The convulsion superstar of basketball

Chapter 309. 308. Lonely Throwing: Nothing to Say

February 5.

With the Magic currently leading the Cavaliers 3:0 in the Eastern Conference Finals.

For the Cavaliers, the external reviews at this moment can be said to be very bad.

Even Cleveland's local fans no longer believe that the team can stage a miraculous reversal in the future.

After all, so far, the Magic have crushed the Cavaliers without any suspense in the three games they have won.

And in these three games, even if the Cavaliers lost the least game, they also lost to the Magic by 11 points.

So in this case, except for a few loyal fans of the Cavaliers, basically no one believes that a miracle can happen here.

In the West, with the Magic already holding the match point with a big score of 3:0, the Lakers in the West are facing some trouble in the G3 game.

In the G3 game, Melo Anthony scored 37 points in the face of Ariza's personal defense and led the team to a forcible victory over the Los Angeles Lakers at home, tying the total score of this round of the series to 1:2.

Although judging from the current high probability and the support of outsiders for this round of the series, even if the Nuggets return to the home court and win the G3 game, no one is still optimistic about the Nuggets being able to complete the counterattack at this moment.

After all, the Lakers this season have already shown their championship demeanor, and after the Celtics have been eliminated by the Magic, it seems that the Lakers' trip to the Finals will become easier at this moment.

Because although the Magic are very strong, they have even been so strong that they eliminated the Celtics through the tie-break.

But for the Los Angeles Lakers this year, facing the Magic is always slightly better than facing the Celtics.

Compared with the seasoned defending champions, the Magic are at least lacking in playoff experience, so with the Lakers holding home court advantage, the Magic are obviously a better choice.

As for the Magic, with the team currently holding the match point with a big score of 3:0, the coaching staff has sent some personnel to edit the Lakers game video in advance.

Obviously, for the current Magic team, promotion has become a certainty, because facts have proved that the Cavaliers this season really have no way to take the Magic team.

Therefore, having basically sat firmly on the Diaoyutai, the Magic began to plan for their trip to the finals in advance.

Although this may sound like some arrogance, this is a fact in front of the Magic at the moment.

And even the Magic themselves didn't expect that the team could stumble this season and really reach the height of the finals.

You know, before the start of this season, even Stan Van Gundy, the head coach, set himself the goal of reaching the Eastern Conference Finals as much as possible.

At the very least, we must advance to the Eastern Conference semifinals, and don't stage the embarrassing scene of being eliminated in the first round of the playoffs.

But with the Magic's rapid progress in this year's playoffs, it can be said that the entire Magic team has stepped into the finals with half of their feet at this moment.

As for whether they can sweep away the Cavaliers in the next game, in fact, this has become less important.

Because the Cavaliers at this moment can be called the turtle in the urn, even if they desperately risk their lives in the next game, the Magic will be delayed for a moment to enter the finals at most.

So in this case, not only did the Orlando fans feel very excited, but even Stan Van Gundy, the head coach, also felt a little happy.

After all, he led the team to a record of 52 wins and 30 losses in the first year when he took over the coach of the Magic. In the second year, he led the team to break the best record in team history and directly advanced to the finals.

This situation obviously added a strong touch to Van Gundy's coaching career.

Of course, for Stan Van Gundy, the biggest surprise this season is probably the discovery of Su Jiu's personal talent on the field.

Even after a few years with Stan Van Gundy, I am afraid that the most fortunate thing for him is that during the offseason of that year, he signed a player like Su Jiu with only a non-guaranteed basic salary contract.

Of course, Su Jiu's contract had already been made regular by the Magic in the middle of the season.

However, this mere salary of hundreds of thousands of dollars has long since become irrelevant to the Magic.

Because everything that Su Jiu has contributed this season has obviously far exceeded the value of his contract...

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February 5.

Under the eyes of many fans, the fourth game of the Eastern Conference Finals between the Magic and the Cavaliers will officially start today.

而由于NBA在季后赛中的赛制安排是2-2-1-1-1 ，也就是前两场比赛将会在战绩更加出色的球队主场进行比赛，后两场则就在战绩稍次的球队主场进行开赛。

So in this fourth game, which can be regarded as a life-threatening situation for the Cavaliers, the Cavaliers had to face the pressure from the Orlando Arena again.

Obviously, this situation is definitely not good news for the Cavaliers who have reined in at the moment.

Originally, the team fell behind with a huge disadvantage of 0:3, and in this case, the team did not get the support of the home fans, so before the game started, few outside media were optimistic that the Cavaliers could win this game.

But as the saying goes, the biggest humiliation for a team in the playoffs is probably being swept 4:0 in the series.

