Chapter 288: Bad News
"Stan didn't replace Dwight, but continued to keep him on the field, apparently Stan believed Dwight could control his emotions, Sir Charles, what do you think?"
"I'm not optimistic about Stan's decision, I won't tell you the exact reason, I will tell reporters after the game that it is Charles's exclusive opinion." Barkley snorted.
Lin Sen took Howard's serve and did not rush to dribble forward, but slowly dribbled the ball to the front court, and after his teammates were all in place, Lin Sen almost pressed eight seconds to illegally dribble through the half.
However, to everyone's surprise, it was Ben. Wallace hugged Dwight directly from the inside position. Howard, Jarvey naturally did not turn a blind eye and immediately blew the whistle in his mouth.
"YES, AS I GUESSED, I KNEW THAT SKURT'S SMILE WHEN HE LOOKED AT DWIGHT WHEN HE WASN'T SUBSTITUTED WAS ILL-INTENTIONED, AND IF THAT WAS THE CASE, THEY WOULD BE GOING TO USE THE CHOPPING TACTICS FOR THE NEXT PERIOD OF TIME, WHICH WOULD SERIOUSLY DISRUPT THE ORLANDO SETUP, AND IF DWIGHT DIDN'T MAKE MORE FREE THROWS, THEN CHICAGO WOULD PROBABLY USE THIS TIME TO CATCH UP WITH THE SCORE." Barkley said, dancing.
"Are you sure you thought Chicago would use this tactic?" Kenny. Smith turned his head to look at Barkley, "To be honest, the size of your head makes me doubt what you just said." ”
On the field was Ben. Howard, who Wallace was hugging, shook his hand in frustration, and then walked to the baseline to serve.
However, Howard had just sent the ball to Tekoglou and Nochioni hugged Howard as well.
Two naked fouls in a row made Howard, who was already in a bad mood, almost jump, but Tekogrew pulled Howard in time.
"Dwight, calm down. Can't you see that they just want to get you out of this way? Don't fall for them. Lin Sen pulled Howard and said.
When Tekoglou sent the ball to Linson. Nochioni pounced on Howard again. Hugging Howard directly, Javi blew the whistle in his mouth for the third time.
"It's a tactic that I've used back then, but I'd say it's disgusting, and of course if Dwight can practice his free throws then no one will use it against him." Barkley said.
"The third foul in a row, look at this Jiashi Chicago made up their minds to put Dwight on the free throw line, they were betting on Dwight's free throws, in fact, I feel more that Stan should replace Dwight. Dwight isn't in a good mood right now, and if Dwight loses his mind, it's a nightmare for Orlando, and with few Chicago fouls in the first half, which will undoubtedly make them take turns to go up and cut Hawk, what will Stan choose? "Kenny. Smith looked at Stan, who was standing on the sidelines. Van Gundy.
Stan. Van Gundy crossed his arms and looked coldly at the court, his head was thinking about whether to replace Howard, but the fourth foul occurred immediately after Howard served the ball, and this time it was Hinrich who fouled Howard.
The entire center of the water hut was filled with boos, but the Chicago Bulls players simply ignored and couldn't hear them.
Lin Sen looked at the position of the Bulls players, thinking in his heart.
Howard sent the ball out again. The ball went straight for Linson, and Howard walked straight onto the court.
Ben who only had one foul. Gordon jumped up and hugged Howard. Lin Sen Catalpa quasi-opportunity opportunity in this. Gordon hugged Howard and threw the ball straight to the basket.
Honk!
The whistle blew again, and Linson's throw flew towards the basket as well.
"Wood is so witty that he might ...... like that," Kenny said. Smith's words weren't finished, and the ball smashed on top of the rebound and bounced into the basket.
"Haha, Chicago has a tragedy this time, they wanted to foul Dwight but they didn't expect to be stolen by Wood, Jarvey's gesture signaled that the three-point calculation would be added to the penalty, of course, the penalty was left to Dwight for the penalty, and the specific situation will have to look at the replay footage." Barkley said with a smile.
