Chapter 102: The whole alliance was shocked, Wang Chao was so strong?

(I wiped it, and I typed the name of the protagonist in the chapter name wrong with a slip of my hand, and I can't change the VIP chapter by myself, so I can only change it tomorrow when the editor goes to work.) )

The point difference was quickly widened from the beginning, and it was clear that the difference in strength between the two teams was obvious.

On the Bucks' side, there are very few players who can attack with the ball, only Morris. Williams is also one of the four point guards and Reed can attack with the ball, and the scoring methods of both belong to the type that relies more on mid-to-long shots, the Magic's outside players follow the order to prevent shooting and not to break through, if you break through with the ball, you can put you in, anyway, we have Howard on the inside, but if you want to shoot on the outside, then I'm sorry, unless it's a fast break counterattack, otherwise the Magic team will not easily lose any outside position to give the opponent a chance to shoot in the open position.

The Magic team at Howard's peak, playing actually had a little shadow of the future Rockets' magic ball tactics, with a lot of offense focusing on three-point shots, inside and free throws, and avoiding long-term two-point shots as much as possible.

This makes the Magic's average points per game among the best in the league, but at the same time, the defensive system with Howard as the absolute core of the defensive end is more efficient than the Rockets' Harden's magic ball play, and it can also rank among the top in the league, second only to the Spurs and Celtics and other teams known for their defense in terms of points conceded per game.

Unlike the Suns, who average extremely high points per game and concede points at the same time, and unlike the Spurs, who are tough defensively and do not score high on the offensive end, the Magic team was really good in offense and defense at its peak, and the only thing lacking was that there was no player on the outside who could stand up when the game was stalemate.

Lewis lacks offensive ability on his own ball, and Turkoglou and Nelson can attack with the ball but have limited lethality.

The only time the Magic made it to the Finals was against the Lakers, this flaw was infinitely magnified.

Of course, in the final analysis, even at his peak, Howard was only a super blue-collar center, and he did not have absolute offensive ability on the inside, which was the main reason why the Magic team lost to the Lakers 4:1 in the Finals.

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Let's get back to the game in the moment.

Wang Chao was the player with the most shots in the first quarter of the Magic team, and in the face of the UAE defense, he did not have the slightest intention of letting go of water, shooting 5 of 8 in a single quarter, including 1 of 2 three-pointers and 2 of 2 free throws, scoring 13 points in a single quarter.

On the Bucks' side, the Bucks confronted Wang Chao with Michael, who scored 8 points on 4-of-6 shooting. Reed.

As for the United Arab Emirates, which was opposite Wang Chao, basically did not get any opportunities in the first quarter of the game, even if Wang Chao did not show any outstanding defensive ability when he was in the Suns, and was generally recognized as a player with weak defense, the United Arab Emirates only got two opportunities in the whole quarter of the game, and only scored 2 points and 1 rebound on 1 of 2 shots.

In the first quarter of the game, the Magic took a 5-point lead at 29:24, and in the second quarter of the game, the situation did not change, and the Magic team still relied on better play than the Bucks on both ends of the offensive and defensive ends to further encroach and expand the score advantage.

Wang Chao didn't play much time in the second quarter, playing about 4 minutes, scoring 5 points on 2-of-4 shooting, but Howard and Turkoglu began to work in the second quarter, grabbing 7 rebounds in a single quarter, including 2 offensive rebounds, scoring 12 points on 7-of-9 free throws, and 7-of-6 shooting for the other 7 points.

As a result, the difference between the two teams had widened to more than double digits by the end of the half.

After halftime, the Bucks tried to launch a counterattack, and Reed hit two three-pointers from beyond the three-point line to recover the difference slightly, but was immediately counterattacked by the Magic with a more aggressive offensive wave.

In the third quarter, the Magic scored 35 points in a single quarter, Wang Chao scored 9 points, Tekoglu scored 10 points, Howard scored 10 points, and only three people scored 29 points.

