Basketball Legends: Strikers Are King

Vogel was very unhappy. The team was beaten badly. Fortunately, the score was not wide yet and they still had a chance.

"The defense can't stop me, and my offense can't score. Can you tell me what else you can do?"

Upon hearing the coach's question, the main players all lowered their heads.

They led by 7 points in the first quarter, and then came off the bench to lead by 15 points in the second quarter. However, in only half a quarter, the lead was lost and they fell behind by 3 points. This was very embarrassing for them.

Assistant coach Brian Shaw quickly smoothed things over and said:

"Actually, we are just not used to our opponent's defense."

"Can't get used to it? Then why are you here to play?"

Vogel was like a dynamite keg that exploded at the drop of a hat. He immediately launched a barrage of accusations.

"If you can't get used to it, why don't you give me a 9-for-17 shot? Those 9 shots were made by someone off the bench!"

Brian Xiao had an idea and came up with an idea:

"Howard guards the basket, we can take more shots from the outside!"

"What's the use?"

After Vogel vented his anger, his anger dissipated a lot, and he instinctively retorted,

"1 of 4 three-pointers, if you take more shots, won't your opponent hit you?"

"Be decisive and take action again if you have a chance!"

Brian Shaw watched the head coach's anger dissipate and immediately winked at Granger.

Granger quickly echoed:

"Hit a few three-pointers to make our opponents fear us, and then we can drive the inside from the outside."

"That's a good idea."

Granger spoke, and Vogel finally began to seriously think about this strategy.

He found that this was really a good choice.

The Magic's defense can only rely on Howard. The defensive enthusiasm on the outside is more than enough, but the deterrence is insufficient.

If you can pull Howard out of the basket with accurate three-pointers, it will be much easier to score inside.

"Just do it!"

Vogel nodded and began to explain the tactics to the players.

At the end of the half-time break, the two teams returned to the court again.

Naturally, the Magic still had a stable starting lineup, while the Pacers made changes. Hibbert, West, Granger and Collison remained unchanged. In the second half, the starting shooting guard position was changed from George to Qi.

sky.

"Are the walkers crazy?"

A Magic fan wearing Howard's No. 12 jersey immediately jeered,

"You actually let a rookie into the starting lineup?"

Although starting the second half is different from starting the whole game, it still proves that Qitian has enough ability in Vogel's heart.

"Well……"

His companion hesitated for a moment, then reminded him,

"Actually, George was born in 2010 and is still a rookie..."

No. 12 Jersey frowned, instinctively wanting to refute:

So can he compare to George?

But he felt that this was flattering George. Fortunately, he still remembered the previous game rounds, so he said:

"That No. 7 committed a foul in the second quarter when Hibbert blocked Howard and had no chance to guard him. He scored with two free throws. What's the point?"

His companions already knew about the discord between Howard and the management. The companions who were on the side of the management also had some complaints about Howard, so they retorted angrily:

"Isn't it because Howard's lower body strength is too weak to stand up to Hibbert?"

Compared with his perfect upper body, Howard's slightly slender lower body has become his shortcoming. Although his slender lower body gives him speed comparable to that of a defender, compared with traditional centers, Howard's lower body strength is indeed a problem.

shortcomings.

"Hmph, just watch, Howard will definitely knock the Pacers upside down!"

No. 12 Jersey said with some disdain.

By the second half, Hibbert had already increased the frequency of wrestling with Howard under the reminder of the coaching staff.

Granger took advantage of the opportunity and directly broke through Anderson's defense and dunked, helping the team narrow the point difference.

"50-51."

With Howard under the basket, the Magic players took shots at will. Duhon ignored Collison's defense in front of him and confidently shot a three-point jumper.

"clang!"

The basketball jumped out of the hoop.

Howard jumped up suddenly and grabbed the rebound over Hibbert's head.

His excellent jumping ability completely made up for the 7-centimeter height difference with Hibbert. Seeing Turkoglu asking for the ball from the outside, Howard passed it directly.

Turkoglu also confidently shot a three-point jumper.

"clang!"

No matter how iron you are.

Qi Tian rushed in and grabbed the rebound, then turned and handed it to Collison.

Collison passed the ball to Granger, who attracted the defense and passed the ball to Hibbert who was following up. He assisted his teammate for a dunk and overtook the score.

"52-51."

The Pacers scored consecutively, and the situation on the court suddenly became tense.

Richardson held the ball in singles, but Qi Tian had been trained by George and had reached an average level of defense, and he did not let Richardson break through.

Seeing his opponent step back and take action, Qi Tian stretched out his arm to interfere, then decisively turned around and blocked his opponent's position.

"clang!"

The basketball jumped out of the basket, Qi Tian rushed in and picked up the rebound again.

This time the Magic returned to defense in time, and Collison stood at the top of the key, waiting for his teammates to get in position.

West came over to pick and roll, then received a pass from Collison who broke through the paint, and directly shot a high jumper.

"Whoosh!"

The Pacers scored 6 points in a row!

"54-51."

After being overtaken by his opponent, Howard was also a little impatient. After receiving the ball inside, he wanted to turn around and layup. However, Hibbert behind him made a slightly bigger move, which immediately caused the referee next to him to blow the whistle.

"Dudu!"

The referee pointed at Hibbert, indicating that it was his shooting foul.

"Two free throws!"

The Pacers players on the sidelines immediately looked grim.

Because Hibbert, who is mainly defending Howard, has already committed 4 fouls!

Vogel looked at the timer. Even though there were more than 10 minutes left in the third quarter, he could only request a substitution and replaced Hibbert with Amandasson.

As mentioned before, a player will leave the game if he accumulates 6 fouls in a game. Generally speaking, the distribution of the number of fouls committed by players is in the form of 2112.

Two fouls in the first quarter and three fouls in the second quarter were okay, after all, it was the first half of the game;

If there are four fouls in the third quarter, in order to ensure enough playing time in the fourth quarter, the players will inevitably be replaced. Even when there are five fouls in the fourth quarter, some coaches will replace players until the last two minutes.

superior.

"It's good now. There is no hope for the inside line. We can only hope that the outside line can be opened."

Brian Shaw said something strange, but Vogel did not refute it.

Hibbert, the Pacers' only player who can compete with Howard, left the game. Howard was released from the shackles. The Magic's inside pressure will only become stronger, and the team can really only count on outside scoring.

"It seems that the overall situation of today's game has been decided."

O'Neal knew it was his first day on the job, but seeing that the situation was favorable to the Magic, he still made a prediction.

Kenny Smith turned to look at O'Neal with a relaxed expression and Barkley with a solemn expression, and said secretly:

I'm afraid Barkley is going to get slapped in the face today.