In these years, Howard, as a player who can replace James alone, has no ability, and when he saw Li Ze coming first in the opening, he must also find a way to get back on the court.

The Magic's offense is not inked, seeing Howard in the low post, he directly hoisted the ball in, and Howard couldn't play in the face of a center like Da Yao, but Kostic...

came up and hit him twice, and after resisting the space, Howard burst out on the spot and smashed the buckle with one hand!

"Bang...", Kostic lost his temper.

"Wow! I love dunks too, man! ”

Howard, who was successful in dunking, said a trash word to Li Ze with a smile, and slowly began to retreat.

Li Ze also smiled when he saw this, if this ball was changed to Kobe, he would give you a cold look at most, and the big guy would not talk trash with the rookie with a grin.

"I have to praise Howard, this guy is simply a superman, his bullet speed is really too fast!"

Commentator Twyn was still shocked by the ball, even though he had seen many dunks.

After the turtle dribbled through the half, he saw Jameel Nelson, who was opposite him, and did not choose to play directly, although the opponent was a head shorter than him, but the first attack still had to be tactically coordinated.

Li Ze came over to receive the hand pass from the turtle, and at the same time signaled Kostic to pick up the ball, and quickly handed the ball to the covering Kostic, Li Ze sank into the corner.

Durant came out to catch the ball through off-ball screens, and Kostic covered with good quality, which slowed Matt Barnes' defense, and Howard was still crouching inside to protect the frame.

But this kind of defense is a free send-off for Durant, who dribbles and makes a pull-up jump shot after covering.

"Whew...", an easy goal from the middle distance.

Matt Barnes' defense was actually in place, but Durant was more than a head taller than him, and his ultra-high shot point ignored the opposing defense.

This is the game strategy formulated by the Thunder coaching staff before the game, resolutely playing this kind of mid-distance through blocking and pick-and-roll, reducing the offensive frame, after all, Howard's ability to protect the frame and help defend is too strong.

In the finals last season, Howard set a new record for blocking 9 times in a single game, and a hard head hit must be a hat.

The head coach of the Magic, Stan Van Gundy, saw the offensive strategy of the Thunder, but he didn't worry too much about it now, after all, Howard has an absolute advantage on the inside, you can't score, I still score, and the difference will be opened in a while.

Jamil Nelson dribbled past half court and played a pick-and-roll with Brandon Buss, but Jeff Green's speed didn't suffer either, covering him with his body all the time.

Seeing that Redick's continuous off-ball runs here could not shake off Li Ze's defense, he had no choice but to pass the ball to Howard in the low post.

After receiving the ball, Howard first came with a stiff triple threat, and then quickly leaned on two hits, rolled over and jumped to the hook.

Howard is also a little puzzled, why are the Thunder all single defense? It's a bit easy to score...

After quickly dribbling through half-court, Li Ze made a tactical gesture to his teammates, at which point Jeff Green and Kostic both came to the line, and Li Ze quickly handed the ball to Jeff Green.

The turtle immediately played a hand-to-hand pass with the coming over, and Jeff Green quickly opened up space after fake cover, and Jamil Nelson chased after him very tightly and constantly used his body to create confrontations.

But the turtle is too strong, this kind of confrontation doesn't feel anything, accelerates in a straight line, and just crosses the free throw line and suddenly stops to shoot a jumper.

"Uhhhhh

Howard suddenly had a familiar feeling, as if back in the Finals, where Kobe Bryant blew up their guard line...

"Guys, pay attention to the defense, try to drive the other party inside, and leave the rest to me!"

Howard couldn't help but shout out to his teammates to pay attention to outside defense.

The Magic's offense was still a little bit unplayable, and Redick didn't have too good chances.

Li Ze's desperate pursuit of defense achieved good results, and coupled with the turtle's pressure on Jamil Nelson, the ball moved very slowly.

The offense looked to be 24 seconds away, and after blocking and receiving the ball, Brandon Buss went straight to the middle distance in the face of Jeff Green's defense.

"Bang...", the iron struck.

But Howard picked the back of his head, grabbed the offensive rebound, jumped a second time, and put the ball in.

Li Ze couldn't help but smack his tongue when he saw Howard's second jump speed, this physical talent is indeed too good.

After the turtle dribbled through the half, he gave the ball to Li Ze, Kostic came up to block the dismantling, Redick squeezed through directly, constantly interfering with Li Ze's dribbling, and noticed that Howard's defensive position was a little forward this time.

A back-to-back pass from his right hand as he was on the way was swiftly passed between Redick and Howard and delivered to Kostic.

The latter catches the ball and takes off, and his hands are heavily buckled!

Kostic also let out a hard breath, after all, he was a bit under pressure on the defensive end.

"Beautiful passing, Kayce tore through Howard's defense with his subtle assist, God! How the ball was passed is so exciting! ”

This goal made the home commentator Twyn look stupid, exclaimed again and again, and kept exclaiming.

"Wow!!"

The big screen at the scene showed the slow motion of Li Ze's pass, and the audience at the Ford Center Arena also exclaimed.

Li Ze retreated calmly, he couldn't play tricks in the face of Kobe's defense, after all, the opponent was defending for a while, and Redick was a few notches worse in comparison.

The badge bonus of [Needle] + [Bullet Passer] makes Li Ze's pass extremely penetrating.

Feeling that he had lost face, Howard hit his back in the low post in the offensive round, or the three-board axe, and jumped directly after resisting the defense.

