Li Wan's current skills can play 1v1 with Deron Williams.

Even if it's a lot of 1v1.

With his super-fast first step, Li Wan can mobilize Deron Williams' focus and look for breakthrough opportunities.

only……

That would be too tiring.

Whether it's the Jazz's defensive ability or Deron Williams' ability to step up, Li Wan doesn't want to score so hard.

More importantly, the Magic's system is here.

This is a championship system that can win the O'Brien Trophy...

From Li Wan's perspective, he won last season's championship MVP, and also won two Best of the Week and one Best of the Month this season, so he must be responsible for the rest of the team.

Make sure everyone has meat to eat.

Only in this way can we better mobilize everyone's enthusiasm.

If there really is "one person holding the ball and four people akimbo watching", such a team is destined to not have a good team atmosphere.

But the current situation is...

He is paying attention to this, but some people are deliberately ignoring this.

Howard did not stop his troubles in the following time, and the number of times he asked for the ball increased instead of decreasing. Li Wan's ignorance was rewarded with more fierce resistance from him.

And a more frizzy mentality...

He received two fouls for grabbing offensive rebounds in the first half. Only 7 minutes and 16 seconds into the second quarter, he was already sitting off the court.

This obviously affected other people's emotions.

The fight was going well, what happened all of a sudden?

At the end of the first half, the Magic trailed by 4 points 45-49 at the home court of the Jazz.

The first time he returned to the locker room, Stan Van Gundy specifically talked to Howard: "Man, give me a reason!"

Howard responded with silence.

Naturally, it is impossible for him to tell Stan Van Gundy: I ​​want to be the boss, I want the ball to prove my presence, and the team should play around me instead of attacking from the No. 1 position...

At the same time, he said silently in his heart again: Li Wan, this is not directed at you, but this is indeed the best way to prove myself!

Stan Van Gundy didn't say anything, and stared directly at Howard through his small eyes through the lenses.

If it were normal, if a man looked at Howard like this, he would be very happy.

Men are charming!

but now……

The increasingly gloomy atmosphere finally made Howard feel breathless. He took a breath, and the rise and fall of his chest became more obvious due to the inhalation.

He spit out this breath: "I think I have a matchup advantage under the basket...Give me the ball and I can lead the team to win!"

Li Wan has been playing for so long, isn't he still 4 points behind?

This shows what?

This shows that in this team, I am the cornerstone!

Of course, he didn't dare to say this.

Otherwise, if it reaches Li Wan's ears, it will damage the harmony between the two of them.

Stan Van Gundy squinted his eyes at this moment. His small eyes were narrowed to a slit now. After experiencing the chaos in the locker room, he realized something and looked at Howard meaningfully.

Howard averted his eyes unnaturally, ended the conversation in a hurry, and returned to the locker room.

He glanced at Li Wan, who was looking down at his cell phone, and didn't say anything. He just sat down and twisted his chair further to the side.

Stan Van Gundy came in a little late, pretended that nothing happened, and changed the tactics in the second half. As Howard wished, the tactics in the second half will be based around Howard.

After hearing this news, "Warcraft" suddenly became full of fighting spirit.

Lewis and Ray Allen stole the ball; Artest also had a heated argument with O'Neal, almost wrestling;

They know that the team's system cannot suddenly change.

Especially with the Magic starting the new season so strongly.

and……

The Magic have never used Howard's one-on-one tactic with the ball under the basket.

However, it was only the two of them who were alert, and the attitude of the others was basically to obey the arrangements.

From their point of view, Howard followed Stan Van Gundy out just now and probably complained about his poor state tonight. In order to appease him, Van Gundy decided to do what he wanted and let him hold the ball more to regain his face.

As for Howard holding the ball under the basket...

At the beginning of the season, they would be very surprised, but now, Howard holds the ball and plays singles under the basket every day during the team's training. Well... let's treat it as a single under the basket!

So they weren't surprised.

Li Wan didn't react at all. According to Stan Van Gundy's request for the ball, in the second half of the game, he passed the ball to Howard, giving him enough opportunities to handle the ball.

It's just Howard's two brushes...

It is true that Kwame can be bullied in the training match, but the opposite Okur is not playing the game with the same attitude as in the training match.

Even because the Magic had not arranged for Howard to play in isolation in previous games, looking at Howard holding a ball in front of him and making stiff fake movements, he suddenly felt that the opponent was insulting him.

On the first attack of the third quarter, Okur, who averaged only 1.1 blocks per game, gave Howard a slap in the face.

The ball bounces so high!

He said in a mocking tone: "Did you learn lion dance from the Chinese in the summer?"

He knew that there was Spring Festival in China, and there was a traditional custom called "lion dance" in some places. He had seen it and it was quite interesting.

In his eyes, Howard's actions just now were like a "lion dance".

Li Wan curled his lips next to him.

He heard Okur's words.

I really want to say: Pull him down quickly. To say that he is a great performer is an understatement.

Li Wan wasn't angry because Okur mocked Howard.

In other words, before tonight, he will definitely be thinking about revenge for the "Warcraft".

But now...

Howard made it clear that just like him at the same time, he wanted the ball and wanted to be the boss of the team. However, when he was messing around, Li Wan still wanted to stand up for him...

Isn’t that just a case of Stockholm Syndrome?

Li Wan is willing to cooperate with the pass, which is also very simple...

Let Howard recognize the facts!

He doesn’t have the destiny to be good at holding the ball...

This game ends quickly.

For an experienced head coach like Jerry Sloan, once he senses an opportunity that he can seize, he will naturally strike with precision.

Taking advantage of Howard's overeager desire to play singles at the basket, he constantly targeted him on the defensive end.

The Magic's scoring status was obviously not as good as in the first half because Howard kept holding the ball and playing singles while others could only stand aside and watch.

In the end, the Jazz defended their home court with a 15-point victory, 109-94.

Li Wan scored 12 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists in the first half. Based on this efficiency, this game would have been his third "triple-double" this season. Unfortunately, in the second half, the Magic kept falling behind and letting Howard hold the ball.

Not only the number of individual possessions of the ball has decreased, but also the number of offensive rounds has decreased.

After the game, he "only" scored 21 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists.

However, the efficiency value is very high.

His shooting percentage in this game was as high as 60%!

Sent 7 assists and did not make a single mistake.

In addition, his efficiency on the defensive end in the second half was also very high. Deron Williams, who made 6 of 10 shots in the first half, only made 3 of 8 in the second half. Facing Li Wan's three duels, he finished all of them.

The three goals scored in the second half all came from pick-and-roll coordination with Boozer.

As we all know, the effectiveness of preventing pick-and-rolls is often not guaranteed by one person.

In short, Li Wan's efficiency on both offense and defense tonight is nothing to say.

If the full score is one hundred points, then he can get 101 points!

The extra point is Stan Van Gundy's full love...

Compared to him, in the eyes of Stan Van Gundy, Howard may not even have 50 points tonight. If we only look at the second half, then Howard would even have to give 1 point to "Coach Anxi".
To be continued...