This striker is a bit of a monster

Chapter 380 How to Use Solomon Jones

The two teams may have played the most awkward game of this round of the series. The referee's whistle and the offensive state of the players caused this game to be a bit fragmented. This situation was not immediately resolved in the third quarter. It changed, because Zhou Lin, who was put on the bench for two controversial call-offs, was really sitting cold on the bench. Even a star of Zhou Lin's level needs time to recover after losing his offensive touch. Looking for feel.

"Now Zhou Lin's self-regulation ability is needed."

"Zhou Lin sat on the sidelines for too long, and considering the offensive state of this game, Zhou Lin did not have a particularly good offensive state. If I were Larry Brown, I would definitely choose to let Zhou Lin play more. Go to the rim, not the outside shot."

But people playing on the court have a completely different perspective from those standing in the commentary booth. On the premise that the Orlando Magic have built a defensive inside fortress similar to a copper wall, Zhou Lin chooses to try more shots from the outside, but The more this is the case, the more the progress of the game is not as expected by Zhou Lin, and sometimes the players will go against the axis. He feels that he can make a shot, but it is just a little bit close. As long as he finds that feeling, everything will be solved.

It's a pity that the Orlando Magic's basket seemed to block Zhou Lin today, and he missed no matter how hard he shot.

Moreover, the more Zhou Lin missed the shot, the more the Orlando Magic let Zhou Lin shoot.

At the beginning of the third quarter, Zhou Lin missed all four consecutive shots. Because of Zhou Lin's state problems, the Charlotte Bobcats were slowly opened by the Orlando Magic.

56-48, the point difference came to 8 points in the blink of an eye.

Although the Orlando Magic's offensive state is also very average, but relying on the inside advantage, more offensive rebounds and more secondary offenses, the Orlando Magic still has the initiative on the court.

"In the last game, the Charlotte Bobcats were able to defeat the Orlando Magic without David Lee. Zhou Lin's performance can be said to be one of the decisive factors. But in this game, Zhou Lin's performance is very good. Abnormal, of course, this also has a great relationship with the Orlando Magic's extremely targeted defensive strategy and extremely controversial whistleblowers, and Zhou Lin, who is a barometer for the Charlotte Bobcats, is completely in this round of the series. The key point for the Bobcats."

"To sum up, the current Charlotte Bobcats team wins with Zhou Lin and loses with Zhou Lin." Su Qun said: "If Zhou Lin can recover in the next game, then the Charlotte Bobcats can win the game , but if Zhou Lin's touch doesn't come, or if it comes very late, then the Bobcats may lose this game."

Zooming in on the camera, all the fans could see that Zhou Lin was constantly blowing on his hands. From this point, it could be seen that Zhou Lin had also been deliberately looking for the feel.

Of course, Zhou Lin couldn't be frantically looking for touch with his shots like he did at the beginning of the third quarter. Instead, he started to cooperate with his teammates, and began to focus his offense on the team's No. 16 player, Brandon. Roy went to tilt, Brandon Roy's touch is not bad, [-] points were recorded in this game, which is the highest score of the Bobcats so far. At this stage of Roy's main attack, the Bobcats' game has improved a little Some rhythm, but at the same time that the Bobcats' offensive rhythm is picking up, the Orlando Magic have finally found the rhythm of the game's offense. Jason Williams and Howard's pick-and-roll, the Bobcats are really powerless to stop. David .In the absence of Lee, Zhou Lin often needs to appear in the fourth position, and Hayes must also take on more defensive tasks. Under this chain reaction, if there is a loophole in one link, other players need to be mobilized To make up for it, the order of appearance of all players is also disrupted.

In the third quarter, Howard was completely opened up. In addition to the still somewhat dismal free throw percentage, Howard succeeded in a few dunks in the third quarter, plus two second rebounds and an offensive layup.

It seems that the Charlotte Bobcats really have no way to stop Howard, and the disadvantage of frequently sending Howard to the free throw line in the first half also appeared. Yi Jianlian and Roy Hibbert received their fourth personal foul early. And Zhou Lin also had three fouls, so he didn't dare to stop the big trouble of Howard easily.

