Chapter 351: The First Battle
As the referee threw the orange basketball in his hand into the air, Howard and Hibbert jumped at the same time.
After all, there is a certain advantage in height, Hibbert took a step ahead of Howard, shot the basketball from the air, and slapped the basketball directly into Zhang Kong's hands, Zhang Kong did not stop after half the court, and after glancing at the position of his teammates, he directly handed the ball to Granger's hands, after Granger received the ball, he broke through directly into the inside, and then hit the board into the basket with a backward jumper.
Helped the Pacers open the scoring, but then Carter also hit a shot, and Zhang Kong immediately broke through to make a layup in the next round, but missed Nelson, who was still behind at this time, and Howard quickly served and put the ball in Nelson's hands.
After receiving the ball, Nelson hit a three-pointer from outside the Pacers' three-point line to help the Magic take a one-point lead.
After that, though, the pace of the game was controlled by the pacers! Although the Pacers did not meet the Magic in the playoffs, the two teams played each other many times in the regular season, and each time the Magic lost miserably.
In the game against the Magic, the Pacers are very confident, after Nelson scored three points for a minute, Zhang Kong broke through Nelson's defense with a simple empty break, and attracted Barnes next to him after reaching the inside, and then he handed the ball to Granger's hands again, who took the ball and looked at the basket, and he still held on at the critical moment, and gently sent the basket.
hit his second goal after the opening game, and also helped the Pacers to take a 6-5 lead!
But the good times didn't last long, and Carter over there took advantage of Howard's blocking and pick-and-roll, blocked Dundee Jones and broke into the interior.
Because of the change of defense, Hibbert is now coming to defend Carter, but even if Carter is old, it is difficult for him to guard Carter!
Seeing that Carter was about to shoot, Hibbert's head was hot, and he pulled Carter directly from the air, and he also paid a foul, and at the same time sent Carter to the free throw line.
But after coming back here, Zhang Kong immediately passed the ball to Hibbert, helped him hit a backward jumper, and found face back, and at this time Zhang Kong's ball path was completely opened, and Nelson's pass on this side was wrong, and Hibbert on the inside shot the basketball one step ahead of Howard, and received Zhang Kong of the basketball, and directly passed Al Jefferson, who hit a layup to pull the score to three points.
But the Magic didn't surrender so easily, after Nelson dribbled the ball again over the half, he didn't dare to break through in the face of Zhang Kong, and glanced at Howard on the inside, this time fortunately Hibbert didn't spare the front, and he still pressed Howard to death, Nelson's eyes turned, and he directly hoisted the ball into the inside line and handed it to Howard, who took the ball and began to hit Hibbert.
Heber is particularly dark and strong and tall, in fact, his strength is not very strong, and now he can only barely be broken into by Howard, in this case, someone must come out to help Hibbert withstand the pressure, and this person is Zhang Kong.
Zhang Kong glanced at Hibbert playing so hard, and after hesitating for a moment, he still killed the inside line and clamped Howard.
But he didn't expect that Howard's attention had been on him, and as soon as he came, Howard immediately passed the basketball back to Nelson, who hit a mid-range shot in the open space and unguarded to narrow the score to one point.
Zhang Kong looked at Nelson's mid-range shot, he couldn't help but smile bitterly, this tactic of attracting the opponent's bag is also one of his main offensive tactics, he didn't expect to play the eagle all the year round, but this time the eagle pecked! However, in the next offense, Zhang Kong found Al Jefferson again, and now on the five points of the Pacers, when it comes to offense, the most advantageous points are not Zhang Kong and Granger, Nelson's strength is not bad, and the speed is not slow, although the person is a little shorter, it is impossible to completely prevent him in the face of Zhang Kong, but if he wants to entangle with Zhang Kong, that Zhang Kong is really not easy to do, after all, the outside defense of the Magic team can definitely be ranked in the top three in the league, and he just broke through Nelson, judging from the pack, the Magic's outside defense is indeed very tough, and Granger's life is even worse than Zhang Kong, because Barnes is an exclusive defensive player.
Barnes is scummy offensively, but his defensive level is not, and it can be said that he is now the defensive gate of the Magic team.
Nelson is prone to hot heads, and Carter's defensive level is not high, Lewis ...... Uh, he's an insider! Although this interior line always likes to play soy sauce on the outside, this point of playing soy sauce is the most advantageous point for the Pacers to attack.
Al Jefferson, the rating is as high as 89, of course, Lewis is not low, an all-star player, the rating is as high as 87, but the first thing to play is the surname, and the second is to look at the mentality, this guy is either slipping or playing soy sauce, which is really embarrassing.
