Chapter 454: The Buckle of Victory

"Thank you, Wood!"

Howard let go of the basket and gave Linson a thumbs up.

Lin Sen smiled, gave Howard a salute in return, and then turned and ran towards the backfield.

Eddie standing on the sidelines. A hint of worry flashed across Jordan's face, even if Linson and Howard had only completed an aerial relay.

The offense seemed to give Orlando a sense of rein, especially Dwight on the inside. Howard is like a hungry tiger, and Washington is the best prey to fill his stomach.

In addition to Linson, others also began to pass the ball to Howard.

In the face of Washington's defense, the physical Howard played exceptionally tough.

And once faced with a double bag, Howard did not be strong, but shared the ball in time.

Despite his limited passing ability, he was much better than when he saw his forced single misses and mistakes some time ago.

Although the Magic didn't feel good for others, the inside line was restrained by Howard, and the outside felt a little better than in the first quarter.

At the end of the first half, the Orlando Magic trailed by as many as 14 points to just six points.

Howard, who played more than six minutes, scored 8 points and undoubtedly contributed the biggest contributor to the Magic's chasing points, and more importantly, he took on the offense, which allowed Linsen, the main offensive point, to rest on the offensive end and not need to consume too much physical energy.

"Dwight's play caused us a lot of problems, and without Gilbert our attack was obviously styling, especially after Dwight came on. Antoine is easily affected on the inside attack and can only pull out.

This led directly to a drop in Antoine's offensive efficiency, and we only led by six points. In the second half we had to find a way to keep Dwight at bay and it was better to push him out. So said the local commentator in Washington.

In the visiting locker room, Howard sat in front of his locker closet, where he was leaning against Linson's locker.

Although he has made up his mind to stay since yesterday, at least temporarily, and try to integrate into the team and build a good relationship with his teammates, he can still feel the estrangement. Even if everyone has a smile on their faces.

Especially when facing Lin Sen, he always thinks that Lin Sen didn't help him at the beginning, so many problems have arisen, although now he has solved the troubles off the field with money.

But after all, the problem existed. He still has some nostalgia for Lin Sen.

I kept forcing myself not to think about it, but I was able to remember.

If Howard had read that little story, he would have known that as long as there was a crack, then repairing the hole that had been broken would still be there.

It may be hidden deeply, but it may erupt again at some point.

Shake your head. Howard straightened his arm guards.

"Dwight. Well done. "Stan. Van Gundy walked into the locker room and applauded.

If Howard had been on the table for today, then he would never have refrigerated Howard.

The 20-minute half-time break passed quickly and the second half kicked off.

Wizards fans at the MIC Center cheered on the Wizards' players, and Gilbert, who was almost out for the season due to a knee injury. Arenas sat on the sidelines in a suit.

He was looking forward to playing Linson again at the start of the season, but this season he played 10 games on and off just to miss the game against the Magic.

In the second half, Dwight returned to the starting lineup in Orlando. Gortat is back on the pitch and it's a big test for us. Hopefully, Brandon will find a way to keep Dwight in check. Said the commentator on the sidelines.

Opening jump ball Gortat lost to Brandon. Haywood, so in the second half the Magic took the lead.

Lin Sen took the ball and found a person in front of him. And this is DeSean, one of the three defenders of the Wizards in the first half. Stevenson.

DeSean. Stevenson isn't tall at the shooting guard position, but he has a knack for defensive guards.

While his height and weight put him at a normal disadvantage when defending both positions, his tenacity and lack of fitness and positional judgment can always cause problems for defenders, making them less effective.

In the first quarter, he didn't defend Lin Sen much, but every time he made Lin Sen uncomfortable.

At halftime, Eddie. Jordan made a point of emphasizing that he had pressed Linson from the beginning of the second half, and that he was a full-court marker.

Lin Sen didn't expect DeSean. Stevenson will defend directly from the back, sticking to Stevenson to carry the ball up front.

Stevenson kept interfering with Linson with his body impacts, but his strength and range of motion were well controlled, so that the referee would not blow him for a defensive foul.

Lin Sen is not a fool, he naturally knows that Stevenson's defense like this will not only interfere with his rhythm, but the main thing is that it will consume his physical energy.

So Lin Sen didn't plan to entangle with Stevenson at all, and Billups on the other side immediately ran over after seeing Lin Sen's gesture.

