NBA: Start the water cooler and reach the Hall of Fame

Li Kaiming's excellent performance in the first half has become the discussion target of all the commentators. Before that, there were some people discussing whether Li Kaiming's first show in his rookie season can reach 20 points, and whether the statistics can surpass Griffin.

As for leading the team to win, no one has ever mentioned it, because almost everyone agrees that high draft picks need the team to give enough ball rights to cultivate, and it usually takes a while for rookies to adapt to the NBA , so the efficiency of the rookie season must not be high.

When inefficiency and a lot of shots are on the same person, the team's record must not be much better.

Therefore, the evaluation of the development prospect and strength of a rookie depends more on what data and efficiency this person can get.

As for the team record, it may be the least important factor for rookies.

And the evaluation of Li Kaiming is no exception, not to mention that the latter is facing a team like the Orlando Magic in the finals and the Eastern Conference finals in the first show. No one expects Li Kaiming to lead the team to win, and he is not even polite. To put it bluntly, even if Li Kaiming did not perform well in this game, most people would not deny him.

After all, there are Howard and Carter's magic on the opposite side!

But after the first half, Li Kaiming's performance shocked everyone who thought this way.

Under his leadership, the Wizards not only led the Magic at halftime, but he scored more points alone than the Magic's boss and second combined!

As for Griffin, Li Kaiming's half-court score surpassed the former's full-court score, and Griffin was still playing a fringe team in the playoffs, while Li Kaiming was facing a team in the finals!

After such a comparison, the fans were surprised to find that this Chinese No. [-] pick is completely different from other rookies in recent years!

There are not many games tonight, only three games, so many people are paying attention to this game, including many old friends of Li Kaiming, and his performance in the first half also made his old friends very excited.

Charles Barkley pushed it away first, "Oh, my God, Li Kaiming's performance is simply a god!"

Magic Johnson commented on Barkley's tweet while retweeting, "God may be wearing No. 0 tonight..."

The magician's allusion is very good. This stalk comes from the 1986 Eastern Conference playoffs. When Michael Jordan faced the Boston Celtics and scored 63 points, the highest score in the playoffs in NBA history, he forced King Larry Bird in the playoffs. Famous words spoken in post-match interviews.

This sentence was later used by people to prove the greatness of Michael Jordan. After all, Bird, who was dissatisfied with the sky, couldn't help but blow it.

Although Bird's original intention was not like this, the meaning of the magician's words is obvious. Li Kaiming is God on today's court, omnipotent.

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During the intermission, the home team's locker room at the Amway Center.

Stan Van Gundy rarely showed an angry expression. Although he looks big and three rough, he is still very calm in his life and rarely gets angry during the game.

Van Gundy looked around the locker room, poking his fingers heavily on the tactical board, his tone serious.

"Remember, in the second half, let me stare at the number 0 on the opposite side. Don't let him catch the ball and force him to pass the ball to others. This guy has a higher percentage of shots against two people than his teammates from wide open shots! If If we want to win, we must firmly press this guy to death! Boys, remember, our goal is to win the championship, not to go back and forth with a team on the edge of the playoffs. I don’t want to watch the second half Seeing this guy crazily score points!"

Van Gundy's serious tone made the atmosphere in the Magic locker room a little tense. Howard seemed to be staring at the floor in front of him in a daze, but his fingers were already tightly clenched.

And Rashad Lewis, who defended Li Kaiming, was even more ashamed. At the beginning of the game, he thought he could easily suppress the guy on the opposite side. Unexpectedly, his head coach almost gritted his teeth, and the guy scored 24 at halftime. point! !

The other players were also a little upset. As members of the championship team, they naturally had an arrogance that matched their status, but now they played back and forth with the Wizards who lost Arenas. Most of the time they were suppressed and beaten, how could they not feel aggrieved in their hearts?

As for the Wizards locker room on the other side, although the atmosphere is not as stagnant as that of the Magic, it is not very active either.After all, the Wizards don't have so many players available, and whether it's a starter or a substitute, the paper lineup is not as good as the Magic. The temporary lead puts more pressure on them, because the Wizards want to maintain the score advantage until the end of the game.

Sanders gritted his teeth, and told Li Kaiming and Nick Young that you would continue to play at the beginning of the second half.

Li Kaiming had already expected this. After all, his going down to the Wizards was almost equivalent to raising a white flag to surrender, while Nick Young's face was a little ugly.

He played as a substitute for the Wizards last season. Not to mention starting this season, he stretched his playing time to 40+ minutes in the first game. It is normal for his physical strength to keep up.

The relatively long intermission ended, and the Wizards continued to let McGee stay on the field at the beginning of the third quarter. The other four continued to maintain the starting lineup, while the Magic replaced all the starters. Comparing the thickness of their lineup with the Wizards, it is equivalent to the shell of the earth to the shell of an egg. After the rotation in the second half of the second quarter, the strength of the Magic's starting lineup has fully recovered.

The Wizards served, and Hinrich passed the ball to Li Kaiming after halftime. This time, Li Kaiming chose to play pick-and-roll tactics with the ball. The defender Hinrich was covering him. Hinrich's opponent, Nelson, saw that Li Kaiming was going to target him. Immediately called Lewis prepares to double-team.

The Magic's tactic is to double-team Li Kaiming as long as he has the ball, and let him pass the ball, even if it leaves room for others.

This time Li Kaiming gave Hinrich near the free throw line, who stepped on the ground with one foot and made a throw.

53 is better than 47!

Stan Van Gundy squeezed his fingers lightly, but he decided to continue with the defensive strategy.

The Magic's offense ended with a three-point catch by Lewis. Li Kaiming was still too weak off the ball with the outside line, and he was too big to squeeze the screen, so Lewis sniped one.

McGee gave Hinrich a free throw, and Li Kaiming helped the latter block Nelson's pressing defense on the road, and then immediately came to the frontcourt.

The Magic team saw Li Kaiming's expired pick-and-roll, and several people moved towards Li Kaiming in an instant, especially the outsiders, wishing that Li Kaiming's eyes would look on Li Kaiming's body, as if Li Kaiming was not a player, but a peerless beauty who was naked and engaged in performance art .

The Magic also have the capital to do this, that is to rely on Howard's strong defensive ability, especially the awareness of defense.

If it were another center forward, the inside line would have been pierced by the rest of the Wizards.

Li Kaiming didn't expect that the Magic would react so strongly when he didn't even make it to the three-point line. This shows that his threat has reached the level he wanted!

In this case, Li Kaiming gave Hinrich a wink, then reached out for the ball, and at the same time shouted the tactical code to his teammates.

After Hinrich passed the ball to Li Kaiming, he immediately ran far away, and the rest of the Wizards were also distributed to the farthest place from Li Kaiming. In this way, the space in the entire half was stretched to the maximum. The double-teaming tactic was immediately forced into a dilemma.

Is this double-teaming, or not double-teaming?