(2nd Month Pass)

In the second game of the finals, the Magic team changed the situation of being constrained by the Lakers in the first game, and blossomed more outside the three-point line, shooting 17 of 38 in the whole game, and scored 51 points on three-pointers alone.

The three-point shooting rate of God Accurate made the Lakers' defense collapse across the board, and the package and clamp tactics could not be used easily at all, otherwise the outside line would be an empty three-point shot.

After a whole game, Kobe Bryant on the Lakers' side continued to perform efficiently, and under the rotation of players with outstanding outside defensive abilities such as Petrus, Afralo and Barnes, he still scored 31 points, 3 rebounds and 8 assists on 11-of-25 shooting.

In addition to Kobe, the Lakers also have Gasol with 23 points and 7 rebounds, Odom with 13 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists, Artest with 11 points and others.

But compared to the Magic, the gap is huge.

Wang Chao made 7 of 12 three-pointers, scoring 36 points, and this game was due to the Magic's collective fire on the outside, Wang Chao's scoring efficiency also rose correspondingly, even if Artest still used the stubborn defensive strategy of the previous game, there was no way to stop Wang Chao from scoring.

Howard also changed the decline of the game in this game, scoring 21 points and 18 rebounds, plus 18 points of Turkoglou, 16 points of Petrus, 15 points of Nelson, the Magic team of 5 people scored double-doubles, defeated the Lakers 114-106 to pull back a city, the total score came to 1:1.

The victory in this game made the Magic fans breathe a sigh of relief, after the nervousness and discomfort of the first game, the team still regained the feeling of the previous game, and when the Magic's outside players reached a normal level, even the opponent was not afraid of the Lakers.

On June 9, the series came to Game 3, with the Lakers hosting the Magic at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.

Although it was the scene of the Finals, the players of the Magic team still felt a little relaxed after arriving in Los Angeles.

is also a giant, the Lakers are obviously much more generous than the Celtics, perhaps because Los Angeles is the city of angels, the representative city of entertainment in the whole meter and even the world, and the fans who live in Los Angeles have a high quality and consciousness, at least they are not like the fans in Boston who try all kinds of ways to cause trouble to the opponent.

Of course, as a team playing away from home, the Magic team doesn't want to get a lot of applause from flowers, and it's good that they don't suffer unwarranted abuse.

But then again, a metropolis is a metropolis, and the style is completely different from other teams.

Orlando, where the Magic team is at home, is also considered to be the number one big ball city in the United States, but the atmosphere of the home game is still significantly worse than that of Los Angeles, especially the quality of the fans who sit on the sidelines and watch the game.

This is naturally directly related to the fact that this is Los Angeles, which is the entertainment city.

The two teams were still in the warm-up stage, and the TV broadcast screen swept over the stars sitting in the front row of the stadium one by one.

Singer Rihanna, actor Denzel. Washington, directed by Jack. Images of stars such as Nicholson appeared on the big screen above the stadium and immediately drew cheers from the fans in the stands.

As the cameras of one star flashed by, the picture focused on a blonde woman.

Kohler. Kardashian, a well-known figure in the Los Angeles celebrity circle, is also a regular on the Lakers' home court, and has recently become famous on the Lakers because of her marriage to Odom.

Kohler, who was locked by the camera, boldly made a kiss at Odom, who was warming up on the field, and the camera immediately shifted to Odom on the field.

The sweet interaction between the two showed affection, and the audience laughed on the field.

No one noticed that Kohler, who made this action, glanced vaguely at Wang Chao on the other side, and the corners of his mouth were slightly hooked.

But her smile froze before she could quite emerge.

Because the next moment, the picture on the big screen in the center of the stadium changed again, and a tall beauty, with a cold temperament and red lips appeared.

Kohler. Kardashian recognized who this person was just by looking at him.

Miranda. Kerr, Victoria's Secret signed a supermodel, is also a Lakers fan, and often appears at the Staples Center, becoming the most beautiful scenery on the side of the court.

But today, she is obviously not here to support the Lakers, because many people who follow the NBA know that Victoria's Secret Angel Miranda. Kerr and Wang Chao have an ambiguous relationship, and they went to Orlando to watch Wang Chao's game last Christmas, and returned to Wang Chao's residence together in a car after the game.

Many people speculate that she is Wang Chao's girlfriend, but neither of them has ever admitted it, and between the two there is another rising Victoria's Secret supermodel Candace. Swanepoel, the relationship between the three is a bit confusing and very concerning.

Seeing that his limelight was immediately stolen by the other party, Kohler. Kardashian was a little upset, but that's not the end of it.

The picture changed again, and another superb beauty appeared in the picture again.

Candace. Swanepour!

It's really said that Cao Cao Cao arrived, different from Miranda. Kerr, Candace has no interest in the NBA, and there is only one reason to be at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.

Candace sat on Miranda on both sides of the court, almost face to face, and they were all carefully dressed to show their charm to the maximum, like a group of people, and their aura and beauty suppressed other stars.

Compared with temperament and beauty, Victoria's Secret certified supermodel angels will not lose to anyone in this world, except themselves.

