Super Legendary Superstar

How can this be?

How could anyone beat Tim Duncan on both offense and defense?

Popovich knows that Howard is very strong and talented, and is the most dominant inside player in the league after O'Neal, but he never thinks that his disciple Duncan is so inferior to him.

In terms of strength, Duncan is not bad. Even if Duncan is slightly inferior to Howard in terms of strength and explosive power, in terms of experience, defense, anticipation and footwork, the young Howard cannot compare with Duncan!

The reason why Howard played such a sensational performance after the start of the game was because of his confidence and inner desire for something!

"I gave him this kind of confidence and hunger." Popovich was expressionless. He knew that all of this was caused by him. He had been praising Howard since before the game. In the first game, he was beaten by Howard. After the victory, he even said that the Spurs lost to Howard instead of Sun Zhuo. After two games, Popovich already called Howard the FMVP.

It is precisely because of the confidence that Popovich gave Howard and the goal of FMVP that Howard is so "inhumane".

On the court, Howard not only blocked Duncan, but the block was also just right, and he fanned the ball directly to Sun Zhuo!

Sun Zhuo received Howard's block pass near the free throw line, but instead of taking the ball in his hands, he immediately smacked the ball to the right and gave the racket to Danny Granger beside him.

"Danny!" The ball did not linger in Sun Zhuo's hands. After passing it to Danny Granger, Sun Zhuo immediately turned around and ran towards the frontcourt!

Howard's block had already surprised the five Spurs players. Sun Zhuo's move surprised them again. They didn't know how to defend at this time.

Sun Zhuo did not get the ball immediately because he knew that the Spurs' defense against Sun Zhuo's fast break was very harsh. Once Sun Zhuo got the ball, Spurs players would immediately catch up and block it, so he deliberately let the basketball stay in the half court for longer. For a period of time, run first and make the ball "contestable" again. In this way, Spurs players will first grab the ball instead of chasing people.

Of course, this approach seems a bit risky, because Sun Zhuo is likely to give the ball to his opponent. However, Sun Zhuo has confidence in Danny Granger, which is also a major advantage of the Magic in the playoffs. , that’s height!

Except for point guard Monta Ellis, the Magic's other four starting players are all over 2.03 meters tall!

Of course, the Spurs' starting lineup is not short either. Except for point guard Tony Parker, everyone else is over 2.01 meters tall. This is one of the few opponents who can match the Magic in height. However, Bowen and Finley are both old players. In terms of running and jumping ability, they can't compare with Sun Zhuo and Danny Granger.

Danny Granger understood what Sun Zhuo meant and jumped up quickly to get the ball. Finley couldn't react faster. After getting the ball, he threw a long pass directly to Sun Zhuo!

Bowen pursues Sun Zhuo closely!

"Are you alone?" After Sun Zhuo got the ball, his plan had been successful. If Bowen was alone, he could play as he pleased.

"Come, I'll let you chase."

Sun Zhuo actually slowed down deliberately to let Bowen run ahead!

"Damn it." Bowen's face was extremely ugly. He knew that Sun Zhuo was the strongest dunker in history. Dunking was too easy for him, and it was impossible to defend him one-on-one. And if he fouled now, I'm afraid Sun Zhuo would also do well. 2+1 is prepared. Unless Bowen uses all his strength to commit a foul, the result will definitely be a technical foul.

Bowen, chose to give up!

"Ah~~"

boom!

Sun Zhuo rarely calls for dunks. This time, he was held back for too long by the Spurs. He made an amazing one-handed dunk and dunked the ball into the basket!

Popovich immediately called a timeout. It was less than a minute into the game. He always liked to do this kind of thing before, but in today's situation, anyone would choose to call this timeout. The Magic's momentum is too strong, especially the two The core players Howard and Sun Zhuo both performed such shocking performances, they had to pause and let the Magic's momentum be interrupted.

"Great job!" Howard reached out and gave Sun Zhuo a high-five.

Sun Zhuo also patted Howard and praised: "Did you see the look in Tim Duncan's eyes just now? He was so suspicious that you beat him to death. If you keep doing this, victory will belong to us."

"No problem!" Howard smiled happily.