On the Bucks' side, after Reed hit 2 three-pointers in a row, it was a wave of 4 shots and 0 shots, and the rest of the Bucks also had an extremely difficult time scoring under the sudden increase in defensive intensity on the Magic's side, and finally scored only 19 points in a single quarter.

Before the fourth quarter began, the difference was already more than 20 points, and the suspense was lost in advance.

At 110:89, the Magic's home opener was a 21-point net win.

Wang Chao scored a game-high 29 points on 10-of-17 shooting, 4-of-7 three-pointers and 5-of-6 free throws.

In addition to Wang Chao, the Magic team also has Turkoglou who scored 21 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists, Howard who scored 17 points and 12 rebounds and blocked as many as 7 times, and Nelson who scored 12 points and 6 assists......

On the Bucks' side, only Reed scored 25 points on 8-of-19 shooting, and none of the other starters scored in double figures. Williams only had 9 points and 1 assist on 4-of-15 shooting, and as a point guard, he really lived up to his reputation as "no passing".

Small forward Desmond. Mason had 6 points and 6 rebounds, and Bogut only had 4 points and 11 rebounds in the 04,05 championship battle with Howard, and was unilaterally suppressed by Howard throughout the game, hitting only 2 of 9 shots.

As for the last starter, he shot 4-of-5 from the field and finished with 9 points and 3 rebounds in 25 minutes.

From the point of view of scoring efficiency, in fact, the UAE played quite well, with a shooting rate of up to 80%, but it can be seen from its only 5 shots in the whole court that the UAE basically can't get the basketball on the court, and even if these 5 shots, 2 of them are only scored after the fourth quarter of the game has entered garbage time in advance.

Wang Chao's debut with the Magic was perfect, but his debut after landing in the NBA was anything but a success.

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"The Orlando Magic defeated the Bucks by 21 points at home to get their first win of the season, and Wang Chao scored 29 points in a single game, proving with his strength that his strength and salary absolutely match!"

"The UAE lost the first NBA derby with only 9 points and 3 rebounds, and he still has a lot to learn from his predecessors."

"Wang Chao abandoned the no-ball running style of play in the Magic team and switched to an offensive with the ball and the effect was remarkable, will he continue to play in the NBA with this style of play in the new season?"

In the regular season opener between the Magic and the Bucks, winning or losing does not matter to the outside world, and it is a matter of course for the Magic team to defeat the Bucks, even if it is an upset loss, it is just a regular season game.

However, during the game, Wang Chao's performance surprised many people.

29 points in a single game, of course, is not the highest score in Wang Chao's career, he even had a 40+ score in a single game when he was with the Suns.

The important thing is that Wang Chao's way of playing with the Magic team is like two people when he was with the Suns.

When Wang Chao was in the Suns, he mainly focused on a lot of off-ball running, and obtained open shots through running and teammates' blocking and dismantling covers, which is why Wang Chao's three-point shooting rate was close to 50%, and most of his three-point shots were shot in the open position.

It is precisely for this reason that in fact, a considerable number of people are not optimistic about Wang Chao joining the Magic team.

It looks like Wang Chao was able to average 20+ points per game in both the regular season and playoffs last season, but a large part of the credit is based on the Suns' fast-paced offense and defense, prone to open opportunities, and passing master Nash's just right passing timing.

The Magic team does not play run-and-bomb tactics, nor does Nash pass the ball to Wang Chao, and even because of Howard, the style of play is more inclined to the positional battle type, Wang Chao joined the Magic team, can he really play the efficient performance of the Suns?

In the preseason, Wang Chao did show a more outstanding scoring ability, but it was a preseason game after all, and no one would really take it seriously.

But this time it's different, this is an official game of the regular season, even if the overall strength of the Bucks is weak, last season's average points per game in the regular season ranked fourth in the league, but after all, it is an NBA team, Wang Chao can score 29 points against the Bucks, and he can also score high points against other teams in the league.

Two days later, Wang Chao proved people's speculations with facts.

On Nov. 2, the Magic hosted the Detroit Pistons.

Last season, the Magic were swept 4-0 by the Pistons in the first round, proving that even without Ben. Wallace's Pistons are not something the Magic can compete with.

