Chapter 182 [Biao points]
McGrady beat Wang Jun again, turned around and pulled the ball back and took a step back, and stopped the jump and made a jump shot. 12 to 16.
It is impossible to defend McGrady by just confrontation. His offensive method is not complicated, but he can avoid defense.
The net team attacked, Wang Jun ran at full speed, and the person who replaced him became Girisek.
This change is of course to reduce McGrady's physical energy consumption.
Kidd immediately shouted at Kitels: "Rick, run."
Kittles's Spiritual Society also started running at full speed.
Kidd shouted at Martin again: "Support"
Then, he passed the ball to the middle after the pick-and-roll.
Martin has been guided by Kidd, mainly to support the passing. The inside line who only knows how to grab rebounds and score is unqualified, especially the inside line with excellent athletic ability, not practicing dribbling and passing is a waste of talent.
Martin took the ball with one hand and Howard hurriedly caught up to fight the man. It would definitely not work with Tyrone Lu to defend against misalignment.
Martin passed the ball to Kidd who ran to the right bottom corner, Tyrone Lu chased and Kidd gave it to Kidd 70 degrees Kidlers on the right.
McGrady was separated by cover, replaced Corinth and asked Andrew to chase after him.
Kittles didn't shoot, and did not break through. He moved one step and hung it to Wang Jun who ran to the low post on the right.
Wang Jun stretched out his long arm and took the basketball. The man was already in the penalty area. His muscles tightened and squeezed Girisek and turned to the bottom line.
Girisek also weighs 95 kilograms. He doesn't like to fight and now he has to fight, otherwise his opponent will easily score.
Wang Jun's upper body muscles were tight, and he grabbed the ball with both hands like a rebound. He bent his knees and jumped with all his strength. He jumped to the highest point and shot with both hands. Jirisek did not jump well, so he could only squeeze as much as possible. Without blocking, the ball entered. 14 to 16.
Zhang Heli shouted: "It's amazing. Wang Jun was split with McDibou at the beginning and scored 10 points. Girisek's ball is still suspected of foul. The referee didn't say anything."
"You have to think of some ways to prevent McGrady. Wang Jun himself may not be able to prevent it."
Lawrence knew that Wang Jun could not defend himself, as long as he could reduce efficiency, he would arrange single defense. Only when McGrady broke through would he double-team.
The Nets used the "Jordan Law" against McGrady. Simply put, it is to resolutely defend against the other four people and strive to defend against the dead. Even if McGrady gets more points, his teammates score very low. The Magic still loses.
McGrady also wants to lead his teammates, but his teammates have poor offensive ability to hold the ball. Unless McGrady attracts double-teams to divide the ball into open positions, the efficiency will not be high.
McGrady tried to change at the beginning of the season, but until now, he found that as long as his opponent uses this defensive strategy, he can only rely on himself.
McGrady wanted the ball outside the three-point line, leaned against Wang Jun, turned around and stopped the jump shot with a quick stop. Wang Jun tried to jump up and seal his eyes. Before his hand reached his sight, the ball had already flew to the basket, but it still entered. 14 to 18.
McGrady scored 18 points, a terrifying shooting performance.
If he had this touch in the whole audience, I don't know how many points he would have to get.
Wang Jun ran from outside to inside, this time he attracted Howard to shrink his defense, Kidd scored the ball in the middle, and Martin made a quick stop and jump shot. 16 to 18.
When McGrady pulled out the ball again, the ball finally missed, and Wang Jun immediately made a fast break, so McGrady had to keep up.
Wang Jun then ran to the outside line, but McGrady didn't follow him. Because Martin defeated Howard in the middle, he received the ball and rushed into the basket.
McGrady defended the basket, Martin passed the ball to the right, and Wang Jun was empty. Howard followed behind Martin's butt, and when he saw the ball, he went to defend the bottom corner, he was not anxious.
Wang Jun made an open jump shot with a perfect rhythm. His strength was just right, and he made a three-pointer. 19 to 18.