Hayes defends Howard. Howard plays with the ball in his hand. Hayes is not afraid at all, but he is afraid of the cooperation of Howard and other players. He moves to play. Howard's physical fitness and explosive power, as long as he is off the ground, Hayes can hardly do anything but stare.

But under the premise that both Yi Jianlian and Hibbert committed four offenses, Larry Brown had to put Hayes in the fifth position to face Howard. After all, Hayes' single-handed defense against Howard was still good.

In the third quarter, although Zhou Lin was on the court all the time, the number of times he touched the ball was not particularly frequent, and another center of gravity of the team, Roy's defensive pressure was not small, because Luke was released. Mbah a Moute and Hayes are on the court, and the Orlando Magic can selectively let go of one or two of them to block Zhou Lin or Roy.

If it weren't for the Orlando Magic's perimeter offense is really bad, it is estimated that the game will be decided in the third quarter, but even so, the Orlando Magic are still at the end of the third quarter. It stretched beyond double digits.

At the end of the third quarter, Howard had completed 21+14 statistics. The only thing that was a bit eye-catching was that he made 11 of 3 free throws.

78-66, entered the fourth quarter with a 12-point lead. For today's Charlotte Bobcats, this is already a big difference. Today's offensive state is extremely poor, chasing these 12 points It's not easy.

What's more, the house leak coincided with the rain all night. At the beginning of the fourth quarter, without any confrontation, Quentin Richardson suddenly felt discomfort in his knee and went straight back to the locker room to check.

As a swingman at positions 2-3, Richardson contributed to the veteran's microwave-like ability in this game, especially when he hit two three-pointers in the second quarter and scored 8 points in the third quarter. points, and is currently the highest scoring player on a Charlotte Bobcats-like bench.

The Orlando Magic still revolved around the one-star radiant space fault, played a 6-0 spurt, and opened the point difference to more than 15 points.

Larry Brown frowned and called a timeout.

"Oh, are you going to Solomon Jones?"

Solomon Jones played as a starter at the beginning of this season. At that time, Hibbert had not come back, and Hayes had not arrived, but at that time, everyone could see that Solomon Jones had a lot of opportunities. Jones is not very good at anything, he can't defend inside, and he can't even eat cakes on the offensive end. So after Hibbert's comeback and Hayes' arrival, Solomon Jones was basically put into the sidelines. However, David Lee's injury caused the Bobcats to start to lack insiders, especially in the face of the premise of a violent insider like Howard. The appearance of Solomon Jones in the activation lineup was also a means prepared by Larry Brown. It's better than letting Zhou Lin play the fifth position, and Howard has obviously adapted to Hayes' defensive style. Solomon Jones is 208cm tall anyway, so he can stand up a little bit.

However, wanting Solomon Jones to guard against Howard is also a dream.

No, as soon as it came up, Solomon Jones received a foul on Howard, and the cumulative number of fouls by the Charlotte Bobcats also reached five times in a single quarter, and Howard walked to the free throw line.

The first ball, big!The second ball is still bigger.

Howard was at the free throw line, Solomon Jones helped Zhou Lin get a defensive rebound, the Charlotte Bobcats advanced directly, and Luke Mbah a Moute dunked successfully, chasing two points back.

After the Magic's serve, Solomon Jones once again received a foul on Howard, or in other words, fouled on purpose.

"Is it a hacking tactic?"

Yang Yi smiled and said, "Now, it's a good way to use this evil trick to cure Howard."

Solomon Jones was sent up to defend Howard, but this defense was done in a self-destructive way. This was the evolution of the previous 'shark hacking tactic', produced by the crazy experimenter of the NBA, Old Nelson. Shark O'Neal was the first victim, and the most famous victim since then is Dwight Howard. As far as this game is concerned, sending Howard directly to the free throw line is tantamount to giving the Bobcats more opportunities.

Although this does affect the enjoyment of the game, in some games, it is really feasible to use it.

