I really can't handle the ball

Chapter 153 Barkley and Smith's Emotional Controversy
After the substitutions and adjustments, the Magic temporarily stabilized the situation on the field and did not allow the score to increase further.

As soon as McGrady came up against Lagabel's defense, he hit a mid-range jumper and stopped the decline.

"The Magic's substitutions and adjustments are immediate. Lagabel's defense is already very good, but he is still a little bit powerless when he meets the fiery McGrady."

In the live commentary, Barkley unabashedly praised Tracy McGrady.

The ball is switched and the Mavericks attack.

Nash dribbled the ball to the top of the arc to organize the offense. After observing it, he found that the Magic had changed their defensive strategy.

Since the inside was blasted by Li Xuan before, the Magic shrunk their defense to the inside and adopted a zone defense, but they may have forgotten that the Mavericks ranked first in the league in three-point shooting this season.

Li Xuan, who was near the penalty area, also saw the Magic's defensive strategy and immediately ran to the outside to cover for Nash.

This time, Lu guided around the screen in advance, blocked Nash's breakthrough route, and was ready to intercept the pass.

"Your tactics have been seen through by us, and it is impossible for you to score easily again."

After hearing this, Nash replied: "Really? Then I want to see how you defend. After all, the assists are so easy, there is no pressure at all, and I feel no sense of accomplishment."

Director Lu felt that Nash was pretending to beep, but he couldn't refute it. He could only take actions to prove what he said just now, and defended very focused.

But Nash didn't pass the ball to the basket, but deliberately showed off his passing skills. With a shake of his little hand, the basketball in his hand disappeared.

"Wow! Nash used a trick to pass the ball to Lee without looking behind his back. If Lee can hit it, this ball may be selected as the top five goals of the day." Barkley shouted excitedly.

After finishing the screen, Li Xuan did not make an air cut to the basket as in the previous rounds, but first made a fake cut to the basket, and then immediately turned around and ran outside the three-point line.

Gooden was misled by Li Xuan's lifelike fake movements, and subconsciously ran towards the restricted area, not expecting that Li Xuan would make a noise.

Just as Li Xuan ran beyond the three-point line, Nash's pass arrived as scheduled. At this time, there was no one in front of him, so he immediately pulled up and shot a three-pointer.

This kind of shooting is the same as usual training.

Swish!Hollow into the net!

"Beautiful! The cooperation this time is too tacit. I agree with Charles. This ball will definitely be selected as the top five today." Kenny Smith explained excitedly.

Sporadic applause erupted from the auditorium. These were fans of the Mavericks. Although the ball was very exciting, the fans of the Magic did not give up the dignity of the home court and panicked.

In the next two or three rounds, McGrady's shooting percentage dropped and he began to try to break through, but was double-teamed by the Mavericks and could only pass the ball out.

The players of the Mavericks quickly replenished the defense and implemented the task of the head coach, which gave the Magic small forward Girisek a chance to get an open space.

Girisek, who was standing in the high position on the right, received the pass. Seeing that there were no Mavericks players coming to defend, he hesitated. His shooting ability was very unstable, and his scoring basically depended on breakthroughs. In this situation, he can only be hard Scalp shot.

With a bang, strike with anger!
"Hey! The Magic didn't seize the opportunity to narrow the score. It seems that the Mavericks' defensive strategy works well." Kenny Smith analyzed with a little regret.

On the court, Li Xuan grabbed the rebound, passed it out immediately, and then ran towards the frontcourt.

After receiving the ball, Nash wanted to speed up, but the cunning director Lu blocked the breakthrough route in advance, so that old Nash could not speed up and could only pass the ball.

After receiving the ball, Lagabel, who followed up on the right, dribbled and passed the ball immediately.

Fortson, who ran beyond the three-point line, received the pass and quickly broke through to the basket.

Gooden, who retreated from the defense, quickly pursued the defense, but his speed was too slow, and he was thrown far away.

When Fortson broke through to the basket, seeing that the Magic players failed to rush back to defend, he easily scored a layup.

In this way, around the 6th minute of the second quarter, the head coaches of both sides replaced the main players.

After the substitution adjustment, the Magic had the ball.

After the ball-handling tool Director Lu dribbled the ball across the half court, he completed his task and immediately passed the ball to McGrady.

McGrady, who received a pass from outside the right three-point line, made a three-threat move. Seeing that Finley didn't step forward to stick to the defense, he immediately started, and after changing direction in front of his body, he broke through to the basket.

Finley immediately moved laterally to block, but saw McGrady use a beautiful turn to pass him cleanly.

After McGrady made a successful breakthrough, he quickly rushed into the penalty area, soared into the air, made a pulling action, avoided Li Xuan's block, and twisted his body to score the ball.

34: 41!

There was thunderous applause in the auditorium, and cheers and shouts resounded through the arena.

"McGrady's personal ability is too good. In this confrontation, he completely defeated Li." Kenny Smith praised.

After hearing this, Barkley disagreed with Smith's point of view, and retorted: "Lee and McGrady did not confront each other head-on. If Li defended McGrady alone, he would not let him break through to the basket."

Kenny Smith was a little surprised after hearing this. He didn't know what medicine Barkley took wrongly today, and he actually believed that a rookie who had just entered the league could defend the previous scoring champion.

"Then let's watch the game! Soon you will find that your remarks are nonsense." Kenny Smith finished speaking and focused his eyes on the court.

The game continued, Nash dribbled the ball to the outside of the three-point line, observed the positioning of his teammates, and organized the offense.

Director Lu immediately stepped forward to defend, interfering with Nash's vision.

Nash started quickly, opened the distance from Lu's guidance, made a sudden change in front of his body, and then broke through from the right to the basket.

When Director Lu saw this, he immediately turned around and chased after him. As soon as he turned around, he bumped into a "wall", hitting his chest with burning pain. After he reacted, he realized that Li Xuan had come behind him at some point and was done. Off-ball screens.

After Nash got rid of the defense, he quickly broke through to the basket, avoided De Klerk's block, and made a layup.

34: 43!

In the next round, the Magic still let McGrady play singles, and other players opened up space for him.

McGrady held the ball in the high position on the right side, observed the Mavericks' defensive position, and suddenly started, making Sam Gold pass Finley and break through to the basket.

Nesterovic, who retreated to the basket, quickly stepped forward to make up the defense, and at the same time Li Xuan was also rushing back to help defend.

McGrady did not choose to pass the ball. He was skilled and bold, and folded the lever in the air, avoiding Nesterovic's interference, and threw the ball to the backboard, trying to score a goal.

At this time, Li Xuan rushed back, took off vigorously, and stretched his arms to pat the rising basketball.

Clap!
The basketball was shot out of the baseline vigorously by Li Xuan, and the Magic got the chance to serve the baseline.

"Tsk tsk tsk, didn't this prevent McGrady, this block is really exciting!" Barkley showed a victorious smile, and teased Kenny Smith on the side.

Smith retorted sophistry: "This ball was just a sneak attack by Li, which does not prove that there is something wrong with my remarks. Let's continue watching the game!"

Seeing that his partner did not give up, Barkley responded: "It's really hard to talk, so let's see the next round of their confrontation, so we can't play tricks."

Kenny Smith nodded in agreement.

Although there is no bet, the two belong to a battle of spirits and compete with each other.

Immediately, the two refocused their attention on the court, wanting to prove that their point of view was correct.

(End of this chapter)