super legend

Chapter 409 First Victory!

Halftime, Magic locker room.

Strong opponents made every main player of the Magic exhausted, and the players who had no chance to play were also nervous. The Spurs deserved to be the championship in 07 in their previous life, and they were also the only problem that the Magic encountered in the playoffs.

Before playing against the Heat and the Cavaliers, the Magic went well, but they are a little uncomfortable with the current situation, especially Sun Zhuo.

Coach Hill walked up to Sun Zhuo and pressed his right hand on Sun Zhuo's shoulder. In less than two seconds, his right hand had followed his breathing up and down several times. He also knew that although Sun Zhuo didn't score many points in the first half, The physical exertion is still very high. Coach Hill said: "Sun, in the second half, I expect they will still defend you like that. Do you have confidence in your shooting?"

Sun Zhuo took a sip of water, stared sharply at the front, and said, "I will find the right time to make a move. Once I feel it, it's over for them."

"That's right, Sun, shoot boldly. I'll grab the rebound for you under the basket. Tim Duncan can't even jump over me!" Dwight Howard was also very confident, allowing Sun Zhuo to shoot casually without hesitation.

Sun Zhuo smiled at Howard, having a monster like Howard under the basket really reassures Sun Zhuo a lot, especially when his mid-range and long-range shooting ability is still average, Sun Zhuo knows that Howard's offensive rebounds are Will enter the top ten in NBA history, but unfortunately, in this game, there is another person who ranks in the top ten in offensive rebounds in history, and he will be in front of Howard. That person is Tim Duncan.

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The Spurs locker room.

Tony Parker pulls a poster off the wall, yelling, "Oh shit! Which bastard put this up here?"

On the poster is a picture of James dunking Duncan.

"This must be done by Sun or Dwight Howard again. These two guys love to do this kind of thing. I heard that when they played against the Cavaliers last year, they even gave LeBron James bananas. Fortunately, our ball Everyone on the team looks normal." Ginobili glanced coldly, and brushed his delicate hair with his hand.

Duncan said indifferently: "I saw it a long time ago, Tony, this should be done by Dwight Howard. I'm curious why they didn't use Sun Qi to deduct my card."

Seeing that Duncan didn't respond, Tony Parker asked, "Aren't you angry at all?"

Leaning on the locker, Popovich folded his arms and yelled at Parker: "Shut up, Tony Parker."

Then, looking at Duncan in front of him, he said: "This is exactly what I want to tell you, Tim, Dwight Howard is a very naive guy, don't be serious with him, indulge him, let him make him different The mature side is completely released, and in a one-on-one duel, you can even make him think he can completely beat you."

"This will make Dwight Howard very confident." Tony Parker worried.

Popovich chuckled: "I'm not just making him confident? I'm going to make him swell."

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The second half has already started. After Sun Zhuo called the pick-and-roll, he tried to enter the penalty area again, but was blocked by the Spurs again.

Zhang Weiping explained: "The 'human wall' woven by the Spurs at the free throw line is still not broken, and Sun Zhuo still can't get through it. Let's see if he can shoot decisively in the second half. As long as the touch comes, the 'human wall' It will be self-defeating.”

Yu Jia nodded and said: "Yes, Sun Zhuo's style of play today is also very rational. In fact, even if he plays like this, if he plays defense against the Spurs, the Magic may not necessarily lose."

Just as he was talking, Sun Zhuo had already faced Bowen's defense and made a long shot.

"Go in." This time it was a forced shot, so Sun Zhuo felt very uncertain.

boom.

When the iron is struck, luck is obviously not as trustworthy as ability.

However, Howard jumped up and grabbed an offensive rebound, and Magic fans rejoiced.

After Howard got the ball, he aggressively pushed Duncan away and forced a one-handed dunk. Duncan raised his hands above his head in a daze, looking like a second-rate player in front of the active and domineering Howard.

After the dunk, Howard excitedly stepped back to the defense.

"Good job." Sun Zhuo also waved and clapped hands with Howard.

At this moment, NBA commentators and Magic fans all over the world are also praising and thanking Howard. Howard's performance today is very good. His role on the court is no less than Sun Zhuo, and it reminds people of O'Neal in the Lakers period. .

