Howard is indeed unhappy in his heart, as his ability becomes stronger and stronger, the responsibility is not getting bigger and bigger, after practicing the small hook in the penalty area, Howard is gradually not satisfied with his pitiful number of shots.

In the eyes of outsiders, Howard doesn't shoot many shots per game, but he scores the highest points on the team, and is a very good and efficient player.

But in reality, Warcraft is hungry for more shots and wants to have more low-post offensive opportunities.

But that damn Nelson always doesn't give him that damn basketball!

And that dead fat man, who always asked him to cover and respond......

Howard saw Zhang Yu stretch out his hand, or even a look, and the basketball would immediately reach his hand, not to mention the jealousy in his heart

However, the low-post efficiency of Warcraft is really not very high, especially in the face of Perkins' pure power inside, he always looks bad, and the offensive end basically only uses his superior physique, and scores all rely on dunks, empty catches, and free throws, and his small hook hand actually can't score a few games at all, but he has to pay a lot of mistakes.

On the defensive end, Howard is really the best interior defender in the league at the moment, he has almost the fastest movement speed among interior players, and can cover the entire three-second zone of defensive area, which is terrifying!

Zhang Yu rushed into the inside line again, this time Howard didn't have so many ideas, and jumped at the same time with Zhang Yu, relying on the same not bad air, plus the height advantage, forcing Zhang Yu to pass the ball to the outside. As a result, the ball's passing path was too obvious, and Petrus reached for a steal, causing a mistake. He also scored two points by the Magic fast break.

"Damn, I don't believe that Kobe Bryant can get in. I can't do it? Zhang Yu's attack turned into a mistake, and he was extremely unwilling.

On the next offense, Zhang Yu continued to attack the inside of the Magic team.

This time he attacked more quickly, taking advantage of his teammates to cover, running empty-handed to catch the ball, inserting into the box and immediately raising his hand to make a layup.

Howard hurried in. Although he didn't block the basketball, Yan affected Zhang's shooting arc, which was to avoid Howard's block. The shooting angle changed too much, and the basketball eventually brushed out of the basket, which was his third consecutive miss.

The score was 3 minutes and 30 seconds in the second quarter, and the score was 42:38. The Knicks are already four points behind. D'Antoni called a timeout.

The game was suspended, and Barkley criticized Zhang Yu's consecutive non-scoring goals in the live broadcast room: "I'm sorry, sir, you don't want to score so easily, especially when a top defender is breathing under your neck." ”

Kenny. Smith laughed: "He's going to change his style of play, Howard has been excellent defensively during this time, and it's wise to leave the basket for a while." ”

This timeout calmed Zhang Yu, who seemed to be drilling the horns just now. He had a heavy task today, if he couldn't suppress Howard in scoring. It's hard for them to win.

Although Howard didn't attack much in the low post, he was able to do his best with offensive rebounds today, and the Knicks' highly strict interior line completely fell to the bottom in the rebounding scramble. Half of Howard's points today were secondary offenses after grabbing frontcourt rebounds.

In the NBA, frontcourt rebounds are as important as turnovers, and if you don't control them well, it's hard to win.

The two teams returned to the court, and Zhang Yu used cover this time to hit a long-range shot from 20 feet out on the wing to score two points.

The Magic offense, Howard has been excellent on the defensive end during this time, and even the offense has become more sensitive, and he has another opportunity to attack in the low post under the basket.

David Lee is stuck in the main position, and as long as Howard is not allowed to rush into the basket and dunk, he will be considered successful defensively.

If Howard was going to shoot? Just steal it. His task was simply to get Howard to shoot from a distance.

This time, Howard turned around in the box and hooked his hand, and the basketball smashed out of the basket.

It can be seen from the slow motion that Howard's posture when he shoots, the training marks are too heavy, very rigid and stiff, such a shot will not have a high shooting rate, and it may not be as high as Zhang Yu's three-point shooting rate, which has a full 43% three-point shooting rate. Howard removed the dunk, and the hook shooting percentage was not necessarily comparable to Zhang Yu's three-point shooting.

Another low-post attack failed, and Howard had a very depressed look on his face, as if such a ball should not be missed.

Barkley would have started to laugh at Howard again: "If that's all he has, then I can say unceremoniously that if he had been born in my time, I could have killed him lightly." It's very simple, just hold him off and don't let him into the three-second zone be enough. Even though I'm 10cm shorter than him, I can keep him out of the three-second zone with a light please. ”

Kenny. Smith laughed: "Old man, except for the fact that you are 10cm shorter, I think you are bragging, and I completely take advantage of the rest." ”

Annoyed and angry, Barkley immediately stood up and said, "You stand up and see if I'm taller than you?" ”

Kenny. Smith spread his hands: "My official number jù is 191cm, but I actually only have 187cm, how much taller can you say than me." ”

Zhang Yu's current height has also begun to be falsely reported, he is only 201cm, but in order to make his deterrent power higher, he doesn't know when, he secretly changed his height to 205cm, and he raised it by 4cm, which can be described as crazy!

