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Chapter 35 Angry Howard

"This bastard, bastard." When Howard tried to single-handedly attack Yan Hua again but failed, Howard, who had been crushed in front of Yan Hua, cursed Yan Hua who destroyed his attack, while waving his Arm to vent the dissatisfaction in the heart.

After exchanging blows with Yan Hua in the first quarter, Howard tried his best to give Yan Hua a little color in the next game, so as to get back the field, but he played in the second half of the second quarter. After that, Howard still had nothing to do with Yan Hua on both ends of the offense and defense. What Howard was most afraid of was an inside line with excellent strength, a stable foot, and a height taller than himself. Yan Hua was this type, and Yan Hua's movement speed was too fast. It's not slow, so Howard wants to deal with Yan Hua like he deals with other insiders. It's not very feasible, but Howard has so few offensive methods in his arsenal, and he can't come up with other scoring methods to teach Yan Hua to be a man .

As for counting on grabbing offensive rebounds and then making a second offense?This kind of offensive method is not bad as an auxiliary scoring method. If most of the scoring depends on the second attack, it is obviously too low for the first center. The inside line without the ability to attack the ball is at best a blue-collar and coolie Forget it, this is why Howard's low-post skills are so-so, but Howard still likes to attack in the low post with the ball, because the possession of the ball symbolizes a player's status in this team, and he doesn't even have the possession of the ball. The boss and the first center.

Although through contact in the first quarter, Howard already knew that Yan Hua's low-post defensive ability is very good, but Howard is still very stubborn to play low-post singles under Yan Hua's defense, wanting to beat him in Yan Hua's best field , so as to completely destroy Yan Hua's will to resist, but the reality is always crueler than imagined. Howard can only use the small hook after half turning around to force Yan Hua in front of Yan Hua. shot, but Howard's shooting rate was still not ideal. There was even one time when Howard turned around and forced himself, Yan Hua directly capped him.

Howard can't handle Yan Hua one-on-one, so the Magic's combination of internal and external tactics can't be mentioned. The basis of the combination of internal and external tactics is that the center forward of the second party needs to be able to suppress the opponent's center forward, thereby forcing the opponent to shrink or double-team. The perimeter players created better shots, but Howard simply couldn't hold Yan Hua down one-on-one, let alone force the Kings to double-team him.

As for the king, because Yan Hua has been making troubles under the basket guarded by Howard, Howard has never been able to restrain Yan Hua. After that, the king's offense also began to shift from the outside to the inside. Not only Yan Hua, but Drew- The number of shots taken by Gooden also skyrocketed compared to the first quarter, and after the inside line was opened up, the King's outside line became smoother and smoother. Several pitchers seemed to have taken medicine, and their mid-range and long-range shooting percentages were astonishingly high.

"I didn't expect the king to be able to play like this with the Magic in the away game?"

"It looks like the Kings are really different this year."

At the end of the first half, the Kings led the Magic by 53 points 44 to 9. The audience at the Amway Arena and the reporters in the press box were obviously very surprised by this result.

Don't look at the King's three-game winning streak after the start of the new season, but in the eyes of most teams, the King is still a fish at the mercy of others, so before the start of this game, there was no one in the Magic Putting the king in their eyes, the audience at the Amway Arena also watched today's game with a very relaxed mood, and even some fans with season tickets gave up watching the game live. Their reasons are also very good. To deal with a rookie like the king, it is a victory when you wake up. It doesn't matter whether you go to the scene or not. After the game ended, the Kings not only fell behind, but the situation on the court was also very unfavorable to the Kings.

"Dwight, you need to play smarter, instead of going to the low post and messing with that kid."

"And on the defensive end, you are our only barrier at the basket, so when your teammates miss someone or lose their position, you need to make up for them in time, understand?"

As soon as he returned to the locker room, Stan Van Gundy held Dwight Howard to teach him a lesson. Van Gundy was very dissatisfied with Howard's performance in the first half and handed the basketball to his teammates without a suitable opportunity. Common sense is also a sentence that Van Gundy often said in training, but in today's game, no matter how good the opportunity is, Howard will reach out to his teammates for the ball as long as he stands in the low post. There is a high probability that the pass will not come out. Therefore, although Howard scored 16 points and 9 rebounds in the first half, Stan Van Gundy, as the head coach, was very dissatisfied with Howard's performance. The data is poor, but it is a team that aims at the championship. If Howard keeps playing like this, the Magic will only be farther and farther away from the championship.

At the same time, as the Magic's inside barrier and defensive center, Howard's performance on the defensive end today is also a bit unsatisfactory. Since the king's rookie put a lot of pressure on Howard on the defensive end, Howard put the main energy on the defensive end. Putting it on the rookie, Howard basically turned a blind eye to the teammate's misplacement and omission today, without the slightest thought or awareness of defending.

"Damn, I can't handle my own affairs, and I have to wipe the ass of these guys." Seeing the head coach staring at him seriously, Dwight Howard could only vent his dissatisfaction in his heart , Van Gundy is dissatisfied with Howard, and Howard is also dissatisfied with his teammates. Howard's long-term defensive end has made his teammates develop the habit of counting on Howard to defend whenever they lose their position. Habit, when Howard is in a good mood, it's okay to say that he can make up the defense, but when he is in a bad mood, Howard will inevitably feel disgusted with these "irresponsible" teammates.

After teaching Howard a lesson, Stan Van Gundy counted down all the main players one by one. In today's game, not only Howard's performance was not good, but the Magic's five starters, in Van Gundy's view, all performed mediocre , Facing a belly like the king, he can fight like this. How can he fight the Celtics and Cavaliers in the future?
(End of this chapter)