Chapter 228: Defensive Dominance

Magic offense, the Warriors used a joint defense, with Richie at the top of the arc, Jackson on the left, and Nick Young on the right. Howarddra went to the outside to cover, Lewis shook off Milicic and misplaced O'Neal, changed direction to break through to the basket, and forced the ball in.

2:2.

Li Zhi dribbled the ball to the front court to let his teammates run, pulled out two inside lines, gave up the low post offense, and went to the free throw line to cover Li Zhi together, and Li Zhi broke through from outside the three-point line.

The Magic's joint defense has two relatively large spaces at 45 degrees on both sides of the free throw line, and once the Warriors are in the center, they can not only shoot, but also revitalize the team's air-cut offense and outside offense.

The Warriors discovered two weaknesses in the Magic, Howard habitually retracted inside when defending pick-and-rolls, and did not protect the free throw line enough.

While blocking the pick-and-roll, Jackson went to the baseline first and then ran out from the other side. After drawing Howard's defense on the right side, Lee handed the basketball to Nick Young on the perimeter, and Milicic and Nick Young formed a wall in the high post to give Jackson a chance to run back. The magic people are concentrated on the inner line, and the outside line is empty.

Nick Young passes to Jackson and shoots an open three-pointer and the ball goes in. 5:2.

Nelson looked at the Warriors' offense on the court and nodded, the Warriors had too many offense points for the Magic to defend. If you cover in the high post, the Magic's shrinking defense becomes its own containment. If the Warriors play resolutely on the outside today, the game will be won.

Magic offense, the Warriors continue to defend 23 together, the main defense is outside, and the formation is very outside. Howard asks for the ball in the low post, and Turkoglu lobs it to him. Howard hit O'Neal with his back in the low post, and the Warriors had no one to wrap it up.

Howard quickly turned around from the middle and hooked his hand, jumped very high, and the opportunity had already come out, but he didn't feel good and bounced out of the basket. O'Neal didn't jump, he just prevented Howard from squeezing into the box and letting Howard play on his own after getting stuck.

O'Neal turned around and grabbed the rebound and handed it to Rich. The Warriors made a quick break, and Li Zhi passed the ball to Nick Young. Nick Young received the ball in the frontcourt, Alston gambled for a steal, was passed by Nick Young in one step, and dunked in the middle of the road.

7:2.

Magic offense, after a few passes, Turkoglu faced Jackson in the middle, the jump shot was missed, the rebound was won by Milicic, and the Warriors broke fast!

Li Zhi dribbled alone and made a layup.

9:2

The Warriors fans gave a standing ovation, which was so shocking that in the first two minutes, the Warriors had already tortured the magic to death. The Magic immediately asked for a timeout.

Barkley said: "Turkoglou has beaten some guys with his height, but he really can't take advantage of the Warriors. As long as it's not misplaced Nick Young, Turkoglu doesn't have a good chance at all. ”

Kenny Smith said, "Turkoglu is Mr. Fourth Quarter, and the first quarter is a daily ironworker. ”

Barkley complained: "Don't talk about Mr. Fourth Quarter, I feel aggrieved by those who didn't guard him in the fourth quarter, it's not that others can't prevent him, it's that this guy is too slow, others jump up and block, this guy doesn't move." ”

Kenny Smith laughed: "This is actually the merit of Turkogru, right, the basketball IQ is high, shaking off the opponent?" "Barkley's mouth is too poisonous, knowing that Turkoglu will jump out of the contract this year, and still saying this, it's like having a grudge against others.

After the timeout, the Magic attacked, and the Magic contributed a turnover. Richie steals Turkoglou's pass and assists Jackson for another layup.

11:2.

Li Zhi's hands were hot, and he was now in a wonderful state, his brain was extremely clear, as if he could see Tekoglu's passing line, and the Magic's offensive tactics would always appear in his eyes automatically.

"Ding, congratulations to the host, trigger the one-ball soul quest, quest requirements: 10 steals, quest reward: unknown, quest punishment: unknown."

Li Zhi stopped at the system's prompt and there was a clear stream in his mind, these days, he found that the hidden task rewards he triggered would be very rich, such as the reward of the skill upgrade level he got last time.

10 steals? It doesn't seem to be very difficult, but it's been 2 times now.

The Magic team attacked, Alston relied on cover to have more of your defense, and against Milicic, he chose to throw very irrationally. Although he dodged the defense, the ball was deflected.

Alston could have shot at least 40% or more from the field if it was a shooting point, but now they are trying to shoot with a low shooting percentage.

Players from street ball have a special habit of showing off their skills, and the ball is indeed pretending to be scored, but this kind of show-off often has a low hit rate. On the street court, in the face of some non-professional players, the difference in skills between the two players is of course very cool, which is also the reason for Alstom's "street ball king" name.

