NBA villain

Chapter 216
Francis shook his head. Howard's low-post skills are far worse than Yao Ming's. In Houston last season, Yao Ming, who gained weight, was able to eat 80.00% of the league's insiders in the low post. be maintained at a high level.

In Francis' view, Howard's footsteps have two problems. One is that the footsteps are too routine. It's okay if the first kick can deceive the defender. It’s just that there is no fake action when he gets up at the end, and [-]% of the insiders in the league are extremely easy to be swayed when defending, leaving only so old, cunning or heavy players who often stand and block shots.

After all, he is still too young and needs to learn more.

The most important thing before the magic is how to restrain the warriors who have been fully motivated by Yang Di.

After Richardson completed a fast break layup, the Warriors were only 98 point behind 99 to 1.

Francis took a deep breath, made a pull gesture to Mobley, and then leaned over, dribbled across his legs, and looked directly at Richardson who was guarding him.

Both of them are representatives of flying players in the league, and they are both the ball controllers of their respective teams. The duel also attracted a certain amount of attention.

Francis dribbles even better, swinging the basketball back and forth with his long arms under his crotch.

Shoulder to the right, Francis stepped out with his right foot, dribbled behind his back to his left hand, then dribbled behind his back continuously and then switched to his right hand. Suddenly, his calf kicked the ground, bursting with speed, and broke through obliquely to the right.

Richardson's lateral movement ability has always been average, but this time his defense is very good, with Francis stuck on one side of his body, resisting him and retreating in.

Yang Di let go of Howard's defense and moved to block Francis, Richardson and the basket.

"Come on!" Magic coach Johnny yelled.

The entire Warriors team was watching very closely. Francis stopped the ball and stood there, with no room for a shot.

After a two-second pause, Mobley retreated to almost half-court and Francis tossed the ball out before Mobley caught the ball.

Francis came out to catch the ball again, and Tony Batty set him a pick-and-roll at the top of the key.

Single block screen shot, missed.

Under the basket, Yang Di jumped up, grabbed the basketball with one hand, and then landed firmly in the penalty area, blocking Howard's approaching chest with one hand.

Howard was very helpless. Yang Di's positioning skills were better than Yang Di's, and his strength was stronger. It was difficult for him to grab offensive rebounds in front of him.

The Warriors attacked in the frontcourt, Richardson passed the ball to Fisher, and Fisher passed it back to Richardson.

Richardson waved at Yang Di, and Yang Di moved over to do a pick-and-roll for him.

At this moment, he suddenly started, the speed of dribbling and taking a step were extremely fast.

"duo~"

When the referee's whistle sounded, Richardson was slightly taken aback, and subconsciously continued to make a three-step layup, but at this time everyone was still. He played tricks, threw the ball around his body and then threw it into the sky.

Looking back, the referee rolled his arms and made a walking gesture.

"Blind." Richardson rolled his eyes. There is nothing he can do about this kind of whistleblowing. In the NBA, the first step and dribbling of the ball holder is always a category that can be blown or not. Players are used to playing this way all their lives.

The two sides then played a few rounds without scoring, and fell into a rather anxious situation.

Until 3 minutes and 29 seconds, Francis broke through and made a fake layup in the air against Yang Di, causing Yang Di to foul.

This was Yang Di's third foul of the game, and Francis went to the free throw line.

Two free throws were made, and the Magic led 101 to 98.

As if they got a signal from each other, as soon as the Magic started to score, the Warriors immediately started to score. Dunleavy hit a three-pointer, and the Warriors directly tied the score 101 to 101.

The game has entered the most critical stage.

Francis still wanted a pick-and-roll, but after the pick-and-roll, Yang Di's defense was very aggressive, and he teamed up with Richardson to directly form a double-team.

Francis had no choice but to take it out, and after passing it back to Mobley, Yang Di withdrew to the penalty area.

In the end, after a few shifts, Mobley simply broke through directly. With a faster pace, he passed Fisher's defense, and then made a jumper from a position outside the free throw line and made a hit.

103:101.

The Warriors attacked, and Yang Di made a pick-and-roll screen for Fisher.

Fisher broke through to the elbow with the ball and immediately transferred it to Richardson at the top of the arc.

The torn magic line of defense gave Richardson a chance. Richardson stepped in and rushed in, stepping away from Francis directly.

Because of the changes in the defensive rules this season, no arm contact defense is more beneficial to the breakthrough of outside players.

Richardson walked in, the Warriors shrunk their defense, and Yang Di cut in, instantly attracting a lot of attention from the Magic, but Fisher went out to get an open opportunity instead.

Richardson passed back and Fisher made a three-point jumper.Also hit.

104:103.

The back-and-forth offense made the audience hooked, and Fisher's three-pointer at the critical moment directly detonated the Oakland Arena.

The cheering momentum of the audience became even louder.

Howard was very active in the pick-and-roll, but it was useless if he couldn't catch the ball. The Magic missed two offenses. At 1 minute and 13 seconds, the Warriors passed the ball to Yang Di.