In this game, the Magic team narrowly defeated the Pistons with a score of 107-106 and won the game.

Although the Pistons missed the game due to injury, they still had six players in double figures, Billups 18 points and 7 assists, Prince 17 points, and Rashid. Wallace 16 points.

The Magic team scored only 4 double-doubles, but they still narrowly beat the Pistons.

Because Wang Chao scored 26 points on 9-of-20 shooting, 3-of-6 three-pointers, and 5-of-7 free throws in this game, Howard had 21 points and 13 assists, Turkoglu had 17 points, and Bogans had 14 points.

If the game against the Bucks can be explained by the opponent being too weak, then there is no reason to refute Wang Chao's 26-point high score in the game against the Pistons.

Throughout the game, the Pistons' main defense team was Prince, who was selected to the All-Defensive Second Team last season.

Prince, who is close to Wang Chao in terms of height and reach, is one of the best defenders in the league's No. 3 position, and is usually responsible for defending top forward players such as James, Maddy, and Anthony on the Pistons.

But in this game, he was extremely uncomfortable with Wang Chao's performance.

Of course, the main reason is that Wang Chao's playing style has changed too much, and Prince has not been able to react for a while.

After all, when he played against the Suns before, Prince was also responsible for defending Wang Chao, and at that time he defended Wang Chao, basically following the opponent all over the court, chasing me.

He basically didn't deal with Wang Chao who attacked with the ball frame, and he didn't have the slightest understanding of Wang Chao's ball-holding attack skills.

The cold Wang Chao suddenly began to use a lot of offensive tactics with the ball, and it was really difficult to adapt.

Moreover, Wang Chao's speed itself is slightly faster than Prince, and he does not suffer in terms of strength, when he receives the ball outside the three-point line, Prince must stand high enough to avoid Wang Chao easily pulling out and shooting three points, which also provides great convenience for Wang Chao's breakthrough with the ball.

The combination of various factors allows Wang Chao to score 26 points efficiently even in the face of the league's top forward defender.

On November 3, the Magic defeated the Wizards 94-92 away, and Wang Chao scored 26 points on 9-of-19 shooting, 4-of-10 three-pointers, and 4-of-4 free throws.

The Magic team started with a three-game winning streak, while Wang Chao averaged 27 points, 4.1 rebounds and 3.6 assists per game in three games, shooting 49% from the field, ranking among the top in the scoring list, and his outstanding performance shocked everyone's jaws.

Wang Chao does have a good scoring ability, but no one expected that he would be able to show such a strong offensive ability with the ball after joining the Magic team.

"Wang Chao, who left the Suns, has been fully released his offensive ability, it seems that everyone has underestimated Wang Chao before, he is not only an excellent scorer without the ball, but also has excellent ability to attack with the ball, but this ability was not shown in the Suns, which can only show that in the Suns, the existence of players such as Nash and Barbosa has affected the growth rate of Wang Chao."

If Wang Chao can maintain such a scoring efficiency at the beginning of the season, he will inevitably be selected to the best team at the end of this season and become one of the few super scorers in the league! The true value of the Magic team's 78 million flowers in the past 5 years! ”

The three consecutive wins in the regular season have excited Magic fans, and it is ashamed to say that this is the first time in more than ten years that the Magic team has won three consecutive wins in the regular season since the 93-94 season, O'Neal and Hardaway.

This is undoubtedly a good sign, with Wang Chao and the Howard Magic, it seems that they are really about to soar into the sky!

For Wang Chao, the three consecutive victories in the opening game are like a long drought and nectar.

As early as mid-September, Wang Chao used up all his points, and the training after that could only be carried out with the same normal amount of training as other players.

Until the official start of the regular season, winning these three games finally allowed Wang Chao to get another 30 points reward, although these 30 points are only enough to exchange for three bottles of stamina potion, but it is better than nothing, and with the follow-up games, as long as the team can win, the points will continue to increase.

The Magic's first defeat came in Game 4, away to the Timberwolves.

