Chapter Ninety-Four: You're going to practice your free throws
Curry, who ran out of the line, made a move to catch the ball, but the basketball did not reach him.
The one who received the basketball was Jamison who rushed to the three-point line in the bottom corner at the next moment!
"Damn! Not Curry! ”
At this time, there were already three players approaching Curry under the arrangement of Van Gundy's previous tactics, and everyone couldn't help but be stunned when they saw the ball fall into Jamison's hands.
The quickest responder was Howard, who sped up and rushed towards Jamison.
Jamison had just received the ball and was about to raise his hand to shoot when he saw Howard covering the sky.
Without the slightest hesitation, Jamison hit the ball to the ground, and the ball went down Howard's legs to the inside.
And on the inside, Nick. Yang Heran is already in place.
Nick in the reasonable collision zone. Young wasn't unmarked, and next to him was Magic guard Nelson.
But see defensive Nick. When Yang was Nelson, Van Gundy's heart was half cold.
"Oops!"
Nick. Although Young is a guard, he is 2.01 meters tall, and Nelson, who is only 1.83 meters tall, is too low to form an effective defense against Nick Young under the basket.
Sure enough, after receiving the basketball, Nick. Young jumped up for a dunk, and Nelson jumped up with all his strength to defend, but it didn't interfere with Nick. Yang's shot.
Basketball by Nick. Yang pressed into the basket, two points effective!
There are 4 seconds left in the race! And that's not the end of it!
Van Gundy subconsciously raised his hand to pause, but immediately stiffened.
The Magic have no timeout.
4 seconds, from the back court serve to the front court attack, there is simply not enough time, and there is no pause to arrange tactics, you can only rely on the players on the court to play.
"The last ball! The audience is pressing! Don't let them catch the ball and push it easily! ”
Wang Xiao shouted from the sidelines.
The current Wizards' on-court roster has a lot of holes in their defensive ability, but that doesn't mean they don't have a defense at all.
When you concentrate on it, the effect of defense is still okay.
Under the relentless marking of the Wizards' five players, it was difficult for the Magic team to send the ball out, and the 5-second time to serve was about to pass. Barnes could only bite the bullet and pass the ball to Howard, the only one who could receive it.
Seeing Howard catch the ball, Van Gundy couldn't help but cover his forehead.
He understands Barnes' approach, after all, it's better to pass than to give the ball to the opponent after a violation.
But passing the ball to Howard is basically equivalent to declaring the defeat of this game in advance!
Howard, who received the pass, subconsciously seemed to be looking for a teammate to pass the ball, but the teammates around him were all in a state of being strictly guarded, and the rash pass was likely to be broken, and the time of 4 seconds was fleeting, and he could not have the slightest hesitation.
He could only carry the ball himself and rush to the Wizards' backcourt.
Howard is as fast as a guard, but it's about his sprint speed, and when he's dribbling the ball, his speed is greatly reduced, after all, he's not a center who is good at handling the ball.
When he rushed to the Wizards' backcourt, time was running out, and in desperation, Howard could only shoot a jump shot one step from beyond the three-point line.
When the basketball flew in the air, the whistle sounded at the end of the game, followed by the basketball flying to the basket, and then slammed into the rebound, without touching the basket at all.
"Howard misses a three-pointer, and the game is over! The Wizards won the game by 1 point! ”
On the court, Van Gundy looked at Wang Xiao, who was celebrating with the players, and couldn't help but shake his head.
"This kid really has some skills."
Being able to put a substitute player on the bench to execute the stunner at the end of the minute is not something that the average coach can do.
Of course, Van Gundy didn't know, and Wang Xiao, who had watched the preview of the next situation, knew very well which player on the court had a better chance. Young's substitute is indeed the player who has received the least attention on the field, and he is also the one with the most opportunities.
Even knowing these when Nick. After Yang received the ball, Wang Xiao still sweated.
The brain circuit of the black question mark emoji is not particularly normal, and he will be a frequent visitor to the five embarrassments in the future, and he is really a little afraid of the critical moment Nick. Yang's brain short-circuited a strange operation to bury this game.
Good thing Nick. Yang proved with his performance that he can still be trusted a little.
Howard's face was not very good-looking, and he was very unhappy at this time.
Especially when he missed the three-point shot, Butler actually ran over again, smiled at him and said, "Look, you still haven't scored 50 points." ”
Howard's final score was fixed at 49 points, which was already a terrifying score, almost half of the team's scores, but the super high score was more free throws.
Howard bears a large part of the responsibility for the Magic's loss in this game, and he made a total of 38 free throws in the whole game, breaking the NBA regular season single-game free throw record, but of the 38 free throws, Howard only shot 19 times, and the shooting rate was just over 50%, which is quite bad.
"Man, you're really going to have to practice your free throws." After putting down such a sentence, Butler happily ran to celebrate the victory with his teammates.
Winning this game is very important for the Wizards.
The Magic are one of the Wizards' main competitors in the East.
After defeating the Magic, the record of the two teams increased and decreased, both 28-12, but because the Wizards won one game against the Magic on the road, the Wizards successfully surpassed the Magic and returned to second place in the East because of the direct win-loss difference!
In the next two games, the Wizards' opponents are the Bulls and the Kings, one is at the bottom of the West, and the other is still trying to fight for a playoff spot in the East.
The Wizards won these two games with ease, winning eight in a row.
Halfway through the season, the Wizards, who have a 30-12 record, have a 71 percent win rate, second only to the Cleveland Cavaliers at 74.5 percent and the Los Angeles Lakers at 72 percent in the league.
The league has become a little numb to this situation, they don't understand what is wrong with this world, a team that shoots more than half of the team's three-point shots can actually get such a record, is the three-point shot really so powerful? Or does Wang Xiao, the head coach, really have incredible magic?
People didn't dwell on this issue for long, because with the January game underway, preparations have begun for the NBA's annual All-Star Weekend.
The 2010 All-Star Weekend was the 59th All-Star Game of the NBA, hosted by the Dallas Mavericks.
In the first round of All-Star voting not long ago, LeBron . James leads the league in votes.
It is worth mentioning that Curry, Harden, Butler and Jamison of the Wizards are also on the list, and the highest number of votes is Stephen. Curry.
Under Wang Xiao's system, Curry's performance is quite good, with a 50-point performance in a single game in December, and a high score of 44 points in the game against the Magic in January, and currently in 42 games, Curry averages 25.3 points per game, ranking seventh on the scoring list, which is quite good as a rookie.
However, although Curry has a lot of votes, the possibility of being selected as an All-Star starter is not high, because there are two top guards in the East, Iverson and Wade, although Curry's popularity is high, there is still a big gap compared to these two, and the current votes are far behind these two in third.