Chapter 454: The Delay of Victory

"Thank you, Wood!"

Howard let go of the basket and gave Lin Sen a thumbs up.

Lin Sen smiled, responded to Howard and turned around and ran to the backcourt.

A trace of concern flashed across Eddie Jordan's face, even Linson and Howard had only completed an air relay.

This attack seemed to have made Orlando feel regained, especially Dwight Howard, who was inside, seemed like a hungry tiger, and Washington was the best prey to fill his stomach in his eyes.

In addition to Lin Sen, others also began to pass the ball to Howard.

Facing Washington's defense, Howard, who is physically fit, plays particularly tough.

Once facing double-teaming, Howard did not show off, but passed the ball in time.

Although his passing ability is limited, it is much better than seeing him forcibly failing to make singles and making mistakes some time ago.

Although the Magic felt bad, the inside line was restrained by Howard, and the outside felt a little better than the first quarter.

At the end of the first half, the Orlando Magic would be 14 points behind and only 6 points behind.

Howard scored 8 points after more than six minutes on the court, which was undoubtedly the biggest contributor to the Magic's chasing points. What's more important is that he took on the offensive position, which allowed the main offensive point Lin Sen to rest on the offensive end without consuming too much physical fitness.

"Dwight's appearance brought us great trouble. Without Gilbert, our offense was obviously restrained, especially after Dwight came on the field. Antoine was easily affected in the inside offense and could only pull it out.

This directly led to the decline in Antoine's offensive efficiency, and we were only 6 points ahead. In the second half, we had to find a way to suppress Dwight, and it would be better to push him out." The local commentator in Washington said.

In the visiting team's locker room, Howard sat in front of his locker, and he leaned against Lin Sen's locker.

Although he has made up his mind to stay since yesterday, at least temporarily, and has worked hard to integrate into the team and teammates to establish a good relationship, he can still feel the gap. Even if everyone has smiles on his face.

Especially when facing Lin Sen, he always thinks that Lin Sen did not help him, which led to so many problems, although he solved the troubles outside the field with money.

But the problem existed after all. He was more or less concerned about Lin Sen.

Although I keep forcing myself not to think about it, I can still remember it.

If Howard had read that short story, he would have known that as long as there was a rupture, then repairing the once broken mouth would still exist.

It may be hidden very deeply, but maybe it will explode again at any time.

Shaking his head. Howard tidied up his arm guards.

"Dwight. It's a good job." Stan Van Gundy walked into the locker room and clapped.

If Howard had continued his performance today, he would never have kept Howard in refrigerated.

The twenty-minute halftime break passed quickly and the second half of the game began.

Wizards fans in the C Center cheered on the Wizards players, Gilbert Arenas, who was basically reimbursed for the season due to a knee injury, sat on the sidelines in a suit.

At the beginning of the season, he was looking forward to playing against Lin Sen again, but he played 10 games intermittently this season and missed the match with the Magic.

"In the second half, Dwight returned to Orlando's starting lineup, and rookie Marsin Gott sat down again, which was a big test for us. I hope Brandon can find a way to suppress Dwight," said the sideline commentator.

Gott lost to Brandon Haywood at the opening jump ball, so the Magic took the lead in the attack in the second half.

Lin Sen took the ball and found a man in front of him. This was Deshen Stevenson, one of the three Wizards arranged for the defense in the first half.

Deshen Stevenson is not tall at the shooting guard position, but he has a good defensive forward player.

Although his height and weight make him at a disadvantage in both defensive front guard positions, his tenacious and unyielding attitude, his abundant physical fitness and judgment of position can always cause trouble to the defenders, thus reducing the efficiency of the opponent.

In the first quarter, he did not defend Lin Sen many times, but he could make Lin Sen uncomfortable every time.

During the halftime break, Eddie Jordan emphasized that he forced Lin Sen from the beginning of the second half, and was keeping a full-game defense.

Linson didn't expect Deshen Stevenson would defend directly from the backcourt, and dribble the ball into the frontcourt with Steven Forest.

Stevenson kept hitting Lin Sen with his body, but his strength and movement amplitude were well controlled so that the referee would not call him a defensive foul.

Lin Sen is not a fool, so he naturally knows that Stevenson's defense in this way will consume his physical fitness in addition to interfering with his rhythm.

So Linson didn't plan to get entangled with Stevenson at all. Billups on the other side immediately ran over after seeing Linson's gesture.

Bang!

Stevenson was blocked by Billups. Although he quickly moved away from Billups, Linson was already away from his defense.

"You can't let him get up!" The commentator on the scene shouted out the voices of the Wizards fans.

Linson, who got rid of Stevenson, accelerated to the frontcourt.