Boom!

Stevenson was blocked by Billups, and although he quickly moved out of the way, Linson was out of his defensive range.

"Can't let him get up!" The on-site commentator shouted out the hearts of Wizards fans.

Breaking away from Chase Stevenson, Linson made an acceleration to the frontcourt.

Artest ran straight to the top of the arc from the bottom right corner, and Linson went straight to Artest with the ball.

Daniels, who was responsible for defending Billups, wanted to make up for Linson, but was blocked by Artest's strong body.

"Continuous cover, inside line, inside line pay attention to the defense!" The on-site narrator was in a hurry.

Lin Sen glanced at Brandon on the inside. Haywood rushed straight in, a little slower than before, but still fast in the eyes of the Wizards, especially in the eyes of Haywood.

Looking at Lin Sen who rushed to the inside line, Brandon. Heywood moved quickly, turning to face Linson.

Howard, who Haywood should be targeting, ran straight to the other side of the basket and almost simultaneously pulled to the left side of the 45-degree mid-range Milicic to run.

"Pay attention to the change of guards. Change the guard! "Eddie off the field. Jordan shouted at the court.

Bang!

Antoine, who was in charge of defending Milicic. Jamison was blocked by Howard and could only watch as Milicic ran towards the basket.

Linson threw the ball directly with his right hand, and Haywood wanted to jump up and interfere. But it was still late.

However, he soon realised that it wasn't a shot but a pass, and by the time he turned to defend, Milicic, who had cut in from 45 degrees, had already jumped.

It's almost impossible for Haywood to come back and defend Milicic again, and he could pay for a defensive foul instead.

Milicic grabbed the ball from Linson with both hands and smashed it directly into the basket.

Syllable!

The basket was pulled hard with both hands, and the whole basket shook violently under Milicic's pull.

"Dakko is beautiful!" Linson and Milicic gave a high-five, and Howard walked up.

Milicic and Howard were also high-fives. The three of them laughed and ran to the backfield.

The Orlando reporter in the media area pressed the shutter as he watched the camera of three people running towards the backfield together.

With smiles on the faces of the three men, Linson ran in the middle, Howard on the left and Milicic on the right.

With Milicic's goal. The Magic also narrowed the gap to just four points.

Switching offense and defense, the Wizards relied more on Cuaron on the offensive end without Arenas. Butler and Antoine. Jamison.

It was the offensive firepower of the two of them that helped the Washington Wizards remain in the top eight in the East without the leader General Arenas.

Facing Artest, who was defending him, Butler helped the Wizards regain the gap to six points with a jumper after covering it.

"Cuarón has a great shot selection, he's the most trustworthy guy we're going to be right now." The on-site narrator paid tribute to Butler.

"Defensively. Defend! "Eddie off the field. Jordan shouted a reminder to the court.

This time DeSean. Instead of pressing directly at the back, Stevenson returned to the frontcourt. When Linson dribbled the ball to the center circle a little bit, Stevenson also moved.

Stevenson wanted to entangle Linson near the center circle and then force Linson to choose to pass.

However, what Linson was waiting for was Stevenson's pressing, and when Stevenson opened his arms and forced over, Linsen did not have any fear, but also turned and dribbled the ball in the same half.

In Stevenson's opinion, Linson wanted to get out of his defense and immediately moved his feet to make a sliding step. However, what Lin Sen wanted was his reaction.

Syllable!

slapped the ball, and Lin Sen turned around sharply. With his left hand, he slapped the ball again, and stepped out with his right foot.

Yikes!

There was a screeching sound of the sneakers rubbing against the floor, and by the time Stevenson moved his feet quickly again, he had lost control of Linsen.

Shaking off Stevenson, Linson glanced at the rest of the Wizards' defenders and chose an emergency stop without hesitation.

The whole person jumped up directly outside the three-point line, Cuarón. Butler threw away Artest and swooped up, but the distance between him and Linson was too far to interfere with Linson's shot.

Looking at the basket, Lin Sen easily threw the ball.

The ball crossed a perfect Lin's arc in the center of the MIC and crashed towards the basket.

Amid the boos of the audience, the ball passed cleanly through the Nets.

Linson's right hand was raised in the air, gesturing to a three-point goal amid boos.

