Basketball Myth: Super Guard

on the field.

Holiday took the ball and advanced to the frontcourt, first glanced at the timer, there were eleven seconds left in the first quarter, he gestured to his teammates, pressed the time first, and prepared to use up the eleven seconds.

This is the last attack in the first quarter. At this time, the 76ers are leading by 10 points, and the point difference has reached a critical point. Even if the ball cannot be scored, they can still enter the second quarter with a double-digit lead.

"Pick-and-roll."

Holiday made a gesture, Mozkov came up to pick and roll, Holiday took the opportunity to get rid of it, and then scored the ball to Lu Wei, Lu Wei took the ball and feinted, or broke through, and went straight to the basket. The Magic players rushed forward and blocked Lu Wei in front of him. Lu Wei was thinking about how to hit the ball when he suddenly saw Xiaoka standing on the left side, slipping along the bottom line.

As soon as his heart moved, Lu Wei jumped up, made a fake pass, and handed it to Xiaoka who was cutting the bottom line on the left. Xiaoka grabbed the ball and took a step forward, which was a double-handed dunk.

It can't be said that it is very explosive, and the action is not gorgeous.

But it was a buzzer-beater, just after the first quarter, the score was 32:20, and the 76ers led by 12 points.

"The ball is well done."

"Dunk at the whistle, yes."

The teammates patted Xiaoka's arm and head, and praised him with a smile.

The corner of Xiaoka's mouth twitched, revealing an ugly smile, it's better not to smile.

Coach Luke smiled and complimented the crowd, then raised his face again and said solemnly: "But don't take it lightly, this is only the first quarter, and we will try to widen the difference as much as possible later."

"Yes."

"clear."

The crowd responded in unison.

Not far away, the Magic players were surrounded by coach Van Gundy, and all of them were not very good-looking.

This game was not what they expected, and it could even be said to be the exact opposite. They thought they could "take advantage of your illness to kill you" and teach the 76ers a good lesson, but they fell behind by as much as 12 points in the first quarter. .

"Let me tell you." Coach Van Gundy said with a gloomy face: "You can also see from this section that the 76ers are bound to win this game, whether it is offense or defense, they are very active and serious. We are not as good as Opponent, it's just that we are not serious enough. So we must cheer up later, put away the contempt for me, fight seriously, and play our momentum, understand?"

"clear."

A group of Magic players responded in unison.

Meanwhile, fans in the audience were whispering, talking about the first quarter, disappointed with the Magic's performance and hoping they could turn things around in the second quarter.

......

After a while, the second quarter begins.

Both sides were on the bench. The 76ers had Mozkov, Thaddeus Young, Xiaoka, Lou Wei, and Holiday. Several of them had serious expressions, revealing a chilling air.

The Magic team is also on the bench, and Howard, Anderson, and Turkoglu are not on the court.

This season, the 76ers had the second-best record in the Eastern Conference, while the Magic was only 6th in the Eastern Conference. This gap is not without reason. In terms of bench depth, the 76ers are much stronger than the Magic. The Magic only has Jameel Nelson, Glen Davis, and Chris Duhon on the bench, compared to Lou Williams and Holiday. , Xiaoka, Mozkov are inferior.

So the 76ers have the upper hand in the matchup on the bench.

Especially Lu Wei, who deserves to be the "best sixth man", shoots from outside, breaks the ball, and counterattacks on the fast break. The Magic couldn't look up.

"It can't go on like this."

"Yeah, the difference is getting bigger and bigger, you have to replace the main force."

In the audience, the fans were worried.

Coach Van Gundy glanced at the time, called a personal timeout, or replaced the main players, and replaced Holiday and Turkoglu together. Only a few substitute players really couldn't beat each other.

At the same time, Coach Luke also changed, replacing Qin Hao and Speights.

The two sides returned to the court, the Magic attacked, and Chris Duhong advanced with the ball. Facing Qin Hao's defense, he didn't have much thought, and quickly handed the ball to Turkoglu, who attracted the defense and opened up for Howard. Singles space, then gives the ball to Howard.

In the first quarter, Howard was substituted for two fouls on his back early, and he failed to play the role of the star. At this moment, he got the ball and immediately played with his back.

But just as he took a step back, Xiaoka pounced on him and helped Mozkov to visit, reaching for the ball.

beep!

The referee blew the whistle and gave Xiaoka a foul.

Xiaoka didn't care either. Although he was not able to grab it, and even paid for a foul, what Coach Luke originally arranged was "foul tactics", or it could be called "killing monsters tactics".

Like O'Neal, although Howard is an inside monster, he can score and rebound, and his dunks are even better, but his free throws are not good.

Howard has averaged only 48 percent from the free throw line so far this season, not even 50 percent, similar to O'Neal.

So when Howard can't be defended in the low post, sending him to the free throw line is also a good choice.

"Bang! Bang!"

Sure enough, Howard went to the free throw line and missed two free throws, none of which I made.

Coach Van Gundy frowned. Howard is the team's leading star and a killer inside. The 76ers are only a little stronger inside, but they can't compete with Howard and can't prevent Howard. Originally Howard should be the biggest reliance on defeating the 76ers, but he was fouled twice early in the first quarter, and now the opponent has used "foul tactics", but it seems that Howard is not in good free throw form today.

This is troublesome.

If Howard, the leading star, is restricted and does not play well, then the Magic team is really in danger.

Dozens of seconds later, when Howard got the ball in the low post again, the 76ers still fouled decisively. They didn't give Howard a 2+1 chance. They attacked fiercely and sent him directly to the free throw line.

"Shh!"

With a light sound, Howard made his first penalty this time.

The fans in the audience were relieved, but the second free throw was hit, which made the Magic fans depressed again. Howard's free throw was really unreliable.

Seeing that Howard made only 1 of 4 free throws, the 76ers were even more rude.

Moreover, the 76ers will continue to do this, unless Howard doesn't get the ball, let alone he singles with the ball in the low post, even if he gets the ball on the perimeter, the 76ers dare to directly foul.

Who made Howard free throws really not allowed.

Seeing him standing on the free throw line, Qin Hao couldn't help but cry out "Old Tie".