Chapter 417: Might!
In the sideline audience, Kobe Bryant and Wade were there, and they were both aware of this.
"Sun seems to have been testing the limits of the Spurs' defense." Kobe Bryant said lightly, although he came to San Antonio according to Phil Jackson's advice, but after arriving here, he did not bother Sun Zhuo, he knew that magic was in a very delicate stage.
Wade naturally knows this, although he has not experienced what Kobe Bryant and Sun Zhuo have experienced, O'Neal showed him on the first day he came to the Heat that the Heat is Wade's team.
Wade wasn't curious about Sun Zhuo's behavior, whether Sun Zhuo was testing or what, it had already been proven that Sun Zhuo was trying to attack and compete for this FMVP, and he was more curious about Howard's next reaction.
Howard soon returned to the court, and now Howard can no longer be used as a core, even if Howard grabs the rebound himself, he will choose whether to attack according to the defense, if he is not sure, he must pass it out as soon as possible.
After playing nearly two quarters, Howard's score was not double-doubled, and Sun Zhuo's score was close to 20 points, Howard was a little depressed, but he suddenly thought in his heart: "I don't have a chance to play offensively, but on defense, I can still be like before!" ”
The value of Howard's Finals this year is not only the score, but also the defense, the FMVP selection, will never only look at the score, defense is also a very important factor.
So, Howard began to focus more on defense, for his defensive Duncan, he basically can't cover Duncan's shots, if Duncan shoots on the outside, he must shoot when Howard is not so close, and he won't shoot strongly, and under the basket, Duncan will also use his body to squeeze Howard away first, or use skills to deceive Howard before shooting, defending Duncan is a very difficult thing, and Howard does not dare to shoot rashly, for fear of being deceived and fouled.
Howard was thinking about blocking when he was helping to defend and going to block the other Spurs players, not on the counterpoint.
Among the other players, Tony Parker and Ginobili are the favorites who come to the interior to cause trouble, and they will always rush in from time to time to make a layup and sneak attack, and Howard feels that he just needs to be a little more alert......
"Ginobili Serpentine Break! Slam dunk! Pretty! Yu Jia, like most Chinese fans, naturally hopes that the magic led by Sun Zhuo can win, but seeing the good performance of the opponent, he also praises it from the bottom of his heart.
Zhang Weiping also likes the Spurs team very much, and praised: "Ginobili is really fast, like a gust of wind, he slipped in and dunked with both hands, and Howard wanted to block, but he didn't catch up." ”
Yu Jia nodded and said: "Yes, at this speed, the Magic team can catch up except for Sun Zhuo, but unfortunately Sun Zhuo can't predict in advance that Ginobili will break in and dunk, if Sun Zhuo is an inside player, standing in a position like Howard, this ball is estimated to be capped." ”
Zhang Weiping also agrees.
At the scene, Ginobili's dunk and Howard's block failed, making the audience cheer excitedly, but Sun Zhuo was dismissive of this cheer, he had firmly remembered Ginobili's behavior, and if he tried again later, he would not let Ginobili succeed again.
Howard remained very aggressive defensively, and then, instead of Ginobili, he didn't get Tony Parker, but he got Finley.
"Good!" After Howard's successful block, he was also excited.
At this time, Sun Zhuo also sensed that Howard was continuing to maintain his terrifying performance on the defensive end.
"Howard not only scored well in these games, but also had a terrible performance on the defensive end, not only did I have to score higher than him, but I also had to perform defensively, but my current defense is average, and I can only take away one or two blocks that originally belonged to him when I try again later."
Sun Zhuo also memorized Howard's cover.
As the game progressed, due to Sun Zhuo's low scoring efficiency, Howard was unable to continue his good performance, coupled with the Spurs' unity, soon, the game fell into the situation of the Spurs, and was finally won by the Spurs.
The Spurs players were relieved to have won the game, but Popovich felt strange, it was different from what he predicted, and it felt a little less challenging.
Although Sun Zhuo also scored 38 points, he could have scored 40+ or even more, but he didn't pursue it, and he lost the game, he didn't panic, and he didn't feel depressed at all.
"He's reacting like this game isn't over yet, they haven't lost yet, how can that be?" Popovich was puzzled.
