After Howard received the ball, facing Chen Jiyuan's defense, it was not so simple to break through, mainly because although Howard's footsteps were very good, Chen Jiyuan's footsteps were also very good, and Chen Jiyuan's strength was enough to withstand Howard, although Chen Jiyuan's sense of letting go needed to be enhanced, but the problem was that Howard's offensive awareness was not so strong.

So the two of them can be said to be just like that. Neither of them is actually a balanced center forward now. However, Chen Jiyuan was slightly ahead of Howard, because although Howard's letting go was better, Chen Jiyuan's offense was much stronger than Howard's. There is no doubt about that. Chen Jiyuan's offensive firepower can be said to be the most ruthless among the active players.

This ball, Howard thought about how to break through Chen Jiyuan's defense, but although Chen Jiyuan's defense is not as good as Howard's, he is the best defensive player in the league, but Chen Jiyuan has improved a lot on the defensive end now, okay? If Howard wants to break through Chen Jiyuan, it is really not that simple.

Howard faced the frame this time, first went to the middle road, and Chen Jiyuan quickly followed Howard's footsteps. Didn't get Howard any closer to the basket. However, Howard didn't plan to be able to enter under the basket in this way, Howard resisted Chen Jiyuan's body, and then in the process of advancing, he kicked the ground with his left foot and began to turn around, but Chen Jiyuan had already realized that he sensed Howard's movements, so to speak, because Howard's offense was less varied, Chen Jiyuan could probably guess that Howard was planning to turn around and hook his hands. So because of such mental preparation in his heart, Chen Jiyuan quickly followed Howard's action, and Howard's ball was against Chen Jiyuan's defense, forcibly jumping up and hooking his hand, Chen Jiyuan knew that Howard would do this, so this ball, Chen Jiyuan and Howard were in the air, but after having a physical confrontation, they did not take a step back, but used their left hand, a very strong horizontal block, to fan the ball "whoosh" and fan out of the field.

Chen Jiyuan was quite excited. After landing, near the bottom line, facing the audience outside the stadium, he beat his chest fiercely and let out an earth-shattering roar:

“COME. ON，BABY!”

Being able to fan Howard's shot is also quite a blow to the morale of the Magic. And for the Knicks, or to be precise, for Chen Jiyuan, it is an affirmation. Because of this ball, in a sense, it officially proves that Chen Jiyuan's hard work on defense during the holiday is definitely not meaningless. When others are resting and playing, Chen Jiyuan is working hard and contacting his own defense, and these efforts will be rewarded. Not every effort will be rewarded, but if you don't pay, there will never be a return.

Although it seems that this is just a block, the next thing proves that this block still has a great impact on Howard.

Because after serving the baseline ball, Howard reached out for the ball again, and after receiving the ball, it could be seen that Howard wanted to save face for the one who had just been covered.

Howard once again launched an attack on Chen Jiyuan, but because there was not a lot of time, Howard directly jumped up and shot suddenly, which was quite unexpected by Chen Jiyuan. Because the place where Howard is standing now is not very far from the three-point line, when did such a place become Howard's offensive range. 26:31。

Perhaps it was the influence of his previous life, Chen Jiyuan's positioning of Howard has not changed for a while, in Chen Jiyuan's eyes and heart, Howard is the three-second zone player who has not practiced the middle distance for 800 years, but now reality has given Chen Jiyuan a stick. Because Howard shot the basket with a fairly standard action and sent the ball into the basket, in Chen Jiyuan's stunned, Thibodeau began to scold dissatisfiedly, "Chen, follow, why did you let go of such a big distance." ”

Chen Jiyuan scratched his head, but he was speechless.

Howard scored a goal, how could Chen Jiyuan just forget it, after all, Chen Jiyuan's hostility towards Howard is still in existence even if Chen Jiyuan denies it, because Howard is indeed a big obstacle for Chen Jiyuan to become the league's No. 1 center.

After Starkey dribbled the ball through the half, Chen Jiyuan originally planned to reach out for the ball to hit Howard alone, but Starkey did not give Chen Jiyuan this opportunity, Starkey had not tried to attack for a while, so Starkey had long been unable to bear it.

This ball, Starki just passed the half, and it was an acceleration in an instant, taking advantage of the fact that the Magic's defensive formation was not too good, and rushed into the inside, because the formation of the Magic side has not been done well, at this time it is the most likely to leak and overlap the defense.

