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Chapter 362 A Somewhat Different Davis

Coach Lao Tang looked at the players in front of him, Olajuwon, Thorpe, Scott, Drexler, Cassel, these five starters plus other substitutes, brought countless honors to the Rockets, but in the last step to victory, they hit the iron plate solidly.

Sighing, he picked up the tactical board and began to arrange the tactics below.

The only thing that the Rockets could compete with the Magic was Olajuwon. They wanted to use Thorpe to beat Johnson, but they didn't give him a chance, so they were beaten by the Magic. Thorpe didn't even touch the ball. . .

But how to pass the ball to Olajuwon has become a difficult problem for coach Lao Tang.

He never thought that the Rockets, with a new generation of star point guards like Kassel, would one day encounter the problem of not being able to give the inside ball.

Coach Lao Tang arranged a very complicated running tactic to ensure that Olajuwon could get the ball. After the timeout ended, the tactic did take effect.

Olajuwon tried his best and finally scored a mid-range shot over O'Neal's head with difficulty. It's not that O'Neal is so difficult to hit, but that he must always beware of the No. 1 on the opposite side. Davis gave Olajuwon a very bad feeling today. He is like an assassin everywhere.

DeWeese has indeed been looking for opportunities, but there has been no good opportunity. Cassel beside him is very active in running positions. He is afraid of Cassel's attack power, so he dare not stay too far away from him.

The Rockets finally opened the scoring, but the Magic's lead is still huge.

At the top of the arc, Davis dribbled the ball and looked at Cassell. O'Neal was already stuck in the paint. Clay was leading Scott to run.

DeWeese waved Garnett not to come up, which made Thorpe, who was following Garnett, heave a sigh of relief.

But what Thorpe didn't expect was that Garnett still brought it up.

In this moment of hesitation, Davis and Garnett formed a two-on-one, and Cassel in the middle was at a loss.

Davis easily rushed in from Garnett, and Thorpe, who reacted, blocked Davis, but the dislocation had already formed.

Garnett received a pass from Davis and ignored Kassel's defense. Cassel could only watch Garnett make a mid-range shot, and there was nothing he could do. . .

In this playoffs, the members of the Magic team felt that Davis seemed to be more powerful, not because he had improved his skills, but because he had integrated everything he had before, and he became a whole person. . . .It seems that there is no weakness to be found.

Although DeWeese used to be very strong, playing 48 minutes per game, and could play 48 minutes back-to-back the next day, but at that time DeWeese was still strong in his skills, vision and physical fitness, but now DeWeese feels that given his body of an ordinary person, he can also dominate the field.

Just like this ball, Garnett was stopped by Davis at the end of the timeout and said a few words.

"Kevin, when you come up for the pick-and-roll, I will wave my hand to signal you not to come up, but you can just go up and ignore my gestures."

Only the two of them knew this sentence, and it was originally Garnett's tactical task to bring it up for cover. . .

With such a simple gesture, it directly broke the Rockets' defense. . .

After Iverson, Garnett also felt that Davis is simply invincible now.

Although the Rockets are [-] points behind, they are all veterans except Cassell. The advantage of veterans is that their mentality is not easy to fluctuate. They still play honestly like robots, get open, play singles, and score again.

Next, O'Neal felt that DeWeese was different. O'Neal found that DeWeese had a strong desire to control rebounds today. You must know that rebounds have always been the weakest item in DeWeese's statistics. Since the year he entered the league, he has not averaged more than five rebounds per game.

Although in the past few years, the Magic team had Rodman as a rebounding machine, and Garnett was seamlessly supplemented later, and the team has always had O'Neal, a stable 12+ rebound inside behemoth, so he has no rebounding tasks.

But today's Davis had already got 3 rebounds in the halfway of the first quarter, two of which were on Thorpe's head. You know, Thorpe is a strong insider with double rebounds at the peak.

After the timeout of the two teams, the situation on the field has been balanced, and the point difference has been maintained at about ten.

But looking at the sweat on Olajuwon's face, it is obvious that the Rockets can stabilize the situation, and it is not as simple as imagined.

He hit O'Neal with his back again. After turning around, he blocked O'Neal with one arm and hooked the ball with the other hand.

At this time, a big hand appeared from the air, and slapped Olajuwon's hand away.

It was DeWeese again, he appeared in an incredible place, blocking Olajuwon's shot.

It can be said that in the first quarter, Davis completely dominated the offensive and defensive ends of the two teams.

第一节结束，魔术队22-30领先了8分球，迪威斯单节砍下了8分6助攻3抢断4篮板1盖帽的全能数据。

To be honest, coach Lao Tang is quite satisfied with this score. Olajuwon supported the Rockets after the timeout. He scored 14 points in a single quarter and sent 2 assists. Of the 22 points, 18 points were directly related to Olajuwon.

Coach Lao Tang selectively forgot about Olajuwon's physical exertion, and the current situation does not allow him to consider these issues. It is already the finals, so don't you need to save your physical strength for next season?

So in the second quarter, coach Lao Tang once again sent Olajuwon to the court. The Magic only made limited substitutions, and Davis also stayed on the court.

Although DeWeese's desire to score is not strong today, this just drives the offensive rhythm of the Magic team, which is completely opposite to the Rockets' one-man offensive strategy.

But in the second quarter, DeWeese came up first and unexpectedly hit a three-pointer directly on Cassel's face.

He felt good today, and the ball went straight in. Next, the second leader of the Rockets stepped forward.

Clyde Drexler broke through Iverson's defense and scored two points.

Coupled with Olajuwon scoring two points in the first offense, the Rockets narrowed the point difference to 8 points.

Over the next few minutes, Drexler and DeWeese began to fight each other.

Maybe Davis and Jordan can't compete in scoring now, but you, the former second place?
Just wash and sleep.

Davis, who was on the rise, directly switched positions with Iverson, and he and Drexler faced each other directly.

(End of this chapter)