Chapter 222: A team pretends to be a prisoner
Lee got the ball, Milicic pulled to the perimeter to cover, Lee took the opportunity to shake off Turkoglou and break through to the right, and Jackson made a second cover to block Courtney Lee.
The double-block tactics were very successful, Li Zhi accelerated to break through to the bottom line, took the ball and stopped to provoke, and Howard pounced for a block.
But as soon as Howard jumped, he felt that something was wrong, and the basketball did not leave Li Zhi's hands at all. This is a fake action, Li Zhi always pays attention to Jordan Jr.'s position when he gets the ball, shakes Howard, and then passes the ball to Jordan Jr. in the air, who receives the ball and dunks it with both hands.
The opening is a combination of inside and outside.
Barkley said: "The Warriors opened with a five-shot shot! ”
The Magic offense, the Warriors took a joint defense. Richie is on the left, Milicic is on the right, and Jackson is in the center. The Magic like to block and pick and roll high, so misplaced Jackson doesn't suffer.
Alston dribbled the ball to the front court and passed to Lewis, who faced Rich, missed the shot, and passed the ball to Howard.
Howard dribbled the ball and leaned on Jordan Jr. to hit the inside, and turned halfway to hit a jumper. 2:2
The Warriors adopt joint defense for the outside, and do not plan to contain Howard for the time being, so as not to let the outside shooter find his touch, and it doesn't matter if Howard is arrogant for a while, after all, there is still a "chopping strategy". As soon as the game started, Jordan Jr. couldn't think of fouling.
The Warriors attacked, and the Magic also adopted a joint defense.
Li Zhi didn't want to block and dismantle, and directly faced Lewis, and the butterfly dribbled through the middle distance.
ESPN once had a report on the All-Star power forward with the words "I can't even defend the chair on the outside", which shows how poor his outside defense is. Due to knee problems, he is a burden on the defensive end and can't keep up with fast athletes.
Richie changed the tempo and took the left side to shake off Lewis. Howard hurriedly made up for it, Li Zhi didn't make a layup, his left hand shook, and the basketball went through Lewis's crotch and into the hands of Milicic, who had just run to the bottom corner.
There is a weakness in the 23 joint defense, and the two bottom corners often leak people. Li Zhi broke through the frame, and Howard could only defend it, otherwise Li Zhi would build up his speed, and with his large change of direction, Howard would not be able to defend.
As soon as Howard came out, Milicic, who was ambushed in the bottom corner, had a chance. 5:2.
The Magic attacked, Alston passed the ball to Turkoglou, who was still the man in charge of the Magic team with the ball, and faced Li Zhi at the top of the outside arc.
The Magic really couldn't find a better person with the ball in the starting lineup, and the only person with strong offensive ability with the ball was Alston who had problems with offensive selection, unlike the Warriors, who could attack with the ball in the starting lineup.
Howard Draga covered high with the ball, Turkoglu broke through on the left with the ball, and Jordan Jr. quickly switched defenses. This is the ability of Jordan Jr., fast, not afraid of the Magic's blocking and pick-and-roll tactics, and the Magic wanted to rely on Turkoglu to hold the ball and misplace the offense.
Turkoglou was followed by Jordan Jr., kept the ball in the low post, paused, looked at his teammates, and the others didn't have a chance. If he was against an average rookie, Turkoglu would probably change direction, but Jordan Jr. was told by O'Neal before the game not to stick too closely to Turkoglu no matter what he did.
Little Jordan let Tekoglu take a step, but Tekoglu still didn't dare to shoot, Little Jordan was tall and long-armed, and he could cover him at a distance. Not to mention that the Magic player profile says that Jordan Jr. averaged a horrific 2.3 blocks per game in the playoffs.
In the end, Turkoglu didn't force the ball, but passed the ball to Lewis, Milicic followed, and Lewis couldn't find a good shot. After another pass, when the ball finally reached Courtney Lee's hand, there were only 2 seconds left, he missed the shot in a hurry, and the rebound was picked up by Jordan Jr.
