After the interview, Edison flew to Indianapolis with the Magic staff.
This is the second meeting between the Magic and the Indiana Pacers this season. The last time they met happened to be after the Auburn Hills incident, the core players of the Pacers were punished and could not participate. However, the Magic, who underestimated their opponent, almost capsized in the gutter, so they were widely criticized.
, now the high-spirited Edison finally had a chance to wash away this shame.
Because the team had not played a game for nearly 10 days, Edison contacted the Pacers as soon as he arrived in Indianapolis and applied for adaptation training the next morning. However, the Pacers' current record is not good, with a winning rate of less than half.
They wanted to maximize their home court advantage, so they did not agree to Edison's request and only agreed to give him one hour in the afternoon.
In fact, there are many so-called home field advantages, which can be divided into explicit and implicit ones.
Everyone can basically think of the obvious ones, which are the interference from the home whistle and the home fans. This does not need to be explained too much. In addition, it is the setting of the locker room. Football is very exaggerated in this aspect, and it has even become a problem for many football players.
The team's means of attacking opponents. But the NBA has done quite well in this regard. Basically, the away locker room is just not as comfortable as the home locker room, and the basic functions are relatively complete.
Finally, there is the climate factor. Some people may wonder if basketball is not played indoors, how can there be a climate? Indeed, because it is indoors, the outside climate does not have a big impact on the players during the game, but the players cannot always
Come and play. In addition to playing, they have to stay in this city for at least 10 hours. And you can't just stay in the hotel for these 10 hours, so the players may be affected by the season.
Here is a very realistic example. When the Heat's Big Three were first established the year before last, Bosh missed three of the Heat's games because of the flu. As a result, the team lost two games. The cause of Bosh's flu was - he
I caught a cold. Miami, where the Heat is located, is further south than Orlando and is on the coast. There are no four seasons here and it is hot all year round. You can refer to Hainan. That time the Heat went to Minnesota to challenge the Timberwolves away from home. Minnesota is the northernmost state in the United States.
In a state, the winter here is the coldest in the United States except Alaska, and NBA games are held in winter most of the time. After Bosh arrived here and had a good sleep, he habitually opened the door in shorts early the next morning.
We walked onto the balcony. It is said that there was a cold wave here at that time. The cold wind blew snowflakes flying in the sky. The trees were covered with ice. The sky and the earth were covered with snow. It was really a beautiful northern scenery with wind and snow.
, Bosh appeared naked on the balcony, and then he took a truce for a week.
Bosh's carelessness is an exception, but it is very common for physical problems due to climate change during competitions. In fact, athletes who are in good health are not invincible.
Let’s talk about the hidden ones.
You may not understand the hidden aspects, so here is a detailed introduction.
First: sense of space. Everyone knows that people’s sense of space is not absolute, but is derived based on reference objects. When you come to an unfamiliar environment, your spatial awareness will change. Although the simplest way is to
The distance from the basket to the free throw line is relatively fixed, but if you worry about the angle or color of the auditorium behind, you may feel that there is a change from the home court, and there will be a difference when exerting force. So we look at the team's own performance
The home court often has good shooting percentages, especially free throws, because they are familiar with this space.
And this is why the visiting team has to adapt to the venue in advance. The main thing to adapt to is the sense of space.
Second: The elasticity and smoothness of the floor. This is very similar to the turf of football. Although it is not as obvious as football, it is still very useful. When the Celtics were in the dynasty, they deliberately left some floors empty.
Yes, this way the ball will not bounce high enough, and away players will easily make mistakes. Although this is no longer allowed, there are still some subtle differences in each home court. In the first three quarters, it was not obvious when the players were full of energy, but in the fourth quarter
The habit of giving home players an advantage during quarters or overtime….
Third: Baskets, baskets, nets and other settings. You may not have thought of this, but listen to me slowly. Before I talk about it, I have to mention that it was the great Auerbach of the Celtics who came up with this trick.
He simply applies the rules of basketball to the extreme.
Anyone who plays basketball knows that if the basket is softer and more elastic, it will be easier for you to hit the ball, and vice versa.
The tighter the net, the greater the resistance to the ball, and the longer it takes to fall, and vice versa. In fact, these two are physical reactions, everyone knows it, but no one has paid attention to it.
Until the great Auerbach appeared. From then on, when the Celtics encountered an outside shooting team, they tightened the basket and then made more interior breakthroughs. If they encountered a team like Chamberlain who focused on the inside,
The team softens the basket and improves its outside shooting percentage to weaken Chamberlain's inside shooting percentage in disguise. When it encounters a team that plays faster than itself and likes to play fast breaks, it tightens the basket and throws the ball
It only takes 1 second to fall, and your own players can calmly return to defense. On the contrary, if the team is slow to retreat, the net will be loosened.
