Chapter 86 Restricting Howard

Although there were a hundred unwillingness in his heart, Stan Van Gundy had to make a decision to replace Howard. In less than half of the festival, Howard had committed two fouls, and Van Gundy really didn't have the courage to keep him on the court.

When Howard left the court, the Suns fans on the sideline began to applaud Zhao Yue. Howard only scored more than five points and left the field, and the two fouls were carried on Zhao Yue, which made the Suns fans instantly push the atmosphere of the court to **.

Zhao Yue added a penalty hit, 10:15, and the Sun led by 5 points.

After Howard, Stan Van Gundy replaced the team's substitute striker Ryan Anderson, and Howard's number one substitute Gott in the team has been traded to the Nuggets.

Magic attack, Nelson's dribble broke through. In the previous few minutes, Nash did a good job in Nelson's defense, but his defense in this round was only average. Although Nelson moved the block in time when he took the first step, Nelson changed back and rushed to Nash but slowed down half a beat.

Nielsen dribbled the ball to the basket, and Zhao Yue, who was originally standing near the free throw line, also quickly rushed back to the inside line to assist in defense. Nelson quickly threw the ball to the back side, and the basketball flew directly outside the top three-point line of the arc. While Zhao Yue rushed forward, Ryan Anderson retreated and retreated outside the three-point line.

After receiving Nelson's pass, Ryan Anderson shot directly outside the three-point line. No one guarded his shot was extremely easy. The ball fell steadily into the basket and hit three points.

The Magic did gather a group of shooters. There are several players with excellent outside shooting ability from No. 1 to No. 4, Ryan Anderson is one.

In the Sun's attack, the ball was handed over by Nash to Qianning Fry, who fell into the low position. Howard came off the court, and the Suns naturally resolutely played inside. Rashad Lewis's defense was not very good. Fry pushed his back to the outside of the three-second zone and turned right and immediately shook Lewis. At this time, Fry turned left into the three-second zone and made a left-handed layup to score the ball.

In the Magic's attack, Nelson dribbled the ball to half-court and Ryan Anderson took the initiative to block it. Nelson then dribbled the ball quickly and rushed into the three-point line. Nash's defense this time did a good job and did not give the Magic's point guard a good chance to break through.

The forward rush pushed the ball to the left, and Nelson's ball was sent to Tekgoglu's hand. Shake left and right, and after receiving the ball, he cheated Anthony's center of gravity with a fake action. Tecoglu rushed to the basket in the direction of the bottom line.

Zhao Yue once again contracted and returned to the basket to make up for the defense. Ryan Anderson did not follow the inside line but continued to stand outside the three-point line. He saw Zhao Yue stop in front of him to make up for the defense and pushed the ball into Anderson's hand as quickly as Nielsen before.

Fry raised his hand and rushed to Anderson, but Anderson's ball was pushed out to Lewis on the left at this time. Fry's defense completely emptied Lewis, and the two insiders of the Magic actually fell outside the three-point line.

"Wo!" After receiving the ball, Lewis' three points passed through the net.

"Di!" The Sun called for a pause, and Gentry looked at the Suns players coming down the court with a gloomy face. Howard's departure should be the time for the team to take the opportunity to expand its advantage, but the Suns not only did not seize such an opportunity, but let the Magic catch up with only one point with two or three points left, which made him extremely dissatisfied.

"Don't let those guys easily get a three-point opportunity, follow your own people, three points! Be sure to pay attention to their three points! Zhao, if the opponent has a breakthrough after blocking and dismantling, you take the initiative to change the defense and approach the basket, and the outside players should pay attention to jumping out. Breakthrough! The offensive end must break through more, let those guys shrink under the basket and find a chance to shoot from the outside..." Gentry roared at the players.

Although the tactics arranged by Gentry are still man-to-person tactics, the effect is very good, which has a lot to do with Zhao Yue. The purpose of blocking in the basketball court is to find misplacement. Generally, whether it is a small or a big game, it has an advantage, but there is no external player who meets Zhao Yue, a monster magic. With an advantage, Zhao Yue's footsteps allowed him to easily keep up with the small breakthrough, so that the players of the Suns did not have to participate in the bag, and the rest of the Magic players did not have the opportunity to shoot in the vacant position.

After the magic hit two three-pointers after switching to Ryan Anderson, the sun began to gain the upper hand in the subsequent game. The magic players fell to the outside line. If the shooting rate is good, it will be very difficult to defend, but once there is no guarantee that they have no chance to grab rebounds.

And on the defensive end, without Howard, the breakthrough of the Suns players worked, and Zhao Yue also increased the attack of holding the ball.

28:23, after the first quarter, the Suns got a 5-point advantage. With three minutes left in the first quarter, Zhao Yue got 7 points and 5 rebounds, two of which were front-court boards.

After the start of the second quarter, the Magic couldn't wait to replace Howard, and Zhao Yue, who had rested for a few minutes, also returned to the field. Gentry also knew that Howard would play at the beginning of the second quarter, so he gave Zhao Yue a break in the first quarter.

I don't know whether it was the impact of two fouls or the premature end that disrupted Howard's game rhythm. Under Zhao Yue's entanglement, although Howard returned to the field after the start of the second quarter, his performance on the court did not meet Van Gundy's expectations. On the offensive end, Howard didn't have much time to play. And his performance on the defensive end is also a little flinching.

The Sun's attack, at this time, Dražić, who replaced Nash, dribbled the ball outside the three-point line, and White Chocolate Williams stopped him. Williams is not a player known for his defense, and he is getting old and can't keep up with Dragic. After the acceleration, Dragic has found a breakthrough from Williams' side and rushed to the inside line.

