This striker is a bit of a monster

Chapter 233 Who Can Defeat Howard?
The Orlando Magic also wanted to use Warcraft Howard's singles to create a threat inside, but Boris Diaw's timely double-team still forced Howard to pass the ball to Turkoglu on the outside. Turkoglu did not Any hesitation, shoot directly.

It's a pity that the basket at home didn't give Turkoglu any face. After two bounces, it fell out directly.

However, Howard of the Orlando Magic took a better position, grabbed the rebound, and directly hit a dunk across Emeka Okafor, which ignited the enthusiasm of the Amway Center fans.

Not surprisingly, this goal should definitely score the top five goals.

"Whoa, how was the dunk?"

Howard walked past Zhou Lin, shrugged his shoulders and said to Zhou Lin in a show-off manner.

Last year's All-Star Weekend, Dwight Howard and Zhou Lin participated in the dunk contest together, but both of them became the foil of Gerald Green and Nate Robinson. Dwight Howard and Zhou Lin also have contact information , During the All-Star weekend in February this year, Howard originally wanted to drag Zhou Lin to play the dunk contest again, but Zhou Lin, who was in a bad mood and the team was in a difficult situation, refused.

"Uh, 9 points, no more."

Zhou Lin shrugged and said, "Oh, by the way, Dwight, your shoelaces are untied."

Howard subconsciously looked down at his feet, and said, "It's really a joke without creativity."

Dwight Howard at this moment is like a child who hasn't fully grown up yet. Of course, he is also very young. Howard, who entered the league in 2004, is only 22 years old now.

It is different from the serious and iron-blooded Pistons, the suffocating scene of fighting each other.

In G1 of this round of the series, the atmosphere between the two teams is relatively relaxed.

On Howard's side, after hitting two inside shots in a row, the Charlotte Bobcats' outside line suddenly opened. Mike Dunleavy continued the touch of the previous game, and hit a three-pointer on the outside for the first time. .

Jamal Nelson played the ball very quickly. This time before Howard was completely in position, Sharad Lewis faced Zhou Lin's defense and chose to use a higher arc shot to respond to the ball.

The three-pointer bounced very far. When Boris Dior picked up the rebound, he directly threw the ball to Raymond Felton on the outside. Zhou Lin also ran to the frontcourt. Felton Dribbled down and pushed Nelson's defense away. As soon as Lewis stepped forward to make up for the defense, Felton hit the ground and passed to Zhou Lin on the side. Zhou Lin took a step back and subconsciously looked for him. Under the three-point line, Lewis rushed over again, it was too late, Zhou Lin made a decisive three-pointer.

With a bang, the ball also hit the net!

"The Charlotte Bobcats are undoubtedly more offensive, and the three-pointers are very smooth."

"After all, I just finished the first round tiebreaker. Are you tired? There must be a little bit of fatigue, but after all, the Bobcats players are young and their physical fitness is recovering. And because the games are played consecutively, the game will be in better condition. Some, the Magic have not played for eight days, although the physical condition is excellent, but it seems that they have to find the state of the game again, and the shots seem to be a bit floating."

Not only the commentator, but also the players on the scene felt this way.

The victory over the mighty Detroit Pistons also boosted the confidence of the Charlotte Bobcats. It can be said that the Charlotte Bobcats are in good shape at the moment.

Shots are incomparably decisive.

As for the Orlando Magic, the feel is very bad.

Jamal Nelson tried another three-pointer, but the result was still a long rebound that went wide. This time, the Orlando Magic played back a little faster, but when it fell into a positional battle, Zhou Linzhi went into the right side Facing the defense of Sharad Lewis, Zhou Lin squeezed his body twice, then turned around and passed Sharad Lewis. Facing Howard's defense, Zhou Lin chose to score Boris Dior who followed up, Dior immediately got up to detain Howard.

"This is to be deducted, is Boris Dior so fierce?"

Before the start of the second round, the Charlotte Bobcats made a bet in the locker room, whoever can be the first player to complete the dunk on Dwight Howard will be rewarded with the collective prize pool.