Miranda and Candace, two Victoria's Secret supermodels, have successfully dazzled the audience in the stadium stands and even in front of the TV.

Of course, Wang Chao also saw the two women, but he felt the breath of the Shura field one step ahead.

Don't think about it, these two guys are dressed up so charmingly, and they also ran to the Lakers' home court at the same time, they must have come to cheer him on, but the purpose is not as simple as cheering, it can be seen from the eyes of the two who are eager to compete when they look at each other.

With a slight carelessness, Wang Chao felt that there might be a proposition in front of him at any time.

Just when Wang Chao was in a cold sweat, Howard stabbed Wang Chao heartlessly on the side. "Hey, who do I see? Aren't these the two best beauties we met in New York? Wang, I heard that you are still inextricably linked with them, should you ......?"

The corners of Wang Chao's mouth twitched, this guy, which pot can't be opened.

"Are you here for the game or are you here to gossip?"

"Of course it's a competition, but I like to make it up if it's lively!" Howard said as a matter of course: "After today's game, there is a night game, and several stars are going to go over, do you want to go and play together?" ”

Wang Chao: "......"

There is no doubt about Howard's strength at his peak, but this professional attitude is ......

Wang Chao doesn't plan to change Howard's attitude, whether this guy is eighteen or nineteen years old when he first enters the league or over thirty years old in the future, he is a big boy who doesn't grow up, whether it's Kobe, Harden or James, there is no way to change him.

Before Wang Chao crossed, Howard had no ball to play in the NBA, and chose to go to Wanwan to join the T1 League, I thought that at such a low level, for the NBA, it was like a gap between college students and kindergartens, Howard should be invincible, but the result was that Howard played mediocre even in the T1 League, and his team kept losing, and the only thing that people can remember is the news of Howard and the stinky nightclub of Taiwan Sister.

Wang Chao never felt that he could easily change the personality and even the trajectory of a player's life, especially someone like Howard, who was even more impossible.

While Howard still has the league's top interior level, teaming up with him to win several championship trophies is a plan that Wang Chao had planned long before joining the Magic team.

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After the warm-up, the third game of the series officially began.

The Lakers start, point guard Fisher, scoring guard Kobe, small forward Artest, power forward Gasol, center Bynum.

The Magic starting lineup is point guard Nelson, scoring guard Petrus, small forward Turkoglou, power forward Wang Chao, and center Howard.

The two sides jumped the ball, and Howard beat Bynum completely.

Don't look at Bynum has a height of 2.13 meters and an arm span of 2.29 meters, his static talent can be called a pervert, but the bounce and explosion are completely incomparable to Howard, and the Lakers' training direction for him is also a traditional heavy center, with large tonnage, slow footwork, and strong interior lethality.

The Magic team possessed the ball, and after the players on both sides were in their respective positions, the basketball was immediately passed to Wang Chao.

Holding the ball and facing Artest, Wang Chao's expression was calm.

After the "confrontation" in the first two games, Wang Chao has begun to gradually adapt to Artest's rough defensive actions, but Artest is starting to be a little unbearable.

No way, who made Wang Chao too hard?

After two games, Artest was already bruised, and it hurt a little bit, which made Artest already a little doubtful about his life.

What the hell is Wang Chao? Doesn't it hurt? The effect of force is mutual, and the other party should not be much stronger than him, but looking at Wang Chao's calm expression, it was as if nothing had happened.

In fact, it is.

Wang Chao's body is intact, and even if he takes off his jersey, he can't see any bruises and scars.

The talent of steel and iron bones is not for nothing, Wang Chao's anti-blow ability is only strong and not weak compared with top boxers, which is not an exaggeration at all!

At this time, in the face of Artest's defense, Wang Chao made a gesture and asked his teammates to pull away.

After being killed by the Magic three-point shot in the second game, the Lakers no longer dared to let any Magic players vacant.

For a while, only Howard and Bynum were left on the Lakers' interior line.

Then Howard pulled out from the inside to cover for Wang Chao.

It's this trick again......

Lakers head coach Phil on the sidelines. Jackson's brow furrowed slightly.

Wang Chao and Howard's blocking tactics, which they tried so hard to stop in the first game of the Finals, were used again by the opponent in the third game, and estimated the situation in the second game, and the Lakers can only adopt a conservative defensive attitude at the moment.

Howard separated Artest, Wang Chao accelerated into the interior with the ball, and scored on Bynum's body to score a layup for the Magic team.

The rhythm of the third game is completely different from the previous two games, if the first two games, both teams are still in the stage of testing and exploring their respective strengths, then in the third game, it is really the time to see the poor dagger, whether it is the Lakers or the Magic, there is no room to retain strength at this time.

The Lakers' triangle tactics began to be used frequently, with Gasol holding the ball and Kobe Bryant running without the ball and throwing the last shot, which was extremely efficient offensively.

On the Magic team's side, the main core of the offense is naturally Wang Chao.

In addition to Howard's pick-and-roll cooperation, the Magic team finally began to use the elevator door tactics that had been sealed for a long time in the Finals.