But in the NBA, this is obviously not a good choice, even if it is a player with poor defense, it is not comparable to an amateur player.

To put it bluntly, Alston is abusing vegetables on the street court, and pulling Nick Young to the street court may be more powerful than Alstom, because this guy is also a master!

The rebound was drilled into the interior by Li Zhi to get it, and he dribbled the ball to the frontcourt, and the Magic started the joint defense.

O'Neal pulled out to cover, Li Zhi broke through and approached Howard, seeing that the European step was about to open, Turkoglu came up from behind, Li Zhi faked a real pass, and passed the ball to O'Neal behind him with his left hand, who rushed into the interior line and separated Tekoglou and Howard is a violent dunk.

At 13:2, the score stretched to more than 10 points.

The Magic players are under tremendous psychological pressure, and the cheers of the Warriors fans are a nuisance for them.

Lewis misplaced against Li Zhi, and wanted to break through after trying to step, Li Zhi posted it and sold Lewis a loophole. Lewis took the bait and burst in with the ball from Rich's right hand.

One step, two steps, Lewis was about to distance himself from Li Zhi, Li Zhi caught up with one step and stabbed the basketball in Lewis's hand from behind.

"Attack!" Li Zhi gave an order, and Jackson and Nick Young immediately reacted and ran forward.

Alston and Courtney Lee chased after them, and Lee threw off Tekoglou, who was too slow to catch up with Lee despite his best efforts. Frontcourt hit two-on-three, Courtney Lee came over to interfere, Lee threw the basketball into the air, and Nick Young jumped up and dunked inside the free throw line. 15:2

"Roar roar ~ dunk, another dunk, today is the Warriors' dunk feast!"

The DJ roared loudly, and the Warriors stopped the magic again, and Van Gundy was originally anxious, and at this time, the spit stars flew around, scolding the Magic's starters.

When he finished scolding, the Magic players didn't say anything, and they were also very disappointed in the performance they had just made, they let the opponent play a dominant offense, and in the opening 3 minutes, the opponent led by 13 points, is there any hope?

Van Gundy was bitter in his heart, and the fans could see that the Warriors' offense was eye-catching, but he could see that it was indeed the Warriors' defense. The Warriors' defense is too strong, Li Zhi on the outside, O'Neal on the inside, the two defensive cores, and the Magic's internal and external offenses are not smooth.

And most importantly - Li Zhi. Van Gundy looked at the nonchalant Chinese on the Warriors' bench and was full of this thought: If he was on our team, I could have won!

Barkley watched the whole process of Richmond's first three minutes, and he was also incredible.

"Three steals in three minutes, George is doing a miracle, the Magic's offense has been seen through by him, and he has dominated the game with defense. Who is this year's best defensive player? ”

Kenny Smith said embarrassedly next to him, "It's Howard ......"

Barkley didn't seem to hear Kenny Smith's words, and said excitedly: "Well, whoever it is, it's a wrong decision, let's see, who among the NBA players is better than that Chinese defense?" ”

Kenny Smith scolded Barkley in his heart, and then said kindly: "Yes, George's defense is indeed at the top of the NBA, but who is the strongest is still a bit exaggerated, Battier, Howard, Garnett, and Artest are all top defenders." ”

Barkley said: "No, that's all in the past, I just believe what I see, George is the best defense in the league right now." ”

Kenny Smith said "with a smile in his eyes": "That's just luck, George is strong defensively, but he didn't get to the point of dominating the finals." ”

At the end of the timeout, Li Zhi returned to the court. Turkoglu saw Li Zhi as if he was looking at a monster, he was like a nightmare, and he saw through all of Tekoglu's attacks.

The Warriors made adjustments, Richie did not continue to defend Turkoglou, Nick Young went off the court and replaced Barnes, and the Warriors' outside defense was one more point stronger. Lee's defense is JJ Reddick.

The Magic replaced Alstom, who had a bad start, and replaced it with shooter Redick, although Redick had a poor performance in the first few games, but now he can still open up space for Magic, and Magic has a stable three-point shooting point on the outside, which is important when chasing points.

JJ Redick was in a worried mood, he only hit 1 three-pointer in the first three games, and that was not because he had a low shooting percentage, but because he didn't have the right to shoot.

In fact, every season he has a good hand, and as long as someone is willing to pass the ball to him, he has a lot of confidence in throwing the ball in. But no, he was partnered in the backcourt by Nelson, a guy who didn't have a passing button.

Another reason is that Van Gundy didn't give him a few minutes to play. JJ Redick has the potential to be a marksman, and no shooter can feel hot as soon as he gets on the court, and he always needs one or two shots to find his touch. But Van Gundy saw him throw a ball or two and immediately replaced him. Redick hates Van Gundy now, and now that he has a chance, he definitely wants to take it.