Since playing the Celtics, the Wizards have trailed the opposing side by double digits in the first quarter of almost every game, and even head coach Saunders is a little helpless.

The starting strength is good, but you can't always let the starters play on the field, Li Kaiming is okay, and others are not like this kid, if the time is full every game, it is not enough at all.

It seems that if the Wizards give up their good offense and opposing defense, it will be a fool's home.

So in the second season, Sanders replaced the big center, allowing Li Kaiming to swing directly to the No. 5 position, and Rashad Lewis played the No. 4 position he is most familiar with, this lineup is actually the previous five-out lineup, but Yi Jianlian was replaced by Lewis, who had stronger three-pointers.

The first offensive Hawks in the second quarter served first, Mike Bibby dribbled to the front court and gave the ball to Joe Johnson, who was in a key position, and the latter received the ball and singled Nick Young, and shot under Nick Young's defense, Li Kaiming stuck Horford to win the rebound and handed the ball to Hinrich.

Once in the frontcourt, Hinrich dribbled and broke inside with the help of screens, and the remaining four guys were covering each other before running outside the three-point line.

Li Kaiming helped Lewis block Marvin Williams, who took the opportunity to move to the bottom corner, and at the same time, Hinrich's pass was also in place, Lewis received the ball and shot, which was his favorite rhythm and shooting point, and the three-pointer flew into the basket!

21 to 28!

Marvin Williams smiled helplessly, Li Kaiming came to block the pick-and-roll, the attention of the Hawks' two anti-blocking and pick-and-roll people was almost on Li Kaiming, and now that the Wizards have Lewis joining, this tactic looks a little difficult to crack.

The Hawks attacked, and Josh Smith came out of the pocket, got rid of his defender, and then went to the three-point line to catch the ball and throw it, but unfortunately missed.

The on-site commentator said the Hawks looked like they wanted to go one-to-three with the Wizards, but he predicted that the Hawks might lose ugly.

The Wizards' defense, which is the league's bottom-of-the-league, can play in the top three of the division in the East, where the defense is full of strong teams, shows how ferocious their firepower is, and the Hawks seem to be asking for some self-inflicted hardship.

What happened next should also be the narrator's prediction, after the Wizards got the backcourt rebound, they dribbled to the front court for Hinrich, Li Kaiming stepped forward to cover, Horford chose to bypass the defense and not change the defense, so Hinrich threw a three-pointer directly outside the three-point line!

24 to 28!

The point difference instantly returned to within 5 points, so frightened that Larry Deru quickly called a timeout, and then told his players on the bench that they must not be careless about the Wizards' three-pointers, and they can't put their three-pointers in anything.

Of course, some things don't mean you can defend if you want to, and in addition to telling the players not to relax their three-point defense on the defensive end, Larry Deru came up with his second magic weapon of the game.

After the timeout, the Hawks served and went to the frontcourt to give the ball to Joe Johnson, who tried to single Nick Young and forced a break to the interior but missed the layup.

At this moment, the Hawks' two interior lines, Al Horford and Marvin Williams, suddenly burst out, crazy under the basket, Horford used his rebounding awareness to get stuck in the best position to grab the rebound, and then with the help of Marvin Williams, he grabbed the rebound in the frontcourt.

That's Larry Drew's trick!

In the current lineup, Li Kaiming and Lewis on the inside are both people who are not good at defense, Li Kaiming's interior defense is okay, and his ability to protect rebounds barely reaches the league average, or even worse, and Lewis is even more soft in this regard, he likes to stand on the outside line when he is attacking, and he doesn't like physical confrontation, so it is even more impossible to expect him to go to the basket on the defensive end.

So Larry Drew directly asked Al Horford and Marvin Williams to rush to grab the frontcourt rebounds, if Horford grabbed it alone with Li Kaiming, it might be more dangerous, but adding Williams is enough.

After the Hawks grabbed the rebound in the frontcourt, Horford threw the ball out again, and Josh Smith on the outside received the ball and rushed inside, broke to the edge of the box and passed the ball to Joe Johnson, who received the ball and hit it from mid-range!

24 to 30!

The Hawks relied on this tactic to stabilize the situation, and the two teams went back and forth for the next half quarter, with the Wizards players starting to collectively shrink inside on the defensive end with Sanders as a vet, with the goal of helping the two interior players grab rebounds.

Doing so did improve the Wizards' backcourt rebounding situation, but it also left the Hawks with a lot of space on the outside.

After the end of the second quarter, the Wizards trailed the Hawks by 4 points at 54-58, although the Wizards had very strong offensive firepower in the second quarter, but the opposite Hawks also scored 30 points in a single quarter and firmly controlled the trend of the game.

This situation makes Sanders difficult, if you don't play a big center, rebounds can indeed be guaranteed, but then the offense is a little insufficient, although Lewis's power on the defensive end is destructive, but the Wizards' defense is rubbish, and Lewis's defense just makes the Wizards rotten.

However, in the offensive team, Lewis is of great significance, not only can he open up space for Li Kaiming, but also can directly block and dismantle Li Kaiming, and the effect is more than a little better than the previous Yi Jianlian.

