Basketball's most talented forward is on the left

Zuo Li instigated and dominated the backcourt with double control. An extreme 7-second attack allowed the Knicks to score 2 points, leading 4-0 on offense and defense at the beginning.

Now the reason why the Knicks want to use double control is very clear. The purpose is to play such a fast break. This is only the first round, just showing off the impressive power. The full power has not been reflected yet.

But the outside world is obviously more concerned about the direct dialogue between Zuo Li and Howard. Zuo Li's defense in this round can be called a teaching. Both position selection and timing judgment are impeccable. Barkley exclaimed: "If it weren't for Zuo Li's

The first choice is not to block shots, he has a great chance to complete single defense and single shot!"

Barkley's words were right, because in the second round, Zuo Li proved it with actual actions.

The Magic continued to attack after being caught in a counterattack. Tonight, his teammates deliberately helped Howard. Carter did not choose to play in singles by himself. Although Dragic was standing in front of him and he was quite sure of the singles, he still chose to hang him.

The ball goes to Howard.

In the bottom corner on the other side, there is the familiar Howard back again.

This time, Zuo Li did not lower his focus and resist forcefully. Instead, he pretended that he could be pushed by Howard.

"Huh? There's a chance!" Howard beamed with joy after succeeding in the blow, and immediately used more strength to fight physically.

Bang bang bang!

Hit three times in a row!

If the league hadn't changed the rules for Barkley back then, which stipulated that post-ups could not last longer than 5 seconds, Howard would have had to hit him for a while. But even so, Howard stepped on the 5-second red line before turning around in a hurry. At this time, he had already advanced to the penalty area.

Inside.

Turning to the right, his big arms tried to squeeze out the space, but Zuo Li was very strong this time, and Howard could only force a three-step layup against Zuo Li's defense!

This reflects Howard's biggest shortcoming in the low post, which is that he can basically only rely on strength to push away defenders. His technique is really too rough. If Olajuwon were to make this choice, it would definitely be to move his feet away.

This forces Zuo Li to defend and gain space to shoot.

But Howard doesn't know that. He can only attack inward. This is the favorite attack of defensive players, because as long as he can resist it, it means the defense is successful, and there is no need to use his brain at all.

Moreover, Howard's turning movements are really easy to judge. He basically tells you clearly which way he will turn, and it's just written on his face.

This whole set of low post-playing skills is definitely as bad as Olajuwon seeing a cerebral hemorrhage.

So Zuo Li had already predicted the position, raised his arms high, and blocked Howard's shot with a volleyball block.

Cruel, so cruel!

After being blocked, Howard staggered two steps and almost flew out of the sideline.

"This is the ability of the best defensive player! Oh, Howard obviously underestimated the ability of the left winger! Beautiful single defense block!" Barkley stood up and applauded.

But Zuo Li was very innocent. This thing was not about how strong he was at all, but simply because Howard had used too much strength before, so his layup suddenly relieved him of his strength.

However, Zuo Li still accepted the gift and took the ball and handed it directly to Curry, who had already started to fly on both wings. After Curry was blocked by Nelson, he immediately passed it to Dragic. The latter made another shaking layup and once again took the cake.

Two points down.

This scene made Nelson, who had followed him for two rounds but only got exhaust, almost cry. For a long time, defenders have been feeding centers to eat cakes. I never thought that defenders could also be fed cakes to centers, and even eat two cakes at once. How could this happen?

Can you not make him envious!

No, all defenders would be envious.

Grain lettuce

Nelson looked back and glanced at Howard, who was hammering the wall in annoyance and complaining to the referee...

Forget it! It's good to be self-reliant.

Nelson is right. Howard is the super center who is most afraid of double-teaming in the league. His organization and support rely entirely on the inside to force opponents to double-team the ball. However, his turnover rate is extremely high, and his assists remain at around 1.5 all year round. Like Yao,

The gap between an inside line like O'Pang is obvious, and there is no comparison with Zuo Li who averages 5 assists per game.

Of course, Howard also has his own advantages, which is the ability to take advantage of the offensive end. In fact, as long as he is paired with a good defender, such as Paul, in the past few years of Howard's peak period, it was absolutely unsolvable. Howard

Definitely much better than DeAndre Jordan, Capela and the like. I don’t know what the Magic management is thinking. There are many people involved, but none of them are suitable.

Of course, even with such a guard, Howard may not be willing to become a pie-eating master. Instead, it may aggravate the conflict. His failure to go to the Lakers in the future is a typical example. In the Rockets, he has changed. He wants to win, but he has also changed.

Unfortunately, he met the nightclub madman Harden.

The failure of two consecutive attacks made Howard feel like he was going to be pissed to death.

His character is like this. Although these two attacks have caused him to be criticized by many commentators, it is not incomprehensible. After all, many people know Howard's shortcomings. He has to use his own shortcomings to overcome them. How can he not suffer serious consequences?

What.

But Howard will think that he is being underestimated, which will affect his image as a giant inside, so his mentality immediately becomes anxious.

This mentality directly affects the court. In the next round of offense, Van Gundy asked Lewis to help Howard. When the two completed the pick-and-roll, Howard directly increased the intensity of David Lee, who was preparing to bypass the pick-and-roll!

"Beep~!" Howard was called for a screen push.

"What?!"

"Is this also a push? You bitch, can you still play ball? Do you know how hard you have to work on it?" Howard complained as he chased the referee with the ball, but the two people behind him couldn't pull it.

Van Gundy looked at it and said, "It's over." He exploded again and prepared to take a technical penalty.

Sure enough, the referee couldn't stand it after listening to a few words and gave Howard a technical foul. Howard became even more angry when he saw it. But at this time, four teammates gathered behind him and they managed to pull him away, avoiding Howard's opening 3

The dilemma of graduating directly in minutes.

In fact, it can be said that after all, the referee is not prepared to send him off. After all, the confrontation between Zuo Li and Howard is the focus of this round, and the referee can handle it clearly.

But when Curry made a steady free throw and the score became 7-0, everyone felt that the balance of this game had been completely tilted.

Howard finally calmed down a bit at this time, but he had already committed two fouls, and Van Gundy had to remove him. As a result, the inside became Zuo Li's world once again.

However, the Knicks still did not change their tactics. Zuo Li's defense was so dramatic that no one noticed that the Knicks were actually playing run-and-gun tonight.

Curry and Dragic's secondary players rushed the Magic, but Zuo Li showed the majesty of the best defensive player in the paint!

Gortat, who was new to the game, was blocked by Zuo Li when he came up. Zuo Li, who jumped after landing to pick up the ball, once again flipped Gortat's hat to the ground...

Blocked two shots in a single round and got the ball!

Then another long throw, this time David Lee caught the ball and dunked!

9-0!

Zuo Li only scored 2 points in this quarter, but he got 5 blocks and various supplementary defenses that prevented Carter from scoring 1 point. The Knicks led 30-15 in a single quarter, twice as many points!