NBA: This flower path is a bit strong.

In the regular season this season, Hanamichi's mid-range shots were very accurate, with a hit rate of up to 40%.

Of course, this is related to his shooting hotspot. Most of Hanamichi's mid-range shots are two-point shots at 45° angles on the left and right sides, and his hit rate can even be as high as 45%.

What a level this is, the ones with the highest hit rate at 45° angle are Lao Na and 58 gun, the former is 51.5% and the latter is 49.7.

And Hanamichi's 45% can only be said to be slightly inferior to them. Don't forget that Hanamichi is an inside player. Long-term strong inside shots and dunks will seriously damage Hanamichi's feel.

However, as an inside player, having such an excellent mid-range shooting percentage is a unique feature in the current league!

Right now, the Magic are suffering because of this.

Horace Grant could only symbolically stand on tiptoe, stretch out his hands and watch Hanamichi successfully make a successful jump shot.

After scoring the goal, Hanamichi clenched his palms and started trash-talking Horace Grant:

"I feel good today, you have to defend me harder!"

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"No way, you really can't defend my mid-range shot!"

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"Believe me, even if O'Neal's grandmother defended me, she wouldn't be any worse than you!"

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It was the first time that Horace Grant felt that the red-haired guy in front of him had the right hair color. He was as annoying as the kid from the Bulls.

"Are all the rookies this year so unlovable?"

"His constant chatter and his ever-changing trash talk are just like the hungry wolf in Minnesota."

In the first quarter, facing Hanamichi who had turned into a mid-range shooting god, the Magic's head coach could only ask Horace Grant to defend and receive the ball from the sidelines.

As soon as Hanamichi received the lob ball in the mid-range corner, Horace Grant immediately moved forward and did not give the latter any space to jump.

But unfortunately, as a real superstar player, in addition to the 104 mid-range and [Iron Blood Jump Shot] skill package, Hanamichi also has 109 ball control ability, 108 passing ability and [Point Guard's Heart] to enhance the stability of passing and control.

Combined with his layup, dunk, and shooting finishing abilities, which are generally above 110, Hanamichi instantly transformed into a true triple-threat master in the playoffs.

What's outrageous is that this triple-threat master is actually 214cm tall and his athletic ability is no less than that of outside players.

This is like a version of Du Shubao with enhanced physical fitness and weakened shooting offense coming to the league!

The only difference is that Du Shubao can guarantee a long-range shooting percentage of up to 71% in the playoffs when the defensive intensity is increased.

However, Hanamichi can only guarantee a 40% hit rate for mid-range and long-range shots, but his close-range and under-the-basket hit rates can be guaranteed to be above 70%.

Just as lethal.

Magic head coach Brian Hill did not expect that the double-team tactics he adopted, which were used by the Spurs and Pacers against Hanamichi at the beginning of the season and were very effective, would not work.

They had no choice but to give up the double-team and let the team strengthen its outside offense.

And this task falls on Nick Anderson and Hardaway.

As for Horace Grant, who can contribute about 14 points per game, Hanamichi said that the way you defended me at that time, I will defend you now, this is not too much!

After three years in the league and leading the team half a year earlier than previously thought, Hardaway averaged 21.7 points, 7.1 assists and 4.3 rebounds per game this season.

He has excellent physical fitness and passing vision, and can organize, score and defend. He is a comprehensive player.

But like his fans, the future McGrady has one characteristic, which is that his shooting percentage is not actually stable.

In the past, with O'Neal's presence in the interior, he could shoot as much as he wanted, and except for the unreasonable handling of the ball, he would not bear too much pressure, because he knew that the interior giant could convert the second offense into stable points.

But after O'Neal left for New York, Hardaway has curbed his wild shooting style and has increased his attacks on the basket and close-range shots.

But in the first game of the playoffs, they were severely punished by Hanamichi's 6 blocks.

In this game, Hardaway could only change direction helplessly to shake off defender Doug Christie and seek a more stable open shot.

This way Doug Christie won’t be sleepy anymore!

If you compare offense, he may not be interested, but when it comes to defending off-ball movement and changing direction with the ball, Doug Christie, who has been selected into the best defensive team for four consecutive years, said he can do this!

So, under the defense of Doug Christie, Hardaway made 10 of 3 shots in the first quarter and scored 8 points with difficulty.

To be honest, this result is indeed good, especially in the playoffs where the defense is more intense.

But compared to Hanamichi's 11 of 7 shots and 15 points in the first quarter, it was obviously a far cry.

Oh, by the way! By the way, Hanamichi broke another Raptors record, becoming the first player to score 15 points in a quarter in the playoffs.

In short, every step that Huamichi takes is basically creating the history of the Raptors.

Doug Christie, the hero of the first quarter, did not appear on the bench in the second quarter. Because of his good defensive efficiency today, Raptors head coach Landon Malone decided to change his approach.

Let him become the starting player and serve as the general to defend the opponent's outside scoring players!

And let him contribute points stably when he plays with the second lineup in the third quarter.

At this point, Landon Malone has completely understood Doug Christie's instruction manual!

In the interior, he faced Hanamichi, who was unable to restrict his offense, and Charles Oakley, the "evil man", who occasionally helped out and showed his personal presence;

On the outside there is defensive stalwart Doug Christie and pace accelerator and scoring proficient Damon Stoudemire.

Although the Magic had a group of bench players who averaged 10+ points per game, they were still unable to turn the tide.

Halfway through the fourth quarter, Magic head coach Brian Hill replaced the team's main players in advance.

Last year, he led the team to defeat the Bulls and reach the Eastern Conference Finals, but eventually lost to the defending champions.

But this year they were eliminated in the first round and were ruthlessly swept by the NBA upstarts, the Raptors.

Brian Hill felt that he might become the person that the team management blamed and passed the buck to.

On May 5, the Raptors became the second team in the Eastern Conference to advance to the second round.

The first was the 3-win Bulls, who also swept the Hawks 0-72 earlier tonight.

The Raptors' next opponent is the New York Knicks, who are sweeping the Pistons!

This monster team has the [Gorilla] and the [Shark].