As soon as he moved his steps to defend, Howard showed that the ball in Dragic's hand had been pushed towards Zhao Yue on the side and was busy stopping.

After receiving the basketball and looking at Howard standing in front of him, Zhao Yue did not hesitate at all and rushed forward quickly.

"bu!" Zhao Yue entered the three-second zone, and Howard also posted it at this time. After the collision, their bodies shook slightly. Howard was about to paste it again when Zhao Yue had jumped up and leaned towards Howard.

Howard, who originally wanted to make a move, was busy raising his hand to control his body and dared not move too much, but in this way, his interference with Zhao Yue was too small.

leaning on Howard, Zhao Yue easily threw the ball. The ball hit the rebound and bounced back into the basket.

"Shit!" Looking at Zhao Yue's smiling face after landing, Howard cursed in the bottom of his heart. In order to control his foul, he was really aggrieved.

"King Zhao hit two points under the basket. This is the second time King Zhao has scored Dwight in this quarter. Affected by fouls, Dwight's defense has been greatly reduced. I think the Suns will give more of the ball to King Zhao to attack."

The commentator was right. After sensing Zhao Yue's psychological advantage against Howard, the Suns simply handed over the ball to Zhao Yue to attack Zhao Yue to attack.

"Pay attention to defense!" On the sidelines, Stan Van Gundy shouted at the court. In order to reduce the defensive pressure on Howard, the rest of the magic players must participate in the task of defending Zhao Yue, and even if the foul is committed by the rest of the players.

After receiving the coach's instructions, Zhao Yue's dribble just wanted to hit, and Michael Pitrus rushed to the bag quickly, but Peterus also rushed too early. At this time, although Zhao Yue had begun to attack, he could calmly pass the ball. Peterus had just rushed to him, Zhao Yue's hand. The ball has been passed to Dudley on the outside line.

It was too late when Pietros wanted to rush back to the defense outside the three-point line. Dudley jumped off as soon as he received the pass and hit a three-pointer. 39:31, the Sun led by 8 points.

Seeing Howard's return on the field did not help the team narrow the score difference, and Stan Van Gundy on the side of the field was also a little anxious. While Howard ran past him, he also shouted at Howard: "Dwight, attack more resolutely!"

Stan Van Gundy knows very well that only when Howard opens the rest of the players who forced the Suns to return to the inside line to participate in defense, will the Magic's outside players have more opportunities.

After receiving the ball and leaning against Zhao Yue, Howard's head turned slightly and the sun showed that no one came forward and began to smash the ball on the floor and squeeze under the basket.

leaning back against Zhao Yue's body, Howard's shoulders shook slightly, and his body turned to the left to turn around, and then turned to the right.

"What a difficult guy!" Turning around, Howard Zhao Yue was still stuck tightly by his side and couldn't help muttering to himself.

Raising the ball quickly, Howard made an offensive move, but then the ball was taken back into his arms. Seeing that Zhao Yue's center of gravity was also rising, Howard was busy lifting the ball again.

"Bang!" Howard held the ball in his hands and pulled it up from his arms, and Zhao Yue's hand leaned out like lightning and quickly cut it on the ball.

Feed that his hands were light, and the ball in Howard's hand had fallen towards the floor. Howard held the ball tightly, but he couldn't stand Zhao Yue's cutting.

" steal! King Zhao successfully prevented Dwight! It seems that King Zhao Guo is really Dwight's nemesis!"

The basketball that was about to fall out of the bottom line was picked up. Zhao Yue quickly threw it to Dragic on the outside line, and he also rushed to the other half at this time.

The Suns launched a fast attack, and the magic players retreated in time, and several outside players of the Suns were stopped. The ball was outside the three-point line at the top of the arc. Dragic's eyes swept to the right and found that Zhao Yue was busy pushing the ball over when he rushed into the three-point line from the right.

After receiving the ball, Zhao Yue took the opportunity to hold the ball and rushed to the basket. In front of Zhao Yue's left, Howard was busy sticking it, but how could Zhao Yue, who started from the backcourt, stop it so easily and suddenly took a big step forward, and he had rushed to Howard's side.

"Well, opportunity!" Seeing that Zhao Yue could not be stopped, Howard suddenly saw the ball held by Zhao Yue in his hands and exposed it in front of him, and he couldn't help leaning over. Zhao Yue had just snatched his ball. If he could grab it back at this time, he would have found face.

"Bang!" His hand reached out, and Howard's face soon changed greatly. Zhao Yue's hand suddenly moved forward. The basketball that should have been under him disappeared and was replaced by Zhao Yue's arm. Although Howard realized that he wanted to stop, he still took a step slowly and clapped his palm on Zhao Yue's arm.

"Di!" The referee's whistle sounded, and Zhao Yue also rose into the air holding the ball at this time. Although Howard's palm clapped Zhao Yue's arm, Zhao Yue was not affected at all.

"Bum!" Zhao Yue poured the ball into the basket with both hands, and the scene also fell into a riot because of such a dunk.

"King Zhao quickly dunked and caused Dwight's foul, 2+1! 2+1 again! The Sun leads to 1o points! Dwight fouled three times. He's so unlucky today!"

"Oh!" Zhao Yue, who completed the dunk, roared vigorously, and his roar attracted fierce cheers from the whole audience.

Standing beside Zhao Yue, both Zhao Yue's roar and the cheers at the scene made Howard feel extremely harsh. In the second quarter, he received his third foul in less than half a quarter. At this moment, he wanted to spit blood.