The horse has thin hair and long hooves, and Martin is a bad shot. Varejao has been falling all his life, but in fact, no one has touched anyone. A limerick from Orlando.
Without further ado, the book continues from the previous chapter. Last time we mentioned that the Magic and the Wizards had a fierce battle, and finally relied on veteran Hardaway's last-minute burst to defeat him. The Magic ushered in - probably 4 consecutive games.
win.
The game between the Magic and the Wizards was the highlight of that day, so various media outlets reported on it one by one the next day.
Of course, the media, which are just outsiders, started to promote the Magic's winning streak again, completely forgetting how they got into trouble a week ago.
For a time, articles such as "Return of the King", "Magic Entering Championship Rhythm", "Spurs Kneel to Lick", etc. were popping up like mushrooms after a rain.
However, Hubie Brown, who was the commentator for this game, also personally wrote an analysis article after the game, analyzing the Magic in detail.
"Although the Magic won the game, in my eyes, the Magic's victory was due to luck, not strength. The Wizards have always had the upper hand in terms of staffing and targeted tactical arrangements, steadily suppressing the Magic.
.Magic's Paul Edison had nothing to do about this. He tried changing formations and tactics in an attempt to regain the initiative, but it didn't work."
"The only thing Paul deserves praise for is his substitutions. Whether he replaced Hardaway in the opening and critical moments of the fourth quarter, or sent Martin in the middle, it was a stroke of genius. Martin's consecutive hits in the middle of the game helped the Magic seal the score.
, and Hardaway's final explosion was a key factor in the team's comeback. The appearance of these two people was actually within Eddie Jordan's expectations, and he also sent special personnel to defend. Unfortunately, the state of these two people
It was great, but I just didn’t let it go. It’s not a problem with my players and tactics. In this case, I don’t even have to summarize the failure.”
"But from another perspective, the Magic's victory in this game cannot be replicated. Hardaway and Martin may perform similar performances again in the future, but you can't expect this kind of performance in every game. That's not
Reality. So I am more concerned about some of the problems exposed in this game and some of Edison's possible future ideas."
"Let's talk about the problem first. There is no scoring point in the backcourt. This is already an old topic. It has been existing since the beginning of this season, but this game has completely revealed it. Once the opponent's interior defense is tough enough, single defense
If you can interfere with Brand and withstand Iguodala's impact, then the Magic's offensive routines will be reduced a lot. Basically, only Nash and the pick-and-roll inside are left. At this time, if your defender of Nash is alert enough, then the Magic
Basically, it came to a standstill. Edison could only play Martin in advance to strengthen his scoring ability, and at the same time, the game entered a scoring rhythm. If your outside firepower is strong enough, you can take advantage of Martin's defensive shortcomings and suppress the Magic.
And then win. The problem before the Magic now is that in the league, there are human shields inside, the point guard can defend well enough, and the outside firepower is strong.
There are many teams.”
"After talking about the shortcomings, let's talk about the good side. There are obvious shortcomings, which also means that there is the possibility of substantial improvement. And Hardaway's performance today proved this very well. If the Magic can find a capable player in the future,
Having a certain defensive ability and being able to score points stably in singles can not only solve the current problems, but also bring the team to the next level. We have seen similar cooperation in yesterday's game, with Brand in the high post
With the support, the others pulled away, and then let Hardaway play in singles, which was very lethal.”….
"I found Edison again after the game and asked him about his plans for this position. His answer was still the rookie Roy. I know Edison and he will not make blind decisions. Although I may put more pressure on the rookie,
The success or failure of the Magic this season depends largely on your performance."
What Hubie Brown said is very pertinent. As for Roy's final expectations, I don't know if other teams have taken it into account. What is certain is that his comments on the Magic's weaknesses have been taken seriously by each team.
Immediately after the game between the Magic and the 76ers, the Phillies seized the Magic's weak spot and pursued it fiercely.
The 76ers' leading ideology in this game is very determined. If you play Martin, then let Iverson and Luol Deng take turns attacking the Magic's backcourt, and Korver is waiting for opportunities like a poisonous snake.
There is only one Iguodala on the Magic side, and no matter how strong he is, he can't guard three people. The two sides start to score points to see who has an easier time and who has a higher shooting percentage.
If you want to strengthen your defense and play Wallace or Hardaway, then they will strengthen the inside line on the defensive end and let you shoot from the outside. On the offensive end, it depends on the performance of the superstars and let Iverson fight five. So this set
The tactic can also be called "close the door and let Iverson go."
After some decision-making, Edison chose the latter and sent Wallace. He still focused on defense and fought against the opponent's internal strength.
But in the end, Iverson taught Edison a good lesson and told him through his actions what "nothing in the world of martial arts is indestructible except speed."
Iverson was like a little mouse, burrowing through the crowd, and then using all kinds of incredible moves to send the ball into the basket. Even if the Magic blocked his offensive line, he could get the ball in time.