This season's Timberwolves have plummeted because of the Wolves Garnett joining the Celtics, although the Celtics did not hesitate to play 7 for 1 in order to get Garnett, but even if it is 7 players, the value is destined to be incomparable with the league's top superstars with regular season MVPs.

Moreover, even with Garnett, last season's Timberwolves were still the bottom team in the West, which shows their weakness.

Originally, the Magic team thought that this game could be easily won and won the fourth win of the season, but they didn't think that the Timberwolves players seemed to be like gods, how to shoot on the outside.

On the other hand, on the Magic team, Turkoglou, Nelson, Bogans, Arroyo and others on the bench all hit less than 40% of the whole game, and only Wang Chao and Howard played normally in the team.

Wang Chao scored 21 points, Howard scored 24 points and 13 rebounds, and it was difficult to save the Magic's decline, and finally lost to the Timberwolves 103-111.

Losing to the bottom weak team in the league did not make the Magic players too frustrated, such a situation happens almost every day in the league, not to mention them, even the Spurs, the Suns and other top teams, there are times when they are upset and defeated by weak teams.

The rejuvenated Magic defeated the Toronto Raptors and the New York Knicks in the next two back-to-back games on the road, bringing their record to 5-1 and temporarily topping the Eastern Conference!

But then, they finally have to face the test of a strong enemy.

On November 10, 2007, the Magic team sat at home and welcomed the Phoenix Suns for the first time since the start of the new season.

As last season's champion, the Suns' strength is undoubted, although Wang Chao, the main player on the team, was poached by the Magic, but the original framework of the team is still there, as long as Nash and Stoudemire are still on the team and stay healthy, the Suns will always be one of the favorites to win the championship.

At the beginning of the new season, the Suns also achieved a 4-2 record, and are currently ranked at the top of the West, although the record is slightly worse than the 5-1 Magic team, but no one thinks that the Magic team is stronger than the Suns, on the contrary, when the two teams meet, the Suns must be in an absolute advantage of strength.

This game is also the first time Wang Chao has played against the Suns since he left the Suns.

Although Wang Chao averaged 25.4 points, 3.9 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game in the previous 6 games, it has proved that his departure from the Suns is absolutely correct, but the direct dialogue with the Suns still gives people a sense of Hamlet-style revenge.

The Suns are unwilling to renew Wang Chao's contract with a maximum salary, so it is no secret in the league to let Wang Chao go, and Wang Chao's previous game performance has proved that the Suns management has no eyes, he is definitely worthy of the top salary, and the Suns who let him go only get a first-rounder, two second-rounders and a trade exception, which is a bloody loss.

If in this direct matchup, Wang Chao can still face the Suns to score high scores or even lead the Magic team to win the game, it will be a slap in the face of the Suns management.

Wang Chao is actually not too interested in such a drama.

He has been removed from Bill. Duffy learned that the general manager of the Suns was unwilling to let him go, so he persuaded the team owner many times, hoping that the owner could spend more money to renew Wang Chao's contract, which would definitely be worth the money.

But the general manager is not the team owner after all, he doesn't count what he said, and if he fails to convince the team owner, he can't afford to give Wang Chao an average annual salary of 15 million.

Wang Chao also knew that Nash had also said to the general manager that if the team kept Wang Chao, he could consider a salary cut.

When they were on the team, the relationship between Wang Chao and Nash didn't seem so good, and it didn't seem to be as close to Howard as he is now on the Magic team.

So Wang Chao, who knew these things, was still very moved, and before the game, he also went to the Suns bench to take the initiative to greet Nash and others.

Of course, like Barbossa, Dio and several other players who have an average relationship with him, Wang Chao naturally ignores them directly.

It is worth mentioning that the culprit who caused Wang Chao to be somewhat isolated in the Suns, James. Jones didn't get an offer from the Suns at the end of the season and eventually left the team to join the Portland Trail Blazers.

Facts have proved that the small actions off the field can't make him gain in a practical sense, at least before he hugs the thigh of a super star like Zhan Huang who can influence the team, no one will know who he is.

