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Chapter 293 Battle of the No. [-] Center in the East
"GO! Knicks! GO!..."

"WE-WILL-WE-WILL-ROCK-YOU!  …"

The game between the Knicks and the Magic began with the singing of the fans. The players on both sides worked hard, especially the Knicks boys who had a full two-day rest.

Jump ball, let's go!
With a snap, the two elders, Curry and Howard, decided the winner.

Nelson got the ball, and it looked like Curry of the Knicks had lost, but it was just a jump ball, which was fine.

The Knicks retreated immediately, and they quickly set up their positions and waited for the Magic to attack.

As for the first goal, the Magic are not in a hurry, their offense is step by step, and the goal is also very clear, that is to find their own center, blue No. 12, Dwight Howard!
Dwight Howard, Lao Hu and the Knicks have played a lot. Of course, Hu Lin doesn't need to match up with this guy, but Lao Hu knows this guy's characteristics very well.

This is not only because Lao Hu is a reborn guy. Originally, the Knicks and the Magic in the Eastern Division played against each other four times a season, and Lao Hu also played against Howard in last year's World Championships.

Overall, Howard's size is extremely good, of course, just talking about his body proportions, not height.Of course, he is much taller than Lao Hu, but as an NBA center, his height disadvantage prevents Howard from becoming a truly super-dominant center.

In terms of technology, this guy's ability to face the frame is quite poor. Yes, he has no mid-range shots like O'Neal, and he also doesn't have free throws.Of course, when he played against the national team in the World Championships, he really performed exceptionally well.Howard's main offensive method is the small hook, or the second attack to win the offensive rebound.

Howard's powerful power is basically reflected in defense, but this does not mean that he has no offensive ability.

Of course, Howard's offense is to rely on his strong body to squeeze the opponent away and score easily.Therefore, the first step is to squeeze the opponent away.

Squeeze!Just like Curry's post-up singles, Howard is also post-up, but instead of using his butt, he uses his broad shoulders.

Howard's shoulders are really too broad. Let's put it this way, now this guy is wearing a red cape and wearing his underwear from this calendar year. He really looks like that Superman.However, his skin color is a little different.

However, this time Howard was not able to push his opponent away. The little shark is not so easy to be pushed away. The tonnage of Curry is famous in the NBA. It's not easy to push Curry away without fouling.

Of course, this is mainly because 'Little Shark' is not as easy to give up when defending as before. At least he is not afraid of the opponent's impact now.Although Curry's current defense does not reach a very high level, it is definitely not as bad as before. At least he can set up a barrier under the basket.

A few pushes had no effect. Howard knew that this time was similar to when he met the Knicks last season, which meant that Howard could not do much offensively.

However, that's okay. The Magic have alternatives, and Van Gundy has already thought of countermeasures.

For passing, the alternative is to pass, but Howard's choice of passing is not outside, but Turkoglu who is now pulled to the shoulder of the paint zone!
The position of the Turks is a power forward, but this power forward has a wide range of activities. Turkoglu has a lot of offensive methods, and he can make up for Howard's shortcomings on a technical level.

Lao Li was defending him, but the catch just now was completed while moving, so Lao Li was a little unsteady.

With a bang, the Turk went out with a big stride, and this time, he was already half a body ahead of Lao Li.

This guy's body is very flexible, and Turkoglu's figure is quite tall. At [-] meters, he is very stretched when he moves.

"Oh!..." The fans were a little worried when they saw that this guy was going to attack the Knicks' basket.

Curry moved over immediately, and he extended his arms to block the way of the Turk.

Divide the ball!Turkoglu, like a point guard, lures Curry with a layup, and at the same time makes a pass.

Kuang Ang!Needless to say, Howard will not let go of this opportunity.

"Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"

"A good shot! This ball is so beautiful! Here Howard wants to hit hard, but he sees that he can't do it, and immediately passes it out. Then Turkoglu, who catches the ball, immediately rushes in again. This is It's scoring in and out, very reasonable, very reasonable!" Teacher Zhang saw the ball very clearly, and immediately came out to explain it to the TV audience.

