legendary point guard

Chapter 454: Victory Button

"Wood, thank you!"

Howard let go of the basket and extended his thumb towards Lin Sen.

Lin Sen smiled, responded to Howard, then turned around and ran to the backcourt.

Eddie Jordan, who was standing on the sidelines, had a flash of worry on his face, even though Lin Sen and Howard only completed an alley-oop.

This offense seems to have allowed Orlando to regain its feeling, especially Dwight Howard in the post, who is like a hungry tiger, and Washington is the best prey in his eyes.

In addition to Lin Sen, others also began to pass the ball to Howard.

Facing Washington's defense, Howard, who is full of energy, played particularly tough.

And once faced with a double team, Howard didn't show off, but distributed the ball in time.

Although his passing ability is limited, it is much better than when he failed to score singles and made mistakes some time ago.

Although other players in the Magic felt bad, with Howard's control inside, the outside feel was somewhat better than in the first quarter.

At the end of the first half, the Orlando Magic chased down a deficit of up to 14 points to only 6 points.

Howard, who played more than six minutes on the court, scored 8 points and was undoubtedly the biggest contributor to the Magic's pursuit of points. More importantly, he came on the field to shoulder the offense, which allowed Lin Sen, the main offensive point, to rest on the offensive end without consuming too much physical energy.

"Dwight's appearance caused us a lot of trouble. Without Gilbert, our offense was obviously constrained, especially after Dwight came on. Antoine's offense in the interior was easily affected, so he had to pull out.

This directly led to the decrease in Antoine's offensive efficiency, and we only led by 6 points. In the second half, we must find a way to suppress Dwight, and it is best to push him out." said the local commentator in Washington.

In the visiting team's locker room, Howard sat in front of his locker. His locker and Lin Sen's locker were next to each other.

Although he has made up his mind to stay, at least for the time being, since yesterday, and he has tried again to integrate into the team and build a good relationship with his teammates, he can still feel the gap. Even if everyone has smiles on their faces.

Especially when facing Lin Sen, he always thinks that Lin Sen didn't help him at the beginning, which caused him to have so many problems, although now he has solved the troubles off the court with money.

But the problem existed after all. He still had some concerns about Lin Sen.

Although I kept forcing myself not to think about it, I was still able to think about it.

If Howard had read that little story, he must have known that as long as there is a break, the hole that was once broken will still exist if it is repaired.

It may be hidden deeply, but you may not know when it will burst out again.

Shaking his head, Howard adjusted his arm guards.

"Dwight. Well done." Stan Van Gundy walked into the locker room and applauded.

If Howard continues his performance today, then he will definitely not put Howard in cold storage.

The twenty-minute intermission passed quickly, and the second half of the game began.

Wizards fans at the Fan C Center cheered for the Wizards players. Gilbert Arenas, who was basically out for the season due to a knee injury, was sitting on the sidelines wearing a suit.

At the beginning of the season, he was looking forward to playing against Lin Sen again, but he played intermittently for 10 games this season and just missed playing against the Magic.

"In the second half, Dwight returned to Orlando's starting lineup, and rookie Marcin Gortat sat off the court again. This was a big test for us. I hope Brandon can find a way to suppress Dwight.

"The commentator on the sidelines said.

Gortat lost the opening jump ball to Brandon Haywood, so the Magic took the lead in attacking in the second half.

Lin Sen took the ball and found a person in front of him. This was DeShawn Stevenson, one of the three Wizards defenders in the first half.

DeShawn Stevenson is not tall for the shooting guard position, but he is very good at defending forwards.

Although his height and weight would normally put him at a disadvantage when defending the forward and guard positions, his tenacity and unwillingness to admit defeat, as well as his abundant physical fitness and positional judgment can always cause trouble for defenders, thereby reducing the opponent's efficiency.

He didn't defend Lin Sen many times in the first quarter, but he made Lin Sen uncomfortable every time.

During the halftime break, Eddie Jordan made it a point to force Lin Sen from the beginning of the second half and to mark him throughout the game.

Linsen did not expect that Deshawn Stevenson would directly defend in the backcourt and follow Stevenson to dribble the ball forward.

Stevenson kept using his body to interfere with Lin Sen, but his strength and range of movements were well controlled so that the referee would not call him a defensive foul.

Lin Sen is not a fool. He naturally knows that besides interfering with his rhythm, Stevenson's defense will also consume his physical energy.

