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Chapter 140 Howard Is in Great Form! Jiang Chen Agrees to Phil's Arrangement

Returning to defense.

Odom ran and shouted to Jiang Chen: "Man, your three-point shooting speed has improved again, it's really amazing!"

"Haha, it seems that my speed of attack is not affected by women."

Jiang Chen laughed and said it was a joke.

But Odom didn't understand and looked puzzled.

Jiang Chen curled his lips. He was surrounded by foreigners and didn't understand many of the jokes.

It's so lonely like snow.

After Nelson dribbled across half court, he passed the ball to Turkoglu again, who then lobbed the ball high to Howard who was in a good position in the penalty area.

After receiving the basketball, Howard continued to back-butt Bynum.

Bynum held his breath and responded with all his strength, but he still couldn't hold on.

In the end, Howard turned around and completed an explosive two-handed dunk against Bynum.

After completing the dunk, Howard was also very excited and waved his arms excitedly.

Bynum turned around with a gloomy face and ran to the front court, completely shocked by Howard's strength.

I can't handle it at all.

For several consecutive rounds, Howard wreaked havoc on the basket in the Lakers' restricted area.

It took more than half a quarter.

"The Beast" Howard made 6 of 7 shots and scored 12 points.

At the same time, on the defensive end, he completely blocked Bynum, causing the latter to score 0 points with 0 of 3 shots in half a quarter.

It can be said that Howard completely defeated Bynum.

Thanks to Howard's outstanding performance, the Magic also gained a 6-point lead.

During the official suspension.

Phil changed his defensive strategy and focused his defense entirely on the penalty area.

As long as Howard gets the ball in the restricted area, Bynum and Gasol will double-team him.

This tactic did play a certain role, but it freed up the Magic's outside shooters.

Lewis, Turkoglu and others made three-pointers to continue to widen the gap.

When the first quarter ended, the score was 22:34.

The Magic took a 12-point lead.

As the game entered the second quarter, the Lakers were completely unable to restrict Howard, allowing him to do whatever he wanted in the penalty area.

Seeing this, commentator Mike Breen couldn't help but sigh: "The NBA's No. 1 center is really amazing. Even the Lakers' twin towers lineup can't limit his performance at all."

"As Howard himself said in the pre-game interview, he really blew up the Lakers' twin towers."

"But the Magic's shooters also performed extremely well today, shooting 50% from three-point range, which is really rare."

Reggie Miller followed up.

"If they continue to play like this, it will be difficult for the Lakers to turn the game around. Perhaps their winning streak in the new season will end tonight."

Mike Brin said, with anticipation in his eyes.

As the only team that remains undefeated this season, the entire league is discussing when the Lakers will lose.

Now it seems that it will be difficult to win today's game!

This is only the second game of a six-game road trip, and there are also strong playoff teams such as the Mavericks and the Bulls following.

On the stadium.

The Lakers are still struggling to contain Howard.

Fortunately, Jiang Chen and Kobe stepped up in time and scored consecutively, otherwise the score difference would have been even greater.

Halftime is over.

51:68.

The Lakers were already trailing by 17 points.

The Lakers locker room during halftime.

The atmosphere is a bit depressing.

So far in the new season, this is the first time that the Lakers have fallen behind at the end of the first half.

"I'm sorry, it's because I failed to defend Howard that the team fell behind by so many points."

Bynum said in a low voice, feeling both helpless and annoyed.

He has recovered from injury this season and is full of ambition, wanting to prove himself as one of the league's top centers.

In the few games so far in the new season, he has also proved his strength and completely supported the Lakers' penalty area.

But in this game, he was almost beaten back to his original form by Howard, and he also realized the gap between himself and the strongest center in the league.

This absolute gap in strength made Bynum feel desperate.

"Dude, it's not your fault. Howard is really strong this season. He deserves the title of No. 1 center!"

Kobe said in a deep voice, somewhat helplessly.

"Jiang, you will play center in the second half and face Howard."

Phil Jackson put away his cynical image and spoke seriously.

???

All the players were confused and looked at Phil in shock.

They all wondered if they had heard it wrong.

Let Jiang Chen, a 2.01-meter-tall small forward, play center against Howard, who is 2.08 meters tall?

What does the coach think?

Did the magic make your brain go crazy?

Not to mention the height difference, Jiang Chen's body would be crippled by Howard's big butt, right?

Although Jiang Chen had changed his position to guard the enemy's core players before, they were all guards like Iverson and Paul.

It's not the same concept as Howard!

"good!"

Jiang Chen said briefly, with excitement in his eyes.

???

Everyone was confused again.

This is... one dares to make the arrangement, and the other dares to agree to it.

What two brave men!

"Jiang, are you serious?"

"Coach, are you serious?"

Even Kobe was a little uneasy.

This arrangement is really ridiculous.

The team was already 17 points behind. If they played with this lineup in the second half, wouldn't the score difference be 30 points?

"Of course, I'm not the kind of person who jokes around."

Phil said, with wisdom in his deep eyes.

Of course, he did not make random arrangements, but believed in Jiang Chen's defensive ability.

Even if he loses in strength, he can still compete with Howard in jumping ability and air-staying ability.

"Of course, I am confident that I can defend Howard!"

Jiang Chen followed up.

This time, not only his teammates, but even Phil was surprised.

Good job.

I just believe in your ability and let you try it, but I'm not sure whether you can really limit Howard.

On the contrary, you are so confident.

This makes me doubt how correct my strategy was.

Phil thought to himself, and suddenly had a feeling that Jiang Chen seemed to have been waiting for him to make such an arrangement.

So when Jiang Chen was told to defend Howard, he was not surprised or shocked at all, but was full of confidence.

This is outrageous.

The rest of the team members opened their mouths wide.

Are you confident in defending Howard?

Where does this confidence come from!

Bynum shook his head repeatedly.

Although he knew that Jiang Chen was very strong, he didn't believe that Jiang Chen could defend Howard.

This confidence... is too blind.

Jiang Chen looked at his teammates' reactions and smiled slightly, revealing an expression of being in control of everything, as if to say, "Just wait and see, I'm not pretending, I'm just stating the facts!"