Chapter 64 I wonder why I played 4 games against the Spurs
This is a make-up for yesterday. The upload couldn't be uploaded last night. There's always something wrong with the server.
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"There is now one minute left in the game. The San Antonio Spurs and the Orlando Magic are tied at 89-89. Here is the Orlando Magic's offense. Their head coach just requested a timeout. Please take advantage of the break in the game to ask Director Xu to help us analyze it.
Let’s take a look at the situation of the game.” CCTV’s Yu Jia adjusted his glasses and said.
Xu Jicheng, who was on the other side of the broadcast booth, thought quickly and then said, "Actually, both teams played very well in this game."
"Okay, we thank Director Xu for his wonderful analysis. Here is a commercial. See you after the commercial."
Edison held the tactical board, twisted his facial muscles and squatted in front of the Magic players, "We played well before, I know you are very similar, and the same goes for the Spurs. They have just experienced back-to-back games, and everyone is the same on this point.
We are all on the same starting line." After saying this, Edison paused.
The players are indeed too tired, especially Howard, Josh and Marion. They went around to defend Yao Ming in the last game. They were never idle on the court and kept running. It was also a loss because of the three quarters of the last game.
It's over, and there is no more running in the fourth quarter, otherwise this game will definitely be impossible to run. But even so, the Magic players are sweating like rain, and their clothes are as if they are soaked in water.
The same goes for the Spurs. They just visited Boston yesterday and had a tough battle with the Celtics for four quarters. Now everyone is wheezing and panting. They wish they could poke two holes in their cheeks to increase the air intake.
Edison waited for the players to vent their anger evenly before he started arranging tactics, otherwise they wouldn't listen to what you said.
"In the next attack, we must first spend time, at least 15 seconds or more, and then let Iguodala play in singles. Let him play in singles against Ginobili, and let everyone else stay apart and spread out as much as possible.
But don’t go too far, make sure you can rush for the rebound. But Andre, you have to remember, you have to pay attention to two things with this ball. First: Be careful of Ginobili diving. Of course, the referee will not blow the whistle casually at this time.
, but this is the home court of the Spurs and everything is hard to say, so you must be careful not to make any obvious shoulder movements or other unnecessary movements. With your body strength, just rush over normally. Chapter 1
Two: We must penetrate in and get to the inside. What we want now is shooting percentage and scoring, so don’t shoot. Even if you can’t score a goal after entering the penalty area, you must be able to draw fouls. Now Duncan has committed 5 fouls.
, he doesn’t dare to make random moves anymore. Do you know?” After speaking, Edison tilted his head and stared at Iguodala.
"I know, coach. I'll be careful, otherwise I'll just hang on to him and rush inside." Iguodala replied while wiping his sweat.
Edison nodded after hearing this, "Do the rest of you understand?"
Howard, Josh and others all nodded.
At this time, the sound of the electronic bell rang in time, "Okay, eon! eon! Get ready to play."
The Magic's main players and substitutes all formed a circle, and then everyone put their hands together and said, "One, two, three, eon!" Then the main players slowly walked onto the court.
After the players came on the field, Thibodeau came to Edison and said, "Is it okay to leave it to Iguodala? Hill and Nash have better offensive scoring capabilities than him."
Edison shook his head slightly, "Tom, actually you underestimate his offensive ability. With his physical fitness, if he drives to the basket, the impact and lethality will still be great. And although Hill's
He has better scoring ability, but with Bowen here, it won’t be easy to score points. And Nash can’t rush into the paint, and we don’t need to attack. I don’t think it’s safe to let him shoot from the outside.”….
Thibodeau did not refute or agree after hearing this, but looked anxiously at the court.
Because it was the last moment, the Spurs players gritted their teeth and defended very tightly. Nine players except Hill lined up at the free throw line, with people on both sides squeezing into each other and pushing and blocking each other.
, secretly grabbing someone's arm, this kind of scene we often encounter when taking the bus at 8 o'clock in the morning.
Nash stumbled and separated from the crowd. He didn't know whether he rushed out on his own or was squeezed out.
After Nash caught the ball, he paused for a moment, and the Spurs players quickly found their defensive targets.
