God's hand behind the scenes

Chapter 507 From the Inside Out
Jackson guessed right. The Magic shrunk their defense at the beginning of the second half, allowing Turkoglu to retreat appropriately, ready to double-team Milicic at any time.Chang Wei looked at Howard's displeased expression, and secretly laughed in his heart. Warcraft obviously thought that he could handle the opponent alone, and the coach's arrangement seemed to him to distrust his single-defense ability, so of course he would be upset.

In fact, any head coach will make such a choice. After all, Howard's performance in the first half has proved that he can't handle a slippery opponent like Milicic. In this way, double-teaming is the simplest and most effective choice.For the head coach, the mood of the top card does need to be considered, but whether he can win the game is the most important thing.

Milicic is not stupid either. Don't look at him on the field against Howard, he knows very well how much he has.Now add Turkoglu, who is ready to start at any time, and he decisively chooses to pass the ball after attracting defenses, especially Ariza.The Magic's defense against Ariza is not very strict. After all, Roy and Jack's offensive firepower is much stronger than that of Ariza, so they would rather let Ariza go than Roy or Jack. This is also a normal person's thinking.

But it happened that Ariza cut another knife on their bleeding wound. Turkoglu's recovery gave him plenty of room to shoot, and Milicic naturally passed the ball along Turkoglu's route very smartly. In the hands of Ariza.Even at a 45-degree angle on the wing, Ariza beat the Magic with 3 consecutive three-pointers, and his three-pointers also made Turkoglu uncomfortable.

Although Brian Hill asked Turkoglu to shrink and be ready to steal Milicic at any time, the Turk himself would also think about tactical issues on the court, otherwise he would not be able to become the magic's actual ball handler.Ariza thought it was nothing when he was silent before, but now he can hit a three-pointer if he is given space, should he shrink?

Brian Hill was also struggling on the sidelines, but before he had time to call a timeout, the point difference between the two sides had been further widened. Now the Magic can only rely on Hill and Howard's singles to score points, tactical coordination and so on It is very difficult to play under the pressure of the Bobcats like crazy dogs, and it is difficult for them to prevent the opponent's three-pointers. This is particularly tragic.

In fact, for any NBA team, the inside and outside influence each other. Now the Bobcats are launching an offensive from the inside out. Thanks to their outside shooters, they feel hot, otherwise they would not be able to make shots. Howard is much better than Milicic in rebounding, and a missed shot will only give the ball to the Magic.

With the help of outside shooters, the Bobcats led the Magic by as much as 15 points at the end of the third quarter, and their momentum could no longer be suppressed.For the Magic, it is indeed possible to chase 12 points in 15 minutes, but now their morale has fallen to a terrible level, giving them 24 minutes may not be able to equalize the score.

But Jackson still did not take it lightly. He continued to put the starting lineup on the field at the beginning of the fourth quarter, but replaced Raheem with Maxhill.Now the oldest member of the team is Raheem, who entered the league in 1996. It would be a little unreasonable to let him play again. If Max Hill replaces him, Milicic can be more relaxed on the defensive end. The quality of Paul's screen wasn't bad either, and Raheem accepted the arrangement.

After playing for more than 4 minutes, the point difference between the two sides was still firmly fixed at 15 to 18 points. Brian Hill sighed and began to gradually replace his main lineup, which meant that he had already Throw in the towel.Half a minute later, Jackson also replaced the full bench lineup. Since the opponent had surrendered their guns, there was no need for him to be aggressive. Just let the bench players finish the remaining half of the quarter. Save some energy for a game!

The first contributor to the Bobcats in this game is undoubtedly Milicic, who played well in the paint. In the first half, he deflated Howard again and again with his skillful footwork at the basket. shells.He played 34 minutes in the game and scored 24 points, 8 rebounds and 9 assists in a quasi-triple double. He also sent 4 steals and 2 blocks. His personal data is not inferior to Howard on the opposite side. , and more importantly his team won the game.Although it was a pity that he didn't get a triple-double, Milicic couldn't stop laughing from ear to ear when he was off the field.

In the previous games, he spent most of the time pulling to the high position or even outside the three-point line to shoot. Although under Chang Wei's deliberate training, there are more and more insiders of this type in the league, but this does not prevent him from playing. Few people ridiculed him as a soft guy who dared not go to the basket to fight his opponent.Chang Wei didn't take this matter to heart, but Milicic was quite concerned.

After all, he has been called a parallel importer by others in the past few seasons. It was the Bobcats who gave him a chance and gave him a starting position.Milicic didn't say anything, but still hoped to achieve the expected goal, and this time defeating Howard allowed him to justify himself.Look, Milicic is by no means the kind of person who only catches and shoots outside. My attack power at the basket is not inferior to my outside shooting.What?Do you still have doubts?Just look at Howard!He didn't take advantage of it.

Although Milicic is not yet among the top insiders in the league by virtue of this game, at least he has also made his name.In the future, no matter whether he continues to play for the Bobcats or changes his family, his development will definitely not be much worse.This kind of performance naturally made the parent team, the Raptors, regretful. Although they still congratulated Milicic on his success in an interview, only they can know how sad they are. After all, Milicic is It is equivalent to giving away for nothing!

They also don't think about it, if Milicic stays in Toronto, can he really play at the current level?It's not bad if it's not used.The contracts of rookies are regulated by the league, so naturally they can't ask for a price casually, but if they can enter a team that suits them and play under a coach who is optimistic about them, it will definitely be of great benefit to their future.

Milicic is an obvious example. If he hadn't come to the Bobcats and met Chang Wei, he might have been like this for the rest of his life, but now he has also begun to shine his own light. Fortunately, he has only wasted three seasons.

(End of this chapter)