Add One, I Don’t Know How To Fight

Li Ang looked at Ben, who was wearing the blue jersey of the Magic, and felt that his career as a shooting guard might still be salvageable.

With my senior brother here in this game, how easy is it to be the rebounding king?

If he wants to become the rebounding king, Li Ang's rebound number today cannot be lower than that of a man who doesn't know how old he is.

"Junior brother, master, we meet again. We are all on our own, so I will get straight to the point. Today, don't go into the restricted area if you have nothing to do!"

Ben came up to greet Li Ang and Oakley. When he spoke, he deliberately kept a certain distance from Li Ang.

This is not because their relationship is not good, nor is it because Da Ben deliberately distanced himself from Li Ang before the game, but

I didn’t want the media to take pictures of the two 2.06-meter-tall people who are not the same height!

Li Ang is also very cooperative. I understand all my senior brother’s troubles. Although my own height is not mixed with water, there are some things I still have to consider for my brothers.

As a result, while chatting, Da Ben found someone suddenly hugging his shoulders from behind: "Hi, brother Ben, how are you doing recently?"

Ben turned around and saw that it was McGrady.

Good guy, this is not a problem of two 2.06 meter people being of different heights.

This is a problem where a 2.03 meter person is taller than two 2.06 meter people!

The scene was very embarrassing for a time.

"Can you please keep a safe distance when talking? I'll be shy if you are so close to me." Ben took McGrady's hand off his shoulder and took two steps back.

McGrady was speechless. When we were playing games at home last summer, you didn’t treat people like this!

Sure enough, men are all the same!

My brother wiped the sweat from his forehead, no, it's too dangerous.

This plan to increase the height of the afro must be implemented as soon as possible.

Although he was joking before the game, Li Ang knew that the Magic would never compromise in today's game.

Maybe the Magic management doesn't care whether they make the playoffs or not, but this group of Magic players will definitely give it a try.

In last year's shortened season, the Magic won 33 of 50 games. Together with the Heat and Pacers, they have become the three Eastern Conference teams with the best records.

But despite being the strongest in the Eastern Conference during the regular season, the Magic were upset by the AI-led 76ers in the first round of the playoffs.

At that time, the Magic's management understood one thing - if they want to achieve results in the playoffs, they must have reliable stars.

Relying on teamwork, we may be able to achieve excellent results in the regular season.

But the playoffs are, after all, the stage for stars.

What do you think the 76ers have? Are their configurations really better than Magic's?

The reason why we can win the series is because of Iverson.

So this season, the Magic management's policy has changed.

From June 14, 1999 to February 24, 2000, when the trading market closed, Magic general manager John Gabriel made a total of 37 player transactions, involving 38 players!

Basically changed the team all over.

Through this series of operations, the Magic not only freed up valuable salary space, but also accumulated nine first-round draft picks in the next five years.

It can be called the first generation detonator.

The intention of the Magic management is simple, that is, focusing on the summer of 2000, they will have huge salary space to flex their muscles in the free agent market.

Orlando needs a star, an older brother who can lead the team through difficulties.

Through a series of operations and huge personnel changes, the Magic, which dominated the Eastern Conference in the regular season last season, instantly became a civilian team this season.

Of the five starting players, Darrell Armstrong, Ron Moser, Poe Outlaw, John Amici and Big Ben, four of them are undrafted!

This kind of lineup is rare in the entire NBA history.

However, these people can just pee into a pot.

They all come from low backgrounds, so they have many things in common, and they all have a tenacious style.

Everyone thought that the Magic would be wantonly slaughtered by other teams, but this group of unknown guys brought the Magic to the playoffs, making the entire league look at them with admiration.

You can think of the current Magic as the Grizzlies more than ten years from now.

They may not be a championship contending team, and their players may not be dazzling stars.

But if you want to win against them, you have to shed a layer of skin!

The brothers have worked hard to get to this point, and they are just one game away from entering the playoffs.

Do you think they will give up easily?

The playoffs are an explanation for this group of people to work hard for a season!

Li Ang has been mentally prepared. When this game is over, he will probably be covered in bruises again.

At the beginning of the game, Ben got the ball first from Oakley.

Darrell Armstrong passed halftime quickly. As the core of this civilian team, at only 1.83 meters tall, he averaged 16.2 points, 6.1 assists and 2.1 steals per game.

Armstrong called white power forward Pat Garrity to cover for him. Garrity has only started one game this season, and that was today.

