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Chapter 125 Hope of Victory

"Charles, have you counted how many offensive rebounds Yan has grabbed in the first half?"

He is tall and has long arms and excellent jumping ability. It can be said that Yan Hua is a natural rebounder. When he first entered the league, Yan Hua was able to grab rebounds in less than 30 minutes. They grabbed about 8 rebounds on average, and after learning Steven Adams' attacking skills, Yan Hua's average rebounds per game skyrocketed. In a single season, he had more than 20 rebounds in four games, second only to This year's rebounding champion Dwight Howard, and after the regular season, Yan Hua ranked fourth in the league's rebounding list with an average of 11.5 rebounds per game.

So in the first season of entering the NBA, Yan Hua's rebounding ability has been recognized by everyone, and some people even predict that in the next ten years, Yan Hua and Howard may only be the regular season rebounding champion. It happened between them, and Charles Barkley and Kenny Smith, who are now sitting on the sidelines, are one of the staunch supporters of this view.

And compared to other rebounders, Yan Hua's offensive rebounding ability is particularly outstanding. Although the total number of rebounds can only rank fourth in the entire league, Yan Hua's average offensive rebounds per game is the highest in the entire league. The average number of offensive rebounds has reached an astonishing 4.7, which is 0.5 ahead of the second-ranked Dwight Howard. You must know that Dwight Howard's average rebounds are 13.8, which is better than Dwight Howard in total rebounds. With 2.3 fewer rebounds, Yan Hua has 0.5 more offensive rebounds than Howard.

Although Yan Hua already has a full understanding of Yan Hua's rebounding ability, when Yan Hua grabbed offensive rebounds one after another in the game against the Nuggets, and then made a tip-up, Ken, who was the commentator, Ni-Smith is starting to worry about the Nuggets, not to mention the Nuggets coach George Karl who is already circling anxiously on the sidelines.

"There should be 8, or 9, right?" Charles Barkley, the record holder of the NBA's record for offensive rebounds in a single quarter and in a halftime, thought that Yan Hua could grab so many offensive rebounds. It was not as surprising as Kenny Smith. Yan Hua's rebounding ability is very strong, especially the offensive rebounds. In front of Barkley's record of 8 offensive rebounds in a single quarter, it was just an ordinary operation.

It is also a long-standing saying that the rebounder wins the world. Although nothing is so absolute, and there are many things that lose rebounds but win the game, most of the teams that lose rebounds Losing the game, especially the team whose offensive rebounds were caught by the opponent, is a narrow escape.

The game between the Kings and the Nuggets is a good proof of this truth. When the overall shooting rate is higher than that of the Kings, the Nuggets are already 14 points behind the Kings in less than half of the game, which leads to the Nuggets. The main reason why the Kings fell behind was that the Nuggets' offensive rebounds were caught by the Kings. The Nuggets only grabbed 2 offensive rebounds in the first half and scored 2 points through the second offense. The Kings grabbed 13 offensive rebounds in the first half, Yan Hua 9, Drew Gooden 2, and John Salmons 1. The second offense scored as many as 18 points. In this case, if the Nuggets can still take the lead in the score, it is definitely a fantasy.

When the whistle sounded at the end of the first half, the Kings players who came off with a 15-point lead were all excited and excited. They had already led the Nuggets by 15 points at the end of the half. It means that the king has laid a solid foundation for the victory of this game.

The king was able to establish such a large lead in the first half, and the biggest contributor was undoubtedly Yan Hua. After playing 18 minutes in the first half, Yan Hua made 12 of 8 shots and 6 of 4 free throws. He scored 20 points and grabbed as many as 16 rebounds, of which only the offensive rebounds reached an astonishing 9, which directly maxed out the Nuggets' rebounds.

"Yan, you did a good job."

"Thank you, Reggie."

After Yan Hua was established as the core of the king, Reggie Toyes rarely praised Yan Hua. Ji-Toys was not too excited, nor did he praise or encourage Yan Hua, and sometimes he was even very dissatisfied with Yan Hua's performance.

Because before that, Yan Hua was not the core of the king. He was said to be the third master, but he didn't even have his own tactics. Therefore, Yan Hua's 20+10 has already exceeded the head coach's arrangements and requirements for him. Yes, it is definitely worthy of encouragement and praise, but when Yan Hua becomes the core of the king's tactics, 20+10 can only be regarded as a routine operation, or even barely passed. As for what kind of performance is considered good performance, the king's home game The game against the Lakers was the benchmark Reggie Troyce set for Yan Hua.

In today's game, Yan Hua's performance in the first half of the game was undoubtedly very close to the benchmark set by Reggie Troyes. In the half game, he had 20 points, 16 rebounds, 3 blocks, 4 An assist, if you don’t boast a few words, it’s too unreasonable, so when Yan Hua was off, Reggie Toyce not only praised Yan Hua in a rare way, but even handed Yan Hua a Got towels.

Because the lead was too great, after all the Kings players returned to the locker room, there was a burst of laughter from the visiting team's locker room in the Pepsi Center, even mixed with various strange screams, and the uneasiness before the start of the game In comparison, all the Kings players in the locker room are very relaxed at this moment, because the bad situation they imagined has not happened, and the seemingly powerful Nuggets do not seem to be as strong as they imagined.

With a 15-point lead, the Kings also saw their hope of winning this game. In the 7-match 4-win series, the first to win the next game will undoubtedly have a huge psychological advantage. What's more, the Kings still won the first game of the series on the road, so they will have home court advantage in this round of the series.

Of course, all of this is based on the fact that the Kings were able to win this game, and now they do see the hope of winning.

(End of this chapter)