noveltune Chapter 944 Get the upper hand!
Chapter 944 Get the upper hand!
Chapter 944 Get the upper hand!
After a while, players from both sides had arrived on the field.
Howard, Ryan Anderson, Hedo Turkoglu, JJ Redick, Josh Richardson, and several Magic starters looked at Qin Hao with a sneer. They also know the situation of the 76ers, so today's game is like "killing you while you are sick" for them.
How can such a good opportunity be missed?
Sensing the other party's eyes, Qin Hao and the others were naturally upset, and there was no nonsense. When they came to the middle circle, Nene and Howard jumped for the ball, but failed to jump to the ball. Qin Hao quickly turned around and returned to his own half.
The Magic attacked, Richardson advanced with the ball, and when Qin Hao reached the frontcourt, he quickly stepped forward, opened his hands, and launched an oppressive defense.
"What?" Richardson was taken aback. He didn't expect Qin Hao to be oppressive at the beginning of the game.
You must know that although oppressive defense can bring great interference and defensive threats to the ball holder, it consumes a lot of energy for the defender, so it is usually only used at critical moments.
An oppressive defense like Qin Hao's at the beginning of the game is rare even in the playoffs.
Of course, on the 76ers team, only Qin Hao is defensively oppressive, and the others are not, because they don't have Qin Hao's excellent physical fitness. If they are defensively oppressive at this time, their physical fitness will not be able to keep up.
"ball."
Seeing Richardson frowning and protecting the ball carefully on the spot, Turkoglu ran back and came to the three-point line to open his hands for the ball.
Richardson passed the ball to Turkoglu, he couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief, and he was a little annoyed that he was so immobilized by Qin Hao from the very beginning, which was a bit embarrassing.
In fact, it’s not that Richardson can’t move at all, it’s just that he’s more likely to make mistakes in the face of oppressive defense. In addition, Qin Hao has a good reputation after all. Last season’s “Best Rookie” is expected to be selected as the starting player for the All-Stars. Richardson Sen was still a little apprehensive about meeting him.
In the starting lineup of the Magic, both Turkoglu and Anderson are forwards, but Turkoglu plays the 3 position more often because he has good organization and ball-handling ability.
I saw that Turkoglu first made a breakthrough in the face of Iguodala, but failed. Iguodala stared at him firmly, and his defense was impeccable.
Turkoglu frowned slightly, asked for a pick-and-roll, then pulled the man away, gave the ball to Howard, and handed it to Howard to open the situation.
Seeing Howard got the ball, Nene quickly stepped forward, and Iguodala was also ready to help defend, but Howard in this period was called a "monster", with amazing lethality in the low post.
I saw Nene kept retreating and was pushed into the penalty area by Howard. Iguodala quickly went up to help defend, but it was a little late.
Swish!
Howard made a hit on the board.
The 76ers fought back.
Qin Hao took the ball and quickly advanced to the front court. In front of him was Richardson. He stared at Qin Hao's shoulder with a serious expression. When he saw Qin Hao's left shoulder shake, his heart skipped a beat, and his center of gravity shifted to the right subconsciously.
At the next moment, Qin Hao slapped the ball to the right, changed direction sharply, and broke through from the right. The speed was so fast that Richardson couldn't react, and Qin Hao passed by Qin Hao in the blink of an eye.
There was Howard in front of him, Qin Hao slowed down slightly, Howard took a step forward, but Qin Hao suddenly hugged the ball and took a European step.
Swish!
The ball goes in.
Howard stood up straight, jumped up and blocked the block very well, but facing the European step, if he was asked to turn around and chase the risk, his movements were a bit slower.
In the next round, the Magic gave Howard the ball again, and this time Iguodala assisted in time, Howard forced a shot, but failed to score.
This made the head coach of the Magic team on the sidelines frown slightly. Today, the 76ers' defense is very good. Every player is very active. They didn't have a good chance in the two offenses. The reason why they gave the ball to Howard In fact, it was a helpless move.
Qin Hao came to the frontcourt, first asked for a pick-and-roll, Howard was called out, Qin Hao broke through again, rushed inside, Anderson defended, but was knocked away by Qin Hao.
Swish!
Enter again.
In the next few rounds, Qin Hao broke through and was extremely resolute, forcing the Magic to shrink the line of defense and rely on containment to limit Qin Hao's breakthrough.And when they shrink the defensive line, Qin Hao splits the ball and finds teammates on the outside. The Magic defended the breakthrough but failed to prevent the outside shot.
After only three or four minutes, the 4ers had already led by 76 points.
This annoyed the Magic fans in the auditorium. They originally thought that today was a sure win, but they just waited to see the Magic players take advantage of the home court, and the 76ers couldn't hold their heads up.
But as a result, the Magic were overwhelmed from the very beginning.
"Request a timeout."
The head coach of the Magic team called a timeout, his face was a little more dignified, and said: "It seems that we underestimated our opponents. Although the 76ers have only experienced four consecutive losses and lack Brand, the starting small forward, But still not to be underestimated." As he spoke, he looked towards the rest area of the 76ers and added, "Especially Qin."
Howard nodded in unison.
The reason why they fell into a disadvantage in the past few minutes was not only that the 76ers' defense was very good, but also that Qin Hao's continuous breakthroughs completely disrupted their defense.
"Be careful not to mess up the defense. You can't rush at Qin as soon as you see a breakthrough." The head coach of the Magic said: "Dwight (Dwight Howard), you don't want to defend too much, keep the inside. In addition, you must Pay attention, it is better to let Qin score some points than let them play more blossoms."
"Understood." Howard and the others responded in unison.
When the timeout came back, the Magic adjusted their defense. Howard didn't mention the line, but kept the inside line as the last barrier. Once Qin Hao breaks through and hits the basket, he will face his block.
At the same time, the Magic strengthened the defense of Iguodala, Iverson, Speights and others. They played very well in the first few minutes, and the Magic did not dare to take it lightly.
Seeing this situation, Qin Hao laughed.
"Is this asking me to face Howard? That's fine." Qin Hao asked his teammates for the ball, then used the pick-and-roll to break through and went straight to the inside.
Howard stayed on the inside, staring at Qin Hao, bent over, with his right hand in front of him, and when Qin Hao came over, he would serve him a hot pot.
At the same time, the fans in the auditorium also stared at the two.
Qin Hao went straight to Howard without intending to pass the ball. After stepping into the free throw line, he hugged the ball, bent his legs, and jumped up suddenly.Howard also jumped up, and the two of them vacated. Howard raised his right hand high like a fan, blocking Qin Hao's sight.
However, just when Howard was about to block Qin Hao, he found that Qin Hao just hugged the ball and didn't intend to shoot.
"This..." Howard was stunned for a moment, feeling that his body began to fall, he was secretly anxious, and didn't care so much, he lowered his arms and slapped the basketball.
(End of this chapter)