The Bulls made the expected adjustment and replaced Pippen, but Curry and Davis remained inside, maintaining pressure on the Magic inside.
The Magic's first offense in the second quarter still went to McGrady. McGrady didn't show any mercy and made another pull-up, but the ball was obviously a little anxious and didn't go in. Uncle Huo went to grab the rebound. Ordinarily, under the guard of Curry and Davis,
It was extremely difficult for Uncle Huo to grab an offensive rebound, but he managed to grab it.
Although Curry is a very talented player, he has a very poor attitude towards the game. Although his offense is excellent, rebounding, which is mainly about motivation, is obviously not good. He only averages 6.7 per game this season. Many backcourt players are better than him.
Much stronger. Curry relies on his natural huge body to block opponents when grabbing rebounds. As for blocking, he mainly relies on his eyes. As for the ball, he just waits for it to fall into his arms. This time too, Curry stood under the basket.
, raised his hands and watched the basketball bouncing on the rim. When the ball flew out, he did not take off, but still watched with his big hands open. As a result, Uncle Huo slipped past him, jumped up and grabbed the ball.
The tip-in was successful. To use what Bulls senior commentator red-head Kerr likes to say: "Curry once again watched the rebound!" The Magic's lead reached 7 points at 37-30.
It was the Bulls' turn to attack. In order to regain face, Curry stood in the three-second zone and actively asked for the ball. In addition, the team's original arrangement was to play inside, and guard Gill lobbed the ball to Curry. Curry relied on
Uncle Huo turned his back and planned to dunk. But Uncle Huo had already received the order before he came on the court. He could foul Curry as much as possible, so he just slapped Curry in the face. Of course, fouls are inevitable, but this is this quarter.
The first foul of the game didn't require a free throw, but Uncle Huo immediately slapped Curry. Curry's biggest problem is his lack of fighting spirit. When he hits the ball smoothly, he can transform into Shaquille O'Neal, but
The transformation is very unstable. Sometimes it takes a few minutes a night, and sometimes it takes a minute a few nights. When he is not playing well, he 100% transforms into O'Neal, but it is O'Neal during free throws. The Bulls' foul ball found Curry again.
, Curry's old tricks repeated themselves, this time the Magic's Hunter rushed over and slapped him in the face again.
Now Curry was really scared. When Davis made another free throw, he found that Curry had run outside the three-point line. Davis thought to himself, "Curry, you think you are Rasheed Wallace.
"Is there another candidate in the transformation options?" But there is no way, everyone else is watching closely, so I have to pass it to Curry again. But Curry is outside the three-point line and is really not close to Davis.
, but was intercepted by Tyronn Lue halfway, and then he fired three arrows again.
"Beautiful alley-oop, the Magic played the ball so beautifully. Tyronn Lue didn't take credit for it. In order to please the audience, he passed the rebound to McGrady. McGrady lived up to expectations with a thunderous tomahawk dunk." Kevin praised.
Skiles looked at Curry's performance and knew that this kid was weak again and would be difficult to play if he continued like this, so he replaced Curry, leaving only Davis as a big man, also with 1 big man and 4 small men.
lineup.
"There is a problem with Skiles' tactic. The Bulls' advantage is the inside line. They are not better than the Magic on the outside line. Even if Curry is replaced and big men such as Williams and Eddie Robinson can play, they can still maintain their inside line.
Advantage. Fighting for speed with Magic like this now is equivalent to destroying martial arts. Let’s take a look at the progress of the game, but I think this substitution is very problematic.”
In fact, this is also the case. When Curry was on the court, no matter what the result was, everyone could have a clear offensive target and knew that Curry would play, and everyone else would circle around Curry. Now that Curry is off the court,
All of a sudden, the offensive points on the field were unclear, and there was no systematic offensive routine at all. They all relied on individual singles. Jamal Crawford and Hinrich took turns to launch attacks...
But in fact, this is what Edison hopes to happen. Why? As mentioned before, although the Magic did not give up the game completely after some pre-game encouragement from Edison, they only had one breath, and they would definitely collapse once they fell behind. The Magic are now
Their defense has no system, and there is no inside line. As long as the opponent plays a certain routine, whether it is a pick-and-roll or a shot from the inside, it will be very lethal to the Magic and can guarantee a certain degree of stable scoring. But the Magic's fast break relies purely on
The touch, now the touch heat can lead by 9 points, and once the touch is gone, it can be caught up in three or four rounds. But now the Bulls' individual singles are not afraid of the Magic. Although the Magic's overall defense is not good, they are still very good at man-to-man marking.
