Chapter 248: Howard's Three Points
In the Cavaliers locker room, Scott looked at the generals with a cold face, these guys were actually led by more than ten points, was the last game just a moment of luck? Such a team is not what you need.
"I was surprised by the way everyone played in the first half, well, yes, surprised. You're playing normally, and it's normal for the weak Cavaliers team from last year. Look at your performance, Huang Xiang, you missed 4 threes in the second quarter, do you know what that means? Even though you are a rookie, and even though you are now a duo with Howard, please cherish the opportunity to attack. And you, Howard, obviously have many opportunities to grab rebounds, but, look at you, do you have all the strength to fight for it? Is this called the core? Listen to me in the second half, Huang Xiang continued to play, remember his position, and formed an outside fireteam with Jones, Gibson will mess up the outside line for me, shoot when you have the chance, come on boys, okay, rest, I don't want to see failure. Scott closed his notebook and walked out of the room, these guys made him very uncomfortable.
Looking at each other, Huang Xiang and Howard both laughed bitterly, in fact, this is nothing, who would have expected the other party to suddenly go crazy? That Wade scored 16 points alone in the second quarter, who would have thought?
"Brother, in the second half, give us a fight, and at the same time, give us a good name." Howard patted Huang Xiang on the shoulder, sat on the chair and began to recover his strength, and Huang Xiang, with a smirk, also sat there to recover his strength, in the second half, he needed his own hard fight.
Although the deficit in the second quarter was a bit demoralizing, Scott's scolding obviously made them full of fighting spirit again.
At the beginning of the third quarter of the game, Huang Xiang and Howard returned to the court with the generals, and both sides were basically the main lineups.
Gibson took the basketball across the half court and threw it to Huang Xiang on the side, who seized the blocking opportunity that Williams created for him, rushed into the basket and threw the basketball into the basket with a backhand.
At 43:52, the gap between the two sides finally returned to single digits, Huang Xiang stabilized his mood, fortunately, he still threw the basketball into it this time, this time the coach won't scold me.
Moving his gaze to the Cavaliers bench, Scott's eyes were not on Huang Xiang, but Huang Xiang could feel that there was a smile on the corner of Scott's mouth.
It seems that he is not so defeated, Huang Xiang smiled, ran through the half, and prepared to defend.
The Heat didn't slow down their offensive tempo because of Huang Xiang's layup, and after half time Wade passed the ball back to James, who also made a backhand layup and the basketball fell into the basket.
Glancing at Huang Xiang provocatively, James pouted, boy, aren't you arrogant, not a dozen points behind.
Feeling James's gaze, Huang Xiang shook his head helplessly, he didn't seem to have such a big enmity with him, why did he always target himself?
In fact, this is easy to explain, a person, even if he loses something, even if he doesn't want it, he feels a little unhappy when he sees others using it, not to mention that the Cavaliers used to treat themselves as heroes, but now, this guy in front of him has become Cleveland's new favorite, anyway, it's normal for James to have some upset in his heart.
The Cavaliers' offense has obviously improved a lot compared to the first half, turning back Huang Xiang assisted Howard to hit a one-handed dunk, and at the same time, caused a big Z defensive foul, polo hit, and Howard successfully scored three points alone.
However, this guy's performance did not end there, and next, he gave everyone a big gift.
When the Heat hit a shot and it was the Cavaliers' turn to attack again, the Heat's defense was significantly tougher, and the Cavaliers were close to the final second of the 24-second violation.
Howard glanced at Huang Xiang and saw that he was being defended by Wade, so he made a slight decision to run outside the three-point line to block and dismantle for Huang Xiang, creating an opportunity for Huang Xiang to impact the inside, but at this time, Huang Xiang's feet slipped and the basketball in his hand fell.
There were only three seconds left, Howard lowered his body and picked up the basketball, glanced at the scoreboard, and secretly gritted his teeth and rose from the ground, at this moment, he was so strong and straight, the basketball was pushed out by him, the first time, the official three-point line outside the hand, however, this time it was forced to be helpless.
The whole audience stood up strangely, and the center was three points? Although the monster used to shoot the basket on this side and hit the basket on the other end, this and that are clearly not the same thing.
"Huh" No matter what kind of heart, basketball, or in, even Huang Xiang and the others couldn't help but look at Howard in surprise, Dirk II? The second big man to shoot a three-pointer besides Nowitzki, of course, refers to the bullsman, and Oku is also close.
"Entered?" Howard looked at Huang Xiang beside him in disbelief, and he scored a three-pointer?
