The glory of the center

Chapter 87 Winning Magic

Sitting on the sidelines, Howard has no usual smile on his face. He only has one feeling in today's game, depressed.

Yes, he had to be depressed, because he was taught a lesson by a rookie today. You know, Howard is now known as the first center in the league, but he was blown up by a rookie today. Howard is very depressed.

Four fouls! Howard scored his fourth foul in the third quarter for six and a half minutes, and it was still Zhao Yue who caused all this. Although Howard played half a quarter when he received the foul, he has only played less than 18 minutes in the whole game so far.

58:47, at the end of the first half, the Suns have determined an advantage of 11 points, and Zhao Yue also got 16 points and 11 rebounds in the first half.

After the start of the second half, the Magic's outside line recovered a little, and the defense was more focused than the first half. Before Howard left the game, the Magic just caught the score to 69:62, and the difference between the two teams was only 7 points.

Zhao Yue made a foul of Ryan Anderson in the penalty area, but the ball did not score. Zhao Yue's free throw was 1 of two free throws, 7o:62, and the difference between the two teams came to 8 points.

Nielsen dribbles the ball to the half. Without Howard's containment and axis in the inside line, Nelson must take on the heavy responsibility of connecting his teammates to attack. After signaling Lewis to block, Nelson dribbled the ball and rushed to the basket.

Adopting the same strategy as in the first half, Channing Fry also took the initiative to change his defense and stop Nelson's side before dribble. Compared with Zhao Yue, Fry's movement was slightly slower, but Nelson rushed into the basket and did not find a chance to attack. Zhao Yue, who defended Ryan Anderson on the inside line The timely move forward and defense made Nelson fall into the bag.

leaning on Zhao Yue and jumping up, Nelson pushed the ball to Anderson outside the three-second zone, and Fry also rushed towards Anderson at this time.

"Bum!" Influenced by Fry, Anderson's shot came out of the basket, and Zhao Yue easily took off the rebound under the basket.

"Regress! Retreat!" Stan Van Gundy on the sidelines kept roaring, and the magic players did the same, but sometimes it is not that players can retreat in time if they want to retreat. For example, Anderson also wants to keep up with Zhao Yue, but the speed gap between the two makes Anderson powerless.

"Block him, don't let him rush!" Finding that Zhao Yue ran three points away and continued to rush forward, not only Van Gundy was anxious, but Howard on the sidelines was also anxious, because the ball in Nash's hand had been thrown into Zhao Yue's hand at this time.

Afra Luo Xun rushed forward and stopped Zhao Yue. Zhao Yue did not attack. He pushed the ball to the bottom right corner, and Anthony just arrived.

"Wo!" With a steady shot outside the three-point line, Anthony's shot was very straightforward, and the Suns regained an 11-point lead because of this three-pointer.

Nielson wanted to continue to break through the block. This time, Nash's defense was in place. He flashed out of Lewis's side in time to stop Nelson's forward route. At this time, Afraro had already run away from Carter, and Nelson hurriedly pushed the ball over.

After receiving the ball, there was a sudden pause outside the three-point line, and then suddenly started to rush to the three-point line. Afraro's sudden stop did surprise Carter. When Afraro rushed into the three-point line, Carter hurriedly followed Avraro sideways.

Afraro rushed to the basket, and Zhao Yue also appeared in his sight and rushed out of the three-second zone. Afraro picked up the ball and stepped forward from Zhao Yue's front, which seemed to rush from Zhao Yue to the other side of the basket, and then his right foot fell to the right front, and the person also With the support of his right foot, he dodged to the right take-off.

Zhao Yue was indeed affected by Afraro's shaking, but when Afraro moved to the left, he did not move, but kept putting pressure on Afraro. At this time, when Afraro took off, he did not move at all. He jumped up in place and swept his left hand to the top of Afraro's head. The past.

Needless to say, Afraro's strength is not very strong. At this time, he couldn't avoid Zhao Yue's palm at all.

"Bang!" Zhao Yue's palm pressed on the basketball that Afraro had not had time to play, and the ball also fell to the floor under the pressure of Zhao Yue's palm at this time.

Carter, who followed him, picked up the ball, and the Sun launched another attack. Because of his standing position, Anderson's defense was more timely than the last round, and he stopped Zhao Yue's running tightly. His performance made Star Van Gundy on the sidelines very satisfied.

