basketball boulder

Chapter 425

Of course, Carlisle and Van Gundy Jr. didn't take it seriously.

They sent the big baby out, and they didn't expect him to help the team on the offensive end, but hoped that he could do something when defending Howard.

As long as there is a little bit, it is a surprise.

Mr. Jerry West's first-round pick was not in vain.

Howard receives the rebound.

The Magic attack.

When we got to the frontcourt, before the Magic team settled down, they heard someone shouting from the sidelines: "It's time!"

"Glenn, fuck him!"

I saw Li Lei standing on the bench, tiptoeing without the burden of an idol, putting his hands in front of his mouth imitating a trumpet, and yelling.

"As long as you guard Howard for one round, you are allowed to eat a hamburger, fried chicken and Coke!"

Seeing Li Lei's appearance, Rick Carlisle suddenly became playful and shouted.

Fat people are there for a reason.

In the history of the NBA, O'Neal, Jokic, and Doncic are all famous fat men. The main reason is that they are not self-disciplined in diet.

For example, Jokic, who likes to drink Coke the most, gets fat all over after drinking it, and is dubbed "the essence of human pork belly" by fans.

As a non-famous fat man, Big Baby also has eating problems.

In order to help him lose weight, the team has a strict diet plan, and his favorite hamburger and fried chicken must not be eaten.

If caught once, the team will be fined, suspended, and criticized.

So the big baby was so hungry, but he didn't dare to steal it.

Suddenly hearing Carlisle's words, the big baby trembled all over, and then his eyes turned green.

This is probably the mysterious power from the legendary foodie world...

But Howard really didn't take the big baby seriously.

Milicic and Gasol have been blown away by him, how could he think highly of a rookie?

What's more, Howard saw that the Grizzlies sent a rookie to defend him, and felt that he was underestimated and insulted by the Grizzlies.

He wants to cry this "big baby" who is said to love to cry, and let the Grizzlies know the consequences of underestimating him.

"Give me that damn ball!"

What Hill can never learn, Howard can really learn.

McGrady is not there, Howard is the boss on the court, naturally no one dares not listen.

Nelson passed the ball honestly.

But at this moment, the big baby suddenly exerted force and pushed Howard staggered.

In a panic, Howard didn't hold it, but threw the ball away.

Thankfully he jumped high and caught the ball again, otherwise it would have been a mistake.

But just judging from the scene, Howard was somewhat embarrassed.

"Not bad."

Li Lei praised and turned to look at Old Jones.

Taking advantage of others to catch the ball, he suddenly exerted strength and slapped others. This is the old Jones' forte.

Old Jones shook his head: "Don't look at me, I fucked him once during team training, who knew he would learn it right away, I didn't teach him specifically."

Li Lei nodded.

From this point of view, the big baby is quite smart. This is to learn the lessons from the training into his own skills, very good!

On the court, Howard was teased a bit, but he didn't have such a good temper. He became somewhat annoyed and vowed in his heart to blow up the big baby.

Howard sank his weight and headed into the big baby.

Don't look at Howard's rough play, but it was this move that made Milicic and Gasol lose their temper. After the top was opened, it was a dunk or a layup.

Simple and crude, but very effective.

But this time...

Howard gave it a push, but the big baby didn't move.

Howard was stunned for a moment, then roared angrily: "Ah!", and went to the top even more desperately.

The big baby finally moved.

Pushed back about 0.5 cm!

……

"Roar!"

Howard was completely annoyed at this moment, roared angrily, and slammed into it with all his strength.

Snapped!
The sound of muscles colliding resounded throughout the audience.

But the big baby was ready. He lowered his center of gravity, leaned forward, and put his arms behind Howard.

This is the standard defensive stance for bigs in the paint.

Mars hit the earth!

However, the big baby just leaned back slightly, and soon returned to normal.

It's as immobile as a mountain.

The Orlando fans at the scene were stunned.

