Halftime, Magic Locker Room.

Strong opponents, so that every main player of the Magic is tired, and the players who have not had the opportunity to play are also nervous, the Spurs deserve to be the champion of the previous life in 07, and they are also the only problem that the Magic encountered in the playoffs.

Before playing the Heat and Cavaliers, the magic went well, and they were a little uncomfortable with the current situation, especially Sun Zhuo.

Coach Hill walked up to Sun Zhuo, pressed his right hand on Sun Zhuo's shoulder, in less than two seconds, his right hand had followed his breathing up and down several times, he also knew that although Sun Zhuo did not score much in the first half, but the physical exertion was still very large, Coach Hill said: "Sun, in the second half I expect them to defend you like that, do you have confidence in your shooting?" ”

Sun Zhuo took a sip of water, stared sharply ahead, and said, "I'll find the right time to make a move, once I feel it, they'll be done." ”

"That's right, Sun, shoot boldly, I'll grab a rebound for you under the basket, that guy Tim Duncan can't jump me at all!" Dwight Howard is also very confident, allowing Sun Zhuo to vote casually without scruples.

Sun Zhuo smiled at Howard, there is such a monster as Howard under the basket, which will indeed reassure Sun Zhuo a lot, especially when his mid-to-long-range shooting ability is still very average, Sun Zhuo knows that Howard's frontcourt rebounds will be in the top ten in NBA history, but unfortunately, on this game, there is also a person who ranks in the top ten in history in terms of offensive rebounds, and he will be in front of Howard, that person is Tim Duncan.

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Spurs locker room.

Tony Parker pulled a poster down from the wall and yelled, "Oh, shit! Which bastard did this bastard put this poster here? ”

On the poster is a picture of James blocking Duncan.

"This must have been done by Son or Dwight Howard, these two guys love to do this kind of thing, I heard that when they played the series with the Cavaliers last year, they also gave Bananas to LeBron James, but luckily the people on our team are still normal." Ginobili gave him a cold look, and by the way, he stroked his delicate hair with his hand.

Duncan said disapprerovingly, "I saw it, Tony, this should have been done by Dwight Howard, and I wonder why they didn't use the one that Sun Qi buckled me with." ”

Seeing that Duncan was unresponsive, Tony Parker asked, "Aren't you angry at all?" ”

Leaning on the locker closet, Popovich folded his hands around his chest and yelled at Parker, "Shut up, Tony Parker. ”

Then, he looked at Duncan in front of him and said, "This is exactly what I want to tell you, Tim, Dwight Howard is a very naïve guy, don't be serious with him, indulge him, let him completely release his immature side, in a one-on-one duel, you can even make him think that he can completely defeat you." ”

"It's going to make Dwight Howard very confident." Tony Parker worried.

Popovich chuckled, "I'm not just trying to make him confident? I'm going to inflate him. ”

……

The second half has already started, and after Sun Zhuo called for a block, he tried to enter the penalty area again, but was blocked by the Spurs again.

Zhang Weiping explained: "The 'human wall' woven by the Spurs at the free throw line has not been demolished, and Sun Zhuo still can't get by, let's see if the shooting in the second half will be decisive, as long as the feel comes, the 'human wall' will be self-defeating." ”

Yu Jia nodded and said: "Yes, Sun Zhuo's playing style today is also very geographically intelligent, in fact, even if he plays like this, he will not necessarily lose if he defends against the Spurs." ”

As he was talking, Sun Zhuo had already faced Bowen's defense and threw a long shot.

"Let's go in." This time it was a reluctant shot, so Sun Zhuo was very unmotivated.

Bang.

When the iron is struck, luck is obviously not as trustworthy as ability.

However, Howard jumped to his feet and grabbed the rebound in the frontcourt, and the Magic fans rejoiced.

After Howard got the ball, he forcibly squeezed Duncan away very domineeringly, and forced a one-handed violent dunk, Duncan held his hands above his head in a daze, looking like a second-rate player in front of the active and domineering Howard.

After the dunk, Howard excitedly stepped back to defense.

"Well done." Sun Zhuo also waved and clapped Howard's hand.

At this moment, NBA commentators and Magic fans all over the world are also praising and thanking Howard, Howard's performance today is very good, his role on the court is no less than Sun Zhuo, and it is reminiscent of O'Neal during the Lakers period.