The game continued, and the Wizards still relied mainly on the offense of Butler and Jamison, but Daniels and Stevenson had a decent hand, and each hit a three-pointer.

After Linson hit this three-pointer again, he changed his role on the offensive end, Billups became the master of the team, and Linson became a transit station and a point shooter.

However, Lin Sen basically did not shoot, but passed the ball out.

On the defensive end, Lin Sen did not take the initiative to attack much, and Lin Sen's physical consumption was also a lot less, and Lin Sen reduced his help defense.

Howard's form has dropped a bit since he first came on in the first half, and Haywood's defense has caused him some trouble.

At the end of the third quarter, the Washington Wizards, playing at home, were only one point ahead of the Magic.

Eddie. Jordan's brows were furrowed deeply, how could he not see that Lin Sen's style of play was obviously accumulating energy for the fourth quarter, especially when there were five minutes left in the third quarter, Lin Sen sat on the bench early.

And the team is now only one point ahead of the Magic. There is still a full 1 quarter to go before the game.

Eddie. Jordan glanced at Arenas, who was sitting on the bench, and was depressed, he finally kept Arenas with a 100 million yuan contract in the summer, but it turned out to be like this.

After the start of the fourth quarter. Sam. Kassel and Devon. Brown became the Magic's backcourt, and such a backcourt lineup had a much less impact, and the Wizards also seized the opportunity to play a few.

Stan. Van Gundy was not in a hurry at all when he saw the score, and still left Lin Sen and others on the bench.

The game is still on, Eddie. From time to time, Jordan looked at the Magic bench on the other side of the technical table. Jamison also stayed on the bench and kept Caron on the field. Butler.

When the clock came to the last seven minutes. Stan. Van Gundy turned and walked over to the bench.

"Wood, Chauncey, Darko, Dwight, how are you feeling?" Stan. Van Gundy asked with a smile.

And on the field Caron. Butler is facing Sean at the moment. Battier's defense, Caron with the ball on his back under Battier's defense. Butler after a back-to-back impact. He slapped the ball against Battier and forced it through the baseline.

"Caron made a successful breakthrough and hit the inside line along the bottom line!" The local radio station in Washington shouted excitedly.

Shake off Battler's Caron. Butler confronts Eddie. Griffin's defense was undaunted, and in the wake of Eddie. Griffin's defense sent the ball to the basket with a tough shot.

Roar!

Caron. Butler waved his arms and roared. Crazy cheers rang out at the MIC center.

With Caron. Butler's goal. The Wizards stretched the margin back to seven points.

"Orlando asked for a timeout, it looks like they're going to make a substitution, and the real test is coming!" The on-site commentator looked at the sidelines with some concern.

After a 20-second timeout, Linson, Artest, Billups and Milicic were on the court, while Howard waited a little longer before playing.

It was almost six minutes before the end of the game, and Linson had just dribbled past halftime.

Stevenson defended again, and this time Stevenson's defense was tenacious.

Carrying Stevenson's body, Linson pulled the ball.

This pulls. A space appeared between the two.

Lin Sen quickly raised his right hand, and the inside line of Darko. Milicic saw Linsen's gesture and immediately understood. He didn't need to go up to cover for Lin Sen.

Milicic turned and ran towards the 45-degree mid-range position on the right side of the basket, Milicic made Haywood dare not be careless with a long-range shot, and when he saw Milicic running out, he immediately followed to defend.

Milicic and Brandon. Heywood's departure suddenly made the inside line seem empty.

Stevenson also wanted to force Lin Sen, looking at Lin Sen who was bowing down his body and lowering his center of gravity, Stevenson could only stare closely and could not stick to his body to defend.

Lin Sen continued to do cross steps, slapped the ball with his left hand, and turned his body directly to the right side for a half.

Stevenson reacted immediately to Linson's moves, and Linson saw a change in the center of gravity of Stevenson's defense, which was defending him.

Quickly pull the ball back and start straight away.

Boom!

Lin Sen's body collided with Stevenson's chest, and Lin Sen's footsteps stumbled slightly.

He left Stevenson behind, and Stevenson's defense failed.

Shook off Steven Forestson and rushed straight to the inside, Antoine. Jamison immediately chose to leave Eddie behind. Griffin and complement Linson.

Looking at Jamison's supplemental defense, Lin Sen glanced at the Wizards' change of defense, and the Wizards' change of defense was not timely.

