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Chapter 349 The Curtain Falls, Warcraft's Will Has Been Decided!

Van Gundy's suspension did not have the desired effect.

After the game restarted, the Rockets still had an absolute advantage.

Only Howard is struggling to support the Magic.

At the end of the first quarter, the score was fixed at 40:20.

The point difference is getting bigger and bigger, but Howard's mood is no longer so depressed.

After just thinking about it, he already regarded today's game as the last battle of his magic career.

Therefore, during the intermission, Howard took the initiative to ask the coach for orders, hoping to continue to play and strive to win.

Van Gundy looked at Warcraft with complicated eyes.

For some reason, he suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart.

Before the game started, Howard was full of displeasure, but now he looked relieved.

"You played so hard in the first quarter, you should rest for a while to recover your energy."

Van Gundy persuaded.

In the first quarter of the game, Howard played all 12 minutes and scored 20 of the team's 10 points, which is definitely considered his best effort.

"No, coach. I'm fine now, let me keep playing."

Howard said earnestly.

Van Gundy didn't say anything more, and nodded in agreement with Ai Jiang's request.

............

After the timeout, the Magic put out their best "one-star four-shot" lineup.

Howard is a pillar in the interior, and the other four have the ability to shoot.

The rotation of the Rockets is still bold.

With a wave of his hand, Mark Jackson replaced five substitutes at once.

In addition to Lowry, Roy, and Danny Green in the regular rotation, he also specially prepared an inside package for Howard-Oden plus Ben Wallace!

There are two big insiders, the old one and the young one. Anyone who encounters them will tremble twice.

During the interval on the field, Big Ben was still teaching Oden face-to-face.

"Do you know how the Celtics defended Chamberlain before?"

Ben Wallace asked.

Auden shook his head.

"It's just relying on a big center to defend, and then Russell waits for an opportunity to block the shot."

"That's how Rashid and I defended against O'Neill back then!"

"So, when you go to confront Dwight in a while, you must ensure sufficient physical confrontation, and leave the rest to me."

Big Ben patted his chest and promised.

"No problem, leave it to me."

Auden nodded in agreement.

Also the No. [-] pick, the Great has actually been looking forward to playing against Howard.

Many fans may not know...

Before officially landing in the NBA, Oden was the more promising of the two, and the one who would become the league's number one center in the future!

This point can be corroborated by a piece of information.

Neither Howard nor Oden were the top picks in the draft.

The difference is that Howard's competitor is the mediocre blue-collar insider-Okafor.

And Oden's opponent is the Grim Reaper—an existence like Durant!

Judging from the quality of the opponents they defeated, the Great Emperor was obviously the one with the higher talent.

Unfortunately, the circumstances of the two are completely opposite.

Howard went smoothly and quickly played in line with expectations.

Oden, on the other hand, was plagued by injuries.Almost fell directly.

Now that time has passed, the two talented centers are finally facing each other again!

............

Howard saw Oden's figure from a distance.

He didn't panic at all, because facing the latter, he had sufficient self-confidence.

However, Oden surprised Howard when the two faced off for the first time.

That was the Rockets' offensive round...

According to the tactics, Lowry lobbed the ball to Oden inside.

After the emperor received the ball, he decisively started the back kick.

"Bang~"

"Bang~"

"Bang~"

He went up and down to Howard.

Surprisingly, in the duel with the power of Warcraft, Oden did not lose the wind at all.

Without using any tricks, he advanced to the three-second zone by brute force.

Afterwards, Oden turned left and made a hook shot with his right hand.

His whole set of movements is smooth and flowing.

Moreover, because of the fierce physical confrontation, Howard did not take off to block the shot in the first place.

Still, Oden might still be a little nervous.

After the opportunity came up, he hooked too hard and the basketball bounced out of the frame.

Howard quickly took off for the second time and received the rebound.

[so close...]

He secretly said in his heart.

Although this single defense was successful, Oden's strength still left a deep impression on Howard.

After the transition between offense and defense, Warcraft took a position in the mirror position of the court and successfully received a pass from his teammates.

Behind him, Odenza dismounted and prepared to defend.

Howard didn't have any fancy moves, and he just slapped hard while dribbling.

Obviously, Warcraft does not think that its power is inferior to Oden.

But I have to say that the emperor is more like a traditional heavy center.

Compared with Howard, his skeleton is bigger, and he also has obvious advantages in terms of tonnage!

Although Warcraft relied on acquired efforts to develop an explosive upper body, it was still difficult to shake Oden's defense.

After a hard fight, Howard only took half a step forward.

Seeing this, the fans at the scene began booing and booing and laughing.

Warcraft became more and more anxious.

In desperation, he slumped his shoulders angrily, and pushed forward suddenly.

This one hit Auden's chest straight.

As strong as an emperor, he couldn't help but let out a muffled snort.

This is an obvious foul move.

After Howard finished pushing, he secretly glanced at the referee.

Perhaps it was because of the Rockets' big lead, but the referee didn't say anything.

Howard was overjoyed, and then turned around, ready to finish with a throw.

But the next moment, an explosive head suddenly flashed in front of him...

"Snapped!"

With a crisp sound, a big hand slammed Howard's shot and the basket down!

The person who came was Daben.

He has been waiting for a long time!

Lowry on the side reacted quickly and quickly controlled the ball.

The Rockets took advantage of the situation to launch a counterattack.

During the fast break, Roy received a pass from the small steel cannon, went straight to the basket, and made an easy layup.

42: 20!

The Rockets continued to expand their lead.

At the same time, on the other side of the field, Big Ben was looking at Howard aggressively.

The look in his eyes made Warcraft bored for a while.

The two emotions of displeasure and dissatisfaction made Howard make a comeback in the next round!

With the previous experience, Warcraft chose to play singles with the ball head-on, and used a faster first step to successfully pass Oden's defense.

After reaching the basket, Howard and Da Ben had a head-to-head confrontation!

Both of them took off with all their strength.

This time, Howard had the upper hand in absolute height.

"Snapped!"

"Duang!"

Big Ben hit Howard on the wrist, causing the latter to dunk the ball.

"Beep!"

The whistle sounded and the Rockets made a defensive foul.

Although Warcraft failed to complete the dunk, it caused a foul by Ben Wallace, which was regarded as a victory.

However, Howard, who went to the free throw line, missed both free throws and failed to rewrite the score.

This ball also became the epitome of the second quarter.

The Rockets' bench lineup is getting smoother and smoother, but the Magic has always had only Howard fighting alone.

But even Warcraft, under the attack of Oden and Big Ben, played extremely hard.

At the end of the second quarter, the Rockets had led by as many as 30 points, and the game basically lost suspense.

In the third quarter, Howard only played 5 minutes before being replaced by Van Gundy.

After that, the game quickly entered garbage time, and Howard did not return to the court.

In the end, the Rockets sat at home and beat the Magic 140:102 by 38 points!

The moment the timer reset to zero, Howard left the player channel without looking back.

Along the way, whether coach Van Gundy or other teammates greeted him, Howard did not respond.

This time, he walked very simply, without nostalgia.

In the stands, Shen Fei happened to witness this scene.

"It seems that the structure of the alliance is about to change again..."

The Asian youth muttered to himself.

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