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Wang Chao was not prepared to deliberately do anything, just play the game normally, and it is naturally good to help the Magic team win, but if he wants to play a good performance to avenge the Suns' contempt for him, he has no idea at all.

But most of the people who eat melons don't think so, and more importantly, the system doesn't seem to think that way either.

The starters of both sides came on the field and came to the middle line to wait for the jump ball, Wang Chao had just stood still, and he heard the long-lost voice of the system ringing in his ears.

"Ding - trigger the random task of the system, ask the player Wang Chao to score more than 40+ points in this game, and help the team win, and the task is completed, you will get 100 points reward."

Wang Chao was stunned, since the season was rewarded, in the past four or five months, he has not heard the sound of the system, and it still feels a little strange at this time.

But listening to the conditions of the system task, Wang Chao couldn't help but laugh and scold in his heart.

The system is really bad.

40+ points in a single game, leading the team to victory.

Obviously, he was not prepared to take special care of the Suns, but the system was not ready to let the other party go, and actually directly gave the system task for Wang Chao to do.

Completing missions rewards 100 points, which is a valuable reward for 10 regular-season wins.

"In that case, Stephen...... I'm sorry! ”

At the start of the game, Howard jumped the ball easily to beat Stoudemire.

Magic ball possession.

Wang Chao stood at the top arc to receive Nelson's pass and faced Sean. Marion.

has been a teammate for so long, Wang Chao knows Marion well.

Spring man, extremely fast, especially when moving sideways to cut into the basket, extremely difficult to defend.

With a height of 2.01 meters, the arm span can reach an astonishing 2.21 meters, which is even more exaggerated than Wang Chao.

In previous seasons, Marion has been the Suns' main scorer, especially in the 05-06 season, when Stoudemire was reimbursed due to injury, Marion averaged 21.8 points and 11.8 rebounds per game, shouldering the offensive burden of the team.

But since the beginning of the 07-08 season, Marion has been gradually going downhill, plagued by old back injuries and foot injuries, Marion has averaged 15 points and 9.9 rebounds per game this season, while playing only 63 games in the whole season.

If nothing else, in the middle of the season, the Suns will use Marion as their biggest bargaining chip, trading Big Shark O'Neal from the Miami Heat as a weapon against the Spurs' Duncan.

This method of almost self-defeating martial arts successfully allowed the Suns to dive high this season, ranking only sixth in the West in the regular season, and then met the Spurs in the first round of the playoffs and was eliminated 1:4.

Wang Chao doesn't quite understand, as a running and bombing team, Marion, who does not leave outstanding mobility, can be inside and outside, and has a certain three-point shooting ability, what is it to replace a shark who is already dying and old, and his teeth are about to fall out?

In his twilight years, O'Neal's footsteps were slow and his weight was seriously overweight, and he was fundamentally incompatible with the Suns under the run-and-gun tactical system on the court, and the Suns' strength did not rise but declined.

It was not until the 09-10 season that the team sent O'Neal away and returned to the rhythm of running and bombing, and successfully swept the Spurs 4:0 in the Western Conference semifinals to avenge the revenge, although it lost to the Lakers 4:2 in the Western Conference Finals, but at least it was much better than O'Neal's two seasons.

Wang Chao can't figure out the brain circuits of the Suns' management, perhaps because he is a time-traveler and can look at it from God's perspective.

In terms of defensive ability, Marion is definitely inferior to Prince, the opponent Wang Chao met before, although he has the advantage of crushing Wang Chao in terms of strength and bounce, and he is not inferior in terms of speed.

Like Prince, Marion also has no defensive experience with Wang's ball-handling offense.

Even though Wang Chao's offensive ability with the ball in the previous game has surprised teams across the league, no team has come up with defensive tactics against Wang Chao in a short period of time.

The same is true for the Suns, Marion has watched the video of all the games of Wang Chao this season, but when facing Wang Chao with the ball, he is still a little overwhelmed.

Thinking of Wang Chao's rather sharp breakthrough with the ball, Marion's position was slightly back, leaving a distance that was enough to react to a disguised breakthrough, and at the same time, he would not be pulled out of three points because his position was too far back.

