Chapter 191: The rightful rebounding king
"Rebounding !!"
At the Amway Center in Orlando, the game between the Philadelphia 76ers and the Orlando Magic has come to the second half of the fourth quarter.
With about five minutes remaining, the score was 88-82 and the 76ers led by six points.
The Magic's offense failed to hit, and Nelson, who was eager to save the world, was very annoyed, although the basketball was still flying in the air, and the two big men under the basket were just starting to jump, and it seemed that everyone had hope of grabbing the rebound.
But Nelson knows that Chen Mu has a big chance of winning.
"Smack!"
With one hand, Chen Mu grabbed the rebound steadily, Howard not far away was angry, his body had not yet landed, and Chen Mu had already copied a pass and sent a long pass.
Iguodala was like lightning, Chen Mu passed the ball just right on the street outside the three-point line, and then began to dribble and sprint, Ariza chased closely, and the speed did not suffer, and the two formed a side balance for a while.
The two physical maniacs are very fast, sprinting on the field like two sports cars, and the roar is constant, causing people's blood to gush.
"Bang bang!"
With a sudden stoppage, Iguodala used former boss Iverson's favorite stoppage crotch, and after letting Ariza go to his side, he started again, and once he worshipped the Buddha, he rushed to the basket like a ghost.
This time the dribble, although it shook off Ariza, also gave Nelson a chance to catch up, and when Iguodala actually came to the basket, Nelson was already waiting there, with his hands outstretched, and his feet would stand outside the reasonable collision zone, as if trying to make Iguodala an offensive foul.
At the beginning of the third quarter, Iguodala suffered this loss, and the frustration of Hill making an offensive foul with an old spicy prediction has not dissipated, and now Nelson wants to play this trick again. Iguodala's heart was on fire when she saw it, and suddenly she started jumping a big step away from Nelson, and her whole body glided like an airplane.
"This kid...... Lose your marbles! ”
Nelson didn't expect it at all, and he has always played calmly. Iguodala, whose first priority is passing and reasonableness, suddenly made such a choice, and he had no time to dodge, so he could only watch the black shadow rise into the sky. With his legs apart, he actually flew over his head!
"Bang!"
The angry heavy buckle seemed to vent the anger in the heart of Iguodala, who did not play well throughout the game, and the roar after landing made the fans in front of the TV feel a little familiar.
"This Andrey...... How this offensive is chosen. and the roar after scoring, all of them are exactly the same as that arrogant Chinese kid?! ”
may have stayed by Chen Mu's side for a long time, and even a young and mature player like Iguodala has made a seemingly unreasonable choice. In fact, you and I both know very well that Iguodala has the capital to deduct from others, and his body will only suffer in strength even if he plays against LeBron in the future.
But the basketball philosophy and education he has always received have made Iguodala form a seemingly old-fashioned style of play, and he rarely makes such risky choices.
Only Chen Mu knows. In the years that followed, Iguodala, who had always had poor projection, had repeatedly taken on the role of suppressing the whistle, and the results were good.
Doesn't this just prove that in the heart of this seemingly old player, there is also a domineering attitude that gives up on me?
"Good Ball !!"
The 76ers' bench exploded in an instant, the players stood up and cheered wildly, and Carney, who had been mediocre in recent games, was even more excited. You know, the two who just completed this wonderful counterattack on the field. It is the breakfast club member who meets with him every morning in the equipment room, his real "court instructor"!
"Dwight, rebound !!"
On the sidelines, veteran coach Brian Hill was going crazy. From the beginning of the third quarter, Howard was disturbed by Chen Mu's way of grabbing rebounds, thinking too much when grabbing rebounds, and after a few mistakes, Chen Mu grabbed rebounds above his head in a row, and couldn't help shouting. Remind love to lift spirits.
Brian Hill knows very well in his heart that in terms of pure strength in grabbing rebounds, Chen Mu is far from Howard's opponent. But this hateful Chinese boy has frequent strange tricks on the field.
If I'm not mistaken, when studying the 76ers lineup before the game, Hill once watched a video of a game when Chen Mu was still with the Suns. In the face of Garnett, the rebounding king with amazing strength, Chen Mu actually came up with a strange trick like a one-third probability game, which disturbed the battle-hardened wolf king.
Howard is talented, and his personal strength is soaring rapidly, if the basketball game is one-on-one under the basket, Howard can definitely beat Chen Mu's father and mother without knowing him.
But it's just such a seemingly unreliable Chinese kid, but his mind is as spicy as a 40-year-old ball, every action has a back move, every action is meaningful, and every scramble can create chaos for the other party.
"Damn Chinese Kid ......"
Watching Chen Mu once again pick up the rebound on the defensive end and send a pass with a "sassy" face, Brian Hill couldn't help but start fantasizing about a scene.