Again, Auerbach's success is definitely not a fluke. He really studied these 420 square meters thoroughly.
As an aside, I have always thought that it was a terrible idea for CBA Beijing to suddenly change their home court to Wukesong Stadium last year. It cost money at the expense of life. That is to say, they won in the end, otherwise the temporary change of home court would definitely be an important decision.
Reason for failure.
Although the Pacers created problems for the Magic, Edison did not lose his composure because he had been doing these things for a long time. Edison made full use of all the time to get the team into a state, such as giving the ball away before the game.
The team entered the venue early just to get a few more minutes to adapt to the venue.
As the orange basketball left the referee's hand and slowly rose, the game officially began.
The Magic's starters today are still the same, so I won't go into details.
Pacers, point guard Tinsley, shooting guard Miller, small forward Jackson, power forward O'Neal, center Foster. Compared with the last game against the Magic, including O'Neal, Captain Jack, and the legendary Miller.
With the three main players returning, the current Pacers staffing is only one Artest away from its heyday.
O'Neal Jr. is a very comprehensive power forward, but apart from his height, his other hardware is really far behind Howard.
After getting the ball, Nash did not play fast break as usual, because the Pacers players had retreated immediately.
The team coached by Carlisle is absolutely top-notch defensively in the league. He has very high requirements for the defensive attitude of his players, so his players may not be able to guard the opponent, but they will never fail to guard against them.
Because O'Neal was better than Josh both physically and in experience, Nash moved from the right to cooperate with Howard and then cut in. However, under the interference of Foster, the shot went wide and O'Neal got the rebound.
ball.
O'Neal Jr. handed the ball to Tinsley, and then the team slowly advanced.
O'Neal Jr. was in the low post on the right side of the rebound, and Magic's Howard was holding his waist from behind.
O'Neal Jr.'s tonnage is also average, and his lower body strength is not much stronger than Howard, but he is very similar to Garnett, his bones are very hard, and he didn't know how to push the opponent away at his peak. So Howard
He was forced to the basket bit by bit, and then Tinsley passed the ball to O'Neal in time.
O'Neal, who was only one step away from the basket, could use the word "small", turned his back and directly pushed the ball into the basket. Howard could only look up from behind him and look stupidly.
Edison looked at the ball, shook his head, turned to trainer Nelson behind him and said, "It still doesn't work. Howard's weight is still too light. In this way, he will be completely unable to guard against the top insiders in the league. Ah.
"Long, you go back and think of a way to add about 10 kilograms anyway."….
Aaron Nelson habitually said the word "difficult" first, and then began to explain his point of view, "Paul, now I am still stretching him according to your requirements. The strength training at this time must not be forced.
If you let him gain weight at this time, either the stretching effect will not be achieved, or it will easily cause excessive burden on his bones. These two are in conflict. And he is still young now. It will take one to two years for his muscles to develop.
Once it’s complete, the weight will naturally go up.”
Edison, without speaking, pursed his lips and nodded.
While Edison was talking, Nash once again engaged Howard in a pick-and-roll. Howard received Nash's ground pass under the basket and then dunked successfully. 2-2, tied.
Carlisle, who looked exactly like comedian Jim Carrey, saw the goal and shouted loudly into the stadium, seemingly very dissatisfied with the team's defense.
After Foster served the ball, Tinsley still walked forward slowly, while Foster and O'Neal ran past him "dong dong dong".
It was still O'Neal who was playing alone against Howard. This time Howard was experienced and started to block the position in advance to prevent O'Neal from getting so deep. Although O'Neal has good lower body strength and can push away Howard little by little, the speed is too slow.
Well, it would definitely take a lot of effort to get to the basket, so he simply stopped playing hard and took a technical route.
O'Neal Jr. learned all his offensive skills from the Trail Blazers and "Roaring God" Wallace, but he is slightly worse than Wallace at his peak in all aspects. His shooting range is not as far as Wallace, who can shoot three-pointers.
He can't score points, his mid-range shooting point is not as high as Wallace's, and his shooting percentage is slightly lower. His breakthrough at the basket is not as sharp as Wallace's. But with Wallace's self-destruction, O'Neal has now become the Eastern Conference leader.
He is the number one power forward, ranking only behind Duncan and Garnett in the league.
Although O'Neal Jr. is worse than those great players, he is much better than Howard, a fledgling rookie.
After he found that he couldn't get in, he leaned hard against Howard. Howard also used force to hit the ball, and then O'Neal used this force to step back and shoot. This is a common move of Garnett, but Garnett
When doing this, his arms were straighter, the angle of elevation was larger, and the angle of elevation was larger, while O'Neal's arms were bent more sharply, the release point was not that high, and the angle of elevation was not that large. But when Howard just hit someone, he
Once, it's too late to jump up and block the shot.
"Bang", the ball bounced on the basket and then fell into the net.
