Guard With a Knife

9:06.

In Game 5 of the Eastern Conference semifinals, the Orlando Magic finally pulled back a victory.

Although the score difference in this game exceeded double digits. But really... still winning ups and downs.

At the beginning of the game, the Magic were learning from the old photos of the Celtics and Spurs dealing with LeBron James. Through double defense, they stacked up to block LeBron James' breakthrough route. But the Cavaliers are not stupid, they will not die on the same trick three years in a row. And the overall defensive literacy of the Magic is weaker than that of the Celtics in 2007 and the Spurs in 2007.

LeBron James took advantage of the Magic's double blocking, swaying the front door and stealing the back door, scoring consecutive points.

Moreover, West's peripheral long-range shots also opened up. In fact, through the weak side, the two ran without the ball and crossed, and LeBron scored the ball and directly assisted. The Magic can't alleviate it at all. This is a weak-side defensive loophole that is inevitable in blocking defense: they dare not cut the passing line, and can only rotate to fill the bottom line at any time. In this way, there is room for the Cavs to block-run-catch-shoot on the weak side.

But starting from the second half, the Magic immediately adjusted their defensive strategy. They started to defend LeBron alone, Dwight no longer led the defense, but stuck to the penalty area, and only waited for LeBron to break into the penalty area before making up defense.

And on the perimeter, the Magic's tall guard quickly dominated Cleveland's shorter guard. The high pick-and-rolls of Mo Williams and West were declared invalid, and LeBron could only be urged to charge and singled out Orlandov's penalty area.

In the third quarter, the Cavaliers only scored 7 points, although LeBron scored.

But the Magic completed the overtake in this quarter.

At this point, Doug already knew that the Magic would win.

He's studied the Cavaliers' offense, where two-thirds of it runs through high pick-and-rolls. When they fail to make open shots, the vision of the short backcourt is limited, and the inside line is blocked, the pick-and-roll can only be useless. As a result, the Cavaliers had to rely on LeBron's offense.

And when the commander in charge of the overall situation forces the commander to enter the rhythm of charging, he is not far from losing.

In the end, even though LeBron James scored a career playoff high of 49 points.

But ... the win still pockets the Orlando Magic.

"I have to admit, I took Snoopy's public advice in the second half. I was a little hesitant before, I was worried about the huge destructive power of LeBron James. But now, the victory proves that this strategy is feasible."

"Now the total score is 2:3. We will go to Cleveland to fight the most important battle, and then return to the home court to advance!"

Stan Van Gundy looked confident under the lens of ESPN.

"The Eastern Conference semifinals are really interesting. The two teams behind 3 are even more confident than the leading team. At the same time, they are accusing the opponent's core players of being favored by the league. In fact, On the Internet, LeBron James and Snoopy are also attacking each other, and they are both cursing each other for being the poor guy who was turned over."

ESPN commentator Mike Breen said in an extremely joking tone when commenting on the ball after the game.

"It's really interesting. There hasn't been this kind of gunpowder in the East for many years. In the 1980s and 1990s, every time the Heat and Knicks met, there would be blood. And the Bulls and Pistons. Plus the walk Teams like the Los Angeles Lakers, Knicks, and Bulls will be full of passion every time they meet. Now... With Snoopy messing up the situation, it seems that the level of hatred in the 1980s and 1990s has been restored again!" Reggie Miller said seriously: "Actually , I prefer this kind of playoffs. Only high-intensity confrontation can play a game with more spreading significance."

"However, don't you think the strength of the Knicks is a bit awkward with other teams? We must admit that the Knicks reached the Eastern Conference semifinals by luck. They did not gain the respect of all fans because of the black eight...actually It was an amazing thing to do, but it got shattered by the injury to the Celtics star."

Bill Walton still couldn't get over the sadness of his home team being swept away,

So he firmly supports Atlanta: "I think the Eagles will create a miracle this year. They will win three consecutive games and enter the Eastern Conference Finals. As for the series between the Magic and the Cavaliers, I am more optimistic about the Cavaliers. The Cavaliers will be in the sixth game The game is advanced, LeBron James is starting his legend, he will not allow himself to be a loser again. And what Snoopy said in New York will never be the golden rule of thumb."

