Diaw stood in a high position with his back to the basket, holding an orange basketball high with one hand. He suddenly swayed to the left, then suddenly flicked his backhand and passed the ball to the other side. Wallace rushed over and caught the ball.
After taking three steps, Kwame Brown wanted to block the shot, but it was too late. He could only stand under the basket and pay attention.
After scoring the goal, Wallace did not have any celebrations, but immediately turned around to defend the opponent's fast break, even though the Wizards had no intention of a fast break.
Piller still lazily walked forward, and Martin, who was guarding him, kept waving his hands in front of him. Although Martin is a lightning player, his stealing ability is not very good. He doesn't like to reach for the ball.
But this is easy to understand. What if Martin's arm collides with someone else's and is broken?
And now he has a big defense but a small one. Piller is 10 centimeters shorter than him, and his low center of gravity makes it even harder to steal. In other words, Piller is old and has no breakthrough ability, otherwise he might be able to beat Martin a few times.
After Piller took the ball for a while, he pretended to pass it to another point guard Dixon, and then Dixon passed it back, and then time wasted.
In response to the Wizards' behavior, the home fans no longer shouted "defence", but instead booed.
"Although we say that basketball has 24 seconds, which limits the attack time and speeds up the pace of the game, the Wizards' current style of play is still too boring and makes people drowsy." Yu Jia, as a young man,
, is also not that patient and expresses his emotions.
"Yes, although we can't say that the Wizards played negatively, they did make the audience lose interest."
When more than 20 seconds passed, Piller asked Ruffin inside to come out and set a screen for himself, got rid of Martin's defense and shot from the outside.
Piller threw the ball with great force, and the ball hit hard between the neck of the basket and the backboard, and then bounced out. Because of its strong force, it bounced very far, and was collected by Thomas, who was ambushing the Wizards.
Thomas, who got the ball, originally wanted to take advantage of the Magic's instability inside to make a strong play, but Piller yelled, so he had to pass the ball to the outside again, and then it was another boring 20 seconds.
However, God will never favor those who are passive, and Dixon's shot still missed.
Varejao didn't have another chance this time. As soon as the ball left the top of the basket, he collected the ball.
The Wizards' pre-game work was also very good. Ruffin immediately came over to interfere with Varejao and prevented him from making a long pass. Then the rest of the Wizards took advantage of this opportunity and ran back to the half court, preventing the Magic from quickly passing the ball.
opportunity to attack.
Varejao had no choice but to give the ball to Hill. Hill waved to his teammates to press on, and then quickly passed the half court.
Facing Dixon, who was a head shorter than him, Hill lowered his waist and swung the ball to deceive him. Then he went straight to the basket, and then faced Kwame Brown who jumped up to block him, and switched hands in the air with his left hand.
Scored the basket with ease.
The Wizards' offense still failed to score again, but the Magic's Diaw was also lazy and missed. Ruffin got the rebound, and the Wizards began to grind the beans again.
Soon the critical time point considered by the coaches of both sides passed, and there were less than 3 minutes left before the end of the third quarter.
Eddie Jordan took advantage of a dead ball opportunity to put on Jamison and Larry Hughes again, ready to start to exert force.
Correspondingly, after some hesitation, Edison finally replaced Wallace and Martin and replaced them with Marion and Iguodala for dedicated marking.
Although they replaced two main players, the Wizards still played very slowly. After all, unlike the Magic, they had confirmed their spot in the playoffs early and spent the entire April adjusting their physical fitness. They fought hard until the last game.
They narrowly defeated the Nets and entered the playoffs. They had not fully recovered from the 5-day interval, so they had to control their physical fitness during the game and try to reduce consumption as much as possible...
It's just that compared to the previous half quarter, their offense was obviously much more proactive. Although it was slow, it was because they were waiting for Jamison and Hughes to find opportunities, rather than just wasting time.
Time soon returned to zero, and the third quarter of the two teams ended, 70-55, with the Wizards trailing by exactly 15 points.
At the beginning of the fourth quarter, both sides once again used their main strength and planned to give it a try.
As soon as the game opened, the Wizards, unwilling to be defeated, launched a crazy counterattack. Arenas, who had rested for 10 minutes, scored 2 goals, a three-pointer and a mid-range shot. Under his leadership, 2
Within minutes, the Wizards had an 8-2 spurt. Neither Nash nor Josh made any shots on the Magic's side. Only Iguodala succeeded with a sudden shot, but it was a pity that he stepped on the line and could only count as 2 points.
The score became 72-63, back within ten points, and the game became suspense again.
"Applying for a suspension, they are very aggressive." Thibodeau looked at Edison and felt a little anxious.
"No, as long as Arenas is here, the Wizards' morale will always be very strong. It can't be interrupted by calling a timeout. Instead, it gives their players a chance to rest. I believe our players can adjust." Edison replied.
He was very decisive and confident, and his confidence was timely. As soon as he finished speaking, the Magic launched a beautiful counterattack.
Larry Hughes got rid of Iguodala under the cover of Jeffries and went straight to the basket, but the speed of Josh who changed defense was no worse than him. Josh kicked the ground fiercely, and his feet followed.
Like Hot Wheels, it blocked him tightly from the side. Seeing that his next shot was blocked, Hughes could only force the pass in the air.
But if you don't think about this kind of air pass in advance, it is very easy to make mistakes. Nash intercepted the ball in mid-air.
As soon as Nash stole the ball, Marion threw off his arms and rushed towards the opposite side. Jamison, who was facing him, was also very fast. The two of them advanced together. It was really an Alien vs. Predator.