The on-site commentator also said: "If the Magic can still win the championship this season, I suggest that Sun cut the FMVP trophy in half to Dwight Howard, Dwight will become very important in this series, not only this game, but a whole series, his statistics and contributions will be very large, of course, we can't forget that his these also come from Sun's containment of opponents." ”

Sun Zhuo himself was also very grateful to Howard, "If it weren't for Howard, I would have used that special training card by now." ”

Sun Zhuo currently only has one special training card, and the other has to collect three special training card fragments to redeem, only one special training card, can only make the pitch upgrade from A+ to S, this is not a qualitative change, and it will not bring much change to the current situation, because the S-level mid-pitch, in the face of Bowen, in the face of this Spurs team, there is still not much chance to play.

Therefore, Sun Zhuo wanted to wait for the two special training cards to be used together, and Howard gave Sun Zhuo this time.

The Spurs didn't shoot well in the first half, but in the second half, they started their smooth offense, their team cooperation and tactical execution are definitely a level higher than the Magic, if it weren't for Howard grabbing so many rebounds this game, I'm afraid the score would have been pulled apart.

At this time, Sun Zhuo finally found an opportunity to quickly break through Bowen's defense from the bottom left corner!

"Oops!" Bowen had no way to attack Sun Zhuo, Sun Zhuo was too fast, and he had rushed over in the blink of an eye, and because Sun Zhuo broke through from the bottom corner this time, it was very unexpected, so that the Spurs didn't have time to weave that "human wall" to stop him.

Sun Zhuo had already jumped up in one step, and Duncan didn't plan to ask for trouble, since Sun Zhuo had broken through the defense, he could only watch the score.

After Sun Zhuo jumped, a big windmill dunked the ball into the basket!

This dunk instantly boosted the momentum!

Yu Jia was also excited: "It's finally here!" Sun Zhuo actually played a big windmill dunk in the finals! Duncan was watching right in front of him. ”

Zhang Weiping said with a smile: "Haha, it seems that Sun Zhuo is also suffocated, it is impossible for the Spurs to not let Sun Zhuo break through the dunk for the whole game, the Spurs players are generally older than the Magic players, the more they play, the more they test their physical fitness, which is an advantage for Sun Zhuo and the Magic players." ”

After dunking the basket, listening to the cheers of the scene, Sun Zhuo glanced at Popovich on the sidelines, and after Popovich saw Sun Zhuo come over, he was originally angry, and immediately smiled brightly, and gave Sun Zhuo a two-fingered thumbs up.

"This treacherous and cunning guy......" Sun Zhuo couldn't help but chuckle, and Howard also smiled and bumped Sun Zhuo on the shoulder: "Boss, you dunk too fiercely, haha!" ”

This dunk greatly boosted the morale of the Magic team, and after that, Sun Zhuo's offense was more decisive, anyway, Howard grabbed the rebound under the basket, and Sun Zhuo began to score constantly, and the shooting rate was not bad, which once helped the team overtake the score, but the Spurs were very tenacious and always quietly overtook the score back.

Until the end, the Magic were still one point behind.

In the last attack, Sun Zhuo hurriedly shot, and the basketball popped out of the frame!

At this second, the hearts of countless Magic fans fell to the bottom, thinking that the first battle of the Magic was going to be lost.

However, Dwight Howard, who was under the basket, was the first to touch the basketball after being squeezed by Duncan and Finley, and gently sent the basketball to the basket......

The ball is in!

The goal works!

Howard makes a layup!

"Ahh Howard excitedly got up from the ground and rushed straight to the locker room, without bumping shoulders with his teammates to celebrate, and everyone ran to the locker room with him, and the scene was even more revelry.