Popovich is also the league's favorite opponent to study Sun Zhuo, and sometimes he really wants to bring Sun Zhuo to the Spurs to coach himself, so that he can figure out what Sun Zhuo is thinking every day.
Sun Zhuo left Popovich with a meaningful mysterious smile before leaving the field, and then, after resting for a while in the locker room, he started the game again!
"You've used a Tournament Repeat Challenge Card, and you have one Tournament Repeat Challenge Card left for the season!"
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Time went back to before the game, Sun Zhuo used the game repeat challenge card, this time, his score was definitely not as small as 38 points, in addition to the score, other statistics are the same!
"My data in the first three games were mediocre, this one, let me brush it up!"
The game restarted, the two sides jumped the ball in the middle circle, or Howard jumped to the ball, and the first offense still let Howard come to single Duncan.
"Howard can't get in." When Howard was about to hook up, Sun Zhuo already knew the result.
Yu Jia: "Howard shoots!" Didn't hit...... oh! Sun Zhuo! Sun Zhuo made up for it! ”
Zhang Weiping was also taken aback: "Yo, when did Sun Zhuo sneak in, this kind of dunk is very rare, because the Magic's offense just now made Howard hit one by one, and everyone pulled away to give Howard space, Sun Zhuo couldn't be next to him just now, and Howard's shooting position is close to the basket, Sun Zhuo has to predict in advance to grab this rebound before Duncan or Howard." ”
Bowen, who was defending Sun Zhuo, was stunned, and he never expected Sun Zhuo to suddenly run to the basket, and Howard hadn't even made a move just now.
"How did he know Dwight was going to throw? Or did the two negotiate it? Bowen was stunned for a moment and glanced at Popovich from the sidelines, who responded without any expression.
Keep playing!
"It's Parker's turn." Sun Zhuo remembers it very well, and he also knows that Parker's almost mistake will still be staged again this time, even if Sun Zhuo makes up for the ball that Howard didn't score before, it will still not change, because whether it was before or now, the Spurs will play the established tactics, and the Spurs have no chance to break fast in these two times, and the defense encountered is exactly the same.
Duncan went up to cover with Parker, and Parker changed direction to dribble, and sure enough! In the same position, the ball hit Montaellis' calf and bounced towards the midfield position.
Sun Zhuo knew these things, but he still didn't move, he was waiting, waiting for Duncan to save the ball.
"Duncan makes a flying save! He's really fighting! Yu Jia shouted.
Sun Zhuo was still waiting, waiting for Duncan to pass the ball.
When Duncan quickly passes the ball back to Tony Parker......
Sou!
Sun Zhuo turned on the S+ speed and floated in front of Tony Parker like a gust of wind, taking the basketball away by the way.
"What?" Parker panicked, Duncan was also terrified, but neither of them could do anything to Sun Zhuo, Sun Zhuo had already passed half of the court, and walked towards the empty frontcourt!
"Wow! Steals! No one is defending, Sun Zhuo is going to dunk! Free throw line dunk!! Yu Jia didn't realize that when he was saying "free throw line dunk", he was about to break everyone's eardrums, such Sun Zhuo, he waited too long, everyone waited too long.
Zhang Weiping also smiled and said: "Haha, I'm back, that omnipotent Sun Zhuo is back again, I can't be wrong when I look at him!" ”
At this moment, Popovich's face is very bad, although he is ready to let Sun Zhuo score in this game, but he is not allowed to score like this, and until this moment, Popovich has not really begun to "unblock" Sun Zhuo.
Popovich really wanted to fight with Sun Zhuo and then block Sun Zhuo with all his defense, but in this way, Howard would play a dominant performance again, and Sun Zhuo would show it from time to time, and the victory would hang again.
"Okay, if you want to grab FMVP with Dwight Howard, then let you grab it." Popovich immediately unblocked Sun Zhuo.
Soon, Howard encountered all kinds of bag defenses and malicious fouls, making it impossible for him to attack on the inside.
"Damn, the Spurs are forcing me to pass the ball to Sun, did Sun do something to Popovich in private!" Howard was very unhappy with the defense he was encountering and began to make frequent mistakes.
Agent Fagan is also very troubled: "It's not good, Dwight's state has been greatly reduced, and Sun, not long after the opening score, scored a double-double, and there are rebounds and steals, it seems that Sun is serious, he wants to grab FMVP with Dwight!" ”
In the previous game, Sun Zhuo failed to hit a lot of attempted attacks, and after knowing what kind of defense the opponent would make, this time, Sun Zhuo could already change the result.
