Li Kaiming's desperate three-pointer at the buzzer made Howard stand on the spot. Li Kaiming's goal had been in for several seconds, and the Magic even sent the ball to Arenas. Howard There is still a person standing outside the three-point line with his arms raised high, his whole person staring in the direction of the basket like a sculpture...
It wasn't until he was poked by Carter who was passing by that Howard came back to his senses from that state, and then ran to the frontcourt step by step with his head lowered.
Looking at Howard's dejected look, the fans at the scene felt that Howard was not as passionate as he was at the beginning of the game.
Magic head coach Stan Van Gundy, as the person who knows Howard best, can naturally see that Howard failed to guard the ball and his confidence was greatly affected. It can be seen from the latter's actions that his entire body There is negativity in the language.
If Howard is in such a state in the next game, it will be difficult to say the outcome of tonight's game...
When the Magic attacked, Arenas went to the frontcourt and played a pick-and-roll with Howard. He originally planned to wait for the latter to cut inside and then pass the ball high. Unexpectedly, Howard just finished the pick-and-roll and stood on the outside like a stake.
Arenas was speechless. No, buddy, you have no basket and no vision. Why are you standing outside? Going to the theater?
Seeing that Howard was unreliable in this round, Arenas gritted his teeth and chose to break through again. In the last round, he used a pick-and-roll to face Li Kaiming, and then successfully scored.
But Li Kaiming was not a fool. He knew that he could not prevent Arenas' breakthrough, so he asked his teammates to help defend.
After Arenas broke through to the inside, he found Lewis double-teaming him, and immediately passed the ball to Lewis' opponent Ryan Anderson. The latter caught the ball and shot, but unfortunately he failed to score the wide open opportunity.
Howard realized belatedly and belatedly rushed to the basket. Li Kaiming took the opportunity to directly grab the backcourt rebound and hand it to Hinrich.
After the Wizards arrived in the frontcourt, Hinrich directed his teammates to move according to tactics. Nick Young and Lewis, two men in the bottom corner, crossed paths. Li Kaiming was in the middle to help his teammates block the pursuers.
After helping Lewis block the defender, Li Kaiming quickly moved up to the line to cover Hinrich. After the latter got rid of Arenas's entanglement, he hit the ball to the ground to Li Kaiming who was following the pass.
Both Howard and Arenas began to double-team Li Kaiming, who saw the opportunity and passed the ball without looking at anyone, and passed it to Lewis on the outside.
Lewis made a fake move, attracting Vince Carter to cover up, and then passed the ball to Nick Young, who shot directly from the middle distance and scored two points!
54 to 47!
The Magic served the ball to Arenas, who dribbled to the frontcourt. Carter began to use the screen to run off-ball tactics. Arenas used the screen like a loach to rush into the Wizards' interior, and then in the Wizards formation After a mess, the Wizards' defense was successfully disrupted by him.
The opportunity came to Vince Carter who ran to the bottom corner. He caught the ball and threw it to secure his second three-pointer of the game!
54 to 50!
With one and a half minutes left in the second quarter, the Wizards were on offense. Hinrich played almost the entire first half, so when he came to the frontcourt, he handed the ball directly to Li Kaiming, preparing to take a breather next to him.
Li Kaiming successfully took over from Hinrich and became the brains of the team in this round. He signaled the others to pull away and seemed to want to single out Howard, and then suddenly passed the ball to Hinrich. At the same time, he rushed into the penalty area like a bolt of lightning. Howard I wasn't paying attention at first, but now I was even more unprepared.
Li Kaiming successfully broke into the penalty area. He pointed to the sky with his right hand while running towards the basket. Hinrich on the outside had a perfect understanding with him and threw the ball directly to the basket.
Li Kaiming pushed his feet on the ground one step away from the basket, swung his arms to take off, and grabbed the basketball with both hands at the highest point. Driven by inertia, his body had turned sideways to the basket, but Li Kaiming didn't panic at all. After holding the ball in the air with both hands and swinging it in a complete arc counterclockwise, his body turned completely with his back to the basket.
The end point of the arc happened to be where the basket was. Li Kaiming dunked his wrists in the direction of the basket. While stuffing the ball into the basket, he also grabbed the basket with both hands. He looked like a dexterous golden monkey. Hanging on it.
56 to 50.
Of course, Li Kaiming's back dunk was very powerful, so the dunk was very crisp, and the fans could only hear a crisp bang!
In the commentary box, Hayward and Rose raised their hands in the air and began to celebrate, "A beautiful back dunk, and Li Kaiming also added a windmill link to the action. To be honest, this ball is no matter in terms of strength, smoothness or enjoyment." , it’s also a perfect score in the slam dunk contest!”
"Li Kaiming's buzzer-beating three-pointer was not even two possessions later, and he scored another wonderful dunk. This guy is simply the top ten goal scorer. Every time there is a Wizards game, the next day's top ten He will be on the ball!" Rose exclaimed.
The fans at the scene also stood up and cheered for Li Kaiming's wonderful dunk. After Li Kaiming entered the league, his popularity skyrocketed like a rocket. On the one hand, it was because he was the No. 1 pick and played crazy statistics. This way, he would have had a lot of exposure. He is not on the same level as other rookies. Another aspect is his playing style. Whether it is a violent dunk or a graceful jump shot, he is good at it. The enjoyment of the offensive end is an important factor in his popularity.
The Magic attacked. Arenas dribbled to the frontcourt and then started a pick-and-roll with Howard, attracting a double-team from the Wizards and passing the ball to the latter.
