Basketball's most talented forward is on the left

The Magic unexpectedly fell into a scoring drought, and Van Gundy looked a little frustrated on the bench.

"What the hell are you playing! Defense! Do you know what defense is? Especially you, if you can't find an opening on the outside, just go back and defend. Are you sleepwalking? You've forgotten all about tactics!"

"

He was very dissatisfied with the performance of the team's backcourt, especially JJ Redick. This substitute who had just been on the bench for a few minutes was sprayed so bloody that the broadcast cameras had to be muted.

JJ Redick looked innocent. What does this tnnd have to do with him? He has only been on the court for a few minutes... He is the one who takes the blame. The real problem is where is his turn? He is just a substitute, far from being the important one in the Clippers later.

Outside firepower is almost dispensable in the Magic.

But there is no way. Who can you scold if you don't scold him? Van Gundy doesn't know that this wave of disadvantages is mainly because Howard was replaced for two consecutive fouls and caused a gap inside the Magic. Of course he knows, but he can't scold Howard, so he just

Can Redick take the blame?

But Van Gundy can also understand Howard's mentality. He is extremely prone to mental explosions. After playing so smoothly in the first quarter, going 4-for-4, he almost didn't get the ball in the second quarter and only took 2 shots.

, not one has entered yet...

In this situation, according to Howard's character and mentality, he is going to explode. Coupled with Howard's previous contempt and carelessness towards the Knicks, this contrast is completely incense.

But he exploded and ended up with consecutive fouls, which directly caused the Magic system to collapse and the inside line could no longer stand. Wasn't it because Zuo Li and others were asking for everything.

But now Van Gundy doesn't care about Howard's mentality. He only knows that if they don't change the scoring issue, they will be in trouble, so he emphasized loudly: "We need to score, Lewis, you need to stand up, Alston, you continue to play.

I believe you already know what you should do, 10 points is not the end of the world, we still have time!"

"Dwight, stop fouling, we need your power!"

Van Gundy seemed to have said everything, but he seemed to have said nothing at all. This bunch of words, which can be called the originator of nonsense literature, were really helpless. He couldn't think of a way to restrain the Knicks' three top players on the spot, so he could only give in.

Anyone who can use it should give it a try.

Do you think that the coach will talk a lot about tactics during the timeout? However, the reality is that most of them are encouraging or scolding nonsense. Tactics are not so easy to change. The tactics of a game are only made after a long time of precipitation.

Yes, even if it doesn't work, it can only be tinkered with. The general direction will not be changed easily.

So now the Magic must rely on existing personnel and tactics to stabilize the situation as much as possible!

"We watched Howard and Alston return to the court. The Knicks lineup has not changed. There are 2 minutes and 45 seconds left in the second quarter. It seems that the Magic want to recover the score as much as possible during this period." Yang Yi

said.

"That's right," Yu Jia nodded: "After all, the Knicks have already gained momentum. If they don't respond, they will easily collapse in the second half with such a big point difference."

The game continued amidst the cheers and shouts of the fans in the audience.

The Magic took the lead in attacking, and Howard finally got the ball in the paint, but he hit Zuo Li but failed to knock it away. The forced turn shot allowed Zuo Li to receive a rebound.

Ewing on the sidelines twitched his lips. He had taught these two people their steps. He really didn't know whether to cry or laugh at this scene.

The Knicks took the ball and set the pace. Dragic dribbled the ball across half court, hoisted the ball into the paint, and then quickly ran without the ball.

After Randolph received the ball, he relied on his own weight advantage to hit Lewis with a strong back. This is also one of the weaknesses of the Magic's defense. Lewis and Randolph are two completely different power forwards. You can't guard me.

I can't guard against your kind.

After arriving in the penalty area, he used his fat but flexible footsteps to deceive Lewis's center of gravity, turned around and scored a layup.

This is the horror of Randolph.

The Magic attacked again. Alston dribbled the ball across the half court and passed it directly to Turkoglu, allowing him to play singles. Turkoglu turned around and was double-teamed. Then he could only give it back to Alston. 24 seconds later.

There was no time, Alston directly threw a long three-pointer.

In!

"Yes!" Van Gundy shouted, finally breaking through.

However, the Knicks didn't panic at all with this kind of ball.

Come back and stand on the left to catch the ball at the top of the key. After three threats, take a tentative step to shake the defender's center of gravity.

After a series of fake moves, Zuo Li missed a step and made a sudden breakthrough. Three steps later, he shot directly and scored!

Turkoglu was finally forced here, so he switched defense, pushed the ball to the left and then fell back.

Bang, bang! Hit the iron in anger!

David Lee protected the defensive rebound and launched a defensive counterattack.

Dragic dribbled the ball quickly and went straight to the basket, relying on Alston who was returning to defense to force a layup.

Score in!

The audience burst into warm applause, cheering for this wonderful counterattack.

The Magic sent a baseline kick. After receiving the ball, power forward Lewis didn't pay attention to his back. He was slapped by Zuo Li and then dunked under the basket!

Bang!

"The Knicks are completely crazy." Yang Yi praised, this game is so smooth, the Magic can't react!

No one expected that the timeout not only failed to solve the problem, but that the Knicks would seize the opportunity again.

Then the Magic made a pass error and was in chaos.

Dragic, who was dribbling and organizing at the top of the arc, saw Zuo Li shake off the defender and thought that he was about to get another assist.

So he just threw the ball to the basket.

Zuo Li, who was running, saw the ball coming over, jumped on one foot, jumped into the air, grabbed the basketball in the air, and made a tomahawk chop gesture.

This time, Howard didn't even have a chance to foul, and could only watch Zuo Li slam the ball into the basket.

"Alley-oop! Zuo Li ended the offense with a very powerful dunk!" Smith explained excitedly.

The more promising Knicks once again went 10-3. Except for Alston's unreasonable three-pointer, no one from the Magic could score within 2 minutes, which blinded everyone's eyes.

Many Magicians looked at the Magic who were defeated by the Knicks in confusion, and asked from the bottom of their hearts: "Is this the Magic of the Hammer Knights in the semifinals?"

of course.

But the Magic played like this in this game. In addition to their own arrogance, it was because the Knicks' tactics were too good!

57-37 at halftime, the Knicks actually gained a huge advantage of 20 points!

This ball was already a bit unplayable, because the Magic fell behind not because they did not play well. They shot 40% at halftime which was acceptable, but they were directly crushed by the Knicks' tactics. This is the most desperate thing.

Because you can't change it easily, and it has nothing to do with the feel, this made the second half go faster. In the third quarter, the Knicks led 87-60 by 27 points.

Van Gundy took a look and simply replaced him as a substitute, and the last quarter became garbage time.

In the end, 110-95, the Knicks beat the Magic in G1 of the Eastern Conference Finals and got off to a good start.