Chapter 318: Demonic Beast Might
The second half of the 76ers and Magic begins.
After returning to the court, although there was momentum on both sides, it was obvious that the Magic team's physical advantage began to appear, and the frequency of their movements was not much different from the first half.
And the 76ers can also see that the pace of action has slowed down, and the pressure in the semifinals is much higher than in the first round, even if they can sweep the Pacers in the first round and face the Magic in the semifinals, they are still too nervous.
As soon as you are nervous, your muscles stiffen, so you waste more physical energy.
There may be only Han Miao, a physical monster in the whole team, who doesn't have much of a problem.
Korver is now more cautious in every run, he has no advantage in physical strength, and he is closely watched by Redick, who is also a shooter on the opposite side, to be honest, the last three-pointer of the first half, Korver himself feels that he may have used up all his touches today.
Howard rushed inside, and he didn't play well in the first half, which made Howard himself very unhappy, but he couldn't help it.
Every time they wanted to attack in the first half, the 76ers would use various tactics to force Howard's offense to fail.
Yes, it's invalid, Howard's rebounds in the first half were okay, past double digits, but even in terms of scoring, except for a few dunks, there was nothing to achieve, especially the free throw shooting rate of 2-of-12...... Well...... It's worse than Whiteside.
So at halftime, Howard was scolded by Big Van Gundy, well, it was the kind of scolding that was pointed at his nose, because Big Van Gundy had taught Howard for many years, so Howard could accept it.
But Howard's baby temper is of course unhappy when he is scolded, so he is obviously ready to vent his grievances now.
The baby is wronged, don't mess with me!
After coming up, the first time the Magic attacked, Howard was extremely violent!
Carter couldn't throw in after breaking through, and the basketball bounced straight up!
Whiteside stuck in position and then jumped first, ready to take the rebound.
"Huh!"
However, just as Whiteside was jumping, someone suddenly shouted behind him! Then, Whiteside felt a dark cloud rise behind him, and quickly rose above his head!
Then the huge impact behind him made Whiteside lose his balance directly in the air, and he had to give up the intention of grabbing rebounds.
If you don't give up, you can't do it, and if you don't give up, you will probably be knocked over directly.
Then, everyone saw that Howard the Warcraft was in the air, crashing into Whiteside like a bomber, winning the rebound, and dunking into the basket by the way!
Yes, it's a heavy dunk in the air, and Howard's collision not only made Whiteside retreat, but also let the audience see how violent he was!
"Dwight!!"
The fans at the scene became excited, that's right, this is the performance that Warcraft should have, and it needs this violent and exciting feeling!
“……”
Whiteside doesn't know what to say anymore, and from the offensive point of view today, Whiteside was flattened quite badly by Howard, especially Howard's several heavy dunks were completed through him, which made Whiteside actually quite embarrassed.
But what can he do? Whiteside was positioned by Han Miao and others as a defensive center like Uncle Mu, and of course, now Whiteside and Uncle Mu are completely incomparable.
As for Howard, of course, some people once said that he was a weakened version of O'Neal, in the 01 finals, Uncle Mu met O'Neal, and everyone saw the result.
Uncle Mu was facing O'Neal at the time, and he really had no way at all, he was pushed into the basket by O'Neal like a bulldozer and then burst the dunk, which has been made into a moving picture!
Well...... Of course, people don't respect Uncle Mu, but because under the backdrop of Uncle Mu, O'Neill's power back then was even more terrifying!
Yes, Whiteside now has a bit of the feeling of Uncle Mu back then, and it is used to set off Howard!
I have to say that the No. 1 center in the East does have the ability, at least Whiteside really can't fight against it now.
The defensive end can't fight against Howard, and Whiteside naturally has to do something on the offensive end, so the 76ers had another offensive round, and Whiteside took the initiative to come up to Han Miao to block and dismantle, and then signaled Han Miao with his eyes to prepare to give him the ball.
Han Miao nodded to show that he understood, after blocking and dismantling, it was still a fake throwing and real pass, shaking off the defensive Lewis and sending an aerial relay pass high!
"Good shot!"
Whiteside's favorite is this kind of ball, just take the ball and dunk it directly! Now with the help of Han Miao, Whiteside is like the king of the alliance to eat "cakes".
Of course, he can't be regarded as a pioneer of this tactic, after all, Kidd to Martin, Nash to Smalls, and Paul to Chandler have all done similar tactics in between.
Grabbing the ball in the air with both hands, Whiteside slammed the ball into the basket like a sledgehammer! It seems that I want to vent the resentment in my heart!
"Drink!"
But the next scene is terrible! Halfway through Whiteside's dunk, a big black man suddenly appeared!
Howard, who relied on his bounce speed, came from behind, grabbed the ball in Whiteside's hand with both hands before Whiteside completed the dunk!
"Bang!!"
This is a very violent two-handed cap, both of them touch the ball with both hands, and at this time, Howard's terrifying upper body strength is on full display!
This time, he directly covered the ball, and by the way, Whiteside landed in the air, and it was the kind that staggered and fell!
The 76ers were all shocked, this is Howard? Although he is indeed strong, this is the first time that Whiteside has been beaten like this!
"I'm sorry, I accidentally pushed too hard!"
After Howard covered Whiteside, he left such a sentence, and then the whole person ran forward quickly, and Carter picked up the ball on the ground and hit a fast attack!
"Back to the defense!"
Whiteside fell to the ground and didn't get up, only Han Miao and Hayward of the 76ers retreated, Carter was not greedy for merit this time, separated Han Miao's harassment with one hand, and threw the ball directly into the sky and it was over.
"Drink!"
Howard, who rushed over, directly caught the dunk in the air, and Hayward didn't even have a chance to hug someone...... You can only hold your head to protect yourself.
"Boom!"
It's another high-altitude bombing, and Howard's performance after coming up is unusually high!
That's the ability of a center forward for many years! Even if he is not a traditional center, Howard's power cannot be underestimated!
Under the leadership of Howard, the Magic pressed the 76ers in the third quarter, and the Warcraft contributed 12 points and 8 rebounds in a single quarter.
This is Howard, the man who used to be able to trade for James alone!