Nickname: Transformers

Chapter 186 Desperate Howard
In the second quarter, the situation once again took a turn for the worse.

The Magic's rotation is really bad, facing the combination of Kobe Bryant, Gasol and Bynum, if it wasn't for Howard accidentally stealing two balls, when Wu Di came on the court, the Magic would have to fall behind by 10 points up.

After Wu Di came on the field, Howard and Lewis were off the court. The Magic's two main scoring players were gone. There was only Turkoglu who was guarded by Wu Di. How could he beat Wu Di?

By halftime, the Magic were once again trailing by more than 20 points.

Very similar to Game [-], the Magic surrendered again in the fourth quarter.

The Lakers have won two consecutive games at home, and the two sides fly to Orlando, where the next three games will be played, if the Magic can survive until the third game.

Back in Orlando, the Magic got home field effect.In the first quarter, the defensive intensity was very high, especially Howard, who sent blocks one after another, and sent five blocks in one quarter, which confused the Lakers a bit.

Howard is also desperate, as long as he shoots within two steps, he will rush to block the shot.

Bynum was blocked, Gasol was blocked, Fisher was blocked.

Howard's desperate defense also brought benefits. The Magic rarely led the Lakers in the first quarter.

In the second quarter, Zen Master replaced Kobe and others, and asked Wu Di to lead the team to play first.

Wu Di broke through Turkoglu and rushed into the inside line, and Howard came up on defense.Wu Di was a little unconvinced. Instead of passing the ball immediately, he chose to shoot.He wants to compete with Howard. Howard's current defensive state is similar to when he got a quadruple double, or even stronger.Because Howard is much taller than Wu Di, it is easier to block shots.

Howard rushed forward and slapped the basketball in Wu Di's hand.Wu Di moved sideways in the air, avoided Howard's block, and threw the ball with one hand.Watching the basketball go into the frame, Wu Di laughed. No matter how strong Howard is, he can still score easily.

Howard looked at Wu Di's back, and his gaze gradually turned bad.Originally, he could get the best defensive player this season, but he didn't expect Wu Di to be more monstrous than him, surpassing him by so much, and he didn't even have as many blocks as Wu Di, who is best at blocking shots.This made Howard accept it. His state was not very good in the first two games, and Wu Di did not shoot in front of him, so Howard has never had a chance of revenge.

Now Wu Di actually chooses to shoot on his head, so Howard sees the hope of revenge.Howard focused on Wu Di, waiting for him to shoot in front of him again.

Two minutes later, the opportunity Howard was waiting for came. Wu Di broke through Turkoglu again, and Howard immediately went up to meet him.Wu Di took off to shoot, perhaps because the previous shot was made, Wu Di was also a little careless, and his take-off height was not high.Howard immediately followed, this time he didn't slap the ball, but stretched out his hands to cover the basketball.

Fan and cover are two concepts. The speed of the fan is high, but the accuracy is poor; the speed of the cover is slow, but the accuracy is accurate.

A trace of anger flashed in Wu Di's eyes. He was careless about his anger!Guan Yu was careless and lost Jingzhou, and was defeated and died.The result of his carelessness was not that terrible, but it made Wu Di feel ashamed. This was the first time he was blocked.He could have kept this record for the rest of his life, but now he failed because of his carelessness.

Wu Di was very dissatisfied with his negligence, and at the same time angry at Howard's scheming.

But after the anger passed, Wu Di quickly calmed down, he is not a reckless man, now is not the time to be angry, he decided to play this game well.

Howard blocked Wu Di's shot and immediately became happy and started jumping up and down to celebrate.Unexpectedly, Wu Di picked up the basketball again and stuffed it into the basket. Pekovic immediately caught the ball and dunked it.

Perhaps this is the gap between a reckless man and a wise man?Howard didn't seem to care much when he saw the Lakers score. He proudly said to Wu Di: "I covered you, you will never cover me!"

Wu Di really wanted to spray him to death with a mouthful of salt soda. You are a big center and you only move in the penalty area. If I want to block a shot, you have to leave the player you are defending. Doesn't this give you points?

Seeing that Wu Di didn't speak, Howard was even more proud.

With a dark face, Wu Di watched Howard successfully score in singles against Pekovic.Wu Di asked for the ball directly from the backcourt, then went straight to the frontcourt, stopped outside the three-point line for a jumper, and the basketball fell into the basket.He also said to Howard: "You can shoot a three-pointer if you have the ability!"

Howard's face darkened when he heard it. He didn't even have a mid-range shot, but he still shot a three-pointer?

The dialogue between the two fox friends made other people want to laugh. After the game, these two will go to the nightclub together, but they bicker like children on the court. Isn’t it funny?If there is a best friend in the NBA, then the two of them can definitely make the list.

Howard continued to beat Pekovic inside, and it seemed that all the power was about to be released.Pekovic didn't restrict Howard that much in this game, and his blocking made Howard push back harder.

Wu Di fired directly from the outside, Turkoglu couldn't prevent Wu Di's shot at all, and the Magic had to let two people double-team Wu Di.Then the Lakers' offense was much simpler. The others played four against three. Brad Miller, Sun Yue and Vujacic could all shoot from the outside, and Howard's defensive role was reduced to a minimum.

But that's it, Howard didn't give up, and kept running inside and outside the penalty area.

He was really desperate. He ran non-stop throughout the game. His physical strength was exhausted. He didn't last until the 6th minute of the second quarter, so he had to rest.

The Lakers once again overtook the score with the rotation in the second quarter, and opened the score again.

In the third quarter, Howard was still defending desperately, and his blocks continued to rise. By the 5th minute of the fourth quarter, his blocks had reached 9, and he would reach double figures with one more block.

However, at this moment, an accident happened.When Howard blocked Bynum, the two collided and fell to the ground together.Howard unfortunately landed first and was crushed by Bynum.When Bynum got up, Howard was lying on the ground and rolling, and his back was injured.

Bynum looked at the Magic people innocently. Although he sometimes did evil things, it really wasn't him this time.

Howard was carried down by the team doctor, and his injury was soon confirmed. His back muscles were contused and he needed to go to the hospital for treatment. He was unable to play in the playoffs.

The fans of the Magic were immediately mourned. Although the Magic could not win the championship, they still felt very painful.

(End of this chapter)