super legend

Chapter 413 Jealousy for the first time in my life!
How can this be?

How can anyone beat Tim Duncan on both ends of the offense and defense!
Popovich knew that Howard was very strong and talented, and he was the most dominant inside player in the league after O'Neal, but he never thought that his disciple Duncan was so inferior to him.

In terms of strength, Duncan is not bad. Even if Duncan slightly loses to Howard in terms of strength and explosiveness, in terms of experience, defense, anticipation and footwork, the young Howard can't compare with Duncan!
The reason why Howard played such a sensational performance after the start of the game is because of his self-confidence and inner desire for something!
"I gave him this confidence and hunger." Popovich was expressionless. He knew that all this was caused by him. From before the start of the game, he kept praising Howard. After the lore, he even said that the Spurs lost to Howard instead of Sun Zhuo. After two games, Popovich has already called Howard the FMVP.

It is precisely because of the confidence Popovich gave Howard and the goal of FMVP that Howard is so "inhuman".

On the court, Howard not only blocked Duncan, but the block was just right, and he directly slapped the ball to Sun Zhuo!
Sun Zhuo received Howard's blocking pass near the free throw line, but he didn't hold the ball in his hand. Instead, he slapped to the right immediately and slapped the ball to Danny Granger beside him.

"Danny!" The ball didn't linger in Sun Zhuo's hands. After passing it to Danny Granger, Sun Zhuo immediately turned around and ran forward!
Howard's block has already surprised the five Spurs players. Sun Zhuo's move surprised them again. I don't know how to defend at this time.

Sun Zhuo didn't get the ball immediately because he knew that the Spurs were very strict on Sun Zhuo's fast break defense. Once Sun Zhuo got the ball, the Spurs players would catch up to block it immediately, so he intentionally let the basketball stay longer in the half court For a period of time, run first by yourself to make the ball "contestable" again, so that the Spurs players will first grab the ball instead of chasing people.

Of course, this approach seems a bit risky, because Sun Zhuo is likely to hand over the ball to his opponent. However, Sun Zhuo has confidence in Danny Granger, which is also a major advantage for the Magic in the playoffs , that is the height!
Except for point guard Monta Ellis, the other four starting players of the Magic are all over [-] meters tall!

Of course, the starting height of the Spurs is not short. Except for the point guard Tony Parker, everyone else is over [-] meters. This is one of the few opponents who can match the Magic in height. However, Bowen He and Finley are both old players. In terms of running and jumping ability, they are no match for Sun Zhuo and Danny Granger.

Danny Granger understood what Sun Zhuo meant, and jumped up quickly to get the ball in his hand. Finley's reaction speed couldn't be compared. After getting the ball, he threw a big long pass directly to Sun Zhuo!

Bao Wen pursues Sun Zhuo closely!
"Are you alone?" After Sun Zhuo got the ball, the plan had succeeded. If only Bo Wen was alone, he could play whatever he wanted.

"Come on, I'll let you chase."

Sun Zhuo slowed down on purpose to let Bowen run ahead!
"Damn it." Bowen's face was extremely ugly. He knew that Sun Zhuo was the strongest dunker in history. Dunking was too easy for him, and it was impossible to defend against it one-on-one. If he fouled now, Sun Zhuo would probably do well too. 2+1 is ready, unless Bowen uses all his strength to foul, but this will definitely be a technical foul.

Bowen, chose to give up!
"Ah~~"

boom!
Sun Zhuo seldom called for dunks, and this time he was held back by the Spurs for too long. He made an amazing one-handed dunk and dunked the ball into the basket!
Popovich immediately called a timeout. The game started less than a minute ago. He always liked to do this kind of thing before, but in today's situation, anyone would choose to call this timeout. The magic momentum is too strong, especially the two Howard and Sun Zhuo, two core players, both staged such a shocking performance, they had to pause for a while to interrupt the momentum of the Magic.

"Good job!" Howard reached out to high-five Sun Zhuo.

Sun Zhuo also patted Howard, and praised: "Did you see the look in Tim Duncan's eyes just now? He was beaten by you and doubted his life. If you continue to do this, the victory belongs to us."