The on-site staff of the Orlando Magic team also specially instructed the fans to calm down when Howard made a free throw and let Howard make a good free throw. Howard, who made 13 free throws in 3 before, was no exception this time, even in the second time. There is also a classic scene of three non-stick free throws.

Stan Van Gundy frowned, while Larry Brown folded his arms and nodded slightly at Solomon Jones. Howard missed four free throws, which directly gave the Bobcats two more offensive opportunities.

And this hard-won opportunity, the Bobcats really seized it, Zhou Lin finally made the first three-pointer of the game at 6 minutes and 21 seconds into the fourth quarter .

84-74, the Bobcats chased the point difference to only 10 points.

Stan Van Gundy immediately called a timeout, the Orlando Magic didn't score, the Bobcats started to score, not to mention Zhou Lin started to hit a three-pointer!

After missing the first five three-pointers, Zhou Lin finally hit the sixth three-pointer.

This ebb and flow, the momentum began to reverse gradually, more than 6 minutes, 10 points difference is not safe.

"Should I still use Howard? If you play Howard, I will continue to cut. Even if Solomon Jones loses all six foul opportunities on Howard, it is worth it."

Van Gundy didn't have any tricks here, and continued to let Howard play. Solomon Jones was also like a self-destruct robot in the hands of Larry Brown. As long as the Magic sent the ball, Solomon Jones would directly attack.

With a bitter melon look, Howard probably would rather wrestle with the opponent's 200-pound man than go to the free throw line that would make him lose face.

After missing 5 free throws in a row, the ball finally gave him face and rolled into the basket obediently, but it was only 2 of 1.

Looking back, Zhou Lin ambushed and caught the ball from the bottom line, almost facing the defense of Turkoglu and Vince Carter, he jumped up and made the second three-pointer of the game!
"Come on, come on, this is Zhou Lin. Zhou Lin, who has the attributes of a pitcher, once he starts to hit, it is very likely that he will be connected."

87-80, the Charlotte Bobcats have chased the point difference to a precarious 7 points.

Solomon Jones completely regarded himself as a tool man. As soon as Zhou Lin made the shot, Solomon Jones dedicated his fourth foul.

In the first 2 minutes of playing, he contributed 4 fouls. Solomon Jones is unprecedented in the Bobcats with a short history. Of course, Solomon Jones' plus-minus is now the highest +8 in the Bobcats.

Howard made 2 of 1 free throws, combined with 19 of 5 free throws, making Stan Van Gundy frown, and the Charlotte Bobcats are also in good offensive form at the moment. Zhou Lin, who made consecutive three-pointers, made the Magic a little nervous Well, as soon as Zhou Lin raised his hand, two players jumped up to block Zhou Lin. This time Zhou Lin went to the basket and easily won two free throws.

Stan Van Gundy finally replaced Howard with Gortat when Zhou Lin made a free throw.

Howard was at the free-throw line, almost throwing away the Magic's lead.

After Zhou Lin's 2 free throws, 88-82, the Bobcats were only 6 points away, and there were 4 minutes and 07 seconds left in the game, only [-] goals away.

The Polish Hammer was more effective than Howard in this occasion. After a simple pick-and-roll, Nelson was given a chance to throw a shot, and two points were pocketed. The Orlando Magic finally scored a goal in a sports game.

After Zhou Lin scored 8 points in a row, the Orlando Magic fully played the spirit of [-] points against Zhou Lin, and the number of passes of Zhou Lin was also shown at this moment. Zhou Lin passed to Solomon Jones who cut in, and Jones finally got Chance, smash the ball into the basket.

There is still a gap of 6 points.

"I didn't expect Solomon Jones to be able to use it like this. I have to say that if the Bobcats can win today's game, Solomon Jones should be credited."

"Howard probably hates Jones today."

Orlando Magic, in the absence of Howard's inside defense, can only rely on outside output to play. Solomon Jones staged a timely supplementary defense, hitting the ball out of the sideline, and the ball was dead. Next, Solomon Jones was replaced, and the Charlotte Bobcats bench all gave Solomon Jones a high-five.

(End of this chapter)