But Li Kaiming still underestimated the determination of the Magic and Van Gundy to kill him, because even after the rest of the Wizards pulled away, there were still two people in front of him, and these two people directly attacked him. come over.
Li Kaiming shook his hand and gave the ball to El Thornton, who was left open again on the outside. The latter took a decisive shot this time and hit a three-pointer!
Thornton has already hit two three-pointers tonight, giving the Magic two hard blows.
56 to 50!
Van Gundy hesitated a little. The rest of the Wizards felt unusually good tonight, which made him pay a huge price for double-teaming Li Kaiming.
The Magic attacked and this time passed the ball to Howard inside, but this time the pass was too big. Howard couldn't make a layup immediately, but he occupied a favorable offensive position under the basket, and McGee was stuck by him. Behind him.
Howard stuck his butt out, pushed McGee away, and was about to do a two-handed dunk!
But suddenly a yellow-skinned hand came out halfway and slapped his dunk on the neck of the basket. As a result, Howard lost his balance and sat down on Lin.
After Li Kaiming gave Howard his second big block, he immediately took off twice to get the rebound, and then quickly advanced himself.
The Magic were frightened by his fast break. Except for Howard, who was left behind, the remaining four players were all on the same side of Li Kaiming.
But Li Kaiming didn't plan to attack inside this time. He crossed the frontcourt in a row, and then under the frightened eyes of the Magic players, he directly pulled up at 45 degrees and made a three-pointer!
The basketball fell into the basket with a swoosh!
59 to 50!
Li Kaiming used a fast break play that no one expected, chasing a three-pointer!
Most of the fast breaks in this era are aimed at hitting the basket. The last option is to attack the basket and then pass the ball to the open off-ball shooter on the outside. However, the premise of the latter also requires attacking the basket.
But Li Kaiming's bold and advanced fast break choice directly caused most basketball experts to freeze on the court!
Fast break, can you still play like this?
And he is still a striker and inside player who holds the ball in the frontcourt and throws a chasing three-pointer!
A monster with a height of two meters and a wingspan of two meters and two meters, coupled with a bounce of 80 centimeters, coupled with lightning speed, he can chase and shoot jumpers from outside the three-point line!
Such a terrifying scene has become a lingering nightmare for the Magic's outside players!
How the hell am I supposed to defend myself? Put up a ladder for defense?
Perhaps in this situation, the only thing that can subdue Li Kaiming is a wrench. When you don't like him, you can use the wrench to knock him down...
Fortunately, the Magic regained some momentum on the offensive end. Carter personally stepped up and hit a three-pointer to help the Magic stop the bleeding and stabilize the situation.
After making the chasing three-pointer just now, Li Kaiming suddenly felt the fiery touch that he had not seen for a long time, and he couldn't wait to continue trying.
Before Hinrich's back foot crossed the center line, Li Kaiming had already started to ask for the ball. The Magic's outside players stepped on the three-point line and looked at Li Kaiming nervously.
But who would have thought that Li Kaiming didn't reach the three-point line at all, and even Hinrich didn't reach the three-point line. Li Kaiming just picked it up a big step past the center line and threw it away!
Lewis, who was guarding Li Kaiming, suddenly remembered Li Kaiming's long three-pointer in the first half. As soon as his expression changed, he immediately pounced on it, but the distance was too far. His attempt to defend looked like he was overestimating his ability as a Jingwei reclamation. .
Lewis' defense did not put any pressure on Li Kaiming, and Li Kaiming once again hit a long three-pointer!
Van Gundy's expression changed!
The tactic of catching the ball and double-teaming can be used in positional battles. Even if Li Kaiming's passing technique is good, the negative impact is acceptable compared with the benefits.
But it's different when Li Kaiming can stably hit shots in two steps from the three-point line.
It is also impossible to double-team at the midline when catching the ball. Otherwise, there will be no difference between leaving open opportunities for others and training.
The space stretched by this kind of ultra-long-distance shooting is a devastating blow to the defensive strategies of this era.
If a person can consistently hit three-pointers from the backcourt, then the sport of basketball may have lost its meaning.
Although Van Gundy has not yet thought of going so deep, he at least knows that it is probably a foolish dream to guard Li Kaiming in this game...
Li Kaiming's sudden burst of three-pointers in a row turned the Amway Center into an Orlando library. The entire arena was eerily quiet. Everyone's eyes were widened, looking towards the court with eyes filled with disbelief.
As for the Chinese fans who fully support Li Kaiming, they can't wait to celebrate with fireworks!
"Wow wow wow, it's so fierce, brothers! I'm convinced!"
"This is the first time in my life that I saw someone shoot three-pointers as well as mid-range shots, and they shot them in rapid succession..."
"Isn't the best thing about his shooting range? It covers the entire half. If Yao Ming had Li Kaiming as his teammate, would players from other countries dare to double-team Yao Ming so boldly?"
"Brother upstairs, are you putting the cart before the horse? Regarding Li Kaiming's long-range three-pointer, what do you think of letting him create space for Yao Ming? Not using him as the core of the team is simply the biggest waste!"
"The guy upstairs is pretty good. With his level and age, it's not certain who will succeed between him and Yao Ming..."
"Yao Ming: Just call me Yao..."
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Amway Center, the game continues.
The Magic team wanted to respond to Li Kaiming's three-pointer so much. After all, this is their home court. If the game continues like this, the home audience will switch sides!
But the more anxious you are, the easier it is to make mistakes. This time the opportunity was given to Lewis, but Lewis was too anxious to move. Before Carter, who was covering him, could completely block Li Kaiming, Lewis had already ran over.
Nelson's pass was seen through by Li Kaiming, and his long-arm jurisdiction directly poked it away. This was his first steal of the game!
El Thornton ran at the front of the fast break. Li Kaiming saw the opportunity and made a long pass from the quarterback. The position was not far or close. Thornton received the ball near the free throw line and then took three steps to do a one-arm split. !
64 to 53!
The Wizards widened the point difference to double digits, and Van Gundy directly called a timeout. The Magic's momentum had been completely suppressed by the Wizards. Without the timeout, the point difference would have reached 20 points!
When Li Kaiming came off the court, his Wizards teammates all had excited looks on their faces, and then they came over to give him high-fives one by one.
They all thought that what Li Kaiming said at the pre-game press conference was just for show, but they didn't expect that the latter actually meant it and led the Wizards to an 11-point lead in less than three quarters!
The timeout passed quickly, and it was time to test Van Gundy's resilience.
Carter attacked Nick Young and hit a two-pointer, continuing to maintain the point difference within double digits.
In fact, the Magic didn't have much of a problem on the offensive end. The main reason was that Li Kaiming's continuous scoring mentality changed. The players were anxious to respond to Li Kaiming, but they were self-defeating.
In this situation, stars need to step up and stabilize the team's mentality, and Carter is undoubtedly the best candidate.
This time Li Kaiming still started holding the ball from the midline. Lewis came to defend alone. Li Kaiming changed direction and passed by, and then he threw a ball near the penalty area and succeeded!
Two more points!
Li Kaiming couldn't hold it anymore. He returned in the third quarter without missing a beat. Some fans in the Amway Center had already started shouting MVP!
