legendary point guard

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"With Dwight, the Orlando Magic inside will not be a match for Houston. However, without Orlando, they can have more freedom, such as using a fast pace to fight against Houston."

Charles Barkley shook his head and said, recently he has been at the forefront of Black White Howard.

"He is just a big boy. Don't think this is a good word. I just want to tell Dwight that he should hide in his mother's arms and drink milk instead of letting off steam on the court like a child." Here is some time ago.

Buckley said this on his own show.

For this reason, Dan Fagan publicly criticized Buckley in the newspaper and mocked Buckley for not having a ring. Buckley also responded unceremoniously to Fagan. The war of words between the two attracted a lot of attention.

"Charles, you have great coaching potential. Orlando can play at a fast pace. Although Dwight is missing inside, such a fast pace is a difficult choice for Houston with Yao.

If you want to keep up with the rhythm, then Yao will definitely not be able to persist to the end. Trying to slow down Orlando will not be easy. Rick Adelman may have a headache for this, but he will definitely not give up on Yao's powerful lethality.

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"Kenny, let's guess who Stan will start tonight after Dwight is announced to be out due to injury? Is it the Polish Maxin Gortat who was just recruited from the Development League, or is he playing for Houston during the offseason last season?

Can Dikembe come to Orlando soon, or simply let Darko move to the center position?

How about the person who guesses correctly gets a free meal?" Charles Barkley looked at Kenny Smith and said with a smile.

"Of course there is no problem. But I am more interested in how Wood, who has not been in great shape recently, will play. As his die-hard fan, Charles, don't you care?"

"How could you not care? I never thought that Wood's condition would be affected. Without Dwight, Wood would play more calmly. Oh, who are those? Natalie and Lindsay, what they are holding in their hands is definitely

It's Amy and Annie," Charles Barkley looked down the tunnel.

There were still about ten minutes before the game started, but at this moment Natalie Portman, Lindsay Lohan and Carolina walked out of there.

Natalie Portman was holding Annie instead of Amy, while Lindsay Lohan was holding Amy. The on-site director quickly gave a close-up.

Crazy cheers rang out at the Water House Center. The two little guys were only a little over two months old and actually knew nothing. This was also their first time showing their faces in front of the public.

"Kenny, I don't think Houston can take away the victory tonight. Wood will definitely not let his son and daughter down." Barkley looked at the court and said with a smile, "They may even steal mom's grace."

In the home team's locker room, everyone except Dwight Howard did not arrive.

Stan Van Gundy looked at everyone: "Everyone hopes that we will become more degenerate and desolate. But I know we will not. We have encountered no matter how difficult the situation is. This is the first time we have played against Houston this season. Their strength

I don’t need to say more and you all know it.

I just want to say one thing: I will try my best to give the fans who love you the most and support you a game, no matter whether you win or lose!"

After Stan Van Gundy finished speaking, he turned around and walked out of the locker room. Lin Sen stood up and raised his fist: "Fight!"

"fighting!"

Uniform shouts spread from the home team's locker room, and the Houston Rockets in the visiting team's locker room also knew the importance of this game.

Adelman has not relaxed because of the recent downturn of the Magic. Although the Houston Rockets have excellent records this season and have high hopes from fans.

At the same time, the media also placed them among the first teams competing for the championship, and the Rockets did indeed do well.

Especially on the offensive end, the arrival of Rashard Lewis and the return of Francis have given the Rockets a lot of help, especially Yao Ming and Tracy McGrady, but the departure of Sean Battier has also reduced the Rockets' perimeter defense to a certain extent.

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The defensive efficiency has dropped a bit compared to last season, but the improvement in offensive efficiency somewhat masks this problem.

The Magic are a strong offensive team, averaging 117.7 points per game, which ranks first in the league this season, while the Rockets rank fifth, averaging 107.5 points per game.

From an offensive point of view, this is an offensive battle, but on the other hand, Language Magic does an outstanding job not only in offense but also in defense.

Except for these games, the Magic have only allowed their opponents to score 92 points per game in the past few months. This defense ranks second in the league, second only to the Boston Celtics.

"Listen to the voices of the fans in the audience. They are not depressed because of Dwight's absence. I even heard louder cheers than in the previous games. I don't want to say anything more about Dwight. He must grow up on his own.

Otherwise, what awaits him will only be what the media reports suggest - leaving the team."

"Let's take a look at the starting lineups of both sides tonight. This is a conversation between two super strong teams. One is in an affected state and the other is in a hot state. Houston definitely hopes to take away a victory from Orlando to continue its winning streak.

