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"It's Wood again. Wood wiped Dwight's butt for the second time in a row. But what's really bad is that Wood dunked Dwight in disguise."

"Wood jumped really high, completely surpassing everyone. This is the actual strength of the dunk king. In fact, it is not a complete dunk on Dwight. It can only be said that there was no way for Wood to get out of the way of Dwight for this dunk.

Yao and Louis were also knocked away, weren't they?" Bill Walton said with a smile.

Howard was very depressed. Not only did he fail to score, but he was dunked by Lin Sen. He really wanted to throw Lin Sen off his back, especially when the Toyota Center was laughing at him.

"careful."

Howard turned around and hugged Lin Sen. Lin Sen let go of the basket and Howard hugged him down. It looked like the two had a great relationship.

As the game continued, Howard returned to the defensive end and finally prevented Yao Ming's third personal attack, and the ball hit the frame directly.

Milicic got the defensive rebound, protected the ball with both hands and passed it to Linsen.

"Yao finally missed the shot. Dwight must be relieved, but when we return to the offensive end, I hope Dwight won't ask for the ball again." Hoffman said while looking at Howard running upfield.

Stan Van Gundy gestured at Lin Sen and told Lin Sen not to give Howard any more singles. Lin Sen nodded.

Facing Francis' defense, Lin Sen held the ball around the 40-degree three-point line on the right side.

Lin Sen has a balanced left and right hand, and the number of breakthroughs from both sides is about the same. He is one of the few players in the NBA who is not partial to both sides.

However, even if there is no statistical difference, Lin Sen is still better at attacking on the right side.

Dribbling the ball with his left hand, he made a gesture to Howard inside with his right hand, indicating that Howard would pull out to cover and then cut in.

Seeing Lin Sen's gesture, Howard thanked Lin Sen in his heart and immediately pulled it out.

Bang!

Francis bumped into Howard, and McGrady on the other side immediately switched defenses with Francis.

Close to Tracy McGrady Linson's ultra-low center of gravity and cut to the inside.

Suddenly there was an emergency stop, and he swatted the ball behind him with his right hand. He caught the ball with his left hand and grabbed Tracy McGrady with his whole body. He didn't react in time, and forced a cut from the right side instead of the left side.

This incident caused an instant tremor in the Rockets basket. Just when Yao Ming and Scola focused their attention on Lin Sen, Lin Sen swung the ball with his left hand.

Scola jumped, but the ball flew high over his fingers and toward the backboard.

"Wood, is this a shot? Oh no, it's not a shot, it's a pass!" Hoffman said as he watched the ball fly toward the backboard and bounce to the right.

Howard, who was covering for Lin Sen, cut in from around 45 degrees.

Watching the ball bounce off the backboard, he jumped high and grabbed the ball firmly with both hands.

Yao Ming wanted to interfere with Howard, but Howard had already jumped up.

Faced with such a situation, Yao Ming naturally knew that if he continued to interfere, he would only become Howard's background, and he might even be dunked.

Howard firmly grabbed the ball that bounced off the backboard with both hands, looking at the basket with sparks in his eyes.

He pulled the ball behind his head and used all his strength to hit the ball toward the basket.

Bang!

There was a loud noise. The basket was bent by Howard, and his legs kicked forward fiercely.

"Dwight, Shaq dunk, this is a dunk to vent his depression." Bill Walton said loudly.

Just like O'Neal's signature slam dunk, under the huge impact, the basket was pulled down to a higher level again.

Release the basket and jump down.

The basket shook violently. What was unexpected was that Howard's dunk was so powerful this time.

The backboard shook even more after Howard released his hands, and the buzzing sound told everyone how much force it had just endured from Howard.

Under the violent shaking, the timer above the backboard stopped working.

It fell directly from the top of the backboard and hung to the side.

This turn of events shocked everyone, and Howard's fist-pumping roar echoed this scene.

Everyone who was standing under the basket suddenly moved out of the way, which made Howard's crazy dunk even more shocking.

The Toyota Center also fell silent because of this. No one expected Howard's power to be so powerful.

Although it was only the timer that fell and the backboard was not shattered, the impact was no less than that of a shattered backboard.

You must know that the load-bearing capacity of tempered glass backboards today is far greater than before. It is impossible to smash a backboard after scientific experiments.

"Abnormal power, the backboard is still shaking violently! Dwight's dunk this time is so crazy. This is a true manifestation of his depression." Hoffman sighed.

Bavetta stopped the game, and the staff immediately came to the field to make repairs.

"Dwight is actually far better when he plays like this. Now his role in Orlando is more defensive. Standing inside is a deterrent.

He can perform better against a team that doesn't have that strong defensive ability inside, but when playing against a team like Houston or even Cleveland, I care more about his defense.

If he doesn't do a good job on the defensive end, then he loses the meaning of playing.