As for the Cavaliers, who have just won the first record in the league this season, even if they really want to lose this round of the series, at least they should try their best to avoid the fate of being shaved.

So for the generals of the Cavaliers, the pressure of this game is definitely huge, because this is no longer about winning or losing, it is all about fighting for dignity.

Before the start of the game, the entire Orlando arena was completely packed, and all the fans were in a relatively relaxed mood at the moment. Before the game, they were even talking and laughing, cheering wildly.

And in front of the seats, the big screen on the scene even showed Katy Perry and Rihanna who came to cheer for the game.

For Rihanna, although the Cavaliers are already behind with a total score of 0:3, it can be said that their lives are hanging by a thread.

But in Rihanna's view, whether the Cavaliers are eliminated or able to advance, in fact, it doesn't have much impact on her.

Because for Rihanna, she has never been a fan of the Cavaliers, because she is just James' exclusive little fan girl...

It can be said that with the presence of Katy Perry and Rihanna, this also caused the ratings of this game to rise in a straight line.

Although in the previous few games, the two made some publicity for this round of the game on their personal twitter.

But when two people came to the scene to watch at the same time, this still attracted many fans who didn't pay much attention to basketball to watch the matchup of this game.

It can be said that in today's NBA league, Su Jiu, James and Kobe can definitely be regarded as thriving.

Because in a sense, behind these three people at this moment is a little fan girl with an amazing net worth.

So if we only look at it from this aspect, Su Jiu can straighten his back and say loudly to people:

"It's not me bragging to you, in this league, me, Kobe, James, the three of us are completely unique!!"

"I have a [-]-[-] match with Kobe and Lao Zhan..."

Before the game, players on both sides were warming up for shooting in their respective halfs, while on the Cavaliers side, head coach Mike Brown and the coaching staff beside him have been making sketches.

Obviously, the winning or losing of this game is very important. After all, Mike Brown has just led the team to the league's first record this season.

If he faces a 4-0 sweep by the Magic in the playoffs, then I am afraid that the time for him to dismiss get out of class will be getting closer and closer.

Regarding this point, coach Budenholzer, who led the civilian Eagles to the league's first record, must have understood it in later generations.

Ahem...

Of course, after going to the Bucks, it didn't get any better. In the regular season, it was still as fierce as a tiger, but after the playoffs, it was basically a meal of goji berries.

Wiggins: "I seem to hear the voice of wolfberry (manually funny)."

As the game is about to start, the two sides announced the starting lineup of the game respectively:

Magic:

Su Jiu, Iverson, Pietrus, Lewis, and Howard.

Cavaliers:

Mo Williams, West, James, Sczerbiak, and Varejao.

In this game, Mike Brown once again adjusted the starting lineup.

Because in the first few games, the team's starting center, Ilgauskas, was simply crushed when facing Howard.

And in addition, Ilgauskas' slow moving speed was seized by the Magic many times and played an excellent defensive counterattack.

You know, the Cavaliers are the strongest defensive counterattack team in the league this season, and even the Suns, the bombarded city, can only sigh.

And for the Cavaliers' defensive counterattack, in the first two rounds of the playoffs, the Pistons and Eagles complained again and again.

But when facing the Magic in the Eastern Conference Finals, the Cavaliers were caught off guard by the Magic using their best method.

So when Ilgauskas was blown away by Howard on the defensive end, his presence on the court became a major weakness of the Cavaliers.

Although Varejao, who is [-] meters tall, is also on the verge of being blown up when facing Howard, but Varejao's movement speed is at least relatively good, and he will not be easily counterattacked by the Magic.

The reason why Mike Brown dared to mention Szczerbiak to the starting fourth position in this game is precisely because the Magic's starting power forward is Rashard Lewis, who mainly shoots.

Therefore, Szczerbiak will not suffer too much when facing Lewis.

Even though Szczerbiak played mostly as a small forward throughout his career, Szczerbiak, who has a height of 240 meters and a weight of [-] pounds, is definitely more than enough when facing Lewis.

After all, although Lewis is in the fourth position, his style of play is more like an outside shooter, so Mike Brown's change this time obviously overturned all his employment habits in the regular season.

And it can also be seen from this point that Mike Brown has decided to make a single throw at this time and has done a lot of preparation work before the game.

After the start of the game, the Magic took the ball first. After all, in the normal jump ball stage, unless Howard himself was distracted and reacted a little too late, in today's league, few people can guarantee that they can win the jump ball stage at the beginning of the game on Howard's head.

Forehead…

Of course, try to exclude Yao Ming here...

Facing Mo Williams who was defending him with the ball, Su Jiu didn't feel too much defensive pressure.

Although after the first game, Mo Williams has already invested more personal energy on the defensive end, but Mo Williams' overall defensive awareness is relatively average.

