After the confession failed, I went to the NBA to play and lose weight

Chapter 98
"Although the Magic have been on a winning streak recently, their state has dropped compared to when the game started. This is not only because the opponents are getting used to their rhythm, but also has something to do with their own mentality."

During the timeout, the two commentators in the CCTV live broadcast room were also discussing the plight of the Magic.

In fact, it is nothing more than two problems, a decline in defense, and injury problems.

Before the start of the game, the biggest problem was expected to be running-in, but Lewis seamlessly cut in, and Li Chengming did not have too many conflicts with Howard after his rise.

Even in terms of ball rights, the distribution is not bad at present. Under normal circumstances, it is given to whoever has the opportunity. As for whether the shot can be scored or not, that is another matter.

Although Li Chengming and Howard are more efficient, it is impossible to let them play every ball, and it is impossible to ask them to force a shot in a double-team.

The problem on the defensive end is actually easy to solve. They still need to cultivate a tacit understanding on the defensive end, especially in the rotation.

More importantly, Li Chengming and Turkoglu are slow, it is impossible to be in place every time, and it is impossible to maintain a tense spirit all the time, especially recently, Li Chengming has been following the offensive role. With more players, there will inevitably be some slack on the defensive end, and this is also contagious.

Everyone has lowered their willingness to defend, and relying on Howard and Bogans alone, there is no way to support the team's defense.

"So it still depends on their own adjustments. At least in this game, there is still a gap in the strength of the two teams. The Magic say that chasing points can chase points. In fact, it is difficult for the Bucks to pose a real threat to them."

"It has already caught up to 6 points, and there are 5 minutes left in the third quarter. Let's see how the Bucks will respond next?"

Back on the court after a timeout, the lineups on both sides have been adjusted. The Bucks replaced Mason and Bell, and put up a three-guard. However, Reed is 1.9 meters tall, which is the height of a swingman.

The inside line remains the same, with Reid and Xiao Mo making cakes and feeding them into their mouths, Mr. Lian and Bogou had a great meal today, and when they are in good shape, the coaches dare not change players casually.

Only some adjustments have been made on the defensive end, mainly to let Bogou and Alian change positions.

This is also helpless, at least compared to letting Li Chengming go outside to do fixed-point shooting, he is more threatening in the low post.

And Howard really can't guard against it, and he can directly foul and send him to the free throw line.

Today, Howard made [-]% of his free throws. He felt that yesterday's free throw practice was completely useless. Once he was on the court, he seemed to have completely forgotten all the previous feelings, and only remembered the equation of making two free throws and one hit.

"Okay, let's go back to the game. The Bucks came up and played a high pick-and-roll, but the Magic's defense kept up this time. The Magic defended a two-three defense here, targeting the Bucks' outside three-point vitality Insufficient situation..."

Of course Mo and Reid can both shoot three-pointers, and their efficiency is not bad today, but they don’t shoot many shots, they are the kind that are taken for granted. And the inside teammates who passed down after the pick-and-roll.

After Xiao Mo made a breakthrough through the pick-and-roll this time, the five members of the Magic team began to shrink almost at the same time. Obviously not his strong point, and Li Chengming was ready to cover him at any time on the other side, so he could only pass to Reed on the other side.

After receiving the ball, Reid took a step sideways to shake out the space, facing Cook and made a shot. Today, he has not missed a shot in the paint area, and he feels very good.

The Magic attacked, Du Lin dribbled the ball across half court, and organized at the top of the arc.

"The Bucks have switched Ah Lian to Howard's side. What do you think? Ah Lian can't handle Li Chengming, but he can't handle Howard either..." Xu Jiji saw Howard carrying the Space Yi Opening his hand to ask for the ball, he couldn't help muttering.

Su Qun said with a smile: "It may be because Howard's free throws are not good. If he really can't prevent a foul."

This is the lesser of two evils, but they didn't expect that after Du Lin took a look, he chose to hoist the ball to Li Chengming's side, and Li Chengming was also holding Bogou and opening his hands for the ball.

