Chapter 1365: A 25-Point Victory without Any Bloodshed

"We still have a chance. We must ensure the success rate on the offensive end. Turkoglu, don't fight with Ji Feng and let the ball flow! Listen! We have to play more actively!"

"Try to defend Ji Feng and Kobe as much as possible. Don't let them take shots easily. Let them break through. We have Dwight, Dwight! You go on to the court and stay inside. That's their no-fly zone!"

"Dwight! Dwight!"

Van Gundy is still eloquent and spares no effort to explain the tactics. The core of his tactics is still Howard. It will definitely not work without him on both the offensive and defensive ends.

But he found that Howard's eyes were dull. After he shouted twice and there was no response, Van Gundy had to pat his thigh: "Hey! Are you listening? Stay alert, kid!"

Only then did Howard react, shook his head to dispel the chaotic thoughts, forced himself to return to calmness, and then replied: "I'm here, coach, no problem, leave it to me!"

But despite saying this, everyone can see that Howard is no longer in the state at the moment, and even his reaction has slowed down.

"OK! Relax kid, this isn't the end of the world, it's just a dunk, go up and dunk it back!" Van Gundy shook his head. He knew that his disciple's current state was no longer right, but he could only let it go at this time. He returned to the court, but before he came on the court, he patted Howard on the shoulder and enlightened him with sincere words.

"Understood!" Howard nodded and walked onto the court. Of course he thought so too. He wanted to go up and teach Ji Feng a lesson now!

Ji Feng's dunk just now was absolutely a huge humiliation in his eyes, comparable to being dunked by Kobe when he first entered the league. No, this ball made him more angry than that ball, because he was just a rookie at that time, and Kobe was the league's great super star. Huge, and using the method that Kobe is good at. He was dunked just because he was on top of his defense, which was praised at the beginning.

But Ji Feng's shot was different. Firstly, he was one of the top superstars in the Eastern Conference at this time, and his popularity among the All-Stars was even more than that of James. Secondly, Ji Feng actually used a back body, turned around and dunked during the confrontation, and even caused him a foul. , and it's under the basket, the area where his pride lies. This simply doesn't treat him as a human being!

This is really unbearable!

However, Howard was hit by another arrow in the knee as soon as he came up. Because the timeout ended, Ji Feng took a free throw. Ji Feng stood on the free throw line and smiled at Howard and said: "Thank you Dwight."

puff!

Howard's head suddenly went up. He felt like he was about to spurt blood at this moment. This simple sentence without a single curse word caused Howard to be hurt a lot!

"FUCK!" Howard turned around and roared fiercely. He did not go directly to trouble Ji Feng, because that would definitely result in a technical foul or even worse. He felt that this was the effect Ji Feng wanted. This guy Ji Feng It’s getting really difficult!

Even Lewis next to Howard looked at Ji Feng with devilish eyes after hearing this, and secretly labeled Ji Feng as someone not to be trifled with. The level of this kind of trash talk is really astonishing!

But Ji Feng is a little baffled, because to be honest, Ji Feng is really grateful to Howard. He is such a good man. Without Howard, he would have had to wait until a long time before he had the opportunity to do this task. Therefore, these words of thanks are actually sincere. !

But the effect was completely beyond Ji Feng's expectation...

A steady free throw gave the Lakers an 11-point lead. The Magic attacked. Originally, this attack was very important. If scored, the point difference could be maintained within 10 points. This was of great significance. Therefore, the Magic should have been more cautious. But because he received tons of stimulation, Howard was eager to regain face, so he waved his big elbow crazily as soon as he entered the inside and tried to get a single.

But Howard's movement was really too big. When Howard raised his elbow, Bynum fell directly in response!

"Beep!" The referee blew the whistle decisively and waved his hand heavily: "Magic, Dwight Howard, pushing foul!"

“WHAT???”

As soon as Howard received the ball, he had to accept the fact that the ball had changed hands...

"WHY! Did you see clearly! This is a normal action! FUCK!" Howard took the ball and asked the referee to argue, with a very helpless and angry expression on his face.

But it was clear in slow motion that although Bynum would not be knocked down by such an action, the action was indeed a classic elbow swing. Bynum just made reasonable use of the rules to commit a foul.

Howard was pulled away by his teammates, but he still kept chattering, causing the referee to run over and give him a special warning before Howard gave up.

"Howard is a little out of control now. He committed two consecutive fouls in a short period of time, and the number of fouls has reached 3. This third quarter is still very long. He has to control his emotions, otherwise it will be difficult for them to chase points if this continues. Yes." Su Qun said.

However, as someone who often commentates on Magic games, he actually knows very well that Howard's mentality is out of balance. This ball is proof that Howard has begun to lose control of his body. When Howard's mentality explodes, he often eats on offense and defense. The reason for the foul is that he often uses too much force.

This is definitely not good news for the Magic.

But what is very confusing is that there is no way for the Magic to adjust.

Sure enough, it was the same as Su Qun's prediction. Although Howard was very active in the paint, his success rate was very low. Not only did he miss three shots, but Ji Feng quickly broke through on the defensive end and got his fourth foul. No rest.

As soon as Howard came off the court, the Magic's offensive and defensive system immediately became very fragile. Without a pillar inside, the Lakers Twin Towers had everything they wanted. In the last 3 and a half minutes, Gasol and Bynum scored 10 points together.

This wave of offensive directly allowed the Lakers to widen the point difference to 20 points at the end of the third quarter. The Magic scored an embarrassing 14 points in this quarter. Counting the 19 points in the second quarter, the Magic had scored less than 20 points in two consecutive quarters. points, and the Lakers scored 29 and 31 points in these two quarters.

The 20-point advantage made the Lakers relax in the last quarter. Their shooting percentage was a bit low at the beginning, especially when Ji Feng was replaced. The Magic seized the opportunity and launched a 10-3 attack wave.

But Ji Feng immediately stopped the decline after his return. The method was to force a breakthrough and cause trouble for Howard. Howard, who had four fouls, should have been more cautious, especially when defending and blocking shots.

But he really hated Ji Feng so much that he couldn't help it when he saw Ji Feng entering the inside line. Now he was tricked by Ji Feng!

Snapped!

Ji Feng fouled Howard again!

Howard, who committed five fouls, became the target of the Lakers. Kobe and Ji Feng took the ball and rushed in. Bynum also kept looking for opportunities. Finally, with 4 and a half minutes left in the game, Kobe made a sudden breakthrough. 2+1!

Although Lewis raised his hands to signal that he had committed a foul, the referee still gave it to Howard, and the foul was discharged in the first game of the Western Conference Finals.

There was no suspense in the game after that. The Lakers easily took away the victory at home 105-80, with a 25-point advantage, and won their first victory in the Finals!