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Chapter 423: Even though defeated, the happy beast is still glorious (please subscribe, please support)

Author: Fan Xian Xiao Xianxian

Chapter 423: Even though defeated, the happy beast is still glorious (please subscribe, please support)

When the final whistle sounded, the score difference on the big screen stung Howard Howard's heart. In G1 of the Eastern Conference semifinals, the Magic defeated the Knicks 103:142, setting a single-game score difference record in the playoffs this season.

In the stands, Knicks fans were celebrating heartily. Even though the team reached the Eastern Conference semifinals last season, and even though the team performed a miracle in 1999 and reached the finals all the way, the team has always been

He has never been regarded as a championship favorite.

Not to mention, the Knicks are the top seed in the league this season!

After "dominating" the Eastern Conference for two seasons, the Magic will most likely face a "prosperity and decline" situation this season, and Howard is a little tired. In fact, he is still among the top five in the league this season.

The influence of the game can be ranked in the top three, but it has to be said that the team has many defensive loopholes on the outside, and Howard is already somewhat unable to make up for it.

After the game, the media took advantage of the situation and said that the Magic lacked players on the outside who could handle the ball and create damage to stabilize the overall situation. Josh Smith's shooting was too unstable and he was not suitable to partner with Howard.

This is a bit nonsense. The Magic relied on this lineup to defeat James' Cavaliers and reach the finals for two consecutive seasons, and the results were better than in the previous life. Howard and Smith do not fit well in terms of playing styles, but the two of them are incompetent.

The relationship is excellent, Warcraft is willing to make some sacrifices for the Lunar Eclipse, brothers work together, and they are as powerful as gold; if it were replaced by Lewis, who has better shooting and stronger singles ability, the Magic team would not be as good as it is now!

After the game, Stan Van Gundy complained about problems with the league's schedule. The Magic played two more games than the Knicks in the first round and only had two days of rest before competing against the Knicks. The players were completely at a physical disadvantage.

This complaint has a feeling of "incompetence and rage". First of all, the Knicks' situation was created by the team itself, not by lottery or the league's behind-the-scenes arrangement; secondly, if it is an ordinary first place in the Eastern Conference, this season,

The Knicks were deceived by "72-10". Before the fourth to last game, the team barely rotated, so the consumption in the regular season was not considered consumption?

Ke Yan was interviewed and said harshly: "In the past two seasons, my team suffered injuries and then went through a season of reconstruction. Don't forget, in the previous two seasons, my team represented the Eastern Conference and won the championship.

Championship! Including beating the Lakers."

Ke Yan's words were sarcastic... he was probably clearly mocking the Magic for taking advantage of his "weak period" to advance to the Finals, and it also added some topicality to the later games of this series.

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One day later, the G2 game continued at Madison Square Garden.

After two days of rest, the Magic team's physical fitness has recovered, and the team's perimeter defensive quality has significantly improved. But in this game, Curry ushered in an explosion on the perimeter. In front of a packed house of 19,404 spectators, Curry

He played 38 minutes, made 12 of 27 shots, 7 of 15 three-pointers, 6 of 7 free throws, scored 37 points, 5 assists and 6 rebounds, leading the Knicks to a 105:91 victory over the Magic, taking a 2:0 lead in the series.

opponent.

Compared to their opponent in the first round, the Pacers, the Magic do have two tricks up their sleeves. Warcraft has "one pillar to support the sky" in the paint, and can suppress Horford, West, Mozgov, and Jamison on its own.

This four-man inside group can also provide a certain degree of defense switching, forcing James to play with relatively low efficiency.

In this game, Howard was in good form, scoring a double-double with 26 points and 14 rebounds. His outstanding performance also helped the Magic keep the score tight in the first half; but after his physical fitness declined in the second half, the Knicks showed too much

The situation that has blossomed is somewhat unsustainable for the Magic.

Although they tried to counterattack in the fourth quarter, offense was not their strong point. The Knicks were not afraid of Howard's strong attack and resolutely refused to give the Magic's outside shooters a chance. They even controlled the Magic without using the shark-cutting tactic.

For two consecutive rounds of the series, the opponent's inside lineup has insiders with strong defensive capabilities. James is a little depressed! Just talking about the offensive performance, he is "not even" as good as Curry.

But on the third day, something even more depressing happened for James.

On May 13, the NBA official website issued an official announcement that Rose won the 2010-2011 regular season MVP award. Rose, who only turned 23 years old on October 4 this year, became the youngest MVP in NBA history.

The promulgation of this award has encountered doubts from the outside world. After all, James's performance is much better than Rose's in terms of personal data and team performance. Just because he did not break the record, James was "robbed" of the honor. Rose's MVP was somewhat dissatisfied.

Public.

Especially the New York media, which loves to make trouble, went crazy and launched multiple programs to complain about the journalists who participated in the voting.

In Ke Yan's view, there are two main reasons why James missed the MVP award. First, he had already won two consecutive MVP awards in the 200708 and 2009 seasons. Without a championship next to him, the league really didn't dare to let him have consecutive MVP awards casually.

Three seals! Unless there is a gimmick of 73 wins, it is a pity that he did not seize the opportunity; secondly, the conflict between James and Ke Yan became heated, and the "fight for power" made the matter worse in the middle of the season. Despite Ke Yan's departure,

70% of the reasons are due to one's own decisions, but in the eyes of the media, it is all Benze's fault... James!

And if Ke Yan won the best coach, maybe there would be "sympathy points" in it!

