This time, after Big Z grabbed the backboard, he did the same thing as throwing a solid ball and sent the ball to the Magic half. Hughes on the other side accelerated and rushed out. Rondo was guarding Hughes.
Because he had to turn around first, he was a step too slow. As the saying goes, one step slower and the other step slower, he would not be able to catch up with Hughes.
Hughes rushed over like an arrow from the string, like a basketball. Just when he was about to touch the ball, a hand suddenly appeared in front of him and took the ball away first. The owner of this hand was none other than Magic.
The outside gate-Iguodala. The first text
Iguodala was the No. 7 pick in 2005 and joined the Magic in the same year as Howard, Josh Smith and others.
In this team, his physical talent that originally made 30 managers in the league drool has become less conspicuous, because there are two players here, Howard and Josh Smith, who can only be produced once in ten years. So although he enters the ball
The team's ranking is very high, but it is not conspicuous in the actual game.
When Josh Smith became the team's second scorer, Iguodala silently gave him space in the corner; when Howard scored 20 rebounds in a single game and became the second player after Duncan, he almost missed the mark at the end of the season.
When he killed Garnett as the honorary rebounding leader, Iguodala was waiting on the outside for a chance to counterattack. No one would have thought that the prerequisite for Howard to grab the rebound was that the opponent's player missed the shot, and the reason for the miss was precisely
It was Iguodala's tight defense; in people's memory, only Iguodala was beaten time and time again by top scorers in the league such as Kobe, Carter, McGrady, Iverson, etc.
Fans' fond memories of Iguodala are only his dunks during a certain counterattack, and they often add, "Nash passed the ball really well, and Iguodala's dunks were not as powerful as Josh's."[
Iguodala is very low-key. It can't even be called low-key, but dim. Although as a member of the Orlando Young Guards, he won the league's best regular season record that year, Iguodala's star is dim.
The future is bleak.
But Iguodala didn't complain, didn't negotiate like Edison, didn't express himself on the court, but trained calmly and played seriously. He seemed to have completely forgotten that he was the No. 7 pick and regarded himself as the No. 7 pick from the bottom.
Starting from defense, starting from the dirty work that others are unwilling to do, he turned himself into a stage and used his smell to support the performances of other Magic players.
Although Iguodala didn't say it, other players saw his contribution and took it to heart. In order to help him gain fame early, other Magic players encouraged him to participate in the dunk contest, hoping that he would become famous in one fell swoop.
But it is a pity that he did not succeed. In the eyes of many people, he was even cheated and lost to the pre-determined champion Nate Robinson.
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Since the above is too boring, let me change the atmosphere and briefly describe the reasons why Iguodala lost to Nate Robinson in the last dunk.
The situation at that time was as follows:
Iguodala was about to make the final dunk. At this time, Kobe, who was wearing a suit and looking for presence on the side, came over mysteriously.
Kobe Bryant: "Believe me, brother, soon you will use the trick that brother used to win the championship, take off on one foot and change hands at the hip. You will definitely get perfect marks. Let's see how that dwarf does it."
Iguodala: "OK, I believe you."
(Then Iguodala did what Kobe said, and he even added a twist in order to challenge the limit. The result was still tragic, and he was 1 point lower than Nate)
Kobe went to the referee to argue: "Oh my God, this is ridiculous. This was my championship dunk back then. How could I lose! Wtf!"
The general beside Kobe muttered silently: How do you think you won the championship back then?
James behind Kobe looked at Kobe, Iguodala, and the general: Haha.
The specific process is roughly like this. These are all true stories, and I did not deliberately make them up to blackmail anyone.
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The media and the public are very realistic and cruel. They will only promote and remember the winners. Iguodala was quickly swept into the corner of time, as if he had never participated in a dunk.
It's like a competition.
Although he was left out again, Iguodala didn't feel any fluctuations in his heart. He returned to the team as if nothing was wrong, and then trained and competed as usual, as stable as a rock and as deep as the sea.
But at the moment of stalemate with the Cavaliers, this man unexpectedly stood up and began to influence and dominate the game in his own way.[
Iguodala does not have gorgeous offensive skills or accurate shooting. What he is good at is defense. Whether it is single defense or assist defense, whether it is rotation in the position or tracking in fast break, these are what he is good at.
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When the Cavaliers tightened the paint and began to play defensive counterattacks, Iguodala also began to seriously examine what he could do. He first tried to shoot three-pointers from outside to see if he could break the Cavaliers' defense.
Joint defense.
But he was just as clueless as James. He failed to score two consecutive shots, and they both missed left and right.
Good pitchers' shots usually deviate from the front and back, that is, the direction is OK, but the strength is not good. In this case, it doesn't matter if they can't make the shot. Let them shoot two more times and wait until they find the sense of space.