"If you can recruit this kid into your team and form a penalty area duo with Dwight, won't the other teams in the league have to play?"
Howard's rebounding control and strength advantage, defensive assistance and covering the sun, Chen Mu's mid-range and back-to-back singles, rebounding maniac attributes and a mysterious pass, the single defense is also a little level.
If the thoughts in the old coach's heart really come true, I am afraid that the entire Eastern League will be completely destroyed by this pair of inside combinations. Supplemented by an outside passer and singles, plus a reliable 3-and-D player, it will be like having fun winning three or five championships over time.
It's a pity that speculation is fantasy after all, no matter how much Billikin hates Chen Mu, with Chen Mu's performance this season, even if he finds fifty people to break into his office and put a knife against his neck, he will not let Chen Mu go.
A businessman can have emotions, but not too stupid, can he?
The game continued on the court, and the 76ers still didn't have a good way to do it after the offensive end fell to the ground, and the Magic's defense was very targeted, almost strangling Korver completely. Miller and Iguodala continued to make strong breakaway shots, with a pitiful low shooting percentage.
Fortunately, Chen Mu can still grab frontcourt rebounds from time to time to continue the team's life, and use his own passes and strong shots to create killings, so the score gap is not forced to close.
As the clock ticked by, there were only two minutes left before the end of the game, the score became 95-86, and the 76ers' lead gradually expanded, and a victory was close at hand.
"Rebounding!"
It's another offense miss, Miller is a little skeptical that he should buy a shooting plug-in and change a set of action bags to play, and the Magic team is in chaos under the basket, Chen Mu, Howard, Hunter, Turkoglou, the four interior players jumped at the same time and began to scramble.
If this rebound is grabbed by the 76ers and the second offense is completed......
The Magic team is in trouble!
That's what Howard thinks in his heart, that's what Turkoglu thinks in his heart, that's what Bryan Hill thinks in his heart, and so does the fans in the stadium.
In this last obsession, Howard, who was theoretically about to run out of physical strength, seemed to have taken a strong pill, and actually flew higher than usual, jumping on the spot to grab a rebound, and his head was almost hitting the basket.
The extremely strong jump at a glance is small, even a bounce master like Chen Mu is willing to bow to the wind, Howard under the absolute height advantage of both hands, fiercely pick up the rebound, and close the ball steadily after landing.
“FAST…… Well? ”
Just wanted to learn from Chen Mu to make a morale-boosting fast-break pass, Howard suddenly felt that the basketball raised to the back of his head was empty and suddenly disappeared.
"Huh"
The thief's terrible Miller seemed to have expected Howard to make this final struggle, and the moment the four inside players jumped, the thief slipped to the basket. Taking advantage of the moment when Howard landed on the ground, he opened his hand to pass the ball above his head, took off with his inconspicuous bounce, reached out and hugged it, and actually cut off the basketball from Howard's hand and completed the layup.
“FXXXXXXXXXXXXXK!!!”
In the roar of Howard and Bryan Hill at the same time, the game finally lost its suspense.
A few minutes later, the game ended.
"6 wins, 3 losses!"
The 76ers were ecstatic, and after the Iverson trade was completed, the players on the team said that they didn't expect that with the current lineup, they could actually get a good record.
In the Atlantic Zone, the 76ers briefly climbed to the top of the spot!
In the Amway Arena, Howard and Bryan Hill cursed incessantly, Grant Hill sighed in amazement, warm like a family heirloom, Nelson and Turkogru were frustrated and regretted their bad hand, and Orlando fans booed, which was not only given to the 76ers who won away from home, but also to the Magic team who fought at home and finally lost.
"Dwight, great game!"
When everything settled, Chen Mu walked to Howard, who couldn't help shaking his head, and stretched out his hand in a friendly manner.
“……”
Looking at Chen Mu, Howard still didn't burst out of anger, this big man who showed himself as a big boy most of the time, finally sighed and shook hands with Chen Mu.
"Chen."
Just as Chen Mu was about to walk out of the court with his teammates, Howard's voice came again.
"Grab the rebounds and wait for me in Philadelphia."
A rare murderous aura appeared on Howard's face, and he said word by word: "This season, I will definitely get the rebounding king ......!" ”
“…… Ha ha. ”
Chen Mu smiled when he heard this: "Okay, I'll wait for you!" ”
After saying this, Chen Mu waved his hand at Howard and walked out of the players' tunnel, and in front of his eyes, the badge of the tenacious rebounder who had been upgraded for winning the title of the week again had turned into a silver texture.
In the competition with Howard, Chen Mu won the rebounding battle, and Chen Mu can finally accept the title of the current league's rebounding king!
However, in Chen Mu's heart, there was another thing that affected his emotions.
"The road trip is over, it's time to go back to Philadelphia. I don't know Chris's situation, how ...... exactly! (To be continued.) )