Learning in the NBA can make you a god

Chapter 501 Howard: Does DPOY deserve its name?
It's not just Van Gundy who is messy, but also the fans feel messy.

A wave of 13:0 has been played, and the point difference has reached 15 points. This is the finals, not an ordinary regular season.

They beat the Celtics and Cavaliers, the Magic with the best defensive player.

The offense still hasn't been played, let alone this, the defense has also been beaten badly, and many fans have begun to question the professionalism of the league's selection of DPOY. Last season, Garnett was only occasionally beaten in the finals. Now Howard Has been so alone in a row, his defense is useless.

Van Gundy realized a problem. The Lakers compressed their defense to the inside. If the team's outside line cannot be opened, Howard's offensive space will undoubtedly be compressed to the extreme.

"Di!" Another timeout, just a few minutes, this is the second timeout called by the Magic.

"Director Zhang, please give the Magic an idea. If you continue to play like this, G1 in the finals will be ruined." Yu Jia was a little speechless. He had prepared a lot before the game, especially the commentary for the wonderful scenes. Now The situation on the court is simply one-sided, and there is no wonderful offense and defense at all.No, it can only be said that there is only a wonderful offense, and it is only the offense of the Lakers. The Magic have no defense and offense, and the offense and defense of the last round are completely gone.

"On the offensive end, the ball should be handed over to Turkoglu and directly to Howard, so that their original tactics will be disrupted. The Lakers can go forward to double-team the first time. Howard does not have the ability good passing ability;

On the defensive end, it is obvious that Howard and Li Tian should not face each other again, or let Howard firmly occupy the inside line, do not come out to defend easily, you can try to adopt a zone defense, this kind of defense will definitely not work," Director Zhang said eloquently A whole pause.

It turned out to be quite the same as Van Gundy thought.

"Nelson, be sure to give the ball to Turkoglu to handle. Howard didn't occupy a good position. Don't give the ball to the inside easily. The other players run up, don't stand still, you are a whole, you can only run Get up to get more opportunities, understand?"

After giving the players a second to think, Van Gundy continued, "On the defensive end, let's change to zone defense. Howard should not go out easily. Your task is to guard the inside. As long as Kobe and Lee break through to the inside, that's when you show your strength." opportunity to slap their layups into the sky."

It has to be said that these words of Van Gundy are very useful to Howard, who is not good at thinking.Literally speaking, Van Gundy was flattering him, saying that he was the strongest.

After thinking about it, Howard's smile returned to his face again, but his eyes were fixed on Li Tian and Kobe. His mind had already appeared in his mind. After he finished blocking, the other party's frustrated expression.

"Lewis, if Lee uses the pick-and-roll again, he must squeeze past him, and he must not be easily misplaced." Van Gundy said sweetly, and after encouraging and appeasing Howard, he handed over the heavy responsibility of defense to Lewis.

Lewis at the moment is facing the same problem as Bowen, Pierce and Posey last season.

Lewis looked dignified, but still nodded, and took over the task, because if he couldn't do it, the other Magic players would be the same and couldn't guard against it.

After the timeout ended, Nelson broke through Fisher, made an emergency stop for a mid-range shot, and hit a mid-range shot, finally breaking the Magic's scoring drought.

Looking back, after several consecutive attacks, Li Tian not only had Lewis in front of him, but even Turkoglu also appeared in a position where he could come to defend at any time.

The Lakers' possession of the ball is handed over to Kobe.

Courtney Lee, who was too thin, was easily squeezed away by Kobe, and rushed to the basket with the ball.

Howard smiled when he saw Kobe suddenly drive to the basket with the ball. He thought his chance had come.

Observing Kobe who was defending, he suddenly lowered his offensive speed, changed his offensive rhythm, avoided Howard who was flying, and made a basket.

"Does your DPOY really deserve it?" Kobe said to Howard.

anger!
Unwilling!

Blame yourself!

One thought after another flashed through my mind.

What's more, I keep telling myself that I must do a good job of defense and save face.

Looking back, Gasol went around to defend Turkoglu, never giving him the opportunity to catch the ball and dominate the ball.

