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Unlike Baynes, who used his strength to hard-top Howard from behind, when it comes to Braden Wright, Stevens' tactical arrangement for him is much simpler, which is to resolutely defend around the front. Once Howard receives the ball , try to cut the ball directly, and foul in time if it fails.

Of course, it is not expected that these tactics can prevent Howard. Stevens' real purpose is to consume. The Magic can't leave Howard for a minute now. According to Van Gundy's use of him in the first half, if the two sides fight to the end, Howard's play The time guarantee is more than 40 minutes. Since you don't protect the superstars in the team yourself, the Nets will help you speed up.

Faced with the highly targeted defensive strategy of the Nets, Van Gundy also tried his best to deal with it. After Nelson advanced halftime, the ball was handed over to Turkoglu, who was taller and had a better vision. Although the Turkish agent's athletic ability and shooting feel are far inferior to those of the past, he still has the skill to pass the ball to Howard. This adjustment allows Howard to avoid too many invalid positions and waste precious energy.

Stan Van Gundy's defensive system and on-the-spot adjustments are at the forefront of the league's coaches. However, the drawbacks in operations make the Magic's lineup extremely inconsistent with his tactical needs. Don't say that operations are the general manager's business. In the normal operation of the team, even if the general manager and the head coach have differences, the general direction is absolutely the same. The perimeter players of the Magic are either short or poor in athletic ability, but the three starting perimeter players of the Nets are all known for their physical fitness, and there is almost a natural restraint. Compared with the Eagles, the Nets are more willing to play Magic team reason.

In the remaining time of the third quarter, the two teams played back and forth. The Nets maintained a double-digit lead, but slowly pushed the Magic to a desperate situation. Howard was visible to the naked eye on the court. As for the last two minutes, Van Gundy had to take him off the court to rest for a while, otherwise, it would be a slow suicide.

Fortunately, in the last two minutes without Howard, the point difference has not been further widened, and it is still 11 points, which can be regarded as the last hope of the Magic.

The question came to Van Gundy, how to use Howard in the fourth quarter?

Send him to play at the beginning? That must not work! From changing him off to the intermission, it only took five or six minutes to fully play and count, so what is it!

Follow the normal rotation? That's impossible! The Magic don't have the capital! Although the outside world has always been optimistic about the Magic team relying on Howard's role and the team's years of experience in the Eastern Conference to educate the young Nets, but when it comes to real fighting, the group of people under him are really being beaten by the Nets. Van Gundy would rather use his starting outside trio to replace the Nets' three substitute outside players Jeremy Lin, Korver, and Fernandez. It is conceivable how desperate he is.

After thinking for a long time, Van Gundy set a psychological bottom line of 15 points for himself. When the point difference on the field widened to 15 points, Van Gundy would immediately send Howard to fight for the final fight. If there are still more than 4 points, replace Howard and give up this game early.

On the other end, Stevens also had some ideological struggles in his mind during the mid-section break. If it was in the regular season, he would not hesitate to try to play the main force at the beginning of the fourth quarter, to catch the opponent by surprise and end the suspense of the game at the same time, but now it is the playoffs, the team lacks experience not only the players , and Stevens, the "baby handsome". He was also a little bit hesitant to gamble, losing his previous courage, and step by step he sent a rotation lineup to deal with the Magic.

Later, Stevens paid the price for his conservatism. The problem arose with Korver. An important reason for the forced training of Leonard in the season! In the time before this game, he made two shots from beyond the three-point line and hit a goal. His performance was not bad, but in this transition period, he suddenly missed the target.

With Korver's scoring and shooting percentage in the regular season last season, if he can guarantee efficiency in the playoffs, I am afraid that the Nets will not be able to sign him for 24 million in 4 years. He is really suitable for a good role in the regular season. Performance, after the playoffs came to confrontation and the defense became more targeted, the performance was really not stable. Moreover, Fernandez, who played well in the first quarter of the game, did not perform well at this stage. The rotation players of the Magic won an unexpected rest time for Howard.

On the sidelines, Jiang Mingliang's originally relaxed demeanor became serious at the moment. This is not a good sign. The more the experience of the magic team's old fritters is at the last moment, the more effective they are. As the "bricks" said, the game was out of the control of the Nets.

Stevens took the lead in making adjustments, Leonard came on to replace Anderson, George came on to replace Korver, and the Nets' formation on the court changed back to one big and four small. The Nets resumed the configuration of the strongest offensive lineup. At this time, the center on the field is Rasheed Wallace, who is also a veteran with three-point shooting ability.

In the first attack of the return of the main lineup, the ball was transmitted to Rasheed Wallace, roaring Tianzun opened his bow and arrow, raised his hand and hit a three-pointer, helping the team to bring the point difference back to 12 points. In the next attack, he grabbed an offensive rebound in the penalty area, made a tip-up without stopping the ball, scored 5 points in a row, and brought the difference between the two teams back to 14 points.

"Yes!" Jiang Mingliang also threw his fists excitedly in celebration. Just for the 5 points to stabilize the morale of the army in this game, the 400,000 US dollars spent on Wallace is not in vain!

"The Nets, the veteran won at the critical moment. Wallace's 5 points are too critical!" Zhang Weiping, who didn't mention Wallace before, followed the current situation of the game and praised "the role of the veteran." "In any case, the Magic's dominance is "superstar leading the team", and the Nets' turnaround is "veteran meritorious deeds". He didn't say anything about the adjustment of skills and the change of tactical thinking.

The Magic called a timeout, allowing Howard, who had gotten a lot of rest time, to play again. As soon as he played the first offense, Rasheed Wallace stopped Howard's offense with a timely foul.

The reappearance of the "shark-cutting tactic" also made Stevens feel helpless. He replaced Redick with Courtney Lee to strengthen the team's defensive strength, and at the same time, it also added a scoring point for chaotic battles.

The Nets also took the opportunity to replace West, Baynes, Bledsoe and other main players on the court.

A prerequisite for using the "shark hacking tactic" is that you have to ensure your own offensive efficiency. For the cut side, the way to crack it is also very simple, you just do a good job of defending and not letting the opponent score.

Howard made two free throws and returned the ball to the Nets.