explosive dribbler

Chapter 112 New Year, Fight the Rockets!
As the schedule progressed, the Magic's winning percentage also stabilized around a value.

The December schedule is coming to an end soon, it's a bit like playing 2k to directly simulate the past.

The powerful enemies that should be faced, the Magic also played seven or eight.Statistics so far this season: The Magic have a winning percentage of 60.00% against the top five teams in the league.This has been hard-won for the Magic.

Now the Magic is temporarily ranked No.3 in the East, and there is a 2.5 win gap with the Celtics in the East.

An Xiaonan has played almost 32.1 games so far this season. He averaged 19.9 minutes per game and was able to get 9.1 points, 5.2 assists, 2.0 rebounds and [-] steals. It looks like Chris Paul.

However, the Magic has not played against the strongest team in the league this season - the Houston Rockets with the light bulb combination - so far this season.

[-]:[-] p.m. local time on January [-]rd.

It can be seen at the gate of the stadium that the Houston Rockets players have already stepped off the bus.Each of them dressed in trendy clothes and walked into the gym with a kingly air.

This stadium is the Amway Arena.

That's right, tonight, the Magic will have their first game against the Houston Rockets.

This year's Rockets claim to be the strongest in the league, and An Xiaonan's idol, Chris Paul, is in the team.

Tonight is another difficult test for Magic, the biggest dark horse of the season.What they have to face is the Rockets with the best record in the league this year.

An Xiaonan stepped on his exclusive first-generation combat boots and walked into the field to warm up.In fact, this pair of An Xiaonan generation has been fully released on the market more than a week ago.The price is 799 RMB.

As soon as this shoe came out, it immediately occupied the domestic market.Not only have excellent sales in China, but also a lot in Orlando.After all, Orlando is An Xiaonan's home field... There are countless fans who support him.

An Xiaonan walked up to Chris Paul with excitement.

"Hey, buddy, how are you doing?" To An Xiaonan's surprise, Paul actually took the initiative to greet An Xiaonan with a smile on his face.

An Xiaonan was stunned, and immediately smiled and shook Paul's hand: "Good evening, Chris. Did you know that I grew up watching you play!"

"Really, that would be great." Paul smiled.

"Every time I think about facing off against the idol I have always set an example tonight, I am very excited!"

"So, rookie, I look forward to competing with you!" Paul laughed. "Don't you want to chat with your compatriot Zhou Qi?"

Only then did An Xiaonan remember that his compatriot Zhou Qi was also in the rocket formation.It's just that Zhou Qi is not as prosperous as An Xiaonan in the NBA, but he is Chinese after all.

"That's right, where's Zhou Qi?" An Xiaonan asked, looking around.

Paul couldn't help laughing: "Zhou Qi didn't come to Orlando today, he's playing for the Vipers."

Only then did An Xiaonan realize that Zhou Qi was currently leveling up in the Development League.

"Chris, you're kidding me!" An Xiaonan scolded with a smile.

"Ha ha……"

……

The game starts, both sides jump the ball in the middle circle.

The first attack fell into the hands of the Rockets, An Xiaonan waited quietly for Paul's arrival.

Of course, An Xiaonan also knew that Paul would never take the initiative to attack at the beginning of the game, because they also had a more powerful offensive star-bearded Harden.

Harden played the leading role in these attacks, constantly breaking through and splitting the ball to create opportunities for the Rockets' shooters.

The Rockets hit three three-pointers within 3 minutes of the start of the game. After a fierce start, they beat the Magic [-]-[-].

But you said that the Magic are so young, although they were a little confused because of the indiscriminate bombing of the rockets, after all, newborn calves are not afraid of tigers, and then they began to counterattack.

An Xiaonan dribbled the ball to the frontcourt, and he suddenly found that Paul was a different person on and off the court. His small movements interfered, causing An Xiaonan to have a big problem in controlling the ball.

But An Xiaonan also found a countermeasure, that is, the pick-and-roll switch to defend against the small and fight the big.

"Swipe!" An Xiaonan singled out Capela, and hit directly from outside the three-point line.

But then, Capela deserved to be known as the cake king, Paul broke into the inside and directly passed in to feed Capella.Capela dunks directly after receiving the ball.

The cakes fed to Capella by the two cake feeding masters have different styles.

Harden is more inclined to feed the pie vertically, that is, lobs.Paul's bread feeding tends to be on the ground, but it is more about making bread for the shooters.

The most terrifying part of a game for the Rockets is the first quarter. They have scored more than [-] points in the first quarter for nearly half of their games this season. This level of offensive efficiency is extremely terrifying.

This game is no exception. Harden seems to feel hot, and Fournier has no way to guard him.What's more terrible is that Vogel didn't dare to double-team Harden at all.The reason is simple, the Rockets still have a perverted shooter Anderson on the outside.As long as Harden is double-teamed, Anderson will definitely have a chance.And what the result is, fans who have watched Anderson play know.

This is a man who is worth 2000 million standing on the outside line.

Harden directly changed the speed and dribbled the ball to break into the inside line, and then made a stealth layup with a European step and caused a foul and made two free throws.

The rocket is really incomprehensible!
An Xiaonan thought helplessly that this kind of unsolvable attack was even worse than that of a warrior.

After nearly half of the first quarter, the Rockets have already doubled the lead of the Magic 16:8...

If it weren't for Gordon's absolute advantage in the face of Anderson's defense, the Magic's current scoring would be even more impressive.

Ango Connection is staged again.An Xiaonan managed to use his ability to read the game to pass Paul with a pick-and-roll and enter the interior, followed by Anderson's supplementary defense.

An Xiaonan quickly hit the ground and passed the ball through the gap and stuffed it into Gordon's hands. Gordon directly made a backhand dunk to boost the morale of the team.

The Rockets are one of the most psychologically strong teams in the league. Even in an away game, they don't feel wavered in the face of crowds of people shouting.

The reason is Paul.

Who is Paul?One of the most stable point guards in the league.

Paul is also an expert in small and big games in the league. Facing Vucevic in a pick-and-roll, he stepped back and scored a three-pointer.

The magic that was supposed to start, fell silent after Paul's basin of cold water was poured out.

The first quarter of the game ended quickly. With the deterrence of the light bulb combination in the first half and the dominance of Harden's single-core leadership in the second half, the Magic trailed the Rockets by 22 points at 34:[-] in the first quarter.

An Xiaonan couldn't help lamenting Rocket's abnormality again...

(End of this chapter)