So Lin Sen had no intention of getting involved with Stevenson. Billups on the other side saw Lin Sen's gesture and immediately ran over.

Bang!

Stevenson was blocked by Billups. Although he quickly got out of the way of Billups, Linson was already far away from his defensive range.

"You can't let him speed up!" the on-site commentator shouted out the voice of Wizards fans.

Linsen got rid of Stevenson and accelerated towards the frontcourt.

Artest ran directly from the right corner to the top of the arc, and Lin Sen dribbled the ball straight to Artest.

Daniels, who was responsible for guarding Billups, wanted to cover Linson, but was blocked by Artest's strong body.

"Continuous cover, inside, pay attention to the inside defense!" The on-site commentator was very anxious.

Lin Sen glanced at Brandon Haywood in the paint and rushed in. His speed was slower than before, but in the eyes of the Wizards players, especially Haywood, he was still very fast.

Seeing Lin Sen rushing towards the inside, Brandon Haywood moved quickly and turned around to face Lin Sen.

Howard, who Haywood should be marking, ran directly to the other side of the basket and almost simultaneously pulled Milicic to the left near the 45-degree mid-range and started running.

"Pay attention to switching defenses. Switching defenses!" Eddie Jordan shouted loudly to the court.

boom!

Antoine Jamison, who was responsible for guarding Milicic, was blocked by Howard and could only watch Milicic running towards the basket.

Lin Sen threw the ball directly with his right hand, and Haywood wanted to jump up to interfere. But it was too late.

However, he quickly realized that this was not a shot but a pass. When he turned around to defend, Milicic, who cut in from 45 degrees, had already jumped up.

It is almost impossible for Haywood to turn around and defend Milicic. Instead, he may incur a defensive foul.

Milicic firmly grabbed the ball passed by Lin Sen with both hands and smashed the ball directly towards the basket.

Bang!

He pulled the basket hard with both hands, and the entire basket shook violently under Milicic's tug.

"Darko dunked beautifully!" Linsen and Milicic high-fived, and Howard also walked up.

Milicic and Howard also high-fived. The three of them laughed and ran to the backcourt.

The Orlando reporter in the media area pressed the shutter as he watched the three people running towards the backcourt together.

The three of them had smiles on their faces, with Lin Sen running in the middle, Howard on the left and Milicic on the right.

With Milicic's goal, the Magic further narrowed the point difference to only four points.

Offensive and defensive transition, without Arenas, the Wizards rely more on Caron Butler and Antoine Jamison on the offensive end.

It is the offensive firepower of the two of them that helps the Washington Wizards still rank among the top eight in the Eastern Conference without their leader General Arenas.

Facing Artest who was defending him, Butler used the screen and then succeeded in a jump shot to help the Wizards reopen the point difference to six points.

"Caron's excellent shot selection, he is our most trustworthy guy now." The on-site commentator paid tribute to Butler.

"Defend. Defend!" Eddie Jordan shouted loudly to the court.

This time, DeShawn Stevenson did not press directly in the backcourt but returned to the frontcourt. When Lin Sen brought the ball to the center circle little by little, Stevenson also moved.

Stevenson wanted to entangle Linsen near the center circle, and then force Linsen to choose to pass the ball.

However, what Lin Sen was waiting for was Stevenson's pressure. When Stevenson opened his arms and pressed forward, Lin Sen showed no fear and turned and dribbled the ball in the same half-turn.

In Stevenson's view, Lin Sen wanted to get out of his way and immediately moved his feet to slide. However, what Lin Sen wanted was his reaction.

Snapped!

After slapping the ball, Lin Sen turned sharply. He swatted the ball with his left hand and stepped out with his right foot.

Bah!

The sneakers made a harsh friction sound against the floor. When Stevenson moved quickly again, he had lost control of Linsen.

After throwing away Stevenson, Lin Sen glanced at the other Wizards defenders and chose an emergency stop without hesitation.

He jumped up directly outside the three-point line. Caron Butler threw away Artest and rushed forward, but the distance between him and Lin Sen was too far to interfere with Lin Sen's shooting.

Looking at the basket, Lin Sen easily shot the ball.

The ball drew a perfect Lin's arc in the center of the fan c and fell towards the basket.

Amid boos from the audience, the ball passed through the net cleanly.

Lin Sen raised his right hand high, making a three-point goal gesture amidst the boos.

