Chapter 42: Individual Heroism

The two teams began a round of offensive and defensive battles, Howard seemed to be a tireless Superman, turning over the sea on the Kings' interior again and again, and Tyrek also tore apart the Magic's fragile outside defense with breakthroughs again and again.

The Kings insisted on implementing Coach Westfale's intentions, just let Howard play alone, let him play if he could score, and would rather foul than take a bag if he couldn't prevent it, and never leave room for other positions. Cousins played for a while and let the more defensively capable Daim Porter continue to wear down, and for a while the battle between the two teams inside was like a giant meat grinder running at high speed.

Howard still played his strength under such heavy pressure, and it was indeed impossible to prevent him, and the Kings could only foul frequently to contain Howard's strong attack. At the same time, the rest of the Magic team is not stupid on the court, and can also find opportunities to shoot through active running and Howard's cover. Arenas was in the opposite position with Tyreco, and when he saw Tyreek's performance today, his heart was also ignited, and he hit two long-distance three-pointers in a row, which made people vaguely see his former glory.

The Kings responded to the Magic under the leadership of Tyreco, who continued to attack the interior in the face of the Kings' not outstanding outside defense. Today, Tyrek completely put aside his worries and faced the game in 100% condition, all kinds of dexterous breakthroughs made people unguardable, and Coach Westfair only left a big center on the field in order to open up space with shooters and create conditions for Tyrek to break through and create damage. At the same time, Tyrek broke through and distributed the ball to the outside when he saw the opportunity, and the pitchers above Thorton, Garcia, and Cosby had plenty of room to shoot from a distance.

The two teams played a beautiful offensive and defensive duel, and the first half ended with the Sacramento Kings trailing the Orlando Magic by six points at 53-59.

At halftime, the players returned to the locker room through the players' tunnel, and in the players' tunnel, Thorton trotted from behind to Tyrek who was walking in front, and Whiteside next to Tyrek just wanted to reach out to stop Thorton, but Tyrek waved his hand to stop him. Thorton and Terrick walked side by side, looked at Tyrek with a sincere face and said, "Tyrek, you are indeed very powerful, I admit it, but I will not admit defeat......"

Tyrek shook his head with a smile, patted Thorton on the shoulder and said, "Marcus, I know you also have two brushes, you have to compare with me, I don't care about this, we can just play well together when we get on the court......"

With that, Terek held out his hand to Thorton, who looked at it and stretched out his hand, and the two of them clapped their arms together before entering the locker room......

Coach Westafal walked into the locker room and began to wave his hands to listen to him, "Well done, Tyrek, you did a good job!" Marcus you play at this pace, you have the opportunity to shoot again, and if you don't have the opportunity, you can move the ball more! In the second half, everyone continued to play like this, and let's see how big a wave Howard can make alone! ”

At the beginning of the third quarter, Howard, who was at the peak of his career, was indeed physically amazing, and after halftime, he appeared on the court again vigorously, and at the same time removed Brandon, who had no outside ability. Bass, replaced with a tall battery Ryan. Anderson, put on a "Howard-style" lineup with Howard with 4 shooters.

The two teams continued to face off in the first half, and the score also rose alternately, and gradually, Howard, who had not played for a second so far, also showed a little fatigue, and at this time, Cousins, who was opposite him, had 5 fouls on his back, and Durham Porter also had 4 fouls.

"Jerry, the team has played so far in this game, and the Orlando Magic, who are ranked 4th in the East, can be said to be evenly matched, how to say, I think the team is definitely a very dangerous team if it plays its strength......"

"That's right, Grant, judging from this game, the team is indeed playing well, and the team is still very young, so it can be said that there is still a lot of potential to be tapped! Tyreco's performance today shows that he does have the strength of the team's cornerstone! ”

"Hahaha, Jerry, I'm a die-hard fan of Terek, his performance today really made me happy, and now the third quarter of the game is not over, he has cut 32 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists, and the efficiency is not bad, 11 of 18 shots, he played really beautifully!" Napier responded happily when he heard Raez praise Terek.

At the end of the third quarter, the Sacramento Kings trailed the Orlando Magic by three points, 78-81.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, after three quarters of tight defense, both teams experienced a serious decline in physical strength. At the same time, the two centers on the inside of the Kings are already on the verge of leaving the court, and the defensive movements have been restrained, although Howard is no longer as firepower as at the beginning of the game, but he also took advantage of the defender's convergence at the moment to play another wave of offense, and the Magic team also stretched the difference to 8 points in three minutes.

The Kings were forced to call a timeout, and everyone sat on the bench sweating profusely and looking tired. Coach Westafal dragged a bench and sat in front of the bench to face the players, just about to arrange the tactics for the next round, Tyrek reached out and pressed the tactical board in Coach Westfaal's hand, looked up at Coach Westphall and said: "Coach, there are only a few minutes left, I am in good shape today, give me the ball!" ”

Hearing Tyrek say this, Coach Westpal didn't expect Tyrek to suddenly have such a request, after all, Tyrek was still in a deep slump in the first three games, and he couldn't help but be stunned for a while.

Seeing that Coach Westfal was briefly distracted, Tyrek looked at his teammates and asked, "Brothers, believe me or not?!" Is there a problem with me in the last few minutes?! ”

"No problem!" Cousins wiped the sweat from his head, not thinking about blurting it out at all.

"I'll cover for you!" Thompson also spoke up.

"Absolutely! You're Tyrek! Garcia said.

"Today you are in an explosive state, I believe you!" Even Thorton muttered from the side.

Westfaal is a coach who pays attention to the growth of the players themselves, since Tyrek takes the initiative to carry the team, and Tyrek is in the state of today, he also sees Tyrek's state today, Coach Westphal put down the tactical board, clapped his hands, and said loudly: "Give the ball to Tyrek, everyone actively cooperate with Tyrek on the field, put excess energy into defense, and mark people!" Half-time is pressing! ”

At the end of the timeout, Tyrek put down the towel on his head and got up to look at the frenetic home fans behind him, the shouts of the fans expressed their vision of celebrating the victory at home, Tyrek looked back at the stadium, he was going to win the game for everyone in the last few minutes!