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Chapter 41 Be careful! Warcraft appears

After both sides played, the Lakers' lineup made slight adjustments. Mihm replaced Anderson at the center position, and other positions remained unchanged.

Magic Five: Francis, Mobley, Grant Hill, Cato, Howard.

Howard won the jump ball and the game officially began.

Atkins defended Francis. Atkins, who is a "quick kid" himself, was relatively good at defending Francis. The opponent failed to break through after several attempts. He gestured to Howard to cooperate with the pick-and-roll. Mihm assisted in defense in time.

Francis was too attached to the ball, resulting in insufficient attack time, and barely missed the mid-range shot. Butler returned to the inside early, helped protect the rebound, and passed Odom, who passed directly to Kobe, and the Lakers counterattacked quickly.

Kobe used his body to lean on Mobley to push to the free throw line, giving full play to his strength advantage. Mobley couldn't withstand it and hugged Kobe directly before Kobe took off, fouling to stop the Lakers.

This foul was basically between a normal foul and a physical foul. Kobe didn't do much acting, so the referee kept it in check and only called a shooting foul.

Kobe made two free throws, 2:0.

The Magic attacked. Francis once again spent 24 seconds without passing the ball. At the last moment, he passed Atkins' defense and forced a layup. Due to Odom's interference, it missed the basket. The No. 1 pick, Howard, made a double team attack.

Down, failed to get the rebound.

During the Lakers' position battle, Kobe bypassed the screen and completed hand-to-hand coordination with Odom. He threw away Mobley's defense and rushed to the basket. He faced Howard who came up to defend and hit the top pick with his bow.

Lang caused the opponent to foul and threw the ball before it hit the ground.

The ball rolled around the basket twice, and finally fell into the basket obediently, a beautiful 2 1!

Ke Yan clenched his fists in celebration on the sidelines. The team, which is not doing well recently, needs such a score to boost morale!

Kobe hit another free throw, and the Magic reorganized their offense, but still couldn't break open the Lakers' defense. Francis forced a breakthrough and passed the ball to Mobley, who didn't get rid of Kobe's defense and forced a shot. Mimka

The position blocked Howard, allowing Butler to grab the rebound and directly advance the offense and defense transition, causing Grant Hill to foul.

In just three rounds, the Magic have committed three fouls and sent the Lakers to the free throw line five times. What's even more frightening is that they haven't put any real pressure on the Lakers on the offensive end, leaving it entirely up to Francis.

When Howard took advantage of the second offensive opportunity to break the deficit for the Magic, it was already 4 minutes after the game started.

On the contrary, the Lakers' offense is booming, either by taking advantage of the Magic's offensive and defensive transitions after the team's forge, or by using flexible movement in positional battles to find easy shooting opportunities, coupled with Kobe's personal ability.

When entering the first official timeout, the score was 17:4, which was a dream start for the Lakers.

After returning from the timeout, the Magic's offense has improved, and the positional ball is still more controlled by Hill. The team's internal and external lines are connected, and Howard can finally catch the ball.

Of course, it is still difficult to solve the problem that the Magic's lineup structure is biased toward defense. The team's two insiders, Howard and Cato, currently play blue-collar style, have limited scoring ability, and have no shooting ability, leaving outside players with considerable room for breakthroughs.

Narrow, at the same time, both Francis and Grant Hill are not good at outside shooting, and the Lakers' defensive strategy of blocking the penalty area can effectively suppress the Magic's offense.

At the end of the first quarter, the Lakers led the Magic by 15 points at home 35:20.

In the second quarter of the game, Shuangang used all his substitutes to play. This stage is when the Lakers are at a relative disadvantage. After Butler is transferred to the lineup, even if the Lakers lineup is not ranked among the top five in the league, the top eight will always be able to compete.

It's awesome! But this substitute lineup is really frustrating. Instead, it's the Magic's substitute lineup, which can be described as "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", with Turkish agent Turkoglu and the first-generation "junior brother" Steven

Si, the Frenchman Tony Barty, and the Magic's future head coach Jameer Nelson, are all good players who can make a name for themselves in the league in the future. If their technical characteristics can be properly developed, the Magic have a lot to do.

It's a pity that Magic head coach James Hunter is not a person who can teach students in accordance with their aptitude, and he failed to combine the strengths of both sides. The substitute lineups of both sides were evenly matched.

In the second half of the second quarter, the main lineups of both sides returned. The Lakers accelerated their offensive pace and used run-and-gun tactics to score points, while the Magic strengthened their inside offensive. Grant Hill and Howard continued to complete pick-and-roll cooperation, and Hill assisted with physical fitness.

The explosive Howard was ravaging the Lakers inside, and Atkins, facing the impact of Francis, gradually became unsustainable. After all, his physical fitness was not as good as that of Francis, who entered the league as the second overall pick.

The Magic's offense gradually opened up, and at the end of the half, the point difference was narrowed to only 9 points, with the score being 57:48.

"The Magic did not follow McGrady's advice and insisted on selecting Howard with the No. 1 pick, which indirectly caused McGrady to leave. But judging from the results, the Magic's choice should be correct. Okafor does have better technical conditions, but

Howard's physical fitness is almost comparable to that of the young Shaquille O'Neal. If developed properly, his future is limitless!" Commentator Wilson also expressed obvious approval after seeing Howard's strong performance.

At the same time, in the locker room, Ke Yan also expressed his recognition of Howard: "The Magic have never been ambiguous when it comes to selecting and training centers!"

All the Lakers insiders were silent. Facing Howard, they had no good solution. In the first half of the game, Howard scored 9 points, 8 rebounds and 2 blocks, a near-double-double, including 3 dunks and 2 blocks.

Offensive rebounds. At the same time, Howard's contribution does not end there. When Odom mentioned going to the line to work, Howard can defend, leaving the penalty area to Cato, and when Odom and Kobe or Butler

After completing the pass-and-cut coordination, Howard was able to return to the penalty area in time to help defend.

"Chris, Birdman, Brian." Ke Yan looked at the three blue-collar players on the team, "In the second half of the game, we have to kill the sharks."

The shark-cutting tactic originated from the former head coach of the Mavericks, Nelson. This is a set of tactics specifically targeted at O'Neal.

O'Neal at his peak is an unstoppable presence in the paint. No matter who you send or how many people you send, you can't stop him.

But O'Neal has always had a shortcoming, and that is free throws. Taking advantage of O'Neal's poor free throws and constantly fouling O'Neal, compared to letting O'Neal attack with the ball, directly sending him to the free throw line to score is more efficient.

Lower.

Ke Yan calls himself "Old Nelson's disciple". What this spiritual mentor passed on to Ke Yan is not only the concept of run-and-gun tactics, but also the execution of eclectic tactics. Treat extraordinary people with extraordinary methods!
Before the game started, Ke Yan had already made a suggestion to Tomjanovich to "cut the shark", but the other party refused to comment. After the start, the team has been in an advantageous position, and naturally it is not easy to use foul tactics to disrupt its own situation.

The offensive rhythm is different now. The Magic reversed the situation of the game, and the Lakers naturally need to use some methods to regain the initiative!

"Cut!"

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