After defeating the Celtics in an away game, the Magic flew back to Orlando that night to prepare for their revenge game against the Cavaliers the next day.
Before the game started, the league held an awards ceremony at the Water House Center to award the best players of the previous month.
Josh won the Eastern Conference Rookie of the Month by averaging 18.8 points, 8.8 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 3.1 blocks last month, becoming the second Magic player to win the Sword-shaped Crystal Cup.
The Western Conference was lame again and selected a general, and finally gave it to Devin Harris. Jr. Smith, the best player in December, successfully took over after "bearded" Davis left and became a new problem bomb for the Hornets' front office. Therefore, in the last round
The second half of the month was refrigerated, causing the data to shrink.
The best player in the Eastern Conference is the "answer" Iverson. Last month, Iverson averaged an astonishing 31.8 points, 5.2 assists and 2.2 steals per game. The 76ers' record was also
Yes, 9 wins and 6 losses is quite difficult.
With 25.9 points, 13.2 rebounds and 5.6 assists, Garnett, the wolf king of the Western Conference, beat Duncan, Kobe Bryant, Ray Allen and other superstars to win the Western Conference Best Award.
trophy. Although he won the best of the month, Garnett was not in a good mood, because with the emergence of conflicts over Sprewell's contract renewal, the Timberwolves' record this season began to decline significantly, and this was not good for the team that aimed to win the championship.
For Garnett, it was a bolt from the blue.
Edison was re-elected as the best coach in the Eastern Conference. In fact, the competition between the Heat's Van Gundy and Edison has been very fierce. However, the records of the two teams were close last month. At this time, Edison's style of play was more beautiful, and the player strength was not as good as that of the Heat.
It gave him a lot of points, so he was re-elected.
And according to an uncle, Edison will be the head coach of the Eastern Conference in this All-Star Game.
The best in the Western Conference was won by "Little General" Johnson. After the resignation of Nelson, Johnson re-adjusted the Mavericks' direction without any turbulence in strength. Last month, he played the best 11 in the Western Conference.
A record of wins and 2 losses.
When Josh and Edison received the trophy at home, the Waterhouse Center remembered the thunderous applause. The fans were very satisfied with Edison and the current Magic team. Originally, they were all desperate after Tracy McGrady left, but unexpectedly, things turned out to be bright and clear.
, the Magic's strength has not diminished but increased, and they have become the league's top team. Players like Josh are credited here, but the most important thing is the strategizing of head coach Edison. They now truly love this young and handsome man.
, a versatile head coach.
The fans' congratulatory applause lasted for more than 3 minutes. Finally, in order to ensure that the game started normally, the fans stopped applauding under the prompts of the home DJ. Otherwise, it would not be impossible for the applause to last for more than 5 minutes.
After the award ceremony, the real drama - the Magic's revenge battle against the Cavaliers - took place.
Because of the conflict between the two teams a few days ago, this game attracted the attention of many media before the game started. Many media such as ESPN also temporarily changed the game to a national live broadcast.
There was a strong smell of gunpowder before the game started. The Magic's home staff first showed a highlight of James' wonderful layup when showing the highlights of the previous games between the two sides. However, the attentive commentators and spectators soon discovered that it was actually James.
A complete walking tour.
The Cavaliers protested at the time, but the Magic responded simply, "These are videos of normal games. We have the authorization from the league to release them."
One sentence put the Cavaliers back. After all, they couldn't say that James' offense here was all about walking.
And Edison was already prepared. If the Cavaliers raised objections on this point, he would immediately say, "These are all things the referee thinks are fine. Do you want to question the referee's decision?"...
And after the game, Edison uploaded this video to the newly completed YouTube.
Because of the above reasons, the players from both teams started to play hard as soon as they came on, as if this was not the regular season but the finals.
Especially James, when has the little emperor ever been insulted like this? He started to take the initiative to attack as soon as he got up.
Everyone knows how strong James's confrontational ability is. When he gets angry, the muscles on his body will bulge in circles. Marion can't bear it even after a collision.
But this was also expected by Edison. After all, the Magic just played a game yesterday, and it was inevitable that the players would have some physical problems.
So with a wave of his hand, Wallace came on stage ahead of time.
The Magic players wanted to win this game, especially Howard and Josh, who regarded Edison as their big brothers. They were even more determined to explode the Cavaliers' anus. The two of them stood like two gods.
Among the Magic's insiders, whoever comes in calls the other person, and they gave the Cavaliers' Big Z and Batty two big hits at the beginning.
At the end of the first quarter, although James was still brave and scored 11 points individually, the total score was 11 points behind 31-20.
During the two-quarter break, Edison was arranging tactics. Unexpectedly, Iguodala, who had been silent all the time, suddenly spoke, "Coach, the Cavaliers' outside players are not strong in scoring ability, and my defensive ability cannot be used, so I
I want to defend James alone."
