This striker is a bit of a monster

Chapter 236 Okafor Inspired to Fight

"The characteristics of the Orlando Magic have been completely opened up, and the Charlotte Bobcats who are now in prison should miss Brandon Roy very much."

The live broadcast camera also pointed the camera at Brandon Roy, who was wearing a suit and sitting on the bench with a serious expression, in a tacit degree. If he had a choice, he might have already put on the game.

It has to be admitted that the Charlotte Bobcats lack opportunity creators. Zhou Lin is the only player who can pierce the inside and give the ball out at the same time.

In a state where he can't shoot three-pointers from the outside and is completely at a disadvantage inside, once the opponent pinches Zhou Lin, it is bound to be restricted.

If Brandon Roy, his one-on-one ability and mid-range, is very likely to become another answer for the Charlotte Bobcats.

In the first quarter, Zhou Lin, Mike Dunleavy and Emeka Okafor all played 12 minutes.

After the start of the second quarter, Zhou Lin continued to stay on the court. Now is the opponent's transition stage, and Zhou Lin still hopes to use his personal ability to recover the score.

In the few minutes when Dwight Howard was resting, the basket guarded by Gortat was not as airtight as in the first quarter with the presence of Warcraft, and Mohamed, who was put on the bench, played with Gortat. In the matchup of Tate, relying on his seasoned experience, he has a slight advantage.

But small guard Jamal Nelson made two consecutive difficult three-pointers at this stage, which made the Charlotte Bobcats' best chance to chase points wasted.

The three main players of the Orlando Magic, Dwight Howard, Hedo Turkoglu, and Sharad Lewis, all got 4-5 minutes of rest time, enough rest time, and also allowed them to appear on the court in a very good state. Good, Dwight Howard has a feeling of eating and drinking. He even wanted to dunk the No. [-] Emeka Okafor at the basket, but he was dragged off by Okafor.

At the time of free throws, there were even shouts of MVP in Orlando's home arena, but Dwight Howard still only made 2 of 1 free throws.

Throughout the second quarter, the Charlotte Bobcats still failed to find a good solution.

51-37, the Orlando Magic entered the second half with a double-digit lead.

In the third quarter, the Charlotte Bobcats finally found some offensive touch. Mike Dunleavy and Raymond Felton both started scoring. This was originally a momentum of chasing points. Unfortunately, Orlando The Magic didn't mess up their position, combined internal and external, and kept scoring, basically maintaining the point difference above double digits.

Entering the fourth quarter, the Orlando Magic did not make any more mistakes, and almost kept all the main players until the end. Although the efforts of the Charlotte Bobcats during the period, the fourth quarter still had suspense and did not form garbage time. But the Orlando Magic almost established the basic trend of the game in the first quarter.

In the end, in G2 of the Amway Center Arena, the Orlando Magic pulled back 102-87 and headed to the home court of the Charlotte Bobcats with a 1-1 series score.

此役，夏洛特山猫队这边，周林砍下22投9中，砍下22分5次助攻8个篮板，迈克.邓利维15分5篮板，埃梅卡.奥卡福7分9篮板2封盖，雷蒙德.菲尔顿15分4助攻，鲍里斯.迪奥11分7篮板3助攻。

奥兰多魔术队3人得分上20，德怀特.霍华德22分10篮板，沙拉德.刘易斯24分8篮板，贾马尔.尼尔森20分5助攻，另外，希度.特克格鲁也获得了18分7助攻7篮板的数据。

In this game, the Orlando Magic also made good three-pointers. Maurice Evans, Nelson and Turkoglu scored two three-pointers each, while Lewis scored four three-pointers.

Back home with a 1-1 score, the Charlotte Bobcats are still acceptable.

And G2 also exposed a lot of huge problems.

After returning to Charlotte after the game, the local media also interviewed Capel's head coach and asked about the depth of the team's bench. Capel did not make a clear statement, but said that he may Some changes will be made.

Expanding the rotation lineup has become a problem that coach Capel must think about.

There is also Emeka Okafor, and Dwight Howard in the two battles, almost in a rhythm of being tyrannized. Thinking back three years ago, the two people's draft voices were really not much different, and it was also Yu Liang at that time. No matter how far a person's career has progressed, the top picks and second places in the same class and position will be used as a comparison.