After Howard got the ball, the ball protector used his strength to push away Li Kaiming, and then he stood up and scored.
56 to 52!
This goal allowed Howard to regain a little confidence, but the passionate roar after the previous goal had disappeared from his celebration. He just silently lowered his head and walked to his backcourt, and then Arenas high-fives.
The Wizards served to the frontcourt and there were less than 40 seconds before the end of the game. In this case, Hinrich chose to dribble to the frontcourt himself and used the pick-and-roll to shoot directly from the mid-range. He missed the rebound and was grabbed by Howard. .
This ball seems to be played in a hurry, but in fact there is no problem. There are still more than 30 seconds before the end of the game. If the Wizards want to dribble from the outside until there are 10 seconds left in the shot time, then the Magic It will definitely consume all the remaining time. Even if it can't be consumed, I'm afraid there will only be less than 5 seconds left.
It is still very difficult to complete a complete offense by serving from the baseline in 5 seconds, so this offense is equivalent to gaining an offensive opportunity for the Wizards.
After grabbing the rebound, the Magic started to waste time on the outside as expected. Arenas dribbled the ball at the midline and waited for the attack time to start when there were 9 seconds left.
Howard came out for the pick-and-roll as usual, and Li Kaiming followed. Arenas was still a great threat from the outside, and what this guy likes to do most is to throw this kind of unexpected three-pointer, so he had to guard against it!
Arenas saw that Li Kaiming was relatively defensive on the outside, so he hesitated on the outside, and then suddenly rushed inside and faced Lewis who was defending for a layup.
Lewis's interference was just right this time, and he actually helped Li Kaiming defend the ball. Li Kaiming returned to the basket to protect the rebound, and then dribbled directly to the frontcourt for the final attack of the first half.
In the commentary box, Hayward saw Li Kaiming dribbling the ball by himself in the end, so he smiled and said to Rose next to him, "Lee will definitely have to make the last attack by himself this time. Do you think he can make it like he did at the buzzer last time?" Come in?"
"Dwight's defense is very tough, and after last time's experience, I'm afraid it won't be so easy for Lee to get a shot this time!" Although Ross supports Li Kaiming very much, he is not optimistic about the success rate of this attack. After all, Howard But the second consecutive dpoY.
The audience at the mcI Center all stood up, there were still 6 seconds left before the end of the first half!
Li Kaiming looked up at the timer. Facing Howard who was defending at the three-point line, he first took a step back slightly, then dribbled the ball and accelerated his charge!
After the half-time contest, Howard had completely let go of his contempt for Li Kaiming and began to correct his defensive mentality.
At this time, seeing Li Kaiming rushing over at full speed, Howard was a little confused because he didn't know how Li Kaiming would choose to end this attack.
Under everyone's gaze, Li Kaiming quickly rushed to a position one step away from Howard. Just when everyone thought he would use his speed to break through inside, Li Kaiming suddenly braked hard, then put the ball together with both hands. Kick your feet on the floor!
The kinetic energy that was originally parallel to the ground was all converted into potential energy at the moment he stopped suddenly. The energy was stored in Li Kaiming's muscles, and then turned into kinetic energy again along the direction of his take-off. The previous run-up made Li Kaiming's take-off higher than usual. Quite a few.
Howard didn't expect that Li Kaiming accelerated to shoot from outside the three-point line. When he reacted, he could only rely on his own reflexes to subconsciously reach out to affect Li Kaiming's shot.
But Li Kaiming jumped too high for this ball. From the perspective of the ball, his shooting point has already exceeded the position of the basket. Therefore, if the ball is judged from the position of space, it should be called a "layup" instead of a layup. "Layup"!
Li Kaiming stabilized his body in the air, then ignored Howard's blind defense, gently moved his wrist to shoot, and scored another three-pointer!
59 to 52!
"Oh, damn! Even I didn't expect that Li would shoot directly from outside the three-point line!" Rose sighed helplessly in the commentary box, as if he was the one guarding Li Kaiming.
The Magic took the shot directly after serving from the baseline, and as expected, missed.
At halftime, the Wizards widened the point difference to 7 points.
Li Kaiming played 15 minutes in the half and made 8 of 11 shots, including 3 of 4 three-pointers and 5 of 5 free throws. He scored 24 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists. It looked like it would be another mediocre 40+ game tonight.
The rest of the Wizards also performed very well. Hinrich played the longest time in the starting lineup, almost playing the entire half, and scored 8 points, 1 rebound and 5 assists.
Nick Young shot 2 of 3 from outside and scored 9 points and 2 rebounds. After Lewis's playing time gradually increased, his statistics began to stabilize. He scored 7 points and 3 rebounds in the half. Originally, he was not good at grabbing rebounds, but when he and When Li Kaiming was on the court at the same time, the Wizards' rebound protection was really poor. In desperation, they had to fight hard to protect the rebounds, and the effect was remarkable in grabbing 3 rebounds at the end of the half.
Sun Yue also showed the results of training after getting the opportunity. After he reduced his holding of the ball, he made significantly fewer mistakes than at the beginning. He only played half a quarter today. Although he only made one three-pointer, his efficiency was Very high, Sanders was praising him for playing well when he came off the field.
Yi Jianlian also performed very well when he came on the bench, but during that period of time, McGee was basically attacking inside. Yi Jianlian's role on the offensive end was mainly to open up space and defend.
He may not be good at guarding his opponent's starter Yi Jianlian, but he still has no problem against the substitutes.
At the end of the half, Yi Jianlian scored 2 points and 4 rebounds. He gradually began to adapt to this style of playing as a role player.