But the offense always takes the initiative. After receiving the pass from Nash, Marion shouldered Jamison, pushed him away a little, and then hit the board with his right hand for a layup.
"Hughes' performance today was really abnormal. He averaged 22 points this season and now only scored a pitiful 9 points, and he also made 4 turnovers. It can be said that he was completely frozen by the Magic today."
"That's right, the Wizards have not been defeated by the Magic now. Thanks to Jamison's outstanding performance today, he has already scored 27 points and shot 55% from the field. No one can guard him, whether it is Marion or Wallace.
He. But this is not a normal phenomenon. It does not mean that Jamison defeated the defensive players, but that he was very lucky. However, no one can guarantee that he will have such good luck in every game, so no matter this game
Regardless of the outcome of the game, the Wizards must find a way to liberate Larry Hughes. Otherwise, it is impossible to rely solely on Narenas and Jamison. Only the triangle can be stable."
Eddie Jordan, as if hearing the commentator's voice, yelled at Larry Hughes from the sidelines.
Edison looked at the scene on the sidelines and took a long breath. As if he had made a lot of determination, he turned to Thibodeau and said, "Tom, do you know where Eddy's biggest mistake was today?"
Thibodeau thought for a moment, "His use of Larry Hughes?"
"That's just one aspect. His biggest mistake is that he thinks his main lineup can definitely beat us, or he thinks these five people are our strongest lineup."
"What do you mean?" Thibodeau was confused.
Edison did not answer, but called up Hill and Diaw, replacing Iguodala and Josh.
After the substitution, Edison said to Thibodeau with a hint of melancholy, "However, our strongest combination is not the five starters, but these five people."…
When these two people came on the court, although the Magic's offense was still as fast as ever, it was fundamentally different.
When Josh is on the court, he and Howard can rely on their superhuman explosive power to attack each other like double waves, thus forcing the opponent to tighten their defense, and then Nash is looking for opportunities to pass to the outside. The Magic at this time is a result of
A team that blossoms from the inside out.
But today, when facing the Wizards, this kind of inside attack was not so effective, because the two big men of the Wizards are also very strong. They can't beat him, and the inside is not so scoring. This is also the basis of Eddie Jordan's confidence.
But everything changed after Diaw came on the court. Although he also had a body, he was smarter. Smart people always like to be lazy, so he didn't like such a pure brute force style of play. He mostly cooperated with his teammates to attack together.
.
As soon as he came on the court, he stood further outside, pulling out the Wizards' inside line. Other players used this space to frequently cut to the basket. At this time, the Magic were a team that was always working from the outside in.
"Eddie Jordan has always believed that we can't prevent Arenas' explosion and we can't score, so they can stage a comeback in the final quarter. I also admit that we can't prevent their explosion, so now I will do the opposite. Since
If we can't defend ourselves, we will reduce our defensive strength, explode, and attack with you. Can you, the Wizards, guard us?"
Thibodeau secretly admired him after hearing this, "Indeed, no one could have imagined that someone would deliberately weaken their defensive intensity in the playoffs. But without Josh, I'm worried that Larry Hughes will also start to score."
"If you score, you score. He has only scored a few points now. Even if he scores another 10 points, it will still be less than usual. And will Arenas give him the ball? Besides, can he really score?" Edison finished replying to Thibo.
After Du, he took the opportunity of the dead ball to say two words to Marion.
Just as Edison thought, Eddie Jordan was confused by the Magic's sudden change of formation. In the regular season, Nash, Hill and Diaw rarely played together. If they did, Martin was often involved.
Without Marion, the Magic is playing an extreme lineup. Now in the final battle of the fourth quarter, letting these three people come out to play is something that did not appear in his pre-game predictions.
After Diaw came up, he first pulled out Jeffries, then Marion scored on an air cut, then he picked and rolled with Nash and scored on a mid-range shot. Finally, he attracted a double-team from Larry Hughes and assisted Hill on a long shot.
If the Magic's offensive ability, although unexpected, was still acceptable to Eddie Jordan, then the scene immediately gave him another thunderous blow.
When the Wizards attacked, Marion gave up Jamison, who he had been guarding for a game, and ran inside. Jamison was handed over to Diaw. The two of them served as power forwards on both offense and defense.
As a result, Larry Hughes, who originally thought he could relax a little without Josh and Iguodala, was slapped down by Marion when he charged inside again.
As the coach of the Eastern Conference Champions, Eddie Jordan's vision and tactical literacy are unquestionable. He saw the problem in one round. At this time, Eddie Jordan's heart felt like a sudden pressure on him, "How could this happen? These people
How can they cooperate so skillfully? The two of them changed their positions in offense and defense, making the offense more unpredictable and the defense not reduced much. But why haven't I seen them use it in the regular season?"
In fact, it was not only Eddie Jordan who was surprised, but Thibodeau and the five people on the court were also very surprised. They had never played with this lineup in a game, and they had never trained off the court. But on the court, they cooperated very skillfully.
, they have a special tacit understanding with each other, and the five of them are like an organic whole. And they soon discovered that the current combination is more reasonable than any previous combination. Originally, the Wizards were a pretty good defense, but now they are with
Like a sieve, in Nash's eyes it is full of holes and loopholes.
When Hill successfully cut to the basket again, Edison said the last words with a bit of ecstasy, "Actually, with the cooperation of Marion, Hill, and Nash, Diaw is a hundred times better than Josh, just because
If you don’t want to plagiarize, I keep suppressing you.”
A hole that people have been asking and doubting since the beginning has finally been filled. It is estimated that more revelations will be revealed in the chapter tonight.
And David Lee is so tragic, you guys are so irresponsible.
