First in scoring

Chapter 475 474. Who is the team priority?
Van Gundy did not make any substitutions, he only arranged key ball tactics.

On the other side, Carlisle replaced Mike Miller with Hill, and Felton, Zhang Yang, Okafor and Brad Miller continued to play.

Mike Miller and Hill both performed poorly in long-range shooting in the final quarter, so it would be better to use better defense.

After the timeout, the Magic attacked.

Turkoglu received the ball and initiated an attack, passing the ball to the right sideline, who used the screen to run to the right corner to pull Alston who was defending. Howard came down from the free throw line at the right time, Brad Miller moved up to block Howard's cut, Turkoglu turned around and ran to the high position... The Bobcats' defense was concentrated on the middle line of the three-second zone and the right sideline.

Lewis seized the opportunity to move to the left side of the three-second zone, received a long pass from Alston at the baseline, and made a layup!

106 to 103, the Magic lead by 3 points!
Zhang Yang rushed in hurriedly... picked up the ball and served it.

With the passing and cutting coordination based on one star and four shots, Van Gundy's attainments in this tactic are simply amazing!
The Bobcats' passing and cutting tactics based on the triangle offense and Princeton are considered to be top-notch in the league, but compared with the Magic, the gap is still obvious. Perhaps in the future the complete version of the Spurs system will be able to compete?
Zhang Yang couldn't say he was envious. He couldn't envy them anyway. This was their secret weapon for making a living, and the requirements on the players' strength were very strict. Peak Turkoglu + peak Howard, even Van Gundy only had a one-year trial ticket for this combination. Later, Van Gundy tried to replicate the Magic team with Griffin as the core of the ball-holding tactics, Drummond as the inside core, and a bunch of pitchers...but they couldn't even make it to the playoffs.

However, when Zhang Yang was serving, he saw Turkoglu raising his chin and looking at him with his nose… This guy has been displeased with the way he looks since last season.

Although he didn't understand, as the saying goes, Huskies are the dogs among dogs and Türkiye is the country among countries, so he expressed respect for the national conditions of others.

Felton pushed forward to the frontcourt and started a pick-and-roll offense with Okafor, playing team cooperation... but it didn't work! The Magic did a good job of blocking the wing.

Felton promptly passed the ball to Brad Miller who was in the high position. There was a defender in front of Brad Miller and no good options for passing the ball. He raised the ball to avoid being snatched away by Courtney Lee who was switched to defend him, and when Zhang Yang came up from the wing, he pushed the ball to the top arc.

Zhang Yang received the ball at the top of the arc, and seeing that it was Turkoglu who came up to defend one step inside the arc, he turned around and jumped without hesitation, shooting a three-pointer...

Turkoglu made up his mind and stood still, without even getting into a defensive stance, when he was caught off guard by a shot. He quickly pressed forward and jumped to interfere, but it was too late. The ball flew past him before his hand reached the blocking position.

Zhang Yang shot suddenly, and the players near the three-second zones of both teams swarmed into the basket to grab the ball... and the ball went right into the frame!
连进3球，张杨独自打了魔术队一个7比2，帮助山猫队以106比106追平比分！

When the Magic team attacked, Howard forced a shot from Brad Miller in the low post to attract a double-team, then passed the ball to Turkoglu in the high post. Turkoglu then passed the ball to Alston on the right sideline.

The teammates followed Zhang Yang's instructions, defended the key points, blocked Lewis, who scored the highest score of the Magic team tonight with 33 points, and blocked Howard's passing route to catch the ball and play hard.

Alstom received the ball but couldn't pass it, but he didn't give up and shot a three-pointer... but missed!
Unfortunately, Zhang Yang's quick stop jump shot when he broke through the double-team also missed, and he also failed to grab the offensive rebound. Howard guarded the defensive rebound and got his 22nd rebound of the night.