This was specially prepared by Rivers to deal with Li Ang.

Garrity is a rare space-type fourth position in this era, and he is very thorough in space.

He doesn't rely on three-pointers occasionally to score, but basically relies on three-pointers to score.

Garrity immediately bounced outside the three-point line after the pick-and-roll, and Li Ang had to follow.

As a result, Armstrong got a fleeting opportunity to take action.

He easily scored the ball with a pull-up jumper, giving the Magic the lead.

False fans only know that Li Ang is a dunker, but as a wise archbishop, Rivers is very aware of Li Ang's abilities.

As we all know, Li Ang's shooting is not as good as his own.

Although he can occasionally make a few beautiful short-range turnaround jumpers, he has almost no independent offensive ability.

Of course, those are not the point. The point is that Li Ang made a huge contribution on the defensive end.

Whether it's assist defense, individual defense or rebound protection, not to mention top-notch, at least it's at an outstanding level.

And Rivers went to Garrity to contain Li Ang today, which was equivalent to destroying one of the two strongest defensive barriers of the Menglong team.

Li Ang is the most disgusted with this kind of space-based inside line. The inside line requires melee combat in the penalty area. Assholes, you guys who play shooting are disgusting.

Anyway, as long as I don’t know how to do it, it’s disgusting!

Li Ang originally thought that Garrity, as a white space-based insider, would be very weak.

As a result, when the Menglong team attacked, Garrity and Li Ang started a fierce hand-to-hand fight.

Contrary to his appearance, Garrity is not only not soft, but also a player who advocates confrontation.

He just wrapped Li Ang's arm around him and didn't give Li Ang a chance to connect with the ball.

That's the magic this season, there are no softies on their team.

Maizi took the ball, broke through to the mid-range and made a pull-up jump shot.

But Outlaw, who was also tall and lanky, interfered with McGrady's shot in time, and McGrady missed the first shot.

Li Ang was about to fight for an offensive rebound, but Garrity directly grabbed the jersey.

In the penalty area, Ben also showed off a pair of iron elbows.

As expected from Oakley's teachings, the blocking position is all about the elbows!

Under the double blockage of Big Ben and Garrity, the rebound was finally taken by senior brother Ben.

No matter how abnormal Li Ang's bullet speed is, he can't catch the frontcourt 100% at any position.

Big Ben gave the ball to Moser, who quickly counterattacked.

Li Ang chased after Moser, trying to block the Magic's counterattack with a block.

Although Li Ang often blocks shots this season, although he has committed six fouls 7 times this season.

But Li Ang just likes this shot and likes the feeling of blocking shots.

Whoever is caught will be treated to hot pot.

In this respect, Leon is quite similar to Vancouver's Raheem.

They're all inviting you to hot pot, what's the difference?

But this time, when Li Ang chased Moser into the three-second zone, he passed the ball diagonally backward.

Garrity was already ambushing outside the three-point line at this time. He did not hesitate. After all, this is what he did in his first appearance today.

A cloud-piercing arrow, come and see you in three minutes!

"brush!"

"The people of Orlando launched a fierce attack and beat the Dragons 5-0 at the beginning. This is the Orlando Magic. Although they are not ranked high, they can force a 50-50 draw against anyone they play."

In the subsequent games, the Magic still took the initiative.

It can be seen that the Magic really worked hard today. The offensive end is more blossoming, and the defensive end is crazy.

Uncle Butch was a little scared. If he continued to fight with this intensity, he was really afraid that someone would get hurt.

If one or two people get injured before the start of the playoffs, wouldn't it be a big loss?

But the Magic team doesn't worry about this. Those who are barefoot are not afraid of those who wear shoes, so they can make whatever they want!

At halftime, the Magic led by 6 points, 52-46.

In the entire first half, Li Ang only grabbed 4 rebounds.

This is the amount he usually does in one game or even one attack!

The main reason is that after being sent away by Garrity today, Li Ang's defensive end has been outside the three-point line and there was no time to go back and collect the ball.

On the offensive end, my senior guard is very good at protecting rebounds.

Li Ang ate a lot of elbows but didn't get many boards.

After the start of the third quarter, the excited Ben even started to get offensive rebounds over the Raptors.

In the third minute of the third quarter, the Raptors were only 2 points behind.

Li Ang interfered with Garrity's three-pointer, which meant that the Raptors had a chance to equalize or even overtake the score.

