With the two sides coming off the bench, the Kings seem to be a little more experienced.

It's just that a rookie shooter like Cosby, entering the finals, inevitably has a little stiff hand, and the first shot is obviously off.

The Magic dropped Howard at the beginning of the second quarter, and Blanton Buss played as a short interior center for the Magic.

Magic This is a set of run-and-shoot tactics, which is different from when Howard was on the court before, they are very fast at this time, especially with shooters like Redick, hoping to get more easy shots through run-and-shoot.

This point is in the heart of Wang Mingming, and Wang Mingming is afraid that the magic team will not fight with them.

The two teams immediately exchanged offenses on the court, Redick made the first three-pointer of the second quarter for the Magic, and Nocioni on the Kings' side immediately returned a ball from the outside.

The fans think this time is very exciting, the two sides are running on the field, you score one, I score one, and the score rises quickly.

In the 7th minute of the second quarter, the Kings adjusted, and some of the main players began to return to the court, such as Tyson Chandler, who had a long break in the first quarter.

Similarly, the Magic made adjustments, with Howard on the court.

At this time, the Kings led the Magic by 4 points at 38-34, and the Kings had the ball.

Kidd advanced with the ball, beckoned Chandler to come out to catch the ball, and at the same time he went around the elbow area himself, running back to the weak-side three-point line 45 degrees to ambush.

On the left elbow, Ron Artest ran and went all the way out from the baseline, hanging double screens from DeRozan and Chris Bosh.

Artest came out of the top of the arc and finally made a block with Chandler.

Catching the ball, he continued to move to the line and found Kidd.

Kidd moves to the top of the arc and receives Artest's hand-handed pass to cover.

Artest's cover was of very high quality, helping Kidd block Magic defender Redick, and as soon as Redick was blocked, Kidd instantly vacated and held the ball, which immediately attracted Cosby to switch defenses.

At this point, Chandler seemed to be going to cover for Kidd, and Howard stepped across to intercept.

Unexpectedly, Chandler was just a fake cover, and before Kidd could run, he turned around and ran to the basket, a beautiful tactical backrun, so that everyone on the Magic team didn't have time to react.

Kidd shook his hands, and the basketball flew towards the basket, drawing a beautiful parabola.

Chandler slapped his horse and caught the ball with both hands.

"Bang!"

Chandler's long arm hung on the frame and shook the hoop twice so hard that the entire basketball hoop shook as if it was about to be pulled down at any moment.

Chandler's ability to attack independently is not strong, but after a game, there are always more than ten points, some of these points are obtained by his second offense, and the other part is from his teammates to feed the ball, which is commonly known as eating cakes.

Howard felt a little depressed, the ball just crossed his head, which was equivalent to attacking the back door that could not be defended, if he didn't call out to defend Kidd, Kidd was an empty three-pointer, just a moment, he felt that he was defending two players at the same time, and when Kidd received the pass in the air, it was too late to defend.

At 40-34, the Kings led by six points.

Offense and defense transitioned, the Magic team double-covered in the high post, Redick turned and ran to the line to catch the ball, but the Kings defenders were very tight, and Redick had no room to shoot.

Redick splits the ball, Lewis takes the ball, and makes a half-volley jumper.

"Huh!"

Steady hits.

40 to 36.

Howard switched back and ran and didn't play much.

The king's offense was different from the tactic just now, Artest received the ball in the middle and rushed to the basket.

Howard moves laterally, chasing Artest.

Artest stepped back, hit the ground and passed to DeMar DeRozan, who cut through the air, DeRozan hit the basket and made a backhand layup, and Howard had to defend Artest and DeRozan at this time, and he had to defend DeRozan, and he was in a dilemma.

DeRozan makes a layup.

42 to 34.

It was as if it was infected by the wave of attacks from the bench, and after the main players of both sides came on the court, they played offensive basketball, and the scores of both sides rose quickly.

It's just that Howard didn't play much, he couldn't get the ball on the offensive end, and he didn't contribute on the defensive end, so he felt a little depressed.

A few minutes later, teammates missed twice and finally remembered Howard, who picked up the ball in the low post.

Howard backs up to single Tyson Chandler.

Holding the basketball aloft, leaning over with his back.

"Bang!"

Chandler bent his arms behind Howard's back, his legs firmly anchored on the floor, very steady, ignoring the offense.