Artest ran directly from the right bottom corner to the top of the arc, and Lin Sen dribbled the ball and went straight to Artest.

Daniels, who was responsible for defending Billups, wanted to make up for Linson, but was blocked by Artest's strong body.

"Continuous cover, inside line, inside line pay attention to repairing defense!" The on-site commentator was very anxious.

Linson glanced at Brandon Haywood, who was inside, rushed in directly, which was a little slower than before, but in the eyes of the Wizards, especially in Heywood's eyes, it was still very fast.

Looking at Lin Sen who was rushing into the inside, Brandon Haywood moved quickly and turned to face Lin Sen.

Howard, who was supposed to be guarding, ran directly to the other side of the basket, and almost pulled Milicic to the left at the same time, at the same time, at the same time, and ran around Milicic.

"Please pay attention to changing defenses. Change defenses!" Eddie Jordan shouted loudly at the field.

Bang!

Antoine Jamison, who was responsible for defending Milicic, was blocked by Howard and could only watch Milicic run to the basket.

Lin Sen threw the ball directly with his right hand, and Heywood wanted to jump up and interfere. But it was still too late.

But he soon realized that it was not a shot but a pass. When he turned around and wanted to defend, Milicic, who had cut in from forty-five degrees, had already jumped up.

It is almost impossible for Heywood to turn around and defend Milicic, but he may lose his last defensive foul.

Milicic grabbed the ball passed by Lin Sen with both hands and directly smashed the ball into the basket.

Bang!

He pulled the basket hard with both hands, and the entire basket was shaking violently under Milicic's pull.

"Dako is beautiful!" Linson and Milicic high-fives, and Howard also walked up.

Milicic and Howard were also slapped together. The three of them ran towards the backcourt with a smile.

Orlando reporters in the media area watched the three of them running towards the backcourt together and pressed the shutter.

The three people had smiles on their faces, and Lin Sen ran in the middle, with Howard on the left and Milicic on the right.

With Milicic's goal, the Magic further narrowed the gap to only four points.

The offensive and defensive transformation, after missing Arenas, the Wizards relied more on the offensive end of the attack, Caron Butler and Antoine Jamison.

It was the two of their offensive firepower that helped the Washington Wizards still rank in the top eight in the eastern part without the leader General Arenas.

Facing Artest, who was defending himself, Butler scored a jump shot with a screen and helped the Wizards pull the gap to six points again.

"Caron's excellent shooting choice, he is the most trustworthy guy we are now." The live commentator greeted Butler.

"Defense. Defense!" Eddie Jordan on the off court loudly reminded him on the court.

This time, Deshen Stevenson did not directly press the defense in the backcourt but returned to the frontcourt. When Linson dribbled the ball to the center circle little by little, Stevenson also moved.

Stevenson wanted to entangle Linson near the center circle, and then forced Linson to choose to pass the ball.

However, what Linson was waiting for Stevenson's forced. When Stevenson opened his arms and pushed him over, Linson was not afraid at all, but turned around and dribbled the ball.

In Stevenson's opinion, Lin Sen wanted to move his defense away and immediately move his footsteps and slip. However, what Lin Sen wanted was his reaction.

Bang!

After slapping the ball, Lin Sen turned around sharply. He slapped the ball with his left hand and stepped out with his right foot.

Scream!

The sneakers and the floor made a harsh friction, and when Stevenson moved his footsteps again, he had lost control of Linson.

After shook Stevenson, Linson glanced at the other Wizards defensemen and chose an emergency stop without hesitation.

The whole person jumped up directly outside the three-point line. Caron Butler threw away Artest and rushed forward, but the distance between him and Lin Sen was really far, and it was completely impossible to interfere with Lin Sen's shooting.

Looking at the basket, Lin Sen easily threw the ball out.

The ball drew a perfect Lin's arc in the center of the fan c and fell to the basket.

Amid the booing of the whole audience, the ball passed through the Nets neatly.

Lin Sen raised his right hand high and compared the three-point goal amid the booing.

The game continued, and the Wizards still mainly relied on Butler and Jamison's attack, but Daniels and Stevenson felt pretty good, and they each made a three-pointer.

After Lin Sen hit this three-pointer, he changed his role on the offensive end. Billups became the leader of the team, and Lin Sen became a transfer station and a fixed-point shooter.

However, Lin Sen basically did not take action, but passed the ball out.

On the defensive end, Lin Sen did not take the initiative to attack much, Lin Sen consumed a lot of physical energy, and Lin Sen reduced assisted defense.

Howard's form was a little lower than when he first half, and Haywood's defense brought him some trouble.

At the end of the third quarter, the Washington Wizards who played at home only led the Magic by 1 point.
To be continued...