against the front

Chapter 31
On November 2008, 11, at 4 o'clock in the evening, Amway Arena in Orlando, the Kings who have won three consecutive victories, will challenge the Orlando Magic, which has also achieved three consecutive victories in the opening game, and is currently No. [-] in the Eastern Conference. .

Although the king's current record is also a three-game winning streak, the audience who have been present at the Amway Arena are relaxed at the moment, because in their opinion, the reason why the king has achieved such a record is not because of their strength. On the contrary, before the start of the new season, the Kings were still the favorites to compete for the No. [-] pick in most of the media's selections. Three consecutive victories, currently ranked second in the Western Conference, if they will be a guest in Orlando in the opening game, and then play against the Celtics and Cavaliers one after another, I am afraid that the Kings have lost three games in a row and are at the bottom of the entire league. The Magic fans at the scene were very optimistic about the process and results of today's game.

The Magic, which finished third in the Eastern Conference last season and reached the semifinals, is working hard and preparing to go further in the new season. Therefore, a team like the Kings naturally cannot fall into the eyes of the Magic. This is why the Magic The reason why the leading players dare to be so unscrupulous before the start of the game is that the magic is strong and has big fists!
The strength of the Magic is not just talk, this team with the third record in the East last season, the head star is the current league's No. 20.7 center Dwyane Howard, who averaged 14 points per game last season, 2.1 Rebounds, [-] blocks, and was selected to the first team of the best team and the first team of the best defensive team, Howard is the hottest center in the NBA. He is known as the next dominant insider after O'Neal.

And the second leader of this team is Rashad Lewis, one of the former Seattle twin stars. Lewis averaged 19 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists per game last season. In addition to Lewis, The Magic also has Hedo Turkoglu, a powerful small forward. Speaking of which, Turkoglu's first stop in the NBA was the Kings, but in the star-studded Kings team, Turkoglu had no chance to perform. , and the Kings also sent Turkoglu to the Spurs before the end of his rookie contract. After wandering to the Magic, Turkoglu was reborn here. 19 assists data.

In addition to Howard, Lewis, and Turkoglu, the three players who averaged 20 points per game, the Magic also have Jameer Nelson, Ralph Alston, Michael Pietrus, and Courtney Lee. Waiting for a large group of powerful role players, so it is reasonable for the Magic to look down on the King.

Facing such a team, as the head coach of the Kings, Reggie Hawes is naturally under a lot of pressure, so while sending out the strongest lineup of the Kings, Reggie Hawes is also repeatedly guiding in the locker room. The tactical movement of each starting player explains in detail the responsibilities they need to bear on the field. However, even so, Reggie Hawes is still a little worried, because the strength gap between the two sides is too obvious. Reggie -Hawes doesn't want to be beaten in his first away game.

In today's game, the king's starting lineup is still center Yan Hua, power forward Drew Gooden, small forward John Salmons, shooting guard Kevin Martin, and point guard Benno Udry. After the opening three-game winning streak, the king's starting lineup in the new season has stabilized. If there is no accident in the middle, the above five players will be the king's unstoppable main force this season.

"Yan, don't be nervous, be steady, that guy is afraid of players with a solid chassis and strong lower body, so you don't have to be afraid of him, just hold him firmly, this guy's middle distance is worse than you, so As long as it keeps him away from the basket, he's basically useless."

"As for the offensive end, you can take advantage of your height and wingspan to shoot over his head. Even if you miss the shot, it doesn't matter. As long as it can put pressure on him and reduce the number of times he leaves the basket to help defend, you It's been a success."

Taking advantage of the gap before the start of the game, assistant coach Tyrone Corbin pulled Yan Hua to his side, repeatedly explaining to Yan Hua Howard's weaknesses and what needs to be paid attention to when defending him.

"Hi, Mr. Beast Trainer, hello." When Yan Hua walked into the middle circle, he heard Howard coming from the opposite side to greet him, but from Howard's tone, it could be heard that this guy was not Not really saying hello to himself, but just mocking Hong Guoguo.

"Hello, Mr. Warcraft." Looking at this guy who threatened to show himself on the TV before the game started, Yan Hua didn't have a good face.

"Boy, I'll make you look good later, I hope you won't cry when the time comes!" Seeing that Yan Hua was so dishonest, and seeing that he didn't have the slightest intention of being subdued, Howard became more and more angry. Can't wait to torture this blind rookie after the game starts.

"Boy, open your eyes and see what is talent and what is the number one center in the league." After being the referee on duty, putting the basketball in his hand, and making a move to throw the ball, Howard moved towards Yan Hua beeped a few words: "Just like you, you still want to fight for the ball with me!"

Standing opposite Howard, Yan Hua, who was ready to take off and scrimmage the ball, ignored Howard who had been chattering, but put all his attention on the basketball in the referee's hand, while staring at the ball in the referee's hand. Basketball, thinking back to Kwame Brown teaching himself jump ball skills.

"Beep!" Following the referee's whistle, Yan Hua and Howard jumped up almost at the same time, stretched out their long arms and rushed towards the basketball thrown into the air by the referee.

"Oh!" Amidst the exclamation of the audience, the basketball thrown into the air by the referee was turned by Yan Hua to the king's half.

Although the jump ball mainly depends on physical fitness, followed by luck, but as a jumper with unfathomable physical fitness, Dwight Howard seldom loses the jump ball. However, today, Howard got off to a bad start. jump ball.

Although the Kings had already started to attack after the jump ball, what was shown on the big screen in the Amway Arena was not the ongoing game on the field, but the clip of Howard and Yan Hua just now when he was fighting for the ball, because Not only the fans at the scene, the reporters on the sidelines, and the staff at the Amway Arena all wanted to see how Howard, who was invincible in jump balls in the past, lost this jump ball.

Through slow-motion playback, the video of Howard and Yan Hua jumping the ball was played three times in a row. In this video, it can be seen that after the referee whistled, Yan Hua and Howard left the ground at the same time. Hua's jumping height is not as high as Howard's, but Yan Hua's long arms have a great advantage. Before Howard's palm touches the basketball, he has already picked up the basketball in the air.

(End of this chapter)