Whether it is during the regular season or in the playoffs, the Magic team uses the elevator door tactic very few times, but although it is not used much, this set of tactics is one of the main training items for the Magic team players, especially interior players, in daily training.

Limited by the limitations of the tactics themselves, it is impossible for anyone to make no mistakes at all, but the Magic team at this time can already ensure that when this tactic is used, it will minimize the occurrence of mobile blocking and dismantling mistakes.

As a result, in the first quarter of the game, the two teams fought evenly around Kobe and Wang Chao.

Kobe Bryant scored 12 points in the first quarter, while Wang Chao scored 14 points, making 4-of-6 three-pointers.

The two teams scored 31 and 27 points in the first quarter, respectively, and the Magic entered the second quarter with a narrow four-point lead.

But as the game entered the second quarter, things began to change.

If there is the biggest gap between the overall strength of the two teams of Magic and Lakers, it is obviously the strength of the bench lineup.

On the Lakers' bench, there is Lamar. Odom is the existence of such a sixth man.

As a substitute, Odom averaged more than 30 minutes per game, more than the team's starting centre-forward Bynum, and as a point forward, he was able to lead his bench players to great effect.

At the beginning of the second quarter, Odom led the Lakers' bench bandits to score consecutive points, and in the blink of an eye, he caught up with the four-point gap and led by two points.

The Magic team had to call a timeout to adjust, and at the same time replaced Wang Chao in advance to stabilize the situation.

Wang Chao is recognized as the best physical player in the Magic team, and he is naturally the best choice for the top at this time.

In this way, Wang Chao, who reappeared, also formed a direct confrontation with Odom.

Wang Chao's defensive ability is actually seriously unqualified, but it is based on static and dynamic talents such as height, arm span, speed and agility, not a pure defensive black hole.

Throughout his career, the highest scoring season per game was only 17 points, 9.7 rebounds and 4 assists, and his personal single-game scoring record was 34 points.

Odom's strength lies in his versatility, after all, he is known as a left-handed magician player, Odom's passing ability is very good, and his height of 2.08 meters also makes him have a good ability in rebounding.

After Wang Chao appeared on the stage, he successfully stabilized the situation, but that's all.

Odom played very smart, even if Wang Chao's defense was not strong, he did not choose to attack Wang Chao alone, but chose to pass and assist teammates in other positions to score.

On the defensive end, Odom is also very smart to team up with his teammates to help defend Wang Chao and limit Wang Chao's scoring efficiency as much as possible.

Therefore, for a while, Wang Chao led the Magic team alone, and the bench lineup that was obviously weaker than the Lakers could not have the upper hand.

"That's not going to work......"

Even if Wang Chao has the talent of a long-distance runner, it is impossible for him to play the whole game, especially as the team's leading scorer and under the extra defensive care of the Lakers.

Artest is not a good person, even if the defensive pressure caused by this game to Wang Chao is significantly weaker than the previous two games, it will still consume a lot of physical energy from Wang Chao.

He didn't want to have a problem with his fitness at the crucial moment at the end of the game.

So we have to think of a way.

Thinking like this in his heart, Odom took advantage of the gap when Wang Chao was thinking about half a beat slower, and broke through with the ball to score a one-handed dunk under the basket.

The Lakers home fans immediately cheered, even if Wang Chao's defense was admittedly bad, but Odom's ability to score in front of Wang Chao was still a very face-saving behavior in the eyes of fans.

Kohler, who sat at the front of the stands. Kardashian also stood up and applauded her husband.

This scene was seen by Wang Chao, and his heart suddenly moved, and an idea that was extremely damaged, but might be very effective, surfaced in his mind.

It's just that Wang Chao is a little entangled.

"If you really want to do this, will you be hacked to death?"

Wang Chao doesn't have the super vitality of Pierce who has been stabbed eleven times and has not been led by a dog, no matter how strong the steel and iron bones are, it may be difficult to do anything in the face of knives and guns.

Just when Wang Chao was still entangled and hesitant in his heart, Odom, who had completed the dunk and returned to defense, ran to his side and whispered trash talk in a triumphant whisper: "Do you have defense?" I thought I had passed over a non-moving telephone pole. ”

"Huh?" Wang Chao couldn't help but raise his eyebrows when he heard this.

I haven't found you yet, but you took the initiative to send it to the door?

Magic players serve the ball from the bottom line, Wang Chao directly took the initiative to raise his hand to ask for the ball, and after receiving the pass from his teammates, he slowly dribbled the ball through the half court, and then looked directly at Odom in front of him, and suddenly accelerated with the ball to break through, with the speed and explosiveness comparable to the guard, Wang Chao passed Odom in just one step, and then faced the Lakers' players who stepped forward to make up for the defense and hit a mid-range shot to score.

This can be regarded as Wang Chao's counterattack to Odom's goal just now, but this is not over yet.

Wang Chao, who had completed the attack, turned around and looked at Odom with a harmless smile, leaned over and lowered his voice, and said in a voice that only Odom could hear: "Man, your wife is awesome, it tastes like a doughnut." ”

Odom: "??? ”

(End of chapter)