Chapter 110 The Battle of Rectification
"Guys, strengthen the defense!" Wu Feng roared and pressed tightly against Jeff Teague who was dribbling.
Jeff Teague seemed a little uncomfortable in the face of Wu Feng's oppressive defense.[]
Wu Feng reached out to get the ball. At this time, Jeff Teague wanted to turn around and pass Wu Feng. But he made a mistake when he turned around to dribble. Wu Feng quickly broke the ball.
"Bang", Wu Feng turned into a lightning bolt, rushed into the Hawks' basket and soared into the sky, dunking.
The audience cheered immediately.
The head coach of the Hawks saw the Magic's morale rise again, so he quickly requested a timeout.
After the timeout, Dwight Howard, the Magic's main center, was replaced, and Michael Pitrus replaced Rashad Lewis, trying to strengthen the team's defense again.
On the Hawks, the main players also returned to the court.
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With a "swish", the Magic's jj-Redick finally hit a three-pointer under the cover of his teammates. With this three-pointer, the Magic narrowed the gap to 2 points.
At this time, Hawks head coach Larry Drew requested a timeout.
"Guys, you performed very well just now. But this is not your limit. There is still one minute before the end of the game. Everyone should work harder, do you understand?" Stan Van Gundy said to the players with a strong voice.
"I understand!" The Magic players replied in unison.
After encouraging the players, Stan Van Gundy quickly set up tactics. According to what he said, in the next time, the Magic will attack the position and hit the inside, especially Dwight Howard temporarily.
After the suspension time is over, the game continues.
As the game entered the final minute decisive stage, the atmosphere in the entire basketball court suddenly became depressed. All the audience in the stands held their breath, and they even forgot to cheer for the team they liked.
"Clang", a player from the Hawks missed the shot, and Dwight Howard of the Magic quickly protected the backcourt rebound.
"Defense, defense, pay attention to defense!" Hawks head coach Larry Drew stood anxiously on the sidelines, clapping his hands while shouting at the field.
Seeing Larry Drew anxiously like an ant on a hot pan, Stan Van Gundy showed a sneer on the corner of his mouth and said to himself: "According to this momentum, we still have a great hope of winning."
Turning his sight back to the court, Stan Van Gundy reached out to Wu Feng who was pushing the ball to the frontcourt and gestured a few times. After Wu Feng saw it, he immediately understood what Stan Van Gundy meant.
After Wu Feng transported the ball outside the three-point line, he directly hung the ball into Dwight Howard, who was inside. The Magic have always been well-known for their strong inside strength. They have the league's number one center, so the tactics arranged by Stan Van Gundy naturally have to play this advantage.
After receiving the ball, Dwight Howard leaned against Al Horford and suddenly turned around and blocked Al Horford.
"Bang", after getting rid of the defense, Dwight Howard, who was like a fish in water, rose directly to the ground and dunked his hands to score.
"Come on, come on, come on..." Dwight Howard's slam dunk immediately attracted the applause of most of the audience in the stands.
With this slam dunk, the Magic's morale suddenly doubled, and the players' pursuit of victory became even stronger.
"Pay attention to defense..." Hawks head coach Larry Drew kept shouting into the court.
Time passed by minute by minute, and in a blink of an eye, there were only less than thirty seconds left in this game.
29 seconds, 28 seconds, 27 seconds...
Mike Bibi of the Hawks was complaining at this moment. He didn't expect that his opponent's defense was so hard. He obviously had much better experience and skills than the opponent, but he could not get rid of the opponent's defense.
"This damn boy..."
"Bang", just as Mike Bibi was slightly distracted, Wu Feng suddenly reached out and racquetted the racket in the former's hand.
"Be careful." Other Hawks players hurriedly reminded.
But Mike Bibby was still half a beat slower and the ball was cut off by Wu Feng.
After successfully intercepting the ball, Wu Feng drove the ball towards the Hawks' half like an arrow.
The Eagles players were not defending well, and Wu Feng successfully raided the Hawks' basket and ended the fast break with a flowing layup.
The reason why he didn't use dunks is because Wu Feng has consumed too much physical strength in recent times. Especially when he entered the last moment of the fourth quarter, he did not hesitate to increase his speed to the limit, not only defending his opponents, but also helping his teammates to defend other Hawks players.
"Swish", the basketball brushed across the Nets and made a sound that made all Magic supporters feel extremely refreshing.
"Drip", the Eagles asked for a timeout again.
Cheers were heard one after another, and many fans even began to celebrate the Magic's victory in advance. In everyone's opinion, if the Magic can defeat the Hawks, the Magic will have seven consecutive victories in the new season. If they win seven consecutive victories, they will be on par with the Celtics and at the same time as the top throne in the East.
In the Eagles' rest area, Larry Drew loudly scolded the players for their poor defense and the atmosphere was extremely dull. In contrast to the Eagles, the Magic were in harmony.
The Magic have surpassed the score by 2 points by relying on three consecutive attacks before. There are only 15 seconds left before the end of the game. It can be said that as long as the Magic team makes the defense well, the Magic team will have a very big chance of winning.
"Defense, we need to strengthen our defense next. The previous tight defense was done well, and everyone should continue to maintain it. So what if the physical strength is affected, so what if the lineup is not complete, we can still win. Guys, before the start of this game, many people were not optimistic about us. They thought our team's lineup was incomplete and the physical strength of the players was seriously affected, so they looked down on us. This game is related to our dignity and a battle to justify the reputation, so we must not lose!"
Stan Van Gundy's words were loud and loud, making the already morale-like players even more excited.
This is a battle to rectify the reputation, how can you lose?
After the timeout, the Magic team's players became more desperate and their defensive strength was once again improved. On the Hawks, although the players' physical strength is more powerful than those of the Magic team, the players' mentality is much worse than those of the Magic team.
In the end, with a suffocating defense, the Magic defeated the Hawks 98:96!
Chapter completed!