Seeing Marion standing like this, Wang Chao thought about it.

Raise your hand to make a posing shot.

Marion's heart jumped, and he hurriedly rushed forward to defend.

How accurate and fast Wang Chao's three-point shot is, these Suns players have the most right to speak.

But as soon as he stepped forward, Wang Chao took back the shooting action, slapped the basketball to the ground, and the whole person held the ball and accelerated towards the basket.

"Fooled!"

Marion's center of gravity had already risen, and because of inertia, he couldn't stop immediately chasing Wang Chao, so he could only watch the other party pass by him.

Wang Chao's feints are too realistic, at that moment Marion really thought that Wang Chao was going to shoot, and his movement from shooting posture to holding the ball to break through was also very agile and smooth, as if he had been tempered thousands of times.

This is, of course, a bonus effect of fake pitcher talent.

Wang Chao, who broke into the interior line, had no obstacles in front of him, and directly shot a pull-up jump shot at a distance of about twelve feet from the basket.

This position belongs to the middle distance, Wang Chao's shooting ability value has reached 90 after the mid-distance dribble, and the shooting is stable without too much interference.

2:0, Wang Chao's offense won the first place for the Magic team.

D'Antoni stood on the sidelines, watching Wang Chao's attack up close, and could only sigh with regret in his heart.

Wang Chao's ball is almost perfect to be flawless, Marion must step forward to defend, otherwise Wang Chao can really pull up and shoot, but if he steps forward to defend like he did just now, he will be deceived by feints and burst into the basket.

D'Antoni just doesn't understand, when did Wang Chao's offensive means become so rich and stable after breaking through with the ball?

When he was with the Suns, Wang Chao didn't have a time when he didn't attack with the ball, and at that time, most of the time he chose to break through was only a mid-range pull-up shot.

But now Wang Chao has a lot of offensive skills, and he can no longer be defined by a simple shooter.

If he knew that Wang Chao still had such ability, he would have to find a way to keep Wang Chao no matter what, even if he traded some players in the team to make room for salary, after all, Wang Chao is only 24 years old, and his peak has not really come!

It's a pity that there are so many ifs, if you miss it, you miss it, and a mistake in the decision-making of the Suns management is likely to directly lead to the team's loss of the opportunity to defend the title.

Marion can't limit Wang Chao's scoring, and the real killer on the Magic's side is Howard on the inside.

Although Stoudemire plays as a center within the Suns, his style of play is not a traditional center, but a typical face-frame power forward that relies on mobility and explosiveness.

But it's clear that Howard is far superior to Stoudemire in these areas.

On the offensive end, Stoudemire struggled to do anything against Howard's defense, shooting 1-of-4 in the first quarter, scoring only 2 points and 2 rebounds, and carrying 2 fouls.

On the other hand, Howard completely unilaterally pressed Stoudemire under the basket, scoring 14 points and 4 rebounds on 7-of-9 shooting, successfully dominating the Suns' weak interior.

Relying on Howard's 14 points and Wang's 10 points on 4-of-6 shooting, the Magic scored 31 points in the first quarter, which was on par with the Suns, who scored 34 points.

But the variables come from the second verse.

When the substitutes came on, things started to look different.

Barbosa dominated the game, shooting 6-of-8 in the second quarter, including 3-of-4 three-pointers, and scoring 16 points in the second quarter, which became the biggest variable, directly helping the Suns successfully stretch the margin to more than double digits in the second quarter.

It's a gap in the lineup, there's nothing to be done.

There is really no flexible guard in the Magic team who can effectively limit Barbossa, even the starting guard Nelson is not known for his speed, and it is extremely difficult to defend Barbossa.

Seeing that the score difference was getting bigger and bigger, Wang Chao was a little anxious.

"It's not okay to go on like this, how can you watch the task points reward that you are about to get in your hands?"

Wang Chao didn't shoot a lot in the first half, although Marion couldn't prevent him, but after all, it would still have a certain impact on him, so in the first half of the game, Wang Chao changed his strategy, only shot a few times at the beginning, and then handed over the ball to Tekoglu and Nelson, and played the old no-ball running on the field.

