plumnovel Chapter 142 142. Anger and Shame
Chapter 142 142. Anger and Shame
Chapter 142 142. Anger and Shame
In this game, Su Jiu and Lewis will continue to miss the Magic team.
However, the Wizards are currently ranked last in the league, so before this game, the outside media can be said to be unanimously optimistic about the Magic.
Although the Magic is missing two generals, there are still not many people who think that the Wizards can beat the Magic in an upset.
After the start of the game, due to Haywood's absence due to injury, the starting center sent by the Wizards is JaVale McGee, who was selected with the 18th overall pick in the first round of this year's draft.
McGee's athletic ability can be said to be very good, and his wingspan has reached an astonishing level. Apart from his relatively low basketball IQ, he does not have too many shortcomings on the court.
Coupled with his youthful vigor and his already excellent jumping, it also made JaVale McGee a very good defensive frame protector as soon as he entered the league.
At present, McGee's biggest shortcoming is that besides his lack of concentration on the field, he may like to run more and move more. This also leads to his frequent fouls, and he often faces the risk of committing six fouls in a short period of time.
However, for the Wizards, apart from cultivating new players as much as possible this season, there is really not much to do.
Because if McGee is not used, then the Wizards will only have McGuire available as a center, an unreliable center who is good at everything but loose in everything, and his performance is often broken.
So under the three measures, the Wizards coach Eddie Jordan finally chose to use the younger and more athletic JaVale McGee as the team's starting center.
Looking at the roster of the Wizards this season, Su Jiu, who is currently sitting in front of the computer and watching the live broadcast of the game, is also hesitant.
A small Wizards team is actually Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, able to have Nick Young and McGee at the same time! !
I have to say that playing the last record in the league is not too exaggerated...
After the start of the game, as Su Jiu had guessed, Van Gundy still placed Courtney Lee as the starting small forward in this game.
Because apart from Xiao Lizi, Stan Van Gundy does not have too many high-quality players to choose from.
The Magic's strategy throughout the first quarter is also very obvious, that is, on the defensive end, they only need to pinch Caron Butler and Antawn Jamison.
After all, nearly half of the Wizards' average points per game this season are concentrated on these two. Once one of these two is blocked by the defense during the game, it will be difficult for the Wizards to make too much noise.
In addition, although McGee has excellent athletic ability, when facing Warcraft Howard, the rookie McGee, who was only a fledgling player, also received two fouls very early, and had to rest early to accept the fact that Howard sanctioned him.
Seeing this scene, Su Jiu, who was watching the live broadcast in front of the computer at the moment, also felt a little funny.
I believe that Howard at this time would never have imagined that in his career, there would be a day when he would serve as a substitute for McGee...
Although the Magic team lacked two generals throughout the first quarter, they still effectively suppressed the Wizards.
At the end of the first quarter, the Magic also lived up to expectations, temporarily on the road with:
22:16
Leading the Wizards by six points ended the first quarter.
After returning from the second quarter, the two sides also sent substitute lineups to confront each other.
Originally, the Magic team had a very big advantage in the substitute lineup, but after Su Jiu and Lewis were absent one after another, this also directly weakened the Magic team's second team to a large extent.
After the absence of Nelson and Courtney Lee, the Magic's second team is only left with waste dogs Redick and Gortat, which are barely passable.
As for Tony Batty, Stan Van Gundy never put too much thought on him.
However, as an off-ball shooter, Redick's offense with the ball is currently very bad.
So this also led to the lack of Nelson, which directly weakened the Magic's second team by more than half.
On the other hand, the Wizards, although the second team is not particularly good, but whether it is Nick Young or Brac, the average points per game of these two people this season are already in double figures.
Especially Nick Young, although the current Yang Shaoxia is only a second-year rookie with a very eye-catching afro, but for Nick Young, it is difficult for you to judge him based on his regular statistics.
Because when he doesn't feel good, you can even stay a few steps away from him and let him shoot as much as he wants.
But once a player like Nick Young feels overwhelmed, even if he is defended with Kobe's treatment, it may be difficult to suppress him from the root cause.
So in the second quarter, these advantages established by the Magic in the first quarter are being eroded by the Wizards bit by bit.
The second-year rookie Nick Young has been full of firepower since he came up. It is difficult to see the ball being passed by him again when the ball is in his hands.
But the ridicule is ridicule. When Nick Young faced Redick's defense, he played very comfortably like a personal training.
Rookie Nick Young played with full confidence in the second quarter. With his sudden inside and outside shots, he gradually pulled back the Wizards' disadvantage on the field by himself.
Seeing this scene, Stan Van Gundy couldn't help but frowned, and kept gesticulating on the court, so anxious that he kept roaring loudly.
Because for Stan Van Gundy, the pressure on him recently can be said to be a bit huge. Originally, he lost to the Lakers in the last nationally broadcast game, which made Van Gundy feel a little unwilling.
But losing to the Lakers is not a shameful thing after all, not to mention that the Magic missed two generals due to injuries in the last game, so this also made Van Gundy's face not too ugly.
However, this game is facing the Wizards who are the last in the league. The whole situation is still so stalemate. Not only is there no tendency to take the game away, it seems that there is a possibility of being gradually overtaken by the Wizards.
This directly made Van Gundy, who was ambitious this season, feel very angry.
Even at this time, Van Gundy has begun to miss Su Jiu and Lewis terribly.
Seeing that the situation on the field gradually began to get out of control, Van Gundy had no choice but to take the main lineup in advance.
The return of the main lineup also gradually stabilized the situation on the field, but for the Wizards, Nick Young's touch has become hot at this time, and it is completely a posture of blocking and killing gods and Buddhas.
The fiery touch also successfully helped the Wizards bite the score on the court.
In the end, at the end of halftime, the Wizards also successfully pulled the score back at home:
40:41
This result almost made Van Gundy so angry that he had a cerebral hemorrhage on the spot.
The angry Van Gundy ignored the players at the end of the halftime, but dropped the tactical board in his hand heavily, and then took the lead in walking towards the locker room...
The second watch should be in the daytime.
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Ask for a recommendation ticket! ! !
(End of this chapter)