"The Magic players are all spread out. This is a one-on-one stance. Do you want Nash to come? No, Iguodala will come. This is a bit interesting. Let's see how the Magic play." Yu Jia explained the game.
"It is indeed a bit unexpected to give Iguodala this time. The Magic have very few singles tactics. They mainly focus on coordination. Usually after a pick-and-roll between big and small players, other players run into space, and then the point guard distributes the ball.
Offense. Iguodala is not saying that he has never played in singles, but rarely. Let him play in singles at this critical moment. The head coach of the Magic is also a very talented and brave man." Xu Jicheng used his deep voice to further analyze the game form.
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"Pah, pah..." Iguodala bent over and patted the ball gently, and time passed by minute by second.
The entire stadium was filled with the shouts of the home fans, but Iguodala turned a deaf ear and stared at Ginobili in front of him.
Ginobili was also staring at Iguodala, with his arms spread as wide as possible and his feet constantly moving, changing angles at any time to guard against Iguodala's sudden start.
Iguodala's breakthrough ability is very strong, and his speed is very good, but he does not get rid of defensive players in the first step like McGrady, Iverson, and Wade. His speed gradually increases. But compared with speed
What's more important is that he has strength. Even if you can follow him, he can carry you forward.
Speed and strength are easy to deal with individually, but the combination of these two is very scary. If you can't restrain him in his second step, you won't be able to stop him once he charges. This is Iguodala.
It's the same as James, but James' breakthrough is more powerful, more lethal and unsolvable than him. It's not that James' breakthrough skills are better than Iguodala's, the key is that he can take 4 steps.
When the timer reached 19 seconds, Iguoda pulled the trigger, lowered his head and rushed towards the basket. Ginobili wanted to stick to him to see if it was a fake move, but as soon as the two people came into contact, he
I gave up this idea. Iguodala rushed very hard and with great momentum. It was difficult to make an emergency stop in this situation.
So just as Edison analyzed, Ginobili also wanted to fall down and draw a foul. But Iguodala was diagonally facing him, so he pointed his big arm towards himself without any extra movement to protect the ball.
There is no point even if you fall down.
But soon he ran out of ideas. As Iguodala took his second step, Ginobili felt that his body was not pushing against a person, but a battering ram, and he was suddenly resisted.
opened.
After giving Ginobili a home run, Iguodala went directly to the Spurs basket.
Stone Buddha Duncan was blocking his path. He raised his single palm high, ready to slap Iguodala to death with a Tathagata palm at any time.
But as I said just now, once Iguodala charges, you can't stop him. Iguodala jumped high, knocked Duncan's arm away, and pushed the ball into the basket.
"Beautiful chop, there was nothing Duncan could do about it."
"Well, this is Duncan. If you change it, it might be 2+1."
Popovich also immediately requested a timeout.
"Next, we will maintain a 1-2-2 half-court press. Try double-teaming Parker. They are also very tired and see if we can cause them to make mistakes."….
1-2-2 pressing is a pressing method that can be pressed to half court or deeper. It is more difficult than any kind of pressing defense, but if the team's outside players move quickly, the effect will be
The better.
But like all presses, the defensive gap on the weak side is very large. If the opponent passes the ball here, it is easy to be passed to the basket.
After the game restarted, Parker's advance had not passed halftime when Nash pounced on him. At the same time, Iguodala behind him was ready to go, and Marion also moved to the center line, preparing to intercept Parker's passing line.
Parker didn't pay attention at first, and took another step forward, halfway through.
As soon as his front foot passed the center line, Iguodala rushed forward, and Nash sandwiched Parker in the middle.
At this time, Parker was very embarrassed. He couldn't dribble forward anymore. He was already on the ball, and there was no room for him to move back. He had to return to the court as soon as he moved, so he had to find a way to pass the ball.
But the Magic executed this tactic very well, with Josh blocking on the sideline and Marion blocking in the midline.
This is the Spurs. When they saw that Parker was being double-teamed, other players quickly ran to cover him and provide him with more passing routes. Parker is also an old man and has rich experience. After bumping into Nash, he got a little
space, and then sent the ball out.
Although the ball was delivered, the Magic quickly adjusted and did not give the Spurs a chance to slip to the weak side.
