NBA Tyrant

On the evening of November 3, U.S. time, Howard sat quietly in front of his closet in the locker room, listening to music in his headphones with his eyes closed, trying to cool down his excitement.

Today is the opening game of the Magic's 04-05 season, and it is also the first game to start his NBA legend road, at the Amway Arena, the home of the Magic, and the game will start in about 1 hour.

Think about how much more than 3 years have passed since a Chinese became Howard, almost 4 years, and under his own efforts and sweat, his current self has undergone qualitative changes compared to the original Howard, both in body and strength.

It's hard to imagine that I, who has never played professionally, is now going to replace the original Howard and go to the world's top basketball league, this first game, you must perform perfectly, come on!

The NBA04-05 season started yesterday November 2, and the league has arranged three games.

Kings 98:107 Mavericks (now renamed Mavericks).

The Mavericks Nowitzki was 12-of-19 from the field, 2-of-2 from three-point range, and exploded with 33 points, 10 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks to lead the Mavericks to victory.

The Kings Webb played steadily, 10 of 17, with 21 points, 10 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals and 1 block, but another important scoring firepower in the team, Stojakovic, played seriously abnormally.

Only 3 of 15 shots, 0 of 7 three-pointers, 12 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals and 1 block in the game, is very qualified to become the Mavericks' undercover agent for the Kings.

Rocket 79: 87 pistons.

The defending champion Pistons ceremoniously presented their players with championship rings on their home court and started the second half of the game to get the team off to a great start to the season.

The Rockets' newly formed Yao Mai combination played poorly, and no one in the whole team scored more than 20 points.

Maddy of the Rockets finished with just 18 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 steals and 1 block on 6-of-18 shooting.

Da Yao's stats are even more ugly, with only 7 points, 10 rebounds and 1 block on 2-of-9 shooting.

The combined scores of the two have just surpassed the score of Rasheed Wallace of the Pistons, and it can only be said that the combination of Da Yao and Maddie did not run in well in the early days.

But from another angle, it also shows that the Pistons' defense is indeed the top existence in the league, which can suppress the firepower of Maddie, the former scoring champion, within 20 points.

There is another game, which is the Nuggets 78-89 Lakers.

This game is the first game for Kobe and the Lakers to break away from O'Neal, whether it is Kobe Bryant or the whole Lakers team, they hope to win, so as not to let the departed O'Neal laugh at himself in front of the media.

Therefore, Kobe Bryant worked very hard throughout the game, desperately trying to prove himself and prove that without O'Neal, he could also bring victory to the Lakers.

For this obsession, Kobe Bryant played a whopping 42 minutes, 5 of 14, 1 of 2 three-pointers, and scored 25 points, 4 rebounds, 7 assists, 1 steal and 3 blocks.

So to a certain extent, Kobe Bryant's play on the offensive end was affected, and the shooting rate was only 35.7%, but in order to win, Kobe Bryant rushed himself into the Nuggets inside like a dynamite bag and won the most 15 free throws in the game.

This gave the Lakers a 52-31 halftime lead, a full 21 points, but the Nuggets did not give up and kept trying to chase the score until the final victory was hopeless.

This morning, there was a lot of media coverage of the Rockets' Yao Mai duo and disparagement, in stark contrast to the Lakers' rampant praise for Kobe's victory.

If you win, everyone is praising you, and if you lose, you have to endure endless criticism and accusations, and that's the pressure that stars who play in the NBA have to face.

As more and more noisy voices began to be heard in his ears, Howard stopped thinking and opened his eyes, and his teammates were already coming to the locker room one after another to prepare for the first game.

At this time, the Magic team added 2 more players, a small guard, 178 cm Barrett, a small forward, 198 tall Mark Jones, both of whom were alternate players for the third team.

The third team players are mainly those who have an injury to the starting or substitute who is unable to play, then they have the opportunity to get playing time.

"Hey, hey, guys, be quiet!" Coach Johnny beckoned everyone around.

"Our starters, point guard: Francis, subs: Nelson, Barrett

, shooting guard: Mobley, subs: Stevenson, Christie, Ogmon

, small forward: Hill, subs: Andrew Jones

, power forward: Tekoglu, subs: Garriti, Bradley

, center: Howard, subs: Cato, Casu!".

After head coach Johnny announced his line-up for the game, he looked around.

"This is our first regular season game of the new season, and I hope we get off to a good start!" "Can you do it!"

Johnny looked at Howard with satisfaction as he heard everyone's loud and powerful response.

