NBA Tyrant

In the second quarter, Howard, who was trying to save his physical strength, definitely couldn't play immediately, so Francis made the transition with the second lineup to give Howard enough time to rest.

The Pistons, on their side, were similar, with Billups and Rasheed Wallace resting on the bench in the starters, while the rest of the team remained on the court.

Larry Brown's intention is obvious, which is to try to tear apart the defense of the Magic's bench lineup by letting Hamilton, the team's main scoring firepower, on the offensive end.

Mobley's single defense ability is good, but Hamilton, who is good at running without the ball defensively, is a little unsatisfactory on the court.

After two consecutive defenses, unable to successfully prevent Hamilton's mid-range score, Howard, who was sitting on the bench, couldn't help frowning and looking at the exhausted Mobley.

[It's not okay to go on like this, it's still necessary to maintain a targeted defensive method in the first quarter, otherwise not only will the score be overtaken, but it is estimated that the score gap will soon be widened. After

only three minutes of play, the score went from a 2-point lead to a 6-point deficit, and Johnny, who couldn't stand it, called a timeout.

Cato and Bradley, paired with Francis, Hill and Mobley, were clearly not a good fit tonight, and Howard was curious to see how his head coach would adjust his lineup and style of play.

"Later, Cato and Bradley will rest first, Garrity and Barty, you two up, listen, guys!

On the offensive end, Garrity and Barty both have the ability to shoot, open up space for me after covering, Francis, Hill, Mobley, the three of

you, when you form a block, give me a resolute impact on the inside, and if you encounter a help defense and a supplement, you will pass it back to Barty or Garriti, understand?"

Johnny obviously tasted the sweetness of infinite defense change in the first quarter, so he once again sacrificed the trick of infinite defense change.

However, the two interior players in the first quarter were Howard and Turkoglou, who did not suffer defensively in terms of speed and lateral agility against the Pistons' forward lineback.

Now with Garriti and Barty, Garriety's defense is not as active and serious as Turkogru, and in addition, Barty can't compare to Howard.

Therefore, after returning from the timeout, the Pistons faced the Magic's infinite change of defense, and they were not as constrained on the offensive end as they were in the first quarter, but became more and more confident as they played.

In particular, there is the presence of Big Ben on the inside, and in the face of Barty, he got several offensive rebounds directly on Barty's head and completed the second offense.

With 8 minutes left in the second quarter, the score had been stretched to a 10-point margin by the Pistons, and the Magic was 29:39 for the Pistons.

It has been proved that Johnny's pause adjustment is useless.

In desperation, Johnny called a timeout again.

Don't think about it, Howard also knows that he has to play at this time, otherwise it will be up to Francis, let alone stabilize the score, I'm afraid it will be difficult to stop losing points.

"Howard, it's been a 4-minute break, you should have regained some fitness!Sorry

, I can't give you more time to rest, now we're 10 points behind, we can't be pulled apart anymore, I need you to step up and score for the team!Defend the last line of defense for the team!"

Sure enough, Johnny's intention to call a timeout was to adjust the lineup and put Howard back on the court.

"Well, I see, don't worry! Coach! I'll give it my all.

Howard nodded, signaling that he understood.

At this time, the Pistons also sent Billups and Rashid Wallace again to put Hamilton down to rest, and the main scoring points became Rashid Wallace and Billups.

Howard's tasks are, one is to defend defensive rebounds, one is to break the Magic's scoring drought on the offensive end, and finally to guard the interior.

Howard pulled over Turkoglou and looked at the Pistons' bench.

"Later I'll defend Rasheed Wallace, you stick up to defend it, the main defense shot, if he wants to break through, you stick to him, let him in, I'll make up for it, lock him up and lock him in and pass space.

"Okay! I see!" Seeing

that Turkoglu understood what he meant, Howard patted Turkoglu on the back in encouragement, then turned to look at Nelson again.

"Nelson, I guess the Pistons will choose to wrap me in the low post later, I won't score too much inside, play more with me to block and dismantle

, remember to attract Big Ben's defense after blocking and dismantling, and then pass to me, and you are ready to catch the ball at any time, with the lesson of the first quarter, the Pistons will definitely not continue to let me go of my mid-range shooting. "

Originally, it was the head coach Johnny who arranged it, but in the face of the Pistons led by the old and spicy Larry Brown, Johnny obviously looked a little immature.

Therefore, Howard had to enrich the team's offensive and defensive play, and after the order, the timeout was over, and several people walked into the court together.

The Magic's offense, according to the tactical play set at the timeout, Howard mentioned the three-point line position and gave Nelson cover to block and dismantle.

After successfully blocking Billups, Nelson quickly rushed to the inside, and after drawing Big Ben inside, Nelson turned around and wanted to pass to Howard.

But this time the Pistons were prepared, and Billups no longer chose to chase Nelson, but blocked in front of Howard and did not let Howard receive the ball.

There's no way to pass it on to Howard, and Nelson doesn't know what to do.

"Get out! Battier, you go to the top of the arc to catch the ball!" Seeing

that Nelson didn't dare to make a rash shot in the face of Big Ben, and Billups cut off the passing route in front of him, Howard immediately reminded him.

Then he squeezed into the waist position, stuck Billups behind him, and reached out to signal Battier, who received Nelson's pass, to drop the ball for him.

"Battier, give it to me!" Howard

, who managed to receive the ball, was completely unstressed in the face of Billups, who was only 92 kilograms tall at 191.

A back-to-back hit knocked Billups out of the way, and after gaining enough space, he turned and swept over Billups with the ball in both hands, took a big step towards the basket, and made a direct hook.

"Billups, it's not a wise choice to defend me! You should be glad I didn't use my strength, otherwise..."

The score was too easy, and Howard couldn't help but joke at Billups, who could only look at himself, and shook his head, as if to say that I showed mercy to your men.

"Even if you hit me with an inside back, if I get hurt, I don't think our big book will let you go.

Billups didn't care about Howard's words at all, and gestured to Big Ben with his eyes, showing Howard's meaningful smile at him.

"......???"

Howard directly black question mark face.

[What does this mean, if I hurt you, Big Ben will do something to me? Don't be kidding, he has to dare, I'm not a soft persimmon, okay!And dare to fight, the alliance will never let him go

!Wait! No! Billups just wants to scare me and affect my mentality! Let me have some scruples on the offensive end, heh! It's really insidious!]

Thinking about Billups' intention in saying this, Howard narrowed his eyes and glanced at Billups again.

[Only 28 years old, so mature and insidious, worthy of being an FMVP who can shine on the finals stage!

"Hmph!".