The commentator at the scene also said: "If the Magic can still win the championship this season, I suggest that Sun cut half of the FMVP trophy to Dwight Howard. Dwight will become very important in this series, not only this game, but the whole game. In the series, his statistics and contributions will be very large, of course, we must not forget that these also come from Sun's containment of opponents."

Sun Zhuo himself is very grateful to Howard, "If there is no Howard, I should have used that special training card by now."

Sun Zhuo currently only has one special training card, and the other one needs to collect three more special training card fragments to exchange for it. If there is only one special training card, it can only upgrade CIC from A+ to S. This is not a quality The change in the current situation will not bring much change to the current situation, because the S-level CIC still does not have much chance to play against Bowen and this Spurs team.

Therefore, Sun Zhuo wanted to wait for the two special training cards to be used together, and Howard gave Sun Zhuo this time.

The Spurs didn't shoot well in the first half, but they started their smooth offense in the second half. Their teamwork and tactical execution are definitely a level higher than the Magic. If Howard hadn't grabbed so many rebounds in this game, I'm afraid The score has already been drawn.

At this time, Sun Zhuo finally found an opportunity to quickly break through Bowen's defense from the left corner!

"Oops!" Bao Wen had no way to attack Sun Zhuo this time. Sun Zhuo was too fast, and he had rushed past in the blink of an eye. Because Sun Zhuo broke through from the bottom corner this time, it was very unexpected, causing the Spurs to The team didn't have time to weave the "human wall" to stop him.

Sun Zhuo jumped up in one step, and Duncan didn't intend to ask for trouble. Since Sun Zhuo had broken through the defense, he could only watch helplessly and score.

After Sun Zhuo jumped up, a big windmill dunked the ball into the basket!
This dunk instantly boosted his momentum!
Yu Jia was also very excited: "It's finally here! Sun Zhuo actually played a big windmill dunk in the finals! Duncan is watching right in front of him."

Zhang Weiping said with a smile: "Haha, it seems that Sun Zhuo is also suffocated. It is impossible for the Spurs to prevent Sun Zhuo from breaking through and dunking for the entire game. Spurs players are generally older than Magic players. When testing physical fitness, this is an advantage for Sun Zhuo and the Magic players."

After dunking the basket, Sun Zhuo looked at Popovich on the sidelines after listening to the cheers from the scene. When Popovich saw Sun Zhuo looking over, he immediately smiled brightly and said to Sun Zhuo gave a thumbs up with two fingers.

"This old and cunning guy..." Sun Zhuo couldn't help chuckling, and Howard also smiled and bumped Sun Zhuo with his shoulder: "Boss, you dunked too hard, haha!"

This dunk greatly boosted the morale of the Magic team. After that, Sun Zhuo's offense became more decisive. Anyway, with Howard grabbing rebounds at the basket, Sun Zhuo also started to score continuously. The shooting percentage was not bad, and once helped the team overtake the score. The Spurs are very tenacious, always quietly overtaking the score back.

Until the end, the Magic were still one point behind.

In the final attack, Sun Zhuo made a hasty shot, and the basketball bounced out of the basket!

At this second, the hearts of countless Magic fans fell to the bottom, thinking that the Magic would lose the first game.

However, Dwight Howard at the basket, being squeezed by Duncan and Finley, was the first to touch the basketball, and gently sent the ball to the basket...

The ball is in!
The goal is valid!

Howard tipped the basket lore!

"Ah!" Howard excitedly got up from the ground and rushed directly to the locker room. He didn't bump shoulders with his teammates to celebrate, and everyone followed him to the locker room.

Yu Jia laughed and said: "It's too thrilling! It's too thrilling for the Magic to win the first game! Fortunately, Howard touched the rebound first, and with this last tip-up, Howard got 20 rebounds in this game! In addition, he still has 27 points in the account! You know, Sun Zhuocai only scored 22 points!"

