The Strongest Bishop in the NBA

After the start of the second half, as expected by Wang Xiao, the Magic launched a fierce counterattack.

The main point of the Magic's attack is Howard, the only core ace.

Howard began to reach out for the ball frequently in the interior for singles, trying to open the situation through the interior storm.

However, the effect of this is not good, because Howard itself is not an insider who is good at offense.

Compared with his top defensive ability in history, Howard's offensive ability can be described as horrible.

In the regular season this season, Howard averaged 18 points per game, but of these 18 points, 6 points came from free throws, and nearly 8 points came from rebounds, dunks and quick shots. Follow up for a dunk on a counterattack.

The real thing is to use the inside footsteps to eat the opponent's defensive player's score alone, which is only about 4 points.

This can already explain how weak Howard's singles ability in the paint is.

Howard's upper body strength is strong, and he can jump quickly and jump high, which allows him to easily catch up with opponents to block shots, and he can also take advantage when grabbing rebounds, but his lower body strength cannot be counted in the range of strength in the interior Inside, without a strong enough footwork, there is no way to easily resist the inside to attack when playing back, and Howard's inside footsteps are poorly learned, which is not enough to be used on the field.

So when he saw Howard trying to attack inside, Wang Xiao breathed a sigh of relief.

Both Haywood and Jordan can be regarded as strong insiders, and they are not as good as Howard in terms of defense and rebounding. However, it is not difficult to defend Howard's post-up singles.

Howard squeezed Heywood behind his back twice, barely squeezed two steps towards the inside line, then he dribbled the ball and turned around, slipped the bottom line and rushed to the basket to take off and dunk.

"Boom!" Howard slammed the basketball into the basket.

Heywood waved his hand a little annoyed.

Howard's speed was still a bit too fast for him, and he had no time to keep up with the opponent who turned around and slipped to the bottom line to break through.

"Brandon! When you're defending his post-up, focus on his breakthrough and give him some chances to shoot! Try to keep him away from the basket."

When returning to defense, Wang Xiao stopped Heywood who was retreating, and gave a quick order.

Regarding Howard's offense, Wang Xiao and his coaching staff have conducted many analyzes during the regular season and passed it on to the team's inside players, but in fierce competitions, they often forget what they have learned.

Fortunately, Wang Xiao's reminder reminded Heywood.

After Howard, who had tasted the sweetness, opened his hand for the ball inside for the second time, Heywood obeyed Wang Xiao's order and gave way a little.

Howard originally wanted to turn around and break through to attack the basket, but when he turned his head, he saw Heywood retreating a little bit. If he continued to turn around and break through, the opponent would have enough time to block his breakthrough route.

But this distance is enough for him to shoot.

Ever since, Howard made a very stiff fake and then shot a hook shot.

"Bang—!"

The basket slammed disrespectfully to Howard and rejected his shot.

The rebound was grabbed by Haywood, who was stuck in front of Howard, and was immediately passed to Harden.

Howard made several attempts over the next few minutes, but most were blocked by Haywood or by the basket.

Wang Xiao saw that Van Gundy's face on the other side of the field turned black.

Presumably, he was also very angry at himself, a disciple with excellent aptitude but poor comprehension.

Looking at all the great inside players, while having excellent physical fitness, they must also have the ability to attack with the ball.

Even O'Neill's body can run unimpeded on the inside, and the small hook back then was a stunt that most insiders looked up to.

And now the top insiders in the league, Garnett has a back-and-back jumper, Duncan has a 45-degree angle shot, and Nowitzki has a golden rooster.

Howard has been unable to develop offensive ability for a long time, which is also destined to gradually reduce his deterrence as he grows older and his injuries increase, and his explosive power decays.

Wang Xiao is sure, I am afraid no one will believe that this super insider who has a faint tendency to become the league's number one center will decline rapidly in the next few years. A center forward.

Howard's poor offensive efficiency on the inside forced Van Gundy to focus on the outside again.

But when Carter, Lewis, Nelson and others frequently hit the iron on the outside, and no one could stand up to help the team score and turn the situation around, Van Gundy was helpless.

The score gap began to gradually widen and returned to double-digit points.

Looking at the Wizards' young and energetic Harden, who is constantly hitting the basket and trying to create damage, and Green and Beverly, who are actively running to find open positions, and look at the old lineup on their side. With Lewis and Carter, who couldn't run and had poor offensive efficiency with the ball, Van Gundy felt tired for a while.

Lewis and Carter, the two players with the team's first and second largest contracts, did not even perform as well as Nelson in the playoffs.

And their contract has also become the culprit in locking up the salary space of the Magic.

In fact, in the 2009 playoffs in the original time and space, although the Magic made it all the way to the Eastern Conference finals, the team's top scorer was Nelson's 19 points. 15 points and 12.9 points.

In the crucial Eastern Conference Finals, Carter and Lewis, the two former All-Star players, only contributed 13.7 points and 8.2 points in 6 games when they faced Pierce and Ray Allen.

Even though Howard averaged 21.8 points and 10.8 rebounds in 6 games, completely suppressing Garnett who only scored 10.3 points and 8 rebounds in statistics, the team was still eliminated 4:2.

After being eliminated by the Celtics in this Eastern Conference Finals, the next season will be the 10-11 season. Before the trade deadline, the Magic will trade both Carter and Lewis away from the team.

The poor offense made it impossible for the Magic to catch up with the score. The third quarter ended and the fourth quarter continued... until the end of the game, the Magic couldn't catch up with the score.

In the end, the Wizards defeated the Magic 112:99 to tie the big score.

Next, the Wizards, who have won two consecutive games at the Magic's home court, will return to Washington to wait for the Magic's visit, and the Wizards' tenacious two-game victory has surprised many people.