Curry, who ran out of the perimeter, made a motion to catch the ball, but the basketball did not reach his hands.

The one who caught the basketball was Jamison who rushed to the three-point line in the corner the next moment!

"Damn it! Not Curry!"

At this time, three players were already approaching Curry under Van Gundy's previous tactics. When they saw the ball falling into Jamison's hands, everyone was stunned for a moment.

The one who reacted fastest was Howard. He accelerated suddenly and rushed towards Jamison.

Jamison had just caught the ball and was about to raise his hand to shoot when he saw Howard's figure blocking the sky.

Without any hesitation, Jamison hit the basketball and passed it to the inside along Howard's legs.

On the inside, Nick Young was already in place.

Nick Young, who was in the reasonable collision zone, was not unmarked. Next to him was Magic defender Nelson.

But when he saw that it was Nelson who was guarding Nick Young, Van Gundy's heart dropped.

"Oops!"

Although Nick Young is a defender, he is 2.01 meters tall. Nelson, who is only 1.83 meters tall, is too short to form an effective defense against Nick Young under the basket.

Sure enough, after receiving the basketball, Nick Young took off and dunked. Nelson jumped up to defend with all his strength, but it did not interfere with Nick Young's shot.

The basketball was pushed into the basket by Nick Young, two points valid!

There are 4 seconds left in the game! It’s not over yet!

Van Gundy subconsciously raised his hand to pause, but his movements immediately stiffened.

The Magic have no more timeouts.

4 seconds, from serving in the backcourt to attacking in the frontcourt, is not enough time at all, and there is no timeout to arrange tactics, so we can only rely on the performance of the players on the field.

"The last ball! Press the whole court! Don't let them easily catch the ball and advance!"

Wang Xiao shouted from the sidelines.

The current lineup of the Wizards has big holes in their defensive ability, but this does not mean that they have no defense at all.

When you concentrate on it and take it seriously, the defensive effect can still be achieved.

Under the relentless guarding of five Wizards players, it was difficult for the Magic to serve the ball. The 5 seconds to serve were about to pass. As a last resort, Matt Barnes, who was executing the serve, could only bite the bullet and pass the ball.

The ball was passed to Howard, the only one who could catch the ball.

Seeing Howard catch the ball, Van Gundy couldn't help but cover his forehead.

He understood what Barnes was doing. After all, it was better to pass the ball than to give the ball to the opponent after a violation.

But passing the ball to Howard is basically equivalent to declaring the failure of the game in advance!

After receiving the pass, Howard subconsciously looked for a teammate to pass the ball to him. However, the teammates around him were being guarded and guarded, and the pass was likely to be intercepted. The 4 seconds passed quickly and there was no room for him.

There was no hesitation at all.

He could only hold the ball and rush towards the Wizards' backcourt.

Howard's speed is as fast as that of a defender, but this refers to his sprint speed. When he dribbles the ball, his speed is greatly reduced. After all, he is not a center who is good at controlling the ball.

When he rushed to the Wizards' backcourt, time was running out. In desperation, Howard could only shoot a jumper one step away from the three-point line.

When the basketball was flying in the air, the whistle sounded to end the game. Then the basketball flew towards the basket, and then hit the backboard hard without touching the basket at all.

"Howard missed a three-pointer and the game was over! The Wizards won the game thrillingly with a 1-point advantage!"

On the court, Van Gundy looked at Wang Xiao celebrating with his players and couldn't help but shake his head.

"This kid is really quite capable."

Being able to arrange a substitute player to execute the winning goal at the last moment is not something that ordinary coaches can achieve.

Of course Van Gundy didn't know. Wang Xiao, who had watched the preview of the next situation, knew very well which player on the court had a greater chance. Nick Young, the substitute, was indeed the player who received the least attention on the court and was also the one with the greatest chance.

Even knowing this, Wang Xiao was still sweating when Nick Young caught the ball.

The brain circuit of the black question mark emoticon is not particularly normal, and he will be a frequent visitor to the Big Five in the future. He is really afraid that at the critical moment, Nick Yang's brain will short-circuit and perform a weird operation to ruin the game.

Fortunately, Nick Young proved with his performance that he can still be trusted a little bit.

Howard's face didn't look very good, he was very unhappy at this time.

Especially when he missed a three-pointer, Butler actually ran over to him again and said with a smile: "Look, you still haven't scored 50 points."

Howard's final score was fixed at 49 points. This score was already terrifying, accounting for almost half of the team's points, but the super high score was made possible by more free throws.

Howard bore a large part of the responsibility for the Magic's loss in this game. He took a total of 38 free throws in the game, breaking the NBA regular season single-game free throw record. However, out of 37 free throws, Howard only made 19 of them.

, the hit rate was just over 51%, which is pretty bad.

"Man, you really need to practice your free throws." After saying this, Butler happily ran to celebrate the victory with his teammates.

Winning this game is very important to the Wizards.

The Magic are one of the Wizards' main rivals in the Eastern Conference.

After defeating the Magic, a strong enemy, the records of the two teams increased and decreased, both with 28 wins and 12 losses. However, because the Wizards won a game against the Magic on the road, the Wizards successfully surpassed the Magic due to the direct difference in victory and loss.

team, returning to second place in the Eastern Conference!

In the next two games, the Wizards' opponents are the Bulls and Kings respectively. One is at the bottom of the Western Conference, and the other is still fighting for a playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.

The Wizards easily won these two games and won 8 consecutive games.

Halfway through the season, the Wizards, with 30 wins and 12 losses, have a winning percentage of 71%, second only to the Cleveland Cavaliers' 74.5% and the Los Angeles Lakers' 72% in the league.

The league has become somewhat numb to this situation. They don't understand what's going on in this world. A team that takes more than half of the team's three-point shots can actually achieve such a record. Is the three-point shot really so powerful?

Or does Wang Xiao, the head coach, really have incredible magic power?

People did not struggle with this issue for too long, because as the January games progressed, preparations for the NBA's annual All-Star Weekend had begun.

The 2010 All-Star Weekend was the 59th NBA All-Star Game, hosted by the Dallas Mavericks.

In the first round of All-Star voting conducted not long ago, LeBron James led the league in votes.

It is worth mentioning that Curry, Harden, Butler and Jamison from the Wizards are also on the list, and the one with the highest number of votes is Stephen Curry.

Under Wang Xiao's system, Curry performed very well. He once scored 50 points in a single game in December, and scored 44 points in a game against the Magic in January. Currently, he has played 42 games.

In each game, Curry averaged 25.3 points per game, ranking seventh in the scoring list, which is quite outstanding for a rookie.

However, although Curry has more votes, the possibility of being selected as an All-Star starter is not high, because there are two top guards in the East, Iverson and Wade. Although Curry's popularity is high, there are still many differences compared to these two.
Chapter completed!