Lewis waited for a few seconds, but never found a suitable opportunity to score the ball, so he could only bite the bullet and break through with the ball himself.

Before the game, he watched Li Tian's defense repeatedly. When encountering important defensive moments, he watched it frame by frame. This was a pain for the team's video editor, who worked day and night continuously It took a few days before the complete video was finally handed over to him.

Before the start of the finals, apart from training, they were watching his defense. In the end, they found that even though Li Tian's defense was clear, it was not so easy to break through.

After thinking about it for a while, Lewis still chose to break through with the ball.

As soon as the breakthrough was made, the defense came over, clinging to Lewis who was about to break through, unable to continue to break through, and had to give the ball to Nelson on the other side.

Because he found that the Magic had a one-and-a-half point advantage on the field. Center Howard was too easy to be double-teamed. Nelson on the outside counted as half. If he was in his prime of health, he would count as one.

After receiving the ball, Nelson called Howard for a pick-and-roll. Since his injury, his speed has declined. It is not so easy to pass Fisher's defense in one step. For the sake of safety, calling a pick-and-roll is the best choice.

Howard immediately ran towards Nelson. After blocking Fisher, he wanted to turn around and make an air cut immediately, but Fisher found out that he tried his best to stick to Howard.

Nelson could only force his shot against Bynum's defense and made a mid-range shot.

For the Magic, live again!

In the next few minutes, the Lakers changed their previous offensive method and no longer gave the ball to Gasol, but Kobe and Li Tian took turns to play singles with the ball.

It's a pity that Howard failed to complete even a block and only grabbed a defensive rebound.

"Beep!" The referee whistled, Bynum made a defensive foul, and Howard got two free throw opportunities.

Phil saw that Bynum had fouled twice in a row and had to make substitution adjustments in advance.

"The next opportunity is for Howard. Bynum has committed three offenses and has already been replaced by Phil. If Howard faces Gasol, his bounce and speed will have a huge advantage." Director Zhang believes that according to normal thinking, It must be pushing Gasol to the center position and Odom to the power forward position.

"Ariza, you go replace Bynum, let Lee play center, you play small forward!" Phil said before Ariza entered the field.

Ariza was stunned. Shouldn't the center let Gasol? Odom should be playing at this time. Why did he let himself appear.

Seeming to see Ariza's question, Phil continued, "It's okay, just tell him that!"

This is a tactic they had discussed long ago. They also did the same in the finals last season. For a lot of time, Li Tian led Garnett, which relieved Gasol a lot of pressure.

"Okay, coach!" Turned around and ran towards the field.

"Hey, no, Ariza replaced Bynum, so who will play center for the Lakers?" Barkley asked.

It's not just him who has doubts, all fans have doubts in this regard.

They didn't know what Phil was thinking and could only wait for the changes on the field.

"Lee, Phil asked you to play center!" Ariza didn't know why, but Phil made such an arrangement, so he had to listen.

"Okay, I know what to do. Do a good job of defense. Your strength has not been seen by everyone!" He said, patting Ariza on the shoulder.

Howard made 2 of 1 free throws and was even more excited to see Bynum being beaten down by himself.

Looking back, Howard was also stunned, and it was Li Tian who was stuck with himself under the basket.

"Boy, the basket is not where you should be!" Looking at Li Tian who came to the basket, he looked at him again, and said with a smile, as an optimist, he seldom gets angry.

"Really?" asked meaningfully.

While the two were chatting, Kobe had already broken through Catney Lee's defense and headed towards the basket.

Howard defended, Kobe threw the ball high, and Howard, who came to defend, couldn't take off to intercept the pass at all.

Seeing Kobe's eyes from the corner of the eye, he knew what he wanted to do. He jumped for life, his head had passed the basket, and he was waiting quietly in the air.

"Kang Dang!" Receiving Kobe's space, he successfully dunked with both hands!

"Wow wow wow, my God, Lee actually completed a flat frame dunk, no, his head was already over the basket, as if he was still in the air, after waiting for a while, Kobe's pass arrived, and he completed this A dunk!" Barkley said excitedly.

"Yes, Lee's dunk must be the most exciting dunk today, bar none!" Smith said with a smile.