The game continued, and the Wizards still mainly relied on Butler and Jamison's offense, but Daniels and Stevenson had good touches, and each of them hit a three-pointer.

After Lin Sen hit this three-pointer, he changed his role on the offensive end. Billups became the controller of the team, and Lin Sen became the transfer station and fixed-point shooter.

However, Lin Sen basically didn't take a shot, but passed the ball out.

On the defensive end, Lin Sen did not take the initiative to attack much due to Daniels. Lin Sen also consumed a lot less physical energy, and Lin Sen reduced his defense assistance.

Howard's condition has dropped a bit since he first came on in the first half, and Haywood's defense caused him some trouble.

At the end of the third quarter, the Washington Wizards, playing at home, only led the Magic by 1 point.

Eddie Jordan frowned deeply. How could he not see that Lin Sen's style of play was clearly preparing for the fourth quarter, especially when Lin Sen sat on the bench early with five minutes left in the third quarter?

On the table.

The team is now only 1 point ahead of the Magic. There is still a full quarter left in the game.

Eddie Jordan glanced at Arenas who was sitting on the bench and felt very depressed. Xia Tian finally used a 100 million yuan contract to keep Arenas, but the result turned out to be like this.

After the start of the fourth quarter, Sam Cassell and Devin Brown became the Magic's backcourt. This backcourt lineup had much less impact, and the Wizards also seized the opportunity to make a few plays.

Stan Van Gundy was not worried at all when looking at the score difference, and still left Lin Sen and others on the bench.

The game was still going on. Eddie Jordan looked at the Magic bench on the other side of the technical table from time to time. Antoine Jamison also stayed on the bench, leaving Caron Butler on the court.

When the time came to the last seven minutes, Stan Van Gundy turned around and walked to the bench.

"Wood, Chauncey, Darko, Dwight, how do you feel?" Stan Van Gundy asked with a smile.

On the court, Caron Butler was facing Sean Battier's defense. Caron Butler, who was holding the ball with his back under Battier's defense, hit the ball with his back and slapped the ball.

Battier forced his way in from the baseline.

"Caron successfully broke through and hit the inside line along the baseline!" the local Washington radio commentator shouted excitedly.

Caron Butler, who got rid of Battier, was not afraid of Eddie Griffin's defense. He forcefully sent the ball into the basket under Eddie Griffin's defense.

Roar!

Caron Butler waved his arms and roared. Crazy cheers rang out from the center of the fan club.

With Caron Butler's goal, the Wizards reopened the point difference to 7 points.

"Orlando requested a timeout. It looks like they are going to make substitutions. Here comes the real test we face!" The on-site commentator looked at the sidelines with some worry.

After a short pause of 20 seconds, Linson, Artest, Billups and Milicic appeared on the court, while Howard waited a while before entering the court.

At this time, there were almost six minutes left before the end of the game, and Lin Sen had just passed the half-time with the ball.

Stevenson defended again, this time Stevenson's defense was tenacious.

Carrying Stevenson's body, Lin Sen pulled the ball.

With this pull, space appeared between the two of them.

Lin Sen quickly raised his right hand, and Darko Milicic, who was inside, saw Lin Sen's gesture and understood immediately. He didn't need to go up to cover Lin Sen.

Milicic turned around and ran towards the 45-degree mid-range position on the right side of the basket. Milicic shot from mid-range, which made Haywood dare not be careless. When he saw Milicic running out, he immediately followed and defended.

The departure of Milicic and Brandon Haywood suddenly left the inside line looking empty.

Stevenson also wanted to force Lin Sen. Looking at Lin Sen who was hunched over and lowering his center of gravity, Stevenson could only stare closely and was unable to defend himself.

Lin Sen continuously performed cross steps, swatted the ball with his left hand, and turned his body directly to the right.

Stevenson reacted immediately to Linsen's action. Linsen saw that Stevenson's defensive focus changed.

Quickly pull the ball back and then accelerate directly to start.

Bang!

Lin Sen's body collided with Stevenson's chest, and Lin Sen staggered slightly.

Then Stevenson was left behind, and Stevenson's defense also failed.

After throwing away Steven Linson and rushing directly to the inside, Antoine Jamieson immediately chose to throw away Eddie Griffin and defend Linson.

Looking at Jamison's defense, Lin Sen glanced at the Wizards' defense change. The Wizards' defense change was not timely.

