After the Wizards grabbed the rebound, Hinrich dribbled to the frontcourt.
After Li Kaiming came to the frontcourt, he directly pushed Anderson to the waist position inside the three-point line. If you have sharp eyes, you will find that the position where Li Kaiming asked for the ball with his back is exactly the same as the position where Howard asked for the ball in singles in the previous round!
The two commentators in the commentary box naturally saw this clearly. Hayward had a weird smile on his face, "Li Kaiming asked for the ball with his back at the waist. It seemed that he was also trying to imitate Dwight Howard." Same, a single inside the three-point line!"
"Why do I feel like this guy is provoking Howard?" Rose rubbed his chin thoughtfully.
Hayward rolled his eyes, "Brother, it's good to know this kind of thing in your heart, but it's not good to say it out loud!"
Then the two people looked at each other and laughed at the same time!
If Howard were next to the technical stage at this time, he would definitely not be able to help but rush up to these two people and ask, "Why are you laughing?"
Hayward and Rose will definitely look at each other again, and then the latter will suppress a smile and say, "I think of happy things..."
But even if what was described above did not happen, Howard felt very uncomfortable at this time. He was not an idiot. Of course, he could see why Li Kaiming chose this position specifically.
So he clenched his fists and used his body to block Brachi, while focusing most of his attention on Li Kaiming.
After Li Kaiming received the ball from the outside, he imitated Howard just now and turned his back to face the frame. This made Howard, who was standing under the basket, feel a burning feeling on his face, and at the same time, he felt hatred for Li Kaiming in his heart. It's a bit deeper.
I'm afraid that if Howard is asked to sign a life and death certificate and Li Kaiming enters the Octagon to fight, he will sign it without hesitation.
Next, as expected, Li Kaiming also changed the direction of the ball to find a rhythm like Howard, but the two people had completely different perceptions. If Howard is like a gorilla that just learned to shoot the ball, then Li Kaiming is A serious professional player.
Whether it's the intensity of dribbling, the range of changes in direction, or even the smoothness, Li Kaiming can hang Howard up and beat him!
Naturally, he is not the only one who feels this way, because the commentator Hayward in the commentary box said in a very venomous manner, "Li Kaiming's actions made me want to feed Dwight Howard a banana just now." …”
Hearing Hayward's sharp comments, his colleagues and the fans at the scene laughed, and the entire mcI Center filled with cheerful air.
At this time, Li Kaiming felt that the time was almost up, so he paused, then pulled up the ball and shot a jumper. Of course, he would not completely copy Howard's style of play. If he used a cool change of direction to connect a bulldozer layup like Howard's, , what’s the difference between that and pouring poop on ice cream to serve as chocolate?
So after he changed direction and found the rhythm, he directly made a mid-range pull-up. Anderson could only react and touch the tip of his elbow. Naturally, there would be no interference with his shot. The basketball fell into the air with a swipe. Basket!
10 to 7!
Howard was about to collapse. Even losing to the Lakers in the Finals didn't make him feel so aggrieved. The latter would only make him feel that he or the team was not strong enough, and facing Li Kaiming made him feel that the court was not strong enough. Banning guns is simply the biggest mistake.
However, it was aggrieved, and the game had to continue. After all, there was no dead ball, and neither coach of the two teams called a timeout.
The Magic team attacked, Arenas dribbled the ball to the frontcourt, and after the pick-and-roll tactic was broken by the Wizards with a delay, Arenas distributed the ball to Vince Carter on the outside. Carter's timing to catch the ball was not good. He didn't hold the ball firmly. After he caught the ball, Nick Young was already back in front of him.
But after all, Carter is also one of the four shooting guards. Facing a junior like Nick Young, he doesn't have much arrogance at all, so he directly plays the ball in singles, and then takes a mid-range jump shot.
Blatche desperately held Howard, and Li Kaiming jumped up from the side to pick up the rebound and gave it to Hinrich.
After the Wizards arrived in the frontcourt, they ran tactics first. The two players in the corner positions cut inward along the 45-degree line. Li Kaiming, at the free throw line, screened one of them and immediately bounced out.
Anderson was also blocked by a running Wizards player. Seeing that Li Kaiming got an open space, he immediately called anxiously to his teammates to help cover the defense.
At this time, Arenas was closest to Li Kaiming. He failed to guard him on the inside last time. Arenas was thinking of finding a chance to face Li Kaiming on the outside. Unexpectedly, he could not find a way through the iron shoes, and it was all effortless. time.
So Arenas happily switched defenses with Anderson and ran in front of Li Kaiming.
At this time, the ball was on the opposite side, but after the Wizards players saw Li Kaiming facing Arenas on the outside, they cooperated very cooperatively and passed the ball through the top of the arc to Li Kaiming's hands.
In the commentary box, Hayward's long-lost passion was stirred up again after seeing this scene, "After several rounds of competition between Li Kaiming and Howard, with 8 minutes left in the first quarter, Gilbert Arenas and Li Kaiming faced off again. Last time, Li Kaiming hit Arenas with his back and caused Howard to foul. They scored 4 points in one round. But what will be the outcome this time?"
Under Hayward's explanation, the fans at the scene turned their attention to the big screen above their heads, because at this time the director once again focused the camera on the two protagonists tonight.