Yu Jia smiled: "It's too thrilling! The Magic's first win was so thrilling! Fortunately, Howard touched this rebound first, and with this last rebound, Howard got 20 rebounds in this game! In addition, he has 27 points on his account! You know, Sun Zhuocai only scored 22 points! ”

Zhang Weiping said: "Yes, Howard's data is incredible, 27 + 20, and 3 blocks, Sun Zhuo not only scored less than Howard, but also had a shooting rate not as high as Howard, this game can be won, Howard has the greatest credit, this is also normal, the Spurs have stricter defense against Sun Zhuo, and Sun Zhuo's offensive means are all blocked, so as soon as the shooting rate is low, the rebounds will increase, and Sun Zhuo didn't shoot much today, and many offensive opportunities were given to teammates." ”

Yu Jiadao: "I can't wait to see the next game, Sun Zhuo can't only score 22 points in every game, will the Spurs stick to Sun Zhuo's defensive strategy to the end?" We'll be bringing you the second ...... of the Grand Final three days later."

Magic locker room.

The whole team emerged Howard, using various celebratory postures, Howard was also laughing so much that he couldn't stand on his feet, he enjoyed this moment very much, Sun Zhuo has also been praising Howard, although his statistics in this game are not as good as Howard, but he is not worried that the Finals MVP will be snatched by Howard, Sun Zhuo can still control Howard, and Howard's performance is very unstable, who knows if the next game will suddenly be dumb?

Of course, Sun Zhuo definitely doesn't want Howard to be like this, even if Howard has excellent performances in every game, Sun Zhuo is confident that the final FMVP will be himself.

After the game, Sun Zhuo, who had changed into a suit, and Howard attended a media conference together, and during the interview at the meeting, Sun Zhuo also praised Howard all the time and said that he was the league's No. 1 center.

Not only the Magic, but the Spurs also praised Howard in the post-game interview, Popovich said: "You all see, Dwight Howard got 20 rebounds on our heads, our Tim Duncan was complaining that he didn't want to meet him again in the next game, obviously, we did a good job defending Sun today and almost stole a win, but we lost because of Dwight Howard." ”

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In the evening, Sun Zhuo had dinner with Wade, Kobe, and Vanessa at home, and during the meal, the bewitching Vanessa did not forget to remind Sun Zhuo of "good words": "Sun, you have to be careful not to let Dwight Howard snatch your FMVP trophy, that big man took 27+20 data today." ”

This is only the first game, Howard obviously has not threatened Sun Zhuo yet, and Howard, a simple guy, never thought of grabbing FMVP with Sun Zhuo in his heart, Vanessa said this, but it just made Sun Zhuo more worried.

However, even Wade followed suit: "Vanessa is right, if he can get so many rebounds per game, even if you score more than him in the end, it's useless, it's very difficult to compete for FMVP with a dominant center, Kobe Bryant should know." ”

Kobe Bryant remembered O'Neal, but he was dismissive of Howard: "Dwight is not a dominant center, Sun, you don't have to worry about this for the time being, finding a way to win is the only thing to consider, the Spurs are very strong, if you are unlucky today, now they are ahead." ”

Sun Zhuo nodded and said, "That's right, I only want to win now, and I don't think about it, but thank you for the reminder, I'm not worried, because I won't be restricted by the Spurs in every game, and in two more games, they won't dare to defend me so much." ”

There is an important reason why Sun Zhuo is confident that he will not be robbed of FMVP by Howard, that is, he is about to have two special training cards, which is enough to upgrade the mid-range shooting ability from A+ to S+, and also to upgrade the long-range shooting from S to SS!

No matter which one is promoted, the score will increase rapidly, and it will catch the Spurs off guard, and when the time comes, Sun Zhuo will cut 50 points a game, and won't he make up for the data he lost to Howard before?

"The fragment of the special training card is what I should care about."

After the meal, Sun Zhuo immediately started the challenge of the superstar pinnacle again.

This time, Sun Zhuo challenged: O'Neal's terrifying triple-double!

The time happened on November 20, 1993, and O'Neal, who was not yet 22 years old, got the first special "triple-double" in his career in the away game against the New Jersey Nets, which is special because the data of this triple-double is not scoring assists and rebounds, but 24 points, 28 rebounds and 15 blocks!

"Damn, O'Neal's BT, 15 blocks, how did you cover it?" Sun Zhuo couldn't even think about it.

Soon, he moved on to the challenge in 1993......

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At this time, Popovich had not yet fallen asleep, he was going to sleep, but the new assistant coach Chadforshir suddenly came to Popovich.

"I don't think Dwight Howard can be so indulgent, I should let Tim Duncan teach this newcomer a good lesson, or use some other methods!" Chad knocked on Popovich's door, looking anxious.