Chapter 194 Orlando without Sharks
With an 8-1 record, the Warriors came to Orlando on November 20 to challenge the Magic.
This season, O'Neal has to rest at least thirty games due to thumb problems. The only comfort is that Anfini Hardaway has returned.
This made Brian Hill breathe a sigh of relief. If the penny does not come back and the sharks recover, then there is no second way to choose from the magic tricks this season except fishing.
The Magic's current record is 7-2, ranking in the top four in the East. Penny Hardaway has also taken a step further in terms of traffic, and ranks third on the MVP list, and ahead of him are the old rogue Jordan and Chris Webber.
Tonight's home game against Weber is a game that cannot be lost for Penny Hardaway. At present, the management is very ambiguous about whether to support himself or O'Neal. From the perspective of the draft, we can see that we chose our teammate David Vaughan, but we also chose O'Neal's teammate Michael Finley.
After nine games, Finley is better than David Vaughn in terms of playing time and data. The opponent's presence has also made Penny personally get a lot of assists, because Finley is one of the few people in the Magic who plays with his brain. He rarely sticks to the ball. When he receives the pass, he either plays or passes, and will not miss the opportunity there.
So Penny Hardaway’s impression of Finley is very complicated.
Because the Magic did not have O'Neal, their inside strength was greatly weakened. The starting lineup was like this, Anfini Hardaway, Nick Anderson, Dennis Scott, Donald Royal and Jon Conkkak. This inside combination is completely blue-collar coolie. The Magic's inside combination tactics are only outside and no inside when O'Neal cannot play.
The Warriors' side is the Beetles, Madman Spreville, Brian Russell, Webber and Greg Ostertag.
Brian Hill frowned when he saw the Warriors starting. Although Mulin retired this season and Tim Hardaway's strength seemed to have declined, their bench rotation often made opponents complain, and these people are of different styles.
Do you want to change it too? Brian Hill looked back at his own bench, sighed, and gave up this unrealistic idea.
As soon as Anfini Hardaway came up, he took advantage of the misalignment to fight the Beetles. He couldn't be in the first position. Penny's height was a bug in the league. Those who were taller than him were not as fast as him, and those who were faster than him were not as fast as him. Because of this height, his vision became very broad. However, Penny did not pass the ball at the beginning, but instead used his strength to eat Tim Hardaway. Both Hardaways were good at breaking through, but Penny was obviously better than the Beetles in terms of strength.
The Beetles were passed, and the Madman had been waiting on the breakthrough route of Anfini Hardaway. The Madman knew his own task in this game - defense, scoring, and disrupting the Penny's offensive rhythm. Facing the Madman, Anfini Hardaway did not continue to break in, but his shooting ability was not developed at present, so he could only hand the ball over to Donald Royal in the fourth position. The latter got the ball, leaned on Weber, and chose a hook, duang, but unfortunately the ball was a little off, and the iron was hit, and the rebound was obtained by Ostertag.
Ostertag handed the ball to the Beetles. The Beetles' strength decreased, but their speed was still there. He took the ball to the backcourt and completed the score. Although the penny's speed was not slow, the speed was still not enough to watch compared to the Beetles, which were much shorter than him.
Penny didn't panic. The next attack, he would still rush the Beetle. Nick Anderson saw the Madman to death this time, and a hint of joy appeared on Penny's face - I can finally score, and just when Anfini Hardaway was proud, another person appeared in front of him. This person looked like he was stronger than himself.
Penny's breakthrough was blocked by the Warriors again. Brian Russell was not very fast, but his execution was still good. Penny did not compete with him for strength, but distributed the ball to the unattended Dennis Scott. The latter was a little hesitant. Weber rushed over from the three-second zone. Dennis Scott was like throwing the blame and threw the ball to Anfenny Hardaway. Staying at Hardaway was so angry.
He could only bite the bullet and throw the ball out near the three-second zone. He brushed it, it was actually a hollow ball.
Wang Lin was not disappointed with Penny's mid-range shot. On the contrary, if the opponent played like this throughout the game, the Warriors would definitely win because shooting has never been Penny's strengths, at least he has not developed this technology now.
The Magic were suppressed throughout the first half, because although Penny Hardaway could break through the Beetles, it would also be Brian Russell's assisting defense beyond the Madman's assisting defense. The Warriors' multi-player rotation defense strategy made Penny too uncomfortable, but it also created a lot of scoring opportunities for other teammates. Although Penny played a very awkward in the first half, she could still accept the current situation.
The Magic scored the highest half in the half with Dennis Scott, who scored 11 points and Penns had 6 points and 3 assists. In this half, Anfini Hardaway really realized the treatment of Michael Jordan, but the only difference was that Michael Jordan had shots, but he didn't.
Although in this era of iron-blooded defense, shooting does not make breakthroughs and is prone to delays, at some critical moments, shooting is still more stable than breakthroughs, because at that moment you want to break through, it will consume more physical strength and it is easy to fail to score.
Penny Hardaway played for 21 minutes in the first half and only had less than three minutes of rest. Brian Hill knew very well how important the opponent was in the magic. Anyone could end up, and he would never be able to get out of it.
In the second half, the game was almost the same in the first half. The only core of the Magic was seen by the Warriors. Although Dennis Scott and others had many chances to score, they all turned into soft-footed shrimps at critical moments. After a few shots, they all turned to Penny Hardaway. Anfini Hardaway was really tired of playing. The previous nine games were not as tired as this one. Even if they were playing with the Chicago Bulls, they were not targeted like this. Wang Lin and the Warriors were really a group of madmen.
Chapter completed!