The Magic's official afternoon training time is from 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., but most players will not leave that early and will choose to practice for a while. The specific time for additional training depends on each person's family situation.
and motivated.
However, the training atmosphere within the Magic team is very good. Brand, Iguodala, David Lee and others all like to hang out in the training room, so few people leave early. The first person to leave every time
It was Nash and Hardaway, two veterans, who left at about 5 o'clock. For veterans like them, too much training is a burden, as long as they maintain their body's function.
The coaches leave even later. Generally, after the training, they have a final summary meeting for the day. The most basic thing is that the team doctor and physical coach come out to explain the players' physical condition so that they can decide on the next day's training.
Of course, if there is a game, there will also be some tactical discussions.
After Edison led the players to complete the official training, he himself was sweating. After a brief rinse, he returned to his small office next to the training hall to prepare for a tactical discussion with the Bucks the next day.
But not long after he sat down, there was a knock on the door.
When Edison opened the door, he saw that it was Howard, the team's live treasure.
Edison is very easy-going except for training and games, and he is relatively similar in age to the players. He doesn't like to hide many things, and he doesn't like to say anything directly. Therefore, players often come to chat with him after a day's training.
, some asked Edison to point out his development direction, some reflected the problems he felt, and some simply talked about some troubles in life, using Edison as a psychiatrist. But Howard rarely came to Edison because Edison valued him too much.
In his usual training, Edison would often ask him what to do, and there was no need to ask him. The same goes for his questions. Edison would point them out as soon as he had any shortcomings. As for the troubles in life, well, this guy's dictionary
Is there really the word "troubles" in it?
So Edison was stunned when he saw Howard coming in, "What's wrong, Dwight, you rarely come to see me. What's wrong today? Is there anything you can do?"
Howard sat down on the sofa carelessly, and the stinky sweat quickly covered the back of the sofa. Then he looked at Edison with a smile and said, "With such a coach, I have some ideas for the next game."
"What's your idea? Let's hear it in detail." Edison gestured with his hand, and then pretended to be listening.
"He's such a coach. I watched the news this morning, and I think you should have watched it too. The Bucks' No. 1 pick started talking wildly again, saying he wanted to teach me a lesson. I think it's necessary to help him get into the NBA.
Welcome ceremony, let him understand. But I can't do it alone, and I need the cooperation of my teammates tomorrow, so..." As he said that, Howard acted like a child playing tricks.
"That's no problem. In fact, if you don't tell me, I also want you to teach him a lesson and tell him what is meant by 'Don't eat random things, let alone talk nonsense'. I will make arrangements, but you have to live up to your expectations. Don't
Then I will really be taught a lesson."
When Howard heard this, his face instantly lit up with joy, "Don't worry, coach, I will definitely give 100% of my strength tomorrow."
"You mean you didn't give your best in the previous games?"
"No no."
"Okay, no more joking, do you have anything else to do? If not, I want to do some things alone."
As soon as Howard heard this, he stood up quickly, then nodded and walked backwards out of Edison's office, and finally closed the door gently.
"It seems that this guy is not really a heartless and stupid boy. He also has his own bottom line. But as an athlete, this is also a normal behavior." Edison took out a copy of today's newspaper from his drawer, and then said to himself
Talking to himself...?". The big black title on the photo clearly reads, "Compared to me, that guy Howard is just a child. During the game with the Magic, I will teach him how to do it like a teacher.
In basketball, how to play center."
At the discussion meeting that day, Edison talked about what Howard had just asked him about, and then made it clear that tomorrow the team would work hard to create a one-on-one situation between Howard and Bogut, and at the same time, the team's resources would also be tilted towards Howard.
Everyone here has heard about Bogut's bold words, and they all have similar thoughts. Howard is usually diligent and diligent. As a No. 1 pick, he does blue-collar dirty work on the team. Not only does he not
Instead of complaining, he plays the role of pistachio for the team. Everyone likes him. Now that he is being provoked, there is no reason for the Magic not to help him resist.
Time passed, and the years flew by. The next day, Croatia finally defeated Slovakia and won the world's most watched country-to-country men's tennis team championship, winning the Davis Cup for the first time in history.
At this time, Edison was obviously affected by the defeat in Slovakia. When he was arranging the tactics, he looked sick and had no sense of being as energetic and passionate as usual. He just gave a feeble explanation of two sentences.
"First, we must win today's game; second, we must let Howard attack as much as possible in today's game."
In fact, Edison doesn't need to say anything. The whole team works for Howard. The Magic often do it. Basically, they practice it every time they play against the Bobcats. And this time there is more reason than playing against the Bobcats. The opponents have all said that. Don't you?
