Chapter 179: Sending Li Kaiming to the Free Throw Line?
Amid the heated discussion about Lee's debut performance, the short intermission had passed and the second quarter began.
Since the opening jump shot was won by the Magic, the ball in the second and third quarters belonged to the Wizards.
After Hinrich arrived in the front court, he no longer chose to hand over the ball at the first time this time, but waited for Li Kaiming to come up to cover him, and then broke inside.
Li Kaiming's performance in the first quarter was obvious to all, so in the second quarter, the Magic team will definitely make targeted adjustments to Li Kaiming's ball-holding play, and Sanders was not to be outdone, telling Hinrich on the bench to let him hold the ball and play blocking and dismantling with Li Kaiming.
Defending the Wizards' blocking is Lewis and Nelson, both of whom have focused most of their attention on Li Kaiming, of course, Hinrich did not dare to let go completely, and from the first quarter, Hinrich felt good today.
But focusing on Li Kaiming does not mean that he can be guarded, and after breaking through a step inside, Xinrich suddenly retreated a step out.
It was impossible for the Magic team to put Hinrich in such a large vacant position, so Nelson immediately made up for it.
But that's what Hinrich wanted, and taking advantage of Nelson's gap, he hit the ball straight to Li Kaiming's hand Zheng, who had already rushed into the penalty area
Lewis was not fast, and he was not old, so he would definitely not be able to keep up with Li Kaiming, who started at full speed, and was left behind by the latter in one step.
When Howard saw this scene under the basket, he was very entangled in his heart, it stands to reason that he should make it up, but he made it up several times before, and every time he was able to let Li Kaiming find Bradge under the basket.
So Li Kaiming's pass made him a bit of a mouse.
But this is a basketball game, which can make a huge difference in a second, and Howard's hesitation directly made him the background board of Li Kaiming!
After receiving the ball, Li Kaiming picked up the speed again, and after stepping on a step in the penalty area, he flew up directly!
Howard's defense he had coached, and it was really difficult to force the former to make a layup, so this time he chose to change the pace and make a two-step layup.
With the length of his legs, he only needs one step to get to the basket in the box, so two steps is more than enough.
Howard didn't expect that Li Kaiming would go directly to the basket with one less step, so when he reacted and jumped again, it was too late.
Li Kaiming faced Howard's face and poured the basketball into the basket with one arm!
Bang!
34 to 30!
This goal directly made the fans of Amway Center, the home of the Magic, gasp in unison!
"Damn, this ball must be the top ten balls of the year!"
"Blocking the best defensive player on his NBA debut, it's too Dior!"
……
Of course, in addition to the eyes of the fans at the scene who were about to fall to the ground, the performance of the Chinese fans was not far behind, and many people stood up directly because of this ball and shouted "! Then he was scolded by the people around him, "Neurotic!" ”
The Magic serve, Howard can't wait to get back face, he's an All-Star center, the best defensive player is dunked, and he can't swallow this breath no matter what.
Although he is not playing against Li Kaiming, this does not prevent him from wanting to find a way back on the offensive end.
So he chose to ask for the ball and singled Bradge.
Seeing Howard about to hit himself with the ball, Blatch under the basket was crazy with joy!
I'm afraid that you are flying without a ball, if you land on the ground, you will be a chicken, who is strong and who is weak?
And the facts have proved that there is nothing wrong with Bradch's idea.
Howard took the ball and arched his back twice, facing Bradge, who was half a cut taller than him, and none of his back-to-back skills could hit Bradge's sore spots.
And Howard only dribbled the ball twice, and then he had to force his shot, and the action was extremely stiff, and it would be hellish if the ball could go in.
The rebound was protected by Li Kaiming, who returned to the basket, and then he took the ball in stride and began to sprint to the frontcourt!
It was also the first time in the game that he took the ball himself and attacked from the back.
Stan Van Gundy has never seen Li Kaiming himself with the ball, so he is not prepared to defend Li Kaiming's fast attack with the ball, and his tactics are all to prevent the latter from starting from the back without the ball.
