Chapter 183 The expected fierce battle (2)(1/2)
Chapter 183 The expected fierce battle (client)
Wu Feng hit the ball on the right wing and passed the ball to Dwight Howard, "Warcraft" hit Dirk-Nine Astronomy 7*)
The 'Warcraft' shook his arm angrily.
The Mavericks' offense was also fruitless, with offense and defense transfers, and the Magic's offense.
Wu Feng still handed the ball to the inside, Dwight Howard successfully played this time, and also caused Dirk Nowitzki's foul.
Dwight Howard added free throws and the free throws also scored.
The excited "Warcraft" and Wu Feng collided with his chest, and then the two retreated together.
Dwight Howard's free throw today is quite powerful, and he has only lost one free throw at the moment.
Next, Dwight Howard's touch seemed to get hotter, and Wu Feng was naturally happy to pass the ball to him.
Dwight Howard won the first few shots in the Magic's third quarter game, scoring 6 points from three of five shots, helping the Magic narrow the gap to 1 point.
Jason Terry's continuous success from the outside provided more power for the Mavericks' offense. When the Mavericks need to score, Jason Terry can always stand up.
However, the Magic still plays the 'Warcraft', and he is also very powerful, scoring 5 points with shots and free throws. Before he could finish halfway through the third quarter, Dwight Howard scored 11 points alone.
Mavericks head coach Rick Carlisle quickly called for a timeout.
After the timeout, the Mavericks' performance did not improve significantly. Dwight Howard's outstanding performance in the inside allowed the Magic to finally take the initiative in the game.
72:69, the Magic finally overtook 3 points.
The Mavericks' outside players have never found the rhythm of the game, so it's okay to have a bad offense, and they always seem to be one step slower in defense.
Vince Carter kicked off at the baseline, Wu Feng quickly led the ball through the half-court, slowing down the pace near the midfield. Watching the Magic players penetrate into the Mavericks' defense like a tide, the Mavericks are not a team that is good at half-court offense. The weakness of the inside makes the team's offense more biased towards the outside attack. When facing the Mavericks, the Magic's positional battle is undoubtedly better.
Wu Feng easily lifted the ball into the inside line, and then quickly ran from the outside line, trying to mobilize the Mavericks' defense so that they could not easily double-team Dwight Howard.
Holding the ball in one hand, whispering slightly back on his back, he tested Brian Cardinal behind him. His opponent's defensive ability is average, especially his defense does not require his brain, but rely entirely on a positive defensive attitude. His blocking performance is barely qualified. The biggest disadvantage in defense is that his body is not strong enough.
Dwight Howard relied on his strong body to squeeze Brian Cardinal into the basket step by step. Although the opponent's defense was very aggressive, he still watched his position lose step by step.
Dwight Howard's sudden turn pushed Brian Cardinal out and made a quick hit with both hands.
At this time, Jason Kidd was undoubtedly the most disappointing. Jason Terry sat on the bench, and Deshen Stevenson almost had no effect on the court.
Until now, his statistics still have only one rebound and a foul.
"Bang", Deshen Stevenson's hastily made a move, and the ball naturally went out of the basket, and the ball rights returned to the Magic. ("".com)
On the Magic, Wu Feng gave another assist, and Vince Carter hit a three-pointer.
Stan Van Gundy was ready for the Mavericks' counterattack. However, he still underestimated the strength of the Mavericks. With Jason Kidd's lead, the Mavericks beat the Magic's 12:5 small ** in just three and a half minutes, narrowing the gap between the two sides to 3 points.
In this wave of attacks, Jason Terry swept the downturn in the first half and fired continuously from outside the three-point line.
Stan Van Gundy didn't care much about the situation on the field.
The Mavericks are originally super strong teams. If they are defeated by the Magic so easily, then the Mavericks will be a pseudo-strong team, not a team with the ability to win the championship.
The Magic called a short pause, and Gerald Wallace was sent to replace Michael Pitrus.