After Lin Sen made a fake pass to Milicic on the left, he threw the ball directly. The next second, Eddie Griffin was hanging on the basket.

"We gave Wood Lin too many alley-oop passing opportunities. Our air defense was always buzzing above our airspace. The defense inside was really bad. If we want to go further, we must defend the inside." Wizards' commentary.

The member said very depressedly.

In his impression, in this game, only four or five of Lin Sen's passes directly turned into alley-oops, and he remembered it correctly.

So far in this game, Lin Sen has only scored 10 points, but he has sent out 11 assists, 5 of which directly turned into alley-oops.

With this alley-oop cooperation, the Magic narrowed the point difference to 5 points.

Caron Butler once again chose to attack. However, this time he failed. Under Artest's defense, he finally chose to pass the ball. Although Jamison's inside attack was not blocked, he finally shot and hit the basket.

When the ball came out, Milicic grabbed a defensive rebound.

Milicic handed the ball to Lin Sen, who received the ball steadily without rushing forward.

After arriving in the frontcourt, I looked at the positions of my teammates. In this game, Lin Sen gave the impression that the offensive end was not very strong on his own.

The gesture was made again. Milicic saw Linsen's gesture and immediately pulled to the outside.

Lin Sen waited until Milicic was about to stand firm, and then Lin Sen moved.

The speed increased to the highest level in an instant. The side of his body collided with Stevenson, and then slightly knocked away Stevenson.

Lin Sen used Milicic's cover to rush directly to the inside. Stevenson avoided Milicic and then chose to chase Lin Sen again.

Haywood, who came out to defend Milicic, also defended Linsen. However, Linsen jumped up when he took a step outside the collision area. Without looking behind him, he threw the ball behind his head with his right hand.

"Damn, pass back! Defense!" Eddie Jordan shouted in a low voice.

It was like Lin Sen had eyes on the back of his head. He passed the ball back to Milicic.

This is one of the Magic's offensive tactics this season. Milicic screens and then passes back and shoots.

When Stevenson hurriedly turned around to defend Milicic, it was too late, and he could only watch Milicic calmly shoot the basketball in his hand.

Whoosh!

The basketball finally got into the basket cleanly, and the Magic chased down the deficit to only 3 points.

The game continued, and after Howard came on the court, the Wizards' defense was even more stretched. With two minutes left in the game, Lin Sen's throw helped the Magic take the lead.

Billups controls the ball. Now he doesn't have much time to control the ball. He mainly controls the ball for Lin Sen.

Billups gestured. The Magic players quickly started running, and the back-and-forth screens and pick-and-roll movements immediately disrupted the Wizards' line.

Eddie Jordan was very worried. After all, the Wizards were lagging behind. If the ball could not be defended, the game would probably end here.

Butler was not disrupted by the Magic's offensive tactics because his eyes stayed on Lin Sen. When Lin Sen tried to run out of space, Butler moved.

"Be careful!" Billups immediately warned when he saw Butler rushing up after passing the ball to Linsen.

Lin Sen didn't pay attention at first. After hearing Billups' words, he immediately accelerated toward the ball. After winning the ball, Lin Sen seemed to be in a hurry to attack.

He directly raised the ball, and Butler, who was following closely behind him, jumped up, waved his big hand and went straight to the ball in Lin Sen's hand.

Dwight Howard ran from the inside to the mid-range and took Jamison out. At this time, Milicic revealed a gap.

Lin Sen threw the ball directly towards the basket, and Butler's hand was blown into the air.

"Inside!"

Butler's reminder was a little late.

Milicic, who was outside the three-second zone, jumped up in front of the basketball, pushed the ball into the basket with one hand, and pulled the basket hard to drop it to a significant height.

During the transition between offense and defense, as soon as Daniels dribbled the ball into the frontcourt, Butler shouted to Daniels to pass the ball.

Daniels did not dare to disagree with Butler's request and immediately passed the ball.

Artest's attention was immediately drawn. Who in the entire league dares to underestimate Butler's lethality? Artest's height advantage and flexibility are his biggest strengths.

At this moment, Artest wanted to cover Butler directly in his defense. He had seen all kinds of defenses for Butler.

Butler calmly protected the ball with his back to Artest, then suddenly made a collision and used his own speed to pull the ball and turn around, leaving Artest behind.

As soon as he passed Artest, Lin Sen pressed forward, and Howard on the inside also pulled him out with eager eyes. Artest, who was thrown away by him, also turned around and chased after him.