So this time it caught the Magic team off guard.
Lewis still wants to try to steal in the middle of the road, but unfortunately today's Li Kaiming is no longer the previous Li Kaiming, 70 points of dribbling attribute plus perverted speed, Lewis was wiped by a cool turn as soon as his hand was stretched out!
Lewis didn't even touch a single hair of him!
Howard's return speed is also very good, but he is still much worse than a pervert like Li Kaiming.
So he could only watch Li Kaiming rush to the Magic team's penalty area.
Fortunately, Van Gundy also prepared other strategies, so Li Kaiming was pulled down by Magic guard Nelson after he arrived in the frontcourt.
The meaning of the Magic team is obvious, let Li Kaiming make free throws!
The Tony brothers on the side reluctantly blew the whistle, and Li Kaiming was about to drag Nelson to the basket before he heard his whistle.
Li Kaiming walked to the free throw line, and Magic fans began to interfere with his free throws.
Huge boos came from all directions, shaking Li Kaiming's eardrums!
But he still didn't change his face, held his breath steadily, and hit both free throws after slapping the ball!
When Magic head coach Van Gundy saw this scene, he had an expression of "subway, old man, mobile phone" on his face!
He looked blankly at the teaching assistants on the side, his eyes full of doubt.
What do you mean? Isn't he a terrible free thrower? What's going on?
And the assistant coaches of the Magic team were also confused by this scene, because each of them participated in the formulation of the pre-game defensive strategy, and naturally knew that the opponent's free throw was not good, but the reality played a huge joke with them!
And Nelson, who took the initiative to foul Li Kaiming, muttered in his heart, "You won't trouble me after this game, right......?"
On the next offense, the Magic hit a three-point shot from the outside and closed the difference.
The Wizards are still blocked by Li Kaiming and Hinrich, this time the Magic team chose to shrink inside, but the Wizards' tactics have changed again, Hinrich broke through inside, and Li Kaiming played outside.
The contraction of the magic once again gave Li Kaiming a chance to shoot outside, Hinrich barely passed, and after Li Kaiming got the ball back, he hit a three-point shot against Lewis's pave!
Respond to the ball!
Lewis is on the verge of collapse!
Everything he thought about before the game happened on the court, but the roles of the two sides changed, the teacher in the class became Li Kaiming, and he became the object of the lesson.
The Magic offense, with Vince Carter, the core of the perimeter, taking over possession of the ball and scoring from a mid-range inside the three-point line.
Looking back, Li Kaiming attracted the bag on the three-point line and gave it to Nick Young, who ran out of position in the middle distance, who received the ball and shot and scored two points.
I have to be, Nick Young's singles and strong shooting ability is really strong, even if the opposite side is Carter, he is not stunned.
It is in response to that sentence that you are strong, you are strong, labor-intensive Nick Young.
In the next round, the Magic team gave Howard a chance, but the point guard didn't pass the ball well, and when Howard got the ball, Li Kaiming had already made up for the basket.
Howard's vision, similar to O'Neal's three-pointer, can't be without, but it's a bit far-fetched.
Plus the two inside players who wrap him are taller than him, so even if it's a top shooter like Lewis who is vacated on the outside, he can't pass the ball out.
It's good if you don't make a mistake.
Of course, Howard was also very simple, knowing that he couldn't pass it, so he was directly ready to challenge himself, and went to the basket with Li Kaiming and Blatche, and the result was that he took a big hat from Li Kaiming!
As far as his next plate is concerned, he gets up again after being topped by Blatch, and when there is Li Kaiming next to him, it is inevitable to eat a hat.
But Howard seemed unhappy with this, and he spread out his hands and complained at the Tony brothers, thinking that Blatch had fouled him.
Even the Tony brothers couldn't stand it anymore and ignored his protests.
If you lose your hands well, I will blow this whistle for you!
If you give you a free throw, you'll smash my Tony brother's sign......