Not bad. In addition, all the players are now in a state of enthusiasm inspired by Edison. Even Tracy McGrady's defensive enthusiasm has increased, let alone others.
However, Jamal Crawford still relied on his unique cross-step behind the back dribbling layup to score 4 points in a row, tightly cutting the score to 50-41, still only 9 points behind.
But the sideline has completely tilted towards the Magic. The Magic are showing momentum. If it weren't for Crawford's stable personal performance, the Magic would definitely have a spurt of about 8-0. Crawford's performance is now giving
It gave other Bulls players confidence and made them grit their teeth and persevere. Once Crawford could no longer score, the Bulls would immediately languish.
Momentum is very strange. He can't see it, and you can't use data to visualize the statistics, but it does exist. A good coach can detect changes in momentum at the first time, and then make adjustments.
Some coaches have to wait until everything is obvious and everyone has reached a climax before they know to call a timeout. For example, Jackson Phil Jackson, many people think that the timing of his timeout is always inexplicable, and they don't think there is any problem.
It was called a timeout, but in fact he felt that the momentum of the game was not right. Whether his own players were getting aggressive or the opponent was about to play, he would timeout early and make adjustments.
Normally, this period of time should be for the main players to rest, but Edison knew that his team was going to show momentum, so he did not make any substitutions or call a timeout. Instead, he saw that the Bulls' Skiles seemed to be making a move, so he first
Walk to the referee's table and pretend to call a timeout at any time.
Sure enough, Skiles was fooled. I felt that if the Magic were to pause, there was no need for me to pause. Besides, it was a deadlock now, but he soon regretted it.
The Magic attacked because Curry was off the court, and the Bulls' inside advantage was wiped out. Juwan Howard got the opportunity, faced Davis' defense, and flexibly turned his back for a layup. Not only did he score, but he also caused Davis to attack.
Weiss's foul was 2+1. Uncle Huo's free throw was quite good for an NBA insider, and he succeeded in hitting a three-pointer.
The Bulls attacked back. This time, Crawford's layup was seriously interfered by McGrady, and the shot missed. The second uncle once again grabbed the rebound and started a fast break. Stevenson succeeded in a one-stop layup. 55-41, the score was instant.
It reached 14 points. At this time, Scales once again made a fatal mistake. He did not call a timeout immediately and planned to watch another ball. But unexpectedly, this time Hinrich was passed by Tai Lun just after halftime with the ball.
Lue and Bogans found an opportunity to double-team him, but before he could call a timeout to ask for the ball, he was beaten out and McGrady picked up the ball.
Tracy McGrady's words to TV's Zhang Weiping were, "This is not a chance at all. Why did you vote? It's unreasonable. Oh, it's all done. I really dare to score!"
McGrady also did this this time. Without a defensive player, he did not choose a safe layup or dunk. Instead, he directly shot a three-pointer one step away from the three-point line. The arc of this ball was very high, but
The flying speed was very fast. McGrady raised his hands high and kept his shooting posture as he watched the ball fly towards the basket. "Shua", the score was empty. The whole court was boiling, and the Bulls immediately asked for a timeout, but the Magic's momentum was already complete.
The fight started. McGrady beat his chest, roared and walked off the court, high-fiving the other players one by one...
"The Magic hit an 8-0 spurt, directly extending the score to 17 points. The Magic's momentum has been fully unleashed. If this continues, the Bulls will be in danger." Groom Albert said.
Skiles called a timeout, but couldn't think of a good countermeasure, but he also knew that playing like this would definitely not work, so he sent Curry out again, intending to play inside again.
After the timeout, the Bulls attacked, and the Magic's momentum was building, and the defense was very tight. Curry got the ball, and as soon as he stood up and tried to push back, Bogans came over to attack, and then slapped him directly.
The ball also fell from his hand, and his hand was red.
Curry's free throw shooting was at a typical American center level, less than 70%. He had just come on the field this time, and his hand was a little sore, so he missed both free throws.
The Magic attacked, and the Bulls quickly returned to defense this time. The fast break failed, but McGrady broke through and scored from the strong side. Stephenson succeeded in another three-pointer, directly pushing the score to 20 points.
Edison saw that there were less than 2 minutes left before the end of the second quarter, so he replaced Tyronn Lue and Tracy McGrady, leaving Stevenson to stay on the court as the main offensive point. The Bulls also replaced Crawford.
and Hinrich, preparing for the second half.
