The Way of the Center

　　 As expected by An Jie, this big, friendly and humorous boy on the court is like a different person. Howard's superhuman physical quality makes Anjie very strenuous, and the confrontation with Howard feels twice as tiring than confrontation with others!

　　 And this guy is the core of the Magic's offensive. Howard has got the ball in the Magic even more times than Yao Ming has in the Rockets. Therefore, Anjie didn't even have a chance to breathe, and had to fight Howard at the basket again and again.

　　 No, after Howard made two first shots, the basketball passed to Howard for the third time. Three times in a row, Howard played exactly the same way, playing directly with his back!

　　 An Jie had no choice but to carry Howard's impact. In the case of neither strength nor weight, Howard advanced step by step into the three-second zone.

　　 After seeing the distance almost, Howard leaned on An Jie and turned around. There was no skill in this turn, it was just to force An Jie away with strength. After getting the space, Howard easily made a layup, and An Jie made a full jump to block the shots, but he lost his defensive position to do so and did nothing.

　　 "How about Ann, I played okay today!" After the goal, Howard showed his neat white teeth and smiled at An Jie. This smile was very friendly and didn't mean to be provocative, and An Jie was also completely temperless by this guy.

　　 In addition to offense, the inside line guarded by Warcraft is also an obstacle that is not easy to overcome. At the beginning of the game, Anjie still played the role of organizer. At this point, the two brothers, Van Gundy, are really alike. The offensive organizer for the Thunder is Anjie, and the offensive organizer for the Magic is their power forward, Hidu Turkoglu. Both used big men as organizers, but the Thunder did a bit more extreme here.

　　 Howard is not at all afraid of mentioning high positions to defend. After all, unlike the slow-moving center, Howard's recovery speed is not slow, and his chasing fans have seen countless times.

　　 Once again, Anjie passed the ball to Westbrook. Westbrook used his personal ability to break through the Magic All-Star guard Jameel Nelson and successfully entered the penalty area.

　　 When confronted with other teams, when Anjie attracted the opposing center forward to a high position, Westbrook's breakthrough can be said to be tenable.

　　 This time, Westbrook still thinks so. He is full of confidence in his speed. Before Turkoglu comes back, he feels that he can definitely complete the offense.

　　 Without much thought, Westbrook jumped straight into the frame! It is true that Turkoglu failed to make up the defense, but Westbrook's basketball did not score as expected.

"Oh! Dwight Howard's beautiful chasing hat! He told the Thunder rookie with practical actions that the territory guarded by Warcraft is inviolable!" Mike Brin yelled with excitement, Howard and West Both Brooke's take-off heights are amazing, and such a cap is really ornamental.

　　 Fortunately, under the guidance of Jeff Van Gundy, the Thunder's defense speed is very fast, and it is not easy to make mistakes, so they successfully obliterated the Magic's idea of ​​playing fast break.

　　 Positional defense after a good position is undoubtedly the Thunder's favorite.

　　 Under the coaching of Jeff Van Gundy, the Thunder's defensive position has been very good. Turkoglu saw that his teammates did not have a good chance, so he could only pass the ball to the penalty area again.

　　 In fact, Howard doesn't have too much back-up singles ability. With the rough technique, he uses his strength to squeeze out the space. Howard doesn't have much to do in low singles. However, An Jie is not stupid. After understanding Howard's habit of turning around, he didn't let the Warcraft do what he wanted this time.

　　 Seeing that there was no way to turn to the frame, Howard passed the ball out again, but there were four three-point shooters waiting to feed the ball on the outside of the Magic.

The Magic’s tactics have always been criticized by critics. One person in the post and four people waiting outside the three-point line for this kind of attack that relies too much on Warcraft is too unruly, even junior high school students do not play basketball like this Natter.

However, this seemingly simple tactic is really effective for the staffing of the Magic. Whether it is Rashard Lewis or Turkoglu, or Nelson and JJ Redick, these four have no three points. The exceptions are very deadly!

　　 As soon as Turkoglu received a pass from Warcraft, he raised his hand and shot it. Joe Smith went up a bit slower. This fleeting opportunity was enough for Turkoglu.

　　 "Swipe." What a pleasant voice, but it was too harsh for An Jie. In the opening three minutes, the Magic beat the Thunder 7-0!

　　 Jeff Van Gundy hurriedly called a timeout. Not only was there a problem with the defense, but the Thunder’s offense also had problems without scoring in three minutes.

"Reduce the number of times you hit the inside! Ann! Go to the low post! Keep Howard tightly in the low post, so that you can attack the frame and others can get more shots!" Jeff Van Gundy is fast on the tactical board. The above picture shows that the players are not distracted, and they all listen very carefully.

