Chapter 505: Skill VS Strength

O'Neal's crushing defeat in the 1995 Finals gave Milicic a little more confidence, but that didn't mean he could really handle the physically inhuman Howard on the court, and he had to ask carefully.

Chang Wei was very satisfied with his attitude, but he didn't want to make it too clear, if he had to teach everything by himself, then even if Milicic could defeat Howard, he would not be able to achieve much in the future. So Chang Wei only gave Milicic one word - smart, with Milicic's average ball quotient, Chang Wei believes he can understand.

Milicic didn't care about Chang Wei's departure at all, just trying to think about the meaning of the word. Cleverness means that you can't hit hard, in fact, if you hit hard, he is not sure to suppress the opponent at all, so he must use the weapon he is best at, since Chang Wei mentioned O'Neal VS Olajuwon, it is obvious that he hopes that he can beat Howard with his basket footsteps.

Reassuring, Milicic is looking forward to the matchup, and he's determined to prove himself in the matchup. Now Howard has the power of the league's No. 1 center, except for Yao Ming, who killed all sides under Chang Wei's training, other inside lines in the league dare not say that Howard will definitely win. If you can defeat Warcraft, will you be able to make your impression better in the eyes of others? Milicic is scrappy and he can't wait for this fight.

After a two-day break, the Bobcats vs. Magic match was held at the Amway Center in Orlando. Before the game, Chang Wei still privately found Milicic to cheer him up, but he didn't expect Milicic's spirit to be very high, and he didn't need to mobilize himself at all. However, Chang Wei is still a little worried, can Milicic really be able to compete with Howard on the inside?

Milicic undoubtedly lost to Howard in the opening jump shot, and his physical fitness is not bad, but it is okay to meet a pervert like Howard. Howard easily flicked the ball over his head to Nelson as he ran to the Bobcats' basket. Nelson dribbled the ball, dodged Jack's interception, and the basketball turned into an orange line and flew straight under the basket.

Howard, who had already run to the three-second zone, jumped high, grabbed the basketball in mid-air with his light ape arms, and smashed it into the basket fiercely. Rahim, who returned to the defense in time, could only stand to the side blankly, helplessly watching Howard dunk violently, he didn't want to give the other party a 2+1 at the beginning, even so, Howard's dunk still ignited the atmosphere of the scene, everyone screamed desperately at the top of their voices, cheering for the team's leading stars, which can be regarded as a good start for the Magic.

The Bobcats didn't take his dunk to heart, and it was just the first round of the game. Roy dribbled to the front court very calmly, and was about to let Raheem come up to cover him, but was surprised to find Milicic open his hand for the ball on the edge of the three-second zone, and Howard held him firmly behind him, and kept pushing him out.

Roy frowned, it was clearly not a good time to give the ball to Milicic, but the latter seemed urgent. Roy thought about it, anyway, this is just the beginning of the game, let him try. Moreover, Milicic's progress in the past few months has been seen by everyone, and although he and Howard have become famous day by day, Roy has inexplicably gained some confidence.

He still let Rahim pull up the high post and brought Barty out by the way, and then Roy hit the ball to Milicic and let him single Howard in the low post. Howard had a lot of power, and Milicic simply took a step forward, received Roy's pass steadily, and then leaned back hard, unsurprisingly unable to shake Howard at all.

Just as Howard secretly laughed at Milicic for not being able to measure himself, the latter suddenly turned around and changed his state to face the basket. Howard's agility is not covered, and he also turned around and continued to cover Milicic firmly, not giving him a chance to shoot easily. Unexpectedly, Milicic turned around and shook continuously under the basket, creating a gap in Howard's net, and licked the basket with a low hand to avoid Howard and send the ball to the basket.

Milicic's footsteps made Chang Wei's eyes shine, this guy's basket offense is good! In the previous special training, Chang Wei did show him a lot of top-level inside videos, and also asked him to imitate them, but Milicic's current steps are obviously not any of them, it seems that he should have figured it out himself, which shows that he really used his brains.

But it's a pity that Milicic can't stop Howard on the defensive end, the monster is actually very average in terms of shooting and footsteps, but people's physical fitness is against the sky, after receiving the ball in the low post, turning around is a dunk, simple and rough but no one can stop it. Milicic is clearly not the type of person who can carry Howard, so he can only let him continue to score.

But Milicic wasn't discouraged, and when it was the Bobcats' turn to attack, he always made Howard deflated with his feet in the three-second zone. Even if he can't find a chance to shoot, he can take advantage of the gap to pass the ball to his teammates, especially those players who like to cut the bottom line, Milicic has contained Howard, the biggest threat on the inside, and their layups after the air cut are even less dangerous, so although Milicic is not as high as Howard, he has 4 assists.

With 2:27 left in the first quarter, Jackson began to switch to the bench, and by this time the Bobcats had a seven-point lead at 27-20. In addition to Milicic's containment of Howard on the inside, Ariza has also made a big difference, and his harassment of Tekoglu is simply ubiquitous. Although he only had three points, one rebound and one steal in the space of almost 10 minutes, his role on the court is not something that the stats can show, just look at Turkoglou's three turnovers. Although they didn't let the Bobcats take the opportunity to fight back, the ball had to be ceded.

After being substituted by head coach Brian Hill, Howard punched hard in the chair, and he didn't expect to be pinned down by a nobody like Milicic under the basket. Although he had 13 points and six rebounds in previous games, the team was a failure, and he didn't take advantage of it on the offensive end.

In stark contrast to him, Milicic was flushed with excitement even when he was substituted, and he didn't expect to be able to compete with a top center like Howard under the basket, and that's the power of skill.