Although it was only a dozen seconds, Li Ming found that McCarvey's hand movements were very broken, and he wanted to rush up and steal at any time.

Noticing this action, Li Ming suddenly had an idea in his heart.

He's going to make a foul!

Another reason why McCarvey didn't play for a long time is that his ability to control fouls is too poor, just like last season when he averaged 2.3 fouls per game in 18.8 minutes per game.

This season, he played two minutes less and committed fewer fouls, but that was also an average of two fouls per game.

Although Li Ming didn't know this data, he looked at McCarvey's hand movements when he was defending, and he reacted immediately.

Without hesitation, he approached McCarvey, the movement of the movement became slower and slower, he was seducing McCarvey's hand, and the latter was really not intimidated, the ball came to him, just pulled, nothing else.

But at the moment when he stretched out his hand, Li Ming's wrist turned, the ball flipped to the bottom of his hand, and the back of the hand sounded with a "snap", and the referee's whistle sounded immediately.

McCarvey raised his hand in annoyance, probably in his opinion, he was a little bit away from a successful steal, while Crawford was depressed, blowing his beard at him and glaring, and said to himself: No wonder Kidd gave up on you, I really can't teach!

Fortunately, the foul count in the first quarter had not yet accumulated, and he didn't have to make free throws, which made him feel a little comforted.

"Toot!"

But in the next second, the referee's whistle sounded again, and it was McCarvey again, and it was another thug foul, and two thugs fouled after only two minutes on the court.

"Stay calm and watch the attack!" Crawford yelled at him from the sidelines.

McCarvey felt aggrieved, and spread his hands towards Crawford, and said in his heart: It was he who hooked me with the ball, and I was really a little bit off, hey...

This time, the number of fouls has accumulated, and Li Ming can make free throws.

After hitting two free throws steadily, Li Ming began to retreat satisfied, he had already thought about it, and the next thing was to make McCarvey fouls and then make free throws.

It's too easy to score, and there's no reason for him to change his moves.

He doesn't change, and McCarvey doesn't plan to change, in his opinion, as long as he wants, he will get that ball sooner or later, it's just a little bit worse.

So, just three rounds, the referee's whistle sounded again, McCarvey fouled again, and Li Ming continued to make free throws, and hit both free throws.

Crawford had no choice but to change the guard again, and this time it was Julian Stone who came up, not a traditional point guard, but he had the point guard's point guard skills, but this is not the main thing, the most important thing is that this guy's defense against the ball is particularly good.

The reason why he didn't let him come up at the beginning was mainly because his shooting was too poor, and the overall view of passing was not as good as McCarvey's, Crawford originally thought that McCarvey was more comprehensive, so he sent the latter on the court first, but who knew that the latter was a little tendoned today, and he was fouled three times after only a few minutes on the court, so how could Crawford still put him on the court?!

Stone was an undrafted pick in 11 years, and he can be regarded as a member of the counterattack tide, but he did not counterattack completely and is still working hard for a fixed rotation lineup.

The Hornets' rotation at the No. 1 spot has been very fixed, and Walker will definitely be McCarvey after him, and McCarvey can only play sixteen minutes, let alone him.

That's four or five minutes.

And when he met Li Ming today, the first two couldn't do anything about him, so they brought him up, which was an opportunity for him.

His defense against the ball is very mature, and he does not have the luxury of stealing Li Ming, but he will not let Li Ming have a chance to break through easily.

In fact, when encountering such a defender, Li Ming may be more comfortable in the No. 2 position, because then he will have enough time to grind slowly with Stone, but now that he is in the No. 1 position, led by tandem, the individual offense will be put back, and the most important thing is now the first quarter, or throw the teammate's hand first.

shouted a cover, and then went straight down, towards the penalty area to kill, the Hornets outside the line can no longer keep up at the moment, can only Howard push out, as soon as he pushes out, the space on the inside line is large, Li Ming passed the ball back, followed by Kanin behind him to catch the ball, the big three steps into the inside line, easy layup.

The center who can block and dismantle is a good center, not only the breakthrough with the guard, in fact, the center itself can also benefit, from the outside to the inside, the center will have a certain receiving route in the process of running, which is equivalent to the guard who controls the ball has one more passing route, and the guard with a good view of the overall situation can always cultivate a forward who is willing to block and dismantle.

For example, Kidd was in the Nets back then, and he was followed by Kenyon Martin; Nash is in the Suns, and behind him is the little overlord Stoudamire; When Paul was at the Hornets, he was followed by Chandler.

Not to mention that they have achieved those fronts, but one thing to say, when these three pairs of blocking and dismantling combinations are separated, the three interior lines have all declined invariably.

Needless to say, Kenyon Martin would have been known as a parallel commodity if it weren't for Kidd; Xiaobawang left Phoenix City and played a good game in New York for a while, but I have to admit that when he left Nash, his technical level was much higher than the original, which is why he can continue to maintain his form; Not to mention Tyson Chandler, who is known for his defense, but at his peak he didn't average more points per game than he did when he was with the Hornets, which Paul added to him, like the pie that was fed to Capela.

Many people say that Harden is also a master of passing, why Howard didn't feed Harden as a pie king, the reason is very simple, one is that Harden's own skills and psychology at that time were not up to today's height, and the other point is that Howard at that time did not think of himself as a blue-collar center, he hated blocking, he wanted his teammates to hand the ball directly to him, and he would attack on his own.

It is precisely because of this psychology that he was not very happy in the years when he was Lakers and Rockets, but in the first few years of the Magic, he did not have the hat of superstar, and he played with Nelson a small game.

Now Howard has also returned to the trend of that time, no longer complaining about not having the ball, but actively covering his teammates and doing blocking.

This season, many pundits are saying that Howard's form is picking up and that he is back to his peak.

In fact, this is not entirely true, it is not so much that his form has improved, but that his mentality has changed, he is no longer obsessed with his team position, and he is more actively involved in the team's cooperation.

To be honest, only such a monster was the league's No. 1 center who could be exchanged for LeBron back then, but unfortunately, he has only now understood this truth.