon again.

However, Olajuwon's playing did not support the Rockets' defense system as before.

As Olajuwon's ability declined, Brad Miller couldn't support the Rockets' defensive system.

The Rockets' defense is like paper.

Mobley and Francis are both good players with 20+ offensively, but defensively, they have double leaks.

Olajuwon failed to get the bottom line, and the wind direction of the game quickly fell to the Magic.

After the third quarter, the Magic have expanded the point difference to 21 points.

After clocking out of get off work, Li Mu only kept McGrady as the main player to score points.

Put on Mark Jackson, Mike Miller, Maggette and Magloire.

Mobley and Francis are out.

The Rockets began to counterattack frantically.

It's just a pity that the hole dug in the frontcourt was too deep, and there wasn't enough time for them to bury it in the last quarter.

hum~
With the sound of the buzzer, the game time is over.

With a score of 118 to 111, the Magic had a 7-point advantage and defeated the Rockets.

McGrady scored 40 points, 4 assists and 4 rebounds, continuing to show his competitive state of scoring champion.

Duncan scored 29 points, 12 rebounds and 4 assists, dominating both offense and defense.

Hill scored 14 points and O'Neal Jr. scored 15 points. The core performance is still outstanding.

Mobley and Francis jointly scored 58 points, but the others did not perform well.

Brad Miller was at a disadvantage in the matchup with Duncan, his defense was overwhelmed, and his offense was invisible throughout.

With 8 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists, Duncan lost too much.

Olajuwon had 11 points and 7 rebounds. He also became mediocre and couldn't change the situation on the court.

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(End of this chapter)