As a result, Ben won the struggle with Oakley, occupied a favorable position, and directly tipped the ball in.

It was quite demoralizing at the time. I finally defended it and was about to tie the score, but I was denied an offensive rebound.

Li Ang now knows how annoying he usually is.

Oakley covered his chest and gritted his teeth. He really taught his apprentice how to starve his master to death.

Two minutes later, Armstrong activated his Armstrong Spin Cannon from the mid-range.

But under Christie's active defense, the basketball failed to hit.

As a result, Ben once again grabbed the offensive rebound and passed the ball to Moser.

The latter caught the ball and shot another three-pointer, and the point difference was widened to 8 points!

Oakley hates me, damn, I have been a forward for a season, and now I am suddenly placed in a position that I am not used to. It is difficult for me to do it!

The tenacious Magic had the advantage throughout the game and almost overwhelmed the Menglong team.

At this time, the assistant coach brought news to Uncle Butch: "The Celtics unexpectedly broke out across the board, and their shots were so accurate that they almost blew the Knicks' skulls off."

This means that as long as Menglong wins this game, Toronto will be third in the Eastern Conference!

No matter what, we must win!

Seeing this, Uncle Butch called a timeout.

Today, the Menglong team was suppressed so miserably, not only because of the fierce defense of the opponent, but also because the team lost a lot of frontcourt boards in the third quarter.

Li Ang has been pulled outside by Garrity, so he can't use his advantages.

So, Uncle Butch had a bold idea.

"Charles, you come off the court and take a rest. Willis, come on, play the fourth position."

After Uncle Butch finished speaking, everyone looked at each other.

Willis Sr. replaced Oakley at the fourth position, so who will play the fifth position?

Li Ang also thought to himself, he wouldn't really let McGrady go, would he?

My heart aches for just a second.

Li Ang looked at McGrady, but found that everyone else was staring at him.

It’s not like you all watch what I do! ?

Shouldn't it be.

"Lee, you go to position 5 and get inside. I only have one request, protect the rebounds!"

"Ah this!" Li Ang was stupid, even if he didn't let me play as a defender, now he wants me to play as a center?

This is too much!

At my height, can I fight?

Wait, I seem to have a height advantage when riding in position 5 today.

Absolutely amazing!

On the other side, Coach Rivers is still crazily feeding chicken soup to the Magic players.

"We're going to win, we're going to win soon! Brothers, work harder and try to enter the fourth quarter with a double-digit advantage!"

I, Rivers, have no other abilities, but I promise that as long as you play according to my requirements, you will definitely not be reversed! "

We are very confident here. The Magic team just needs to show a lot of energy to better attract free agents to join them in the summer.

So, after returning from the timeout, a scene that is almost impossible to see in this era happened.

Two centers who are said to be 2.06 meters tall, but are actually both forward and guard, play at the same time.

Ben couldn't help laughing when he saw Li Ang being pushed to the fifth position to face him.

Otherwise, why would we say that our senior fellow apprentices are destined to be together? We are all men who play from guard to center.

Li Ang was speechless. How decent it would be for a second position player to play center!

But for the team to win, we can only sacrifice the individual.

The Menglong team attacked, and this time McGrady shot confidently from outside the three-point line.

Big Ben knows Maizi well. When everyone trained together in Orlando last summer, he figured out Maizi's strength.

Let's put it this way, a three-pointer is almost the same as Li Ang!

Sure enough, the basketball knocked out of the frame, and Ben was about to get in position, but found that his legs could not move.

Looking down, Li Ang's big butt was sitting directly on Da Ben's lap, pressing Da Ben tightly!

Then, Li Ang stood up from the ground, quickly jumped into the air, and tapped the ball in with one click.

Li Ang scored his first point as a center!

"Good shot, Coach Butch's decision to let Li Ang play the five position was quite correct. Now, it's his turn to make the Magic's penalty area tense.

Stay safe ladies and gentlemen, the Monkey King has returned to the restricted area! "

Since the slam dunk contest, local commentators in Chou Country have often called Li Ang the Monkey King.

Li Ang successfully scored and narrowed the point difference to 6 points.

Da Ben laughed excitedly, come on Li Ang, let us brothers and sisters have a good time today!

Then, Armstrong tried to use his speed to break through Christie and rush directly into the frame.

The disadvantage of Li Ang playing center is that he is not high enough at the basket, so choosing to rush to the frame is the right decision.