His goal is not to find open shots by running off the ball, but to drain Marion's energy as much as possible, and at the same time, he can activate the second phase of the long-distance runner's talent as soon as possible, helping him score more easily in the second half.

Throughout the first half, Wang Chao shot 5 of 8, 2 of 4 three-pointers, and 2 of 2 free throws, although he also scored 14 points, but compared with the 40+ points in a single game of the system task goal, it is obviously just a warm-up stage.

The game quickly came to the third quarter, when the score was 59-47 and the Magic trailed by 12 points, which was not an unsurpassable score.

Shortly after the start of the third quarter, the whistle blew and Stoudemire picked up his fourth foul of the game, which was caused by Howard.

Stoudemire, who committed four fouls, was substituted and Dio came on as a substitute, while Marion was forced to switch to the central striker position to ensure the team's mobility advantage.

Wang Chao knew that his opportunity had come.

Dio couldn't defend Howard, and even Stoudemire couldn't do anything about Howard, let alone Dio, so the task of keeping an eye on Warcraft was temporarily handed over to Marion.

Speaking of Marion, he is also unlucky enough, in the first half, he followed Wang Chao, the outside scoring core of the Magic team, and in the second half, he had to mark Howard, the core of the inner line, in fact, he couldn't prevent either of them, but he could at least slightly limit the play of some opponents when he came to defend, and if he was replaced by someone else, the result would be even worse.

Marion went to defend Howard, and the defender who marked Wang Chao was replaced by Dio.

As soon as he saw that he was going to fight Dior, Wang Chao was not sleepy.

The previous conflict between him and Dio in the Suns was actually because of the competition for positions.

Dior, who serves as a small forward, has a conflict with Wang Chao, the two are direct competitors, and he can't compete with Wang Chao, and he is gradually squeezed by Wang Chao from the starting position to the bench, and even the playing time and shooting are seriously affected.

This made Dior very unhappy with Wang Chao, and deliberately isolated Wang Chao with Jones and others.

Now that the two are directly opposed, it can be said that there is revenge and revenge!

At this moment, Dior stared at Wang Chao intently, looking like he would never let him score.

But finally a soft persimmon came, how could Wang Chao miss it?

Standing at a 45-degree angle on the left side of the three-point line, Wang Chao directly reached out and took the initiative to ask for the ball, and Tekoglu, who held the ball in the top arc, immediately passed the ball to Wang Chao.

Wang Chao held the ball and faced Dior and raised his hand to throw.

Seeing this scene, Dio stepped forward slightly, raised his hand to make a disturbing action, but did not pounce completely.

In the first half, Marion defended Wang Chao's scenes, he saw it, Wang Chao's fake shooting is indeed very realistic, it is difficult to judge, Dior's defense like this can not only slightly interfere with Wang Chao's dry three-point shooting, but also if the opponent wants to break through with the ball, it will also have time to keep up with the opponent as soon as possible.

If Wang Chao can shoot three points in this situation, then there is no way, Dio thinks that the defensive interference he has imposed at this time is not small, although the palm of his hand does not completely block Wang Chao's vision, but it also really forms an interference.

But......

"Shh——!h

The sound of the basketball brushing the net into the basket made Dior's heart sink slightly.

The ball went in?

Wang Chao glanced at Dior disdainfully and said directly.

"You don't think that kind of defense can interfere with my shooting, I thought there was no one in front of me."

The core reliance on Wang Chao's offensive system is always the three-point shot, and it is precisely because of his accurate three-point shot that the opponent does not dare to slack off, and the involuntary position is forward, which leads to Wang Chao's high efficiency in breaking through with the ball.

If this kind of defense can be limited to Wang Chao, how can he rely on this trick to mix in the league?

The anti-interference three-point score of up to 99 ensures that Wang Chao can maintain a certain shooting rate even in the face of serious interference, not to mention that Dio's minimal interference can have almost zero impact on his shooting.

Wang Chao's trash talk made Dior very unhappy.