This season, Li Tian's dunks refreshed his understanding of dunks again and again.He even doubted whether he was a person who was not affected by gravity.How could it be possible to jump so high? This is the finals, not the regular season, let alone the preseason. This dunk is no one.

"Li Li. Li." The fans started chanting his name frantically.

"Damn it, you are a coward, you dare not confront me head-on!" Howard shouted at Li Tian who completed the dunk.

"Really?" It was this sentence again.

"This sentence again, I hate this word!" The anger increased again.

One minute later, Li Tian stuck Howard near the baseline and received the ball from Fisher from the outside.

Turning around twice in a row, he shook off Howard, who likes to jump.

Another easy layup.

"Like a soft-legged shrimp, isn't it a man who dare not even confront him head-on!" roared again.

"Really? Next, I will do as you wish!"

Howard was about to go crazy, and it was such a sentence again, and his mind was already filled with this sentence.

Seeing that Howard was emotionally unstable, Van Gundy had no choice but to call a timeout. Otherwise, if Howard, who was flooded with anger, made any irrational actions, he might have to surrender directly this trip to the finals.

"God, Howard, the new DPOY, was being played around by Li Tian's attack, and he didn't even know what he was going to do next.

I finally understand why Phil pushed him to the center position. Everyone has forgotten that he has footwork that is not weaker than Yao Ming, and he chooses more outside shots. He has not been to the basket for a long time. Many people have forgotten. Those magical footsteps! Director Zhang smiled even more happily.

Magic bench.

"Howard, you must calm down and communicate with your teammates more. Others are ready to be easy-going and assist in defense. Don't let Li get a mobile phone so easily!" Van Gundy shouted every word.

Howard nodded dully.

Back from the timeout, Nelson broke through with the ball, made an emergency stop and hit again from mid-range.

It's the Lakers' turn to attack.

Just like before, Kobe and Ariza took the defender in front of them to the other side. In the last round of the series, Ariza suddenly broke out with a three-pointer, and he also hit a three-pointer when he came off the bench before.Lewis, who was defending him, did not dare to give him an open chance at all. For Ariza, the open space is no different from sending points.

Fisher saw that Li Tian had already completed his position.

"Wo Cao, this power really cannot be underestimated." He couldn't help complaining, and tried his best to get Howard stuck behind him.

After receiving the pass, he exerted all his strength, and had to complete two backs at the basket to better hit Howard's self-confidence. However, after the two passes, he had to rest for a while and hand over the ball to kobe.

Steady your center of gravity, use your body to feel Howard's power over you, and push Howard back half a step.

Make a fake left turn to attract Howard's defense, suddenly pull the ball back, and turn right again.

After easily swaying Howard's defense, he stepped up and faced the empty basket and finished it with an easy dunk.

"When did Lee become so powerful? But according to my understanding, he lacks a big butt, so he can easily push past Howard's defense and get to the basket for a dunk!" Barkley said with a smile.

"Fuck off, why are you always inseparable from your ass." Smith is really fed up with Barkley, no matter what, he can always think of his ass.

"Does your DPOY deserve it?" I will use what Kobe said just now, and send it to Howard again.

"I won't jump easily again, you have no chance!"

Indeed, after only two possessions, Bryant received another pass, and then Bryant pulled Cartney Lee beyond the three-point line.

Formed again with Howard, a 1V1 situation under the basket.

This time I didn't rush to attack. The back-to-back attack just now was too exhausting.

I feel that I can no longer use my back for this attack, because I may not be able to press Howard to the basket.

With his left arm attached to Howard, he hit twice in a row, but was pushed back by the tough defense.

"Li, I'm in trouble this time." Barkley felt that a good show was about to come.

Just when people thought it was the best option, to give the ball outside.

Howard, who leaned against his body and defended himself, did not give him any chance to steal.

"Fatty, have you forgotten, Li has the ability to hook the sky." Smith saw Li Tian, ​​and easily hit a hook.

Barkley slapped himself hard, he shouldn't question Li Tian.

"Is your DPOY well deserved?"

Hearing this sentence again, Howard began to doubt himself, muttering in his heart, "Does DPOY really deserve its name?"

Howard, fell into deep self-doubt!
(End of this chapter)