Li Ang worked hard to push away the base under the basket, and saw Armstrong about to penetrate into the penalty area.

Seeing Armstrong approaching, Li Ang was about to use his strength, but the No. 1 arrived first and slapped Armstrong's layup away from the side!

The height of the Raptors, on the outside!

Don’t doubt it, this team is so weird!

The basketball flew directly into Carter's hands, and Li Ang ran away, ready to play quickly.

If Li Ang had faced another center today, he would have definitely thrown his opponent away.

But my speed is also extremely fast. You may not believe it when you tell me, but I am someone who can hold the ball and make fast breaks.

Similarly, chasing and counterattacking my brother is also a skill. He has been following Li Ang closely, and Li Ang can't get rid of him for a while.

But when Carter felt happy, he didn't care if there was anyone around him. When he saw Li Ang running into the opposite three-point line, Carter threw the ball directly into the air.

How could the man who could beat me in the slam dunk contest not even be able to dunk a ball like this?

"My God, you have to go up the difficulty level even if it's not difficult!"

Li Ang was convinced, Carter could do anything now that he was high.

There was no way, the ball had already been passed, and Li Ang could only bite the bullet and compete with his senior brother.

The two of them jumped up, but don't underestimate Big Ben's bullet speed. He is also very strong in this regard. Like Li Ang, Ben often performs preemptive shots blocking.

This is due to his extremely excellent bullet speed.

It’s just that Ben’s judgment of the timing of blocking shots is better than that of Li Ang, so although it’s shameful to be blocked by Ben, at least his brains are different.

The two brothers rose into the air almost at the same time, and their athletic abilities were amazing.

However, Li Ang took advantage of his height and wingspan to get the basketball first!

In the most top-level duels, sometimes these few centimeters determine the outcome.

After getting the basketball, Li Ang slammed the ball into the basket through the base. Then because the confrontation was too fierce, both of them lost their center of gravity and fell out of the baseline!

All the fans stood up. He was indeed the dunk king of the century. This alley-oop dunk was so exciting!

Strength, height, confrontation, whatever you want.

Big Ben fell out first and happened to sit on the side of the basketball hoop.

At this time, seeing Li Ang also falling down, Daben subconsciously reached out and hugged Li Ang.

No matter how fierce the two brothers fight, they still hope from the bottom of their hearts that the other will not be harmed.

Being hugged like this by Ben, Li Ang was indeed buffered. But by chance, Li Ang sat directly on Ben's lap!

"Junior brother, are you okay?" Da Ben hugged Li Ang's waist, his eyes became much gentler.

Li Ang swallowed, broke away from Kai Daben's arms and ran away.

Damn, that’s scary!

Daben scratched his head, really, he didn’t even say thank you!

The fans at the scene were still cheering, and Li Ang's alley-oop dunk just now was simply shocking.

After all, in the situation just now, there is a fine line between pretending to dunk and making an embarrassing mistake.

This kind of extreme operation is what fans love to watch.

"Okay, I knew you could catch it, hahaha!" Carter excitedly walked up and gave Li Ang a high-five.

Li Ang was speechless. Do you still think your pass was pretty good?

I really want to throw a ball like that for Carter to try!

Although this dunk was very thrilling, it was a success after all. Li Ang scored consecutively after playing the fifth position, narrowing the point difference to 4 points!

Uncle Butch touched his chin. He was already seriously considering whether to let Li Ang appear in the fifth position more often.

If Li Ang knew that Uncle Butch had such dangerous ideas, he had to show off his superb triple threat skills on the spot.

Have you ever seen a center with such strong triple-threat pace?

Because of Li Ang's tip-in and a dunk alley-oop, the morale of the Menglong team has been completely boosted.

All the Toronto fans were shouting "defense", and the home atmosphere was immediately created.

At this time, the Magic's shortcomings of not having a superstar who could make the final decision were exposed.

Although Armstrong became the first player in NBA history to win the Best Sixth Man + Most Improved Awards at the same time last season, he is the captain and core of this tenacious Magic this season.

But no matter how strong he is, he only averages 16 points per game.

He is not as strong as the superstars.

Therefore, under Christie's strict defense, Armstrong's forced shot missed again!

Li Ang took an elbow from Ben, and then counterattacked with an elbow to repel Ben, protecting the defensive rebound.

If this happened more than ten years later, it would probably be that both of them fell five meters away and then showed their hands to the referee.

