basketball boulder

Chapter 423 Men, You Should Look Ahead
Soon, the game officially started.

The Magic lineup is:
Howard, Lewis, Turkoglu, McGrady, Nelson.

"Rookie" Lewis played the fourth position.

Drip!

In the jump ball session, "Warcraft" Howard jumped up and turned the ball back to the Magic's half court over Milicic's head.

Milicic's jumping ability is actually very good, and his jump ball is not inferior to most big men in the league.

But when encountering Warcraft, it still suffers.

Nelson advanced with the ball and handed the ball to McGrady in the frontcourt.

McGrady transferred to Turkoglu, and then used his containment force to take away most of the defense. Turkoglu easily handed the ball to Howard under the basket.

Howard took the ball, lowered his head and rushed in.

Milicic has a tough style of play, but he is indeed not Howard's opponent in terms of strength, and he cannot withstand Howard's impact.

Don't look at Howard being hanged and beaten like a primary school student in front of Yao Ming and O'Neal, but when he meets other centers, Howard instantly transforms into a monster, with a powerful impact.

Pushing away Milicic, Howard threw the basketball into the hoop with both hands.

Bang, swish!

The basketball hit the inner edge of the hoop and bounced in again.

Howard's moves are rough, but as long as he can score.

It’s still the same old saying: don’t care if the cat is black or white, as long as it can catch mice, it’s a good cat!
2: 0.

Howard took the lead for the Magic, and the Orlando fans cheered excitedly.

"Eight consecutive victories!"

"Eight consecutive victories!"

"Eight consecutive victories!"

……

Of course, how could the Grizzlies make Orlando what they want.

Lowry advanced to the frontcourt and handed the ball to Li Lei immediately.

As soon as Li Lei got the ball, McGrady defended him.

The three outsiders of the Magic are Nelson, Tracy McGrady and Turkoglu.

Nelson was too short, standing in front of Li Lei would be "pull up" his life.

Turkoglu was too slow, standing in front of Li Lei was "passed".

So McGrady can only defend Li Lei himself.

McGrady spread his legs, lowered his center of gravity, raised one arm high and the other extended flat, staring at Li Lei viciously.

"Hehe, Maddie opened his sleepy eyes tonight!"

In front of the CCTV camera, Teacher Xu Jicheng said with emotion.

"That is required!"

Yu Jia said: "McGrady is usually not active because the opponent is not strong enough. When McGrady played against Kobe, when did he relax? In McGrady's heart, Stone is already a star at his level, so he will naturally go all out .”

Teacher Xu Jicheng nodded: "That's right. Since last season, every time McGrady and Shitou meet, it's sparks hitting the earth. There must be a battle of points. It's really cool to watch!"

At the beginning of the game, McGrady defended Li Lei himself, which made the fans enjoy themselves.

Especially the Orlando fans at the scene felt that it was worth the fare.

But Li Lei seemed to be going against the Orlando fans tonight. He shouted to the wing: "Grant, tonight's basketball is yours! Come on!"

Hill didn't think much, and ran over to catch the ball.

Facing Turkoglu, Hill made a sudden stop and started, passed easily and neatly, and went straight to the basket.

Hey!
The scene exclaimed.

The 35-year-old Hill, who suffered a serious injury and wasted 6 years, still has such explosive power!

Although Turkoglu is not fast in itself, this is one step ahead.

Subsequently, Hill gliding skyward, went straight to the basket.

It's a pity that Howard has long been guarding the basket, jumped up, and blocked Hill.

Hill hesitated in the air, and was slapped away by Howard's big hat.

Snapped!
"Fuck, Howard's block is really awesome!"

"Hill also played very well, but it's a pity that he met Howard."

"If it was 6 years ago, or if the opponent wasn't Howard, Hill's ball would definitely be the first of the five best balls!"

……

This goal also aroused heated discussions among fans.

The Grizzlies bench, the coaching staff is also whispering.

Carlisle: "Jeff, I think Grant hesitated a bit, did you see that?"

Coach Xiao Fan: "That's true! This is normal. After all, Orlando is the place where Grant stayed for six years. Although they are all bad memories, there can be several six years in a person's life, and it is not so easy to let go."

Carlisle nodded: "The point is, these six years have completely destroyed Hill's self-confidence. Competitive sports need self-confidence!"

The Magic seized the opportunity, played a wave of fast breaks, and scored another 2 points.

4: 0.

Orlando fans are even more excited, their team played a perfect start.

The Grizzlies attack.

Li Lei grabbed Hill while running forward.

"Grant, you still can't forget these days in Orlando?"

Hill gritted his teeth, neither saying yes nor no.

But that's already the answer.

Li Lei chuckled: "So you are a sentimental little girl, so you shouldn't come to play, you should stay at home and read romance novels."

Hill frowned.

Li Lei's words were too harsh.

However, Hill received an elite education since he was a child, and he was well-trained, so he held back.

"what do you mean?"

Hill still asked politely.

Hill is truly an oddity.

NBA players, there are many fights, drug use, drag racing, domestic violence, gambling...

Even if he is honest and clean outside the court, he still needs to know some tricks, trash talk, and occasionally say a few words of national abuse starting with "F".

But Hill really doesn't have any bad habits, and he doesn't even know how to say dirty words.

His image is very positive!

That's why David Stern worked hard to cultivate and support Hill back then, and wanted to use him to establish a positive image of the NBA.

Unfortunately, Hill was injured.

Otherwise, the era after Jordan should belong to Hill.

Li Lei laughed again: "Since Orlando's life is not good, why are you reluctant to part with it?"

Li Lei speeded up and ran forward, but left a last sentence: "Men, you should fucking look forward!"

Li Lei's vulgar words made Hill uncomfortable.

but……

Hill suddenly smiled, as if he had realized something, and suddenly became enlightened.

He accelerated to the frontcourt and said to Lowry, "Kyle, please give me this ball!"

Li Lei was speechless, and corrected: "You should say: Give me that damn basketball!"

Hill smiled and said nothing.

Obviously, he has no intention of changing his habits in this regard.

But on the other hand, he has made up his mind to change.

Hill went on to go one-on-one with Turkoglu.

Turkoglu is a player with a high IQ. He was passed by Hill in the last round, and this time he deliberately took an extra half step to give himself time to react.

And yet...

Hill dribbled the ball under his crotch continuously, and suddenly made a move to bow to Buddha, but still passed Turkoglu cleanly.

After passing Turkoglu, Hill continued to rush towards the penalty area, with an indomitable momentum.

But the Orlando fans didn't see it.

They just thought that Hill was blocked in the last round, and the same mistake happened again in this round, isn't it stupid?

Howard, who had been prepared for a long time, rushed forward, and the defensive area was amazing.

Hill felt that the ball was a bit difficult, but he didn't panic at all, and held the ball steadily until Howard leaned in front of him, and then he didn't rush to stuff the ball into the basket.

Milicic, who was emptied, received the ball and scored an easy dunk.

boom!
4: 2.

The Grizzlies pulled one back.

"Good job!"

Li Lei was the first to come up to celebrate with Hill.

"Grant, good pass!"

Milicic also stepped forward to express his thanks.

Hill smiled, very restrained and humble... Sure enough, a person's character is hard to change.

(End of this chapter)