"This ball doesn't count, it doesn't count!" Bulls head coach Scott. Skels shouted at the first referee on the field, Javi.
Jarvey and the two assistant referees walked to the sideline jishu stage, ready to check the video to determine whether the ball should be Linsen's three points, not Howard's two free throws, or Linsen's three points, Howard's plus one free throw.
"The ball is indeed in this. Gordon threw the ball out before the foul, and the difference between the two was too small, but the technology still made it clear to us that Scott must be depressed and didn't know if he would play like this again. Barkley said with a smile.
"Well done Wood, FUCK, they know we're good this time." Howard and Linson gave a high-five and excitedly walked to the free throw line.
However, Howard's free throw missed, but Linson's three-point shot made Howard feel good, and he still ran to the backcourt with high morale after the free throw didn't score.
Dwight didn't seem to be at all saddened by his missed free throw, while Scott seemed excited, even though his face had been pulled by Wood's three-pointer a few seconds earlier. Kenny. Smith looked at Scott on the sidelines. Skyles said.
At 63:82, the Orlando Magic pulled the difference to 19 points again because of Linson's three-pointer.
The Chicago Bulls, who returned to the offensive end, finally missed the first ball of the second half, but Howard just sent the ball to Linson and then walked out and was directly hugged by Hinrich, who was still in the backcourt, and Linson threw the ball away, but this time the distance was too far and the shot was a little slower, even if it scored, it wouldn't count.
"Scott really intends to carry out the chopping tactic to the end, let's see Dwight's free throws, shall we?" Kenny. Smith watched a depressed Howard walk to the free throw line.
"Bell!"
With a crisp sound, Howard's free throws smashed out of the basket directly, and Lin Sen also saw that none of the other people's free throws were as stiff as Howard, in fact, Howard's free throw shooting rate was basically above 65% when the team was training on the court.
"Dwight misses the first free throw, let's look at the second free throw."
As soon as Barkley finished speaking, Howard threw the ball, but all he heard was the sound of smashing the frame.
Root. Wallace kept the men trying to grab the territory behind. Watching the ball pop out of the frame, he jumped up and pulled the ball firmly into his hand.
"Two missed penalties. Look at Scott's smile. Obviously this is what he has calculated for a long time, and I am sure he will not give up on his method of success on both occasions. ”
Back on the offensive end, the Chicago Bulls played patiently, and in the end, the Bulls relied on Hinrich's cover to make a pull-up jumper.
At 65:82, the Chicago Bulls still trailed by 17 points.
The Magic, who had just served, were once again subjected to a hacking tactic, Dwight. Howard walked to the free throw line again and made a difficult first free throw into the basket.
"Dwight finally scored a free throw, Scott made a substitution for Andres for PJ, obviously still came up for a foul, and the worst news for Orlando is undoubtedly that everyone in Chicago has plenty of foul opportunities so far." Kenny. Smith said, looking at the stats.
Howard, who had just scored a free throw, couldn't make the second one. The Bulls won the defensive rebound and quickly fought back, but this counterattack was covered by Howard, and the moment Linson grabbed the defensive rebound, PJ Brown hugged Howard again.
"If I were Stan, I would have taken Dwight decisively instead of leaving Dwight on the court." Barkley said.
"But Scott is going to give Stan a chance to replace Dwight, at least a few minutes are enough." Kenny. Smith continued.
Howard walked to the free throw line again and missed the first free throw, but his second went into the basket.
At 65:84, the Magic led the Bulls by 19 points.
However, the Bulls did not give up the slashing tactics because of Howard's two free throws and one of the two free throws, but made up their minds to carry out the slashing tactics to the end.
The game was completely torn apart by the Bulls' brazen hacking tactics, with Howard, who had just hit one of two free throws twice, hit just two of his next five free throws to the free throw line. The Chicago Bulls, on the other hand, took the opportunity to score three times.
