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What Edison said in the interview after the game did not attract many people's attention. In the eyes of public opinion and the public, it was just a show off by the winner after the game. Not to mention outsiders, even Old Pat and others did not believe it.
They also thought this was a sign of Edison's youth and frivolity. However, one person didn't think so. He thought what Edison said might be true. He was Wizards head coach Eddie Jordan.
However, Eddie Jordan still has a little bit of doubt in his heart about this matter. What if Edison is really deceived?
But the reality is ruthless. When Eddie Jordan saw the Magic starting the game with Howard + Marion + Diaw + Hill + Nash in the game two days later, he knew that his team was really in trouble this time.
Sure enough, just as Eddie Jordan expected, the Magic played extremely fiercely as soon as they came on the court after changing their formation.
Howard, who replaced Josh as the Magic's battering ram, dunked twice under the basket in the opening game to help the home team take a 4-0 lead. However, the Wizards were not willing to take advantage of the situation. Guards Arenas and Larry Hughes scored consecutive goals.
With 5 points, the visiting team responded with a 7-2 spurt to take the lead. However, this was the only time the Wizards took the lead in this game, and it only lasted less than 5 seconds.
In the last game, the Magic players played very constrainedly, their muscles were stiff, and their morale was prone to fluctuations, so Edison often called timeouts. But a victory removed the big stone that was weighing on the players' minds.
Now they are very relaxed, natural and confident on the court, just like they were in the regular season.
After Arenas scored, before anyone could react, the Magic had already launched a fast break. Nash made a long pass, and Hill took the ball and took away Jamison, the only defensive player, and then passed back.
Diaw, who followed, also showed off his jumping ability and dunked with one hand. Although everyone could see that Diaw's dunk was not low and he used a lot of force, but none of them saw it.
The performance is so impactful, so everyone in the NBA is an actor, just playing different roles.
After this dunk, the Magic completely took control of the game. Nash and Hill teamed up to respond to the Wizards with an 11-1 scoring frenzy.
The 12-point difference forced Eddie Jordan to call a timeout. After returning from the timeout, the Wizards' Jamison first fouled Howard during the offense, then made two free throws, then grabbed a backcourt rebound and assisted Arenas for three.
The score was divided and the gap was reduced to within 10 points. In addition to offense, the Wizards' defensive enthusiasm increased significantly after the timeout. The five players on the field retreated very promptly, giving the Magic no chance for a fast break.
After that, the two sides each fought several attacks, and began to deploy their troops and gradually let substitute players come on. At the end of the first quarter, the Magic led 31-23 by 8 points.
"Larry, how do you feel about the Magic's defense against you today? Compared with the last game." Eddie Jordan asked the players for their opinions.
"It's not as oppressive as the last game, but it's still very tight, and they closed in very resolutely. I still didn't have room to move in."
"They closed the inside line to prevent you from breaking through, then we will open up the space on the outside line and see if they dare to close it." After one quarter, Eddie Jordan finally understood. If he fights with real swords and guns, he is afraid of it.
If you can't defeat others, you can only use bigger tricks.
Of course, it's also an amplified move. I don't think a famous coach like him will arrange it randomly, but with a purpose. There will never be a situation like Howard, Kobe, and Nash attacking Princeton.
Eddie Jordan is also very courageous. Since he can't defend now, he will simply let go of the offense, compete with you in scoring, and resume his regular season style of winning games by relying on offense...
So in the second quarter, the Wizards sent out a lineup with one large and four small players. Haywood led Dixon, Larry Hughes, Steve Blake and veteran Pillar. When attacking, except for Haywood, he stood alone in the paint, and the other four players
Individually, Pillar and Blake stood outside the three-point line on the strong side, while Dixon was in the bottom corner of the weak side, leaving a lot of space for Larry Hughes to play in isolation.
Through the last game, Eddie Jordan has discovered that Edison's defensive idea is to restrict Hughes and prevent him from breaking through and scoring. In this way, the Wizards' offensive territory will lose a corner, and then it will be eroded by the Magic little by little, so
Now all Eddie Jordan has to do is free Larry Hughes.
The Magic's method of defending against Hughes is very simple, which is to find someone to constantly block in front of Hughes. If Hughes wants to shoot, it doesn't matter. Once Hughes starts to break through, the person in front will block him and delay his speed.
Then others quickly come over to double-team or block him, driving him out again.
But in the Wizards' current lineup, the other three outsiders all have three-point baskets, and they are all far away from Hughes, preventing their defensive players from having the opportunity to double-team Hughes, leaving Hughes with only one defensive player to face.
So the question now is to see how Hughes performs and whether he can handle his own defensive players by himself.
In Eddie Jordan's view, this is not a problem at all. With Hughes's breakthrough speed, whether it is Iguodala or Hill, they can still restrict Hughes in a small space, but with such a large weak-side space, Hughes
You can use your speed to the extreme. In this case, Hughes is like a dragon entering the sea. Iguodala can keep up with his speed, but he is not experienced enough and can easily be swayed. Hill has enough experience but his speed is not as fast as him.
Not on.
In the actual game, just as Eddie Jordan expected, Hughes successfully broke through Iguodala's defense in three consecutive singles. Two of them passed Varejao in the paint and scored 4 points by himself for a layup.
