The convulsion superstar of basketball

Chapter 322 321. I really just want to hug my thighs! !

After returning from the second quarter, the two sides replaced the bench for a contest, because the Magic had two tough guys, Gortat and Amir Johnson, on the bench.

So even though Howard is off the court at this stage, the Magic's ability to protect the basket in the penalty area has not declined at all.

After all, no matter how you say it, although Gortat today is far from the Polish hammer at the peak of later generations, Gortat in this period is definitely more than enough to play as a substitute player.

This also caused the Lakers' second team to basically end their offensive shots away from the basket.

And this situation obviously made Odom feel a little embarrassed. After all, in Odom's entire career, although he also had a one-handed three-pointer, his shooting percentage was very insecure.

Unable to get as close to the basket as possible, which also restricted Odom on the offensive end.

Fortunately, the Lakers also have marksman Vujacic on the bench, and Walton Jr. with a very high basketball IQ.

So under normal circumstances, the Lakers' bench lineup is still able to play a very smooth offense.

In this game, Van Gundy also arranged for Iverson to lead the second team to play.

But after Iverson played a very efficient personal performance in the last game, the Lakers' defense against Iverson in this game has obviously stepped up.

As long as Iverson enters the penalty area with the ball, the Lakers will immediately flank Iverson with more than two people, forcing Iverson to pass the ball to his teammates on the outside.

Faced with this situation, Iverson, who wanted to kill the enemy but was unable to recover, had to distribute the ball more to the outside.

However, in this game, the Magic's three-pointers from the outside are not very good. In addition, Amir Johnson, who is a power forward, is still a player who basically has no shooting ability.

So this also caused the Lakers to be very decisive in double-teaming Iverson, and did not let Iverson play too comfortably at this point.

Seeing Iverson hit the wall everywhere on the court, Stan Van Gundy frowned slightly at the moment off the court.

Because the signals reflected on the field are not good news for the Magic.

As the game continued on the court, the Magic team gradually fell into a disadvantage, because throughout the second quarter, the distribution of the ball was basically in the hands of Iverson alone.

So as long as Iverson can't successfully lead others to open up the situation, the Magic will become very passive on the offensive end.

In addition, Iverson's physical fitness is naturally at a disadvantage on the defensive end, which also leads to the fact that if Iverson cannot lead the team to play an excellent offensive performance on the offensive end, then he will become targeted by the Lakers on the defensive end.

Seeing the team's situation on the court getting worse and worse, the head coach Stan Van Gundy off the court became a little anxious.

Finally, after looking up at the time, taking advantage of a dead ball stage, Van Gundy gradually began to bring the main lineup back to the field.

Seeing the Magic team's substitution options, Zen master Jackson understood it, and also arranged for the main players to return to the court as soon as possible.

With the return of the main players of both sides, the game on the court once again fell into a state of anxiety.

In this game, whether it is the Lakers or the Magic, the offensive efficiency of both sides is not very high, and it is not even an exaggeration to say that it is an iron battle.

The reason why the Lakers will be ahead of the Magic with a slight advantage is that the most important thing is that all the players of the Lakers in this game are based on the mentality of breaking the boat.

Especially Kobe, who is a star player, set an example. When he was still facing the front and rear blocks of Pietrus and Howard, Kobe in this game did not choose to follow the guidance of the Magic to complete the offense.

On the contrary, the whole person used a turnaround jumper with a higher degree of difficulty on the offensive end. Even if he frequently hit the iron on the offensive end, Kobe was determined to use his best method to kill.

In addition to Kobe's point, Bynum, who was obviously superior to Howard's trash talk in the last game, also became more cautious.

Although the mutual spraying with Howard on the court has not stopped at all, but at least there will be no inexplicable low-post strong play on the offensive end.

Presumably after the last game, Bynum must have been criticized by Kobe or Jackson.

Otherwise, with Bynum's immature IQ, not fighting Howard to the death in the game, this is not Bynum's character at all.

And as Bynum began to converge on the offensive end and put all his focus on defending Howard, the Lakers had fewer inexplicable mistakes on the court and seized more opportunities to score.

Among them, when Gasol faced Lewis in the low post in this game, he played very tough.

Although Gasol has been called weak throughout his career, he was even dubbed "Sister-in-law" by fans.

But this actually has a lot to do with Gasol's playing style on the court. Compared with the insiders in this era who basically don't have a brain, they all rely on their physical fitness to defend the penalty area.

Inside players like Gasol with a super high basketball IQ are relatively rare. At least in the league this season, there are only a handful of inside players who are better at passing the ball than Gasol.

So when Gasol's playing style is presented to people, people will feel that Gasol is a bit weak, and even the low-post strong play in the interior has no strength at all, just like a girl.

However, any fan who has watched Gasol play in the Olympics will not say that Gasol's strong inside play has no strength to speak of.

If it is said that in the NBA, and playing by Kobe's side, Gasol's position on the court is completely a second master, so his playing style is more inclined to support and assist Kobe.

But this does not mean that Gasol's strength can be ignored.

In this game, Gasol increased the number of times he beat Lewis inside. After all, compared to Pau Gasol, Lewis is really weak.

If there is a player positioning, then it is obviously more appropriate to position Lewis as a tall shooter.

Facing Gasol's low back-up play, Lewis' whole person is simply miserable, and because of Gasol's excellent pass support and the Lakers' scattered positions on the court.

Therefore, the other players of the Magic team did not dare to flank Gasol rashly, and went to rescue the low-post Lewis in dire straits.

This situation also led to a rather interesting situation on the court, that is, the Lakers' offensive end is completely "Kobe plays, Kobe plays, Kobe plays Gasol, Gasol plays, Gasol plays, Gasol plays Kobe..."