And Orlando must hope to regain its confidence by defeating a strong team like Houston.

Houston's starting center is still Yao, who has been the best center this season. The power forward position is Luis Scola, who just joined the NBA. The small forward position is signed and then traded to Houston for 70 million in the offseason.

Mr. Rashard Lewis, he averaged 17 points and 6 rebounds per game for Houston this season and is the best scorer in Houston besides Yao and Mai.

His arrival has become one of the important reasons for Houston's continued outstanding performance this season. The shooting guard position is Tracy. After getting rid of injuries, he is still one of the best people at this position. The point guard is the first one this season.

Steve Francis returned to Houston after three years.

In order to return to Houston, he rejected a higher offer. Houston was his home in his heart. This season Steve changed his playing style and integrated into Houston as much as possible. Although his scoring dropped further, he made up for the Houston organization very well.

The defender is weak." Kenny Smith said looking at the Rockets starting lineup in his hand.

"Let's take a look at Orlando. I think everyone must be more concerned about who will be Orlando's starting center. Oh, Kenny, who do you think will be the starting center?" Barkley laughed.

"Charles, your smile is so..., Darko?"

"no."

"The newly promoted Pole?"

"No, you'll be surprised anyway. Neither of us guessed it right. And this lineup is beyond everyone's imagination." Barkley curled his lips, "The starting center is Eddie Griffin, and the power forward position is

Sean Battier, Ron Artest at small forward, and Chauncey and Wood at the back. This is Orlando's starting lineup tonight. Not only is Dwight missing, but Darko is also on the bench.

At the table, I can’t understand this lineup?

Is Stan going to play small ball and push the speed to the end? But neither Ron nor Sean are speed players?"

It’s not just Charles Barkley who is confused. Fans from both sides, neutral fans, and everyone in the Rockets don’t understand what the Magic’s starting lineup is for.

"With such a starting lineup, Yao will be completely beaten inside. But the only advantage is that Orlando will have strong control over the outside with this lineup. Other than that, I don't see any advantages, and I don't think this lineup is the best."

Can protect the rebound." Kenny Smith expressed his thoughts.

"Who knows what Stan is thinking. To be honest, besides being worried, I am very curious about what level this lineup can perform." Charles Barkley said with a smile.

"I wouldn't be surprised if Phil or Greg came up with this lineup, because their brains are always different from others. Maybe Stan is working hard on this path.

The good game was about to begin. Yao and Eddie stood in the middle of the field. It was said that Eddie was traded by Houston on draft day. For this, they paid for Richard Jefferson and Nakba. If they gave Dawson again,

Opportunity, I don’t know if he will continue to choose this way.”

"Eddie was the next kilo at first, who knew it would become like this, but this season Eddie played pretty well in Orlando."

As the whistle blew, the referee threw the ball into the air. Although Eddie Griffin bounced much better than Yao Ming, he was unable to get the ball out due to his height disadvantage.

"Yao helped Houston get the opening right to attack, and Tracy got the ball." Kenny Smith said while looking at the court.

Tracy McGrady controlled the ball and the Magic retreated quickly.

Battier retreated to the inside and stood next to Scola, Artest stood next to Lewis, and standing next to Tracy McGrady was Billups.

Lin Sen stood in front of Francis, and Eddie Griffin did not stand behind Yao Ming but directly chose to go around.

Although he is 20 centimeters shorter than Yao Ming, Eddie Griffin is much more flexible than Yao Ming. It is undoubtedly much easier for Eddie Griffin to go around.

However, the weight difference between the two made it more difficult for Eddie Griffin to defend forward, but Eddie Griffin didn't care about his physical strength.

"Perhaps I know Stan's plan. Everyone knows that Yao is afraid of being bypassed. To solve the problem of being bypassed, other people in Houston need to constantly break through to the inside. The thing Orlando is not afraid of most is a team with a strong outside line.

, After all, Sean, Ron and Chauncey are very good defensively, if Yao can't catch the ball, then Houston's inside strength will not be able to be used." Kenny Smith said while looking at the court.

Tracy McGrady wanted to lob the ball to Yao Ming, but Eddie Griffin's crazy move made him give up this plan. After passing the ball to Francis, Francis did not attack but passed the ball back to Tracy McGrady again.

At the same time, the movement of other members of the Rockets helped McGrady open up the space. Billups and McGrady entered the NBA in the same year.

Billups was the second overall pick in 1997, while Tracy McGrady was the ninth overall pick.

After watching Billups and McGrady dribbling with a low center of gravity in front of him, he took a long step and then jumped up to shoot the ball.