It's just that I got a contract with the highest salary, and I happened to play a little better in the previous game, so what's there to be proud of?

And then......

"Huh!"

"Another three-pointer! Wang Chao hit two three-pointers in a row, all in the same position, and faced the same player, Suns small forward Boris. Dior! It seems that he is far inferior to Marion in terms of defending Wang Chao! ”

scored 6 points in a row, so that the 12-point difference between the two teams was directly narrowed to 6 points.

D'Antoni couldn't sit still and called a timeout to adjust the tempo.

"Boris, defending Wang Chao must come forward, don't give Wang Chao a chance to shoot three-point." D'Antoni looked at Dio and complained, "Don't you know how terrifying the king's three-point shot is?" ”

Dior: "......"

Of course he knew, but just before he came on the field, the head coach's advice was to pay attention not to be overtaken by the king because of Marion's defensive position too far forward.

What do you want me to do?

Dio is not Marion, although he is very versatile on the offensive end, he can pass the ball inside and outside, but on the defensive end, he lacks height, lacks confrontation ability, and is slower Dior, who is facing the same problem as the Magic team Turkoglou.

The difference is that the Magic have Howard guarding the basket to wipe the ass of other players on the defensive end, while the Suns don't.

After the pause, Dio didn't dare to slack off, and the defense Wang Chao's position was very high.

But it's like a multiple-choice question, since you chose to defend the three, don't try to prevent the ball from breaking through.

Wang Chao just took one step, and quickly passed Dior, rushed to the inside to throw and score, and scored 8 points in a row!

The Suns began to continue to use the hot Barbossa to attack, and the flexible Barbossa even struggled with Howard and frequently scored successfully, but this time the Magic team did not let the opponent open the gap because of the king's overhand scoring.

At the end of the third quarter, the score of the two teams was 85:81, and the difference was only 4 points.

And Wang Chao shot 6 of 10 in the third quarter, 2 of 4 three-pointers, scored 14 points, and his personal score reached 28 points in the third quarter, second only to Barbosa, who scored 31 points in the third quarter!

An unexpected situation.

The Suns were completely framed by Wang Chao's performance, and they didn't know who to let defend Wang Chao for a while.

The team that originally advocated offense actually began to worry about the defensive end in the game, which shows how much pressure Wang Chao caused to the Suns.

At the beginning of the last quarter of the game, the person responsible for defending Wang Chao still changed from Dio back to Marion.

Stoudemire, who had four fouls, reappeared, and even though he was suppressed and beaten by Howard all over the court, he still had something to contribute on the court.

It's just that when he faced Wang Chao again, Marion found that he couldn't keep up with Wang Chao's movements.

It's not surprising that Marion is tired.

With Stoudemire plagued by foul play time and limited playing time, Marion took on a lot of responsibility on the inside, and before he knew it, he had already played 32 minutes, and it was no surprise that he would play more than 40 minutes at the end of the fourth quarter.

If Marion had been two years ago, he would still be able to run around the field after 40 minutes, but two years later, he is really starting to be a little overwhelmed.

What's more, Wang Chao at this time has activated the characteristics of the second stage of long-distance runners.

Wang Chao, who is attacking with the ball, may not be able to enjoy the bonus of running speed and catch-and-shoot shooting rate in the second stage, but the 20% physical bonus is really effective, which also allows Wang Chao, who has consumed a large number of shots in the first three quarters, to quickly recover to a healthier physical state.

Under the addition and subtraction of the two, Marion, who was already struggling to defend Wang Chao, began to be completely unable to defend against Wang Chao.

Step back and hit a three-point shot! Score a layup with the ball! Counterattack fast break and stop three points between the marches!

Wang Chao's scoring on the offensive end was like a bamboo, like chopping melons and vegetables.

Although the Suns had Barbosa and Nash scoring to maintain the score, as the fourth quarter was halfway through, Stoudemire received the sixth foul whistle of the game, and after being fouled off, the Suns finally couldn't withstand the Magic's ferocious offensive under the leadership of Wang Chao and began to gradually rout.

(End of chapter)