And with a height of only 1.8 meters [-], there is no advantage at all when facing Su Jiu.

It can be said that when facing Su Jiu, Mo Williams did not make any outstanding contributions except for a slight advantage in speed.

And at the same time, Mo Williams' offensive efficiency in these three games was also limited by Su Jiu.

After all, when James can't play an efficient offensive efficiency against Howard, then what the Magic need to do is to try to pinch Mo Williams' offensive firepower.

Because apart from James and Mo Williams, the offensive ability of the Cavaliers is completely worthless.

At least for the trend of this round of the series, it will not play any role in rewriting the game.

As soon as the first quarter came up, Su Jiu didn't start blindly playing singles against Mo Williams. Instead, he took the lead in handing the ball to Howard on the inside for processing.

Because no one on the inside of the entire Cavaliers can limit Howard's presence in one-on-one, so for the Magic, it is the safest way for the Magic to take the lead in launching the offense at this point, so as to drive other players.

Facing the unchanging offensive strategy of the Magic, although Mike Brown off the court saw it very clearly, he had nothing to do, because no one could make the Cavaliers available inside.

Although it is said that if Mike Brown sends Ben Wallace to start, it can indeed cause some trouble for Howard in the penalty area.

Because although Ben Wallace's height is limited, at least he can not fall behind in terms of strength.

However, if Ben Wallace is taken on the court by Mike Brown, then this also means that the Cavaliers' already lax offense will become even more lax.

You know, the reason why the Magic will hand over the ball to Howard does not mean that the entire Magic can only be executed by Howard.

So if Mike Brown really puts Ben Wallace on the starting list in order to limit Howard, then the Magic can gradually shift the focus of offense to the outside.

But the Cavaliers will be in a very big trouble on the offensive end.

After all, the presence of Ben Wallace means that the Cavaliers have to face the embarrassment of four-on-five on the offensive end, and this is obviously not advisable for the Cavaliers who are already behind by a big score of 0:3.

Otherwise, if it is so easy to find a way to break Howard's restrictions, then the Cavaliers will not face defeat in the previous three games.

The reason why Mike Brown replaced the team's leading center Ilgauskas in this game and took the small combination of Varejao and Szczerbiak is to seek a breakthrough on the offensive end.

In order to use his best means to suppress the Magic as much as possible on the offensive end.

After all, in the final analysis of a basketball game, the final competition is which team will score more points.

Therefore, knowing that the team has no good way to deal with Howard, Mike Brown quickly broke his arm and directly gave up on the defensive end to compete with the Magic.

Instead, he put all his focus on the offensive end, planning to start a fierce offensive battle with the Magic.

At the same time, I also want to use this way of slanting the sword to see if it can bring some turning points for the Cavaliers in this game.

After all, in the first three games of this round of the series, Mike Brown has fully realized that if it is in a normal offensive and defensive duel, then Howard's existence is too restrained by LeBron James, who mainly plays inside.

So if you don't take the initiative to make changes, then facing the Cavaliers may be a 4:0 ruthless sweep.

Even if Mike Brown's main small lineup in this game is changed, this method of rashly speeding up does not necessarily guarantee that the team will win the game.

But for Mike Brown, who has nothing to do at the moment, this can already be called a last stand.

Facing Warcraft Howard, who was holding the ball inside and preparing to attack, the Cavaliers did not flank him this time as usual.

Instead, everyone pulled away and planned to use Varejao to single-handedly defend against Howard. Although this seemed a little bit like a tiger's mouth, Mike Brown was just betting.

I am betting that Howard cannot kill the game on his own, and once Howard's shooting percentage on the offensive end is limited to less than [-]%, then the Cavaliers can find a breakthrough on the offensive end.

After all, if the Magic give the ball to Howard for inside singles throughout the game, then others will inevitably participate in a switchback role.

So for Mike Brown, his idea in this game is to resolutely not double-team Howard, so he uses this method to override the participation of other people on the offensive end, and finally uses this offensive lineup to try to find a breakthrough on the offensive end.

I have to say that Mike Brown's plan in this game is obviously a bit crazy, because before the start of this round of the series, the biggest problem for Mike Brown is probably how to limit Howard's personal performance in the paint.

And this is probably the first question that most teams will think of when facing the Magic.

Even the defending champion Celtics are the same. In that round of the series, the reason why the Celtics defended a shrinking inside defense was because they wanted to limit Howard's overwhelming inside.

But when the Cavaliers suffered double-digit slaughter in three consecutive games, Mike Brown made a very anti-age change.

That is to take the initiative to put Howard on the inside for singles, so as to use this method to offset the participation of other people on the offensive end, and then the Cavaliers will try their best to play a good performance from the offensive end and strive to win this game.

