One Thousand One Hundred and Seventy-One. Howard Is Unhappy Again

Pau Gasol, B+ ability evaluation (appeared at the same time as Dwight Howard), averaged 13.4 points, 7 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game...

Dwight Howard, A+ ability rating, averaging 16.2 points, 12.4 rebounds, and 2.4 blocks per game..."

These two people have no injuries. Howard's back injury was cured through minimally invasive surgery. Gasol, as a top technical insider, is 32 years old but in his prime.

But put together, they are really not suitable. Howard has no skills and his physical fitness has declined. Gasol, although his skills are becoming more and more sophisticated, his mobility has declined.

As a result, the partnership between the two always had negative effects, and the 76ers obviously paid more attention to Howard. Gasol's performance opportunities were greatly reduced, and he only performed at a quasi-first-class level.

Moreover, there is no normal effect of a power forward and a top center performing at a quasi-first-class level, but the data looks good, not to mention that when the two were separated, each was regarded as a championship-level center, especially Gasol. Now Only a near-first-class level.

Also being delayed is Thaddeus Young, who averaged 12 points, 5 rebounds and 1.2 steals per game last season at a near-first-class level. This season, he averaged 4 points and 2 rebounds per game, and his playing time is inconsistent.

However, Nick Young and Jason Richardson played well. Sun Ce and his teammates focused on guarding the opponent's perimeter. Don't look at Howard, who averaged 16.2 points per game and ranked first in the league with 4 turnovers per game.

The 76ers as a team averaged 102.5 points per game and conceded 101.9 points per game...

Perhaps the decline in perimeter defense after Iguodala left was part of the equation, but Howard's defense dropped directly from the best defensive player level to the 11th in defensive efficiency among centers in the league, and from the league's third level of limiting opponents to 96 points per 100 possessions. Dropping to a mid-range level of 104 points allowed per 100 possessions is the key to the 76ers' defensive collapse this season from the lowest points allowed in the league last season to an average defense now.

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At 6:55 in the evening, Sun Sunce learned from the staff that thanks to the last-minute low-post play between Yao Ming and Nowitzki, Nowitzki took Yao Ming's pass and hit a three-pointer with 3 seconds left. , but Duncan made an alley-oop in the last 3 seconds, and the Spurs narrowly defeated the Spurs 110-109...

Duncan actually made an alley-oop. Could it be that he was standing in a windmill and alley-ooped?

Sun Ce shuddered when he thought that Duncan was going to grow his hair into a whip after the Christmas concert and continue to lead the fashion trend.

After two or three minutes,

At 6:58, the referee signaled the two teams to start.

For the Grizzlies, the starting lineup of Sun Ce, Tony Allen, Paul George, Battier, and Gasol appeared.

The 76ers sent out a starting lineup of Evans, Holiday, Jason Richardson, Gasol, and Howard.

After the game started, Howard easily won the jump ball. Although his explosiveness in confrontation declined, Howard was still the best in terms of bounce and speed.

However, after the game started, Howard's first attack was a low single!

Evans felt Kobe-like helpless after advancing to the frontcourt. He knew that if Gasol was used as the core center, even if Howard was replaced by Thaddeus Young, at least the inside would not suffer against most teams.

Of course, it's not that Howard can't play at a truly top level, he just needs to play pick-and-rolls and cuts without the ball. But these two points, Howard really doesn't know how to pick-and-roll, and Howard is not happy with cuts without the ball. He just likes to stand on the basket Dive down and grab offensive rebounds, or else you have to go one-on-one.

However, although Gasol is hard-working, has a very professional ethics, and has good skills, he is already 32 years old. Even Evans feels that Howard is the team's future inside pillar, so he caters to the team and accommodates Howard.

After all, Howard has not yet renewed his contract and will become a free agent next summer.

No way, Howard wanted to start the game with a single again, and Evans lobbed the ball to Howard.

After Howard received the ball, he wanted to directly knock Gasol away and dunk like he did last season, but he couldn't squeeze in for a long time!

Sun Ce took advantage of Howard's focus on singles, sneaked in quietly, and swatted the ball away!

The ball flew to the left side of the three-second zone, and Tony Allen grabbed the ball before Holiday!

The offense and defense transitioned. After reaching the frontcourt, Sun Ce looked for Tony Allen to pick and roll. The opponent's Evans and Jason Richardson both came up to block the three-pointer. Sun Ce took two steps in a row and entered the inside. Howard came over to defend, and Sun Ce went low. The basket accelerated and changed direction as it traveled, and during the step, he switched the ball to his left hand and made an easy layup.

Easier than expected!

Sun Ce feels that Howard's defense is now similar to that of Jordan. It's not bad, efficient, rebounds and blocks a lot. Jordan averaged 29 minutes per game, 9.8 rebounds and 1.9 blocks, while Howard averaged 37 minutes per game, scoring 1.0 points and 9.8 rebounds per game. From 12.4 rebounds to 2.4 blocks, they were all defensive and relied on physical fitness.

The reason why Jordan's defensive efficiency is good but the effect is not good is his own awareness problem; while Howard's physical fitness has declined, but his awareness is very good. When Sun Ce accelerated and changed direction while walking, he saw Howard trying to rely on explosive speed as usual. The lateral movement is large and the defense is small, but it is obviously a beat slower than last year.

Things happen in a blink of an eye. If you take a slow shot, you will lose your defensive position!

If Sun Ce's left-hand layup is not developed, and he can only use the right-hand hook shot, he will be severely restricted like in last year's finals, and Howard's slow beat will be compensated, but now Howard's defensive efficiency has fallen out of the top ten defensive centers in the league, and Sun Ce has developed a left-hand layup... The key is that Howard still regards himself as the best defensive player!

If the defensive habits remain unchanged, Howard's defensive decline will be more obvious!

But it seems that the media and fans have not really recognized the fact that Howard has declined. Even the coaching staff of the Grizzlies did not realize this problem. They just think that Howard and Gasol are not compatible. This is the problem.

The public opinion is like this, and Howard himself has not realized this problem, because the 76ers are almost praising him to the sky, and they want him to renew his contract.

But tonight, Howard is unhappy again!

Originally, he was unhappy because he saw the Grizzlies, a team that swept them in the finals. Howard didn't score on offense and was intercepted. On the defensive end, Sun Ce didn't make a layup after switching hands. Howard went to the frontcourt to continue to play alone!

Without O'Neal's fate and with O'Neal's disease, this is the biggest difference between the two first centers trained by the Magic.

This time, Howard chose to force a shot without getting space to avoid being intercepted. He was interfered by Gasol, who is currently the first in the league's center defense efficiency. Howard's jump shot was over the bridge!

Gasol picked up the ball himself and passed it to Sun Ce who was running fast. Holiday chased back and was hit by Sun Ce's layup...Holiday misses Iguodala now, misses him very much...

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