The players who really participated in this bet included the team's two insiders Emeka Okafor and Nazr Mohammed, as well as the strikers Boris Diaw and Zhou Lin.

Other players, whether it is Felton, McGinnis, or Mike Dunleavy, are already difficult to complete in terms of physical hardware, so naturally they did not participate in the prize pool.

Each of the four participants contributed [-] U.S. dollars. Whoever can complete the dunk on Howard first can take away all [-] U.S. dollars. At the same time, Zhou Lin also gave [-] U.S. dollars as an incentive. thousands of dollars.

Even if the league's basic salary is only a few hundred thousand at this stage, five thousand dollars is not a small sum for ordinary NBA players.

Moreover, if it is not the person in the bet who can complete it, you can take away the two thousand dollars belonging to Zhou Lin in the prize pool!

If this game cannot be completed, it will be postponed.

Of course, this bet is also to motivate players to challenge Dwight Howard's restricted area.

And a round of the series averaged 3.8 blocks per game, this data is indeed a bit scary.

As the first challenger, Boris Dior's attempt ended in failure. Dwight Howard's vertical jump and bounce speed are really terrifying. Although he took off a moment later than Boris Dior, but Still quickly caught up with Boris Dior's height, and gave Boris Dior a hot pot that covered the sky and the sun.

"Don't try to play wild, this is my territory." Howard pointed at the area under the basket and roared loudly.

Zhou Lin was on the side, and he saw that Howard's head was completely flat.

This Dwight Howard is indeed an artifact of the protective frame.

Although the Magic's perimeter defense can only barely reach the league's standard, relying on Dwight Howard's assisting protection frame, they can still rank 11th in the league in defensive efficiency at the end of the season.

Of course, Dwight Howard's passionate defense didn't inspire the outside shooting that drove the Magic to stretch.

Bogans also tried to shoot from the outside, but unfortunately he still shot out of the frame with too much energy.

The Magic are obsessed with three-pointers, but the four consecutive three-pointers are obviously a bit too strong.

The Charlotte Bobcats counterattacked with a long rebound, and Dunleavy scored 2 points for a layup.

At 7 minutes and 53 seconds into the first quarter, Stan Van Gundy called for a timeout.

The Orlando Magic only scored 4 points and were beaten by their opponents in a 10-4 opening climax.

The Orlando Magic, like the Charlotte Bobcats, are three-point teams, and even rely more on the three-point line than the Charlotte Bobcats.

Strictly speaking, the style is already a bit close to the small ball era. The shot selection is either a three-pointer or a penalty area closer to the basket to score.

Hedo Turkoglu and Sharad Lewis are not breakthrough masters, but two big snipers on the outside.

In the last round of the series against the Raptors, the Orlando Magic took a total of 392 shots, including 148 shots from the three-point line, which is already a high proportion, and because of the existence of Warcraft, the number of shots in the paint area is also high. Up to 131 times.

Mid-range shots, only 120 times, have become the team's least choice.

Howard's rebounding is also able to infinitely indulge the team's shooters to try.

Of course, this also requires Howard's teammates to at least guarantee a regular three-point shooting rate.

"Protect the rebound and selectively attack Howard."

Capel also made adjustments. Today's Orlando Magic's three-pointers are too inaccurate, so he plans to shrink the defense line even smaller.

Boris Dior and Zhou Lin, who were standing on the front line, were arranged to pinch Howard.

On the other side, Stan Van Gundy, is emphasizing increasing penetration and giving the ball to the inside.

The Magic played a pick-and-roll as soon as they came up. Jamal Nelson is not a very creative passer, but the pass to Howard is much easier. Just be at a height that no one else can reach, and then just quietly wait for Dwight Howard's alley-oop dunk.

Howard, who took a little run-up this time, jumped even more terrifyingly. Although Boris Dior and Emeka Okafor had tried their best, they still didn't even touch the skin of the basketball. How about Howard? , abruptly grabbed the basketball that was about to fly past, and then slammed it into the basket.

