The Wizards also took advantage of this timeout and directly replaced the big center, replacing Yi Jianlian at the 4th position, and Li Kaiming swung to the 5th position.
It is difficult for the Wizards' lineup to defend against the opponent, so they brought Yi Jianlian and used a pure offensive lineup to face the opponent.
76 Skirts did not make any personnel adjustments. After the timeout, the ball was served from the backcourt. John Wall received the ball and crossed the frontcourt. He still used ball-free screens and empty passes.
After replacing Yi Jianlian, the Wizards' interior defense has taken a level down. Li Kaiming is quick to cover up defense, but after all, the attributes of interior defense have not been improved, and the defensive position selection awareness is not top-notch. Iguodala was stolen. Got a basket.
12 to 8!
Wall scored another assist.
The 76ers have been preventing Li Kaiming from catching the ball since the last round, but Li Kaiming also has a plan to deal with it, which is to run without the ball.
With his big body and long legs, he also had enough physical strength. The young man took the elderly Brand for a walk, and the latter soon became a little overwhelmed.
With the cooperation of other Wizards, Li Kaiming got an open opportunity in the bottom corner of the right three-point line. Hinrich passed the ball, and Li Kaiming caught the ball and shot, making a solid three-pointer!
15 to 8!
The 76ers were unmoved and continued to run according to their tactics. This time, other players failed to find a chance to cut inside. Wall broke through the inside and successfully scored, 15-10.
Li Kaiming was only halfway through the single quarter, and he had already hit three three-pointers with a 100% shooting rate. Now the 76ers couldn't help but notice.
Their outside line immediately began to chase and intercept Li Kaiming. As long as they saw Li Kaiming on the outside line, there must be two people around him who were ready.
However, Sanders had already anticipated this situation, so he took Yi Jianlian in advance, so that the court space was wide enough and he was not afraid of the opponent's marks.
The two people's strict defense against Li Kaiming gave Thornton a chance. The moment Li Kaiming received the ball, he didn't even grasp the ball. Just like playing volleyball, he slapped the ball and made it change direction and fly to El Thornton. in hand.
Thornton got an open opportunity in the mid-range near 45 degrees. He caught the ball and shot, but missed. However, Sanders' tactics successfully ran out, and it was only a matter of time before he scored.
When Brand faced Yi Jianlian, a big Chinese man, his mind started to work again. It was difficult to beat another guy with yellow skin, but it would be easy for me to beat you!
He is also relatively familiar with Yi Jianlian. After all, the latter has been in the NBA for almost three years and has faced off many times.
Brand played Yi Jianlian in singles, but the latter failed to withstand a few blows, and Brand scored two points.
After scoring the goal, Brand showed his biceps to Yi Jianlian, and then patted him with his other hand!
The audience immediately booed loudly!
This humiliating action made Yi Jianlian blush!
Although he is relatively reserved and reserved, he is not someone to be bullied!
Li Kaiming naturally saw this scene, and he decided to help Yi Jianlian complete his revenge.
In the offensive session, Li Kaiming still mainly played without the ball. Brand followed for a few times and found that his physical strength could not keep up, so he simply called Iguodala to come over to assist.
As for center Hawes, he stayed at the edge of the penalty area, close to Yi Jianlian. While protecting the basket, he could also take care of Yi Jianlian in the bottom corner.
It makes sense for the 76ers not to let Hawes go against Li Kaiming. After all, the latter is so fast that even Brand can barely defend. Hawes, a two-meter-one-six-meter giant, went to defend from the outside. The final result It must have been shot through by Li Kaiming from the outside, and then he lost the basket!
Therefore, when defending, Collins still has Brand face Li Kaiming, and Hawes will be much easier to defend Yi Jianlian who does not have the ball.
After Brand called Iguodala, Thornton immediately started running. The 76ers took defensive rotations. Several other players from the Wizards cut inside, causing center Hawes to involuntarily take two steps in. Seeing this, Li Kaiming immediately Move the ball in a wide range and send it to Yi Jianlian who is in the open position!
It has been nearly a month since Yi Jianlian changed his shooting posture. Over the past month, his shooting has become more unstable than before. The muscle memory of the previous ten years has become an obstacle to him.
This is a good chance, but there is no chance.
Brand, who was on the court, sneered in his heart, becoming more and more certain that Yi Jianlian was a softie, and that he might have had a chance to play because of Li Kaiming's influence.
Iguodala also has an advantage against Elthorne. The former averaged 17 points, 6.5 rebounds, 5.8 assists and 1.7 steals per game last season. He is the 76ers' number one star with both offense and defense.
Although Thornton relies on defense, his defense is not enough when facing Iguodala, who is more powerful than him. The latter's offense directly runs over Thornton and breaks into the penalty area.
Li Kaiming helped Thornton defend, but Iguodala's pass was considered very good among forwards. He hit the ground to center Hawes under the basket. The latter jumped lightly and dunked with both hands!
15 to 12, the 76ers pulled the point difference back.
This makes 76 Rao head coach Doug Collins extremely proud of his decision. If Li Kaiming is not given a chance, the rest of the Wizards will be useless!
Next to the Wizards bench, Sanders is still sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai. The Wizards and Li Kaiming are not at the end of their rope yet.
With 4 minutes left in the first quarter, Li Kaiming glanced at the timer and then passed the ball from Hinrich's hand just after halftime.
Brand was a little confused. He was still far away from the three-point line. What was this Chinese guy doing?
Forget it, wait until he reaches the three-point line and then go up to defend!
But Li Kaiming doesn't intend to dribble to the three-point line and then start attacking. With 95 three-point attributes, he wants to try a few long-range three-pointers in every game.
If you don't get in, forget it. If you get in, your psychological defense will collapse!
This gives his teammates more space off the ball.
If you can't make a shot in the current open space, it only means that the open space is not big enough!
So this time he took two steps outside the three-point line and threw it. Brand obviously didn't react. When he reached out to defend, the ball had already flown out of Li Kaiming's fingertips.
But Brand didn't care how well he defended at this time. After landing, he immediately looked back towards the basket!
The opponent's shot selection is the same as playing. According to common sense, this kind of ball should not be shot, and even if it is shot, the possibility of it going in is not high.
But after the first quarter of the game, he always felt that this Chinese guy was weird, so when Li Kaiming shot a super long three-pointer, he had a bad feeling in his heart...
His grandma's, wouldn't this also go in?
Murphy's Law gave Brand the answer. The more he worried about something, the more likely it would happen.
The three-point ball thrown by Li Kaiming didn't even touch the basket, and it just came out of the net with a whoosh!
18 to 12!
The commentator at the MCI home field had never seen Li Kaiming throw such a magical ball. His eyes widened and he spread his fingers on both sides of his face for fear that his eyeballs would fall out!
"Oh wow! Lee is so amazing. I thought only Arenas could throw this kind of ball and throw it in! Now the Wizards have two players who can shoot long three-pointers!"
The guests on the side obviously understood Li Kaiming's playing style better, "Brother, he was able to make such a three-pointer in each of the first two games!"
The commentator immediately apologized, "Oh, no, I was wrong before. Arenas is the most like Li Kaiming in the entire league!"
The fans at the MCI Center burst into waves of cheers because of Li Kaiming's extremely tough three-pointer!
76ers head coach Doug Collins clenched his fists and his eyes became extremely sharp!
Although this goal greatly boosted the Wizards' morale, he didn't believe that Li Kaiming could hit such goals continuously!
But just in case, he still gave Brand a message and asked him to defend next time after halftime.
Although he kept telling himself that there was a high possibility that Li Kaiming's ball would get in, his body was still very honest.