Thinking of the back, Sanders still decided to fight, and then Lewis in the second half, anyway, the Wizards' defense was like this, simply broke the jar and broke it, purely fought the offense, and showed the momentum of breaking the boat.

Back in the third quarter, the first offense was the Hawks' serve, Mike Biby was lucky to the front court to direct the traffic, others ran to create opportunities, Mike Biby dribbled and Horford blocked, and then suddenly split the ball to Joe Johnson in the corner, who took the ball and shook it to break through to the inside, Li Kaiming returned to the basket in time, Johnson missed the layup, and Alssoton came back in time to protect the rebound.

Hinrich dribbled to the frontcourt, Li Kaiming stepped forward to cover, Hinrich shook off Mike Bibby, broke through to the inside, and threw and scored against Horford's defense.

56 to 58!

The Hawks attacked, Joe Johnson asked for the ball to single Nick Young, a beautiful triple threat then shook the latter, and then broke through to the edge of the box to play a cricket kick in!

56 to 60!

Joe Johnson played very aggressively today, and if he was defended by one, or if the Wizards were pressing the score a little closer, he would step up and ask for the ball and hit it hard.

The Wizards served from the bottom line, Li Kaiming received the ball outside the three-point line, dribbled twice in the face of Horford's defense, and after finding the rhythm, he directly pulled out the jump shot outside the three-point line, and the basketball flew out of his fingertips, crossed an arc and fell into the basket!

59 to 60!

Since Joe Johnson wants to show how tough he is, then I, Li Kaiming, will not be left behind!

The Hawks served, Joe Johnson originally wanted to have another response ball, but Nick Young saw that he was going to play a single and directly called Thorton to come over to wrap up, Johnson passed the ball to Josh Smith, who received the ball and broke through to the basket against Thorton, and the top was pushed in, but he didn't control his power well, and threw a bridge directly to the basket.

Li Kaiming accepted the rebound and launched a fast attack, the Hawks have always wanted to grab the rebounds in the front court, so the two inside lines are in the restricted area of the front court, this time is the best time to push the switch!

Horford also noticed this, and immediately chased after Li Kaiming, preparing to directly use a foul to defend Li Kaiming's fast attack.

But how could Li Kaiming let him get his wish?

He dodged Josh Smith who reached out to cut the ball, and then pushed the ball forward directly, without the restraint of the ball, his speed instantly increased to the maximum, driven by the developed muscles, he took three steps and made two steps to directly shake off Horford's hand that was ready to foul, and then caught up with the ball that was pushed out by him in front.

The Eagles didn't expect Li Kaiming to play so extremely, and before the two guards on the outside could close the door, Li Kaiming directly and forcefully broke up the formation, and then held the ball with one arm to set the sky on fire, and slammed the ball into the basket.

This tactic is also Sanders' response to Larry Drew, since you want to grab the frontcourt rebound, then I will get the backcourt rebound to push the fast break, your interior line is not in the restricted area to protect the basket, then wait to be bombarded by Li Kaiming!

At this time, Larry Drew also made a difficulty, this multiple-choice question is too difficult to do, but he finally chose to give up the frontcourt rebounding strategy, because if the Wizards push the conversion fast break, coupled with the tsunami-like outside firepower, I am afraid that the Hawks will be drowned in this turbulent offensive wave in the third quarter!

In the professional game, the defensive fast break is always the first, because the fast break is too fierce, maybe a cigarette effort, there could have been two teams back and forth, one of which was spent by the other with the fast break.

After the Hawks gave up grabbing frontcourt rebounds, the defensive pressure on the Wizards was much less in an instant, especially Li Kaiming, now he only needs to stay inside to protect the basket, and he doesn't have to go outside to change the guard on the opposite side.

Mike Bibi is older, and the Eagles will not let him be the main attacker at all, so Li Kaiming also avoided the embarrassment of being trained by the guard.

As for Joe Johnson, he fights anyone the same, he will shoot when he has the opportunity, and he doesn't care who is in front of him, plus Li Kaiming is tall and has long arms, the former will not deliberately challenge him.

So in the rest of the third quarter, the two sides returned to the state of the second season, the Hawks were balanced inside and out, everyone could score two points, and most of the Wizards' scores were concentrated on the outside, and Li Kaiming was the only one who could break through to the inside, and Nick Young was half of it, because this guy couldn't see other teammates when he broke through with the ball, and he didn't have the ability to break through to attract the bag to score.

At the end of the third quarter, the Wizards and Hawks were tied at 86, and the commentators at the scene said that the game seemed to be moving towards the Wizards, because the Wizards won points in both the second and third quarters except for the first quarter.

Li Kaiming played 30 minutes in the third quarter, shooting 11 of 16, 2 of 3 three-pointers, 3 of 3 free throws, and scored 27 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists.

Among the rest of the Wizards, Nick Young, Hinrich and Lewis all played well, scoring 15, 12 and 11 points, respectively.

Joe Johnson on the Hawks' side had a great performance tonight, scoring 24 points in the third quarter, and it is very likely that he will score 30 points tonight, after all, the more critical the moment, the more stable the man.