McGrady naturally noticed the provocation in Allen Iverson's eyes.

McGrady, who is determined to win the scoring title this season, will definitely not ignore such a provocation.

Stand near the baseline and reach for the ball.

Then he dribbled the ball all the way to the frontcourt.

It turned out that the person responsible for defending him was no longer Jose Calderon.

Replaced by Kareem Rush.

McGrady doesn't become careless just because the player responsible for guarding him is a Knicks substitute.

Han Ning has already become famous in the league over the past few years.

He didn't believe that a head coach like Han Ning would make a meaningless defensive adjustment.

As expected.

Just when McGrady reached a position more than one meter in front of the three-point line, Kareem Rush came up to defend.

McGrady frowned slightly as he looked at Kareem Rush, who was pressing and defending him.

Try to dribble toward the back to open up some gaps.

But Kareem Rush didn't give him this chance.

In this way, if you want to break through, it is not difficult.

But it is difficult to start shooting.

In just a moment, McGrady made a decision in his heart.

breakthrough!

Attack the basket and score!

Dribbling the ball with the right hand, suddenly it was dribbled from behind to the left hand.

Then, before Kareem Rush could react, he accelerated and rushed out.

He rushed straight to the basket.

When Dayao and Kurt Thomas saw this, they stuck their positions, leaning on the two players facing them, and at the same time, they moved closer to McGrady.

McGrady rushed all the way to the basket and put the ball with both hands.

One step, two steps, take off.

Holding the basketball tightly with both hands, he made a pull rod in the air, trying to avoid the blocks from Yao Yao and Kurt Thomas.

However, with two people double-teaming to help defend, even McGrady would have a hard time avoiding the help of two tough players, Dayao and Kurt Thomas.

"Ba

g!" a sound!

The basketball in McGrady's hand was slapped out by Kurt Thomas.

Basketball was dominated by Allen Iverson.

However, Allen Iverson did not play fast breaks like before.

Instead, he slowed down the pace, dribbling the ball to the front court, and waiting for everyone to get into position.

The attack time was 24 seconds. He waited until there were seven or eight seconds left before starting the attack.

Dribbling the ball with his right hand, he rushed all the way to the right.

Jameer Nelson, who was responsible for guarding Allen Iverson, had no choice but to follow up with all his strength.

However, with Kareem Rush's pick-and-roll cooperation, Allen Iverson easily got rid of Jameer Nelson's defense.

Then, before McGrady had time to switch defenses, he rushed all the way to the basket.

Under the cover of Dayao and Kurt Thomas, he easily completed a layup.

Watch Allen Iverson score a layup so easily.

McGrady felt unspeakably uncomfortable.

If he can have such teammates, he can be so relaxed and happy when he attacks the basket!

Unfortunately, he didn't.

Thinking of this, McGrady set his sights on Howard again.

Then he shook his head slightly.

I can't tell if it's disappointment or frustration.

After being glanced at by McGrady, Howard still felt a little unconvinced.

He still feels that if Madickan passes the ball to him.

He was able to recover the score gap long ago.

It can also prove to everyone that he is indeed no weaker than Dayao!

But it's a pity.

McGrady is the boss of his team and the voice in the locker room.

Although Howard has a high ego, he would not try to provoke the team's star when he first joined the team.

So McGrady didn't pass the ball to him before.

Even if Howard felt resentful and unhappy in his heart, he could only endure it for the time being.

Turn around and the Magic attack.

McGrady dribbled to the frontcourt again.

Then, Kareem Rush once again defended closely.

It's still more than one meter away from the three-point line.

When McGrady saw this, he felt particularly annoyed.

He gritted his teeth and wrinkled his nose.

Just take a pull-up jump shot.

"Clang!"

Under the strong interference of Kareem Rush, McGrady missed the shot!

The rebound was controlled by Kurt Thomas.

Allen Iverson once again slowed down the pace of the game.

After seeing this scene, Han Ning finally breathed a sigh of relief.

fine!

McGrady's good state was interrupted, and the rhythm also changed.

In this way, the biggest difficulty for the Knicks to win this game is solved.

The rest is just a step-by-step memorization.

Sure enough, in the next game, McGrady, who was fully targeted, was unable to replicate the classic scene of 35 seconds and 13 minutes that was engraved in Han Ning's mind.

In this way, Han Ning and the Knicks have nothing to fear.

On the contrary, McGrady could clearly feel at this moment that his touch was no longer as hot as before.

On the Magic's side, both McGrady and Howard's offense have encountered considerable obstacles.

It is difficult for other players to support the offensive power of an entire team.

The offense is unstoppable, and the defense is a bit unstoppable.

It's a bit of a fantasy to even try to catch up with the points difference.

On the Knicks' side, Allen Iverson successfully placed the scoring responsibility on his shoulders.

On the defensive end, the two inside players plus Kareem Rush are very targeted at McGrady's defense.

This is also the credit of assistant coach Mike Brown.

On weekdays, he collects some data about the league's stars.

It is the right way to develop a sufficiently targeted defensive strategy for a star like McGrady.

As a result, it will be impossible for the Magic to chase points.

In fact, it was a very hard work to prevent the Knicks from opening up the score even further.

Wait until the final whistle sounds.

The score between the two teams has reached 107 to 102.

The Knicks successfully won this game with a 15-point lead!

However, the Magic players seem to be a little bit unable to accept this fact.

They all sat in front of the bench and began to reflect.

Why on earth did we lose this game?

Looking at his players, they all looked downcast.

Magic head coach Johnny Davis slowly walked up to the crowd.

As a senior coach, he knows that his players need encouragement and confidence now.

More faith is needed!

Believe in becoming stronger!

"Guys, keep your heads up!"
Chapter completed!