The Strongest Bishop in the NBA

"In this game, we have lost completely, and we cannot refute it."

After the game, at the press conference, Van Gundy said in a low tone: "In this game, we did not play at the level that the team should have. It is unbelievable that the opponent's bench lineup scored nearly 15 points more than our bench players!"

"I have to admit that the opponents played very tenaciously. In the absence of the scoring champion in the regular season, they did not give up the game, nor did they panic. We did not lose unjustly."

"We will play away in the next game. It will be the battle of Tianwangshan, which is related to the match point. We must show a better competitive state to deal with the next game, otherwise the only way to wait for us is to be eliminated."

In this interview, Van Gundy was not as furious as in the previous game. While his temper was hot, Van Gundy's character was relatively open.

In this game, Harden did not touch porcelain and flop. Many times, rushing inside to make fouls is also real physical contact.

So he didn't continue to use flopping as an example, and admitted failure very realistically.

Compared with the dullness of the Magic's press conference, the Wizards' press conference seemed much lighter.

"I'm so proud of my players, they've been able to play at such a high level after their teammates got injured, especially LeBron James, in the three games he's started, he's outperformed me. Unexpectedly, he contributed a lot to the team's victory in these two games, and I suggest you do more interviews with this rising star."

Wang Xiao's speech made the reporters chuckle, but they didn't mean to ridicule at all.

There is nothing wrong with what Wang Xiao said, the star of tomorrow, this word is not too much for Harden.

In his rookie season, he averaged 18+8 per game in the regular season. With such statistics, as long as he works a little harder, he will definitely have a chance to enter the All-Star in the future.

And Harden played even more eye-catching in the playoffs, especially in the few games where Curry was injured and he was put on the starting lineup.

In these three games, Harden averaged 24.5 points and 7 assists per game. He is the team's top scorer, and his 24.5 points per game is also the highest in the two-team series.

If Harden didn't stand up, the Wizards would probably not be swept out by the Magic.

While people marveled at Harden's outstanding performance, they had to lament again that Wang Xiao's vision was really astonishingly vicious.

A Curry and a Harden both proved their superstar potential in the first season of their careers, and they were all personally selected by Wang Xiao.

Not to mention these two rookies, but Beverly, Green and Jordan, their performance this season, especially in the playoffs, also made many people jealous.

Needless to say, Green, who started the regular season playoffs and was given a heavy responsibility, the defensive ability and enthusiasm shown by Beverly and Jordan are not found in the bench lineup of most teams.

If Curry also remains healthy, can this Wizards team defeat the Magic and go directly to the Eastern Conference Finals?

At this moment, the vast majority of people still believe that the Magic are more likely to win the final series.

After all, you can't expect players like Carter and Lewis to be in poor condition every game. Once either of them plays well, the Magic will have an advantage on the court. After all, without Curry, the Wizards' offensive firepower is too affected. big.

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At this time, the Wizards had returned to Washington to recuperate, and Wang Xiao and others also began to prepare for the fifth game between the two sides, the battle of Tianwangshan to decide who would get the match point.

In the fourth game, he used the tactical skill card position master, and the effect was quite good. Wang Xiao plans to continue to use this skill to protect rebounds in the fifth game.

At the same time, at the same time, Wang Xiao began to consider the issue of continuing to strengthen the team's starting defense.

Wang Xiao also knew that he couldn't always count on the Magic's poor outside touch. In the current situation, it was impossible to win the game by relying on offense alone, and the quality of defense had to be improved accordingly.

His choice was to replace Caron Butler, let Green go to small forward, Harden moved from point guard to shooting guard, and let Beverly start.

Butler is a typical wing player, good at cutting inside, catching and shooting, poor offensive ability with the ball, and almost no breakthrough ability.

Before Curry was injured, shooters like Butler who could stretch space were naturally very popular, but now that Curry is injured, opponents don’t need to worry about Curry’s long-range threats. Shooters like Butler are often marked, and Once someone follows Butler, it will be difficult for him to continue scoring.

In the Wizards' series against the Magic, Butler's performance was not particularly good, averaging only about 12 points per game.

Replacing Butler in the starting lineup may reduce the scoring ability of the team's starting lineup, but the perimeter defense ability that Beverly can provide is unmatched by Butler.

Beverly can't compare with Butler in terms of scoring. The offensive methods of the two are very different, but Beverly is definitely not a player who can empty the perimeter.

In another time and space, since joining the NBA, Beverly's three-point shooting percentage has never been lower than 35%. Three-pointers are one of his few scoring methods.

But to replace Butler in the starting lineup, Wang Xiao still needs to talk to Butler. After all, no player will be willing to be transferred from the starting lineup to the bench.

Since Caron Butler joined the NBA, he has basically started the game. So far, he has only played more than 30 games off the bench, and he is still recovering from an injury.

But history has not changed. Butler will move from the Wizards to the Mavericks, Clippers and other teams, and has been serving as the starter. It was not until the 13-14 season that the 34-year-old Butler began to enter the bench list.

Now, if Butler, who is only in his early 30s, is to sit on the bench and watch others play, according to normal thinking, Butler will never agree.

Of course Wang Xiao doesn't care if Butler agrees or not. As the head coach, he is the one in charge of the team, and he has the final say on who starts and who comes off the bench.

But he didn't want to change Butler's attitude towards him from a good value to a bad value.

In his plan, Butler is a very important part of the team. In the future, after the team gets Paul George or Leonard, who are excellent offensive and defensive forwards, Butler will gradually turn to the bench and become the team's bench Important points of firepower.

So at least during the two years when Butler was still at his peak, he didn't want Butler to leave the team.