But the Grizzlies coaching staff's eyes lit up, unexpected and reasonable.

There is no doubt that Howard's talent crushes the big baby N levels.

However, Howard's skills are too rough, and he will not take advantage of his own advantages at all, and use his weaknesses to attack the strengths of others. Isn't this courting death?

Howard weighs 120kg and Big Baby weighs 131kg. In terms of footwork, Big Baby is much stronger than Howard.In terms of strength, the big baby also has the advantage.

Even Hagem Warrick was complaining about Howard: "If I have his talent, I can clean up Glenn with a single turn. Why bother playing so tired, there is no success rate."

That's right, the big baby's weakness is slow speed.

As long as Howard has a little skill, he can get rid of the big baby with one turn and speed up.

pity……

This time, Howard didn't take advantage of it at all, and even made himself very embarrassed.

Gay seized the opportunity, pounced on him suddenly, and directly reached for the knife ball.

Steal!

The Grizzlies took the opportunity to play a wave of fast breaks, and Lowry rushed to the frontcourt like lightning and scored a layup against Nelson.

Bang, swish!

40: 36.

In the next round, Howard was obviously a little angry, and continued to ask for the ball, forcing the big baby.

The momentum is really good.

It's a pity that the strength doesn't match.

Howard played the ball very reluctantly. He didn't squeeze in at all, so he threw the ball to the basket.

boom!
The ball never hit the basket and flew off the backboard.

Hill rushes in for the rebound.

"Good job!"

Li Lei took the lead in shouting and jumping on the bench, cheering for the big baby.

The rest of the Grizzlies are naturally unwilling to lag behind, towel dance, hip dance, bench dance... Let's be happy together.

The big baby was encouraged by his teammates, coupled with the continuous defense of Howard, he also gained confidence, and turned around and hit a mid-range jumper.

Swish!
40: 38.

The big baby bloomed on both offense and defense.

Drip!

Coach Van Gundy immediately called a timeout.

Although the Grizzlies only played a small offensive wave of 4:0, the situation on the court has changed.

The difference between the two sides is only 2 points, and the Magic are still leading for the time being.

But once the Grizzlies tie or even overtake, the situation for the Magic will be even worse.

What's more important is Howard's mentality.

Howard is a high school student player, and his mental quality has never been that good. He is often like a disobedient big kid.

Being guarded by a rookie at the end of the first round in a row, Howard's expression was obviously not good.

Big Van Gundy was afraid that Howard would do something stupid, so he could only call a timeout to appease him.

"Dwight, your advantage is defense. No one in this league is more deterrent than your basket. As long as you stand there, any opponent will feel scared. You must make full use of your advantages and put more Focus on the defensive end and let them know how good you are!"

Coach Van Gundy can't say it clearly, he can only coax Dwight Howard.

"Okay, I know."

Howard only half-convincedly agreed.

On the opposite bench, Jeff Van Gundy felt a little distressed watching his brother trying to persuade Howard.

But then I thought about it, in the past few seasons, my life was no better than that of my brother.

But now...

Carlisle is responsible for everything that happens to the Grizzlies.

And because of Li Lei's existence, Li Lei will solve most of the things by himself, and Carlisle only needs to concentrate on arranging tactics.

Alas, people are better than people, and people are pissed off.

The same is the head coach, why is Carlisle so comfortable, but himself and his brother are living so hard.

Of course he knew, it was because of the players.

Can coach a player like Li Lei, which head coach would not be easy?
After the timeout, the Magic's offensive focus shifted from the inside to the outside.

Turkoglu played the role of a point forward, constantly mobilizing Lewis, Nelson, Huo Ershu and other teammates with his breakthrough and passing.

And Howard focused on defense and deterred the penalty area.

I have to admit that coach Van Gundy is really tired with players like Howard, but the effect is still there.

The Magic gradually stabilized the situation.

(End of this chapter)