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Chapter 365 Christmas War 8
"Damn bastard!" Seeing Yan Hua who easily completed the dunk after flying himself, and Dwight Howard who once again served as the background board, anger was already evident in his eyes.

"Mr. Warcraft, no matter how high you fly, you will still have time to hit the ground." Yan Hua, after scoring a dunk, turned to look at Howard with a sinister face, and said lightly.

Maybe it was because he held back too hard in the previous game. After the official timeout in the fourth quarter, Howard obviously became a little impatient. When Yan Hua singled Howard before, Howard was always holding back and couldn't jump. Basically, he used Repeated blocking and interference made Yan Hua unable to get close to the basket, and could only use mid-range shots and long-range hooks to attack the basket. However, in the attack just now, Howard took off twice in a row very rarely, trying to Yan Hua was blocked, and as a result, Yan Hua rushed to the basket and ended the attack with a powerful dunk.

"Bastard!" Howard, who was already full of anger, became more and more furious after hearing Yan Hua's provocation, and he wanted to rush over immediately to let this guy know what a fist as big as a sandbag is.

"Dwight, calm down, you must be calm." Turkoglu, who was not far from Howard, quickly ran over and grabbed Howard after seeing the change in Howard's facial expression.

"Xidu, this attack, you all pull away and give me the ball directly." Howard, who was held by Turkoglu, gave up his plan to rush up to teach Yan Hua, but Howard, who was full of anger and had nowhere to vent, I am going to play hard in the next offensive singles, and find my own dignity and space.

"Okay." Turkoglu, who was worried about Howard's boss, originally planned to continue persuading Howard, but after seeing Howard's eyes that were almost spitting out flames, he swallowed the words that had reached his mouth. Howard is the boss of this team. He has such a privilege. What's more, in today's game, Howard has sacrificed enough on the offensive end. It is also right to let him be self-willed occasionally.

"Bastard, I want you to look good this time!" After throwing off Turkoglu's arm, Howard rushed to the frontcourt and said fiercely to Yan Hua who was retreating.

After fighting Yan Hua several times in the opening stage, Howard has been following the instructions of the head coach, constantly playing pick-and-rolls and running tactics with his teammates, in order to win the game, and by the way, he can also play It's easier, but this guy in front of me is really deceiving too much, challenging himself again and again, challenging his bottom line again and again, uncle can bear it, aunt can't bear it.

After trotting the frontcourt all the way and occupying a position a little lower to the left of the free throw line, Dwight Howard reached for the ball towards Arenas who had advanced near the top of the arc, and was about to call his teammates to cover , so as to get rid of Tony Allen's Arenas, after seeing Howard's gesture, he obviously hesitated, because the head coach Stan Van Gundy didn't arrange for Howard to play singles with the ball just now.

After turning his head and glanced at Stan Van Gundy, who was standing on the sidelines with no expression on his face, Arenas passed the basketball in his hand to Turkoglu who came to meet him. Originally, during the official timeout just now, the head coach Stan Van Gundy arranged for Turkoglu to screen for Arenas, Howard cut back and ran back, and then looked for an opportunity to hang the ball to Howard who cut in from the back door, or Brandon Bass who pulled the ball to the bottom corner and waited for the pie.

But now, when Howard became angry and prepared to play Yan Hua singles with the ball, all tactical arrangements were useless.

Howard, who successfully received Turkoglu's pass, was still Cheng Yaojin's three-axe. First, he put Yan Hua on his back, and tried his best to hit behind him continuously. , quickly turn to the left side of the body, and when the turn is halfway, retract the center of gravity of the body, and dribble toward the bottom line to break through.

How should I put it, after a summer of hard training, Howard's offensive skills and footwork at the basket have improved a lot. Just these three tricks are enough to instantly kill 99% of the active center players in the league. Yes, but Yan Hua is the remaining 1%.

His back is not moving, his footsteps are a bit weak, his fake moves are too obvious, and he only knows how to do this move. In addition, there is also a gap in height and wingspan. Therefore, when defending Howard, Yan Hua only needs to block him without losing his position. , Howard basically has nothing to do. A center who can't score without leaving the basket is sometimes so sad.

Howard, who dribbled the ball towards the bottom line, chose to take off forcefully after being blocked by Yan Hua. Hook shots in front of out-of-position defenders, and unless you're Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, expect miracles.

However, the miracle did not happen. Under Yan Hua's interference, Howard directly cast a three-point shot, and Charles Barkley, who was watching from the sidelines, shook his head.

"Perhaps the debate about who is the No. [-] center should be completely over after this game!" After Howard ended the offense with a three-point non-stick, Charles Barker, who had been on Howard's side, Li, finally couldn't stick to his point of view anymore.

The round just now was also a microcosm of the confrontation between Yan Hua and Howard in the whole game. In terms of defense, Dwight Howard is not inferior to Yan Hua. Gao Guang's defensive assistance performance is almost relying on one person to support the Magic's defensive system, but on the offensive end, Howard's role really cannot be compared with Yan Hua.

"Judging from the performance of today's game, Dwight's defensive ability is stronger, but his one-on-one defensive ability is not as good as Yan Hua's. There is also an obvious gap in offensive performance. Overall, Yan is better. So there is really no need to argue about who is the No. [-] center forward.” After Charles Barkley’s voice fell, Kenny Smith also came to the same point of view after analyzing the pass .

"What two drama masters." Seeing Kenny Smith and Charles Barkley singing together and Jeff Van Gundy sitting between them, he couldn't help complaining.

Who is stronger, Yan Hua or Howard, can basically be seen by an expert. Is Howard's one-on-one defense not good?In this current league, after Yao Ming got injured again, and even thought of retiring, Howard couldn't guard against Yan Hua one-on-one. As for the offensive end, what is the obvious gap? Not to mention the huge gap between the two in high-level support.

Now there are 30 teams in the entire league, the head coach of any team, you ask him to give you a center, a Yan Hua, a Howard, how do you choose, I am afraid that everyone will choose Yan Hua.

Therefore, the question of who is stronger between Yan Hua and Howard, and who is the real No. [-] center, in Jeff Van Gundy's view, is completely a boring question purely for creating topics.

(End of this chapter)