In the Spurs dugout, Popovich did not reprimand anyone, but said to everyone calmly: "Dwight Howard will be very difficult to deal with today. You may see his best performance since he entered the league. However, the focus of our defense is still Sun."

When listening to the first half of the sentence, everyone lowered their heads and said nothing. Howard may indeed have played the best performance of his career, but after hearing the second half, everyone invariably raised their heads and looked at Popovich.

"Coach..." Bowen looked at Popovich. Since he knew that Howard would be in explosive condition today, he still focused his defense on Sun Zhuo. How much did Popovich hate Sun Zhuo?

Tim Duncan couldn't help but glance at Sun Zhuogao in the opposite player's bench. Even though he was beaten by Howard just now, Duncan didn't think it was anything. Instead, he glanced at Sun Zhuogao at this moment. In this situation, Popovich I still firmly believe that only Sun Zhuo can defeat the Spurs. This is not a treatment that everyone can get.

After the game restarted, the Spurs returned to normal a little, and still restricted Sun Zhuo's running and jumping. As long as Sun Zhuo can't run, jump, or dunk, he can't continue to drive momentum, the entire rhythm and atmosphere. It will be carried out in an environment familiar to the Spurs.

"Sun, you're only going to call me once." Popovich couldn't stand Sun Zhuo's dunk and ignited his momentum, so he was determined to block Sun Zhuo's dunk.

Sun Zhuo still wanted to try to get inside and dunk his opponent. After a feint, he just got rid of Bowen's defense. He was thinking about whether there would be a chance to score in the inside this time. Who knows, Sun Zhuo suddenly saw Howard inside, turned his back and went to the basket!

"So fast!" Even Sun Zhuo couldn't help but be surprised. This back turn was really beautiful. Sun Zhuo quickly threw the basketball in his hand high into the basket and gave it to Howard for an alley-oop.

"Damn!" Spurs power forward Oberto saw Howard about to dunk, and immediately stepped forward and stretched out his big hand, hitting Howard hard on the arm, thinking that he could stop him.

However.

boom!

Even though Howard was fouled so hard, he still dunked the ball in!

"ah!"

After Howard dunked successfully, he jumped on the spot and shouted.

TN.T's Kenny Smith looked stunned and said: "Dwight Howard is going to have a historic performance in the finals. His performance in the first two games was already good enough. I'm afraid it will be even better today. There is no doubt that Tim Duncan is great, and the Spurs are undoubtedly a great team. However, in the past, they won a few fewer championships because of the presence of peak Shaq in the Western Conference. Is it possible that in the future, they will win again because of another big guy? Was some taken away?”

Charles Barkley said: "I'm only telling the facts I saw. If the finals continue like this, even if the Magic win, it will be Dwight Howard's credit. I don't know if Sun and Dwight have communicated privately, but everyone knows this. This team is Sun's team, and the Magic are not the Spurs. Unlike the Spurs, it doesn't matter whoever wins the Finals MVP is Tim Duncan or Tony Parker or Manu Ginobili. There is no one in the Magic who can surpass Sun and Dwight. , I don’t think this is a good thing, I even have a very bad feeling that magic may happen soon..."

"Wowowo, are you talking too seriously? Charles?" Kenny Smith was also frightened by Buckley's words and quickly interjected.

On the court, Howard plays more and more smoothly. In this game, he is truly responsible for both offense and defense. Both offense and defense are excellent, making it hard to fault. He makes one free throw after another. He can even shoot like Duncan. Scored a goal from a 45-degree angle!

Sun Zhuo also scored well in this game, but he couldn't compare with Howard. When Sun Zhuo was close to 30 points, Howard was already close to 40 points... and it goes without saying that he must be better than Sun Zhuo in rebounding and blocking shots. Excellent.

Under the leadership of Howard, and with Howard and Sun Zhuo working hard at the same time, the Magic had established a lead in the fourth quarter.

At this time, Howard staged another block that shocked everyone.

Tony Parker's layup was blocked by Howard with a big block on the backboard with his left hand. This was not surprising. He had blocked shots like this many times throughout the game. What surprised everyone was that after he blocked the shot with his left hand, His body actually turned backward in the air, that is, facing the other people. He seemed to have controlled his strength a long time ago. After the rebound rebounded, he caught it with his right hand. When he caught it, he threw it to the half-court position. Sun Zhuo.