Nielsen's plan is to guard Howard alone and guard the perimeter. If the Magic can't open to Howard, the Warriors will foul. The downside of this defensive tactic is that Jordan Jr. will be punished if he fouls too much, so the Warriors' defense is delayed, and the Magic take the opportunity to open up space for the perimeter.
The Warriors attacked, Milicic covered, and Lewis immediately followed. Nick Young blocked Lewis on the perimeter with a second screen, while Milicic cut to the basket in the air.
Milicic cut very quickly, and in order to avoid Li Zhi and Jordan Jr. from cooperating inside and outside, Howard had to shrink into the basket.
Li Zhi got the opportunity, and Howard didn't defend himself after the second cover, he stopped all of a sudden, and at this moment, the Magic team members didn't think about making up for the defense at all.
Li Zhi easily hit an open two-pointer, 7:2
Magic attack, Howard first blocked, then cut to the inside, Nick Young on the outside to prevent Alston from breaking through, Alston passed to Turkoglou, who then passed to Lewis, there is always a defender in front of him.
The Warriors' five are all very fast, and the formation is very wide, unless they are misplaced in front of Nick Young, there is no chance on the outside at all. And Nick Young can't be a defensive hole, if Alston eats Nick Young alone, the Warriors will have someone to help defend.
Lewis made a hasty shot and shot wide with Milicic's interference, and the rebound was grabbed by Jordan Jr.
Howard didn't grab the frontcourt rebound again this time, and he was angry. The Warriors left a rookie inside, but this rookie's rebounding ability is not much better than him, compared to defense, rebounding is Jordan Jr.'s housekeeping ability.
Seeing this scene, Barkley said: "Before this season, the Warriors rebounded at the bottom of the league, and this season Jordan Jr. came, and the Warriors' rebounding protection has improved significantly. Jordan Jr. averaged 9.4 rebounds per game in the playoffs, and he only played 28 minutes. Jordan Jr. may not have experience in other areas, but his nose and dedication to rebounding are historic, and his contributions to the Warriors' rebounding are huge. ”
Kenny Smith asked, "How about that compared to you?" ”
Barkley pouted and said, "Do you still need to ask?" Of course I'm amazing? Jordan Jr. has talent but little experience, but I'm optimistic about him. ”
In addition to averaging 8.5 rebounds per game in the first season of his career, Charles Barkley averaged more than 10 rebounds per game in the following seasons, and his career average rebounds per game was as high as 11.7, and he often had 15 or 16 rebounds in the playoffs.
The Warriors' offense is still a combination of inside and outside, they are not like the Magic, no one puts the ball on the shelf. The Magic have a big center like Howard, but they rarely use Howard's athleticism to play off the ball.
Howard is a superstar who can replace James alone, and if Stan Van Gundy uses Howard as a little Jordan, it is estimated that fans will kill Van Gundy.
Liji shook off Tekoglou and dribbled to the left, where Milicic waited premeditatedly. This time Lewis glanced at Milicic and paid attention to Milicic's movement, and the Warriors' first inside-outside combination didn't work.
Li Zhi continued to carry the ball, and Tekoglu chased after Li Zhi from behind. Li Zhi seemed to have premeditated, and at the moment when Tekoglu caught up, he accelerated and rushed inside, Howard reflexively came over and pounced, and Li Zhi instantly passed the ball out in the human gap.
Jordan Jr. received the ball with one hand and dunked it with one hand, clenched his fist and demonstrated at Howard, and Howard's face turned dark. Playing with the Warriors, not only will you be suppressed in terms of scores, but the Magic team will also be in a bad mood.
Everyone in the Warriors is a pretending to be a criminal, and Li Zhi is a cross-century pretend maniac, and fans of all kinds of actions have never seen it. Milicic and Nick Young were born with pretend genes and are self-taught. Jackson's old fox's mouth is changing its ways to hurt people.
Relatively speaking, Little Jordan is still an honest person, but it is often such people who pretend to be more uncomfortable. He wanted to learn again, but he still learned quite similarly.
Look at the score, 9:2, all the members of the Magic team are holding their breath in their hearts, why are they falling behind again? Falling behind at the start of the game!