On this point, McBrin did not give a refute.

Reggie Miller said in a low voice: "The Knicks are not completely hopeless. They have at least a 40% chance of advancing to the Eastern Conference Finals."

It can be heard that he does not have the confidence to support him to say this, even though the Knicks are already 3: leading at this time. No way, the Knicks' personnel shortage is too serious.

Doug reached out and turned off the TV.

He is tired of listening to these "bad words", in fact, Mike Woodson's swearing face is still lingering in his mind.

It's time to slap him.

It's time to press the mute button to this noisy world.

clatter!

turn off the lights.

sleep.

Wait for the dawn!

...

"The game between the Orlando Magic and the Cleveland Cavaliers gave us a good lesson. When Stephon Marbury has the ball on the perimeter, we have to adopt a containment strategy and never let the old Marbury easily enter the paint. It echoes Snoopy."

"When Marbury is off the court, Snoopy is the point guard. We're going to isolate him, Joe, you go one-on-one and let him break through and cut off their perimeter. Snoopy can't score at all. …He will die quietly in the tactics he designed for the Magic. After all, LeBron James’ impact and scoring methods are far superior to his inability to counterattack, he will definitely 'die' faster!"

Mike Bibby put forward his idea in the meeting before the start of the game. He hopes to use the strategy that Doug came up with to kill Doug, because the Magic has proved that this tactic is effective, and... the strength of the Knicks is comparable to that of Snook The strength is far inferior to the Cleveland Cavaliers and LeBron James.

His idea was recognized by Mike Woodson, although assistant coach Kevor was somewhat opposed, thinking that the Knicks' perimeter shooters were much taller than the Cleveland Cavaliers, and the team did not have a player on the inside who could match the best defensive player Howard. Comparable defensive gates.

However, the Eagles players were extremely excited at this time: "There is nothing more exciting than using the method Snoopy came up with to kill him."

In the end, Mike Woodson clapped his palms after a brief weigh-in and set the tactical tone of the game.

At the same time, Stephen Marbury in the locker room of the visiting team was talking to the players about "protracted battle": "As long as we flexibly use the principle of 'the enemy advances and retreats, the enemy stays and we harass, the enemy is tired, we fight, and the enemy retreats, we chase'" Tactics and strategies, we will definitely be able to defeat the strong with the weak and win the final victory..."

Marbury's voice is loud.

But in fact, he didn't know what to do, and he didn't expect that his teammates, who were struggling to get into college, could master this set of guerrilla warfare ideas that gathered the essence of human wisdom in such a short period of time.

So, after the mobilization, he found Duge alone: ​​"Tonight, I decided to let go of all physical settings. Even if I fainted on the court from exhaustion, I will fight with you to the end!"

He expressed a kind of tenacity of "seeing death as home", even a little nasty: "I can't bear to let you face them alone like wolves and tigers."

Duge's hair suddenly exploded.

Immediately, he smiled: "It's time to rest or rest. The body is the most important thing. Don't worry, the probability of their winning tonight will not be higher than ours. I guess they are celebrating ahead of time complacently. And, if I didn't guess Wrong, the smart people among them are taking last night's "successful tactic" of the Magic as a treasure, and they are going to surround the Knicks and wipe them out in one fell swoop."

"Huh?" Marbury frowned, he was confused and felt that he couldn't keep up with the Duke's train of thought.

"Just wait and see! They will be swallowed up by their own 'smartness' immediately." Doug said with confidence: "I'm not just giving advice to the Magic, I also dug a graveyard for the people of Atlanta. !"

Stephen Marbury looked at the unpredictable Doug, and he felt that he was still too far away from Snoopy's rank.

It seems that we have to work harder to learn the leader's quotations.

...

Tonight, the Phillips Arena was full again, and the Atlanta fans who arrived at the arena with a strong revenge mentality were murderous. When the players of the visiting team came out, they booed extremely powerfully, and Doug was even cursed and yelled at.

But Doug remained calm, even smiling as he walked onto the court.

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