The advantage of height means that Tracy McGrady's shots are not greatly disturbed, especially after he gets enough space.

The ball went smoothly into the basket, opening the scoring for the Rockets.

"Tracy hit a pull-up jumper. Well done. How will Orlando attack...especially without Dwight and Darko inside. This means that their offense can only rely on the outside. Idiots also know how to defend their offense and block it."

High position." Kenny Smith said as he looked at Lin Sen who was dribbling the ball forward.

The Rockets retreated quickly. As Kenny Smith said, although they felt weird about the Magic's lineup, they knew how to deal with it, which was to block the high post as much as possible.

"Wood passed the ball to Chauncey and ran without the ball?" Kenny Smith said looking at the court.

In the past, when Lin Sen did this, it was the beginning of running without the ball. In these games, all opponents have blocked the Magic's offensive method very well. Now there are two less big men in the paint. Adelman looks at the court.

A smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Francis is responsible for guarding Lin Sen. Lin Sen played against Francis last season and he knows Lin Sen's ability.

Fortunately, the Rockets have emphasized how to defend Lin Sen before. I have to say that those teams in the previous few games provided a template for the following teams to defend Lin Sen.

"Wood couldn't find a chance at all on the outside." Barkley was a little worried.

The on-site director moved the camera from Lin Sen to the sidelines, and Lindsay Lohan and Natalie Portman, who were holding Amy and Annie, appeared in the camera.

The two little guys, who were just over two months old, bulged their mouths, closed their eyes tightly, and waved their little hands from time to time in such a noisy environment.

"Amy and Anne once again told us that parents' genes have a great influence on their children. Look, although they are only a little over two months old, I can already imagine how charming they will be when they grow up."

As Barkley spoke, Linsen threw the ball away after catching the ball, and the ball hit Artest's hands.

However, Artest's shot failed to hit due to interference from Lewis, and the ball hit the basket directly.

“It’s a pity that we didn’t score a goal. Although it had just started, I didn’t feel much about this lineup arrangement. I don’t know what Stan’s arrangement was for.

If it's a run and gun, then just play it out, but I didn't see it on the first offense," Kenny Smith said.

The offense and defense transitioned, and the Houston Rockets, who returned to the offensive end, got a good opportunity. Although Yao Ming failed to get the ball, Lewis got an excellent opportunity from the outside under the tactics.

"Rebound!" Lewis shouted, and Luis Scola and Yao Ming in the paint immediately seized the best position.

At this time, the negative side of the Magic's inside rebounding was exposed again, but Eddie Griffin and Battier had no intention of grabbing rebounds.

Lin Sen, who rushed in from the three-point line, jumped up more than one meter away from the reasonable collision zone, and rushed directly towards the ball that bounced out of the frame.

Yao Ming and Scola wanted to jump very much, but Battier and Eddie Griffin made them unable to take off sufficiently. Lin Sen got the rebound directly from Yao Ming's head.

"Wood jumped so high, he could almost ride on Yao's neck. This rebound was really great!" Kenny Smith praised.

Lin Sen, who got the rebound, did not land, but turned around in the air and threw the ball directly.

On the other side, Billups had already started in advance, and the ball thrown by Lin Sen went straight to him.

Lin Sen landed on the ground without any adjustment and jumped out like a cheetah.

"Orlando's counterattack, quick counterattack, Houston's defense was tested, only Tracy and Steve retreated!" Kenny Smith shouted.

Although Lin Sen started slowly, his speed quickly allowed him to keep up with Francis.

Billups quickly came down from the left, and Lin Sen came from the middle.

All the fans were paying attention. When Billups brought the ball to the three-point line in the frontcourt, Linsen had already entered the three-point line.

Francis was already one position behind Linsen, and Billups threw the ball without even thinking.

Tracy McGrady's jump interference failed to affect Billups' pass, and the ball went straight to the basket.

Lin Sen, who rushed into the free throw line, kicked off the ground. Francis behind him also took off, but as he was one position behind Lin Sen, the possibility of him interfering with Lin Sen was too small.

With all the fans watching, Lin Sen's right hand met the ball flying toward him and caught the ball steadily with his right hand.

Bang!

Francis’ arms behind him were waving in the air.

Lin Sen grabbed the basket with one hand, and the whole audience cheered in unison!

"Well done, this was a perfect alley-oop, an alley-oop between Chauncey and Wood. I think this may be Stan's biggest expectation. A run-and-gun between Chauncey and Wood. Especially Wood, who used his speed to the extreme.

" Buckley said with a smile.