Dior felt bitter, just now he tried to detain Howard but failed, but now Howard detains him one after the other.

Simultaneous whistle!

Howard will add another penalty!
Howard bent his arms and showed his strong biceps, which also made the fans present boil again.

"Stuck, don't give Howard full preparation for the jump."

On the side of the court, assistant coach Wood shouted at the top of his voice.

In terms of height alone, no one here can compare to Dwight Howard.

Of course, Howard's free throws are still a big problem.

It turned out to be three non-stick!

It is also fortunate that O'Neal has not retreated to the background, otherwise there must be Howard's free throw for today's top five.

And the shooting action, no matter how you look at it, it looks like you are throwing a shot put.

That's right, maybe Howard's shooting has been instructed by a shot put coach. After all, Howard once practiced track and field for a period of time, and he practiced shot put.

Of course, it's the same as O'Neill, probably because the upper body strength of the exercise is too developed.

This season's 59% free throw percentage in the regular season fell to 56% after entering the playoffs.

"There's sweat on the ball, hahaha."

After Howard made a free throw, he quickly relieved the embarrassment with an awkward smile.

Have it?

In the next round, Raymond Felton also made a three-pointer.

"This... Felton also scored a three-pointer! Today the Bobcats are going to use a three-pointer to open up Ren Du's second line!"

Su Qun originally wanted to say that Felton could take it easy and stop shooting in such a hurry, but he never expected that Raymond Felton, who shot 26% of the three-pointers in the last round of the series, directly shot A three-pointer hit.

"This Nelson is really short, no wonder Felton is so confident."

"It's not standing together, no one is much shorter than anyone else."

Su Qun said with great interest: "Jamal Nelson claims to be 6 inches, which is about 1.83 meters, and Felton is 1.85 feet one, about 2 meters, but no matter how you look at it, the two are not the same. [-] centimeters, half a head shorter."

Director Zhang Weiping said seriously: "After all, basketball is a tall sport. There is a line in the NBA. For example, because Michael Jordan is in front of the shooting guard, 1.98 meters is basically the best shooting guard. Height, like a small forward, the standard size is 2.03 meters. As for the height of a center, the standard is 2.1 feet 1.83, which means more than 1.8 meters. One inch is stronger than one inch. As for point guards, six feet 1.78 meters is definitely a hard threshold , Many guards who are less than [-] meters will write six feet. The management will also make more considerations in the selection of the No. [-] pick, so the height of some guards is very high."

13-6, the Charlotte Bobcats continue to exaggerate the score by relying on 3 of 3 three-pointers.

In the next round, the Charlotte Bobcats finally stopped Dwight Howard with a successful defense.

It was a struggle of three people, Emeka Okafor, Boris Diaw, and Zhou Lin had to fight one after another, and finally stopped Dwight Howard from violently rising.

The Charlotte Bobcats are still trying to make a three-pointer from the outside, but this time Zhou Lin's three-pointer is a bit short.

After Howard picked up the rebound, he gave it to Sharad Lewis. Lewis stepped down quickly. He glanced behind him, and Zhou Lin, who was chasing the closest, was about 3 or 4 meters away from him.

However, when he saw that there was no one behind him, he seemed to be thinking about the posture to dunk in his mind, so his pace slowed down by half a beat.

Windmill?Tomahawk?

360°?Or a back buckle?
After Sharad Lewis thought it over and was about to end the round with a 360° dunk, Zhou Lin ruthlessly blocked Lewis' dunk.

Of course, this is not a block, but some rough direct practice to bring people down.

The referee called a foul!

And Sharad Lewis was going to find the referee, thinking that there was no defender in front of the ball, so he should call a technical foul.

After reviewing the video, the referee did not change his mind.

"It's the playoffs!"

Zhou Lin, who had just come back from the Detroit Pistons series, thought it was an all-or-nothing series, not an ordinary regular season.

Maybe in the regular season, if you want to perform a performance, I will let it go, but at this time, if you make a fuss again, I will not be used to it.

(End of this chapter)