There was also a sudden pass to Dixon, but he missed the shot.
Although Hughes finally opened up the situation, Edison was not in a hurry and did not make any changes. Because the Wizards were now using conspiracy, Edison could not think of a way to deal with it again. He could not arrange a zone defense just to prevent Hughes from breaking through.
Then he was really shot to death by the opponent. He did not receive the task of Hughes scoring more than 10 points to eliminate the host. His opponent was the Wizards, not Hughes alone. And more importantly, although the Wizards' offense opened up
It's a new page, but our Magic's offense is still very smooth and efficient.
There is no such thing as the best of both worlds. Eddie Jordan deployed a tactic with one large and four small, which opened up space on offense, but lost height on defense. Larry Hughes played power forward defensively, and Diaw did not
Whether tall or not, it's barely okay, but Blake and Dixon face the forward combination of Hill and Iguodala. Not only do they have no advantage in height, but they are at a disadvantage in terms of technology and body. Regardless of whether the two of them have an advantage,
Who is it? If he faces Hill, he is more than 10 centimeters taller than him, and his three-pointer is very accurate. No matter how he defends, he can't block his eyes when he jumps. Facing Iguodala's height disadvantage
It's not that exaggerated, but it's still half a head away, and his physical confrontation ability is much worse. Once this guy charges, Heywood may not be able to stop him.
Moreover, Edison was so bad that he did not play two rounds and replaced the substitute Tony Allen, replacing him with the long-suppressed Josh Smith. Then he asked Diaw to completely move to the outside, and Josh went in to beat Larry Hughes.
.This time the Wizards' defense was completely tragic. Except for Haywood, the outside circle was blown away. For a while, the Magic shot three muskets from the outside and Josh on the inside crushed Hughes.
So while the Wizards were scoring, the Magic were also scoring, but the Magic were still suppressing the Wizards. That is to say, Haywood was in great shape today and protected the rebounds very effectively. He either won it himself or blocked the Magic players.
The teammates outside were asked to pick it up on the ground, which kept the score difference between the two teams at about 10 points...
After playing for more than half a quarter, the Wizards began to rotate again. After replacing Hughes, they returned to their normal play style and sent Kwame Brown and Ruffin to partner inside to help Arenas and Jamison grab rebounds.
At halftime, because the defense on both sides was not very good, the score was 63-54.
Compared with the last game, Larry Hughes' condition improved significantly in this game, scoring the team's highest half-time 13 points. Jamison and Arenas also scored around 10 points, and the offensive triangle was quite balanced.
, no one fell off the chain.
With a 9-point advantage in hand, and the team's strength was significantly higher than the opponent's, Edison was sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai. During the halftime break, other than emphasizing attention to fouls on defense, he did not arrange anything new. He just continued to adapt.
Everything has changed. Similarly, Eddie Jordan did not make any changes, not because he was so at ease in his heart, but because he really had no cards in his hand.
As a result, after the start of the third quarter, the Wizards gradually began to be unable to keep up with the Magic's offensive rhythm. Gerald Wallace scored 4 points in a row after replacing Hill, and then made another Jamison error, helping the home team to score 9-2 again.
A small climax, 72-56, the Nets were already 16 points behind. With 3 minutes and 20 seconds left before the end of the third quarter, Iguodala scored his 10th point of the game on a free throw. The Magic scored at this time.
The number of players with double figures has reached 4. According to CBS commentator Craig Sager, "It would be unreasonable if the Magic still can't win this game."
After that, the two sides entered a stalemate again, and the barrels of the shooters on both sides began to get colder, the shooting percentage began to decline, and the turnovers began to increase. The Wizards' Larry Hughes scored 5 points in a row with free throws, but in the last 4 seconds of the third quarter, Nash ran away
After receiving a pass from Hill on the move, he responded with a Kobe-style floating jump shot. The Magic still led the Wizards by 14 points, 88-74, entering the fourth quarter.
In the last quarter, the Wizards still had no improvement. After Marion hit his 16th point of the game from the three-point line in the left corner, the Magic led 96-78 by 18 points. The Wizards were forced to request a timeout again. After Eddie Jordan
After some arrangements, the Wizards launched a 1-2-2 zone defense, but the results were average.
With only 4 minutes and 43 seconds left in the game, Larry Hughes forced a breakthrough through Hill on the left wing. In order to avoid Marion and Howard's block, he made a huge move under the basket, gliding from one side to the other.
side, and then pulled backhand to score his 26th point. This ball caused a burst of exclamation from the home fans, but the Wizards were still 14 points behind 91-105.
Two minutes later, Hill shot from the right wing from 23 feet and hit his fifth three-pointer of the day! The Heat led 111-96 by 15 points and already had a chance to win.
In the last 1 minute and 35 seconds of the game, Arenas and Jamison missed consecutive shots from beyond the three-point line, bringing the game into garbage time.
Hill, on the other hand, was relentless and hit another three-pointer shortly afterwards, scoring a game-high 30 points.
In the end, the Magic easily won 116-98, taking a 2-0 lead in the playoffs and one step closer to the top four in the Eastern Conference.
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