But the effect of this is that even he is more confident when shooting, and defenders are less confident to defend him, such as Petrus, the black guy.

It's true that Petrus is a master of individual defense, and he is really good at defending quasi-All-Stars and average players, often leaving opponents inactive throughout the game. But when it comes to facing a true All-Star, he's not enough. Super scorers like Kobe and Anthony are what he fears the most, and the inaction at this time often becomes himself.

On the offensive end, Zhang Yu didn't completely shake off Petrus, who followed closely.

Zhang Yu jumped up and down, swinging forward and rubbing his right foot against the other party, and Crawford's whistle sounded immediately.

Petrus felt very aggrieved, no matter how he looked at it, Zhang Yu put his foot on him, but the referee blew him for a foul.

The bald Crawford can't help it, he also knows that this rule is unreasonable, but now the stars of the whole league are doing it, and this is also a reasonable use of the rule. So except for Duncan, he basically blows other stars, unless the league changes the rules in the future, otherwise they, as referees, will have to follow the rules.

Zhang Yu put his legs on others with this ball, and it had little impact on his own shooting, so the basketball went into the net, 2+1!

Now the whole league knows that Zhang Yu's 2+1, as long as the 2 in front is in, the 1 in the back will definitely not be able to run.

Howard saw Zhang Yu easily score the basketball, and there was a wave of envy in his heart, he wanted to have this free throw kung fu, and he would get a few more points in every game.

In the last few minutes of the first half, Zhang Yu continued to attack, and the number of shots kept increasing, and the number of hits was also increasing.

Howard had a rare opportunity to attack, Zhang Yu not only exerted his strength on the offensive end, but also began to frequently enter the interior to attack the monster on the defensive end.

During this time, in addition to grabbing rebounds in the frontcourt, it was difficult for Howard to get the ball under the basket, and he had no chance to score when he got the ball.

However, the Magic team was not pulled away, Turkoglu didn't know if it was doping, and he felt the same good today, plus Lewis who was stable, the two worked together to make the Magic team's score increase rate, not inferior to Zhang Yu's cutting speed.

At halftime, the score was 54-52, and the Knicks ended the first half with two points behind.

Zhang Yu got 20 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals in the half, and two steals, basically stealing Howard's basketball.

Howard had 16 points, 10 rebounds, 1 assist and 3 blocks in the half, and two blocks were also rewarded by Zhang Yu.

Overall, both of them are very good at what they are good at, and they want to do something in other areas as well.

Zhang Yu wanted to break through and kill, but what he got was the hat of the Warcraft.

Howard wanted more inside offenses, and what he got was Zhang Yu's steal and his own iron.

The difference is that Zhang Yu didn't do a good job, and no one blames him.

If Howard doesn't do a good job, he won't be able to catch the ball for half a day.

D'Antoni was very dissatisfied with the team's rebounding table at halftime: "We have to minimize the second offensive opportunities that we can see, everyone has to get the rebound, not only the big man has to do it, the small man has to fight for it, grabbing rebounds should be the effort of the whole team, we can't let Howard snatch rebounds in the restricted area unscrupulously like in the first half, these secondary offensive points can determine the outcome of the game." ”

The coach was dissatisfied, so Zhang Yu had another task in the second half, that is, to grab rebounds. Anyway, his official height is 205cm tall, and he is so hanging, it's really unreasonable to grab a few more rebounds.

In the second half, the Knicks used the tactic of topping people on the inside and grabbing rebounds on the outside.

David Lee and Kenyon Martin or Anderson are not involved in rushing for rebounds, they are only responsible for blocking their opponents in the position, and Zhang Yu is responsible for rushing into the interior to grab rebounds, and immediately go on a fast break when they grab rebounds. D'Antoni was still thinking about the speed of his play at this time, and he was really persistent.

Before the game against the Magic, D'Antoni had been thinking about how to not delay the speed of the fast break once he encountered a team with outstanding rebounding ability like the Magic.

In the end, after thinking about it, I could only put another task on Zhang Yu. Let him rush to grab the rebound, all so that he can directly launch a fast break after grabbing the rebound, and he can work harder, and the team boss is not just good to listen to. Look at LeBron of the Cavaliers. James, offense, rebounding, defense, organization, none of them are left behind, and our Knicks core can't be much worse than others.

In the Magic locker room, Big Van Gundy asked the team to continue using the bag clip. In the first half they used the bag for a while, but it didn't work well. But once it is not used, Zhang Yu can't prevent it at all, and in the second half, he still has to wrap it up first to see the effect, and if it doesn't work, he will talk about it.

Zhang Yu is much more difficult to guard against than Howard, and he is as strong as O'Neal and has a way to restrain him. But these outside stars are really difficult to defend when they are in good shape. (To be continued......)