"That's right! In this game, there is actually one thing to watch, that is, the duel between 'Little Shark' Curry and Dwight Howard. Before this game, both of them were considered to be the successors of 'Big Shark' O'Neal's dominant center. Some people even directly call Curry the No. [-] center in the East. You must know that O'Neal is still playing for the Miami Heat. So, in this game, we can see who is No. [-] in the East Center." Yu Jia is creating a conflict.

"Haha, that's right, let's see who is more powerful out of the two of them."

Although the commentator said so on TV, the game is still going on, and Curry and Howard have no intention of going out and singled out by themselves.And, now it's the Knicks' turn to attack.

As usual, Nate is still making the push. Although his position is point guard, Nate is the point guard in the frontcourt.

At this time, Hu became a point guard. However, what he has to face now is not Nelson, the starting point guard of the Magic, but an old acquaintance of the Knicks, Hu's old teammate, Trevor Ariza.

That's right, it's this guy. The Knicks traded Ariza to the Magic in order to get the boss. After that, Ariza did well in the Magic. Now he is basically a main player. His performance is quite good, showing great potential.

Obviously, in this game, Stan Van Gundy wanted to take advantage of Ariza's good defensive characteristics and let the original Knicks guard his former teammates.Of course, there is no point here to test whether he is loyal or not. Everyone is a professional player and there is no need to do this. Lin is better.

But Lao Hu is not the kind of person who procrastinates. Although he is a former teammate, the intersection between the two is relatively rare.So, Lao Hu made his gesture again.

pick and roll!I still looked for Lao Li, but in this way, the matchup between the No. [-] center in the Eastern Conference that the majority of domestic TV viewers wanted to watch seemed to be out of sight for the time being.

The change of position was very smooth, and Turkoglu's sluggish defense did a good job. His legs are very long. This guy made it difficult for Lao Hu to start and move forward so easily.

But it's nothing, Lao Hu is very used to it, what he was waiting for was this moment after the transposition.

speed up!Without Turkoglu's long legs, Lao Hu can certainly start up, but Ariza in front of him has returned.

right!Suddenly, as if he was making a normal breakthrough, Lao Hu took a step to the right, and the basketball moved accordingly, followed by Ariza who had just run back.

With a bang, this time it was a dribble behind the back, and the old Hu moved with the basketball, and Ariza remained in his original position.

Is it that easy to break through the excellent defensive Ariza?The answer is of course no.

Ariza quickly seemed to fold his body, and immediately blocked himself in front of Hu Lin.

With a bang, this time the front of the body changed direction. Through this change of direction, Lao Hu finally threw Ariza away, because Ariza really couldn't keep up.

This is a breakthrough with three consecutive changes of direction, and it is still after the pick-and-roll. To be honest, the reason why Lao Hu did this is to completely throw Ariza away, and he wants to ensure the success rate of this breakthrough.

Obviously, Lao Hu's goal has been achieved, and he is now rushing to the basket of the Magic team!
The pick-and-roll just now was not done for nothing. One of Hu’s goals was to ensure the success rate of the breakthrough, and the other purpose was to get Li to pull Turkoglu out. In this case, Howard was the only insider for the Magic. up.

Facing Howard, this is not a small challenge, even Lao Hu cannot easily try it.

However, Hu Lin is now challenging Howard with practical actions, and he made a layup without fear!

"Oh ho ho!..." Just seeing this scene, the fans are already crazy, this is a good show.

"Look at this ball..." C5's commentators are all paying attention to this ball.

Lao Hu took off, his movements were so stretched, his eyes were so focused, everything seemed to indicate that he was going to attack the basket.

However, the basketball is not in Lao Hu's hands at this time!
Kuang Ang!I don't know when, Curry got the basketball, and then smashed the ball into the basket!

"Ahaha!..." Although Hu Lin didn't score the goal, the fans were still very happy.

"Good shot! Let's see this ball. At the beginning, it was a breakthrough, and then after entering the basket, Hu Lin was fake, and the whole thing was fake. But everyone thought he was going to make it himself, but, Come on, let's see how the ball is passed. Did you see it? It was given from behind, the ball was passed by and the ball stayed behind, it was passed!"

Anyway, Mr. Zhang didn't explain exactly how the ball was passed, so audience friends, let's use our imaginations!

However, after the goal was scored, it seemed that the battle for the No. [-] center in the Eastern Conference had also begun...

(End of this chapter)