super legend

Chapter 327 Fight the defending champion Heat!
Charles Barkley caused serious problems due to his excessive comments on Sun Zhuo before. Barkley does not dare to comment on Sun Zhuo now. The word Sun Zhuo has almost become a forbidden word for him, just like those Like post bars with special characters or years that do not exist, definitions are prohibited and discussions are prohibited.

Charles Barkley just wanted to simply comment on Dwight Howard, a rising star: "Magic is Sun's team. I thought Dwight Howard's progress this season would slow down, but no, he still has a very big impact this season. Going forward, Sun created an atmosphere that he likes to play, he is like a fish in water, look at his performance in the first round, he controlled the rebound, and the help defense is very good, I don't think it will take long for him to get the annual Defensive player of the year, that's for sure, and more than one. Compared to Shaq, Dwight Howard is also significantly more dynamic, he jumps higher, runs faster, and is also strong, whether the Magic wins or loses , I think it’s time for Shaq to give him the position of the league’s No. [-] center.”

"You just offended Sun, are you going to offend Yao Ming now?" Kenny Smith teased with a smile, the host and Charles Barkley also laughed after hearing this, Kenny Smith continued, "Dwight Howard is indeed very powerful , you can never think of the Magic as Sun's team alone, but what he can do on the court is really limited, especially facing Shaquille O'Neal. In Shaq's eyes, Dwight Howard is like a college student. Dwight Howard has the talent and strength that Shaq had before, he knows how to deal with his "younger self", just watch, Dwight Howard will be burned of."

"Dwight Howard will surprise everyone, including Shaquille O'Neal." Charles Barkley firmly supported Howard and made another bet with Kenny Smith.

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In this situation, no matter who is optimistic about the Heat and the Magic, Sun Zhuo will not feel anything. In Sun Zhuo's own heart, Sun Zhuo also feels that the Heat are stronger and more experienced, but Sun Zhuo still has confidence that the Magic will It is the party that wins in the end, not because of arrogance, but because he has the ability to change the outcome.

Sun Zhuo currently has 3 game repeat challenge cards left, that is to say, for Sun Zhuo, he can play ten games in a seven-game series, and Sun Zhuo only picks the failed games to repeat. In this way, the possibility of the Magic advancing It has been greatly improved. Even if the Heat were the champions of this season in their previous life, the Magic may defeat the strong with the weak and put out the Heat.

However, it is only the semifinals now, and there will be the Eastern Conference finals and finals after that. If this series is exhausted, the championship may not be guaranteed...

Sun Zhuo still has to work hard to win every game. In this series, he can use as few challenge cards as possible.

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On May 2006, 5, at the home of the Magic, the first game of the series between the Magic and the defending champion Miami Heat.

"Magic! Magic!"

"Sun, if you win the defending champion, you are the new champions!"

Finally ushered in a strong enemy, Magic fans are also unprecedentedly excited, this game attracted a lot of people watching, not only the fans of the two teams, fans of other teams are also watching the live broadcast, they don't care about the outcome, they just know this series The duel in the game is definitely good, because the two teams have Sun Zhuo and Wade.

Before the game, Heat coach Pat Riley stood on the sidelines, still wearing a suit and leather shoes, full of gentlemanly demeanor, combing his hair back like a godfather, and his body was spotless.

Riley glanced at the atmosphere of the scene, and seemed to recall the appearance of the Magic Arena in the past ten years. From 1991, he came to the East to coach the Knicks, and then to the Heat in 1995. The magic is not unfamiliar, but it is really not too impressive.

"In the past, I met Michael Jordan's Chicago Bulls every time in the playoffs. I don't remember which year I played against the Magic. Oh, yes, it was 1997. Our Heat eliminated them."

Pat Riley looked relaxed and didn't think much of the opponent Magic. In his eyes, the biggest obstacle to defending the title was not from the East at all, but from the West.

"It was a bit of a fluke to win the championship last year. No matter who the Spurs and Mavericks enter the finals in the West, it will be very difficult to play. The series before entering the finals must be won safely and quickly."

If Pat Riley had known that Sun Zhuo had three repeated challenge cards, he would not have boldly worried about the Western Pack at this moment, regardless of the immediate crisis.

