What a shame! I couldn't resist the urge to copy the beast, but fortunately I could cancel the copy. Although I couldn't re-select another opponent, at least there wasn't such an outrageous negative bonus.

Forget it, if you play against the Magic, it doesn't matter if you lose one talent. Isn't there Ray Allen's "sharp shooter"?

After walking onto the court, Liu Xiu felt someone staring at him. He glanced around and saw that it was Beast Beast! But why was Beast Beast's eyes so hungry?

On the other side, Howard was so sad and angry. Just now, Liu Xiu came to their bench and Hill was injured. He thought he was the new boss of the Magic team and reached out to say hello to Liu Xiu. However, Liu Xiu ignored his hand and went straight to Hill.

Chatting and laughing with Hill.

His current mood is not unhappy, but angry and unhappy!

However, when Howard took his eyes away from Liu Xiu and concentrated on walking to the center circle, it was his turn to feel the hostile eyes.

Parallel import No. 1 pick Kwame Brown!

The image of being targeted by the Trail Blazers' internal group last season emerged, and Howard flashed a hint of timidity, but then it turned into anger.

he!

The strongest high school center in history!

He actually feels scared when facing a parallel importer!

At 5 o'clock in the evening, the referee blew the whistle to start the game. Howard beat Kwame Brown to win the jump ball, and the Magic took the lead.

Nelson received the ball and advanced to the frontcourt, with Liu Xiu guarding the top arc.

"Jamir Nelson, 23 years old, 183 cm, 91 kg, PG, ability evaluation 78, 84 offense, 69 defense, 79 three-pointers, 81 mid-range shots, 91 layups, 88 speed, 87 strength..."

In the second year of Nelson, Liu Xiu seems to have seen himself in his rookie year. He is strong and has decent speed but not fast. However, his explosive acceleration is better than him, mainly because his skills are more comprehensive than his back then.

In the first few games of the new season, Nelson and Batty played very well in pick-and-roll offense, and Liu Xiu was careful to guard against it.

But Batty didn't pull it out, Nelson passed the ball!

Liu Xiu turned around and saw that Barty stretched to the mid-range on the right baseline, and Howard caught the ball in the low post on the left side of the basket and hit Kwame Brown with his back!

Howard bumped into Kwame Brown fiercely. Kwame Brown's heels seemed to be on the floor. Instead, Howard, who hit him, slid half a step away.

"..." Liu Xiu was speechless for a moment. Seeing Howard's confused expression, he quickly shouted "Kwame, I'll help you" and then double-teamed Howard.

When Howard heard this, he suddenly forgot about the fact that he couldn't hit him. When he saw Liu Xiu coming to attack him, he felt inexplicably excited that "I'm being double-teamed in a singles" and continued to attack, struggling towards Kwame-

Brown hit him, and Kwame Brown retreated a little this time, but this small distance was not enough to get closer to the basket.

Seeing Liu Xiu coming up, Howard's heart skipped a beat and he jumped up on the spot, trying to dunk Kwame Brown across the way... "Pa"... Kwame Brown slapped the ball cleanly, completely.

Didn't touch Howard's dunking hand!

Liu Xiu grabbed the rebound. He had great trust in Kwame Brown for this ball. He decided that it was either a blocked rebound or an iron rebound.

After winning the rebound, Liu Xiu immediately counterattacked.

Howard immediately chased Liu Xiu, but he stopped as soon as he broke out of the three-point line.

Seeing Liu Xiu, who is much older than Nelson, constantly widening the distance between him and Nelson, Howard cursed, this is so unreasonable!

Watching Liu Xiu go straight to the opposite basket and hit a layup, and then turning to look at Kwame Brown who was beating his chest, roaring and spitting, Howard was extremely angry.

It was still the Magic's offense. Nelson advanced to the frontcourt and saw Howard going to the low post again to ask for the ball. This time he hesitated.

He didn't notice it in the last round, but now he discovered that Howard couldn't squeeze Kwame Brown!

The Magic started with 2 wins and 2 losses, a very good performance. In these 4 games, Howard made many very domineering inside attacks, which gave his teammates the illusion that he was very powerful in post-up play.

But now against Kwame Brown, I realized that the interior defense I encountered in the first four games was too poor.

The Bucks' Margo Loyin, the Hawks' Pachulia, the Warriors' Murphy, the Rockets' 17-year-old rookie Bynum, and Howard played these centers at every opportunity.

Now facing Kwame Brown... Nelson took a closer look and saw that Howard's arms, shoulders and back looked stronger than Kwame Brown's, but his lower limbs were much weaker!

Moreover, Kwame Brown's upper body is not weak. He has a very balanced upper and lower body. He was evaluated when he was drafted - a talented insider with no shortcomings in physical fitness and capable of playing two inside positions.

If there is anything wrong with this evaluation, then the only reason is that the NBA is not interested in measuring hand size...

But Howard was already sitting in the low post asking for the ball. Nelson hesitated and passed the ball.

Howard still couldn't hit him this time, but he tried to force his shot and was not blocked directly. Needless to say, the lever was pretty good, but the shot was so hard... it was hard again!