Seeing the Nets overtake, Yu Jia breathed a sigh of relief. "Wang Jun scored his 13th point in the first quarter. He was too strong in this game. The Nets led the first time."
"The rest of the magic trick must stand up, and you can't win this way." Zhang Heli smiled.
McGrady knew that he had to let his teammates open, pass the ball immediately after receiving the ball, and wait for opportunities outside the three-point line.
Tyrone Lu and Howard picked and rolled the ball after breaking through. Howard was close to Kidd in the middle and passed it to the basket. Andrew singled out Collins and turned around and hooked his hand.
Collins squeezed him out of the three-point line, and the hooking distance was too far.
Wang Jun ran in the front again in the fast break. Kidd grabbed the rebound and gave it to Kittels, who brought it to the frontcourt for Martin. Martin took the ball to stabilize and passed it to Wang Jun who was back in the bottom corner.
Collins just passed the half, and Wang Jun had a cover of 70 degrees on the right side to block McGrady. Andrew directly retreated into the inside. Wang Jun dribbled the ball and moved sideways and jumped in the middle.
The shooting missed, but Martin grabbed the frontcourt rebound and distributed it to Kidd on the outside before organizing it. Wang Jun ran to the left again.
Andrew and Collins went to the low post, and McGrady could only chase Wang Jun again, and Kidd passed Kitels, reducing the offensive rhythm.
Once the frontcourt rebound is grabbed, the offensive side will have 24 seconds of offensive time again, and Wang Jun began to take McGrady around the field.
24 seconds soon, Kitels received the ball with an aerial cut and made a layup. 21 to 18.
Magic coach Joni Davis finally requested a timeout.
This timeout is obviously too late. The Magic once led by 10 points, but now it has been overtaken by 3 points, and morale has been severely hit.
Joni is just a transitional coach. Rivers, who led the Magic to the playoffs three times in a row, had no choice but to do this lineup, and he had no idea to improve his defense.
Joni called the pause because he was forced to show his incompetence.
"Trecy, if it's Wang Jun's defense, you can directly fight on the outside. I believe you can throw the ball into it, attract double teams and pass the ball. Others are looking for opportunities in the outside position, and there is no ball cover in the inside... Drew comes on the court, Andrew gets off."
Joni painted on the tactical board, the tactics are very simple, and his response is to strengthen the offense.
Drew Guden has a good mid-range shooting ability, good offensive skills and footwork at the basket, and has a strong style of play. He was selected as the fourth pick in the first round of last season by the Grizzlies and was selected into the All-Rookie Team.
However, he is a player with strong offense and weak defense. He is average in defense and it is also difficult to limit the Nets' running and fast attack.
McGrady listened to the coach's arrangements and had no expression on her face.
As a leader, he rarely expresses his opinions and will not shout at his teammates like Kidd did on the court, asking them to adjust.
When Rivers was there, he always felt that McGrady was "too independent" in playing basketball, and McGrady didn't like to listen.
Now that Rivers is gone, Joni lets McGrady play casually, and the team can't win. Not only is he unhappy, he also feels a little slack.
The game continued, and the Nets played even harder. McGrady made a foul when he rushed into the basket and sent him a free throw, so that he would not score easily. Wang Jun, who had no ball on the outside, did not let McGrady get the ball comfortably.
McGrady's running ball also consumes physical strength.
The Nets led 33 to 31 in the first quarter.
McGrady scored 26 points in person, only Howard scored 2 points for the rest, and Girisek scored 2 points.
The net team blossomed at multiple points, and Wang Jun scored the most points.
In positional battle, Wang Jun kept running, and after he threw away the defense, Guden failed to switch defense in time, and he scored 45 degrees from the right.
At the most minute, Wang Jun misplaced against Tyrone Lu in a counterattack, got a foul, made both free throws, and scored 17 points in a single quarter, setting a personal record.
In the second quarter, Jefferson played with substitutes and Rucioskovell to form the outside, while Williams and Collins were the inside, who could attack and defend.
The Magic can only rely on Guden and veteran point guard Rhodestrickland to attack, and the gap gradually widened. To be continued.
Chapter completed!