After hearing Iguodala's words, all the Magic players were stunned, especially Marion and Wallace. "I didn't expect that there would be people willing to die."
Edison thought for a moment and said, "Okay, then Wallace will guard McGinnis, and Iguodala will guard James."
Iguodala's physical fitness is also very amazing, but there is still a certain gap between him and James. The most obvious thing is that James is 120 kilograms, while Iguodala is only 95 kilograms. The weight of 20 kilograms plus their
The difference in the speed and impact generated by the two people is definitely a qualitative change.
Therefore, Iguodala's defense failed even more. He flew farther than Marion and Wallace. However, every time he was knocked away, he always returned to James' side immediately, even if he was knocked away again.
After repeated defensive failures, the commentators and commentators on the sidelines were very puzzled.
"I don't know what Edison thinks. It's a very good plan for Marion and Wallace to take turns guarding James, which can wear down his physical strength to the maximum extent. But now it makes little sense to let Iguodala guard James.
There is a clear gap between his tonnage and the previous two. This is not a good method." Gilbert, the groom, analyzed strangely, and his two partners were also confused and could not give him a reasonable answer.
explain.
"Anyway, I think Iguodala should be taken off the field. He is completely out of control now. Look at this impact. His feet are already shaking. He can no longer bear it." Steve Kerr
He shook his head while watching.
"Let him go, this won't work." Thibodeau also came to Edison and put forward his own suggestions.
"We have to wait a while. This kid still has breath. Let's wait for another round."
Sure enough, James beat Iguodala again in the next round, made a shot and fouled him, 2+1.
Now Edison no longer hesitated and quickly called a timeout. Iguodala, who is usually very energetic and fierce, walked off the court with his waist in his arms this time.
However, for his fighting spirit that is not afraid of death, the fans at home still applauded and encouraged him.
"Okay, now you know what it's like to guard him alone?" Edison looked at Iguodala with a relaxed expression.
Iguodala didn't have the strength to speak. He breathed heavily, rubbed his chest and nodded...
"Then we have to work hard to target him." Edison said, patting Iguodala, "Next, Andre comes off the court. Tony Allen comes on, and you defend James."
When Edison said this, everyone was stunned. Tony Allen usually serves as Iguodala's substitute and is the team's defensive leader on the outside. After Hill's return, his playing time dropped sharply.
Thinking of Edison unexpectedly letting him play today, and also asked him to play the small forward position that he had never played before to defend James.
"I know you have questions, but today I want to let you all know what the league's top power offense looks like. This way you can have a realistic goal for your future training. And James' shooting is not that good.
Your height difference won't have much impact."
When the Magic took the field again and saw Tony Allen guarding James, everyone's questions became more serious.
Tony Allen's defense is very smart. Although he is also in good health, he does not rely solely on his body to defend. He relies more on his hand movements to disrupt the opponent's rhythm.
Tony Allen's defense is very interesting. Every defensive player will pick up the ball from time to time to put a little pressure on the offensive players, and Tony Allen does the same.
But his picking up the ball is not a casual action, it is very particular. If you watch the Grizzlies games, you will find that when he picks up the ball, such a scene often occurs. Originally, the player holding the ball is bent over.
But after he picks up the ball, the opponent will straighten up and then bend down again.
Some people may not understand, but to be more detailed, when he picks up the ball, it is often when the shoulder muscles of the player holding the ball start to tighten.
Most people are prepared first when attacking, and the sign of preparation is the change of shoulder muscles. When a player wants to make an action, he takes out the ball, which directly disrupts the opponent's offensive rhythm, and he can only start again.
Adjustment. As the saying goes, it will be exhausted again and again. The same is true for players' offense. This situation is like if your nose is itchy and you want to sneeze. When you are about to inhale, someone pinches your nose. Then you think about it again.
If you sneeze like this, it will be much more troublesome.
So this is also the reason why Tony Allen is still very effective in restricting the opponent's offensive players by himself even though his physical confrontation quality is not particularly outstanding and he doesn't make many small moves with his hands. He can disrupt the opponent's rhythm and let
The opponent feels very uncomfortable when attacking.
And the most important thing is that Tony Allen showed this ability very early when he was with the Celtics. It did not appear until the Grizzlies. It was just because the Celtics' defensive system was too perfect in the past.
And he has to defend more of the opponent's point guard, so it's not very obvious.
James was the same today. After beating Marion, Wallace and Iguodala, he was very happy when Tony Allen came up and felt that he could relax a little bit.
But I didn't expect this guy to be even more disgusting. He made him very awkward in two consecutive attacks. In the end, he returned to the old way of pushing people away before attacking.
When Edison saw this scene, he felt a pity secretly in his heart, "It's a pity that Tony Allen is still not experienced enough now. He only knows that the hard top will not relieve its force and cannot turn into a piece of chewing gum without force like it did later. No matter how you bump it, it will
It can stick to your body."
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