explosive dribbler

Chapter 140 An Xiaonan vs Wall
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Now that the game has started, let me introduce the starting rosters of both sides:

Home team: Orlando Magic:

Point guard An Xiaonan,
Shooting guard Evan Fournier,
Small forward Mario Hezonja,

Power forward Aaron Gordon,
Center Nikola Vucevic.

Head coach Frank Vogel.

Away Team: Washington Wizards:

Point guard John Wall,

shooting guard Bradley Beal,

Small Forward Otto Porter,
Power forward Markieff Morris,
Center Marcin Gortat.

Head coach Scott Brooks.

Gortat and Vucevic jumped the ball in the middle circle. As a veteran center in the league, Gortat's physical function and reaction ability have been greatly reduced, and the first offense fell into the hands of the Magic.

An Xiaonan dribbled the ball to the frontcourt. The starting lineup they sent tonight put both shooters on it.

Hezonia has performed well recently, averaging 2.8 three-pointers per game, and he has been reused by Vogel.

In this game that has no impact on the Magic's playoff rankings, the Magic obviously will not go all out to fight the Wizards.An Xiaonan has only played 22 to 23 minutes in four consecutive games, and this game is probably no exception.

On the first offense, Fournier hit a mid-range jumper!

John Wall dribbles upfield.He is recognized as the fastest point guard in the league today.An Xiaonan's explosive speed was slightly inferior to that of John Wall.

An Xiaonan attached great importance to defending John Wall, which is why his statistics were not so good when he played against Wall.Because he put most of his energy on defense.

The Wizards attacked for the first time, and Bradley Beal missed a forced layup.

An Xiaonan took off the rebound, quickly advanced to the frontcourt, and then directly passed a long horizontal pass to Hezonja's hands.Hezonja quickly passed the ball to Gordon after attracting the Wizards' defense.

Gordon received the ball and retreated beyond the three-point line, then jumped up and shot.

The ball misses!Porter took the rebound and handed the ball to Wall.

Neither Wall nor An Xiaonan showed their offensive strength at the beginning.Everyone is a point guard, so it is natural to pass the ball to mobilize teammates at the beginning.

Bradley Beal was in good form tonight. He scored 3 points on 4 of 2 shots in 5 minutes.

Wall finally attacked!
When the attack time was approaching, Wall faced An Xiaonan's defense, and with a standard crossover, he passed An Xiaonan in the blink of an eye!
An Xiaonan gritted his teeth, no matter how many times he faced Wall's breakthroughs, he still couldn't find a way to keep up with his pace!
Wall forcibly entered the inside line, attracted Vucevic, and directly threw the ball high.

Gortat received the ball in the air and dunked it in!

A perfect alley-oop.

Tonight's Wizards played this game with the mentality of seeing death as home.

The Magic were relentlessly guarded by them, and they failed to make three consecutive offenses.

The Wizards also made three offenses, and Wall scored two of them.

In the first 5 minutes, the Wizards directly beat the Magic 15:7.

Vogel called a timeout.

During the timeout, Vogel made some defensive tactical deployments for Wall's breakthrough. They decided to double-team Wall to force Wall to pass the ball.

After the timeout, this tactic had a certain effect, and the Wizards' shooting percentage plummeted to less than 2%.And An Xiaonan also took advantage of this opportunity to continue to cooperate with Gordon, and they evened the score gap after [-] minutes.

The offensive power of the Wizards' double guns in the backcourt should not be underestimated. Turning around, Bradley Beal fired a three-pointer from outside the three-point line, breaking the Wizards' scoring shortage.

Afterwards, An Xiaonan and Gordon were replaced for a rest.

With the current playoff enemy, the main players of the Magic need more rest.Rest is the most important thing, this game can be won or not won for them.

But that's not the case for the bench players who have finally had a chance to show themselves, because they need more playing time.If you want to get more playing time, you must perform well in limited opportunities to gain Frank Vogel's appreciation and attention.

So they play with a winning mentality.

Speights and Shelvin Mark played exceptionally actively. The two of them played exquisite offenses inside and outside, and they held up the banner of the Magic's offense.

The magic of this second army is not inferior to the Wizards' double guns in the backcourt.

At the end of the first quarter, Wall had scored eight points and three assists, Bill had scored eleven points and two rebounds, but the Wizards trailed the Magic 28:30.

In the second quarter, after An Xiaonan played, Wall started his full attack mode.

Wall dribbled the ball and came in front of An Xiaonan. An Xiaonan bent slightly and stared at Wall attentively.He has to work hard to defend Wall. If he is not careful, Wall will pass him directly.

Wall took advantage of the center forward's pick-and-roll and found a breakthrough rhythm.

An Xiaonan's defensive position is obviously backward, because Wall's lack of three-point ability is known to the entire league.This is also John Wall's biggest shortcoming.If Wall's three-point shooting percentage can reach more than 40.00%, then the record of the Washington Wizards is at least the top five in the Eastern Conference.

This makes targeted defense much easier.

Wall tried to break through An Xiaonan, but his advantage in speed was wiped out by the short distance. An Xiaonan successfully blocked Wall's breakthrough!
Wall snorted secretly, trying to turn around and break through An Xiaonan, but Wall's turn was not very good... An Xiaonan once again defended.

Wall can only pass the ball to the inside, and the inside player forcibly hooks and misses the shot.

An Xiaonan passed the ball and rushed to the frontcourt to launch a counterattack.

Wall appeared in front of him immediately, An Xiaonan suddenly slowed down and raised his head to pretend to raise the ball to shoot, Wall's center of gravity was instantly lifted by An Xiaonan.

An Xiaonan suddenly leaned over and accelerated!
The explosive power of Wall, who is not weak, was displayed all at once!

Because Wall's center of gravity was raised, he had to lower his center of gravity to defend An Xiaonan's breakthrough before moving his feet.In this way, he couldn't keep up with An Xiaonan.

An Xiaonan successfully used this technique to pass Wall!

An Xiaonan rushed to the inside in one go, Markieff Morris had already rushed back to the basket, and the duel between the two was imminent!
An Xiaonan didn't pay much attention to Morris at all, and leaped high inside the free throw line with a gesture of giving it up!
Seeing An Xiaonan jumping up and dunking the dunk, Morris had given up the idea of ​​blocking the shot.

Because he knew what kind of serious consequences this would cause.

(End of this chapter)