After the turtle dribbled past half court, Kostic blocked and dismantled, and after blocking and dismantling, his right hand dribbled to the inside, carrying Jamil Nelson to rush in, Howard suddenly came to his senses when he saw the situation, and hurriedly stepped forward to help defend.

But this is the moment that the turtle was waiting for, and the fake pass was passed to Kostic, Howard quickly jumped up to interfere, and Kostic played a time difference, shook off the defense, and put the ball in under the basket.

Head coach Van Gundy frowned from the sidelines and kept shouting at his players, and he was very unhappy with the defense of the unexpected line.

The Magic's offense played a high and low post this time, and Brandon Buss mentioned near the free throw line to respond and give the ball to Howard in the low post, which Jeff Green couldn't hold back and wanted to go up and steal the ball.

But with this move, the Magic's ball rotated, from the inside to the outside, and finally Matt Barnes clicked on Durant and dribbled a mid-range jumper.

Jeff Green immediately raised his hand to signal that the ball was his problem, and Kostic also said loudly from the sidelines:

"No defense, guys, no defense!"

"Kayce, pick up the game, we're going to play a little faster! Aggressive! Aggressive! Coach Brooks also gave instructions to Li Ze on the sidelines.

After Li Ze quickly passed the half, he immediately shouted loudly: "No. 5!" Number 5! "Tactical gestures are made at the same time.

In this offensive round, Li Ze, Turtle, and Durant continued to pass the ball quickly on the line, and the Magic team had to start changing defenses.

As a result, Durant faced Redick's defense, accelerated with his right hand and suddenly pulled back, and made a pull-up jumper.

"Whew..."The 2-pointer was easily scored.

From this round onwards, the Thunder's offense became faster and faster, with Durant and Turtle frequently using cover mid-range jumpers to shoot, and Li Ze also began to use his breakthrough ability to feed his teammates.

In the face of Brandon Buss's defense, he quickly pulled back to mobilize the opponent's center of gravity after crossing the dribble, and pretended to break through with a large backdribble with his right hand.

Brandon Bass immediately stepped forward to give Li Ze a physical confrontation, but at this moment, Li Ze made a quick turn with his left hand, and then accelerated directly with his right hand.

Brandon Buss was shaken with garlic at his feet, and he could only watch Li Ze break through his defense, and seeing Howard coming towards this side to help defend, Matt Barnes was also attracted to his defense.

As he went, Li Ze suddenly made a behind-the-back pass with his right hand, which went directly to Jeff Green in the bottom corner, who received the ball and made a jumper from beyond the 3-point line.

"Whew...", a 3-pointer from the empty position hit steadily.

"Beautiful breakthroughs, great assists, Jeff Green didn't waste this opportunity and I'm sure it will be the best goal of the day!"

The narrator Twin exclaimed loudly, and before he knew it, he had entered Li Ze blowing mode...

In the first quarter, Li Ze will try to feed his teammates as much as possible, after all, the feeling of this thing does not come out of nowhere, and it will not be until the second quarter that he will turn on the scoring mode, and the bench lineup needs his firepower.

The game went on for more than 5 minutes, and after the Thunder team accelerated the offensive tempo, they played an attack wave, 16-12, leading by 4 points.

Van Gundy couldn't stand the team's outside defense a little, and called a timeout directly, he had to replace Redick, and he couldn't attack and defend, and his disastrous performance was disastrous.

After the timeout, the Magic replaced Michael Petrus with Redick, at least Petrus didn't suffer in terms of stature, and Van Gundy hoped he could limit Li Ze's play.

However, this substitution is still useless, because Li Ze is not the only one on the field, and the turtle turtle relies on his own ability to easily tear apart the defense, and he also plays well when he breaks through the ball.

Outside Jeff Green, Durant, and Li Ze all have 3-pointers, and Jamil Nelson can't limit the turtle at all...

This offense is that after the turtle broke through, the outside line continued to quickly pass the ball, Li Ze received the ball with a false shake, flew Petrus, and then stepped back to shoot quickly outside the three-point line.

The 3-pointer hit steadily.

"Ahh Yes!! ”

The audience also gave Li Ze an enthusiastic shout, and it was hard to believe that they pressed last year's runner-up like this!

Howard became more and more frustrated the more he played, and he hated the Thunder's hand-to-hand and cover tactics, which put him in a dilemma when defending.

What made him even more speechless was the team's outside defense, which was like paper paste, breaking with a single stab, and Durant and Turtle Turtle's frequent mid-range jump shots, his rim protection advantage could not be brought into play.

Head coach Van Gundy is completely speechless, but if there is a reliable point guard, he will definitely replace Jamil Nelson...

The game played for more than 3 minutes, and the Magic team became more and more depressed, especially after Li Ze successfully broke through to feed Costy in succession, Howard was almost by the team's outside defense!

Coach Brooks saw that the time was about to run out, and directly replaced Li Ze and Kostic with Sofrosa and Etang Thomas, and he is very satisfied with the team's performance so far.

Li Ze got 5 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists in the first quarter, without mistakes, and perfectly completed the task assigned by the head coach.

After being substituted, Li Ze sat on the bench and drank a sip of water, and when he saw that Howard had lost his smile on the field, he suddenly sighed in his heart:

"No matter how strong the frame protection ability is, it can't withstand the frequent leakage of outside teammates, Howard is not a real superman after all..."