But it is undeniable that although this situation sounds ridiculous, and there is even no tactics at all, the Lakers relied on this simple and brainless method to forcefully suppress the Magic for a whole half.

Although among them, it also has a lot to do with the Magic's own poor feel.

However, while Zen master Jackson made up his mind to cut off Su Jiu's contact with other teammates, the Lakers still became the final winner in the entire first half of the iron battle between the two sides.

Finally, after halftime, the Lakers at home played with:

41:35

Leading the Magic by six points, the contest between the two sides ended in the first half.

In the entire first half, the Magic only scored 35 points, which is obviously far below the average level of the team in the playoffs.

I have to say that in this game, whether the Lakers' defense is really good or the team's own poor feel, this cannot change the fact that the Magic played a poor performance.

During the halftime exit stage, everyone on the Magic team was obviously a bit lost on the way back to the locker room. Everyone lowered their heads, and there was no smile on their faces.

Even head coach Stan Van Gundy frowned at this moment, wondering what was going on in his head.

Mark Woodson: "At the end of the halftime game, the Magic are behind the Lakers by a full 6 points. For this, it is actually within people's expectations, but again, it is not within people's expectations."

"In fact, throughout the first half, the Lakers themselves did not play very well on the offensive end, because in this game we can fully see that the Lakers have always played relatively simple offensively."

"In addition to Kobe's personal singles on the offensive end, Paul (Gasol) made some personal singles in the low post against Rashad."

"Although it is not very common for Paul to score in this way on the offensive end."

"But I think it is necessary to do some articles on Rashad, because this can greatly reduce Kobe's pressure on the offensive end."

Partner Tom Horvath: "That's right, although the Lakers still played relatively simple offensively in this game, at least we can clearly see that Zen Master also made some changes in this game."

"However, I think that compared to the slight adjustments made by the Lakers on the offensive end, the reason why the Magic have been lagging behind in this game is actually on their own."

"Because their shooting percentage in the entire first half was really terrible. In the entire first half, the Magic's shooting percentage was only 38.2%, and the three-point shooting percentage dropped to 26.7%."

"So I think that instead of the Magic trying to keep targeting the Lakers, Coach Stan should think about how the team should adjust their offensive performance in the second half."

"The current goal of the Lakers is very obvious, that is, to cut off the connection between Su and other teammates no matter what."

"And it just so happened that Su's shooting from the outside wasn't very good in this game, so in this case, I think this is the most urgent problem that Coach Stan needs to solve."

With the end of the halftime game, the discussion on the Internet about this game has been very lively at the moment.

The most conspicuous among them is that before the game started, the fans who supported the Magic's victory obviously rose in a straight line.

At least it is a very significant increase compared to before the start of this round of the series.

And in the strong dialogue of the finals, the 6-point half-time lead is actually not obvious. Even if this is considered an advantage, the 6-point score can actually be easily wiped out.

So even though the Magic is temporarily lagging behind at this moment, for Magic fans, things are obviously not as bad as imagined.

"Aaron, when you go back in the second half, you will mainly bring the bench lineup, Hedo (Turkoglu), I will take the lead in bringing you to the starting position after returning in the second half, and you will play with Rashad, Sue, Dwight and Michael."

"In the second half, you have to completely take over the task of organizing the possession of the ball, with you as the absolute core of the organization, and attack from your point of view."

"Su, the Lakers' defense against you in this game is already very obvious. They just try to cut off the connection between you and other people. I believe that they will definitely continue to implement this point in the second half. It is difficult to make changes."

"So after going back in the second half, the task of holding the ball on the court is given to Hedo, and he is put on the bright side to attract the attention of the opponent."

"And you try to move as much as possible off the ball. Then I will arrange for Michael and Dwight to do more off-ball pick-and-rolls for you."

"In this way, when you switch to playing off the ball, your defensive pressure will naturally be much less, and when Xidu stands in a high position and holds the ball, you can move on the court non-stop, and you can try to get the opportunity to cooperate with others."

"This will definitely be very important, because we actually got a lot of shots in this game, and there are even some open shots."

"But in the end, we shot such a terrible efficiency, so we had to make changes in the second half of the game."

"Although Xido will be the absolute ball holder in the second half, in fact, you are the one who really depends on you throughout the second half. I hope you can adjust your state and try to score some wonderful goals in the second half."

As Stan Van Gundy was in the player lounge, holding a tactical board and explaining the tactical changes in the second half to everyone, everyone in the Magic team obviously felt the pressure at this moment.

Especially Su Jiu, while Van Gundy was explaining tactics with the tactical board, Van Gundy's eyes almost stayed on Su Jiu's body all the time.

And from the perspective of the final tactical distribution, although the team's ball-handler in the second half became Turkoglu, in the end the real offensive killer was placed on Su Jiu.

Although Su Jiu has always been relatively confident on weekdays, in the entire first half, Su Jiu's shooting efficiency was as low as 11 of 3 shots.

So at this moment, after learning about Stan Van Gundy's arrangement, Su Jiu will feel a lot of pressure, and even feel like being pushed out of the shelves.

You know, when Su Jiu found out that he was in the Magic team, Su Jiu was still secretly proud of himself.

"This is definitely a super thick thigh, I must become the man with the strongest thigh in the NBA!!"

result…

That's it? ? !

Even though Su Jiu knew that Howard's personal performance was bound to be greatly suppressed when facing the Los Angeles Lakers, which had the league's top twin towers.

In this case, the team's offensive focus will also be shifted to the outside as much as possible, so in this round of the series, the performance of myself and Iverson can definitely be called crucial.

But Su Jiu understands the truth, but at this moment when the team put all the burden on himself, Su Jiu still couldn't help shouting:

"Fuck!!"

"I really just want to be a salted fish and hug my thighs quietly!!"

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