For Sun Zhuo, it's time to show his full strength. At this moment, he is also hesitating about a question.

"I have a special training card now, should I use it now? Why hasn't the NBA announced the MVP candidate for the regular season?! I'm so anxious!"

Sun Zhuo was very impatient and hesitant. He always wanted to wait for the regular season MVP results to be released before deciding how to allocate special training cards. But now it is the first game of the second round of the playoffs. David Stern He was also at the scene, but he didn't come to present the award to Sun Zhuo.

Sun Zhuo took the ball and walked leisurely to where David Stern was sitting, pretending to be unintentional, and said hello, "Mr. President, you are here too, are you here to present me the MVP trophy?"

David Stern smiled kindly at Sun Zhuo, and replied: "Sun, don't be so anxious. If you want to know the result of the MVP, you have to wait."

Sun Zhuo nodded, jokingly said: "Steve Nash and I are the most vocal this season, you can see that now the Suns are out, I heard that Steve Nash has also booked a flight to Saipan Fishing, if the league awards him the MVP of the regular season, not only will he have to spend more time to come back, but he will also accept this trophy alone in a suit and without anyone's company. Why don't you give me the trophy? ?”

David Stern laughed loudly after hearing this: "The results of the regular season MVP have actually come out, but they haven't chosen to announce it. The situation you said is very embarrassing, but I can't change anything by telling me now. Ah ha ha."

"So, you know the result, right? Mr. President, give me a look." Sun Zhuo was eager to know the result in advance.

David Stern still had a smile on his face, his eyes were as usual, without any hint, "I don't know the result, I can't give you a hint, sorry. But don't worry, I promise to announce the result before your second match, Play with peace of mind, today your opponent is very strong."

"Okay." Sun Zhuo guessed that David Stern should have known the result, but Sun Zhuo couldn't see what was behind that smile.

The game started soon, and CCTV also broadcast the game.

Yu Jia: "Okay, the game has officially started. The Magic's starters are Jameer Nelson, Monta Ellis, Sun Zhuo, Turkoglu and Dwight Howard. The Heat's starters are Jason Williams, Wade and Anthony Walker. , Haslem and O'Neal, the Magic replaced the previous Stevenson, and let this year's rookie Monta Ellis start, and Monta Ellis is a bit short in height."

Zhang Weiping said: "It's okay, Monta Ellis is defending against Wade, and Wade is not tall, but Wade is stronger than him, probably because of Monta Ellis' speed, in Wade's current state, no matter what It's hard to defend against anyone."

"That's right, last year's performance in the finals is still vivid in my memory. It's really strong. Let's see how the Magic parry." Yu Jia was also full of worries for Sun Zhuo.

On the court, Sun Zhuo didn’t greet O’Neal and Wade until the two sides jumped the ball. The two had already arrived in Orlando. If it were during the regular season, they would call Sun Zhuo in advance and arrange a meeting as soon as possible. Now it is the playoffs, and there is no private contact with each other. There is no phone call or text message. Even on the court, Pat Riley strictly forbids O'Neal and Wade to show friendship with Sun Zhuo.

It's just a simple handshake, with cold and strange eyes between each other, after the jump ball, the battle begins!
"I want to control the rhythm of this game, and I can't lose control of this game." Sun Zhuo is still training himself, but he doesn't know how to control this game.

The Magic got the ball first, and Sun Zhuo still tried to get the ball in the low post first, but Anthony Walker, who was defending Sun Zhuo, fought hard with Sun Zhuo in the back, unwilling to let Sun Zhuo catch the ball, so Sun Zhuo did as before. The approach is to withdraw to the sideline and let the ball transfer to the other side. The game has just started, so let's see the situation first.

The ball was transferred to Turkoglu, and it was Haslem who defended Turkoglu. Haslem defended toughly. Turkoglu's personal offense was not very aggressive. He wanted to pass it to Howard, and Howard was also tightly restrained by O'Neal. , Turkoglu finally pretended to attack and gave it to Monta Ellis on the outside. Ellis directly faced Wade with a three-pointer.

strike iron.

Next, it was the Heat's turn to attack. Wade held the ball at the top of the arc and didn't play himself. He gave it to Jason Williams on the left. Williams immediately sent the ball to O'Neal inside. Everyone stood aside to see if O'Neal wanted to force Howard!