But with such a delay, a lot of game time has been lost, with only 30 seconds left.
"The Spurs no longer need to consider the issue of game time. They have no chance to make the final attack. The key now is to score this goal and then defend the Magic's next attack."
"At this point, complex transmission is no longer easy to use. The key depends on the role of the stars. We will see whether Popovich arranges for Duncan to play or someone else."
Sure enough, the ball was in Duncan's hands, and Howard quickly came up to him and kept waving his arms in front of him.
No one in the stadium audience made a sound, everyone was looking at Duncan.
After receiving the ball, Duncan made a fake shot, then carried Howard and rushed in. The same idea as the Magic just now, which was to hit the basket.
Howard's lower limbs lacked strength, and Duncan couldn't stop him when he rushed in, so Marion quickly came over to double-team him.
But the experienced Duncan saw that Marion was coming to double-team him, so he passed the ball and handed it to Robert Horry, who was open outside the three-point line.
This guy is the most famous key player in the history of the league. He can no longer be described as having a big heart. He simply has two hearts, and they are both on his arms. After catching the ball, Horry raised his hand and there was nothing
Adjust your movements and take action directly.
The flight path of the ball was very stable, and "swish", I scored 3 points.
"92-91, the Spurs lead by one point. There are only 23 seconds left in the game, and the Magic still have a chance to win."
After the ball was scored, Edison immediately applied for a timeout.
"Don't panic, everyone, I still have a chance. Josh and Iguodala come off the court, Diaw, you and Martin come on. Don't be anxious after the ball comes out, take time first, then Boris, you and Steve will play pick-and-roll, everyone else pay attention
In terms of running, we use the most common tactics to play the last round. Everyone should be more vigilant now and treat this game as the seventh game of the finals. We must not make any mistakes, you know?"
"The Spurs did not replace Ginobili. They have no timeouts. If the Magic do not waste time to kill, but instead attack for a round, they must ensure their offensive firepower."
After another huddle, Nash caught the ball.
"The other Magic players stood in a V-shape again, this time it was not a singles game."
Time passed by little by little. Nash didn't look at the timer, but he knew very well how many seconds were left...
10,9,8,7……
When there were six seconds left, Nash started to attack. When Diaw saw Nash moving, he took another step up from the high position. The two people crossed each other, and Diaw blocked Parker. But the Spurs' defensive system was perfect, and other players hurriedly
Carry out rotation and block Nash back.
"The pick-and-roll didn't work and Nash didn't get in. Now the Magic is in danger."
Nash was also very anxious, but at this moment he suddenly noticed a figure in white clothes flashing past him.
"If there's space, give it to him." Nash thought in his mind and quickly passed the ball.
Martin, with a swing back and forth, got rid of Ginobili and got an open space. Then he adjusted his pace and got ready to shoot, because he knew that Nash would definitely pass the ball to him.
Sure enough, Nash did not disappoint him and passed the ball to him immediately.
After catching the ball, Martin bent his knees slightly, then jumped up slightly, exerted force on his wrists and fingers, and threw the ball toward the basket.
The ball flew through the air, and other players looked up from below. All the fans stood up, and everyone focused on the goal that determined the outcome.
There was a "swish" sound and everything entered the net.
92-93, the Magic overtook the score. With 0.8 seconds left on the clock, the Spurs did not time out and could only serve from the backcourt. The Magic had basically confirmed their victory.
Sure enough, after the Spurs sent the ball, Horry threw it hard on the Magic's backboard before the red light came on.
In fact, everyone had given up, even Popovich was ready to leave, but after the ball flew for almost a whole game, there was a "swish" sound.
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I'm also very surprised why we played 4 games with the Spurs. Normally, there should be 2 games between the Eastern and Western teams. But I wrote it according to the schedule of the **04~05 season. Here, the Magic and the Spurs are
After playing four games, although I felt strange, I didn’t dare to change it randomly, so I wrote it like this.
In addition, Yao Ming is very powerful against Howard in isolation. That is because Warcraft generally does not move forward. Once Yao Ming moves forward, Yao Ming is really powerless. Without any extra moves to protect the ball, there is no point even if he falls down.