Jason Kidd's face became more and more serious. With Gerald Wallace's return to the field, the Magic's offensive quality will inevitably improve.
Jason Kidd quickly led the ball through the half, but he did not fail to make a decisive breakthrough. Wu Feng's slender body resolutely stood up at the three-point line without any extra movements, but it made him feel an obvious threat.
Taking advantage of Jason Terry's pick-and-roll, Jason Kidd took advantage of the opportunity that instantaneous appearance and quickly rushed into the free throw line, jumped up, and swung his hands gently.
"Bang" the Mavericks' basket rejected their own point guard again, and Dwight Howard easily took the rebound.
After Dwight Howard landed, he quickly raised the ball high and threw it hard to the frontcourt. Unfortunately, the ball flew to the free throw line, a black shadow flashed quickly, and Wu Feng watched the ball be cut off.
After the ball was intercepted, Jason Terry quickly started without any hesitation, and with amazing explosive power, he instantly held him into the air, bent his body slightly and lifted the ball high into the air with his right hand.
Looking at the timing of Dwight Howard's jump and the direction of the blocking, Wu Feng knew that the ball was basically there. Jason Terry obviously underestimated Dwight Howard's explosiveness. Although Dwight Howard's jump was a step later, his amazing explosiveness allowed him to come first. This is also Dwight Howard's blocking action, which is the opponent's best completes the entire set of movements and suffocates the opponent's ball with amazing bounces.
"Pa" Jason Terry's face was full of horror. His bounce and explosive power were indeed not as good as before, but being blocked by someone was something he had never thought of. When he was about to complete the dunk, Dwight Howard seemed to appear out of thin air and blocked his dunk.
"Dwight..." The audience cheered. Such a wonderful block will naturally arouse cheers from home fans.
Dirk Nowitzki took the initiative to ask for the ball. Seeing this, Jason Kidd quickly handed the ball over to Dirk Nowitzki.
Dirk Nowitzki's attack point is relatively low, especially his power at the three-point line, which is enough to attract any team to the eye.
Facing Dwight Howard's defense, Dirk Nowitzki was not ruthless and made a jump shot directly on his head.
Vince Carter's mid-range shot missed, Brandon Haywood easily took the rebound, and a long pass was handed to Jason Terry. After Jason Terry broke through Vince Carter, he rushed into the Magic's inside line and made a layup.
Vince Carter organized the offense with the ball, Gerald Wallace came up to support him, Vince Carter passed the ball to Dwight Howard, Dwight Howard singled Dirk-Nine Astronomy.com)
Wu Feng used his speed to forcibly break through Jason Kidd's defense and rushed into the Mavericks' interior to make a layup. Unfortunately, he missed, but he caused Dirk Nowitzki's foul.
Wu Feng made a free throw, and both free throws were made.
So far, Wu Feng has made 61 free throws in a row, and this number of free throws has broken the history of the Magic team. It is still 36 away from the highest 97 in the league's history.
Jason Kidd slipped through the bottom line, then took on a wonderful pass from his teammates, made another jump shot in the paint area, and scored 4 points in a row within one minute.
Vince Carter scored a jump shot from outside the three-point line. Although he missed, Dwight Howard took the offensive rebound and once again handed the ball to Vince Carter. Vince Carter made a wonderful pass to Wu Feng at the bottom line, and the latter made a three-pointer.
Jason Terry used his teammates' screen to make a layup with an empty cut.
Gerald Wallace dribbled the ball through the half, and did not stick too much, and quickly handed the ball to Wu Feng. At this time, only Jason Kidd was beside Wu Feng. Although there were other Mavericks players not far away, the situation was much better than the previous double-team.
A step back opened the distance between the two, Wu Feng hung high, and the ball quickly passed over Jason Kidd's head, and Gerald Wallace made a jump shot from the outside of the three-point line.