"But this is a test for Wood's physical fitness." Kenny Smith pointed out the biggest problem.

The game continued, and Adelman on the sidelines frowned more and more as he watched Yao Ming turn back and run again, because he slowly realized that something was wrong.

Because the game has lasted nearly five minutes, although the Rockets have a 4-point lead, Yao Ming has not been much involved.

Not only was Eddie Griffin constantly running around him on the offensive end, which consumed his energy, but he also had to run back and forth again and again.

The Magic saw that no one inside could grab rebounds, but Battier, Eddie Griffin and even Artest were constantly fighting for position, and then Billups and Lin Sen on the outside were constantly fighting for their teammates.

Rush for the rebound under the screen.

Lin Sen has already got 4 rebounds so far. But this is not the end of the half, it is only 5 minutes before the start of the game.

In this way of grabbing rebounds, the Magic didn't lose much in rebounds. What's more important is that Darko Milicic, Mutombo and even the Pole who was just transferred were sitting on the Magic bench.

Although the addition of Tony Barty this season has solved the Rockets' internal problems, there is no way Barty can make up for Yao Ming's shortcomings.

Once Yao Ming leaves the game and Milicic comes on, thinking of this situation, Adelman felt that the Magic's starting lineup was like this on purpose.

"Rick called a timeout! Did he discover something? Yao almost didn't waste these five minutes. He only hit one of his two shots, but his physical energy consumption was not huge at all.

Of course Eddie is not much better, just look at his sweat and you will know how much he has put in in these five minutes."

"I don't think there is any doubt that Wood got a triple-double tonight. Look, he has already got 4 rebounds. Did Stan deliberately help Wood to improve his statistics tonight and send out such a starting lineup?" Kenny Smith watched.

Talking about statistics.

12:16. The Orlando Magic, playing at home, were trailing by 4 points. Players from both teams walked to the sidelines.

After a short pause, Yao Ming did not appear on the court but was replaced. Darko Milicic, who did not appear in the starting lineup, replaced Eddie Griffin. At the same time, Poland, who had just been transferred from nbdl,

Marcin Gortat also appeared on the court.

"Oh, Orlando replaced Chauncey and Eddie and replaced them with two big men, while Houston replaced Yao and replaced Tony. Suddenly there was a contrast in the strength of the inside. I think something good is about to happen.

"Barkley looked at the players and said with a smile.

Adelman looked at the Magic players, and it was almost exactly what he guessed. He was considering letting Yao Ming and Tony Barty play together after Yao Ming rested for a few minutes.

Without Yao Ming, the Rockets, like the Magic just now, can only rely on outside offense.

At this moment, Battier and Artest took their turn at the small forward and shooting guard positions, just opposite Lewis and Tracy McGrady.

Facing Artest's defense, Tracy McGrady, who came back from a timeout, failed to make a shot.

"This is Polish Maxin's NBA debut. He got the first data of his career, a rebound. The defensive rebound he just protected was very good." Barkley praised.

Gortat was a little nervous, feeling like he was already sweating profusely just after taking the field.

The ball was immediately thrown to Lin Sen like a hot potato, and Lin Sen almost made a mistake in catching the ball.

"Haha, Maxin still showed his rookie nature. Look at his nervous look. He almost made a mistake just after praising him." Kenny Smith said with a smile.

Lin Sen stabilized the ball and walked towards Gortat who was running over: "Maxin, don't be nervous, we will help you. You just grabbed the rebound very well. It would be better if the pass was better."

Gortat is much older than Linson, but he knows his position in the team, and Linson's encouragement to Gortat is still very useful.

"Score one!" Lin Sen raised his index finger and shouted loudly.

"wood! wood! wood!"

There was a uniform voice in the center of the water house, but the Rockets' defense against him was no different from the first five minutes, and they still tried their best to block his high-post ball.

Without internal containment, Lin Sen did face a big test in this regard. He only scored 2 points in the first five minutes, but sent 3 assists.

Linsen passed the ball to Battier who was pulled to the top of the arc, and Milicic pulled out from the inside.

Adelman looked at Lin Sen on the court, and he was not worried at all about this offensive method.

At this time, Lin Sen used Milicic's cover to rush inside. According to normal Magic tactics, Lin Sen will find opportunities to catch the ball on the outside or in the middle and long distances, especially in the two corner positions.

However, this time Lin Sen surprised the Rockets, and Lewis, who was switching to guard Lin Sen, had to stop.

Because Lin Sen stopped in the low post on the right side, and Battier passed the ball over immediately. (To be continued...)