The convulsion superstar of basketball

Chapter 344 343. I used to be able to suppress you, but after you reinforce it, I can still do it!

"I really didn't expect that after the end of the first half, the Magic already had a tendency to end the game."

"Actually, the lineup of the Magic this season can be described as very luxurious. Before the start of the season, they were already deeply loved and supported by the fans."

"But in this offseason, in order to be able to climb the mountain of the Magic, the Cavaliers spent a lot of thought to trade O'Neal from the Suns."

"I planned to use Shaquille O'Neal to sanction Howard, but I never expected that even so, the Cavaliers were still suppressed throughout the first half and seemed powerless to fight back."

"I have to say that this scene looks more or less ironic."

During the intermission, the commentator Mark Woodson said to his partner with a little helplessness.

Because before the game started, Mark Woodson believed that the Cavaliers in the new season must be able to cause trouble for the Magic.

It is even possible to beat the Magic in this preseason game, thus avenging last season.

But it never occurred to me that after halftime, the performance of the Cavaliers throughout the first half can be said to be completely powerless.

Because at this time, Mark Woodson has clearly realized that the reason why the Cavaliers can't beat the Magic is not all because of Howard.

After all, throughout the first half, Howard was basically in an invisible state on the offensive end and didn't perform very well, but the Magic still fully suppressed the Cavaliers.

In fact, the most fundamental reason lies in defense.

When LeBron James is facing other teams, he can use his advantages to play.

Whether it's a personal breakthrough or a split after being double-teamed, this can bring the Cavaliers more offensive options.

But when the Cavaliers face the current Magic team, their personal choices on the offensive end have become a little daunting.

Regardless of whether it is LeBron James facing the double pressure of the forward defense and Howard in the penalty area, he cannot easily break through into the inside to kill.

It's still that the Magic never double-teamed LeBron James. These two points can be said to make the Cavaliers a little bit worse, unable to play that smooth offensive system.

And the most frightening thing is that the head coach of the Cavaliers, Mike Brown, has already seen this point on the field, but he has nothing to do.

Because it is impossible for him to tell LeBron James, "Just force a breakthrough and don't think about any problems."

After all, under the absolute strength and personal suppression, chicken soup can only be called a spiritual aid, but it cannot solve the fundamental problem.

In addition, the reason why the Cavaliers were able to win the first record in the league last year is because the entire Cavaliers did a very good job in grasping defensive counterattacks.

Among them, LeBron James, who is the brain of the team, is very good at executing passes in such chaotic battles.

That's why last season, the Cavaliers' offense was so smooth.

Because in addition to LeBron James, the Cavaliers also have a number of high-quality outside shooters such as Mo Williams and West.

At the very least, it can ensure that when LeBron James passes the ball to the position, others can shoot up and down to output outside the three-point line.

However, when facing the Magic, the Cavaliers' best offensive method was forcibly eliminated from the source.

You know, the Magic were ranked among the top three in defensive ability among the 30 teams last season, and the Magic's return to defense is very fast.

As the slowest moving center position on the field, there is also a character like Howard who can be called a pervert.

In addition, the Magic have never double-teamed LeBron James, because Stan Van Gundy knows very well that even if the first line of defense cannot pose too much threat to James, there is still a mountain of Howard standing behind him.

So instead of double-teaming LeBron James, so that other shooters have more offensive opportunities, Stan Van Gundy chooses to trust Howard behind him more, and resolutely does not double-team LeBron James on the field.

It is precisely because of this that the Cavaliers' options on the offensive end will become more and more narrow.

Often in the end, it is necessary to use the personal abilities of LeBron James and Mo Williams to make essential shots.

Faced with this situation, when the Cavaliers' original counterattack storm and breakthrough points have all become individual singles, then the Cavaliers' loss seems to have become a necessity.

After returning from the second half, the look of the Cavaliers did not seem to be very good.

Although this is just a preseason game, neither side will go all out, but judging from the situation in the entire first half, it seems that the reinforced Cavaliers are also not the Magic's opponent.

This situation obviously made the Cavaliers feel a little desperate. Even Mike Brown, who had just won the best coach last season, felt his old face blush.

But at this time, Mike Brown felt that this incident was really not his fault, because he completely saw Stan Van Gundy's tactical intentions, and he also knew exactly what the Magic wanted to do.

But the key is that the team still has no way to make changes in the end. Mike Brown believes that the most fundamental reason lies in the team's reinforcement.

To put it simply, the personal abilities of the players are limited. Once James is limited personally, the personal contributions of other players can be said to be a mess.

On the normal historical trajectory, LeBron James failed to win the NBA championship during the 1.0 period of the Cavaliers. This is the most fundamental reason.

As for why James won his first career championship after arriving in the Heat, it is because when he was in the Heat, if other teams made such targeted defenses against James.

Then he can still have Wade and Bosh to stand up and score by his side, so it is not at all that the entire team suddenly fell into a power outage.

Basically, he can't play, and the offensive end is also intermittent, and there is no fluency at all.

Although Mo Williams' personal offensive firepower is also not to be underestimated, and last year, he was also selected as a substitute for the Eastern Conference All-Star team.

But at the end of the day, Mo Williams is a scorer, and if you ask him to provide steady outside firepower after receiving a pass from LeBron James, then he is more than enough to do it.

Or when James is physically exhausted, leading the team to grab points for a certain period of time, then Mo Williams can also be competent.

But if you want him to lead the team alone on the court like Wade, and be able to bring the rhythm on the court very smoothly, instead of being forced to use individual singles to score.

Then Mo Williams' strength is indeed not up to this stage.