So this point of Al Jefferson became the main offensive point on the Pacers' side at the beginning of the game.
As he hit again, the score opened up again! may be the reason why the other party has been beaten like this, and it has also been hit.
In the next offense, Lewis actually took the initiative to ask for the ball to attack, hit a shot 17 feet away from the basket, and helped the Magic to bite the score all the time, and then for more than a minute, Zhang Kong tried the feel of everyone on the team, and found that now the Pacers' hand is gone, fortunately, the Magic side of the hand is not good, the two sides have maintained a score of 12-11 and have been playing like this, and when there are 5 minutes and 22 seconds left in the first quarter of the game, the Magic team broke the sinking first! It was Lewis again, he received a pass from Nelson, who was forced by Zhang Kong, and hit a three-point shot!
Al Jefferson's tonnage, defensive interior, he can be said to be very strong, but defensive outside he is not very advantageous.
Especially Lewis, a guy who pulls outside the three-point line all the time, is not Al Jefferson's forte.
And after seeing Lewis hit a three-pointer, Zhang Kong also knew that now was not the time to be polite to them!
In the next attack, Zhang Kong came directly by himself, and after dribbling through Nelson, he went directly into the opponent's penalty area.
Howard, who was on the inside, saw Zhang Kong pounce over, and his heart couldn't help but flutter and jump twice, and immediately lowered his center of gravity, wanting to defend Zhang Kong, and Nelson behind Zhang Kong did not give up, but still followed Zhang Kong wholeheartedly, wanting to pinch Zhang Kong with Howard, and when Howard had made up his mind to pinch Zhang Kong, Zhang Kong glanced behind Howard.
When Howard saw Zhang Kong's eyes, he couldn't help but feel a shock in his heart, he knew who was behind him, Roy Hibbert!
Although this sophomore guy has no way to compete with him now, but if he goes to cover Zhang Kong, then Roy Hibbert will have no one to care, thinking about Zhang Kong's practical and very fast pass, Howard hesitated.
"Concentrate!" At this time, Da Van Gundy on the sidelines seemed to see Howard's hesitation, and yelled loudly at Howard on the field with his hoarse voice, Howard heard Da Fan's words, and immediately reacted, and subconsciously pounced towards Zhang Kong, and he had just started, Zhang Kong over there had already taken the ball into his arms, and Zhang Kong, who was holding the ball in both hands, suddenly sent it forward! Seeing Zhang Kong's action, Howard almost subconsciously thought that Zhang Kong was going to pass the ball.
Immediately turned around to defend Hibbert, and took advantage of Howard's turn, Zhang Kong directly stepped past Howard's side, and after taking another step, Zhang Kong had already come to the reasonable collision area, as Zhang Kong's right foot hit the ground heavily, Zhang Kong's whole person flew high, seeing Zhang Kong's movements, Nelson and Howard both knew that the ball was over...... If Zhang Kong lays up, Nelson may still have a chance, but Zhang Kong dunks, Nelson has no chance, and Howard has now lost the opportunity, and it is impossible to adjust himself to chase Zhang Kong again!
Even though he Howard has a very good motor nerve and moves very fast inside, he is still a center after all.
After breaking into the inside line very elegantly, Zhang Kong made a simple right-handed dunk and instantly chased the score to 14-14.
"Whew!" After Zhang Kong landed, he took a breath lightly, fortunately he deceived Howard by the action just now, otherwise he would only be able to pass the ball, this action was just learned by Zhang Kong, in the first game between the Celtics and the Cavaliers!
Just yesterday, the Celtics defeated the Cavaliers 104-86 away, and the fake fax sudden action just now was learned from Rondo when Zhang Kong watched the video, and Rondo is now getting stronger and stronger, although he has not yet reached level 90 to comprehend his own nirvana.
However, his change of pace and deception of his movements are more than one level better than at the beginning of the season.
The higher the level, the more difficult it is to improve the level, which Zhang Kong knows more than anyone else, and even so, Rondo is still slowly developing his body, of course, his biggest weakness is his shooting, his shooting is too inferior!
Seeing that Zhang Kong actually tricked himself into dunking the ball, Howard's face over there was a little unpleasant! He is such a powerful center, he was actually played by the other party like this, even if he just hit a four-double, he can't do it!
In the next attack, Howard took the initiative to get the ball, facing Hibbert behind him, Howard carried his strength, and suddenly leaned back, Hibbert was Howard's opponent who shot with all his might, and was leaned back by the opponent, and this step made Howard turn directly and completed a very beautiful hook! After this goal, the Magic once again led the Pacers!
(To be continued)