Butler leaned directly on Lin Sen and cut inside. Butler relied on his strength to squeeze through.

Lin Sen did not give up the defense but retreated and immediately slid inside.

After Linson, Butler directly faced Howard who came out from the inside to defend. Before he could fully adjust, he jumped up towards Howard, dodged in the air and threw the ball towards the basket.

Lin Sen, who was following Butler, immediately jumped up when he saw Butler's action. His right hand was like a waving fly swatter, and the ball in Butler's hand was the damn fly.

Seeing Butler pick out the ball in his hand, Lin Sen, who had been waiting for a long time, waved his right hand and slapped it hard.

Seeing the big hand coming out from behind, Butler's expression suddenly changed.

Snapped!

Lin Sen's hand quickly slapped the basketball, and the basketball that was still rising immediately changed its direction and flew towards the backboard at high speed.

Bang!

The basketball hit the backboard hard, and the sound of hitting the board spread throughout the huge Staples Arena through the loudspeaker on the backboard.

The basketball rebounded directly, and Billups had quick eyesight and quick hands to grab the ball before Daniels and firmly control the ball.

Since there was no good fast break opportunity, Billups did not rush for a fast break but slowly advanced upfield.

Lin Sen's block made Wizards fans sigh, while Eddie Jordan on the sidelines was expressionless.

Billups dribbled the ball through half court and landed at the top of the arc, waiting for the Magic players to settle down steadily. Billups, who was originally preparing to hand the ball over to Lin Sen, nodded when he saw Lin Sen's signal.

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He immediately raised his left index finger to indicate the next tactic to his teammates.

As soon as Billups made a tactical gesture, Artest and Howard on the inside immediately moved, while Milicic stood still outside the three-second zone like a huge wooden stake.

Helped Artest to block Caron Butler who was following him, and Milicic pulled to the other side to create a screen for Artest. Artest came out and caught Billups.

pass.

Milicic, who was covering for Artest, did not stop, but quickly pulled to the mid-range.

At the same time, Lin Sen accelerated directly, and Butler could only use his body to rely on Lin Sen to defend as much as possible.

In the end, he was blocked by Milicic's huge body, and he could only watch Lin Sen cut into the inside. At this moment, Artest, who had just received the ball, immediately gave the ball away.

Lin Sen caught the ball steadily and was now facing the Wizards' inside defense.

Antoine Jamieson and Haywood saw Lin Sen coming inside, and Antoine Jamieson moved his body to face Lin Sen.

There is only one Antoine Jamison between Linsen and the basket.

So what if Antoine Jamieson is in front of him?

Although Antoine Jamison can play center, power forward and even small forward, interior defense is not his strength.

The edges and corners of the calf muscles become extremely clear at the moment of taking off.

Bang!

Stomping heavily on the floor, Lin Sen raised the ball high with his right hand and flew towards the basket with a fierce momentum.

Antoine Jamieson?

At this moment, he has been ignored by Lin Sen.

Seeing Lin Sen's actions, Antoine Jamieson couldn't help but feel angry.

"Fuck, don't look down on people!"

He roared and jumped up, raising his arms to try to stop Lin Sen's arrogance.

Looking at Antoine Jamison who was rushing towards him, Lin Sen's eyes were full of determination.

"boom!"

A loud sound spread out from the chests of the two people, a confrontation of the purest strength.

The sound of the collision spread throughout the venue, and the on-site director's camera captured the pain on Antoine Jamieson's face at the moment of impact.

The huge force rebounded, and Lin Sen's body dropped slightly in the air. He gritted his teeth and exerted force on his waist, and his whole body was lifted up by a few centimeters.

After Antoine Jamison was hit, his whole body flew out like a kite off the line. Lin Sen continued to slide towards the basket, completely reflected in his eyes.

"Get in!"

With a roar, Lin Sen slammed the ball into the basket with his right hand.

The basket seemed to be afraid of Lin Sen's arrival, but how could Lin Sen show mercy.

Bang!

The entire basket rack shook violently.

Lin Sen hung on the basket with one hand, looking directly at Antoine Jamieson who was barely standing.

Antoine Jamison avoided Lin Sen's eyes, as if Lin Sen's eyes were about to devour him.

He let go and landed on the ground, grabbed the ball that was bouncing on the floor, walked to the baseline and put it down. (To be continued...)