Outside, hand over to the two forts of Luoldeng and Korver.
As a result, Iverson scored 32 points, Luol Deng scored 22 points, and Korver scored 19 points. The three of them scored a combined 73 points. Under the opponent's targeted defense, the Magic's entire team scored only 73 points.
With a score of 91, the result is naturally that he cannot die anymore.
But that's not the scariest thing. After beating the 76ers, the team only had one day's rest before flying to the West again to challenge the Denver Nuggets away from home.
The Nuggets, like the 76ers, don't have any major work in the summer, which is to renew the contracts of old players and sign new players.
But what is very different from history is that there are no injuries this season.
Historically, on November 1, 2005, in the Nuggets' first game of the new season against the San Antonio Spurs, Nene was seriously injured in a collision and fell to the ground in just 3 minutes as a substitute. He tore the anterior cruciate ligament of his right knee and the medial collateral ligament.
Sprain, meniscus tear, and then a season ended. (This string of injury terms looks familiar, but I won’t tell you that I wrote it based on Hill’s injury last time.)
However, Nene did not suffer such a tragic injury this season. Because of Edison's butterfly effect, Martin did not come to the Nuggets, so Nene partnered with Camby to form the Nuggets' inside line. So he escaped this fatal impact.
Saved his knee.
But everyone knows that any change caused by time travel is conserved. If a person who is supposed to die does not die, then another person who should not die will die in his place. In the same way, if Nene is not injured, the other person will not die.
A man was shot in the knee by an arrow when he shouldn't have been hurt.
Francisco Elson, the Nuggets' backup center, repeated Nene's scene. He was knocked to the ground by Ginobili in the first five minutes of the new season's opening game, and then bid farewell to the season.
This is also the second time the Nuggets have lost players at the start of the season. In the first game of last season, the Nuggets lost their best outside shooter Leonard. This guy was also seriously injured last year and was absent later.
79 games played.
The Nuggets have been unlucky enough to have lost their top players on the opening day for two consecutive seasons. But the media didn’t understand and even asked the Nuggets’ general manager Vandeweghe if he felt familiar with this experience. “Please, please,
Brother, of course we don’t want the situation to be the same as last year,” Vandeweghe could only reply helplessly….
However, injuries to a player like Elson cannot be compared with Nene. The Nuggets just have one less option in the rotation, and their strength is not particularly compromised.
Before the game started, Roy talked to Edison alone on the plane. He felt that he had almost recovered and was fully ready to play, and he was confident that he had understood the rhythm of the Magic game.
Edison only replied to Roy with one sentence, "Blanton, the Magic are different now from before, and other teams are also different. There are different levels of decision-making here about whether players can play. I am only the second level."
The decision-maker. The top one is the office with the red cross on it. If they let you play, I will see if you can play based on the needs of the team; if they don't agree, even if I want you to play again,
No, that’s the team’s current rules.”
After Edison finished speaking, he saw that Roy was a little depressed, so he gave him some encouragement, "Brandon, I completely believe what you said. I also think that with your IQ and football intelligence, you will definitely be able to compete with the team."
Seamless connection. It is 100% easy to integrate your understanding of basketball into the team's current style of play. I have absolutely no doubt about this, which is why I selected you with the high pick. But the rules are the rules, you
It’s useless what I’m saying here, you can discuss it with Nielsen and see if they agree.”
Then Roy, who didn't understand the market, went to find Nelson.
After hearing Roy's words, Nelson scolded him, "You're crazy. Do you know what you're talking about? Do you know how fragile your knees are? You thought your previous injury was just a simple bump."
Is it that simple? No, your situation at that time was very dangerous. Look at Hill's current situation, you are not much better than him. If I hadn't used the most cutting-edge medical results to seal your Rendu and Dumai meridians, you
I'm still lying on the bed now. If it weren't for... blah blah blah... In short, it would be a medical miracle created by me that you can participate in simple joint training now. You actually want to go further and want to participate in such a fierce competition. You are really desperate.
"
The final result was that the moment Roy walked out of Nielsen's office, he had an idea, "Maybe I should take a break for half a year, and another week of training may not be enough."
At the beginning of the game, Denver also used Hubie Brown's magic-killing method.
Because he was taught a lesson by the super scorer Iverson in the last game, and the Nuggets in this game also have Anthony who has no solution for offense, Edison did not plan to defend anymore in this game, but let Martin come on and face Biao on both sides.
point.
As a result, the game was brilliant and full of climaxes. Often the ball had just been scored on one side, and before the DJ could finish reading the name of the goal scorer, another one was scored on the other side.
The final score was 132-128, and the Magic lost.
Melo Anthony scored 49 points by himself, which was also the highest score scored by a single player since Edison took charge. Thibodeau, the defensive coach, was so angry that he jumped to his feet.