On the Mavericks' side, Dirk Nowitzki stepped forward again and made a eased goal from outside the three-point line.
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Wu Feng did not force a breakthrough, but quickly handed the ball to Vince Carter. Faced with a strong team like the Mavericks, the playing style and tactics must be changed from before. Flexible and changeable passes, active running of outside players, and the requirements for inside players to get stuck. The game against the Mavericks is extremely important.
Vince Carter made a fake move, breaking through the Mavericks' defensive player and hit a mid-range jump shot.
Jason Kidd made a wonderful pass from Dirk Nowitzki, who made another jump shot from the Golden Rooster.
After Wu Feng broke through, the ball was delivered to the bottom line Michael Pitrus in time. The latter's three-pointer missed. Dwight Howard easily took the rebound and leaned against Dirk Nowitzki, and advanced step by step into the three-second zone.
Dwight Howard bent his left elbow slightly, resisted Dirk Nowitzki, widened the distance between the two, and easily jumped and hit a small hook.
After breathing a relaxed breath, Dwight Howard wiped the sweat from his forehead. Unexpectedly, Dirk Nowitzki was always soft and his strength was quite strong. The short distance of two or three steps made him really work. The last little hook felt a little wrong. Fortunately, he was lucky. The ball bounced on the basket a few times, and finally fell into the basket.
Sean Marion pulled to the outside to block Jason Kidd. Under Wu Feng's defense, Jason Kidd was not as casual as before, especially when he broke through. He was about to succeed a few times, but Wu Feng appeared in front of him strangely. After many breakthroughs failed, he could only rely more on the teammates' block.
The game became more and more intense, and the audience on the sidelines became more and more nervous.
Jason Kidd quickly broke through the middle and entered the three-second zone, but Dwight Howard was already on the inside, and seeing that there was no good opportunity to take action, with Jason Kidd's game style, he naturally would not take action so easily. With a light swing of his wrist, the ball quickly flew into Sean Marion's hand. At this time, Dwight Howard had already gone to defend Jason Kidd, and other Magic players had no time to make up for the defense. He easily stretched out his ape's arms and easily buckled the ball into the basket.
Wu Feng's long pass from the midfielder was handed over to the inside, and Dwight Howard easily tricked Sean Marion away with a realistic and fake move. The ball was passed into the basket.
Jason Kidd made a breakthrough pass, and Jason Terry made a three-pointer from the right wing.
A Magic's pass mistake was made, Jason Kidd, Sean Marion, and Jason Terry easily had three-on-two, and Jason Kidd made a mid-range shot.
With this goal, the Mavericks overtook the score and brought the situation back to the court.
There was only one minute left in the third quarter, and Stan Van Gundy called for a timeout.
After the timeout, Wu Feng of the Magic was replaced by Chris Du Hong to rest in case of a better performance in the most intense and important fourth quarter. Michael Pitrus replaced Gerald Wallace, and JJ Redick replaced Vince Carter.
For the Mavericks, Jose Barrea replaced Jason Kidd, and Ian Massinmi replaced Dirk Nowitzki.
The game continues, the Magic's ball rights.
jj-Redick suddenly jumped out from the three-point line. With a "swish", he hit a three-pointer.
This three-pointer shot was very sudden. Jason Terry didn't expect that he would dare to take action at such a distance.
In the next minute, the Mavericks played very well, making two shots, and defending the Magic's two attacks.
At the end of the third quarter, the Magic temporarily trailed the Mavericks by 3 points at 87:90.
In the third quarter, when the Mavericks are important for the Mavericks, the one who performs best is Jason Kidd. It was under the leadership of Jason Kidd that the Mavericks launched such a fierce counterattack and eventually overtake the score.
Stan Van Gundy had nothing to say about the players' performance on the court. Their performance was definitely top-notch, but the Mavericks' strong lineup found the feel at the beginning of the third quarter, with the inside and outside lines blooming everywhere. The offensive battle formulated by Stan Van Gundy during the halftime break was also prepared to make the opponent score wildly, but the opponent was allowed to overtake the score in the third quarter, which made him still difficult for him to accept.