It was also a low-post single, and when he saw that others were coming to wrap up, he quickly distributed the ball to Monta Ellis, and then Sun Zhuo immediately ran to the bottom corner, caught the ball, and raised the basketball high......
This time, Sun Zhuo didn't shoot directly, he knew that Bowen would not hesitate to follow up and block.
"What?" Bowen lunged forward and almost jumped, and when it came to changing to a defensive person, he was probably out of position or jumping up by now.
"He's got really good body control." Sun Zhuo was also surprised, and thought that Bowen would jump up directly, but even if he didn't jump, it didn't matter, Sun Zhuo had already deceived Bowen.
Immediately, Sun Zhuo pulled the ball down again, pretending to break through, Bowen instantly retreated, Sun Zhuo directly shot three points, Bowen didn't give up, desperately jumped and blocked.
Swish!
Syllable!
Bowen hit Sun Zhuo's wrist with his hand, 3+1!
"Wow, these moves are really exciting, Bowen's defense is already very good." Wade exclaimed.
Kobe Bryant also nodded and said: "Sun's performance in this game is really similar to the previous three games, especially in terms of self-confidence, I felt that he didn't dare to shoot before, but now he is very resolute." ”
After playing a 3+1, Sun Zhuo used almost the same method to score a three-pointer again at a 45-degree angle at the top of the arc!
Soon, Sun Zhuo's score exceeded 20 points!
"So fast, he's scoring so fast." Seeing Sun Zhuo's score jumping up like a rocket, Howard was a little flustered, if he continued to score like this, Sun Zhuo might have to score fifty or sixty points in this game! In this case, wouldn't it be that after a game, Sun Zhuo surpassed himself in scoring?
"No, he scored too fast, he definitely can't compare to him, but compared to the defensive statistics, he definitely can't compare to me." Howard wants to continue to play well defensively, even if he loses slightly, Howard has an absolute advantage in rebounding and blocking, and FMVP will still give it to him when the time comes.
"Hat, I want a hat!" Howard has his sights set on Tony Parker and Ginobili.
Soon, Ginobili broke through in a serpentine shape and went directly into the restricted area, wanting to dunk with both hands!
"Oops, can't keep up!" Howard wanted to block Ginobili, but Ginobili was too fast for Howard to catch up.
Syllable!
Just when Howard thought that Ginobili would successfully complete the dunk, a figure suddenly flew in front of him, and Sun Zhuo hit the ball out at once.
"What?" Howard was stunned, he was so close to the basket that he didn't have time to block Ginobili, and Sun Zhuo, an outside player, reacted so quickly?
Ginobili hung his hands on the basket, but the ball had been hit by Sun Zhuo and flew out, the scene was staggering, Sun Zhuo got the ball again, and immediately launched a fast attack, Howard also ran desperately behind, once Sun Zhuo missed the layup, Howard could follow up and make up for the dunk.
However, Sun Zhuo did not give Howard this opportunity.
A European step, Sun Zhuo directly flew Bowen out!
"European step buckle! Oh, my God! ”
"The referee blew the whistle, what? Or is it a foul on Bowen? ”
The Magic players' seats are all boiling, and so are all Sun Zhuo's fans, their long-awaited Sun Zhuo is finally back!
Bruce Bowen used to know that Sun Zhuo was very good at European steps, but in the past three games, Sun Zhuo was blocked and couldn't run up and jump, so he forgot about it.
"The silence of the past three games has made people forget how terrible it is for Sun to go crazy, and this time Sun is going to have a big outbreak." Kobe smiled, then glanced at Popovich's face, he already knew Popovich's plan, and Kobe was curious to know if Popovich could still calm down now.
On the Internet, after Sun Zhuo was completely unblocked, countless netizens also commented.
"That's what makes the MVP! Even if the rebounding and blocking data are not as good as Howard's, FMVP should be Sun Zhuo's! ”
"No wonder Popovich restrained Sun Zhuo so hard in the first three games, he really can't let him go, once he is allowed to rush, no one can stop him."
Soon, Sun Zhuo's individual score was over 30 points, and the Magic also led the Spurs.
Popovich frowned: "You won't want 1:3, will you?" ”