But then Courtney Lee received the ball at the baseline, broke through the elbow area and made a quick stop jump shot before the defense arrived, but it missed!
Hill protects the defensive rebound!
Just as Zhang Yang did not trust the role players of his own team at critical moments, he was full of trust in the opponent's role players at critical moments. He firmly believed that only when the opponent's role players could not make the shot, could he more decisively lead the entire team to block the opponent's important players - Howard should not think of getting close to the basket without the ball, Lewis should not be given an open opportunity to receive the ball and shoot, and Turkoglu must have a defender in front of him when he has the ball.

Like Courtney Lee's quick stop jump shot just now, as long as he doesn't get into close range, there is no need to worry about it. It is difficult for Felton to guarantee the success rate of a quick stop jump shot one step outside the elbow area, let alone a 3D player.

The Magic team retreated very quickly, and the Bobcats had no chance of a fast break this time. Hill shared some of the pushing work and passed the ball to Zhang Yang who wanted the ball after reaching the frontcourt.

Felton moved to the left corner. As a qualified boss, at the critical moment, as long as the younger brother had good physical strength and asked for the ball actively, he would never rush to attack.

There were 15 seconds left in the Bobcats' attack time and 28 seconds left in the game. Zhang Yang wasted time under the close defense of Courtney Lee. When there were 8 seconds left in the attack time, he suddenly accelerated and pushed the opponent, following the feedback force to put his feet together and bring his left hand inward.

Courtney Lee didn't bother to keep her center of gravity, she pushed back with her right foot, threw herself forward with all her strength, and stretched out her hand to block the shot... Zhang Yang's movement to receive the ball changed instantly, his left hand changed from grabbing the ball to dribbling the ball, he took a step to the right, dodged Courtney Lee, and accelerated forward!
Beautiful front change of direction!
This scene made the TV commentator exclaim "Lone Wolf"!
Courtney Lee was shaken off the 3-point line, and Zhang Yang passed through so cleanly that Lewis and Turkoglu, who were ready to double-team, didn't react. Zhang Yang tried his best to get close to the basket, stopped abruptly one step outside the elbow area, grabbed the ball, and shot a jump shot facing Howard who had completely jumped out from under the basket...

"Snapped"

Howard's hand firmly high-fived Zhang Yang's hand. His speed and bounce speed were extremely exaggerated, but the distance was still a little too far, beyond the limit of his rim protection range!
The referee's whistle was followed by the sound of the two people clapping their hands, and the sound of the ball hitting the basket was also heard at the same time. All the players on the court, including Howard who was falling in the air, tried to turn their heads to look at the basket, and saw that the ball hit the basket, bounced, and fell into the basket!

The referee confirmed that the goal was valid and a penalty would be added!

The referee's whistle sounded again immediately and Van Gundy called a timeout.

After landing, Howard jumped in front of the referee in two steps, jumped and spread his hands, which scared the referee, but he made a few "ah ah" sounds and couldn't utter a word, leaving the referee speechless.

He was just mentally exploded and wanted to find someone to vent his anger on, but he really broke the rules and didn't know what to say when he wanted to vent.

After the official timeout in the final quarter, he didn't play any role, especially in the crucial moments. Apart from protecting the defensive rebounds, he had almost no presence. If they were leading and about to win, he naturally wouldn't care about these things, but there were still more than ten seconds left, they were behind, and the opponent scored a goal in his face to overtake the score, and he also fouled!

There were two other people whose mentality exploded like Howard.

One was Courtney Lee. The moment he kicked forward, he was ecstatic, thinking that he had judged Zhang Yang's shooting action, but he was fooled. Also, the position of Zhang Yang's shooting was exactly the same as his shooting position in the previous round, and Zhang Yang's shooting was much more difficult than his. The one defending him was Howard, a super defensive master who he didn't dare to shoot when he broke through in training. He only encountered Felton's blockade... But he missed, and Zhang Yang scored!
A blow that is engraved deep in memory and is unforgettable!

The other one is Turkoglu...

...

The timeout was entered and the free throw was suspended. Zhang Yang and his teammates celebrated briefly, and then he took the time to exercise his right hand.

He really wanted to find someone to complain about Van Gundy's on-the-spot reaction ability, which could be described in one word - startling.