To be precise, even Mo Williams in his peak period is not suitable to play the role of a second master at all, but he is more suitable to be a third master.

Some people say that Mo Williams' playing style is very similar to Lillard of later generations, but in fact, there is a gap between the two, which is like a sky and an underground.

Because what Lillard can do for the Blazers is to help the Blazers, and Mo Williams can only bring icing on the cake for the Cavaliers.

So when LeBron James' personal performance is restricted by defense, the entire Cavaliers will not be able to really open up the situation when facing the Magic.

Can only be forced to carry out some personal offensive singles, barely maintain the score on the court, and not be further enlarged by the Magic.

This is why the Cavaliers were only 12 points behind at the end of the first half, but the commentator Mark Woodson bluntly said that there is no hope of any comeback in the Cavaliers.

Because the Cavaliers have not been able to bring pressure to the Magic throughout the first half, it feels like the Magic has been attacking, but the Cavaliers have repeatedly figured out how to reduce the damage, instead of thinking about how to counterattack.

Throughout the third quarter, Stan Van Gundy has already widened his lineup rotation, switching the main players off the court early for a rest, and doing more tactical moves and running-in on the court.

Faced with this situation, no matter how thick-skinned Mike Brown is, he cannot continue to put the main force on the court to chase points.

After all, this is just an NBA preseason game, and Mike Brown doesn't want to hear reports from reporters after the game that he lost and lost.

You know, during this offseason, Mike Brown has been sprayed to pieces by the reporters, and even made Mike Brown feel for the first time that the best coach award is like a hot potato, not fun at all...

As the two sides probably found out a general strength of each other in the new season, throughout the second half, the two teams replaced players who were usually not available for the game.

Finally, after the end of the game, the Magic at home played in the first preseason game of the new season with:

113:90

Leading the Cavaliers by 23 points, the game ended.

After the game, the fans in the entire Orlando Arena felt very excited. This excitement was not because the team defeated the Cavaliers in the preseason.

The main reason is that the fans seem to have seen the magic in the new season once again kill the Quartet, and then reach the top of the NBA championship and complete the hope of the consecutive championship dynasty.

After all, people's desires are unlimited. After the Magic team won the NBA championship last season like a dark horse.

At this moment, Orlando fans hope that the team can complete consecutive championships and establish a dynasty that is very rare in history.

However, before the start of this season, the fans have been worried about what kind of state the running-in between the Magic can achieve.

Will the players' cooperation on the field become tacit? After all, several of the Magic's champions this season have already left.

So in this case, whether the team's performance in the new season can meet people's psychological expectations has always been a question in the minds of all fans.

After this game is over, although it does not mean that the team will definitely play better in the new season, at least judging from the cooperation with each other on the field, the team's chemical reaction in the new season does not seem to be so bad.

This is undoubtedly a reassurance for fans who support the Magic.

In addition, after the loss, the Cavaliers also hugged and greeted the Magic politely.

But from the faces of people like Mike Brown and LeBron James, it is obvious that this game still made everyone in the Cavaliers feel tremendous pressure.

Even though the players on both sides did not give their best during the game, those who paid attention still found out.

Regardless of whether each other has put in their best efforts, the main problem for the Cavaliers now is that they cannot easily overcome the Magic's defensive routines.

It can be said that the Cavaliers want to complete revenge in the new season and re-attack the championship, then the Magic will definitely be a mountain that the Cavaliers must climb in the East.

So in the new season, for LeBron James and Mike Brown, the most important issue they need to consider now is how to still play at the level they should have when facing this Magic...

In this game, Su Jiu's shooting touch in the first game of the preseason was very hot, although this game does not prove that Su Jiu's performance in the new season will become better.

But at least this is proof that Su Jiu's shooting ability in the new season is still terrifying, at least he won't be at his peak when he debuted as people imagined, and then gradually fall into mediocrity.

全场比赛苏久一共是带打不打的出场了18分钟，个人在进攻端11投8中，其中三分线外8中6，轻描淡写的就贡献出了22分3篮板以及2次助攻的数据。

In only 18 minutes of playing, he contributed 22 points. It has to be said that Su Jiu's shooting touch in this game is absolutely terrifying.

In addition to Su Jiu, Howard, who just won the Finals MVP last season, only played 15 minutes and contributed 8 points, 7 rebounds and 1 blocked shot.

除此之外，来到球队以后，第一次出任正式比赛的卡特则是拿下了13分2篮板4助攻，白巧克力9分5助攻1抢断，布兰登巴斯27分4篮板，替补出场的刘易斯14分2篮板1助攻。

Since the main players don't have a lot of playing time, in the second half, most of the time it is the substitute players who are competing.

Therefore, there is basically not much reference value for this kind of preseason personal data.

After all, in the preseason, the most important thing to test each other is the overall strength on the court and the tactical execution ability of the players after running-in.

The last thing I have to mention is that Iverson was a dog in this game. In the 12 minutes he played in the game, Iverson didn't make any shots, but contributed 7 assists.

It has to be said that if Iverson dares to be second in terms of work and effort, no one in the Magic will dare to be the first! ! !

Similarly, this preseason also has a lot of gains for head coach Stan Van Gundy.

That is, through such a formal game confrontation, Van Gundy was obviously able to discover some flaws and deficiencies of the team on the field.

Especially the mistakes in some passing cooperation, which in Van Gundy's view are mistakes that should not be made at all.

However, Van Gundy could only sigh helplessly when he thought that the players had only been running in together for a short time, so it was inevitable that they would make some mistakes.

But even in such a situation, the Magic are still suppressing the Cavaliers, so after seeing this clearly, Van Gundy has become more and more confident about the upcoming regular season fight this season...

(End of this chapter)