After encouraging the players, Stan Van Gundy reminded the disciples to pay attention to defense. As long as the defense is done well in the last quarter and then the offense is played out, there is still a great hope of winning.
In the last quarter, the Mavericks made adjustments to the lineup. José Barrea and Deshen Stevenson replaced Jason Kidd and Sean Marion respectively. Such a change of formation did not weaken the attack power of the Mavericks, and both of them had good attack abilities.
On the Magic, Chris Duhong replaced Vince Carter, and Stan Van Gundy didn't dare to replace the organizational general like Rick Carlisle. The Magic's starting attack power was originally far inferior to the Mavericks. Now he replaced Vince Carter and used the double point guard card. His intention was very obvious, allowing Chris Duhong to share the heavy responsibility of Wu Feng's organization and put more energy on the offense. After all, after Vince Carter came off the field, only Wu Feng could trust the offense from the outside.
After the start of the fourth quarter, Jose Barrea was responsible for the ball control of the Mavericks. This rookie in 2006 has been valued since he entered the Mavericks. His efficiency is very good, and he has the style of Jason Kidd in handling some key balls. The only shortcoming is that he does not have the agility and strangeness of Jason Kidd's passes. Many of Jason Kidd's wonderful passes are passed from angles that are unimaginable to ordinary people, especially in small angle passes, no one in the league can compare with him, so Jason Kidd is known as the league's number one organizational defender.
Jose Baria quickly brought the ball through the half. He passed the ball through the way he passed the ball. He passed it out just after halftime and scored points. If he didn't have a chance to shoot, the ball would be quickly passed back. At this time, he had more choices under active running position. This is the style of the Mavericks. The ball has been moving rapidly, so it is difficult for the opponent to cut off their passing route. In fast sports battles, the shooting opportunities are also easy to pull out.
After receiving the ball, Deshen Stevenson drove the ball, and quickly rushed to the inside line with a change of direction. Chris Duhon appeared in front of him almost at the same time. He saw that there was no chance to take action. Deshen Stevenson did not force anyway, one retreated and the other passed the ball diagonally, passing the ball to a quarter of the court, crossed the heads of two Magic players and handed it to Jose Barrea at the bottom line of the right wing.
The moment he started to pass the ball, Dwight Howard had realized the purpose of his pass, and immediately pulled him out to make up for defense. Anyway, there was Brandon Bass in the interior, and he only needed to make up for defense. Give Wu Feng and the others a time to relax, and he could withdraw back to the interior.
At the moment when Dwight Howard came out to defend and make up for defense, Jose Barrea made a light aim at the flying ball, gently supported the basketball with his right hand, and with a slight force, the ball quickly flew back in the direction of the coming. Dwight Howard watched the ball fly over his head helplessly. The Mavericks' playing style is flexible and changeable passing. Several players on the court have good passing skills. If there is no shooting opportunity, they will never force it. Anyway, they have to let the ball fall into the hands of unmanned defenders as soon as possible.
Sean Sean Marion jumped up gently and quickly took the ball off. His body bent slightly, and his back was tightly leaning against Brandon Bass. He used a little force to slightly widen the distance between the two. The right wrist holding the ball was raised high. Judging from his posture, it was a complete preparation for a hook shot.
Brandon Bass didn't dare to slack off. After being knocked away, he immediately pressed his body on him again. A force passed through the body that the two were in contact, and actually put pressure on Sean Marion. You must know that the moment the player takes action, the body's defense is the most vulnerable. When he loses his position, the chance of throwing the ball in is much lower than jumping up and defending.
Sean Marion quickly retreated behind his right wrist, and the ball hit the ground and bounced to Brandon Haywood at the right time. At this time, no one was defending him. He shouted, jumped high, and then a very violent dunk came.
To be continued...