"No problem!" Howard smiled happily.

In the Spurs bench, Popovich did not reprimand anyone, but said calmly to everyone: "Today's Dwight Howard will be very difficult to deal with, and you may see his best performance since he entered the league. However, our defensive focus is still on Sun."

When listening to the first half of the sentence, everyone bowed their heads in silence. Howard may indeed have played the best performance of his career, but after hearing the latter sentence, everyone raised their heads in unison and looked at Popovich.

"Coach..." Bowen looked at Popovich. Since he knew that Howard would be very explosive today, he still focused on Sun Zhuo's defense. How much does Popovich hate Sun Zhuo?

Tim Duncan couldn't help but cast a glance at Sun Zhuo in the opposite bench. Even though he was blown up by Howard just now, Duncan didn't feel anything, but at this moment he glanced at Sun Zhuogao. In this situation, Popovich It is still firm that only Sun Zhuo can beat the Spurs, this is not a treatment that everyone can get.

After the game restarted, the Spurs returned to normal a little bit, and still restricted Sun Zhuo's running and jumping. As long as Sun Zhuo couldn't run, jump, or dunk, there was no way to continue to drive momentum. The whole rhythm and atmosphere It will be carried out in an environment familiar to the Spurs.

"Sun, that's the only time you call it." Popovich couldn't bear Sun Zhuo's dunk to detonate his momentum the most, so he was determined to block Sun Zhuo's dunk.

Sun Zhuo still wanted to try to get into the inside and dunk the opponent. After a feint, he just got rid of Bowen's defense and wondered if there would be a chance to score inside this time. Who knows, Sun Zhuo suddenly saw Howard, who was inside, turned his back and went to the basket!

"So fast!" Even Sun Zhuo couldn't help being surprised, this back turn was really beautiful, Sun Zhuo quickly threw the basketball in his hand high to the basket, and gave it to Howard for the lob.

"Damn it!" Spurs power forward Oberto saw Howard was about to catch a dunk, and immediately stepped forward and stretched out his big hand, slapping Howard's arm hard, thinking that this would stop him.

however.

boom!
Howard still dunked the ball in despite being fouled so fiercely!

"what!"

Howard jumped and yelled after a successful dunk.

Kenny Smith of TN.T looked stunned at this moment, and said: "Dwight Howard is going to play in the finals of history. His performance in the first two games is already good enough, and today I am afraid it will be even better. Tim Duncan is undoubtedly great, and the Spurs are undoubtedly a great team, but they lost a few championships in the past because of the presence of the peak Shaq in the West. Have some been taken away?"

Charles Barkley said: "I'm just telling the facts I've seen. If the finals continue like this, even if the Magic wins, it will be due to Dwight Howard. I don't know if Sun and Dwight have communicated in private, but everyone knows this. This team is Sun's team, the Magic is not the Spurs, unlike the Spurs, Tim Duncan or Tony Parker or Manu Ginobili can win the FMVP, the Magic has no one who can surpass Sun and Dwight , I don’t think this is a good thing, I even have a very bad premonition that the magic may be..."

"Wowowo, are you talking too seriously? Charles?" Kenny Smith was also startled by Barkley's words, and quickly interjected.

On the court, Howard played more and more smoothly. In this game, he was a real one-shoulder offensive and defensive player. Both offense and defense were excellent, and no one could fault him. Hit the board at a 45-degree angle and score a goal!
Sun Zhuo also scored well in this game, but he can't compare with Howard. When Sun Zhuo is close to 30 points, Howard is already close to 40 points... and needless to say, rebounds and blocks are definitely better than Sun Zhuo's Excellent.

Under the leadership of Howard, with Howard and Sun Zhuo making efforts at the same time, the Magic have established a lead in the fourth quarter.

At this time, Howard staged another block that shocked everyone.

Tony Parker made a layup and was blocked by Howard's left hand on the backboard. This is not surprising. He has dedicated many such blocks throughout the game. His body turned backwards in the air, that is, the side facing other people. He seemed to have controlled the strength long ago. After the rebound rebounded, he used his right hand to catch it. When he received it, he threw it to the half-court position Sun Zhuo.

