Chapter 181(1/2)
Open high and leave low
Before we knew it, time has come to late December. (《》.com) In the past half month, the Magic's record has been very bad, even very poor. Compared with the beginning of the season, the Magic's record has shown a high opening and low closing.
On December 7, the Magic lost to the Atlanta Hawks at their home court. In this game, the Magic's score was a new low this season, with only 74 points, and the team's offense was in trouble.
On December 10, the Magic lost to the Mavericks away again. In this game, their defense and offense were very poor. The Mavericks star, Caron Butler, scored a new high in the new season in this game, with 38 points, and the Magic's perimeter defense was broken into a scorching scorch.
After this game, Wu Feng and other players were even criticized by head coach Stan Van Gundy.
On December 11, the Magic faced the Utah Jazz back to back at home. They allowed the opponent to score a season-high 117 points, and naturally lost the victory of the game at their home court.
However, on December 13, the Magic finally stopped their three-game losing streak, and they defeated the Clippers away.
However, in the next three games, the Magic lost two of them.
In this way, the Magic's record fell 20 wins and 8 losses, and their ranking in the East District dropped to fifth place.
During the past half month of the game, Wu Feng's performance also declined with the Magic's record.
In the last seven games, Wu Feng averaged 35 minutes per game, but he was able to score only 13.2 points, 8.5 assists and 5.4 rebounds. This performance is simply a level lower than before.
So, all the brick beasts who were not optimistic about the Magic Team and Wu Feng started to clamor for a moment, saying that the Magic Team was just a paper tiger and lost a lot when they encountered a strong team. Wu Feng is indeed a seriously overrated player, and his performance will get worse and worse.
What the Magic Team and Wu Feng need to do most at this time is to prove themselves.
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On December 22, local time in the United States, the Magic faced the challenge of the Dallas Mavericks in the Western Conference at home.
The Mavericks' performance last season was a trembling performance, and they won the second place in the Western Conference in the regular season, but they fell in front of their old opponents Spurs in the first round of the playoffs.
During the 2010 offseason, the team's main move was to renew the contract. Dirk Nowitzki and Brendan Heywood all received a satisfactory contract from Cuban, and Cuban also paid off this season.
This season, the Mavericks have a perfect record of 22 wins and 5 losses, and are currently ranked second in the West, only half a win behind the top Spurs.
Therefore, the Mavericks are also the favorite to win the championship this season. For the Magic, such a game is definitely a fierce battle.
However, the Magic are also looking forward to this game because they are eager to prove themselves. This game is their best chance to prove themselves.
During this period, the Magic fell into rumors. These rumors were very unfavorable to the Magic and seriously affected their morale.
Wu Feng is the player in the Magic team that has received the most public opinion in the outside world, and almost most of the bricks are not optimistic about Wu Feng.
Therefore, in this game, Wu Feng also tried his best to prove himself.
At half past six, fans were waiting for the game for a long time and officially started.《》.com
The Magic starts five tigers: organizational defender Wu Feng, shooting guard Vince Carter, small forward Gerald Wallace, power forward Brandon Bass, center Dwight Howard;
Portland Mavericks: center Brandon Haywood, power forward Dirk Nowitzki, small forward Sean Marion, shooting guard Caron Butler, and organization guard Jason Kidd.
At the beginning of the game, Brandon Haywood jumped and won Dwight Howard, gave the racket to his teammate Jason Kidd, and won the first ball for the Mavericks.
By the time Jason Kidd dribbled through half the game, the Magic team members were already running and ready to defend.
Jason Kidd looked at Brandon Haywood in the inside and wanted to pass the ball to the latter. However, when he saw Brandon Haywood still fighting Dwight Howard for a fierce position, he changed his first intention and passed the ball to Caron Butler.
After receiving the ball, Caron Butler immediately pressed his waist and made an attacking posture, and his eyes were placed tightly on Wu Feng in front of him.
Caron Butler is in good shape this season. He is the team's second scorer and can average 18 points per game, second only to Nowitzki, the 'German Chariot'.
Wu Feng opened his arms and looked at Caron Butler quietly, very calm.
Caron Butler felt an invisible pressure coming towards him and wanted to knock him down.
Wu Feng silently stared at the unmoved Caron Butler in front of him, with no expression on his face.
Caron Butler suddenly started, accelerated suddenly, and broke through Wu Feng's left at a lightning speed, easily crossing Wu Feng's defense range.
While Caron Butler crossed Wu Feng, Wu Feng immediately started and followed Caron Butler and blocked part of his offensive route.
Of course, it is only part of it. There is still some offensive routes that are still open to Caron Butler. If you want to block this route, another person must come and double-team Caron Butler with Wu Feng. And this person also appeared, he is Dwight Howard in the inside.
Dwight Howard came to help Wu Feng double-team Caron Butler, but just as Caron Butler was about to be double-teamed by two people, he suddenly passed the ball out.
The German tank looked at the lack of defensive players in front of him, so he dunked the ball into the basket without any hesitation.
"Bang", Dirk Nowitzki shook his arm hard.
"Damn..." Dwight Howard cursed, turned around and walked to the sideline to take the basketball from the referee's hand, and passed the ball to his teammate Gerald Wallace, allowing him to drive the ball to organize the attack.
At this time, Wu Feng had already arrived in the midfield.
Wu Feng received the pass from his teammate and bent down to protect the ball and prepared for the offense. The enemy in front of him was resolutely Caron Butler.