Howard swayed to the right, and suddenly turned forward and walked forward, his feet were very nimble, he wiped past Chandler's defense, and then took a big leap and rushed to the basket.

Howard raised the ball with both hands, and Chandler defended passively and was deceived by Howard's feint.

"Oops!"

Chandler secretly exclaimed, he didn't expect that the five big and three thick monsters would be able to do such a job, and they would be in a disadvantageous situation all of a sudden.

The game of basketball is like that, you can't play your best every offense, and you can't be the best on every defense.

Chandler gritted his teeth and pressed one hand on Howard's arm.

Howard twisted his waist and raised his hand, and threw it casually.

was fouled so badly by Chandler, but Howard still scored the ball, and the basketball stumbled and rolled into the hoop.

“AND ONE！”

Howard yelled and flexed his arms to show off his biceps, indicating that he was strong and powerful.

The momentum of the Amway Center was immediately up, and the fans in the stadium cheered the name of Warcraft, this is Dwight Howard, their Orlando darling, the league's best defensive player!

Wang looked at the time tomorrow and beckoned Jason Thompson to get up.

"What's wrong, Coach?"

Thompson was a little confused, and he was a little happy in his heart, could it be that at this critical moment, the head coach was ready to replace him?

"Have you heard of shark slashing tactics?"

"Uh....... I see, coach. ”

"Go ahead, replace Tyson in the next round."

Tyson Chandler actually only had 2 fouls, but Wang decided to be conservative tomorrow and replace Chandler and bring Chandler on the court in the second half.

At this time, there were only more than 3 minutes before the second quarter of the game, and it was just right for a wave of shark slashing.

Howard, who was out of control, saw that the king had changed into a young face, and suddenly had an ominous premonition in his heart.

The Kings offense, Jason Thompson plays the role of Chandler, and although his pick-and-roll quality is not very good, in terms of his ability to impact the basket, he is not much different from Chandler. And Jason Thompson has a good shooting and a consistent 12 to 15-foot striking range.

In addition to the fact that the defense is several notches behind Chandler, the offensive talent is also very outstanding.

The Kings' offense was not affected much by Chandler's departure, and even Chris Bosh was still on the hot side, continuing to shoot from mid-range.

The Magic team served from the bottom line, and as soon as Howard served, he saw Jason Thompson majestic and pounced on him with high spirits!

"You...... What are you doing? ”

Howard stared at the tiger in the eyes, only to find that Jason Thompson came over, slapped him on the arm hard, and then turned his head inside to look at the stunned referee.

The referee paused for a moment, and then blew the whistle.

"Boy, this foul offense!"

Redick had just dribbled past half the court when he immediately heard the referee's whistle, and he was also at a loss.

Turning his head, Howard, with a black face, walked to the free throw line amid the boos of the fans in the audience, and he didn't know who the fans' boos were for.

Of course, it will definitely not be for Howard, in the live footage, it will be broadcast to Wang Mingming.

Wang Mingming's face was serious, and he beckoned the player Afflaro to obey the orders in front of the formation, as if he was going to brew some conspiracy again.

The audience held their breath as Howard made free throws.

Howard took a deep breath.

In the broadcast footage, Howard's free throw percentage was appropriately given.

Howard is shooting 59.2 percent from the free-throw line this season, ranking 89th among players who have played more than 57 games and averaged more than three free throws per game.

Such a sample does not seem to be able to make fans understand Howard's level of free throws.

To be more specific, in this sample of players with more than 57 games and more than 3 games, only Perkins of the Celtics and Okafor of the Hornets are worse than Howard's free throw shooting percentage.

To put it bluntly, in the free throw category, he is the third-to-last in the league.

The referee gestured for Howard to take two free throws.

Howard puffed up his chest and puffed himself up, it doesn't make sense, but he also has a 6% free throw shooting percentage!

He raised his hand, raised it high in the expectant gaze of the fans, and then gently, with the lightest force possible, gently pulled the ball out!

The basketball spun and tumbled in the air........

Grazed the net and fell directly into the arms of the referee.

Howard was stunned.

The players on both sides were also stunned.

The fans were stunned.

At this moment, the Amway Center suddenly fell into a dead silence.

Stan Van Gundy's face turned pale.