After all, this was the first serious offensive and defensive matchup between the two, and Bogou, like everyone who faced Li Chengming head-on for the first time, felt the power of a giant bear, and the surprise in his heart made him His defensive movements stopped in an instant as if he was relieved.

Li Chengming has been feeling his resistance with his shoulders and backs. He is aware of the slack but is not in a hurry. After all, Australian players are notorious for their dirty tricks and tricks. Who knows if they are cheating.

Although he didn't seize the momentary opportunity, even if Bogou reacted later, Li Chengming was able to continue to put pressure on him.

Bogou felt that it was impossible to hold on like this, so he had a crooked mind, so in the next moment he suddenly exerted force, which seemed to be a normal defensive force.

Li Chengming is not such a rookie who is easy to lose. When he was in the team, he trained with Lewis and tried to let him make his own offensive fouls to experience how to control his own offensive direction.

Lewis doesn't use this often in competitions, because the risk is also great, and the judgment is actually in the hands of the referee, and he has not yet reached the level of a pure and innocent actor.

However, it gave Li Chengming the experience to deal with it, knowing that often this sudden force is actually followed by a release of force, just to induce Li Chengming to hit him.

So Li Chengming pretended to sink his shoulders to exert strength, and then suddenly turned around and shot a jumper.

brush!
beep!
Bogou fell to the ground in an instant, but he reacted immediately after seeing the referee's gesture. This was a blocking foul for him.

He didn't even think about getting up immediately and going forward to talk about it, but Li Chengming couldn't help laughing.

This is called being clever and being wronged by cleverness. There is a saying called "Ball Don't Lie", which may have the intention of satirizing the referee's misjudgment, but it also works at this time.

When Bogou passed by Li Chengming who was about to make a free throw in frustration, Li Chengming suddenly clapped his hands hard twice, which seemed to applaud him to express his gratitude.

Bogou immediately turned around and glared at him with glaring eyes. He pointed at Li Chengming and cursed angrily. It might be his native dialect, but it definitely wouldn't be a good word.

beep!
The referee took out a yellow card without hesitation - no, he was given a "T".

"WHAT?!" Bogou was stunned for a moment, then immediately frowned and asked the referee to argue.

At this time, Reed and the others rushed over to stop him. If he continued to reason, the referee would add another technical offender, and he would be sent off immediately.

The game is not over yet, and the team still needs his defense.

The head coach of the Bucks on the sidelines, Larry Chris Kowiak, is also a new coach who only signed in March this year. He is only in his 40s, and he can be regarded as a "young talent" in the position of head coach.

At this time, he asked the players to hold down Bogou, and at the same time he went to argue with the referee.

Although he knew that it was impossible to change the referee's penalty, he had to express their attitude, which could be regarded as putting pressure on the referee and making up for them in subsequent penalties.

After all, this is the home court of the Bucks, and the referee must take care of the feelings of the fans at home.

It is Lewis who executes technical free throws in the team. In the past, this right was shared by Nelson and Turkoglu, but after Lewis arrived, it belonged to him.

Although the team's most accurate free throw is actually Li Chengming, around 90%.

After Lewis made a free throw, Li Chengming continued to go to the free throw line to execute an additional penalty, which was also hit.

This is equivalent to scoring 4 points in one round, and suddenly the point difference was reduced to only 4 points.

"The Magic scored 4 points in one round. The Australian center's foul was not worth the loss. Coach K replaced him and asked him to calm down, and he has already accumulated four fouls..."

Su Qun laughed and said: "I think Li Chengming is too smart, he knows that the other party will definitely play tricks with him, and he is not afraid of you at all, you can't touch me if you fight me head-on, I'm more dirty than you when you play tricks. And the referee also cooperated, hehehe..."

Xu Jiji said back to the game: "The Bucks attacked, and Ah Lian came out to cover..."

(End of this chapter)