As soon as the game started, Arenas, who returned to his home court, was confident of winning and scored 1 assist and 1 three-pointer in a row at the MCI Center. The Magic also led the Wizards 5-0.
But no one thought that the Wizards and Li Kaiming would sit still and wait for death. Just when this idea first appeared in the minds of the fans at the scene, the Wizards served to the frontcourt, and then Li Kaiming took the ball from Hinrich's hands.
"After Li Kaiming came to the frontcourt, there was no pick-and-roll or cover for Kirk Hinrich. He directly asked for the ball from Hinrich's hands!" Commentator Hayward slightly raised his voice. At the same time, the same What is mentioned is also the hearts of the audience at the scene and in front of the screen.
Everyone wants to see how Li Kaiming will respond to Arenas's menacing attack.
Under the gaze of tens of thousands of people, after Li Kaiming used gestures to instruct his teammates to open up space for him, facing Ryan Anderson's defense, he dropped the ball and started a single from outside the three-point line.
Ryan Anderson is a very standard white shooter at the 4th position, good at three-pointers without the ball. He was selected with the 21st pick in the first round in 2008. Last season, he averaged 7 points per game and shot 37% from three-point range. It can be said that he is basically He relied on this three-point shot to successfully establish himself in the league.
Of course, Anderson is not the same as this common problem of big white shooters. The most typical one is that he is not good at defending, especially not good at defending fast players.
Faced with such a defender, Li Kaiming was naturally able to play with ease. When he dropped the ball, he first made a small change of direction in front of his body. Ryan Anderson barely followed, but there were already some stumbles under his feet, but this small change of direction was nothing more than a slight change of direction. It was just an appetizer before Li Kaiming's breakthrough, and it was part of the rhythm of his breakthrough.
Just when Anderson breathed a sigh of relief and was glad that he was not passed by Li Kaiming, Li Kaiming suddenly burst out with all his speed. At the same time, his right arm was fully extended. After dribbling, he used his wingspan of 2.26 meters to directly hit an Ah Len Iverson-style super large forward change of direction!
Li Kaiming's top wingspan, coupled with abnormal speed and explosive power, a super long stride, and he also made a fake move of shaking his head and shrugging like Iverson. After doing this, he was already shaky. Anderson was completely defeated by Li Kaiming on the defensive end!
His consciousness could only react and control his body to move in the direction that Li Kaiming had misled before he changed direction. In addition, Li Kaiming's speed was too fast, so he was simply knocked out by more than a meter by Li Kaiming!
So for the next time, he could only watch as Li Kaiming broke through to the three-point line, and then took a short step inside the free throw line and took a mid-range shot!
Since Howard was a little embarrassed by Li Kaiming under the basket in the first game of the season and was dunked from behind, so before tonight's game, he watched a lot of videos of Li Kaiming attacking the basket, just to find Li Kaiming when he was defending. weakness.
At this time, facing Li Kaiming who successfully broke through the defense and broke in, Howard stayed under the basket and was eager to try. This ball was the beginning of his revenge!
But what he didn't expect was that at this time, Li Kaiming was no longer the person who just wanted to attack the basket and shoot three-pointers. He knew how powerful Howard's defense was at the basket, so he simply didn't go to the basket. It's easier to take a shot anywhere in such a large area in the mid-range than to go to the basket!
So even though Howard reacted immediately and rushed towards Li Kaiming, Li Kaiming's mid-range shot still fell into the basket with a swish.
5 to 2!
The commentators Hayward and Rose on the sidelines stretched out their arms at the same time to celebrate, "Oh my god, Li Kaiming's change of direction is so great! I really can't figure out why a 2-meter-1 man is about the same height as a center. A player who can make moves like Allen Iverson?”
Faced with Hayward's exclamation, Rose, who was sitting next to him, shook his head helplessly, "Who knows what's going on? It's not enough for God to create a Kevin Durant. Does he also want to mass-produce one?"
"If I remember correctly, before Li Kaiming entered the league, the template given to him by NBA scouts was Tim Duncan, right?" Hayward asked Rose next to him with a smile.
Rose also thought about this problem and immediately said with a smile, "The scouts really made a mistake this time. Except that Li Kaiming is close to Duncan in height, there is nothing else like him! If you say that his template is Kevin Du I think Rand is more appropriate!”
In fact, these two commentators misunderstood the scouts. NBA scouts are definitely the most vicious group of people in the world. Their judgments of most players can be confirmed many years later, which shows their professional standards. high.
The scouts' judgment of Li Kaiming is basically based on the latter's performance in the NCAA. The playing style of Li Kaiming during the NCAA period and the current Li Kaiming can be said to be completely different.
This change is like changing from Jordan to Jordan. He was originally a jumping man with excellent physical fitness who could only dance without the ball and around the basket, and his defense in the NCAA was also quite good. However, after entering the league, he became One of the best or second best scorers in the league, oh no, maybe not the best scorer in the league. This kind of contrast is like an NBA scout. If you hire a bad old man from far away China who has the most accurate calculations, he will also fail!