Zhao Yue ran to the free throw line. At this time, Anderson had stopped. As long as Zhao Yue approached him again, he would completely stick it. At this time, Carter's ball was handed over to Zhao Yue.

After receiving the ball, he came to Anderson. Before Anderson was close to him, Zhao Yue had squeezed Anderson first. With the help of the momentum, Anderson almost fell to the ground and could no longer stand still. Anderson retreated from Zhao Yue's front.

After turning around, he easily made a layup with his right hand, and there was no pressure to push Anderson off Zhao Yue's attack, and he easily got 2 points.

After a continuous breakthrough, Lewis chose to run and shoot outside the three-point line, but without breaking through the defense line, he faced greater defensive pressure. Affected by Fry's defense, Lewis's shot out of the basket. After Zhao Yue jumped up and took the rebound, the ball was also thrown into Nash's hand.

Dribbling the ball to the half, Nash slowed down outside the three-point line, and the man suddenly took off without warning and made a jump shot.

"Wo!" Hit!

"Di!" Star Van Gundy finally couldn't help calling for a timeout. 78:62, after a wave of 8:0 attacks, the sun has narrowed the gap to 16 points.

He sensed that there was a problem with the team's attack. At this time, Van Gundy did not care about defense and sent the outside shooter JJ Reddick to the field to replace Tecoglu.

After Redik came on the court, he began to keep running, and the magic players also covered him at this time. Avraro's cover blocked Carter behind him. Reddick rushed out of the three-point line, and Nelson's ball also pushed towards Redick at this time.

At this time, Carter, standing next to Avro, suddenly rushed out, intercepted the ball on Reddick's side, grabbed it, and attacked quickly!

Carter stole, and the Sun' five players immediately ran towards the half. Carter and Nash, who grabbed the ball, ran to the front, while Nelson was the only defender at the front of the magic.

Seeing that Carter had dribbled the ball into the three-point line, Nelson didn't care about Nash and rushed to Carter to stop him. In the past, Carter relied on his explosive power to force dunk, but with the increase of injury and age, Carter's playing style has changed. With a gentle push with both hands, Carter pushed the ball to another Nash.

received the ball, Nash did not layup directly, but threw the ball into the air. Nelson also dodged wisely at this time. Anthony in the middle followed up in time, relayed in the air and dunked.

The team was 18 points behind, and Howard was trapped in a foul and could not play. No matter how he looked at the magic, it was in an extremely embarrassing and dangerous situation. The magic player also became impatient at this time. Nelson's passing error sent the ball directly out of the bottom line, and the Suns got the ball right.

"Defense! Defense!" Van Gundy shouted loudly on the sidelines. The team has reached a critical hurdle. If the score difference is narrowed to more than 20 points, the Magic will completely fall into passive.

At this time, the Suns players were not in a hurry to attack. Nash handed the ball to Anthony after half-court, and Anthony slowly dribbled the ball directly to Reddick.

At Anthony's signal, Zhao Yue came to the outside of the three-point line, and Anthony immediately dribbled the ball and rushed to the basket. Reddick bypassed Zhao Yue's side and followed closely, but Anthony still resolutely rushed to the basket. Zhao Yue's opponent Anderson returned to the basket earlier and watched Anthony rush to defend immediately.

Facing the defense of the two, Anthony jumped into the air and dodged Anderson's cover basket. Anthony's layup was very difficult. After the ball hit the rebound, it did not fall into the basket, but hit the basket and fell out of the basket.

After falling on the floor and about to jump to grab the rebound, Anderson suddenly felt a body pressing on his body. Not to mention jumping, his whole body bent down at this time.

Zhao Yue! Zhao Yue, who followed up after the block and demolition, jumped up for the first time, rode on Anderson and hugged the basketball that had just rolled out of the basket. Zhao Yue pulled the ball up again and dunked!

82:62, when the difference is narrowed to 20 points, it also means that the game is basically over. Star Van Gundy then tried to replace Howard, but Howard, who has completely lost the rhythm of the game, can't find the state at all. The last ten minutes of the fourth quarter became garbage time, and the game has been determined. In the game, both sides also replaced with marginal players.

110: 93, 17 points difference, the Suns defeated the Magic at home and won another victory.