Zhang Weiping said: "Yes, Howard's stats are incredible, 27+20, and 3 blocked shots. Not only did Sun Zhuo score less than Howard, but his shooting percentage was not as high as Howard. Howard contributed the most to winning this game. It's also normal, the Spurs' defense against Sun Zhuo is stricter, Sun Zhuo's good offensive methods are all blocked, so when the shooting rate is low, rebounds will increase, and Sun Zhuo didn't take many shots today, so many offensive opportunities were given to him. teammate."

Yu Jiadao: "I can't wait to watch the next game. It is impossible for Sun Zhuo to score 22 points every game. Will the Spurs stick to Sun Zhuo's defensive strategy? We will continue to bring you three days later. Come to the second game of the finals..."

Magic dressing room.

The whole team showed up for Howard, making all kinds of celebration gestures. Howard laughed so hard that he almost couldn't stand still. He enjoyed this moment very much. Sun Zhuo also praised Howard all the time. Although his statistics in this game were not as good as Howard, he did not Don't worry about the Finals MVP being snatched by Howard, Sun Zhuo can still control Howard, and Howard's performance is very unstable, who knows if the next game will suddenly misfire?

Of course, Sun Zhuo absolutely does not want Howard to be like this. Even if Howard has excellent performances in every game, Sun Zhuo is confident that the final FMVP will be himself.

After the game, Sun Zhuo and Howard, who had changed into suits, participated in the media meeting together. During the interview at the meeting, Sun Zhuo also praised Howard all the time and called him the number one center in the league.

Not only the Magic, the Spurs also praised Howard in an interview after the game. Popovich said: "You all saw that Dwight Howard took 20 rebounds on our heads. Our Tim Duncan was complaining about not wanting to play him again, obviously, we did a good job of defending Sun today and almost stole a win, but we lost, the reason is Dwight Howard."

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In the evening, Sun Zhuo had dinner with Wade, Kobe, and Vanessa at home. During the meal, the enchanting Vanessa reminded Sun Zhuo: "Sun, you have to be careful not to let Dwight Howard Snatched your FMVP trophy, that big man got 27+20 data today."

This is only the first game. Howard obviously hasn't threatened Sun Zhuo yet, and Howard, a simple guy, never thought of competing with Sun Zhuo for the FMVP. Vanessa said so, but it also made Sun Zhuo worry for nothing That's all.

However, even Wade also said: "Vanessa is right, if he can get so many rebounds every game, it is useless even if you score more than him in the end, with a dominant center Competing for Finals MVP is very difficult, and Kobe should know it."

Kobe thought of O'Neal, but dismissed Howard: "Dwight is not considered a dominant center, Sun, you don't have to worry about this for the time being. Finding a way to win is what you need to consider. The Spurs are very strong. If you Almost luck, now they are ahead."

Sun Zhuo nodded and said: "That's right, I only want to win the game now, I don't think about these things, but thank you for reminding me, I'm not worried, because I won't be restricted by the Spurs every game, After two more games, they won't dare to guard me like that."

One important reason why Sun Zhuo is confident that Howard will not snatch the FMVP is that he will soon have two special training cards, which are enough to upgrade his mid-range shooting from A+ to S+, and also upgrade his long-range shooting from S to SS!

No matter which one is promoted, the score will increase rapidly, and the Spurs will be caught off guard. At that time, Sun Zhuo scored 50 points in a game, wouldn't he make up for the previous loss to Howard?

"The fragments of the special training card are what I should care about."

After the meal, Sun Zhuo immediately started the challenge of the Superstar Peak Competition again.

This time, Sun Zhuo's challenge is: O'Neill's terrifying triple-double!
It happened on November 1993, 11. O'Neal, who was not yet 20 years old, got the first special "triple double" in his career in an away game against the New Jersey Nets. Double data, not scoring assists and rebounds, but 22 points, 24 rebounds and 28 blocked shots!
"Damn, this BT, O'Neill, blocked 15 shots, how did he block it?" Sun Zhuo couldn't even think about it.

Soon, he entered 1993 to challenge...

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At this time, Popovich hadn't fallen asleep. He was going to sleep, but the new assistant coach Chad Faucier suddenly came to Popovich.

"I don't think Dwight Howard can be indulged like this. Tim Duncan should teach this rookie a lesson, or use some other methods!" Chad knocked on Popovich's door with an anxious look on his face.

(End of this chapter)