"Go! Buckle one!"

Howard became a leader, and Sun Zhuo became like a role player who can only do certain things. Sun Zhuo dunked and scored, but he didn't feel any passion. He felt that at this moment, he didn't have any consciousness. He didn't even know he was actually playing.

Then, with a dull face, he saw Howard running towards him like a figure skater, jumping up and bumping shoulders with him.

"How about it? The block + pass I just made wasn't bad, right? I thought about passing it to you when the left hand blocked it. Originally, I could take it directly, but I felt that this would delay the attack time too much, so in the I just played this kind of action in the air, haha." Howard proudly explained to Sun Zhuo his impromptu pass just now.

Even the Spurs fans were impressed by Howard's action.

"I have never seen a center like him. He has strong strength and unexpected creativity. Sun is very good, but he is not an inside player after all. We don't know if Sun becomes an inside player. Will be as good as it is now.”

Watching Howard let himself go on the field, wreak havoc on the inside, and make such creative moves, with such a calm and calm face, for the first time since his rebirth, Sun Zhuo felt jealous in his heart.

Yes, jealousy.

Sun Zhuo would be jealous of a person, that person was not Kobe, Wade, or James, but his teammate, Howard.

In terms of talent and ability, a systematic Sun Zhuo doesn’t need to be jealous of anyone at all. What he envies is what Howard doesn’t have in him: height and position. No matter how good Sun Zhuo is, he is still in the small forward category. Dominate the paint like that.

In fact, Sun Zhuo's envy for the inside players began as early as when he challenged O'Neal in the peak game. After entering the no-fly zone, Sun Zhuo fell in love with the feeling of dominating the inside, but as a small forward, he couldn't be like O'Neal anyway.

Today, seeing Howard dominate the inside like O'Neal once again aroused Sun Zhuo's envy for inside players, and this envy has now turned into jealousy.

Sun Zhuo was jealous of Howard, jealous that Howard could cause such a big blow to his opponent in the paint, and jealous that Howard faced the finals so calmly.

At the end of the third game, the Spurs lost to the Magic 105:111. Howard and Sun Zhuo scored 70 points, of which Howard had 40 points and Sun Zhuo 30 points.

In the three games, Howard outperformed Sun Zhuo in every game. In this game, it was obvious that Howard was the leader of the Magic. Sun Zhuo seemed to be just a helper. Think about this question, who is the boss of the Magic this year?Who is the one who will win the FMVP?

In the locker room, Howard happily joked with everyone. He had always been on good terms with his teammates, and everyone had a good relationship with him. Such a scene of celebration made Sun Zhuo feel that Howard's FMVP was expected.

"Howard...is actually vying for the FMVP from me." Sun Zhuo couldn't believe it. He thought he knew Howard very well, and he always felt that he could control Howard. Howard was optimistic, with little ambition, and no city. Under Sun Zhuo's MVP performance this season, Howard has always been willing to be Sun Zhuo's helper and second in charge, and has never exposed any complaints.

Even when Sun Zhuo recalled when he won the regular season MVP trophy, he did not recall any jealousy or displeasure in Howard. You know, Westbrook watched Durant win the MVP trophy very delicately, and Wade watched James win the MVP trophy. Before the trophy, I would also say a few words and take a photo, but Howard didn't.

That is to say, Howard has no intention of competing with Sun Zhuo in the regular season.

"He had this idea recently." Sun Zhuo wondered if it was because Howard performed well in the first two games, and his friends or managers said something to Howard, which caused Howard to blatantly ride on Sun Zhuo's head today. Well, Howard obviously knew the consequences of his performance, and he was running for this result, and it was this result that gave Howard motivation.

"It is the honor of FMVP that makes Howard have the performance he has today. Unexpectedly, what James and Wade have experienced, what Durant and Westbrook have experienced, what O'Neal and Kobe have experienced, what happened to me and Howard, also It's going to happen." Sun Zhuo closed his eyes, unwilling to think about it.

(End of this chapter)