basketball task

Chapter 224 Come Prepared
On April 2008, 4, the third game between the Philadelphia team and the Magic in the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs kicked off at the home court of the Philadelphia team.

After losing two away games in a row, G3 is particularly critical. Back home, fans of the Philadelphia 76ers also came to support and cheer for the home team.

Tonight's two on-site commentators are old friends from Philadelphia, Charles Barkley and Reggie Miller. Before the start of the game, the two of them also expressed their views respectively.

"In recent seasons, the proportion of three-point shots has become higher and higher. There are even alternative teams like the Golden State Warriors and Philadelphia 76ers who are obsessed with three-pointers. There are also many people shouting that the future is three-pointers. In an era where we don’t need big, clumsy men, I recommend to anyone who thinks that they watch the Philadelphia-Magic game, and then they’ll see how absurd their views are.”

Reggie Miller first expressed his attitude. Although he was a sharp shooter in his career, Reggie Miller did not want to exaggerate the role of three-pointers at all. Even after seeing Howard's overwhelming performance in the penalty area in the first two games, Reggie Miller I firmly believe that the Magic will end the battle in Philadelphia, 4:0. In Reggie Miller's view, Philadelphia has no chance of winning at all.

"You bastard speaks so irritatingly!"

As a Philadelphia legend, Barkley was annoyed by Reggie Miller, but he couldn't find any words to refute. Howard's dominance was too strong, and even Barkley couldn't think of any way to limit him.

"Philadelphia lacks a rim protector. I suggest you take off your suit and play. This body of fat is enough for Howard to drink a pot of!"

Reggie Miller quipped at Barkley.

Soon, the starting lineups of both sides were announced.

The starting lineup of the Magic has not changed, it is still Nelson, Bogans, Turkoglu, Lewis and Howard.

For the Philadelphia team, under Channing's suggestion, Coach Cheeks made a major adjustment. Kyle Lowry served as the starting point guard. His backcourt partners were Belinelli, small forward Battier, and power forward Qian Ning, center Channing Frye.

Such changes have also attracted the attention of many people, and Barkley felt a little strange:
"Coach Cheeks took Gortat, the only size-qualified center in the team, out of the starting lineup. I don't know why. Although Gortat played badly in the first two games, he didn't let him play. The 76ers are Are you going to hand over the inside to Howard?"

"It's not that simple. I noticed that the starting five of the 76ers tonight all have good three-point shooting ability. Maybe Coach Cheeks wants to go slanted and put all his eggs in one basket!"

Barkley also agrees with Reggie Miller's opinion, but it is a bit risky to make a change in the most critical and unmissable G3.

Soon the jump ball started, and Channing Frye gave up the jump ball directly, giving the Magic the opportunity to attack for the first time.

Nelson controlled the ball and pushed forward. Although this guy was brain-burning every key game, at the beginning of the game, Nelson could still tell who was the king between him and Howard.

Facing Channing Frye's defense, Howard's position was even more effortless. He caught the ball and turned around, with an easy dunk, the Magic took the lead.

"What's going on? The Philadelphia team's inside defense is much more lax than in the previous two games. It seems that they have no intention of double-teaming Howard at all."

"Warcraft's catch and dunk is too easy, without hindrance, did the Philadelphia team give up resistance?"

Hearing the commentator's question, Stan Van Gundy smiled slightly. No matter how the Philadelphia team changes, Van Gundy just hugs Howard's thigh. The advantage of the inside line cannot be cracked by Philadelphia.

When it was the 76ers' turn to attack, Channing caught the ball at the top of the arc, slightly bent the five fingers of his left hand, and grasped in the air, making a gesture of grabbing Mimi.

"Cup tactics!"

The Philadelphia players moved quickly, Battier and Belinelli sank to the left and right corners, Lowry pulled to the left 45 degrees, and Channing Frye came up from the penalty area to set a screen for Channing .

Channing Frye's body is like a little chicken, and the cover is not very solid, but facing Lewis' defense, Channing can break through casually even without the cover, let alone with the help of his teammates.

After a big stride, Channing deliberately slowed down. On the one hand, he was observing whether Howard wanted to switch defenses, and on the other hand, he was waiting for Lewis to catch up.

Sure enough, Warcraft Howard not only doesn't like to play pick-and-rolls on the offensive end, but also hates pick-and-rolls on the defensive end, especially when he needs to leave the free throw line.

Facing Channing's breakthrough, Howard had no intention of coming out to defend. He stayed under the basket and prepared to give Channing a spicy hot pot gift package.

And Lewis, after Channing slowed down to 0.5 times speed, finally caught up.

"It's you who's waiting!"

As soon as he saw Lewis coming, Channing was relieved, because he knew that Channing Frye must be open at this time, just like they had been practicing before.

With a dribble under the crotch, Channing attracted the attention of Lewis and Howard with a feint of accelerated breakthrough, and then passed the ball behind the back with one hand, and the basketball accurately flew outside the three-point line at a 45-degree angle on the right.

Channing Frye is waiting there. This is his sweet spot, especially when he is unguarded, and his shooting percentage exceeds [-]%.

Swish, hit a three-pointer!

Barkley and Reggie Miller looked at each other, and both felt that the Philadelphia team's tactics were very awkward, and there was an indescribable feeling.

"It's weird to see a ballhandler break through and four shooters wait outside the three-point line for a shot and there's no one in the paint."

"Yeah, the outside line is passed to the inside line, and the inside line attracts double-teams and then splits out. This is the basketball we know. Philadelphia's offense didn't even hit the free throw line, and ended the fight directly outside. And And no one is trying to grab the offensive rebound, which is rare."

In fact, this is also the arrangement of Channing and Cheeks. When encountering the historical-level center Howard, pointing, rushing, blocking, cutting, and rolling are useless. They simply give up the rebound and concentrate on defense and offense on the outside. above.

After Howard continued to single Channing Frye for an easy dunk, the Philadelphia team repeated the same trick. Channing made a false shot after breaking through the screen to shake Lewis, and then scored Channing Frye to continue to hit a three-pointer.

At 6:4, the Philadelphia team actually took the lead. Stan Van Gundy touched his nose and smelled a dangerous smell.

The Philadelphia team gave up the inside defense and allowed Howard to dunk unscrupulously, but on the offensive end, they seized the weakness that Howard couldn't defend against, and arranged a big pitcher to play the fifth position, specifically targeting Howard. This is the case for every attack, which shows that they are well prepared.

(End of this chapter)