At this time, Howard was very nervous and his body was very stiff, and defending O'Neal put him under a lot of pressure.

"This guy shouldn't be at his peak anymore, there's nothing to be afraid of." Howard comforted himself in his heart.

O'Neal paused after receiving the ball, making sure no one was coming to double-team, and immediately dribbled the ball and hit Howard strongly!
"oh!"

The audience suddenly couldn't help but let out an exclamation, because O'Neal's first hit on Howard made Howard take a step back!
"As expected of a big shark, it's really strong, Howard can't stand him at all!"

Howard was also a little anxious. O'Neal took the second shot. Just about to make a shot, Howard directly fouled and asked O'Neal to make a free throw.

"O'Neal's free throws have never been very good, let's see what happened today." Zhang Weiping said.

O'Neal went to the free throw line and missed both free throws.

"It's still the same as before!" Yu Jia said with emotion with a smile.

Immediately afterwards, the Magic attacked, and Sun Zhuo was still not in a hurry. Turkoglu sent the ball to Dwight Howard. It was Howard's turn to eat O'Neal alone.

"Come on! Dwight, give him one!"

The fans at the scene were also excited. They especially hoped to see Howard can play O'Neal toughly.

Howard did not hesitate, and has already decided to play singles. Howard is facing O'Neal. He wants to use his speed to get rid of O'Neal and get to the basket. Sure enough, Howard suddenly broke through with a dribble. O'Neal's speed has slowed down a lot. Howard wants to pass O'Neal. He dunked directly with both hands, but O'Neal jumped up behind him to block Howard's ball on the basket!

"Capped!"

The basketball smashed on the rim, and then bounced out. O'Neal jumped again to get the rebound. At this time, Dwyane Wade was already outside the half court!

"D-WADE!" O'Neal passed the ball directly to Wade!

"No, Wade wants to break fast!" Sun Zhuo immediately became nervous, and Monta Ellis was also very fast, following Wade closely. He rushed over because Wade was stronger than Monta Ellis. Even if Monta Ellis could catch up, Wade would force a layup. Ellis couldn't stop Wade from scoring fast breaks at all. Give Wade an increased chance of 2+1.

"So fast! Their speed is so fast!"

Seeing Wade, Monta Ellis, and Sun Zhuo sprint to the other half, the audience was stunned. This is a scene that only young players can contribute.

Sure enough, Wade completely disdained Monta Ellis' block and directly forced a layup. However, at this time, Sun Zhuo had also followed like lightning, jumping up and preparing to chase after Wade.

However, Wade seemed to have noticed Sun Zhuo, and quietly passed the ball in the air to the bottom corner, only to see Jason Williams suddenly appearing, throwing a three-pointer from the bottom corner, and hit it!
"This guy, Wade, except for the three-pointer, there is nothing to criticize."

After the start, both O'Neill and Wade have shown their prowess. At this time, Sun Zhuo can no longer hide, he must stand up and have a hearty battle with the two good brothers!

Another attack, Sun Zhuo controlled the ball by himself, and let Sun Zhuo single-handedly hit Anthony Walker. After the ball, he made a strong breakthrough, passed Walker, rushed to the basket, and went straight to O'Neal!

boom!
As soon as Sun Zhuo jumped together, O'Neal rushed over and knocked Sun Zhuo's basketball out with one hand. At the same time, O'Neal also knocked Sun Zhuo to the ground.

beep!

The referee blew his whistle, and O'Neill raised his hand blankly. This foul was intentional.

There was no sound at the scene. I didn't expect that Sun Zhuo was brought down the first time he attacked with the ball. His former teammate, his good brother O'Neill did this. Naturally, O'Neill would not hurt Sun Zhuo. He did this probably to tell Everyone, on the basketball court, I, O'Neal, will not show mercy to my opponents.

Turkoglu pulled Sun Zhuo up. Before Sun Zhuo walked to the free throw line, he glanced at O'Neal, and O'Neal also looked at Sun Zhuo. For a while, Sun Zhuo suddenly felt that the time had returned to 3 years ago, and the two returned to Sun Zhuo The time when "MDP" was not said to O'Neill.

(End of this chapter)