Confrontation

Author: Tiamo the Withered

Confrontation

Of course, Van Gundy didn't really want Li Chengming to play the organizational role, and he couldn't do that job well.

After all, in terms of movement control, Li Chengming is really average. He is better at low-post singles to attract defense and then distribute the ball. This is two different things from organizing offense.

However, Van Gundy obviously believes in his ability to distribute the ball after training, so he is ready to let him follow Howard on the wing, pass him the ball or serve as a connecting point.

Big Z on the Cavaliers is now off the court, and there is no restriction from a big center in the penalty area. This is a good thing for Howard. He can fully utilize his matchup advantages, and then attract double-teams from the outside. He can also pass the ball to Li Chengming, Li Chengming

With three-point ability, he still has a certain degree of confidence in openings.

Although this is not Li Chengming's best and favorite style of play, it is most helpful to the team and can be considered as another part of his strengths.

The Magic played a little simpler here, but the Cavaliers still couldn't defend, or in other words, they didn't formulate a corresponding defensive strategy at all.

After Howard holds the ball in the three-second zone, there is nothing he can do to restrain him. If he is just double-teamed, the Magic's perimeter will immediately punish them. If they don't double-team the Cavaliers' penalty area, Howard will destroy it.

This is Howard's current power. Although he is technically a rough guy compared to the classical center playing style of Yao Yao, he is very capable of hitting alley-oops and dunks, but as long as he gets it under the basket

Basically, only a foul can prevent him from putting the ball into the basket.

Especially when he is in good condition, Howard is obviously in good condition today, which also increases his deterrence.

During this period, Li Chengming made one of two three-pointers and an 18-foot jumper. They were all opportunities after receiving a pass from Howard.

Although Li Chengming is now well-known and only a few of the rookies in this class are popular, rival teams will usually choose to let him go, betting that his hands will be unstable and his heart will not be stable.

Not ruthless enough.

However, Li Chengming felt that he might be born with a big heart, and he was not afraid of blacksmithing or taking the blame, and he would immediately take action when he had the chance.

Van Gundy also appreciates his decisive attitude. Of course, this presupposes that he can score. If he can't score and remains like this, then he is not decisive but an idiot, and he will have no choice but to sit on the bench.

After Li Chengming showed his shooting ability, the Cavaliers began to be cautious about him and did not dare to let him go easily. Lewis also did not dare to let go, so Howard was overwhelmed in the paint, and Dwayne Jones quickly two

After committing a foul, Big Z could only be slightly restricted in one-on-one situations, but he still couldn't stop Howard, and he quickly paid a foul.

They played like this for more than three minutes. Under the leadership of James, the Cavaliers did not allow the Magic to open up too many points, especially during this period of time. James was finally able to find Li Chengming... to play a pick-and-roll.

Well, that's right. Logically speaking, as an outside shooter, James should have a mismatch advantage when playing against Li Chengming, but looking at his crotch movement, Li Chengming felt dizzy. Before he could rush in,

Then I suddenly realized that this guy was not very good at getting out of control.

What is sudden onset?

Directly using skills such as speed or change of direction to surpass others. When Li Chengming watched the American Championships, Kobe Bryant often surpassed the outside perimeters of those teams.

But James is indeed faster than Li Chengming, but Li Chengming won't be completely thrown away by him, and then he has to guard against falling into the Magic's defensive pocket.

As for his skills, it's another matter how good this guy's skills are, but the way he dribbles the ball is really ugly.

However, he can score after the pick-and-roll, and another weakness of Li Chengming's defense has also been caught. He can't defend the pick-and-roll.

In other words, he actually has a headache when it comes to defending from the outside. If he encounters someone with better outside shooting, he doesn't need to break through. He can just use a pick-and-roll and open up space to shoot. The latter can simply use a step-back, and he can survive with a better touch.

Throw him to death.

James obviously still has shortcomings in shooting. He didn't dare to try too many long-range shots because he couldn't guarantee the efficiency. He still used the safest way to score, which was to pick-and-roll with the defender and then misplace the Magic's small defender in isolation.

The efficiency of this style of play is guaranteed, and it is easy to attract the defense and then pass the ball.

Li Chengming couldn't help but murmur in his heart as he looked at it. He finally knew where some of his data came from. If he did this, he could also get a lot of assists.

However, the pick-and-roll is the most basic tactic in the game, and being able to use it well is considered a skill.

Apart from anything else, the Jazz are the most typical pick-and-roll team. Whether it was the black-and-white era or later, Deron, Boozer, and Sloan all used pick-and-rolls to dominate the world. You can't say why these scoundrels always fail to pick-and-roll.

Talk about martial ethics, right?

The Jazz were able to beat Texas in the playoffs last season because of this pick-and-roll. Okura couldn't guard Yao from the outside, and Boozer couldn't catch Hayes, who was only 1.98 meters tall, in the paint.