Looking at Rose standing on the floor of the United Center and receiving the MVP trophy from David Stern, fans seemed to be pulled back to the distant 1990s for an instant, when the NBA was dominated by Jordan.

It has to be said that the Bulls jersey has brought a considerable emotional bonus to Rose, just like Doncic will also inherit some of Nowitzki's fans when he is with the Mavericks in the future.

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With a big score of 0:2, from head coach Van Gundy to the players and fans, they all know that if they lose another game, the Magic will say goodbye to this year's playoffs. There has never been a 0:0 in the history of the league.

It's possible to come back from 3 behind, not to mention the opponent is the Knicks, who can compete with the strongest team in history.

After two games of hard work, Van Gundy made adjustments and moved Peja and Bass into the starting lineup. The Serbian has seen many big scenes in the playoffs and is more reliable than Redick; Bass's shooting ability is better than Josh Smith and can

Help the team to open up space better on the offensive end.

This is the best attempt Van Gundy can make, but the team's weakness in offensive position battles still exists. Once the team is in position battles, except for Howard to pull out the pick-and-roll, the Magic have no stable scoring methods at all and can only do something else.

Piecemeal attacks by West with a hammer and a mallet were unable to change the Knicks' defensive formation.

When Josh Smith doesn't play, Howard's defensive pressure is even heavier! Howard put in his best efforts. While limiting James on the defensive end, he also scored 30+12 on the offensive end. In this round of the series, Howard

It is worthy of the words "clear conscience".

But except for James, who did not open up the situation, the Knicks blossomed more. Howard was nailed in the penalty area, and the Knicks could pass out more opportunities from the outside. Although Curry only scored 23 points, he also sent 9

Assists, using his "Kuyougravity" to help his teammates score. The Knicks scored 20 points with three players. In addition to James and Curry, Holiday also scored 22 points, becoming the "third giant."

Howard's average playing time per game in this series has increased to 40 minutes. As the game progresses into the fourth quarter, as his physical fitness declines, the Magic will always collapse. The same is true for this game. In just 3 minutes in the fourth quarter, Nick

Si made a flurry and instantly opened the point difference to 18 points, defeating the last psychological defense of the Magic players.

The final score was fixed at 101:120. The Magic lost miserably at home by 19 points and fell behind 0:3, basically losing the possibility of advancement.

Not to mention that Ke Yan doesn't have the habit of "holding back", even if he is soft-hearted, he will not be soft on the Magic.

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In the fourth game, the entire Magic team, who did not want to be swept, fought with their lives. Someone finally stood up next to Warcraft. Nelson took on the task of the team's perimeter offense and faced Curry resolutely in a one-on-one challenge. He made many shots and scored all the goals.

36 points, 3 rebounds and 7 assists.

With the perimeter under control, Howard plays a little "easier" and more "efficiently". Not only is the pick-and-roll more efficient, but he can also devote more energy to the defensive end.

In this game, Howard played 44 minutes and scored 28 points and 15 rebounds. In addition, Peja scored 5 three-pointers in this game, which also provided support to the team in terms of firepower.

With the help of everyone, the Magic finally won 120-116, ending the Knicks' 7-game winning streak in the playoffs this season!

Unable to sweep the Magic as expected, Ke Yan felt a little embarrassed and got angry in the locker room!

Everyone who is close to Ke Yan knows that the two things that Ke Yan is most unhappy with are: one is being "backstabbed" by Phil Jackson, thus losing the series with the Spurs; the other is being beaten by the Magic with a battalion of injured soldiers.

Sweep.

The Lakers' debt will be settled when Ke Yan goes to the West in the future. This year, the Knicks are so strong, and Ke Yan really planned to regain his position, but it still failed. No wonder he is angry.

Ke Yan's sudden revolt has different interpretations in the eyes of different people. Some people find it baffling; some think that he spends every penny; some glorify it as fighting every battle; and some see his strict management of the army.

But in any case, Ke Yan's "timely" tightening spell is a wake-up call for the young people who have won seven games in a row and have their tails raised to the sky. Except for Ke Yan, no one on this team has won the championship.

No one has the right to think that he is superior to others!

Losing the G4 game means that Madison Company can sell one more game tickets and generate another income. But in the G5 game, Ke Yan does not intend to give the Magic any chance.

James, who had been silent for several games, performed brilliantly in the last game of the series.

In the first quarter of the game, James scored 16 points on all Magic defenders, including one goal. He even used his impact to dunk Howard, which was brilliant and detonated the entire Madison;

In the second quarter, James didn't even take much rest. Ke Yan was determined to win this game, which reduced the team's rotation. Players such as Casspi and Jamison were directly "abandoned."

James scored another 10 points in a single quarter, helping the team lead the Magic by 15 points at 59:44 before halftime!

James scored 26 points and 7 rebounds in the half, becoming the hero of the team's "win".

In the second half of the game, James once again scored 22 points, making 18 of 31 shots and scoring 45 points, 12 rebounds and 7 assists. The Knicks won 123-98 and advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals with a total score of 4-1.

On the other hand, the Bulls advanced a little slower. The Bulls played 7 games with the Nets, and finally defeated the Nets 4:3 and advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals.

He spent a lot of money to build a luxurious lineup to compete with the Knicks in the market, but he was not even qualified to advance to the Eastern Conference finals and was defeated by the Knicks. Prokhorov was very angry, and the consequences were serious.

The Bulls have Luol Deng on the outside and Noah and Gibson on the inside. They are another annoying opponent for James.

(End of chapter)