NBA Legends Manager

Chapter 149 Four consecutive victories, a place in the playoffs! (Seek to subscribe, ask for a reward, at least three updates today)
After a day off, the Hornets played against the Toronto Raptors. This time Presti's tactics were directly changed to run and gun!

Starting lineup: Paul, Belinelli, Bradley, Paul George, Whiteside!The three-back lineup is to run and shoot the opponent to death!

The Raptors chose Rubio in the 2009 draft. The fifth pick in his previous life became the ninth pick because of Presti's stirring!

However, due to various complicated reasons, Rubio still did not log in to the NBA this season as he did in his previous life. Instead, he will have to wait until next season, when Dragon King Chris Bosh leaves, and the team lacks core rookies. This season, the Raptors can only do badly!

At the beginning of the game, Paul assisted Belinelli to hit a three-pointer at the top of the arc on the right!
Then Whiteside blocked opponent Linas Kleiza's layup, Paul George got the ball, one-stop to the top of the arc and then hit a three-pointer!
Before the game, Presti told the players that there is a chance to make a decisive three-pointer at the top of the arc!You don't need too much conduction, just shoot when you get the chance!There is no chance to break through resolutely, flash out and cast!

Because the Raptors don't have a strong center, if Whiteside gets an offensive rebound, he can go directly to it!Without passing the ball, the whole team kept the attack time to less than 8 seconds!
The Raptors are completely unadapted to this style of play. After the first quarter, they are already behind by 12 points!
In this quarter, under the leadership of Jeremy Lin, the Hornets' rotation lineup has not weakened in the slightest. Jeremy Lin's breakthrough, the Raptors are unstoppable!Once pinched, the ball can be quickly distributed!

The Hornets led the Raptors by 23 points in the first half alone!
After playing for 5 minutes in the second half, Presti directly switched to the third team, because the point difference at this time has reached 30 points!The game has entered garbage time!

In the end, the Hornets beat the Raptors 112:88!

After Paul paid, the Hornets averaged 114.6 points per game, ranking first in the league, limiting opponents to 91.3 points!league first,

The Hornets have an absolute advantage on both offense and defense!

"The Hornets have won 3 consecutive victories. Of course, this is not the point. The point is that they scored 114.6 points in three games! Even the offense alone can kill other teams!"

"No, this is not the most shocking thing. The most surprising thing is that they are also the league's first team in restricting opponents' points. Tell me who can match the team that ranks first in offense and defense!"

"It turns out that Chris Paul is so strong. It's the first time I've seen a team undergo such an earth-shaking change because of one more player. It seems that Paul is going to rule the league!"

"Looking at it now, how mediocre the coach who coached Paul was, and a point guard with such dominance hasn't made it to the Western Conference Finals yet!"

"Yes, look at the Jeremy Lin before, he can only be a cold bench in Monty Williams, but he can play "Linsanity" in the hands of Presti!"

"Paul and Jeremy Lin, a starter and a substitute, a perfect combination, who in the league can resist!"

Fans of other teams expressed their opinions after seeing such a terrifying performance of the Hornets. They did not expect that the Hornets team could achieve such strength after Paul paid.

Even New Orleans fans, after Paul paid, just thought that the team's record would flourish, and never thought that the offense and defense would rank first in the league!

At this time, many teams began to stare at Chris Paul, because Paul has the right to jump out of the contract this summer!Who wouldn't want such a player!But they still couldn't bear it, and decided to look back!Measure the value of Paul again!
The next day, the Hornets played back-to-back games against the Magic. As Presti expected, they were in trouble!
Magic laid out: Nelson, Carter, Barnes, Lewis, Howard's lineup,
At the beginning, Nelson of the Magic handed the ball to Howard, and the other four opened up space for Howard to hit Whiteside!
Howard in this period was a real "magic"! , Howard, who took the ball, hit Whiteside twice on his back, turned around and dunked!

It can be said that it is irresistible!
When it came to the 3rd minute, Howard stormed Whiteside inside and caused a foul!
At this time, Presti replaced David West and replaced Howard's old opponent Okafor,

It can be said that Okafor and Howard were already at a disadvantage in the Bobcats period, but Presti still let him defend Howard, because at this time Okafor does not need to score more, he only needs to defend Howard!

Howard takes the ball in the low post, and his offensive method is nothing more than a strong attack inside, then turn around and dunk! , His rough inside skills are negligible on Presti's side. Okafor's height, strength, and weight are definitely the most suitable candidate for the current team to defend Howard. Once Okafor is pushed to the basket, he will resolutely foul.
Send Howard to the free throw line, 56.6% of Howard's free throws in his career, Presti said you can make free throws, free throws kill me, I admit it,
Magic's tactics can actually be simply said, one grab, four shots!

Therefore, Presti only needs to guard against others, and there is no need to double-team Howard. He will use Okafor and Whiteside to consume Howard in turn!

Howard scored a career-high 45 points, and he got it after 39 free throws. The efficiency is really not high!
In the first half, Whiteside and Okafor took turns defending Howard.

Whiteside fouled out six, Okafor fouled four,
Howard made 18 of 8 free throws!

Once the Magic misses a shot, or Howard's second free throw misses, the Hornets will resolutely play fast break!

Magic, Lewis, and Carter's speed are no longer what they used to be, and they can't keep up with the speed of the Hornets. Only Howard can interfere with the Hornets' fast break, but this is what Presti wants to see, constantly consuming Howard's physical strength.

At the beginning of the second half, Presti used the same tactics to deal with Howard. When the game went on to 4 minutes, Okafor also left the field with six fouls!

At this time, the Magic is 6 points behind the Hornets!
The Magic thought they had the chance to win, but Presti immediately replaced Jason Smith!

Although Jason Smith's low-post defense is not as good as the first two, his advantages are also not possessed by Whiteside and Okafor.

That's the three-point range!In this way, fast break tactics can be played more freely!And Howard can be transferred out!

So in the game, when the Magic narrowed the point difference to 3 points, they couldn't get any closer!
When the rotation lineup was replaced, the Hornets broke out completely. The substitutes led by Jeremy Lin and David West made the Magic unstoppable. David West played low singles and had no one to play.

Jeremy Lin's rapid advancement and breakthrough points also made the Magic miserable, expanding the point difference to 12 points!
Van Gundy quickly changed into the starting lineup, and Howard only took a rest for less than 2 minutes before taking it up again. However, Howard, who had been consumed by turns, finally had a physical problem. After missing 3 singles at the basket, Paul singled out Nelson and hit mid-range shots one after another, scoring 6 points in a row to kill the game!
With 3 minutes left in the game, the Hornets had already led the Magic by 18 points, and the game entered garbage time!

In the end, the Hornets defeated the Orlando Magic 109:97!
The Hornets have won four consecutive victories!The record jumped to eighth in the West!
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