Linson made a fake pass to Milicic on the left and threw the ball straight away. Griffin hung on the basket.

"We gave it to Wood. Lin has too many opportunities to pass the ball in the air, and there is always a strong air defense above our airspace, and the defense on the inside is so bad that we have to make up for it if we want to go further. The wizard's commentator said depressedly.

He remembered that in this game, the passes sent by Lin Sen directly turned into four or five air relays, and he remembered it well.

So far in this game, Lin Sen has only scored 10 points, but has handed out 11 assists, five of which have gone directly into aerial relays.

With this aerial relay, the Magic narrowed the gap to five points.

Caron. Butler again opted for offense. However, he couldn't make it this time, and he finally opted for a pass under Artest's defense, while Jamison's inside attack was not blocked. But in the end, the shot smashed into the basket, and Milicic grabbed the defensive rebound.

Milicic handed the ball to Linsen, who received the ball steadily and did not rush forward.

After coming to the front court, he looked at the position of his teammates, and Lin Sen gave people the feeling that the offensive end did not have a strong desire to attack independently.

The gesture was made again, and Milicic saw Linson's gesture and immediately pulled outside.

Lin Sen waited until Milicic was about to stand on his feet, and Lin Sen moved.

Speed is maxed out in an instant. The side collided with Stevenson, slightly behind Stevenson.

Linson took advantage of Milicic's cover to rush directly to the inside, and Stevenson bypassed Milicic and chose to chase Linsen again.

Haywood, who came out to defend Milicic, also made up for Linson. However, Lin Sen jumped up when he took a step outside the reasonable collision zone, did not look directly behind him, and threw the ball behind his head with his right hand.

"Damn it, backhaul! Defend! "Eddie. Jordan shouted under his breath.

The back of Lin Sen's head was like an eye. Passed the ball back into the hands of Milicic.

That's one of the Magic's offensive tactics this season. Milicic screened and then picked up a pass to shoot.

Stevenson hurriedly turned back to defend Milicic too late, and could only watch as Milicic calmly threw the basketball in his hand.

Swish!

The basketball eventually got into the basket cleanly, and the Magic chased down the deficit to just three points.

The game continued, and the Wizards' defense was stretched even more after Howard came on the court, and with two minutes left in the game, Linson's throw helped the Magic overtake the score.

Billups is in possession and he doesn't have much time to control the ball these days, mainly for Linson to keep the ball in possession.

Billups gestured. The Magic's players quickly started to run, and the back and forth of screens and pick-and-rolls disrupted the Wizards' line.

Eddie. Jordan was worried. After all, the Wizards are behind, and if this ball can't be prevented, then the game is likely to end here.

Butler wasn't distracted by the Magic's offensive tactics, as his eyes stayed on Linson, who moved when Linson was out of space.

"Be careful!" When Billups passed the ball to Linson, Butler, who saw him rushing quickly, immediately alerted.

Lin Sen didn't pay attention at first, but when he heard Billups' words, he immediately accelerated towards the ball, and after taking the ball down, Lin Sen seemed to be in a hurry to attack.

Directly raised the ball, Butler, who was following closely behind, jumped up directly, waved his big hand and went straight to the ball in Lin Sen's hand.

Dwight. Howard ran from the inside to the middle to take Jamison out, and Milicic showed a gap at this point.

Linson threw the ball directly to the basket, and Butler's hand slapped into the air.

"Inside!"

Butler's reminder was still a beat late.

Milicic, who was outside the three-second zone, jumped up to the basket, pressed the ball into the basket with one hand, and pulled the basket hard to drop a noticeable height.

As soon as Daniels dribbled to the frontcourt, Butler shouted at Daniels for a pass.

Daniels did not dare to disagree with Butler's request and immediately passed the ball over.

Artest's attention immediately raised, who else in the entire league would dare to underestimate Butler's lethality, height advantage and flexibility are Artest's biggest reliance.

At this moment, Artest can't wait to directly cover Butler in his defense, for Butler he has seen all kinds of defense.

Butler calmly leaned his back against Artest to protect the ball, and suddenly used his speed to pull the ball and turn around after a collision to leave Artest behind.

Just past Artest, Lin Sen forced up, Howard on the inside line also pulled out with a tiger's eye, and Artest, who was thrown away by him, also turned around and chased after him.