At 73:86, Chicago trailed a 24-point deficit to just 13 points. With six minutes to go until the end of the third quarter, it would be dangerous for Stan not to replace Dwight. "Kenny. Smith said.
In those few minutes, Linson didn't have a serious shot other than catching the ball and then throwing it directly to the basket when the Bulls fouled, and none of those throws were successful.
"4 of 17 free throws, there is still a full 6 minutes left for Chicago to foul, of course, provided that Dwight does not get off the court, otherwise Dwight is likely to set a record for the number of free throws in a single quarter in NBA playoff history, and the free throw record holder is also Shaq, who is also a difficult free throw household, which was set by Shaq in the Western Conference Finals against the Portland Trail Blazers on behalf of the Los Angeles Lakers on May 20, 2000, and Scotty of the current Orlando lineup is a record witness at that time." Kenny. Smith looked at Scottie on the bench. Pippen said.
The boos hit the eardrums of the Chicago Bulls players, not to mention the fans in front of the television, but the Bulls players did not hesitate to carry out the slashing tactics to the end.
When the game reached the 4th minute of the third quarter, Howard stood on the free throw line for the 13th time in the third quarter, and the first 13 times he stood on the free throw line for a total of 25 free throws, only hitting 7 shots, and the 25 free throws have tied the record for the number of free throws made by Big Shark O'Neal in a single quarter of the playoffs, and this time standing on the free throw line officially announced that O'Neal's record became history.
"I think there was a lot of discussion about the game after the game, the Chicagoans used a tactic that countless people spurned to close the huge 24-point deficit to 8 points, and now Dwight is back to the free throw line and doomed Shaq's record to history, but also Dwight made history with free throws in a single quarter, wow, Dwight made the first free throw, he improved his free throws to 8 of 26 in the quarter, let's take a look at his second free throw." Kenny. Smith said as he looked at Howard at the free-throw line.
Clang!
When Howard shot, Lin Sen felt the stiffness of Howard's arms and wrists, and almost pushed the ball out by pushing, Lin Sen knew that the ball would not go in, and Lin Sen, who wanted to rush in to the rebound, was blocked by Hinrich, and Lin Sen could only watch Ben. Wallace grabbed the defensive rebound.
However, Lin Sen also thought about whether to let Ruth. Edison tried since Ruth. Edison was able to find his bad habit of shooting from mid-range and change his shot, so what about Weishenme?
That company has its own investment anyway, and once Howard's free-throw shooting percentage rises from a measly 50 percent to 70 percent, it will be a huge plus for him and the Magic. Thinking of this, Lin Sen decided to give David immediately after the game. Falck called.
Root. Wallace handed the defensive rebound to Kirk. Hinrich. Hinrich immediately drove forward with the ball.
At this point, the Bulls had multiple players with three or four fouls on their backs. As you can imagine, the Chicago Bulls' hacking tactics are frustrated.
"Andres covers, Kirk breaks through...... He chose to divide the ball, Deng, Deng received the ball and directly chose to break through! "Kenny. Smith shouted loudly, only to see Lohr, who had received Hinrich's breakaway ball. Deng slapped the ball straight to the basket.
"Is Deng going to give Dwight a slap on the head?" Barkley looked at Lore. Deng, Bulls fans immediately thought of the first offense at the beginning of the second half was Lohr. Deng played a Yan dunk directly under Howard's defense.
Dwight. Howard was already furious by the Bulls' foul tactics, and at this moment he saw Lore. Deng rushed in and came straight at him, and he immediately thought of the start of the second half. Deng's spacing.
The anger in my heart plus the humiliation at the beginning. Howard's eyes were full of anger, and he turned around and raised his right hand high. Deng color look.
And Lore, who rushed to the Magic inside with the ball. Deng did not show weakness, as if Howard not far away did not exist, slapped the ball again and hugged the ball tightly, and took a step.
