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Chapter 110 Fighting the Warriors Again, Kudu Connection

Seven o'clock in the evening.

In the Amway Arena, the home of the Magic, with a whistle, tonight's game began.

The Magic played against the Warriors, the second-ranked Warriors in the Western Conference.

The referee threw the ball high, and Vucevic and the Warriors' starting center McGee jumped up and scrambled for the ball in the first place.

Why isn't Pachulia the Warriors' starting center? It's not that Cole temporarily changed the starting lineup, but that Pachulia hasn't recovered from his injury since he was knocked down by An Xiaonan last time...

And our All-Star McGee below the neck has also got a lot of opportunities to perform. Under the training of Curry and Green, McGee has become a qualified starting center.

The first attack fell into the hands of the Magic. Amid the cheers and cheers of the audience, An Xiaonan dribbled the ball to the frontcourt.

Opening routine, full implementation of team tactics.

Generally speaking, if the first goal can be scored at the beginning, it means that the team is in good condition tonight.In this way, the team can basically maintain the lead in the first few minutes of the game.

But on the other hand, if you fail to make two consecutive offenses, you will basically be beaten in the first quarter.

Fortunately, the Magic looked good tonight, and Fournier hit his first three-pointer.

Then on the Warriors' first offense, Thompson made a mid-range stop and hit the iron with a jumper.

Then, An Xiaonan made a fancy dribble breakthrough and went directly to the inside, and then passed the ball to Augustin on the outside.Augustin feints from beyond the three-point line, then breaks through for a small floater.

Not in! But Gordon grabbed the offensive rebound very powerfully and caused a foul by the Warriors Green inside.

With two free throws, the Magic made a 1-[-] start in the opening minute.

This is a good sign.

But this good sign did not last long, after 2 minutes, Durant started his performance.

Durant didn't feel good when facing the Magic in the last game, and he was basically sleepwalking in the first three quarters.It's too late to wait until the fourth quarter.

But tonight's Durant is different. He showed a strong desire to attack as soon as he came up.

As one of the most efficient scoring players in the league, Durant quickly scored his first personal goal in the game.

Durant singled out Fournier directly.

With Durant's height of seven feet, his long wingspan, and his extremely nimble footwork, it can be said that he is a shameless misplacement no matter who he is singled out...

Those who are taller than him are not as fast as him, and those who are faster than him are not as tall as him.Moreover, those who are not as tall as him may not be as fast as him.

Durant is like this. Facing Fournier, he went straight to the inside with a long leg, and then made a layup with a low hand.

However, Durant's physical characteristics make him doomed to play without any aesthetic feeling...

Then the Magic missed an offense, and Durant received the ball again in the frontcourt.

Durant must be the most unsolvable scoring ability in the league today.

Facing Fournier, broke through again, and caused Fournier's second personal foul while laying up, and the shot was valid at the same time.

Two plus one.

Back and forth, with six minutes and 22 seconds left in the first quarter, the Warriors had already tied the score.

15: 15.

Fournier was replaced, and then An Xiaonan took up the banner of the team's offense.

An Xiaonan didn't expect to be able to enter the domain in this game, he knew that the domain is not something that you can just enter.As an undrafted rookie, he actually entered the field several times within a month, which is a rare thing in history.

But with the accumulation of competition experience, he is no longer a rookie who can't beat strong enemies without domain bonuses.

The Warriors' defensive strategy in this game is the same as the previous game, but it came earlier.

Fozu focused on defending An Xiaonan from the very beginning of the game, so that until now, he, who was supposed to be the core of the team's scoring in the first quarter, has not scored a single point.

But the effect of his defense against An Xiaonan was immediate. An Xiaonan was very uncomfortable being defended by him, and he didn't even touch the ball for too long.

An Xiaonan finally got rid of Buddha's defense and received the ball from the outside.

The Buddha pressed An Xiaonan directly close to his body. An Xiaonan was not what he used to be, and he would not panic because of the pressure of the Buddha.

Dribbling the ball and taking a step back, An Xiaonan distanced himself from the Buddha.When An Xiaonan was retreating, the Buddha never dared to act rashly. Once he went forward to chase and defend, An Xiaonan could grasp the opportunity keenly and break through with one step.So the Buddha chose the safest way.

An Xiaonan called for a pick-and-roll, and after Vucevic cooperated with An Xiaonan in the pick-and-roll, McGee switched to An Xiaonan.

Isn't it easy for An Xiaonan to single out McGee?
An Xiaonan used one step to change the speed, and then added a feint of worshiping Buddha to shake McGee up.Then An Xiaonan rushed to the inside lane and scored a layup.

With five minutes and 40 seconds left in the first quarter, the score between the two sides was Magic 18:17 Warriors.

The Warriors played a wonderful match next.

After Curry dribbled the ball to the frontcourt, he passed the ball directly to Green and then took An Xiaonan to the bottom line.

At the same time, Green watched all directions and passed the ball to the Buddha who came out of the running position.

After Buddha received the ball, common sense broke through Augustin but failed, and passed the ball to Green.

Green stands outside the top of the three-point arc and has the widest view.At this time, Curry just bypassed Pachulia's pick-and-roll and circled the three-point line, and the man arrived and the ball arrived.

Curry has gained space to shoot from outside the three-point line, and An Xiaonan's [-]-point effort must not let Curry hit from outside the three-point line.Curry took advantage of An Xiaonan's heart and went straight to the inside line.

At this moment, Durant, who had been standing in the bottom corner before, moved.

When Curry reached the mid-range free throw line, it directly attracted Fournier's defense.Durant took advantage of this opportunity and slid directly from the bottom line to the inside line.

On the sidelines, Vogel secretly thought that it was not good. The Magic's defense this time has been completely disintegrated.

Curry looked like a throw shot, but it was actually an alley-oop thrown to Durant in the corner.

An Xiaonan only saw Durant easily jumping up on one foot, then tilted his head to avoid the collision of the backboard, and then received the ball with both hands and directly dunked it into the basket.

A seemingly unremarkable but perfect fit.

The Warriors' Kudu connection this time can already intuitively reflect how tacit the Warriors' offensive cooperation is.

After Kudu connected this time, the Warriors started their offensive frenzy.When An Xiaonan and Curry were replaced, the Warriors had already established a leading advantage.

At the end of the first quarter, the Magic trailed the Warriors by seven points at 26:33.

Obviously, the Magic controlled the game for most of the first quarter, but since Durant started scoring, the Warriors have overtaken the score.

It can be seen how much influence Durant has had on the team.

Durant scored 11 points in the first quarter.

(End of this chapter)