"If An Jie can't open the situation in the low post, you have to quickly run out of the open through the ball-free pick and roll to take it! Don't be busy! I want you to ensure your shooting percentage! If you can't find a chance, you will pass it again. Patience! It doesn't matter if you pass a few more passes. Don’t take into account the inside when defending, I want you to stick to your match-up, and not even leave them a chance to shoot! The inside is handed over to Anjie to defend! No defense! No double-teaming! I don’t want to be caught. The Magic's shooters are alive and well!" Jeff finished all the things in one go, and the timeout just ended.

　　 The Magic's tactical system is full of loopholes, and Jeff does not believe that Howard's personal ability can make up for it.

　　 once again faced the Thunder counterattack, Howard immediately saw the difference. Because Anjie did not hold the ball again, but ran to the low post and smashed himself.

　　 "Don't think about scoring in the penalty area so easily, Ann." Howard still chattered in Angel's ear.

　　 Jeff Van Gundy may be very detailed on the defensive arrangement, but on the offensive end, he has not changed much. Therefore, many fans will ridicule, let Jeff learn 150 tactics before coming back.

　　 But not too much does not mean it didn't work. After Anjie attracted Howard's defensive attention, Westbrook's mid-range shot after the breakthrough was not disturbed by anyone. After seeing his teammate losing his position, Warcraft also wanted to make up the defense, but Anjie's card position made Warcraft immobile.

　　 It is not a difficult task to get Westbrook and Durant to break through the defense of someone other than Howard. As mentioned earlier, if a team's defensive backbone is removed, then the team's overall defense will also decline by a large margin.

　　 After the Thunder changed their defensive strategy, the Magic's original strong offense disappeared. No matter how Howard holds the ball, he can't give the four outside shooters a chance. The people of the Thunder seemed to completely ignore Howard's threat. They just followed the others every step of the way. As for Howard, he left it to Anjie's care.

　　 "Are you so confident that this rookie can defend Dwight alone?" Stan Van Gundy glanced at his brother. He only hoped Howard, who is on the court now, can be more determined.

　　 Howard saw that his teammates had never been given a chance, so he decided to attack.

　　 The back-to-back singles technique is rough, and Howard switched to face-to-frame offense this time.

　　 But is there any skill to attack Howard face-to-face? No, he can only rampage on that perverted body. This kind of center Anjie has met many times, but Howard's impact is obviously not at the same level as those of his previous opponents.

　　 An Jie was squeezed a bit by the abnormally physique Howard again, but Howard was also deformed by An Jie's tough defense. For players who are skilled at home, the shot after the action is deformed is still quite threatening, otherwise there will not be so many 2+1s in the league. But Howard's work is really rough, this time Howard did not score the layup, the defense was done!

　　 Howard also wanted to grab offensive rebounds with his quick second jump, but An Jie's card was faster than him.

　　 Howard still jumped high, but just like Anjie just wanted to block him, Howard's jump was just useless. Although he jumps very high, he can't reach the rebound at all when he is in a bad position. On the contrary, An Jie, who was stuck in a favorable position, only made a slight leap, and then collected the rebounds.

　　 After Anjie handed the ball to Westbrook, he finally got a chance to pay back Howard.

"Don't play Dwight in the low post, your post skills are really bad. Why don't you go out in the middle of the shot." An Jie also showed a friendly smile, and An Jie also made Howard completely lose his temper. And very upset.

　　 Although Howard entered the league several years earlier than Anjie, because Howard entered the draft after graduating from high school, the 23-year-old is not much older than Anjie. When two young people meet, they are most likely to compete with each other. Not only on the court, but also on the lips, neither of them will show weakness.

　　 It’s just that because of Howard’s character, his words to stimulate An Jie on the court are not so bad. Both parties are joking and spraying very civilized "trash talk" at each other. Now Howard's personality is very good, but many years later, when Anjie saw what Howard did on the court, he had to feel that the environment would really change a person a lot.

　　 When only 4 minutes left in the first quarter~www.NovelMTL.com~Angel was replaced by Jeff Van Gundy. It's not because of Anjie's performance that there is something wrong, but Jeff's playing time for the players has always been very strict and stable. It was just time for Anjie to rest.

　　 In this way, the monster that had been silent for a long time on the offensive end finally broke out. Facing Nick Collison who came off the bench, Howard played the same state he had when he played against the Thunder for the first time.

　　 In just four minutes, Howard scored four points on Collison. Although Collison can also determine what Howard is going to do next, his body does not support himself to stop the invasion of Warcraft.

　　 Stan Van Gundy saw his core center playing so smoothly, so he never replaced him. Although they are two brothers, Stan and Jeff have very different views on substitution choices.

　　 With the entire quarter played by Warcraft, the Magic took advantage of the Thunder's second team.

　　 23 to 18, the Thunder temporarily fell behind by five points, which was the result that everyone expected. But Anjie played more of a support and containment role in the first quarter, and did not get too many opportunities to attack independently.

　　 Jeff knew Howard would have to rest for a while in the second quarter after playing a full quarter, and then it was time for Anjie to score! Once An Jie was able to smooth the offense within that period of time and hit the handle, even if the Warcraft played again, he might not be able to limit his full-fire Chinese.

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