"Oh, Deng looks like he's going to give Dwight another FACE-TO-FACE-Dunk (note: 1)." Kenny. Smith's eyes unblinkingly looked at Lore, who was rushing towards Howard. Deng.
For!
Lohr. Deng stomped on the floor, pulled the ball behind his head with his right hand, and held his chest straight at Howard's defense.
Bulls fans are excited and they're looking forward to Lore. Deng blocked Howard for the second time.
Boom!
The two bodies collided violently. Howard had been prepared for the situation under Lore. Deng felt like he was about to be knocked away, and his left hand was pressed directly on Howard's chest to stabilize his body. At the same time, he gritted his teeth and smashed the ball to the basket with his right hand.
“OH…… NO......" Magic fans at the scene couldn't bear to see the picture of Howard being stabbed again.
By Lore. Howard, who held up for a while, also knew that he was likely to be blocked again, and the resentment of being fouled so many times in a row in his stomach and the depression of being blocked suddenly exploded.
Syllable!
Howard's right hand didn't slap Lore. The ball in Deng's hand was slapped directly at Lore. Deng's shoulders.
Under Howard's full slap, Lore. Deng directly lost his center of gravity and fell out.
Honk! Honk! Honk! Honk!
Jarvey blew the whistle in succession, and immediately stood between the Magic and the Bulls.
Boom!
Lohr. Deng fell heavily on the floor, Lin Sen could feel the vibration of the floor, Lin Sen felt bad for the first time, Howard's foul was bad, and if Howard's foul was heavy, it would definitely be bad news for the Magic.
When Lore. The moment Deng fell to the ground, the whole scene immediately became chaotic.
"Boy, stand up, you coward, I'll tell you what it's like to fist." Root. Wallace flailed his fist at Howard, and if he hadn't been held by Nochioni, he would probably have performed an all-out martial arts in the center of the water house.
"God, things are getting so bad, Deng doesn't know if it's okay, but the nature of Dwight's foul just now is really bad, although I understand his frustration, but I still have to say that his foul this time is unsportsmanlike, and he is likely to pay a lot of price for it, which is terrible news for Orlando, but first we have to look at Deng and hope he is okay." Kenny. Smith looked at Deng on the floor.
Linson pulled Howard behind him and walked over to Lore. Deng's side was just directly Ben. Gordon pushed it away: "Get out of here." ”
Seeing Lin Sen being pushed away, Howard, who was still a little dazed just now, became angry again, helped Lin Sen Howard and rushed up: "What do you want to do." ”
However, the intervention of the court security guards prevented Howard from escalating the situation. Van Gundy shouted, "Pull down, pull down." In his heart, he regretted not replacing Howard, but it was too late to regret it, and he expected that the league's punishment of Howard would be lighter.
With the help of three referees and four or five security guards, the situation was brought under control. Deng was helped to the sidelines, but it didn't seem to be a big problem, just a hard injury, which also made Lin Sen breathe a sigh of relief, as an athlete, he naturally knew that it was dangerous enough to lose his center of gravity and fall down without doing all the movements, let alone being beaten down.
Jarvey and Stan. Van Gundy communicated and then insisted that Howard had just committed a foul for a second-degree malicious foul and was ejected from the game. Van Gundy closed his eyes in pain, and a second-degree foul meant Howard would be suspended for at least one game.
And Ben. Wallace and Ben. Gordon was whistled for a jishu foul each, and Lin Sen was also whistled for a jishu foul, even though Lin Sen originally wanted to see Lore. Deng's situation, but Jarvi still gave a heavy penalty.
In addition, Rodman, who left his seat and walked to the sideline, was also whistled for a jishu foul.
However, for Chicago fans, this decision, especially Howard's ejection, is undoubtedly a huge positive, especially the second-degree malicious foul decision, they believe that Chicago's comeback journey is coming, and even promotion is not a luxury. (To be continued......)