At this time, it was brought out again to be compared and directly talked to. Okafor undoubtedly became a lot more embarrassed, but Okafor also said in an interview that he will definitely rebound strongly after returning to Charlotte.

On May 5, the Charlotte Bobcats ushered in a G9 battle with the Orlando Magic.

The Charlotte Arena was almost full.

Back home, the Charlotte Bobcats also swept away the previous haze and put on a white home jersey.

Both the Orlando Magic and the Charlotte Bobcats continued their lineups from the previous game without change.

Emeka Okafor also won the jump ball with Dwight Howard for the first time, helping the team get the ball in the first wave.

At the opening stage of this quarter, Capel first arranged for Zhou Lin to play off the ball, allowing Raymond Felton to take control of the main rhythm, and this time Zhou Lin faced Maurice Evans, the important position It was more fierce and deeper than before.

In the grab for the first ball, Zhou Lin made the opponent's off-ball foul.

This game has to be tougher, which is also coach Capel's arrangement, and Zhou Lin's movements are obviously much stronger than the previous game.

Maurice Evans also looked at the referee helplessly, and spread his hands to signal that he thought it was Zhou Lin who fouled first, and put his elbow on his shoulder.

Zhou Lin took the initiative to enter the weak side below the free throw line to demand, Felton gave the ball to Zhou Lin again, Zhou Lin turned over, directly ignored the opponent's block, hit a jumper, and opened the scoring for the game.

Zhou Lin does not go to the strong side now, but chooses to play singles on the weak side.

In essence, turned into a Terminator.

Yes, the opponent is constantly restricting Zhou Lin's scoring and trying to cut off the connection between Zhou Lin and his teammates, but this kind of action cannot be successful in every game, not to mention that this game is still in the Charlotte Bobcats played at home.

Looking back, Emeka Okafor, who was tyrannized by Dwight Howard for several consecutive games, finally made a contribution on the defensive end. Facing Dwight Howard, Emeka Okafor turned and hooked The judgment was successful, and a hot pot directly slapped Howard's hook.

Emeka Okafor himself couldn't help but let out a long growl. He was so frustrated in the previous two games, and now he finally let out his breath.

However, although Howard's offense was blocked, Turkoglu was at the top of the arc, almost against Boris Diaw's defense, and forcibly hit a three-pointer.

3-2 start.

Mike Dunleavy tried to respond coldly from the outside, but unfortunately, the ball bounced out of the frame.

But at this moment, Okafor stretched out his long arms and gained the upper hand in the rebound competition with Howard. Today, he seems to have a lot of fighting spirit. Facing Howard, he made a three-threat move. Howard Not daring to jump easily, he easily scored points in the middle distance.

Emeka Okafor has a mid-range shot, but although he is now the most expensive player on the Bobcats, he has never enjoyed the position of the core of tactics. There was Gerald Wallace before, and there was Zhou Lin, so the mid-range technique, one of his skill sets, can only be used during training most of the time. In this game, Emeka Okafor's offensive desire is high, and it also coincides with the touch Zhengjia.

"Yes, yes, Okafor took the rebound off Howard's head, and also used a forward-style three-threat shot to face Warcraft. It seems that Coach Capel has indeed made corresponding tactical changes. .”

"Good job, Emeka."

Coach Capel was also encouraging Okafor from the sidelines. If Okafor can complete the trade with Dwight Howard, or have a mutual explosion, the game will be much easier.

"Mike, don't give the Turk too much room to shoot, press him."

Zhou Lin on the side kept reminding Mike Dunleavy that in the first five games of the playoffs, no, the first six games of the playoffs, Turkoglu really shot the same as Tuobaba, but you can't really ask for one A guy with a 4% three-point shooting percentage in regular time, let's wind up every game, and Turkoglu can regain his touch because the Charlotte Bobcats have been shrinking the inside.

Now, Turkoglu is here, and the touch has been cultivated. If you don't care about it, you will suffer.