But in this era, every rebound comes this way.

Seeing the rebound taken away by Li Ang again, Ben was helpless.

They were all taught by the same master, so they can’t break the moves!

Li Ang gave the ball to McGrady, but he didn't know that Maizi just ran to the midfield line and threw the ball directly into the air.

This is another long-distance alley-oop!

Li Ang was speechless. Can you two brothers calm down?

It was also difficult for Carter to catch the ball, because the strong Bo Outlaw was right next to Carter.

The situation is the same as Li Ang just now, there is not enough space for dunking.

Li Ang shook his head and was ready to return to defense.

But okay, this ball can also allow Carter to experience for himself how outrageous the ball he just passed was.

As a result, Carter jumped up easily under Outlaw's defense, and the most outrageous thing was that he made a 180° turn in the air!

He received the pass in the air with his back to the basket, and dunked on his back due to Outlaw's interference!

"Another incredible dunk. Vince Carter dunked behind the back and succeeded in an alley-oop dunk by Outlaw. The Toronto Raptors are indeed the most entertaining team to watch this season!" The on-site commentators were so excited that they watched it for two consecutive times. A long-distance alley-oop dunk, who wouldn't be excited to see it?

"Fuck, you can enter here!?" Da Ben was speechless.

"Fuck, this can also be scored!?" Li Ang was even more speechless. Carter proved with actual actions that this kind of ball is reasonable!

This goal simply fueled Carter's arrogance in passing random passes.

Well, when the Raptors are having fun, you just throw the ball up in the air.

There is no need to worry about whether the ball will go in or not. It is reasonable to pass it no matter what.

After a quick operation, the Magic, which was trying to enter the fourth quarter with a double-digit point difference, now only led by 2 points.

Li Ang never expected that after playing center, he would actually lead the team to a 6-0 run.

What a sin!

In this Magic team's offense, Moser broke through to a position close to the basket.

But after looking at Li Ang, he swallowed and decided to take a pull-up jumper.

It is well known in the NBA that Li Ang blocks shots without taking the ball.

Those who are not very courageous really dare not attack the inside line guarded by Li Ang.

Li Ang also pounced out to interfere with Moser's shot.

When Moser became nervous, this sure shot was shattered.

But because Li Ang left the penalty area and interfered with the shooting, I easily got the offensive rebound.

Just when Ben was about to take off for a second dunk, Li Ang hugged him directly.

"Dudududu!"

The referee's whistle sounded, Li Ang committed a foul, and Ben went to the line to take a free throw!

Free throws on the line!

"No, there is no foul. Li Ang definitely did not foul!" Ben tried his best to explain to the referee.

"Foul, I really fouled!" Li Ang also yelled at the referee excitedly.

This pair of junior brothers could not control the referee.

Why wouldn't you two be arguing the opposite?

The referee did not change the decision in the end, and I had to go to the line and take a free throw.

Li Ang showed a winner's smile, hehehe, you punish, you punish. Let me get to the free throw line, and defense is half the battle!

Big Ben cursed and stood on the free throw line. Damn, Li Ang took advantage of his weakness.

Li Ang, you are evil!

As a senior brother, how could Ben live up to his junior brother's trust in him?

If it weren't for this relationship, Li Ang wouldn't be able to send him to the free throw line.

Ben did not disappoint Li Ang. After experiencing a fierce confrontation just now, he steadily missed both free throws at the free throw line. The Menglong team once again had a chance to equalize the score!

After Li Ang got the rebound, he passed the ball to Carter. Carter took two steps and then passed it to McGrady.

McGrady faced Outlaw, jumped to the basket, and then dunked with both hands!

"Evened, evened! After a wave of 8-0, the Raptors evened the score with three consecutive dunks!"

The whole audience was excited. The three-headed dragon's operation not only equalized the score, but also the process of equalizing the score was extremely exciting.

At this time, Rivers, who had just promised that he would "never be reversed", was dumbfounded on the sidelines.

His expression was dull and he even forgot to call a timeout.

At my level, it shouldn’t be!

Today's update is late, I spent a whole day in the hospital. Today, my dad was finally put on the operating table smoothly, and the operation was very successful. According to the doctor, it will take another two or three days of observation after the operation before it is completely OK. I can only try my best to guarantee a minimum of 7,000 words in these two or three days, but if I have the energy and time, I will definitely aim for 10,000 words. By the way, there will be another update later.