Randolph recovered from the right baseline, grabbed the defensive rebound and passed it to Liu Xiu, who counterattacked...

Good guys, Nelson and Turkoglu have retreated to the center circle!

Liu Xiu did not press the speed, but still pushed forward quickly.

In the adjustment of the team system, the bad things will be changed, and the good ones will naturally be retained.

They controlled the rhythm transition very well, mainly because Liu Xiu, the person who controlled the rhythm, could control the rhythm well and drive his teammates. This has been retained.

Fall into positional warfare.

"Zach, teach him what a low post shot is!" Liu Xiu said and then lobbed the ball to Randolph, who was leaning against Howard in the low post on the right side of the three-second zone.

Randolph immediately shook his body and hit the high school student!

Randolph played very hard. After turning his back and entering the basket, he used explosive force to knock Howard away and took off for a layup!

"This is a low post shot!" Randolph spat and talked trash to retreat.

In fact, Randolph was thinking to himself - 'Oh my god, these high school students are so perverted. This guy will only turn 20 next month? If he doesn't bully him in the past two years, he won't be able to bully anymore!'

Although Howard's move to challenge the league's top low-post defensive lineman on the offensive end confused Randolph, Howard's improvement on the defensive end surprised Randolph.

Last year, when playing against Howard, he didn't even need to move an extra step. He had to score as easily as he wanted. This year, he has to be very serious about it.

In transition between offense and defense, the Magic attack.

Nelson advanced past half court and passed to Turkoglu who wanted the ball from the top arc.

Nelson took advantage of Batty's cover on the wing, received Turkoglu's support from the top arc, and made a high throw shot!

This card is dealt beautifully! It’s a very simple play that relies purely on the timing of the supporting players!

Turkoglu finally has a chance to show his talent this year.

Liu Xiu noticed a detail. Just now, Howard wanted to play in singles, but Turkoglu asked for the ball. Howard did not continue to ask for the ball. Instead, he moved to the outside of the right side of the three-second zone and maintained a rushing posture.

From this detail, Liu Xiu feels that it makes sense for Howard to succeed. This high school student has many flaws in his character, but he is not lacking in basketball talent and hard work.

However, Liu Xiu's focus is no longer on Howard. Howard is similar to Kenyon Martin. When encountering an opponent who is thinner than him, he looks extremely fierce in singles, but when encountering someone who is stronger than him, he becomes innocent.

A blue-collar player, and Howard has no pick-and-roll ability, and his offensive role is worse than that of Kenyon Martin.

Howard has a knack for grabbing offensive rebounds, but the Trail Blazers are a strong inside team, with one of the best defensive rebounds in the league, and getting stuck is something engraved in their bones.

When the freshness of the beast wears off, Howard is just a younger top athletic center to the Trail Blazers. Now he can't guard Randolph and Raheem alone, and he needs to help defend Liu.

Xiu and Little Flying Squirrel can also deal with it more easily...

What really poses a threat to the Trail Blazers is the pick-and-roll combination of Teg Kru with Nelson and Batty. The three of them, coupled with a wing shooter, coupled with Howard's rushing and pie-eating threats, the team's offense is quite effective.

good.

The Magic are also remarkable on the defensive end. It can be seen from the defensive awareness and enthusiasm of Nelson and Turkoglu when Howard missed his second strong attack just now. Their defensive discipline is really good.

Compared with last season, the Magic have indeed undergone qualitative changes, which comes from their new head coach - Brian Hill.

The most successful stage of this coach's career was when he trained O'Neal more than ten years ago. Now that the Magic have a good center prospect, they have brought him back to coach. His ability to build a team around the center is indeed good.

The Trail Blazers scored 27 points in the first quarter, and the Magic, who were playing at home, did not fall far behind and scored 23 points. After Howard stopped playing alone, the Magic and the Trail Blazers tied!

Turkoglu had 5 points and 2 assists, and Nelson had 8 points and 2 assists. Their performance was quite good.

In the second quarter, the Trail Blazers took the lead. Liu Xiu first ran without the ball to receive a pass from Blake and scored two points on the right side of the three-second zone. Then he cut in and caught the ball in two consecutive rounds, resulting in a foul and 4 free throws.

, played a 6-0 wave, and relied on personal threats from behind to help Raheem, who came on the bench, score 8 points, and the Flying Squirrel scored 6 points. After the entire game, the Trail Blazers scored 29 points.

However, the Magic started low and started high, scoring only 10 points in the first half of the second quarter, but surged by 18 points in the second half, losing only 1 point to the Trail Blazers in a single quarter.

After halftime, the Trail Blazers led the Magic by 4 points, 56-51, entering the intermission.

Liu Xiu had 4 points and 1 assist in the first quarter and 10 points and 3 assists in the second quarter. He played 19 minutes in the half and scored 14 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists and 1 steal. His performance was quite good. Turkoglu from the Magic team played well.

It was also very good, scoring 7 points and 6 assists in the half.

Turkoglu had 4 assists in a single quarter in the second quarter, organizing the Magic team's offense in an orderly manner, which made the Trail Blazers coaching staff look at him with special attention!
Chapter completed!