against the front

Chapter 36 Victory and Spectators

"fvck, this kid is really tm tenacious!"

Dwight Howard, who is playing back with the ball, is feeling very uncomfortable now, feeling the huge power erupting from the not-so-strong body behind him. In the current NBA, Howard doesn’t have many opponents to fear. As for the center In terms of positions, there are only a handful of them, and only the old O'Neal and Yao Ming, whose style of play restrains Howard, can make Howard feel uncomfortable in the game.

Howard, who has a terrible mid-range shot, basically has only two ways to attack with the ball. Either use his footsteps to break through the opponent, and then rush to the basket for dunks, or play post-up singles, although Howard's post-up singles The technology is not very outstanding, but in this era of withering centers, Howard's half-bucket post-up technology is enough to beat most of the insiders in today's league. This is why Howard is keen on polishing his skills and developing new scoring The main reason is that the means are not very careful, but today, when Howard faced a rookie and couldn't stand up suddenly, and he couldn't stand up with his back, Howard really felt a sense of crisis in his heart.

Before this game, Howard believed that physical fitness can make up for all shortcomings. Taking Howard himself as an example, he has almost no offensive skills and not very outstanding defensive skills, but Howard's abnormal physical talent makes up for it. His various deficiencies, last season's averages of 20.7 points, 14.2 rebounds, and 2.1 blocks per game are enough to explain everything.

However, in today's game, when Howard encountered an insider whose physical fitness was only a little worse than his own, but his offensive skills and defensive skills were better than his own, Howard was completely dumbfounded. If it wasn't for Howard's superstar status, plus Today's game is the Magic's home game again, and Howard can take advantage of the whistle on both ends of the offense and defense, so Howard will definitely be even more miserable today.

Especially when the game entered the second half, Howard, whose physical strength began to decline, couldn't play with his back, couldn't play with the frame, and didn't have a mid-range shot. Howard was really depressed. After Howard was completely excluded from the Magic's offensive system in the next game, Howard was even more angry and wanted to hit someone.

Although due to the poor defense of the king's perimeter players, the scoring efficiency of the Magic's perimeter players is higher than that of Howard, but when Howard was excluded from their offensive system, without Howard's support, their offensive rotation also became difficult. Get up, but fortunately, after entering the second half, the Kings did not have the crazy momentum of the first half, so the Magic are now clinging to the score and gradually narrowing the point difference between the two sides.

"Magic is still short of breath!"

"The Kings played really tenaciously today. If they had been in the previous seasons, they would have surrendered long ago."

From the beginning of the second half of the game, the Magic launched a crazy counterattack. Although the point difference between the two sides has been getting closer, they still have no way to narrow the point difference to less than 5 points. After a wave of consecutive scoring, several of the Magic There will be a wave of continuous strikes from the outside line, scoring 16 points in one breath in the second half of the third quarter, narrowing the difference between the two sides to only 3 points, and continuing to deploy all the main magic in the fourth quarter, but in the fourth quarter In the nearly 6 minutes of the first half of the fourth quarter, he made 10 of 3 shots and only scored 9 points. This also made the score that was finally narrowed be opened again. Time is running out, and the hope of the Magic overtaking is getting slimmer.

"Defense, defense, defense..." After the official timeout of the fourth quarter, the Amway Arena roared in unison, with a gap of 7 points and a game time of 6 minutes and 11 seconds Obviously, these Magic fans at home have not given up hope of winning, and they are still using their own methods to cheer for their team.

After the psychological adjustment during the timeout, listening to the loud shouts of the home fans, the enthusiasm of the Magic has also been mobilized at this time, but as the boss and core of the Magic in name, Dwight Howard’s face is not very good now. , because the head coach did not arrange any offensive tactics for Howard when he arranged the tactics just now, but repeatedly emphasized that he should protect the backcourt rebounds and try to grab every frontcourt rebound. A blue-collar worker is in use. Under such circumstances, it is strange that Howard's complexion is good.

And Yan Hua's current experience is actually similar. Because Yan Hua consumed a lot of energy in the previous game, and the head coach Reggie Troyes did not formulate offensive tactics for Yan Hua, so at the end of the game After a while, Reggie Toyes asked Yan Hua to protect every backcourt rebound. As for scoring, it has nothing to do with Yan Hua.

Howard and Yan Hua looked at each other unhappily after their reappearance. Originally, Yan Hua hoped to make persistent efforts, and when the overall situation was basically settled, it was better to increase his stats to 30+15. More data means more points and rewards, and what Howard thought was to take advantage of the last few minutes to "show off his might" and teach Yan Hua a lesson so that he would not become a laughing stock after the game. Everyone has become a spectator now. Neither Howard nor Yan Hua seems to be trusted by the head coach, and they are unwilling to entrust them with important tasks at critical moments.

After the game restarted, Yan Hua and Howard became completely spectators. Not only did they have no chance to score, they even had no chance to grab rebounds, because in the last minute, the Kings and Magic's outsiders Players, everyone is like a god, Rashard Lewis made 4 of 4 shots, Jameer Nelson made 2 of 2 shots, Hedo Turkoglu made 3 of 2 shots, Kevin Martin made 3 of 3 shots, John - Salmons made 3 of 3 shots, and Yan Hua and Howard were left with endless running back and forth.

"fvck! fvck!" When the whistle sounded at the end of the game, the Magic at home lost to the Kings 106 to 112. Although they scored 22 points and 12 rebounds in this game, the loss After hitting the ball and playing very aggrieved Howard, he walked into the player tunnel without looking back while cursing after the game.

"Yan, you did a great job." Yan Hua, who was replaced before the end of the game, was standing on the sidelines feeling the joy of victory, when he was hugged by Kevin Martin who came down from the field. Undoubtedly, the King's victory today is due to Yan Hua's contribution, and through today's outstanding performance in this game, Yan Hua's position in Kevin Martin's heart has undoubtedly risen to a new level.

"Thank you." After smiling at Kevin Martin, Yan Hua was dragged by Kevin Martin to join the team celebrating the victory. Although his face was full of excitement, in Yan Hua's heart, It's somewhat regrettable, just like no one wants to stand on the sidelines and watch teammates play, and no player wants to be a spectator on the court.

(End of this chapter)