Everything is OK. If there is a deviation between the left and right, the problem will be serious, which means they did not bring the scope today. It will be useless even if you ask them to shoot more, because directional errors are not easy to adjust.
Iguodala is very rational. He found that his shot was very biased today, so he did not take any more shots.
Since he doesn't take action, James has to defend the inside line again. Therefore, Iguodala can neither stretch space nor create a threat in the corner, so there is no point in continuing to stay.
But Iguodala, who felt that he had no sense of presence, no longer stuck to one point, his position was no longer so rigid, and he began to want to help the team from other angles.
Soon he found a way.
As mentioned before, the Cavaliers mainly play defensive counterattacks. After grabbing rebounds from the inside, they throw them directly to the frontcourt, and then rely on Hughes's speed to rush. The Magic originally fell behind either Nash or the inside who jumped out of the space.
No one can catch up with Hughes.
But when Iguodala thought that you can't catch up, I can catch up, I can stop him. So Iguodala's position moved outward little by little, and slowly he moved to a position one step ahead of the final center line.
, here he can immediately block the knight's counterattack, so there is the opening scene.
After grabbing the ball, Iguodala did not let the ball stay in his hands for too long, but quickly passed the ball out.
As mentioned many times before, counterattacks are definitely not done by one person. They need to be divided into groups in a hierarchical manner. One person is the vanguard, and someone must follow behind. First of all, if the defensive players are tight, the vanguard players can return.
Pass; secondly, if there is no improvement, the one who follows can make up for it, creating a double insurance.
The same goes for the Cavaliers' counterattack. The moment Ilgauskas grabbed the rebound, everyone switched offense and defense. Hughes rushed forward, followed closely by James and others.
At this time, the Cavaliers' defense was not so tight. Iguodala counterattacked and passed the ball, which immediately penetrated the Cavaliers' defensive formation. After Josh Smith received the ball, he directly turned over and dunked.
The Cavaliers players didn't pay attention to Iguodala's counterattack at first, thinking it was just an accident. However, in the next two rounds, Iguodala continuously interfered with Hughes' fast break. Once, he knocked the ball out of bounds.
, although the other time did not directly result in a counterattack score, Nash hit a mid-range shot, and the Magic once again opened the score to 8 points.
Iguodala used his defensive changes to push the balance of victory back to the Magic's direction.
Edison was also shocked when he saw Iguodala's performance and thought, "This guy is usually calm, but I didn't expect to be able to think about the game independently and make targeted changes." At this time, Edison suddenly thought of Iguodala in the future.
The same is true. He can't help the team on offense, but on the defensive end he carries the team's banner with his stable performance and becomes the silent leader of the Nuggets, the most unique leader in the league.
This is how the game is often played. No matter how stalemate the game was in the first second, once the deadlock is broken, a snowball effect will occur. The team that has the advantage becomes more and more powerful, while the passive team becomes less and less able to do anything.
Until one side completely collapses.
But Brown quickly called a timeout before the Cavaliers collapsed.
Here Edison was also very satisfied with the performance of his players, especially Iguodala. He stood on the sidelines of the court and high-fived every player. When Iguodala came over, he gave him a hard hammer on the chest and said, "That's it."
Well, you did a great job today."
After the timeout, the Cavaliers' offense still showed no improvement. However, after blocking the Cavaliers' offense, the Magic became more and more experienced and beat the Cavaliers to pieces.
James was silent for three quarters. It was too late to break out in the last quarter, and under Iguodala's defense, he had no chance to break out. The Cavaliers had no hope of a comeback.[
When the timer reached zero, the Magic won 106-97 at home.
Josh Smith, who pushed Brand out of the game, scored the Magic's highest 23 points, while Howard also scored 20 points.
The high scores of Howard and Josh mean that Nash has high assists. Nash also had a small explosion in this game. While scoring 16 points, he also sent 21 assists, 80% of which were given to the two inside players.
With his incredible assist data, Nash finally won the MVP of the game.
Although Iguodala played a decisive role in the progress of the game, his data is still not eye-catching, 14 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals and 1 block. Everything is involved, but he can't win any of them.
Shot. However, his biggest contribution in this game was to turn James, who was facing him, into an iron god. He made only 5 of 18 shots. Including free throws, he only scored 16 points, which was more than 10 points away from his season's 26 points.
However, Hughes performed well in this game, overtaking the Little Emperor and scoring 23 points.
What makes Edison even more happy than the victory is that after the game, the records of the Magic and the Cavaliers have become 40 wins and 11 losses. The two teams are on the same starting line. As long as the Magic works harder, they can achieve a lead.
The Magic's opponent in the next game is none other than the Clippers, whom they traded with in the summer.