Yang Di received the ball from the mid-range position and gave Howard a feint.

Howard didn't move, Yang Di unceremoniously stood up, raised his arms, and shot the ball high.

"It's another mid-range shot at a critical moment!" The fans exclaimed. The praise is greater than the derogation. It is not surprising that Yang Di dared to take responsibility for the shot at the critical moment.

Howard was taken aback when Yang Di, who didn't make many mid-range shots, shot like this. He couldn't take off in time, so he could only interfere with it.

"Shh!"

With an arrow through his heart, Yang Di happily kept his shooting posture and retreated to defend. The audience burst into cheers and applause from all directions.

The Magic asked for a timeout, and Howard was even more depressed.

"How did he hit the mid-range shot?" Howard was puzzled. How could Yang Di have such a soft touch with such a strong strength?The point is, in the previous games, Yang Di never took a shot from the middle distance, most of the time he was fighting with him in the interior, and suddenly he made a mid-range shot, who knew he had to defend!

"He is such a player. In fact, his mid-range shooting percentage is not low, but in his shooting tendency, the proportion of mid-range shots is not large. Chinese players are very accurate." Tony Batty smiled wryly, thinking about the situation It got worse.

After returning from the timeout, the Magic arranged a flank cover tactic.

Francis rushed in under the cover of Howard, but Yang Di waited there early, like an eagle catching prey, intercepting Francis in the air.

Even for the hunks who participated in the dunk contest, layups obviously changed their technical movements under the absolute difference in height.

With a weird posture, he hit the back edge of the basket.

Murphy stuck Howard, and the bottom line was actually snatched by Fisher who bounced the rebound farther away.

Yang Di's heart thumped wildly, is the S-level mission really going to be completed like this?
The time enters within 1 minute.

The Warriors are not rushing to attack, and Fisher is clear-headed and takes the ball slowly on the outside.

Just now Yang Di made a shot at a critical moment, this time he didn't have the nerve to continue to ask for the ball, and ran out to pick and roll Fisher.

Fisher motioned for him to pick and roll Richardson, then "irresponsibly" passed the ball to Richardson at a 45-degree angle.

Richardson is also embarrassing. At the critical moment of this game, a three-pointer by Fisher and a two-pointer by Yang Di were not made by him. In this league where heroism prevails, it is a bit of a loss The name of the boss.

So this ball, he had to attack by himself.

Yang Di's pick-and-roll allowed him to throw off Francis' defense and face Howard directly. Howard was too close to the line this time. Yang Di turned his back and formed a dislocation against Francis.

At this time, it is also a better opportunity for Richardson to pass the ball to Yang Di, but Richardson wants to come by himself.

It is also misplaced to beat the big with the small.

So he dribbled twice under his crotch, crossed his steps and rushed inward. As soon as Howard moved his center of gravity, Richardson stopped his figure and almost stepped on the three-point line to shoot two points.

"Clang!" It was even more embarrassing to miss.

This undoubtedly gave the Magic another chance. In the 40 seconds of attack time, they can still play two rounds.

It's a pity that the magic was not strong at the critical moment. Francis actually handed the ball to the veteran Tony Batty when he was watched dead. The latter turned against Murphy and turned for a layup. bottom line.

Yang Di's 9th block, his fans are crazy.

This kind of deterrence is too terrifying. The Magic who came back from the timeout tried to shoot from the outside. Although it was an open shot after a breakthrough, Mobley still failed to seize the opportunity.

The rebound was protected by Yang Di, and the Magic took an early foul.

Yang Di made two free throws and made one. In less than 20 seconds, a 4-point lead was enough.

Then the Magic did not have a three-point shot from the outside. Francis missed a two-pointer on a fadeaway jumper. Yang Di allocated the rebound to Murphy, and the Magic fouled Murphy.

Murphy made two free throws, and the Magic completely lost hope.

In the end, the Warriors narrowly beat the Magic 109 to 106 at home. The Magic failed to seize the opportunity at the critical moment, otherwise the outcome is unpredictable.

杨迪成为全场表现最好的球员，他得到了18分17个篮板和9次盖帽的准三双数据，而对位的霍华德只有6分8个篮板1次盖帽，两人差距明显。

Francis scored 36 points and left the arena helplessly.

Before leaving, he shook hands with Yang Di in a friendly way.

"You are as good as Yao Ming, and you Chinese are good at producing big men."

Yang Di raised his eyebrows, and said triumphantly: "Not all of them are big men. You see, my style of play is more like a small forward. I might not be able to play outside in the future."

Francis laughed and was amused by Yang Di's big words: "Small forward blocks 9 shots in a game? Yang, you are really interesting. You have a completely different personality from Yao Ming!"

"What kind of character is Yao Ming?"

"Yao Ming is more humble and friendly, but sometimes he can be tough, and you are covered with spikes, flamboyant and not afraid of anyone. I like you very much."

"I like you too, Steve, we Chinese fans call you "Boss Fu"."

(End of this chapter)