The Magic seem to have played a good game against the Celtics, and with the experience of the first two victories, they have stepped up their offense from the inside. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Howard scored 12 points in the first quarter, scoring two rebounds and a powerful dunk on two occasions. The Magic started the game 7-3.

With 4:23 left in the quarter, Garnett hit a shot to give the Celtics a 15-14 lead, but Courtney-Lee immediately returned with a three-pointer to regain the Magic and end the first quarter 25-21.

Although Garnett has returned to several games, the recent wave of injuries has made coach Rivers conservatively limit his playing time, only allowing him to play in the first and third quarters.

So far in the season, the Celtics have determined their first position in the East, and the NBA's regular season record is not in much suspense, in this case, how to make the team healthy into the playoffs has become Rivers' priority.

But in this game, Garnett's departure caused the Celtics to lose their interior and couldn't defend Howard.

Shi Lei, who replaced Garnett as the team's power forward, although he performed well offensively, he was really unable to protect the defense and rebounding.

The Magic continued to extend their advantage as they ended the first half with a 47-39 victory.

"How now Howard?"

The Celtics still failed to complete this proposition in the third quarter, and after Garnett returned to the court, Howard was fouled on defense at the beginning of the game, and scored three points with free throws, extending the margin to 11 points in one fell swoop.

Sitting on the bench, looking at Howard who was overturning the river and the sea on the court, Shi Lei had a lot of thoughts in his heart.

"Shouldn't I tweak my next template?"

Shi Lei is a little hesitant, every template is precious, he has already thought of the next template to match Hamilton, this is undoubtedly his best choice, a shortcut to growth, but if the team can't succeed this season, what is the point of him sitting on the bench this season?

Once the Celtics fail on the way to the championship, then it is inevitable that they will quickly enter the rebuild, but how long does Shi Lei have to wait for the team to have the strength to compete for the championship again?

It's a dilemma!

At this time, the score difference between the two sides was 16 points, and the third quarter of the game was nearing the end.

"Try it, see what I can limit Howard with my current ability, it's really not good, it's a big deal to use 'cut sharks!'"

With this in mind, Shi Lei came on the court to defend Howard.

This is the most common method used by small players against big men, and the forward defense is suitable for defenders who are flexible, physically coordinated, and explosive, and it is a devastating way to defend opponents who are slow to move, have rough technique, and have a low basketball IQ.

This tactic is very familiar to most domestic fans, because Yao Ming suffers the most in this tactic, but Howard is not Yao Ming.

Howard is undoubtedly no match for Yao Ming in terms of basketball IQ and technique, but he has one thing that is very strong, and that is his movement speed.

After being spared by Shi Lei, Howard quickly pulled out from under the basket, and Shi Lei couldn't catch up, and he got the basketball.

Shi Lei didn't even have time to sigh, so he slapped the basketball on the floor, and at the same time raised his right hand, honestly signaling that he was defending the foul.

"Oh, look at the helplessness on the face of the Celtics' No. 1 player, their defense of Dwight has been completely out of control, and they can only use fouls to stop Dwight's offense. The bad news for us, though, is that Dwight has perfectly inherited the free throw shooting skills of the American center! ”

The on-site commentator's commentary was completely correct, and Howard missed both free throws..... But after the Celtics completed the attack, Shi Lei's Rao Qian also did not succeed.

He paid two fouls on the court, and Shi Lei reluctantly admitted that his strategy failed.

"How the hell are you going to defend him?"

After Howard hit the last free throw, when Shi Lei took the ball to advance and organize the team's offense, he was thinking about this problem.

"Am I really going to match an interior player? Huh......"

Shi Lei suddenly thought of a possibility.

This made Shi Lei's eyes light up, and he couldn't wait to experiment with the ideas in his heart, and he quickly cut into the inner line of magic in the most concise way.

"The Celtics' No. 1 seems to be annoyed because of two defensive failures against Dwight!"

Seeing that Shi Lei faced Howard's defense after cutting into the Magic inside, he forcibly completed the shot, although the basketball finally fell into the basket, but the commentator on the scene still explained Shi Lei's offensive choice in this way.

In the eyes of many basketball practitioners, Shi Lei's recent shooting choices are getting worse and worse, and more and more people have repeatedly "reminded" Shi Lei, hoping that he will not "go astray".

But the "stumbling boy" Shi Lei, uh-huh, he expressed his grievances: "If one day I become a tumor, remember Garnett, Pierce and Ray. Aaron, they brought me badly! ”

But now Shi Lei didn't have the heart to spit it out, and after Howard entered the Celtics' basket, he immediately posted it.

This time, Shi Lei did not choose to spare the front, but like a spider, he attached himself to Howard's back.

This is the strategy that Shi Lei just thought of: "Since Bowen's close defense can defend Kobe, why can't I use close defense to defend Howard?" ”

Howard didn't care at first, but after he became famous, he saw all kinds of defense, so as soon as he received the basketball, he immediately started attacking.

But......

Howard's back-to-back singles were relatively smooth, and although Shi Lei's strength was stronger than most insiders, Howard still smoothly advanced two steps to the basket.

But that was the end of Howard's good fortune, as he pushed to the basket and found that he couldn't make the turn.

Does Howard have good offensive footsteps under the basket?

No!

He is actually no different from most black players, playing more by his body, and the reason why he can become famous is more because his body is stronger and explosive!

Therefore, Howard's swaying left and right under the basket did not mobilize Shi Lei's body center of gravity, but made him almost lose the basketball in his hand.

Rivers, who has also been looking for a way to deal with Howard, saw this situation and suddenly opened his eyes wide!