, and was eventually killed by this kiting style.

However, when Li Chengming came off the court and there were more than three minutes left before halftime, the Magic still led by 7 points. Because they could not guard the opponent, the Magic was generally more efficient than the opponent in a confrontation.

This lead was maintained until the end of the second quarter. Nelson was in good shape today. Like Howard, after the pick-and-roll, Howard attracted the defense and allowed him to easily break through the basket and score consecutively. He also assisted Bogans in the corner and hit a three-pointer.

Even though Gibson, who was on the opposite side, was very accurate in three-pointers today and never missed a shot, James also started to frequently get to the basket to retaliate, but he was unable to close the point difference.

Another time, Larry Hughes missed a shot and gave the Magic a fast break opportunity. After halftime, they led 57:49 to 8 points.

Larry Hughes' performance in the first half today was simply disastrous, and it was also the most important reason why the Cavaliers couldn't open up the situation, because the Magic couldn't actually restrict James.

This guy's efficiency in mismatched singles after the pick-and-roll is no worse than Howard's. In the first half, he scored 24 points on 9-for-15 shooting, 8 rebounds and 7 assists. A triple-double is imminent.

Moreover, Big Z and Gooden were attacking inside, and Howard alone could not completely block them.

Lewis is actually a bit weak and cannot match Gooden defensively, and Howard did not dare to let go of Big Z. In the first half, Lewis had already sent Gooden to the free throw line three times, and in the last minute he had to do it again.

He was substituted, and then Li Chengming came on and played for another minute.

In fact, in other words, it is precisely because of the variable Li Chengming that the Magic have always had a slight advantage in this game. Otherwise, the strength of the two teams is not much different from today's status.

After all, although Larry Hughes was offensive, he still entangled and restricted Turkoglu on the defensive end. The two were actually matched.

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Returning to the visiting team's locker room after halftime, Li Chengming saw Howard browsing on his cell phone again. When this guy gets happy, he likes to read news comments during halftime and watch others praise him.

He played 22 minutes in the first half, scoring 20 points on 7-of-10 shooting and 6-of-8 free throws. He was able to resist "King James".

Howard performed very well at the free throw line today. In fact, the Cavaliers also used the shark-cutting tactic in the first half, but after seeing that he made 3 of 4 free throws, they did not dare to use it again.

Of course, even if they don't use foul tactics, sometimes they can't stop Howard without fouling. So as long as Howard is willing and the referee gives face, free throws are absolutely indispensable in a game.

"If Dwight can keep playing like this, or have killer free throws..."

Howard's face darkened slightly when he read this comment. Ever since he entered the league, Dayao has been his nemesis. He has basically never won a matchup and has almost become a personal demon.

"Hey, we're going to play Houston in a while, and you're going to meet your fellow countryman, Li, are you ready?"

Li Chengming suddenly said strangely: "He and I are not in the right position..."

As long as there is nothing wrong with Van Gundy, it is impossible to let him play the fifth position, let alone guard Yao.

If he attacks, since Yao can't defend him, he is still confident that he can fight.

After all, Yao's height of 2.26 meters is there. In fact, the big Z opposite today can be treated as the Lithuanian Yao to a certain extent. The difference in height can be compensated by his wingspan.

However, Big Z's playing time is much less than that of Big Yao. With such a big body, he played less than 30 minutes in one game. Today, he played more because he was anxious to watch the game.

Howard immediately groaned and said, "What do you think I usually do to you?"

"Well, it's not bad..."

Howard deliberately said with a fierce face: "The younger brother, shouldn't he help the boss share some of the burden?"

"Of course I am willing, but..." Li Chengming spread his hands and said helplessly: "Don't we still have to see the coach's arrangement?"

Howard curled his lips immediately and secretly scolded Li Chengming for being unloyal.

But that's what he said. In fact, with the spirit of Warcraft, although he often gets frustrated against the little giant, he also has the pride of being the "number one center" in active service. Even if Li Chengming really wants to help him then

They will all refuse.

Speaking of which, if it hadn't been for this, he might not have been so badly beaten by Dayao before.

Because the two are in different divisions, they only face each other twice in the regular season. In the five games in the past three seasons, Howard only won the game once and the data was slightly better.

If he loses, his personal data will not be as good as Dayao.

This is why everyone in China says that Dayao is the nemesis of Warcraft. Of course, Dayao has reached his peak, and Howard, as the No. 1 pick in high school, has fully adapted to the intensity of the NBA after spending his rookie period, and in

Last season he began to gradually realize his talents.

Calling him the "No. 1 center" before was just a boast by some media, but with his successive performances starting from this season, whether as an individual or as a leader, Howard is now gradually able to deserve this title.

Therefore, if both of them are not affected by injuries, their competition in the next few years will be the biggest highlight.

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