As soon as he saw Starkey enter the inside, Ralph Alston was chasing after him, and Howard and Mirisic, who had already entered the inside, turned around to help Stucky defend themselves, which is three people defending one person, although Starkey is not a very good organizer, but at this time he was still able to find a good vacancy, after all, Starkey is still qualified in terms of passing awareness, Starkey jumped up and attracted the defensive attention of Howard and Mirisic, passed the ball to Stephen Jackson, who followed up on the outside, after Stephen Jackson received the ball, Lewis instantly pounced, but Stephen Jackson did not rush to shoot, but threw the ball directly into the air, on the other side, Chen Jiyuan followed up in the middle, at this time, although Howard and Mirisic had turned around, but it was too late, Chen Jiyuan was in the air, if Chen Jiyuan touched any body, the possibility of foul was still quite large.

Therefore, although Howard and Mirisic saw Chen Jiyuan in the air, they didn't have time to defend without fouls.

After Chen Jiyuan reached the ball with his right hand in the air, he pressed the ball into the basket with great force, showing no mercy at all. The resentment that was just scolded by the head coach is vented here. 28:31。

Chen Jiyuan has scored 12 points today. And Howard is only now scoring six points. But this is also very normal, after all, it is no secret that Howard's scoring ability is not as good as Chen Jiyuan.

Magic offense, Howard received the ball near the free throw line again, if it was a previous life, then Howard must at this time, and all he can do is wait for his guard teammates to respond, but now Howard is no longer like this, unconsciously, Howard has grown a lot, and the middle distance has become more and more decent, although it is still much worse than Chen Jiyuan and a middle distance master like Nowitzki, but at least he has grown into an object that can no longer be emptied in the middle distance. Chen Jiyuan can also be regarded as a wise man, just after Howard scored a goal like this, this ball, although Howard is standing on the free throw line, but Chen Jiyuan is still very close to Howard, ready to interfere with Howard's shooting at any time, although Howard can now shoot mid-range, but there is one thing that is indeed the same as in his previous life, and it has not changed at all, that is, Howard's shooting posture, the current Howard's shooting posture is still not high, plus Howard will not jump shots, Now Howard is still more sure. So this kind of shooting has a disadvantage, that is, it is easy to be blocked, especially in front of opponents who are as brutal as the body, such as Chen Jiyuan, if Howard wants to shoot quickly, it is difficult to ensure that he is not covered, even if he is not covered, it is certain to be interfered with, and Howard's shooting rate has not reached that Cheng dù, if he is interfered with, it will be even worse.

Howard raised his hand and pretended to shoot, but Chen Jiyuan was not fooled at all, Howard really didn't shoot, but quickly took the ball to the right side, Howard was in the process of dribbling the ball, Chen Jiyuan stubbornly stood up to Howard, not letting Howard easily dribble forward, Howard was in the process of dribbling the ball, but he didn't expect that a hand suddenly appeared on the other side, breaking the ball in Howard's hand with the ball crookedly, very beautiful break, it seems that although Howard's shooting has improved, However, the ability to come with the ball still needs to be enhanced.

Stephen Jackson's hands are still quite fast, and his defensive experience is also enough, as soon as he saw Howard take the ball inside with his face frame, and after seeing Chen Jiyuan and Howard making physical contact, he knew that Howard's control of the ball would definitely decline, and it was a good time to break the ball, so Stephen Jackson, who did not hesitate, reached out and broke the ball.

After breaking the ball, Stephen Jackson raced to the front court.

On the Magic side, Kurtney Lee also reached out to break Stephen Jackson's ball, in fact, he wanted to delay the Knicks' fast break, but Stephen Jackson reacted quickly and threw the ball to Nate Robinson, who was running in front. I saw that Nate Robinson was running wildly, and ordinary people really couldn't catch up.

There was no one in front of him, and Nate Robinson quickly dribbled to the basket, and if Nate Robinson didn't dunk one, it would really not be his character.

So Nate Robinson decisively leaned forward, took control of the ball with his right hand, and pressed the ball into the basket. This kind of action is not very rare, but it depends on who does it, and Nate Robinson's height makes this action, which is a very difficult action. 30:31。

The score has been chased and there is only a one-point gap left. At this time, Stan Van Gundy was going to take a timeout, but he thought he could continue to observe the shape on the court first. So Stan Van Gundy sat down again.