"Yes, you are in, brother, you steal my limelight." Huang Xiang looked at Howard jokingly, this guy, the ball just now, must have entered the top ten balls.
"Howard, Howard, Howard......" All the Chinese fans shouted Howard's name, which was the first player to be cheered collectively except for Huang Xiang, which is something to be proud of.
"Alas, beasts, do you have a family to secretly practice?" Williams looked at Howard depressed, three-pointer? Damn, this guy, that's so perverted.
"Oh, yes." Howard's signature laugh hung on his face again, and his smile made all the Cavaliers breathe a sigh of relief, isn't it just the Heat, just put it out.
It seems that they really thought it right, and it may be that Howard's three-point shot made the Heat not slow down, and the Cavaliers really suppressed the Heat's offensive flames next.
At 5 minutes and 34 seconds in the third quarter, Howard was replaced by O'Neal, and at the same time Carter was replaced by a small forward, Iverson controlled the ball, and the Cavaliers attacked again, at this time, the Cavaliers 59:61 Heat.
Tightly two points apart, there is no trace of the second quarter of the trail at this time, the Cavaliers will continue to impact the Heat's scattered lineup that has been rushed under the leadership of the three veterans and Huang Xiang, even Wade and James have not been able to stop the Heat team's footsteps.
Iverson glanced at Huang Xiang, this little guy is really good, he wants to hand over the basketball to Huang Xiang again, he wants to see if he can continue to play one person and two tigers in this game.
looked at Wade in front of him and wiped a handful of sweat from his forehead, the game was not over yet.
Slapping the basketball in his hand, Huang Xiang circled half a circle along the three-point line, and then directly inserted the inside line, and scored a layup with the help of Williams.
"Whew" breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately, at this time it was already 5 points ahead, ***, really tired.
Looking at Wade who was running towards him with the ball on his knees, Huang Xiang felt that he had no strength in his body, and he would let himself hit the opponent's interior line alone in the playoffs in the future? Carter and Iverson still have energy, but Scott doesn't trust the two old guys, but either they will change to a bull or try to let them dominate for a while.
Of course, Huang Xiang can only think about it himself, he still deeply remembers how the coach scolded him, and it is estimated that it is the first time he has been scolded, alas, forget it, take care of his own affairs.
Wade shook his arms and rushed towards Huang Xiang's right side, Huang Xiang's tired body couldn't stop Wade's footsteps at all, and was shaken by Wade and handed to Bosh on the side, who raised his hand to shoot, the basketball shook the basket and didn't score, Dampier grabbed the rebound and hit the rebound.
Iverson dribbled the ball across the half court and handed it to Carter on the side, who stepped into the three-point line under Huang Xiang's block, shot in a quick stop, and the basketball fell steadily into the basket, and the dunk king went crazy to help the Cavaliers score two more points.
Glancing at Carter, Scott scratched his head, waved at Weaver beside him, replaced Huang Xiang, and pushed Carter to the position of scoring guard, and Weaver played small forward.
Weaver is playing for the first time in this preseason, the Batman who was once well known in China, the Rockets used to be a super small forward, and a year's journey to the west made his body barely enter the NBA league, but fortunately, he performed in the Celtics last year, and it was enough to be a substitute.
"Shaquinn, stir and stir on the inside, I'll give you the ball." Iverson said secretly to O'Neill, although O'Neill is old, this guy can still make a fuss for a while at this time.
Listening to Iverson's words, O'Neill nodded, and glanced at Dampier, this huge guy, there is still a little gap in using his physical advantages, hehe, just clean up for you.
Dangling his big ass into the inner line, he stuck Dampier behind him, staring at Iverson who was walking outside with the ball, and the corners of his mouth unconsciously hung a smile, although his body was old, it was still very simple to beat for a few minutes.
Sure enough, Iverson successfully handed the basketball to the inside, Howard caught the basketball and pushed it back, and his fat ass pushed Dampier directly to the basket.
The roar of the "roar" shark reappeared, and O'Neal's huge body flew into the sky and flew towards the basket, even though Dampier was also tall and big, but compared to O'Neal's more than 300 pounds, it was still close.
The "clang" basketball was poured into O'Neal hard, then pulled the basket hard, smiled at the camera after landing, and then danced the shark dance steps, excited ......
The crowd laughed, O'Neal will always be the happiest one, but if he retires, how can fans around the world find a happy NBA?
"Well done." Carter patted O'Neal on the shoulder, and the veteran's sympathy made him have a good relationship with O'Neal Iverson.
"Meaningless, this is just the beginning." O'Neill smiled, indeed, the 20th year of the battle, today, here is just the beginning.