NBA Tyrant

"Hey, guys, cheer up! The game has just begun, Magloyle, Brown, you guys have to get back to defense as soon as you're sure you can't grab the offensive rebound, the Magic are pushing the offense and counterattacking at a very fast pace. "

Scott, as a participant in the former Lakers dynasty, still has a little eyesight, and found that the Magic team spent very little time in three offensive rounds, which is completely different from other teams in the NBA who are currently playing positional battles, and the counterattack is very fast, so he specially explained to the two interior lines.

"Then, offensively, you two will cover more, create opportunities for Barang, and by the way, put them Howard out of the interior..."

On the Magic's side, head coach Johnny emphasized the defense of Barang Davis, asking Mobley not to be easily broken by the opponent.

At the end of the timeout, the two sides returned to the game, Barang took advantage of Brown's cover and broke through again, Tekoglu did not step forward in time to delay, and Hill came to make up for it.

Barang gave the ball to the unguarded Lynch, who shot from mid-range and hit a 2-pointer.

The offense and defense of the two sides began to go back and forth, and Howard played 7 minutes in the first quarter, making 4 of 5 and 2 of 2 free throws, scoring 10 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal and 2 blocks.

At the end of the break, Magic 24:12 Hornets.

The Magic went up Cato and Bradley, and the interior defense dropped at this time, but fortunately they were able to make up for it on the offensive end.

As the centerpiece of this lineup, Francis began to work on the offensive end and did not forget to assist his teammates to score.

At the end of the first quarter, the Magic 32:23 Hornets, still leading by 9 points, Francis was 3 of 4, 2 of 2 free throws, got 8 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 steal, and the team was 13 of 27, nearly 50% shooting.

The Hornets, Barang Davis was carefully marked by Mobley behind him, and he was 1 of 5 in the first quarter, scoring only 2 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 steal, and the team was 8 of 25, with an ultra-low shooting rate of 32%.

At the beginning of the second quarter, Howard used his threat under the basket to distribute the ball to the outside in the bag many times, allowing the outside shooters to score one after another, playing a wave of 9:2 mini-climax, and the score became 41:25, instantly opening up to a 16-point difference.

Hornets head coach Scott urgently called a timeout and rearranged the defense, but the Hornets, as a weak team, have no defensive strategy themselves, and Scott is not a coach with a defensive philosophy.

Scott said that when a player is wrapping Howard, the other players try to help cut off Howard's passing path as much as possible.

But this is not easy to say, there is no good defense among the Hornets players, and Scott thinks too highly of the defensive awareness and ability of his players.

When he came back from the game, Howard saw that the Hornets began to defend himself in front of him, so he no longer stayed inside, and in order to catch the ball and fight with the opponent, it was not worth it.

Howard sneered secretly in his heart, as a containment point, he doesn't only play a role on the inside, our one-star system is not so simple.

Howard ran to cover Nelson and block Hornets guard Wesley.

After forming a misalignment, he easily received Nelson's ground-hitting pass, and Howard grabbed Wesley, saw that no one was over, and directly completed the layup score.

On the Hornets' offense, power forward David West also made a pick-and-roll cover, receiving the ball and hitting Nelson in a misplaced position.

Although Nelson knew that his height disadvantage was obvious, he still tried his best to influence West.

West ignored Nelson, who was nearly 25 centimeters shorter, and directly raised his hand to shoot, hit the iron, and the basketball popped out of the frame, and Howard accepted the rebound.

The Magic played a counterattack, the Hornets learned their lesson, and the retreat was very timely, seeing that there was no chance, Howard covered Nelson again, and PJ Brown did not follow.

Nelson pulled up straight from beyond the three-point line and tried to shoot a three-pointer.

Howard turned around and looked at the arc, had a judgment on where to land, and immediately rushed to the basket.

Sure enough, Nelson's three-point shot bounced off the front of the basket and bounced off the rebound.

Howard jumped straight to his feet and grabbed the basketball in mid-air with both hands and dunked into the basket before the Hornets could jump.

"Oh my God! It's unbelievable, Howard is making a dunk under the basket, and the Hornets players haven't even reacted yet! What are you doing! But I have to say, now that the Magic team has Howard, it's completely different, both offensively and defensively. The commentator at the Hornets' home stadium sighed.

Defensively, looking at Nelson just now, he knew that he was so much shorter, he didn't choose to give up defense and let West shoot, but still tried to interfere with West and affect West's shooting. I really have to say, compared to last season, this is really a brand new Magic team!" the other commentator couldn't agree more.

