Eighty-eight, the strength of the top high school students in the United States
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In the next few rounds of confrontation, the Celtics temporarily led 11 to 7. The game entered the first commercial timeout. Based on Milicic's characteristics, Rivers also arranged for Milicic to cause Howard to foul.
But at this time, Al Jefferson, who had always been quiet and quiet, said to Rivers: "Coach, I hope I can play against Howard in this game. I played against him in high school, although he is better than me.
He can jump higher than me, but I really don’t think he is better than me.” Jefferson has already said this, so Rivers naturally can’t say anything, and Rivers has also watched Jefferson’s high school performance.
From the video, it is clear what kind of potential this kid has. Although he is inferior to Milicic in 1985, and is not as popular with the media as Howard in 1985, Rivers has always recognized his strength.
Rivers didn't want this incident to affect Jefferson's future development, so Rivers decided to give Jefferson a chance. After playing again, the tactical focus changed from the outside to the inside. The twin towers on the inside were the focus of attack, and the outside was changed.
Enter West, Eddie Jones and Darrell Wright, and use their three-pointers to open up space for the two inside.
So far, West's three-point shooting rate has been 35%, Eddie Jones's three-point shooting rate has been 38%, and Darrell Wright's three-point shooting rate has skyrocketed to 41% with his transfer to the Celtics.
%, Rivers is relieved to have these three people on the outside, and Rivers also needs to let Pierce take a rest. Since the focus is on the inside at this time, there is no need to let the ace continue to run back and forth on the court.
The Magic seemed to have a tacit understanding, replacing Grant Hill with the taller Heaton Turkoglu, and as far as three-pointers are concerned, Turkoglu
Lu is even better than Grant Hill.
When the Celtics attacked, this time Al Jefferson did not do the dirty work of setting up pick-and-rolls for the outside as he did in the past. Instead, he stood on the left side of the free throw line, just like Milicic in the past.
Similarly, West handed the ball to Jefferson. Howard stood under the basket and did not go out to guard Jefferson. He was afraid that Jefferson would pass the ball to Milicic. Jefferson saw this guy like this
Ignoring himself, he couldn't help but feel angry. After getting the ball, no one took care of him. Jefferson took a step with the ball and hit a half basket closer to the basket.
After hitting the ball, Jefferson stepped back and said to Howard: "Dwight, I'll let you know the consequences of slighting me."
Howard has been surrounded by all kinds of spotlights since the draft, and he was suddenly able to earn millions of dollars a year in salary. He also saw the grace of those superstars, so naturally he forgot about Jefferson's performance in high school, and
He also believed that Jefferson only showed his strength in front of high school students and was just a blue-collar player in the real NBA. Okafor's outstanding performance in the Bobcats made Howard regard him as his biggest opponent.
Jefferson has long been ignored under Milicic's halo.
At this time, Jefferson said such provocative words in front of Howard, and also made a shot in front of Howard, which made Howard very angry.
After arriving in the frontcourt, Howard stood in a position inside. After playing ball for many years, Francis naturally knew what Howard was thinking, so after getting rid of West, he passed the ball to Howard.
Jefferson was guarding Howard behind him, saying: "Come on, beat me! Isn't that what you always wanted to do in high school? Now you have a chance, let me see what your rough skills are like."
There is no progress at all.”
Howard himself knows that he is completely different from Milicic and Jefferson in terms of basic skills. This is something that Francis has always criticized him for. Now that Jefferson has touched his sore spot, he naturally wants to fight back.
Howard held the ball and hit it, but he arched twice, but Jefferson basically didn't retreat. Howard's height of 2.11 meters is 120 kilograms, and Jefferson's height of 2.08 meters is also 120 kilograms. If you look purely at density,
Jefferson is stronger than Howard, and the defender behind uses his elbow to push the attacker's waist. It would be difficult to push away without a huge strength advantage.
Later generations of Howard were actually not very good in back-up skills. When playing against the Celtics, whether it was Perkins or Glen Davis, Howard could not use his strength to force it in. Although in many cases,
Under the praise of the media, he is a super center comparable to O'Neal, but he is not O'Neal and cannot use absolute power to shake the opponent.
After Howard couldn't rely on it, he wanted to use his more flexible steps to defeat Jefferson. Howard's mobility is indeed much better than Jefferson, but the pace of movement inside is not just fast, it still needs to be based on having the ability to move quickly.
Based on his good inside footwork, Howard took two quick steps, wanting to use his height to bully Jefferson, and threw a hook. If this hook was from O'Neal or Yao Ming, there was a high probability that it would have been...
It went in. But Howard's hook was so bad that it didn't even touch the basket and hit the backboard directly. Milicic got a rebound and quickly threw the ball away. Eddie
·Jones and Darrell Wright were already about to leave, and the ball was thrown into Jones's hands, but at this time, the Rockets' double guns in the Orlando Magic's backcourt were already in place. Mobley followed Jones, and Francis even more
It has already retreated to the basket.
The speed and athletic ability of the two of them are really impressive. Eddie Jones is very experienced. Since he cannot form a fast break, he will fall into position and wait for Milicic and Jefferson to get in place to pass the ball.
It was given to Milicic. Milicic leaned against Cato, tested it twice with his back, then quickly turned around and threw Cato behind him. At this time, Howard had followed, and Milicic made a shot.
After the fake move, Howard jumped up to block the shot. Milicic hit the ground and passed the ball from Howard's feet. Jefferson over there received the ball and patted it. After getting ready, he completed a heavy shot.
Dunk. After the dunk, Jefferson said to Howard: "You are like a brainless kangaroo. You should go to Australia instead of playing in the NBA. Your ability to become the No. 1 pick only depends on your height. In addition to height and jumping
, you are worthless in front of me."
Even though Howard was such a person who had no desire to win and loved to laugh, his face was livid at this time. He looked at Jefferson and said: "Our affairs are not over yet!"