Li Kaiming responded to Arenas' provocation with a beautiful goal, and the fans at the mcI Center immediately started cheering!
The Magic served the ball to Arenas. The latter dribbled to the frontcourt with a sullen face. Facing Hinrich's defense, he directly changed his body and was half a body ahead of Hinrich, and then directly used the ball protector to hit the ball. Hinrich broke through to the inside and took a difficult shot against Brac's frame protection, but failed to score.
It seemed that Li Kaiming's goal stimulated him, and Arenas couldn't wait to respond.
Hinrich went to help defend Arenas, and naturally only Li Kaiming and Hinrich were left under the basket to protect the backcourt rebounds.
However, under the basket with many long players, it would be nice if Hinrich could not be jumped up and trampled to death by a few big men. Do you still want to grab a rebound?
Therefore, the battle for rebounds became Howard VS Li Kaiming.
However, Li Kaiming's rebounding ability is still not good enough. Facing some insiders who are shorter than him or have poor physical fitness, he can still rely on his physical advantage to win a few. However, against the monster Howard who has been the rebounding champion for many times, the latter's physical fitness is not good enough. Compared to him, it was no less than a concession, so the rebound was naturally snatched away by Howard.
Fortunately, Howard's ability to hold the ball under the basket and Li Kaiming's rebounding ability are about the same, and this guy seems to be very confident in his offensive ability. After grabbing the offensive rebound, he directly hit Li Kaiming and then shot.
Li Kaiming even stood under the basket with his hands raised in the air. He didn't even jump. Howard couldn't push him. He could only twist his body in the air and forcefully shoot.
The powerful upper body muscles give Warcraft a strong confrontation ability, but it also makes his work at the basket extremely rough.
Fans always criticize James for not relying on his physical skills because of his skills. In fact, Howard is much worse than James. So in the later stages of his career, after his body declined, no team was willing to hire him, and he even failed to compete in the Fujian League. I can’t even figure it out, so I can only do some activities with the hot girls to create new lives.
The result of Howard's missed layup was that although Li Kaiming missed a backcourt rebound, he successfully prevented Howard's hard hit under the basket, and then jumped up in time to grab the second backcourt rebound.
Hinrich came over to receive the ball and moved it to the frontcourt. Li Kaiming stepped forward to cover. Anderson had already been passed by Hinrich once before, so this time he defended more inside, hoping to let Arenas squeeze into the screen.
But Li Kaiming's cover was very solid. Arenas felt like his lungs were about to be squeezed out, but he was still stuck by Li Kaiming.
In desperation, Anderson had to switch defenses with Arenas. Hinrich did not choose to break through Anderson this time. Howard's frame protection threat under the basket was too great, and he was not sure.
Therefore, after the defense change, Li Kaiming directly pushed Arenas to the waist position. At the same time, the rest of the Wizards also cooperated to open up space, leaving space for Li Kaiming to challenge Arenas one-on-one.
The first time Li Kaiming got into a good position, Hinrich, who retreated to the outside, passed the ball in.
Not even halfway through the first quarter of the game, the two protagonists of tonight's game are already facing each other. How can this not make the people watching the game excited?
In the commentary box, the two commentators Hayward and Rose both raised their voices, "Li Kaiming, using the pick and roll to force the Magic to switch defense, he faced Gilbert Arenas! Hinrich passed the ball! Wizards The others pulled away, and Li Kaiming wanted to fight Arenas alone!"
Following the wonderful narration of the two commentators, the fans at the scene were all staring at the stadium eagerly. Many people even stood up and stretched their necks to look at the big screen above the stadium, because compared to watching directly Stadium, it’s clearer on the big screen.
The on-site director also knew how to use the camera very well. At almost the same moment, all the cameras on the field were locked on Li Kaiming and Arenas, not even missing the expressions on their faces.
When Arenas saw that his enemy was right in front of him and he had to choose to score on him, he immediately became furious.
All the muscles in his body were mobilized. This was the power of hatred. "Rookie, I will let you know what cruelty is!" Arenas gritted his teeth and said trash talk.
"Oh? Really?" Li Kaiming smiled slightly. When he dropped the ball, the power of the lower plate exploded, and at the same time, his broad back directly hit Arenas' face!
Arenas only felt a huge force coming from in front of him. The hatred on his face had not disappeared, but it was now mixed with some surprise.
How could this guy be so powerful?
As early as when Li Kaiming was selected by the Wizards, Arenas had a one-on-one duel with Li Kaiming. Although he could not prevent the latter's back attack at that time, the power gap was not that big.
But what he didn't expect was that in just the past few months, Li Kaiming's strength had increased rapidly like a drug. According to Arenas's estimation, if Li Kaiming's strength was pure strength, he could be regarded as one of the best in the entire league. , only slightly worse than those super big centers!
As soon as the idea appeared in Arenas' mind, the mountain-like figure in front of him came with an even greater force than before, directly interrupting the former's train of thought, and then he was forced to retreat. Two steps forward!
After two attempts, Li Kaiming has successfully reached the deepest part of the Magic's defensive formation from a position more than one step inside the three-point line.