Jason Kidd is already 37 years old, and at his speed it is obvious that he can't keep up with Wu Feng. So Mavericks head coach Rick Carlisle asked Caron Butler to defend Wu Feng.
Wu Feng dribbled outside the three-point line, his eyes were always on his opponent Caron Butler, and his teammates were constantly running, looking for opportunities to support Wu Feng.
After strolling outside the three-point line for more than ten seconds, Wu Feng winked at Dwight Howard, who was inside. The latter understood it and hurriedly ran to where Wu Feng was. "".com
If it were the past, when people saw Dwight Howard running like this, they would definitely think that Dwight Howard was going to play a pick-and-roll for Wu Feng.
However, this time Dwight Howard did not pick and drop Wu Feng, but received the ball.
When Dwight Howard ran outside the three-point line, Wu Feng passed the ball to Dwight Howard as soon as possible, and he immediately started and rushed into the three-point line.
"Huh?" Caron Butler was a little confused, but subconsciously hurriedly followed Wu Feng. However, at this time, Wu Feng was already one meter away from him.
Wu Feng, who rushed into the inside, turned around, looked at Caron Butler behind him, and then winked at Dwight Howard.
The latter understood again, threw the ball towards the basket with both hands, and Wu Feng had already stepped into the unguarded penalty area of the Mavericks.
"Ah!" With a loud roar, Wu Feng seized the opportunity of Caron Butler not being able to keep up with him. He exerted his strength with his feet and soared into the air. He caught the flying basketball in front of the air. At this moment, he turned his back to the basket.
"Oh, the cake seller, this is..."
At this moment, all the Magic fans present held their breath, the blood in their bodies began to heat up, their hearts beat faster, and they didn't even dare to blink, because they didn't want to miss the next wonderful moment.
At this time, Wu Feng's head had already touched the Nets. His muscles tightened instantly, and he poured his arms and hands with his domineering force, and the ball entered the basket.
"Bang" air relay, and turn around and buckle your hands heavily.
This time, the air relay is definitely very difficult. Because, when Dwight Howard passed the ball, Wu Feng not only had to judge the route of the ball, but also accurately found the position of the basket during the flight. He used a back button and could not see the basket clearly with his eyes.
Quiet, absolutely quiet!
All the Magic fans in the Amway Center Arena were conquered by Wu Feng's dunk, and they only felt that the blood in their bodies was boiling and their blood was boiling.
"Wu Feng, Wu Feng, Wu Feng..." All the fans present went crazy. Some of them shouted, some applauded, and some shouted.
The fans on the scene were all using the simplest words and actions to express their emotions, express their love and support for Wu Feng.
2:2.
"Man, your pass is so beautiful." Wu Feng excitedly hit the chest with Dwight Howard.
Dwight Howard smiled and said, "So too, you are really handsome this time in the air relay."
The ‘Old Demon’ Kidd was very stable and patient. After waiting for his teammates to run out of the open space, he made a wonderful pass from Nowitzki and assisted him to make a mid-range shot.
4:2.
Dwight Howard played back-to-back singles against Brandon Haywood, forcibly squeezed out his opponent and dunked.
4:4.
Kidd passed the ball to Dirk Nowitzki, who singled out Brandon Bass, and the Golden Rooster turned around and scored another goal.
6:4.
On the Magic, Wu Feng took advantage of his absolute speed advantage and forcibly broke through, tearing open the Mavericks' perimeter defense line and passed the ball to Vince Carter.
After receiving Wu Feng's pass from the right wing outside the three-point line, Vince Carter received a pass from the forty-five degrees outside the right wing, he took a decisive move, and with a "swish", the ball went hollow into the net!
6:7.
The Mavericks still handed over the first offense to Dirk Nowitzki, but this time, his shot failed. The "Old Demon" Kidd actually grabbed the offensive rebound and passed it to Brandon Haywood at the basket.
Brandon Haywood wanted to dunk at the basket, but took Dwight Howard's hot pot.
Brandon Haywood seemed a little dissatisfied and reported to the referee that the "Warcraft" blocking foul was made. But the referee did not have a bird, and the game continued.
Wu Feng got the previous rebound, and he passed the ball to Gerald Wallace, who scored a three-pointer outside the three-point line, but did not score.
However, since the Mavericks' big players have not yet returned, Vince Carter has grabbed the offensive rebound.
After 'ufo' grabbed the offensive rebound, he transferred the ball to Wu Feng, who had just arrived at the Mavericks' half.
Wu Feng broke through with the ball and reached near the free throw line, and completed an alley relay with Vince Carter, who took the ball and went into the basketball.
Many fans were disappointed and sighed. For such a ball, they hoped to be an alley relay dunk.
After all, as one of the best players in NBA history, the alley relay actually uses layups instead of dunks. In reasonable terms, this goal is too unreasonable.
The Mavericks' offense was still fruitless. After the Magic protected the rebound, they came back and scored a 2-pointer.
The ‘Old Demon’ Kidd showed his three-pointer ability again, using his teammate Dirk Nowitzki's cover to hit a three-pointer in the corner.
Vince Carter shook his head in disappointment. He could defend such a ball. After all, Jason Kidd's speed was not fast. Although his speed had also dropped a lot, it was still more than enough to keep up with Jason Kidd.
However, Dirk Nowitzki's cover...
On the Magic, Vince Carter wanted to score a three-pointer, but unfortunately, he failed to hit.
To be continued...