The other team would definitely call a timeout, regardless of whether he scored the goal or not.

But after he scored the goal and got the free throw, and Howard slapped him hard on the hand, Van Gundy didn't even wait for him to finish the free throw before calling a timeout...

Don't mention it, high-fiving with Suo Suo really hurts! I was numb at that moment. He wanted to vent his anger by saying some trash talk, but the other party didn't give him the chance and ran to the referee to jump up and down, with a kind of beauty of underdeveloped brain stem, which put out his nameless anger. Suo Suo is good at helping people cool down.

After praising his players, Carlisle took the time to make lineup adjustments and defensive arrangements.

After the timeout, players from both teams returned to the court.

The Magic did not make any substitutions. Carlisle made personnel adjustments. Felton and Brad Miller were replaced, Afflalo and Millsap were replaced, and Zhang Yang, Hill and Okafor continued to play.

Zhang Yang walked up to the free throw line. After a long timeout, his hand that was hit by the "critical hit" no longer felt any discomfort. After patting the ball to get a feel for it, he made the free throw!

109 to 106, the Bobcats lead by 3 points!
With 18 seconds left in the game, the Magic were on offense. Alston quickly advanced to the frontcourt and passed the ball to Turkoglu. The other Magic players also quickly got into position.

In fact, during the timeout, Zhang Yang was not the only one who kept complaining about Van Gundy's choice of time to call a timeout. Some of the Magic's own players also cursed him secretly, because it not only gave Zhang Yang time to catch his breath, but also wasted a few seconds of time to advance across half court.

At this moment they had no time to complain. After Turkoglu received the ball, the other four immediately started running for team offense.

However, Tekoglu did not launch the attack at the timing set out in the tactics, so he had no chance at all!

Their Magic team was trailing by 3 points, and the opponent simply ignored the threat of cutting in and feinting, and focused on blocking the outside!
He made up his mind and signaled his teammates to move away. He wanted to do it himself. When there were 3 seconds left, he took a step to the right under the defense of Hill who had already approached him, then dribbled the ball behind his back and returned to his original position to the left. He jumped up to face Hill who was moving sideways and following closely, and took a three-point shot under interference...

Just when the ball reached the highest point, a long whistle sounded, and the falling ball went into the frame accompanied by the long whistle!
The fans at the scene cheered loudly, and Turkoglu immediately let out a roar, punched himself hard in the chest, and then bumped chests and high-fived his teammates who rushed in front of him to celebrate.

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During this time, he did not forget to raise his chin and look at Zhang Yang.

Zhang Yang saw the Husky Magician's provocative... nose hair?
He rolled his eyes and went to pat Hill's back, who looked annoyed.

It's really not Hill's fault for this ball. Even if Zhang San were to defend, he might not be able to defend as well as Hill. He suffers a great disadvantage in terms of height. Turkoglu is 208 cm tall and has great skills. He is at his peak. It's really impossible to blame the defender for making a key shot.

As for Turkoglu, he finally vented his frustration in the second half!

In fact, he doesn't just dislike Zhang Yang. He dislikes all the stars who rely on their talent and personal ability to do whatever they want. He feels that is not the real basketball in his mind.

But the sad thing is that when it came to the critical moment, he also wanted to rely on his own personal ability to solve the problem, but he himself did not realize this...

...

After the referee confirmed that Turkoglu's shooting point was outside the three-point line and the ball had left Turkoglu's hand before the red light came on, he signaled that the three-pointer was valid, the score was 109 to 109, and the two teams entered overtime!

The Magic players were extremely excited at this moment. When Zhang Yang scored 2+1 and they couldn't get away with the team's tactical running in the last attack, they were already in despair, but Turkoglu scored the key goal. At this moment, they felt like they were going to win again.

However, the saying that some are happy while others are sad does not seem to apply at this time.

On the Bobcats side, except for Hill who was upset that Yan Ye scored a goal to tie the score, the other players were not depressed. Even Hill was only upset about this goal. They were still very confident about the game itself.