"Howard! I allow you to fire all the power in this game, you have unlimited right to fire! I only have one request, kill

the inside of the Bucks! Win the game! Can you do it?" "Of course, head coach, you can watch me perform! I have settled on the inside line of the Bucks!" Howard's eyes lit up when he heard the head coach let him go and do it for the first time.

Great, the manager can finally let go of his own restraints and let himself play happily, the previous pre-season, it was really uncomfortable.

"Good! Francis!" Johnny looked at Francis again.

Francis looked at head coach Johnny seriously, waiting for Johnny's arrangement.

"As the big brother of the team, I need you to be the commander of the field, control the tempo, feed the shells to your teammates at all times, keep the game firmly in our hands, can you do it?"

"Of course, the manager!" Francis, without thinking, immediately responded.

"Okay, let's talk about the tactical play of this game...... Johnny took out the tactical board and began to explain the specific tactics.

A few minutes later, Howard saw that head coach Johnny had finished talking about the tactical arrangements, and was about to turn around to clean up his closet, and then go to the outside court to warm up, when he suddenly saw Francis's appearance of wanting to stop talking.

"Boss F., what's wrong with you, just say it if you have something!" Howard leaned his arm on Francis's shoulder, and the two got along a lot in the past two months.

"Well, that's the case, didn't I see the Rockets lose yesterday, and the Yao Mai combination didn't perform well!" Francis saw Howard asking, and generously said what he thought in his heart.

"So I thought, can we get the head coach to arrange more tactics between the two of us, so that everyone can see how strong the combination of the two of us is!"

"That's it! I'm fine, head coach..."

"Since Francis has this idea, then I am naturally supportive," head coach Johnny nodded, indicating that he understood Francis's idea.

"So, in this way, before the personnel rotation time in the first quarter, you and Howard will do the blocking and pick-and-roll tactics..."Johnny took out the tactical board again and made some tactical modifications.

Soon, with a warning sound, the lights of the Amway Arena began to dim, and the noisy scene also quieted down.

"Ladies and gentlemen, good evening, welcome to Amway Arena, home of the Orlando Magic!" the team's host began to prepare to announce the starters of both teams.

"First of all, welcome to the center of the Bucks, Gazuric! Power Forward......

" "Finally, our new champion, the young tyrant, De~~~~ White - Howard!"

With the host's shout, Howard jumped to the middle of the team, happily bumping fists with his teammates and making various greeting gestures.

In my heart, I frantically complained about this strange greeting ceremony of the beautiful country.

After a while, the pre-game process was over, the arena was lit up again, and Howard and his teammates went to the center circle to prepare for the start of the game.

As the referee's whistle blew, Howard raised his knees and stared at the basketball in the referee's hand.

The referee tossed the basketball up, and Howard immediately jumped up, lightly in mid-air, and flicked the basketball to Francis behind him.

At this time, the center of the Bucks, Gazuriqi, just jumped, just a jump ball, you can see Gazuric and Howard's height, bounce, bounce speed, and reaction are not at the same level at all.

In the position of the inside, Howard stuck Gazuric with his body, stretched out his hand to signal to Francis, and waited for Francis to drop the ball.

After receiving the basketball, Howard turned to face Gazuric and observed the Bucks' defense.

"Yo, I heard that the Magic team has a parallel champion, and I don't know who it is, kid, do you know?" said Gazuric, looking at Howard sarcastically.

When Howard heard Gazuric's words, his eyes instantly became fierce.

Heh! What a cat or dog dares to come out and talk trash, originally the first attack only wanted to end with a light and simple shot.

But since you, the center forward you've never heard of a name, want to humiliate me, then I'm kind enough to let you know why I'm the champion.

Howard, disdainful of verbal battles with unknown players, turned his back to Gazuric and leaned in on Gazuric, feeling the lower Gazuric's defense.

Suddenly, Howard relied on Gazuric, and although Gazuric had defended well, he still staggered back in front of Howard's back-to-back power.

Before Gazuric could get back on his feet and continue defending, Howard's second leaning came again.

This time, Gazuric was knocked off balance and stumbled out of the bottom line.

So Howard turned to face the basket, there was no one in front of him, Howard yelled, jumped directly, and completed a strong frame dunk with both hands.

Getting off the basket, Howard tilted his head arrogantly as he retreated, pointing his hands at Gazuric, who slipped out of the bottom line. It means that you are worthy of sarcasm in front of me