Soon the two sides ended halftime, 65-44, with the Magic leading by 21 points.
During halftime, Edison chest-bumped every player in the locker room and praised everyone.
"Okay, everyone, be quiet. We will continue to play like this in the second half. I know everyone is tired, but as soon as the second half started, everyone launched a 2-minute full-court press to catch him off guard. I want to end the battle in the third quarter.
, as long as the score is extended to more than 25 points, they will be completely out of luck. Do you understand, okay, take a good rest now."
As Edison said, no one expected that he would let the Magic press the defense at the beginning of the second half.
"The Magic played very aggressively and arranged a full-court press at the beginning of the second half. Is it possible that our Paul was too nervous and thought it was the 4th quarter? The Magic are now leading by 20 points. Their offense in the first half
It also consumes a lot of energy very quickly. If the pressing effect is not good, then in the 4th quarter, it will be dangerous if the physical fitness cannot keep up." Groom Albert said in surprise when he saw the Magic's full-court press.
"Actually, there is a certain reason for the Magic to play this way. The Bulls have not been a tough team since Jordan left, and now they have no chance to enter the playoffs. The players have no desire to win at all, so as long as the Magic can continue
If there is a small climax, even in the third quarter, the Bulls players are likely to give up the game." Steve Kerr analyzed.
"I hope so, otherwise our Paul's career debut will be a failure. He will be overturned when he leads by 20 points. This will cause indelible psychological trauma to his future growth. Maybe his psychological quality is poor, and he will never be able to do it again in this life.
I don’t have the confidence to step into the head coach’s position.”
This is actually a gamble by Edison. If it succeeds, he will make a lot of money. If he loses, he will also have a chance. After all, he still holds a 20-point lead, which is enough to squander.
In fact, the goddess of victory was on his side today and he won.
The Bulls players did not expect that the Magic could press the whole court, resulting in two turnovers and a steal. Unfortunately, the Magic's Stevenson missed a shot and did not open the score quickly. But the third quarter started so poorly.
, also inspired a characteristic of Curry, giving up the game immediately. The obvious manifestation of Curry giving up the game is that he stopped running at all and walked around the court. Even if the coach was furious off the court, he still walked as usual.
, when you get the ball during an offense, you no longer need to attack hard, you just shoot without caring about the result.
The Magic took the opportunity to score 4 points in a row, 71-44, and the score stretched to 27 points...
Although Skiles quickly replaced Curry, the feeling that there is no hope tonight, that they must lose, and there is no need to play has spread within the Bulls.
This mentality had a direct effect on the players' on-field performance. For a while, no one on the Bulls team actively defended. They didn't know what assist defense was, and they had never heard of supplementary position. Moreover, they no longer grabbed rebounds. Everyone
Not jumping, just waiting to pick up rebounds. The offensive performance is the actual choice of shooting. No matter whether there is someone in front of you, you can shoot when you want. In this case, it is not difficult to imagine how bad the shooting rate can be.
Soon the Magic also gave up the full-court press and began to hold exhibition games. McGrady made various difficult dunks, windmills, tomahawks, self-shooting and self-grabs, and the data skyrocketed. By the time halfway through the third quarter, the Magic scored 82-50.
Already leading by 32 points.
Bulls head coach Skiles also gave up the game and replaced all the main players. After Edison saw it, he was not in a hurry and let McGrady and others play for another 2 minutes before replacing the main players. The game went into garbage early.
time.
Finally, as the timer reached zero, the Orlando Magic defeated the Chicago Bulls 112-90 at home.
Paul Edison and Tracy McGrady attended the post-game press conference.
Although Edison led the Magic to victory, it is a pity that he is still not the protagonist of the press conference. The only good thing is that McGrady, who scored 39 points in 27 minutes in this game, is not the protagonist either. Of course, this is related to McGrady not making as many revelations as before.
"Excuse me, Magic, how is Weisbrod's injury?"
"Does the Magic plan to select a new manager?"
"Who will be the head coach of the Magic next season? Many head coaches in the league are now connected with the Magic. Is this true?"
As for the question above, the reporter focused entirely on the Magic's future team manager and coach. No one paid attention to the victory in this game, and no one paid attention to Edison.
When Edison left the bustling press conference and planned to go home alone for a while, he found that there were quite a lot of unread messages and calls on his phone.
