Chapter 180: Throw it after halfway
The basketball, which was kicked out by Li Kaiming's hat, fell to Thorton's hand, who gave the ball to Hinrich, and the Wizards launched a fast break.
Li Kaiming is still running at the front, like a wild horse that has escaped the leash.
Several people on the Magic team directly formed a human wall outside the three-point line, suppressing Li Kaiming's speed.
But at the cost of leaving the rest of the Wizards with a lot of open spots.
However, Nick Young was not let go, and Hinrich looked left and right and found that there was no better opportunity than himself, so he went straight to the front court to shoot three-pointers.
The opportunity was good, but Hinrich didn't take it, and the rebound was picked up by Howard.
Magic offense, this time Howard received a pass from Carter on the outside under the basket without the ball, and then immediately made a strong basket, causing a foul on Blatch!
It's a bit of a foul, but it's understandable that this is the Magic's home court and the referee is the Tony brothers.
Blatch was a little depressed, what he was most afraid of was this, he couldn't prevent Howard from playing air operations without the ball, if the latter was strong as soon as he received the ball, and the referee gave face, then he couldn't prevent it.
Howard stood at the free throw line, prepared half a half and hit one of two free throws, the rebound was accepted by Blatch, and the Magic on the opposite side quickly retreated, cutting off the Wizards' idea of a fast break.
Positional battle Xinrich and Li Kaiming blocked and dismantled, after covering, Li Kaiming cut inside, and Nelson, the point guard on the opposite side, was stuck behind him, and had no choice but to change defenses, Lewis hesitated, or went back to defend Xinrich.
With such a big dislocation, Hinrich hit the ground to Li Kaiming, and the moment the ball arrived, Lewis directly let go of Hinrich and pounced.
At the same time, a piece of the pinch-and-ground attack also came by Vince Carter in the bottom corner of the same side.
Nelson took advantage of his low center of gravity and used the lower set against Li Kaiming's knee.
This kind of dirty action to prevent big is almost a set of point guards who have been in the league for many years.
But when Nelson's lower limbs exert force, it means that his flexibility will be reduced, so Li Kaiming stuck Nelson with his protector the moment he received the ball, and then turned his back to Nelson's side as the axis, and quickly turned into the penalty area.
Howard immediately raised his hands to meet him, but Li Kaiming shook Howard up with a moving layup feint, then switched the ball from his right hand to his left hand, and grazed the ball from the other side of the rebound with a lever in the air.
The Magic's offense ended with Carter's three-pointer, and Hinrich gave the ball to Li Kaiming again, and the two Magic team directly wrapped it when Li Kaiming got the ball, even though Li Kaiming was outside the three-point line.
In the open seat is still Elssoton, and the Magic team always leaves him empty.
Li Kaiming chose to believe in Thorton this time and passed the ball to the latter, and Thorton, who got the ball, hesitated, and then shot, it was actually a three-point shot on the board!
Coming back in the second quarter, the Wizards had widened the difference, which was not what the audience wanted to see, and Van Gundy immediately called a timeout.
After returning from a timeout, the Magic switched to backup point guard Chris Duhon, who averaged seven points and five assists per game last season and was a very qualified point guard.
Petrus replaced Richardson, and in comparison, Petrus was more capable of attacking betting.
The Wizards, on the other hand, didn't have much rotation to choose from, just took Blatch off and replaced him with backup center Javier McGee, and this year's rookie forward Trevor Booker also got a chance to replace Alssourton.
The two sides took their semi-bench lineups in the second half of the second quarter, but the Wizards' lineup was still in a clear weakness.
After switching to the bench, the Magic's performance improved slightly, and the backup point guard is a pass-oriented player who is very good at sorting out the team's offense.
After five minutes of play, the Magic had narrowed the margin to two points again.
As for Li Kaiming, apart from a four-minute break in the second half of the first quarter, there was no chance to rest in the first half.
Sanders also clearly told him that if he wants to win today, Li Kaiming's playing time will have to be full.
Of course, in addition to Li Kaiming, the Wizards team has this treatment, and it is Nick Young.
Li Kaiming is because the team needs him to be the core on the field, and it is easy to fall into singles without him.
But Nick Young is because the Wizards don't have a suitable No. 2 bench on the team.
Sun Yue is one, but his current level is definitely not suitable for getting a chance to play in this kind of game.
Lester Hudson's level is not enough, and he still makes a living in the summer league.
There is no choice but to let Nick Young fill ......
The final attack of the first half, when the score was 48-47, the Wizards led by one point.
With 13 seconds left, the Wizards possessed the ball and served in the backcourt.
The Magic team adopted a full-court trap and pressing strategy against Li Kaiming, and Li Kaiming couldn't touch the ball at all, so in the end, it was point guard Hinrich who got the ball and held the ball forward.
There were 10 seconds left in the front court, Li Kaiming flashed two Rao bag clips, drilled out of the crack to receive Hinrich's pass, he knew that the Magic team's bag would arrive soon, so he simply took a step towards the three-point line after receiving the ball, and then directly pulled it up and threw a three-pointer!
Because his three-point shot was still two steps away from the three-point line, this shot stunned everyone!
It's like playing a basketball game, and you get the ball in the backcourt and press the pass button and you press the shot button, which doesn't look right!
The solution at the scene even shouted, "Li Kaiming is crazy!" ”
It's so far away, and the time for this attack hasn't come yet, if this goal is not scored, it is equivalent to changing hands and sending the last opportunity to the Magic team, no matter how you look at it, it's not worth it!
But it was such an outrageous-looking shot, which actually fell into the basket in the air along a perfect parabolic trajectory and precise guidance!
Swish!
51 to 47!
There are 6 seconds left in the clock!
The entire Amway Center was completely conquered by Li Kaiming's offensive performance!
"What a monster! Can you throw it so far in actual combat? ”
"And he threw it in under two rao bags!"
"He's even a standard jump shot! It's horrible! ”
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In the studio of Huaguo Sports Channel, Zhang Weiping and several dismissals were also crazy because of this goal!
Zhang Weiping pointed out bluntly, "If the Chinese men's basketball team has a player like Li Kaiming, then I believe that there is absolutely no problem in winning medals, and you can even imagine gold medals!" ”
Su Qun on the side was still a little sensible, "No matter what, planning Li Kaiming is definitely a good and harmless thing, and it will greatly improve the strength of the national team!" ”
In the last 6 seconds of the first half, the Magic served from the backcourt, and it was Vince Carter who performed the last attack, and 6 seconds was enough to play a simple tactic from the backcourt over the frontcourt, Howard covered, Carter took a step inside the three-point line against McGee's long arm mid-range shot, and at the end of the first half, he shot iron.
Throughout the first half, Li Kaiming played 20 minutes, shot 9 of 13, including 4 of 5 three-pointers, scored 24 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists and 1 block, and scored the highest in the game!
The rest of the Wizards team also performed okay tonight, Nick Young was heavily guarded, and still scored 8 points, Hinrich was ordered to show his demeanor as a veteran, scoring 6 points and 5 assists, and Bracy was fed by Li Kaiming under the basket, and got 7 points and 7 rebounds in the half, which can be a reward for completing his task well.
Yi Jianlian got 4 minutes of playing time in the first half, which was the 4 minutes when Li Kaiming went down, but unfortunately his performance was not good, he got 1 rebound on 0 of 2 shots, and no other data came in.
Sun Yue simply didn't get a chance to play.
For the Magic, Howard had 8 points, 9 rebounds and 1 block, Carter had 12 points, and Lewis found his groove in the second quarter, finishing with 8 points and 2 rebounds.