He finally knows the biggest difficulty of the Magic team, this weakness, caught by Wang Mingming, you know, this is the finals, if Howard's free throw shooting rate is a little more than 6 percent, in the playoffs, Howard's free throw shooting rate is even lower.

This is not nonsense, but there are sample statistics.

In the 06-07 season, Howard shot 60 percent of the free throws in the regular season, only 45 percent in the playoffs, and 54 percent in the 07-08 season, and in this year's playoffs, the free throw shooting rate was just over 5 percent.

Howard looked ugly, stepped forward, and high-fived his teammates.

Lewis ran over to comfort Howard.

"Dwight, relax, don't be nervous, relax and you can score, and we're sure you'll score." Lewis put his arm around Howard's neck and said, but Howard wanted to cry without tears, he was actually very relaxed.

Howard took the ball from the referee's hand, spun it twice in his hand, and took a deep breath.

Then take the ball, it's the kind of off-the-line free throw, throw the ball.

The basketball is rolling, and it is very stiff when it goes out, and the basket has become the hardest hit area of competition.

Especially Lewis, who just said that he believed in Howard, was very happy to rob, and his face was red and his neck was thick when he fought under the basket.

"Bell~"

With a crisp iron thud, the basketball hit Blue Neck straight on.

The rebounders below were even happier, and Lewis exclaimed, "Mine! ”

At this time, Howard also reacted, suddenly accelerated from the free throw line, sprinted in two steps, and jumped up regardless of it!

"Labor-management board!"

The basketball flew straight up, and fell straight down.

"Huh!"

In the end, it fell into the basket.

"Entered?"

"Entered!"

The fans in the audience turned from sighing to cheering, Howard jumped up and flew out with his hands on the basket, this ball was scored, what was the cheer of the mountain and the tsunami?

It's as if he's done a two-handed buckle, and the audience's point is too strange.

Serve from the baseline, and the king attacks.

Kidd attacks with the ball at the top of the arc and directs his teammates to play tactically.

After a group of outside covers, Cosby came out to catch the ball and made a high-arc jumper from outside the three-point line!

"Huh!"

Hit!

There was a wail at the scene, the king had too many shooters, give a little space, give them a chance to shoot, and it felt like they were going to shoot.

Howard had just finished serving and before he could step onto the court when Jason Thompson came running up and patted him lightly with a grin.

It's like an old friend greeting you, and the movements are very gentle.

The referee blew a foul harshly.

Jason Thompson looked at Howard's constipation, but he was very happy in his heart, and this feeling of cutting the best defensive player was also refreshing.

Howard frowned at the free-throw line.

Stan Van Gundy couldn't sit still anymore and stood up on the sidelines.

Howard hit one of two free throws again.

At this point, the Magic had trailed the Kings by 8 points at 46-54.

The Kings were unhurried to organize on the outside, Kidd received a pass from the inside hand, feigned a breakthrough, suddenly made a stop, and then pulled the ball to hit the ground and passed it in seconds.

DeRozan cut into the air, caught the racket with both hands, and jumped up like a spring.

Challenge Dwight Howard in the air!

The King's bench has already stood up, what a young man!

Howard was furious, stepped on the point on the line of the penalty area, jumped vertically, raised one hand in the air, and intercepted DeRozan in the air.

Both of them are actually more capable of jumping, and DeRozan is better as an outside player.

But Howard is tall and has long arms, and he jumps off the ball, so the block has an advantage.

DeRozan raised with one hand, and Howard actually found the ball in DeRozan's hand accurately in the air and sent a clean and domineering block!

The league's top frame protector, this is Orlando's no-fly zone!

DeRozan landed, and the basketball was covered and out of his hands.

Howard was just about to shake his finger or something, when suddenly he saw a dark shadow rise in front of him, covering the sky and the sun, like Tarzan.

At this time, where did Howard have time to react, he never expected that the Kings would be a relay dunk!

"Bang!"

A huge force rushed in, and he couldn't help but be knocked away, and he couldn't help but retreat, staggering under the rebounding rack.

And Jason Thompson, holding the basketball in both arms, roared loudly, and stared at Howard with fierce eyes.

The frame swayed, legs spread apart as if to ride on Howard.

Then it fell.

It was definitely the highlight of Jason Thompson's two years in the league, and he felt like he had the perfect Finals journey.