"Go ahead! Take one!"

Howard became a commander and leader, and Sun Zhuo actually became like a role player who could only do specific things. Sun Zhuo dunked and scored, but he didn't feel any passion. He felt that at this moment, he had no consciousness. He didn't even know if he was actually playing.

Then, with a dull expression on his face, he saw Howard running towards him like a figure skater, jumping and bumping shoulders with him.

"How was it? The block + pass I just made was good, wasn't it? When I blocked the shot with my left hand, I thought about passing it to you. I could have taken it directly, but I felt that it would delay the attack time too much, so I He did this in the air, haha." Howard proudly explained to Sun Zhuo his impromptu pass just now.

Even Spurs fans were impressed by Howard's move.

"I have never seen a center like him. He is both powerful and unexpectedly creative. Sun is outstanding, but he is not an inside player after all. We don't know if Sun becomes an inside player. It’s going to be as good as it is now.”

Seeing Howard letting himself go on the court, wreaking havoc in the paint, and making such creative moves, with such a calm and calm face, Sun Zhuo felt jealous for the first time since his rebirth.

Yes, it's jealousy.

Sun Zhuo was actually jealous of someone, and that person was not Kobe, Wade, or James, but his teammate, Howard.

In terms of talent and ability, Sun Zhuo, who is systematic, does not need to be jealous of anyone. What he is jealous of is what he does not have in Howard: height and position. No matter how outstanding Sun Zhuo is, he is still in the category of small forward. He cannot be like Howard. Dominate the paint like that.

In fact, Sun Zhuo's envy of inside players started as early as when he challenged O'Neal in his peak game. When he tried to dominate the inside, dominated the penalty area, used his giant body to push everyone aside for dunks, and transformed the paint area. After entering the no-fly zone, Sun Zhuo fell in love with the feeling of dominating the inside, but as a small forward, he could not be like O'Neal anyway.

Today, seeing Howard dominate the inside like O'Neal once again aroused Sun Zhuo's envy of inside players, and this envy has now turned into jealousy.

Sun Zhuo was jealous of Howard, jealous that Howard could cause such a big blow to his opponents in the paint, and jealous that Howard faced the finals so calmly.

At the end of the third game, the Spurs lost to the Magic 105:111. Howard and Sun Zhuo scored 70 points together, including 40 points for Howard and 30 points for Sun Zhuo.

In the three games, Howard's statistics were better than Sun Zhuo's in every game. This game clearly made people feel that Howard is the leader of the Magic. Sun Zhuo seemed to be just a helper. No matter how unwilling to gossip, he would Think about this question, who is the boss of the Magic this year? Who is the person who will win FMVP?

In the locker room, Howard happily joked with everyone. He had always been on good terms with his teammates, and everyone had always had a good relationship with him. Such a scene of celebration made Sun Zhuo feel that Howard was expected to win the FMVP.

"Howard... is really trying to compete with me for FMVP." Sun Zhuo couldn't believe it. He thought he knew Howard very well, and he always felt that he could control Howard. Howard was optimistic, not ambitious, and didn't have much money. With Sun Zhuo's MVP performance this season, Howard has always been willing to be Sun Zhuo's helper and second-in-command, and has never complained.

Even Sun Zhuo recalled that when he won the regular season MVP trophy, he did not recall Howard being jealous or unhappy. You know, Westbrook looked at Durant to win the MVP trophy with subtle eyes, and Wade looked at James to win the MVP. Before receiving the trophy, he would say a few words of emotion and take a photo or something, but Howard didn't.

This means that Howard has no intention of competing with Sun Zhuo in the regular season.

"He had this idea recently." Sun Zhuo wondered if it was because of Howard's good performance in the first two games and what his friends or agents said to Howard that led Howard to blatantly ride on Sun Zhuo's head today. , Howard obviously knew the consequences of his performance, and he was going for this result. It was this result that gave Howard motivation.

"It was the honor of FMVP that allowed Howard to perform today. Unexpectedly, what James and Wade have experienced, what Durant and Westbrook have experienced, and what O'Neal and Kobe have experienced will also happen to me and Howard. It's going to happen." Sun Zhuo closed his eyes and didn't want to think about it.