With Mike Dunleavy's move up, the space within the three-point line has undoubtedly increased a lot. Sharad Lewis borrowed an off-ball screen and cut inside. Turkoglu gave the ball to Sharad Lewis. , Emeka Okafor had to come up to defend. Lewis made a high toss that was almost two palms above the top of the basket, but he knew that Howard could easily catch the ball.

Pong!

After Howard received the ball, he filled the frame vigorously with both hands, but Okafor's supplementary defense made him the background board for the dunk.

Another alley-oop that was good enough for a scheduled top-ten ball.

Full of violent aesthetics.

"The jump is too high."

Howard's talent is really enviable. Unlike Okafor, although Howard lost the best rookie, he has an excellent growth path in the Magic. It has made rapid progress on both offensive and defensive ends.

Of course, this also has something to do with the team's route and background. The Magic do have much more experience in training centers than the Charlotte Bobcats.

Although Emeka Okafor, who is actually three years older than Howard, has better immediate combat ability and also snatched the best rookie trophy, but as the team's first rookie, he did not get the best rookie award. Good training, in the first two years of his career, in order to adapt to the rapid weight gain in the NBA, his weight once reached 280 pounds, which led to an increase in injuries and a decline in his athletic ability. Although he lost weight again, he also regained some form. But after all, because of the swaying development direction and the bottoming out of potential, Okafor has now been left behind by Howard.

In Zhou Lin's opinion, Emeka Okafor is different from many black people. You must know that although Okafor did not stay in college for four years, he has already obtained a degree in finance in advance, which is different from many people who are engaged in sports. Black players are different. He is very smart. Even if he can't become an NBA superstar, he can still become a financial circle wandering in Wall Street. His fairly well-to-do family allows him not to panic about making a living. Compared with black players, he lacks some paranoid personality or ruthlessness. Even in the locker room, as the player with the most senior manager and the highest salary in the Bobcats at this stage, he never thought of going to the past with Zhou Lin or other players. Players compete for the position of team boss.

It's like a hard-working employee who works in a company.

But in the final analysis, people need face, and books need skin.

In G1 and G2, his stats are only about half of Howard's.

The feeling of being rubbed against the floor by Howard is very unpleasant.

He also needs to prove to others that he is not bad.

"Trust me, I'll come inside to open up the situation!"

This time, Okafor withstood Howard on the inside and reached out to the outside player for the ball.

Okafor seldom plays singles with the ball, and is more of a cake-eating offense and a second offense, but in fact Okafor still has inside skills.

Another point is that although Howard's explosive power is better, watching his muscles explode, Okafor is slightly better than Howard in the battle for important positions.

Unlike Dwight Howard's inverted triangle with well-developed upper limbs but slender calves, Okafor's upper and lower body is more well-proportioned. It can be said that the lower body is much thicker than Howard's to the naked eye. In fact, it is more With the strength of the lower body.

Howard faced some players with excellent bottom strength, and sometimes he played very uncomfortable.

For example, Yao Ming, no matter what platform they are playing against, even if the peak periods of the two players overlap, Yao Ming can make Howard worthy of submission. Among them, technical flow is one aspect, and more importantly, Howard is the best player in the NBA. Yao Ming, one of the strengths of the game, is basically difficult to dig deep into the paint, and Yao Ming's hooks and fadeaways make Warcraft helpless.

Emeka Okafor is going to play Howard. Zhou Lin hastily made room for Okafor to attack, and pulled to the bottom corner of the outside line. Mike Dunleavy also gave the ball to Okafor on the inside. Fu hands.

It is naturally impossible for the Magic to double-team Okafor. They believe in Howard's defensive ability.

After receiving the ball, Okafor made a pass fake first, then chiseled in twice. Howard's header was not particularly easy. After a back turn, Okafor made a fake first to cheat Howard.

Then Okafor jumped up, but Howard's bullet speed was really fast enough, and the second take-off after the fall almost caught up with Okafor.

The two long arms hooked each other, and finally Okafor pushed the ball into the basket, which also caused Howard's foul 2+1.

"I returned a buckle. This footstep is very good."

"My God, Okafor is about to break out today."

"Don't forget that Okafor was also the man who overwhelmed Howard to be the best rookie, and it's only been three years."

(End of this chapter)