Because they had the overall advantage in the second half, they won by 7 points in the entire second half!
Tekoglu scored that goal in the second half of the final quarter, and it was no exaggeration to say it was a lucky shot. Zhang Yang scored 3 points in the last 10 minutes and almost won the game alone. Even though Tekoglu made a three-pointer to tie the score in the end, Zhang Yang's performance at the critical moment still made them full of confidence!
Carlisle felt the high morale of his players, and thought it was great to have a super genius like Zhang Yang. He didn't need to waste time motivating his players and could just start making adjustments directly.

A few minutes later, players from both teams returned to the court.

Van Gundy made lineup adjustments. The two brothers in the backcourt couldn't hold on, so he had to replace them with 34-year-old veteran Anthony Johnson and third-year pitcher JJ Redick, who was developing slowly and scored the same amount this season as his rookie year. The frontcourt players were actually tired, but he didn't dare to move and let Turkoglu, Lewis and Howard continue to play.

Carlisle replaced Felton, and Zhang Yang, Hill, Millsap and Okafor continued to play.

He was very glad that he let Zhang Yang rest for a few more minutes in the first half. He only played for 36 minutes in regular time and is still maintaining his form.

The rotation arrangement of Felton, Hill and Millsap was also very good. Only Okafor played a long time in the regular season, 43 minutes, but Howard played even longer on the opposite side and only rested for two minutes at the end of the third quarter.

The referee blew the whistle to start overtime and threw the ball into the air. Howard narrowly defeated Okafor to win the jump ball, and the Magic team attacked first!
Anthony Johnson advanced to the frontcourt and passed the ball to Turkoglu.

Turkoglu made a three-pointer to tie the score, and he felt confident. Seeing that Lewis was too tired to move, and Howard was listless and he didn't know what he was thinking, he decided to do it himself. He played against Hill again, and took a three-pointer from the top of the arc after a fake breakthrough and stepping back... It missed!
Hill's defensive style was not much different from the last defense in regular time. He tried his best to interfere, but his interference was not as good as that time, but Turkoglu did not continue his touch on that ball.

Okafor secured the defensive rebound and passed it to Felton.

Felton advanced to the frontcourt and passed the ball to Zhang Yang. Zhang Yang turned around and easily moved past Redick and went straight to the inside.

Seeing Howard coming out to help defend, Zhang Yang made an instant judgment and pressed forward. When he was about to make contact with Howard, he grabbed the ball and took a step to the left. Howard quickly retreated to the left and rear. In his second step, Zhang Yang changed direction to the front right, as fast as in the first step. He drew an 'X' with Howard's movement line, jumped up, turned around and shot... and it hit!
Zhang Yang felt that this goal was too easy... After Howard was shaken off by his European step, he did not press forward to deter and interfere as actively as before, and he did not even have the intention to press forward!
Zhang San: Why is Suo Suo suddenly unhappy?

But the confusion only lasted for a moment, and he immediately retreated and prepared to defend.

When the Magic attacked, Turkoglu continued to play one-on-one. Hill was close to him, so he broke through! He broke through to the right side of the free throw line and made a quick stop jump shot... but still missed!
This time the rebound was grabbed by Zhang Yang. After landing, he immediately turned around and counterattacked. After rushing to the frontcourt, he was blocked at the top arc by the Magic players who retreated back. He passed the ball to the wing, Hill received the ball and went straight to the basket, and scored two points with a slam dunk in two steps!
113 to 109, the Bobcats lead by 4 points!
Having missed his shot and been counterattacked, Tekoglu was even more angry than before, and his heart was filled with a strong sense of unwillingness.

At this moment, he didn't notice at all that after scoring a "magic shot", he, who always claimed to put the team first, became more confident and looked down on Anthony Johnson and JJ Redick, preferring to play alone rather than cooperate.

And when Zhang Yang can't get an assist during a counterattack, he will pass the ball at the most appropriate time...

Turkoglu's dislike for those talented players can actually be better described by another word - jealousy!
(End of this chapter)