After the confession failed, I went to the NBA to play and lose weight

Chapter 97
Although the Bucks are training poorly, the players see that they have a chance to win this game, and they still beat a strong team like the Magic. Naturally, they are not willing to let go of the opportunity, so their willingness to defend is also very strong. The next rotation After Li Chengming distributed the ball, he was in place in time to interfere with the shot.

Bogou immediately turned around to protect the rebound, and then directly launched a fast break with a pass.

As a white big center with relatively less outstanding athletic talent, although Bogou's shooting ability is not outstanding, his passing skills are not bad. There is no way to maximize his ability.

And he also has a way of defending the penalty area, and Howard is uncomfortable being interfered by him.

As a player born in Australia, Bodog also has various small moves on the defensive end, a bit dirty and a bit shady, within the tolerance of the referee, it will make stars like Howard feel uncomfortable.

It is precisely because of this that Howard also fell into a disadvantage in rebounding today. Even though Bodog’s own rebounds are not many, he helped his teammates create opportunities. At least one-third of Reed’s rebounds came from his contribution. .

After the Bucks scored this goal, the score came to 58:68.

After Li Chengming came on the court, it was still effective. At least the Magic's offense could be opened up, but the defense still couldn't stop the opponent.

"Today the Bucks' defense seemed very targeted. They didn't even play like usual. Howard just had another three-second violation, but the Bucks didn't score either. Howard got the rebound and Nelson held The ball advances.

"Carlos Arroyo injured his left foot after a collision in the last game. After the game, he will be absent for at least a week after the game and will be observed again. This is a great test for their already relatively weak back line."

Of course, Arroyo's absence was known before the game, and Van Gundy also made an alternative plan. On the one hand, he started to reuse Maurice Evans, and on the other hand, he planned to let Li Chengming or Lewis try three times. Number of play.

Anyway, let's see who can adapt better.

In fact, Turkoglu, Li Chengming, and Lewis can all swing in the forward position, but in such a disadvantaged game, Van Gundy did not dare to try casually, so in the end he returned to the conventional style of play .

Injuries are an unavoidable problem for every team. In the long regular season, injuries, state ups and downs, and various unexpected situations will affect the record.

The Magic looked shattered at the beginning of the game, but they have been fluctuating recently. Even though they have been winning streak, it feels like they won very thrillingly.

Especially in the last few games, facing the Lakers, Warriors, Pacers and Eagles, they are not very strong teams, but the Magic is indeed playing more and more difficult.

A large part of this is due to the fatigue displayed by their entire team. It can be said that except for Li Chengming, who is getting better and better, everyone, including Howard, is full of fatigue.

This is especially evident on the defensive end, and it is precisely because of the lack of defensive end that a team like the Bucks can score more than 30 points when facing them in the first quarter.

In particular, the main players played too long. Today, Howard may have another 40+ playing time.

Van Gundy is also helpless. It is hard for a smart woman to cook without rice. No matter how he arranges defenders like Howard and Bogans, it is impossible for them to compress their time.

In fact, Li Chengming has relieved some of the urgent needs. At least he can rest assured of the scoring ability of the rotation lineup. No matter how bad it is, he will not be pulled away too much.

Arroyo's injury made the team's current situation even worse. Evans was in a bad state, so Van Gundy still had to use him, because no one was available, and the only one who could accept it among the four guards was Dooling.

"Li Chengming is now frequently pulling up to the high position to help as a fulcrum, because he has shooting ability, and opponents dare not let him go. This should also be a new tactic for the Magic, and it seems that the effect is good so far."

This gives people the feeling that the Magic will give up the game and start training when the point difference is not good enough to catch up. In fact, it is just Van Gundy dismantling tactics.

The Bucks paid great attention to the protection of the penalty area this time, and even did not hesitate to compress the zone defense and release three-pointers from the outside.

As a result, for the Magic, Evans scored zero in three, Bogans scored one in four, Turkoglu scored two in six, and only Lewis kept his face in five of twelve.

A poor three-point shot naturally made the Bucks feel more at ease and even more presumptuously double-teaming the inside line, without worrying about the feeling of being really shot.

This in itself is a trade-off. After all, there are two points on the inside that absolutely cannot be single-handedly defended and let go lightly. If Howard or Li Chengming gets a chance, even if there is a defender, they are more sure than the outside.

In this case, Li Chengming simply pulled out to catch the ball, just to test his progress in control and organization during this period.

He usually mainly practices shooting now. He feels that his shooting, especially long-range shooting, still has a lot of room for improvement.

In the past, it was just for fun, so it must be more satisfying to fight inside, but now it is necessary to choose to attack the opponent's lifeline as much as possible. Three-pointers are of course a good method.

After all, [-]% of the [-]-pointers is equivalent to [-]% of the efficiency of [-]-pointers. From this point of view, Li Chengming feels that the importance of the [-]-pointers will become more and more important in the future. Is it high?

At the same time, passing the ball is also very important, because now there are more defensive double-teams, and the opponent team will have more arrangements for him. Going around the front, blocking the passing route, and pressing the bottom corner will prevent him from receiving the ball as much as possible. When shooting and distributing the ball, he not only has to practice passing skills, but also knows how to grasp the timing.

Similarly, passing vision is also very important. When Li Chengming pulls out at the top of the arc, he can have a panoramic view of all his teammates' positions and running.

And more importantly, he can help Howard clear the space inside.

Just like this time he directly gave Nelson who came out of the screen, but Nelson didn't shoot directly, but passed it to Howard who was running down. After Howard caught the ball, it was too late for the Bucks to try to double-team. He jumped directly The dunk also drew a foul on the opposing defender.

After a 2+0, the Magic have pulled the score gap to single digits.

Chasing points is a torment for both sides of the game, and when the score is approaching, the morale of both sides will be reversed, and the leading one will easily become the anxious one.

In particular, the Bucks are not a strong team after all. As a belly, it is easy to be anxious and unstable.

So in the next round, Charlie Bell missed a three-pointer when he came out to catch the ball. Li Chengming turned around to protect the rebound and was not in a hurry to hit it.

The outside performance of the Bucks is actually very average. They still scored more points inside the three-point line today, especially the breakthrough points of several guards.

If it is still the state at the start of the game, the Magic will certainly not be like this.

Then Li Chengming received the ball from the waist and hit back, Charlie Bell immediately went up, he directly passed back to Du Lin, Du Lin took a jumper to avoid the defense and narrowly missed the hit.

62:68, the Bucks requested a timeout.

(End of this chapter)