Arenas talked trash in the last round, but Li Kaiming immediately pushed him into it. When they faced each other again this time, Li Kaiming thought this guy would learn his lesson, but he didn't expect that as soon as the idea came out of his mind, Arenas' trash The words drifted into his ears.
"Rookie, let's see how I can guard you against this ball!"
Li Kaiming raised the ball above his head and glanced at Arenas, "Just you?"
Then, taking advantage of Arenas' opportunity to retort, he directly dropped the ball and changed its direction significantly.
Arenas was about to open his mouth to retort, but he didn't expect Li Kaiming to suddenly make a move. The words he had prepared were stuck in his mouth and he couldn't say them out, and his face turned dark because of the suppressed words.
However, his defense was very active, and he immediately caught up with Li Kaiming's change of direction.
But for Li Kaiming, who was almost full on the offensive end, a change of direction was not his style, so he began to take advantage of his physical advantage. After the first change of direction, he immediately followed up with a drag step, and the super long step was combined with the suspension movement. The ball was moved out of Arenas' defensive range in one fell swoop!
Arenas was also shocked. This guy's change of direction was so big!
Therefore, even though he was secretly complaining at this time, Arenas still tried his best to move in the direction of the ball. He said all the rubbish and couldn't be slapped in the face!
In fact, Li Kaiming can definitely break through to the three-point line after this drag step, but who wants Arenas to be the defender on the opposite side? It must be a humiliating goal!
So he even waited for Arenas on the spot, and then when the latter was about to reach the ball in his hand, he suddenly quickly adjusted his feet, put the ball together with both hands, pulled up on the spot and shot directly from outside the three-point line!
Arenas was about to see the dawn of victory, but he didn't expect the dawn to disappear so unexpectedly.
Originally, it would have been good if he reacted and could keep up with Li Kaiming's second change of direction. After all, he is not a strong defensive player. Now that Li Kaiming suddenly pulled out, his body was unable to react at all, so he could only watch as Li Kaiming made a jump shot. !
Li Kaiming was flying in the air. After the upward momentum of his body was reduced to 0, he gently moved his wrist and shot. The basketball flew out spinning under the guidance of his palm, drawing a beautiful arc in the air, and finally made a swish sound. It flew into the basket without even touching the basket!
13 to 7!
Magic head coach Stan Van Gundy couldn't stand it anymore. Li Kaiming scored 11 points in less than half a quarter, and his three generals, Howard, were directly stimulated by Li Kaiming into an angry buffalo, and Vince Carter... After getting a shot, he spent the rest of the time running back. Arenas played well on the offensive end but was chased by Li Kaiming on the defensive end.
None of this had anything to do with what he had expected before the game. Moreover, the Magic had only scored 7 points until now. Those who didn't know would have thought that the Wizards' defense was also ranked among the top five in the league!
The game entered the first unofficial timeout of the night. Li Kaiming walked off the court and high-fived the coaches and teammates on the bench, and then took the towel from the hands of the team staff.
Sanders is in a great mood now. It can be said that the current trend of the game is completely following the best path in his mind. He even secretly pinched his thigh during the timeout to confirm whether it was the right path. dream!
The Magic called a short timeout, so the break ended quickly. Sanders was replaced with a five-way lineup. As Lewis and the rest of the team got better and better, the five-way lineup got more playing time. It's getting longer and longer, and playing time is also advancing significantly.
The Magic's timeout adjustment had an immediate effect. They used a tactic of attracting help from the inside and then passing inside and outside. The ball was transferred to Vince Carter on the outside. After receiving the ball, the latter simply shot from outside the three-point line, and the second three-pointer was made. The attempt hit successfully.
13 to 10.
Of course, the Wizards' offense is not a vegetarian, especially after taking Lewis, all five members of the Wizards team stood on the outside during the offense, which made Howard, who stayed inside the three-point line, look a little dull.
However, this situation only lasted a few seconds, because Howard had never defended a strange center like Li Kaiming before, and he immediately followed after reacting.
It is worth mentioning that Howard's movement speed is very good among centers. After all, his height is only 208cm, which is not at the same height level as those big centers who are often 213+, so he can barely keep up with Li Kaiming. Breakthrough inside the three-point line.
But there is another important consideration for Sanders to take the five-out lineup. That is, since Howard has already received a flagrant foul in the first quarter, he will definitely pay great attention to his defensive actions in the next period. Think about it this way It would be impossible to punish Howard by drawing a foul.
So the only solution is to use a five-out lineup and use Li Kaiming's strong containment on the outside to pull Howard out of the penalty area, which will leave much better space for others to break through!
In fact, as Sanders expected, after the Wizards took the five-way lineup, although the defensive end also dropped by one level, the offensive end's firepower increased by more than one level.
The five-outside lineup almost finished the second half of the first quarter. After the first quarter, the Wizards led the Magic by 2 points, 35-33.
Although the Magic's inside advantage is very obvious when the five outsiders are in the lineup, and the Wizards were also grabbed a lot of offensive rebounds by Howard, but who makes the Magic's inside only grab rebounds...
Whenever Howard makes a few moves under the basket, he has already penetrated the Wizards' inside line...