On the offensive end, Dwight's ability to set a screen and then remove it is actually far inferior to that of Darko, but his physical fitness makes the pick-and-roll between him and Wood, including Chauncey, very lethal.

This kind of scoring will be very easy, and it can also share the pressure on the defensive end of his teammates, which is far better than forcing himself to use poor offensive skills to score in isolation.

If I were Stan, I would prohibit Dwight from playing too many singles." Bill Walton looked at Howard walking on the bench and said, "Unless Dwight develops more and more stable offensive skills."

How could Stan Van Gundy not know this, but Howard is the core inside after all.

Although his status in the team is not as good as Linsen's, he still has to take care of Howard's emotions.

If Howard is in a mood or is absent, the damage to the team will be greater, so sometimes he will not interfere too much with Howard's offense.

Five minutes later, the staff fixed the timer and the game started again.

These five minutes also effectively allowed the Rockets to slow down the impact of being dunked by Howard just now. After the game restarted, Howard became particularly active.

On the offensive end, as Bill Walton said, you can use your physical fitness to set a screen and then move down. You can do it yourself or attract the defense.

Seven minutes into the third quarter, Howard went from two zero-for-one goals at the beginning of the second half to five consecutive field goals.

These five goals all came from direct assists from teammates. Chen Tian contributed three of them.

The Rockets also played very well on the offensive end. Both sides put a lot of energy into the defensive end in the third quarter, but the effect was far less than the first half.

Orlando scored 34 points in a single quarter, while the Rockets also scored 32 points. The two sides tied at 79 at the end of the third quarter.

After the start of the fourth quarter, the defensive intensity of both sides became even greater.

The shooting percentage also began to decline. The Rockets also found a way to contain Howard.

That is, when Howard pulls out, he doesn't leave the ball open, but instead sticks up to defend.

The game passed minute by minute in a tense atmosphere, and when the time came to the last thirty seconds before the end of the game.

Tracy McGrady hit a difficult pull-up three-pointer against Artest's defense to tie the difference.

At this moment, Stan Van Gundy used up the team's last long timeout and only had one short timeout left, while the Rockets also only had one short timeout left.

"It's incredible, Tracy saved Houston. This three-pointer was so critical. Ron was already on him and the defense was very good.

If Ron hadn't been vigilant, Tracy might have even scored four points this time. If he scored four points, the pressure would now be all on Orlando's side." Hoffman said while watching the replay.

In this game, Tracy McGrady performed well in the first half. But his performance in the third and fourth quarters was not good.

But the three-pointer just now was indeed crucial. Without this three-pointer, the Magic would have been close to winning the game.

Just as the players from both sides were walking to their respective benches, Lin Sen suddenly wanted to imitate what Garnett did in the last game.

Instead of going to the Magic bench to accept tactical arrangements, he went directly to the Rockets bench.

Being not very tall, he squeezed directly next to Yao Ming, and on the other side of him was Lewis.

Lin Sen supported Yao Ming's back and looked like a Rockets player. Neither Yao Ming nor Lewis realized that Lin Sen was next to them.

The Rockets, including the fans, were not aware of Lin Sen's behavior for a while, and Stan Van Gundy was about to lay out a plan.

There was no doubt that he was going to hand over the key ball to Lin Sen. But he found that Lin Sen was not there.

"Where's the Woodman?" Stan Van Gundy asked.

Everyone looked around and looked around, but did not find Lin Sen.

"Wood is missing?" Milicic looked in disbelief.

"Wood just went to Houston." Pippen on the bench looked at his confused teammates and smiled exaggeratedly.

"Wood went to the Rockets? Hahaha! Is he imitating KG? Houston didn't notice him." Artest also laughed.

Stan Van Gundy has a black line on his head. He did not expect such a thing.

The next step was the Magic's offense. This offense was very critical, but the most important person went to the Rockets to eavesdrop on the defensive tactics.

"Ignore Wood. The number one spot will be given to Wood later. Chauncey, tell Wood to play the No. 11 tactic. If Wood can't play, Darko, you immediately..."

Rick Adelman on the other side of the technical table was drooling: "They must let that guy Wood attack. The most common key ball in Orlando is to attack at these two points, with Darko and Dwight covering..."

Adelman spoke very carefully, and the Rockets players listened very carefully.

On the other hand, the magicians were all laughing and didn't seem stressed at all.

"Orlando is so relaxed, everyone seems to be laughing. They don't feel any pressure at all." Hoffman said while looking at the sidelines of the Magic court.

"I didn't expect that the last game went to the end. This game is the same, but it's time to show Wood's key ball ability.

Orlando is so relaxed, obviously it has enough confidence in Wood's key goals. If I were the coach and I had Wood, I wouldn't dare to worry.

If Wood completes a key goal again today, then there is no doubt that he is the biggest heartbeat in the history of the NBA." Bill Walton added.

After Adelman explained the defense, he arranged the final offensive tactics.

Bavetta walked onto the field and blew his whistle.