explosive dribbler

Chapter 118
An Xiaonan froze for a moment, then smiled.

"Why, Chris wants to lead the Rockets to defeat the Magic?"

"If it was yesterday, it might be possible, but today you can't beat us no matter what."

An Xiaonan was extremely confident and authentic.

As the game continued, the Rockets passed the ball much more smoothly after Paul came on the court, but their shooting percentage tonight was extremely unstable.Obviously, now is a period of time when the hit rate plummets.

Missed three consecutive offenses, this rocket is strange.

An Xiaonan has become very good at grasping the opportunities of his opponent's mistakes. After these few rounds, An Xiaonan directly scored five points in a row to increase the score.

In the last 7 minutes of the fourth quarter, the score between the two sides was Magic 87:80 Rockets!
Magic has seen the dawn of victory.

Paul's big heart was shown at this time. Seeing that as long as the Magic made another three-pointer, he would be completely in trouble. Paul preemptively shot the ball half a meter outside the three-point line and resolutely made the ball.

Paul already scored 20 points and 12 assists tonight!
The Rockets once again pulled the score in, but An Xiaonan, who has already scored 22 points and 10 assists, will never be soft.Using Biyombo's pick-and-roll, he dribbled the ball laterally after reaching the middle distance obliquely, further widening his field of vision and gaining a certain shooting space at the same time.

An Xiaonan seized the opportunity to shoot and made a mid-range hit!
After the Rockets' pass went around a few times, it came to Harden's hands.

Harden unbelievably used the trick again to step back and take a three-pointer!
But, hit the iron!
An Xiaonan picked off the rebound, quickly advanced to the frontcourt, then observed the situation on the court, and directly rushed to the three-point line.

Paul's personal defense soon reached the tip of An Xiaonan's nose, and Paul's strong body firmly pressed against An Xiaonan, preventing An Xiaonan from taking another half step inward.

An Xiaonan made a sudden stop and turned around, causing Paul to stop in his tracks.Just when An Xiaonan was halfway through turning around, the turning movement stopped suddenly, and An Xiaonan actually used Paul's best turn and feint to change speed to break through!
Paul was taken aback, actually being tricked into the rhythm by An Xiaonan!
An Xiaonan slapped the ball abruptly, then made a layup to avoid the blocked shot and scored a layup!
An Xiaonan once again took over the offense and played a pick-and-roll with Gordon.Just as the Rockets shrunk to defend An Xiaonan's breakthrough, Gordon quietly withdrew beyond the three-point line.

An Xiaonan made a false move, and then directly threw the ball from behind to Gordon who was beyond the three-point line.

Paul was taken aback, and hurried forward to interfere.But Gordon's shot was one step ahead of Paul's after all.

The arc of the ball in the air was a bit abnormal, An Xiaonan saw something was wrong, and quickly squeezed in front of Capela.

Capela never expected that An Xiaonan's reaction would be so fast, that his big center would be blocked by An Xiaonan's small point guard?
Capela quickly took advantage of his strength to snatch the position back, the ball bumped on the rim, and luckily fell into the net.

This lucky goal widened the difference between the Magic and the Rockets to more than ten points.

Rockets are dangerous.

Paul stood up resolutely and wanted to carry the game, but An Xiaonan's fierce defense suddenly came up.Paul couldn't break through An Xiaonan for a while!
Paul has made too many breakthroughs in tonight's game, which is very different from his regimen of shooting this season.

Using a 33-year-old body to play a 23-year-old style of play, Paul is powerless, after all, he suffered a serious knee injury.

An Xiaonan successfully defended against the rocket's attack!
Gordon took off the rebound and glanced up at the timer.

The last 4 minutes! The Magic lead the Rockets by 95 points 84:[-]!
After receiving the ball, An Xiaonan dribbled the ball steadily for half court, and then stalled for time on the outside.

"Hush—" the audience booed for a while. At this time, An Xiaonan would spend every attack for 24 seconds in order to be sure of winning.

"Dang!" After holding down for 24 seconds, An Xiaonan missed a three-pointer from a long distance!
but!
Brilliant Biyombo grabs his [-]th offensive rebound tonight!
A shot put the ball beyond the three-point line!
An Xiaonan grabbed the ball in his arms before it crossed the half-court line, followed by Paul's close press.

Paul pushed An Xiaonan covertly, and An Xiaonan jumped up immediately, and his field of vision suddenly became wider. After An Xiaonan threw the ball to Fournier, he quickly ran back to the frontcourt.

In this way, the Magic shamelessly dragged on for another 24 seconds.

This time the offense scored, An Xiaonan assisted Augustine for a layup.

Thirteen points difference!
The Rockets tried to make a final counterattack, but under the leadership of An Xiaonan, the Magic's morale was greatly boosted, and they even adopted a half-court pressing defense first!
D'Antoni never expected Vogel to make this move. He wanted to raise his hand to call a timeout, but there was only the last one left...

We can only trust Paul's improvisation.

Paul saw through An Xiaonan's defensive flaw in an instant, and passed him with a change of direction.

But Paul did not realize that this was An Xiaonan's trick.

After passing An Xiaonan, Paul realized that he had fallen into a double-team trap! You must know that he is still some distance away from the three-point line at this moment!
The Magic's double-teaming was done very well, tightly blocking Paul's passing vision.Two two-meter-tall men surrounded Paul like this. Paul couldn't stick his head out, so he could only hug the ball tightly.

Barely no turnovers! But Paul took most of the team's shot time!
At this time, every second wasted is a fatal blow to the Rockets.

Harden finally received the ball, but the 24-second time limit was approaching.Harden can only throw the ball one meter away from the three-point line, and the result is three non-stick.

With only 3 minutes left in the game, the Magic held a [-]-point lead.

This lead was maintained until the last minute, but it is a pity that the Rockets do not have McGrady now.If there is McGrady, the Magic will have to be more cautious...

In the last 40 seconds, D'Antoni disarmed and surrendered, replaced all the main players, and used the substitute lineup to play garbage time.

Vogel also replaced An Xiaonan and other main players. Tonight they won a hearty and elated victory at the Toyota Center.

最终，魔术以105:93战胜火箭。安笑南全场比赛得到了27分11个助攻7个篮板2个抢断3个失误的数据，是今晚的mvp球员。

The best player for the Rockets is Chris Paul. He scored 21 points, 13 assists, 9 rebounds, 2 steals and 3 turnovers. Unfortunately, Harden did not perform well and they eventually lost the game.

(End of this chapter)