Obviously, Mike Brown's method is definitely a bit crazy, because in this era where the inside is still the mainstay, and defense is the only way to win the championship.

If you want to use the offensive end to win the game, and choose to let go of the league's number one center Howard's inside strong play, then this definitely requires a lot of courage.

After all, in today's era, it really has some non-mainstream atmosphere.

And if you have to make an analogy, it seems that when other teams face the Lakers, they don't think about how to limit Kobe's personal performance, but instead relax their defensive vigilance against Kobe, thereby weakening other people's participation on the offensive end.

In the end, the entire team put all their focus on the offensive end, betting that the team can make a difference on the offensive end, and finally tried to win the game through confrontation.

It has to be said that if Mike Brown hadn't been forced to a certain extent at this time, he would never have made such a bold decision on the court.

Because in this case, once the team faces losing again, it will obviously be a bad thing for Mike Brown.

Throughout the first quarter, facing the relaxation of vigilance inside the Cavaliers, Howard began to show his power here. Regardless of his 21, as long as you dare to let go, then I will dare to fight.

The head coach of the Magic, Stan Van Gundy, was a little confused at first, because it was really counterintuitive, but after about half a quarter of offensive and defensive battles, Van Gundy gradually figured out Mike Brown's court intentions.

It has to be said that for this decision made by Mike Brown, even Van Gundy gave him his thumbs up in his heart.

Because also as the head coach, Van Gundy knows very well how much pressure Mike Brown will face on the court when he makes this decision.

At the same time, Mike Brown's defensive tactics also had some effect, because most of the Magic's offensive options throughout the first quarter gradually began to tilt towards Howard inside.

In this case, the offensive shots of Iverson, Lewis, and Su Jiu faced a situation that was greatly compressed.

But no matter what, Mike Brown still didn't realize that he seriously overestimated the team's ability on the offensive end.

Throughout the first quarter, the Cavaliers' strategy on the defensive end was indeed relatively successful, but on the offensive end, they were unable to open up the situation as expected.

Although Szczerbiak's role as the fourth position has opened up enough space for LeBron James.

However, as long as LeBron James breaks through and enters the inside, he will face front and back blocking. Facing LeBron James' breakthrough and scoring, the shooters on the outside are frequently hitting the iron.

Even though West and Szczerbiak have already hit a few open three-pointers one after another, for the Cavaliers who pinned all their hopes on the offensive end, it seems more like a drop in the bucket.

Among them, Mo Williams, the second leader of the team, hit 6 irons in the first quarter. In terms of the degree of his iron strikes, it even reminded Su Jiu, who was facing him, of General Joe in the later Clippers period...

As the saying goes, the boat sank naturally when it arrived at Qiaotou, ahem...

Of course, the insufficient firepower of the Cavaliers players on the perimeter was completely within Su Jiu's expectations.

After all, people in this period did not pay as much attention to shooting outside the three-point line as later generations, and in the usual team training, there are very few tactical teams that specialize in shooting outside the three-point line.

So even though Mike Brown's tactics can be called perfect in concept, if you really want players to shoot far beyond their regular season shooting efficiency, then this can definitely be called a big problem.

You must know that Mike Brown in this game has been cornered, so he is not fully prepared for this change in formation and style of play.

At least while the Cavaliers' coaching staff has developed this set of tactics, the running-in time the Cavaliers can have is too short.

Among them, in addition to the lack of people who are really good at three-point shooting, the Cavaliers' shooters also face the pressure from the Magic's home fans, and the external pressure that the series has fallen behind 0:3.

Under these various reasons, there are definitely only a handful of players who can really withstand the pressure and complete the explosion on the offensive end.

After all, no matter how you say it, this is already a concept that runs counter to the Cavaliers' offensive tactics during the regular season.

That's why Mike Brown, who was more like talking on paper in his coaching career, has been unable to break through in his coaching career in later generations, and he lost more than he won in many tough battles in the playoffs.

It has to be said that as a head coach, although Mike Brown has the ability to lead a team into the playoffs, his ability can only stay at the stage of leading the team into the playoffs...

In the end, after the end of the first quarter, facing the Cavaliers' anti-age tactical arrangement, the Magic at home relied on a more stable performance, still as follows:

27:24

Leading the Cavaliers by three points, it ended the first quarter contest between the two sides.

　I saw that there was not enough time before 12 o'clock, so I combined all the chapters and synthesized such a big chapter.

　　So the chapters in the early morning will be published together after the code is finished tomorrow.

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　　Finally, I still want to lick my face and ask for a monthly ticket, thank you!

　　

　

(End of this chapter)