Butler leaned directly on Linson to cut inside, and Butler relied on his strength to squeeze through.

Lin Sen did not give up the defense, but a retreat, and immediately slid inside.

After Linson Butler, he directly faced Howard who came out to make up for the defense, and he staggered before he could fully adjust before he jumped up against Howard, and threw the ball to the basket with a dodge in the air.

Lin Sen, who was following Butler closely, saw Butler's movements, and immediately jumped up, his right hand was like a waving fly swatter, and the ball in Butler's hand was the damn fly.

Seeing Butler pick the ball out of his hand, Lin Sen, who had been waiting for a long time, waved his right hand and slapped it fiercely.

Seeing the big hands coming out from behind him, Butler's face changed suddenly.

Syllable!

Lin Sen's hand quickly slapped on the basketball, and the basketball, which was still rising, immediately changed direction and flew towards the rebound at high speed.

Boom!

The basketball slammed into the rebounds, and the sound of the boards smashing was heard through the loudspeakers on the rebounds throughout the huge Staples Arena.

The basketball bounced straight out, and Billups grabbed the ball before Daniels got in his hands.

Since there were no good opportunities for the fast break, Billups did not rush to the fast break, but slowly pushed forward the court.

Linson's block made Wizards fans sigh and Eddie on the sidelines. Jordan was expressionless.

Billups took the ball through the half court and landed at the top of the arc, waiting for the Magic players to settle steadily one by one, and Billups, who was going to hand over the ball to Linsen to deal with, nodded when he saw Linsen's signal.

He immediately raised his left hand to indicate the tactics of his teammates to play next.

As soon as Billups made a tactical gesture, Artest and Howard on the inside immediately moved, while Milicic stood still like a huge stake outside the three-second zone.

Help Artest block Caron, who is following the defense. Butler, while Milicic pulled to the other side to make a cover for Artest, who came out to receive a pass from Billups.

Milicic, who covered for Artest, did not stop, but quickly pulled into the middle distance.

At the same time, Linsen accelerated directly, and Butler could only rely on Linsen's defense as much as possible with his body.

In the end, he was still blocked by Milicic's huge body, and could only watch Linsen cut inside, and at this moment, Artest, who had just received the ball, immediately sent the ball away.

Lin Sen caught the ball steadily, and at this moment he was already facing the Wizards' interior defense.

Antoine. Jamison and Haywood saw Linson, Antoine, who was coming inside. Jamison moved his body to face Linson.

There is only one Antoine between Linson and the basket. Jamison.

Antoine. And what about Jamison in front of him.

Although Antoine. Jamison can play center and power forward or even small forward, but interior defense is not his forte.

The edges and corners of the calf muscles become distinct at the moment of take-off.

For!

Stepping heavily on the floor, Lin Sen raised the ball high with his right hand and flew towards the basket with a cold momentum.

Antoine. Jamison?

At this moment, it has been ignored by Lin Sen.

Seeing Lin Sen's movements, Antoine. Jamison couldn't help but be angry.

“f…… uck less look down on people! ”

He jumped up with a low roar, his arms raised in an attempt to block Lin Sen's arrogance.

Look at Antoine who pounced on him. Jamison, Lin Sen's eyes were full of determination.

"Bang!"

A loud bang spread across the chests of the two men, and the purest power clashed.

The sound of the collision was heard throughout the audience, and the camera of the live broadcast captured Antoine. The pain on Jamison's face at the moment of impact.

The huge force rebounded, Lin Sen's body dropped slightly in the air, and as soon as he gritted his teeth and exerted force, the whole person was forced to rise a few centimeters.

Antoine. After Jamison was hit, the whole person flew out like a kite off the line, and Linson continued to slide towards the basket, which was completely reflected in his eyes.

"Get in!"

With a roar, Lin Sen smashed the ball into the basket with his right hand.

The basket seemed to be afraid of Lin Sen's arrival, but how could Lin Sen be merciful.

Syllable!

The entire basket shook violently.

Lin Sen hung from the basket with one hand, his eyes looking directly at Antoine, who was barely standing. Jamison.

Antoine. Jamison dodged Lin Sen's gaze, as if Lin Sen's eyes were about to swallow him.

Let go of the landing, grab the ball bouncing on the floor and walk to the baseline and put it down. (To be continued......)