The score difference came to 20 points, Scott called a timeout in less than 1 minute, and sent the core Barang Davis back on the court, Scott thought very simply, since the defensive end can't limit the Magic team, then simply make up for it on the offensive end.

Baran Davis' return did have an effect, at least immediately breaking the team's scoring drought, raising his hand from beyond the three-point line to make a three-pointer and narrow the gap to within 20 points.

The fans, who had already become silent on the sidelines because of the point difference, instantly cheered for Barang Davis as if they had been doped.

Seeing the fans celebrating his goal, Baran Davis triumphantly gestured for a three-point goal.

"Heh, I'm happy to score a goal!" Nelson ran to the baseline to catch Howard's serve, looking at Baran Davis's smug look, full of disdain.

"Haha, Nelson, let's give them a ball back!

Howard continued to block Nelson, Wesley was blocked, Brown still didn't follow, and Nelson shot a three-point shot again.

This time, Nelson seized the opportunity, hit a three-point shot, turned around and trotted to Howard happily high-five.

"Nelson, that's a great response!" Howard was also happy for Nelson, who is now shooting more and more confidently with threes.

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The Hornets, led by Barang Davis, began to try to chase the score, while the Magic controlled the pace of the game and did not give the Hornets a chance to fight back.

At the end of the second quarter, the Magic was 36:24

in the first quarter and the Magic was 68:47

in the second quarter, the Magic was 11-of-26, 3-of-5 from three-point range, 11-of-13 from the free-throw line, and the Hornets were 10-of-23 from the field, 2-of-5 from three-point range and 2-of-2 from the free throw line.

Howard was 3-of-3 from the field and 5-of-6 from the free-throw line in the first quarter to finish with 11 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal and 1 block.

The Hornets simply didn't wrap the trap at all, and used a single defense Howard, and if they couldn't prevent it, they would directly foul.

In the half, Howard had 21 points, 12 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals and 3 blocks.

The queen bee of the Hornets warmed up in the second quarter, 5-of-9, 2-of-3 three-pointers, 3-of-3 free throws, 15 points, 1 rebound, 3 assists and 1 steal in the single quarter, and 17 points, 3 rebounds, 6 assists and 2 steals in the half.

But the team is still 21 points behind, and it can only be said that the current teammates of Queen Bee are really mediocre.

In the third quarter, the Magic 23:27 Hornets in the single quarter, and the Magic 91:74 Hornets in the third quarter.

Howard didn't play for the entire third quarter due to too much halftime lead, allowing Francis to lead his team against the Queen Bee's comeback momentum.

Queen Bee did not rest, played the third quarter, and continued to lead the team to fight back, 5-of-7 in the single quarter, 1-of-2 three-pointers, 2-of-2 free throws, and got 13 points, 1 rebound and 1 block.

He finished with 30 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 steals and 1 block in the third quarter.

But even with Barang Davis' high energy, the Hornets still trailed by 17 points.

In the fourth quarter, Baran Davis hit two three-pointers in the opening game to chase the score to only 11 points, Johnny didn't dare to take risks, and directly called a timeout and replaced Howard.

Howard went directly to the Hornets inside the game, scoring 5 goals in a row, plus 1 free throw, and got 11 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 blocks.

Pulling the score back to 20 points, with only 4 minutes left in the game, the Hornets felt hopeless and sent on the fringe players to surrender.

In the end, the Magic 118-101 Hornets

ushered in a two-game winning streak at the beginning of the season.

Howard was 12-of-13 from the field, 8-of-9 from the free-throw line, and finished with 32 points, 15 rebounds, 6 assists, 4 steals and 5 blocks.

Francis had 19 points, 5 rebounds, 9 assists and 1 steal.

Turkoglu had 21 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 block.

The Magic had five players in double figures, 11-of-21 from three-point range and 15 more rebounds than the Hornets.

Queen Bee Baron Davis was 15-of-26 from the field, with 41 points, 6 rebounds, 7 assists, 2 steals and 1 block.

Two fists are invincible to four hands, and the master is beaten to death by the magic crowd.

"Alas, Baran Davis has done his best, but unfortunately, our roster can't help Queen Bee!"

"Yes, it's clear that the Hornets need a second or even third scorer at the moment to help Baron Davis. However, seeing the current Magic team, they have scored nearly 120 points in two consecutive games, it is hard to imagine how fierce their offensive firepower is now, and they give me the feeling that they are going to rise strong among the weak teams in the league and hit further goals!".