Want Howard to hide behind his teammates and be a turtle?
Besides, in the NBA, it is not uncommon for the whole team to ask someone to perform for a certain purpose.
More recently, in 2000, O'Neal's birthday coincided with a game against the Clippers. At that time, O'Neal wanted the Clippers to provide tickets for his relatives and friends to spend the rest of his life together. But the Clippers reluctantly refused, and O'Neal was very angry, so
I hope my teammates can help me. As a result, during the game, the entire Lakers team fed O'Neal, including Kobe. As a result, O'Neal scored a career-high 61 points in that game.
Even further back is the time when David Robinson won the scoring title. In the final game of 1995, his scoring average was 0.8 points behind O'Neal, but he averaged 27 points per game and O'Neal only scored 20 points in the last game.
.This gave David Robinson a chance, so in the last game of the regular season, he kept feeding the ball through his teammates and scored 72 points. In the end, he overtook O'Neal and became the league's scoring leader that season.
Players like Josh Smith and Iguodala, who usually get close to Howard, patted their chests and promised to let him play well today. But just as they expressed their determination, Howard's eyes went back and forth to Nash.
He and Roy moved together, and he knew very well that the team's ball rights were now in the hands of these two people.
Because it was the first game between two No. 1 picks at the same position, the game was broadcast live across the United States, and all media gathered at the Water House Center. As the saying goes, those who watch the excitement are not afraid of big troubles. This group of media people were amidst the wave of public opinion before the game.
Frequently adding fuel to the flames, those who didn't know thought this was a life-and-death battle that would finalize the careers of Howard and Bogut.
Although the foreplay was sufficient, the result was premature ejaculation.
From the second the ball jumped in the game, Howard made it difficult for the Bucks' Bogut in this battle for the No. 1 pick.
Howard jumped with all his strength today, which was like a superman flying into the sky. Bogut over there wished that the ball was swatted away by Howard before his feet were completely off the ground.
After the jump ball, Howard accelerated forward as soon as he landed, and then shouted, "Throw it to the basket."
Nash laughed after hearing this, pushed the ball from outside the three-point line, and actually threw the ball. And Howard, before Bogut returned to his position, pushed Magloire away with his shoulder, and then jumped up.
One-handed dunks, alley-oops.
"Everyone knew that this game would be great to watch, but they didn't expect that the show would start so soon. I believe that after today's game, many viewers will regret why they changed the channel dozens of seconds later." cc?v also
This game was broadcast, and the commentator couldn't help but sigh after watching the ball.
After Howard dunked, he slapped him hard and quickly returned to defense. When he passed by Bogut, he said contemptuously, "You can teach me how to dunk when we attack later."
Bogut didn't have a good temper either. He was secretly applauding Howard's alley-oop, but when he heard this, he immediately became angry and decided to teach him a lesson.
When the Bucks were attacking, Bogut tried his best to stay in the low post, but today Howard refused to give in. Although it was not his specialty to top up people, Bogut was not the kind of overweight person. In the end, Bogut found that no matter what, he
He couldn't reach the position even with all his strength. Just when he wanted to change his attack method, the real leader of the Bucks had already taken action.
Bogut cursed secretly and prepared to grab the rebound, but Howard was one step ahead of him to seize a favorable position, then jumped up and received the ball in his hands. When Howard grabbed the rebound, he deliberately slapped it hard to create some
The noise was made intentionally for Bogut to hear.
When it was the Magic's turn to attack again, Howard looked at Nash longingly, and the meaning was self-evident. Nash was also very uncomfortable with him, so he made a tactical gesture and agreed to let Howard continue to attack.
Although Howard looks naive, he is very smart and has a high golf IQ. He knows that he has no chance of hitting Bogut in the low post, so he is still prepared to use his speed and flexibility to defeat his opponent.
Howard still went to the high post to screen Nash, but Bogut also guessed that Howard would be the one to play this offense, so he didn't go out to cover the ball or block Nash.
When Nash saw that he was empty, he thought about shooting by himself, but when he saw that Howard had already drawn up his posture, he decided to let him go. So he hit the ball to the basket. Howard just ran over and half-crouched to catch the ball.
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As soon as Howard received the ball, Bogut immediately followed him and put his hands on top of his head. Howard paused with the ball for about half a second, and suddenly jumped on Bogut's block as if he stepped on a bomb.
After breaking through the blockade of Bogut's arms, Howard made a clean one-handed chop.
After the ball was scored, the referee's whistle also sounded at the same time. "The score is valid, green number 6 committed a foul."
