The state of a player has always been a very miraculous thing, even more miraculous than the morale of the team, which makes people confused. Although we often hear the team's coach swear in some pre-game interviews, "We are adjusting
His condition allows him to be in the best condition and perform the best results during the xx period." But in fact, this is difficult to grasp, so what we see is that at that optimal period, someone has a strong leg.
Jumped to the finish line.
When a player is in good condition, he can become "God is wearing the No. 23 jersey today", but when his performance is not good, "it seems that he has not recovered from his friends."
Although a player's state is always as unpredictable as a woman's thoughts, sometimes there are rules to follow. For example, there is a situation that allows a player to perform well - against his old club.
Facing his old club is a wonderful phenomenon that can give players a kind of excitement between stimulants and hypnosis. Whenever a player plays against his old club, no matter what he did the night before, the second
There is always endless energy in the sky. Even if the performance is not good, the presence will be very strong. It can be said bluntly that facing the old club is already a unique front in the arena.
uff. Of course, there is another attitude called undercover.[
Brand was extremely excited to face the Clippers and performed very well, while Marion on the Clippers side also showed 120% of his strength.
Marion is a player that everyone in the Magic is familiar with, and can even be said to be the player the Magic know best among the Clippers. Although Diaw was with the Magic last season, his status and usage methods at that time were different from those now.
It's completely different on the Clippers.
When Diaw was with the Magic, he was more of an auxiliary organizer. He ran around Nash and played, focusing on his ability to support. But now the Clippers' Diaw is the offensive hub, and others cooperate with his running.
The two are completely different. So what kind of strength Dior can exert now, Magic doesn't know, and Edison can't even imagine it.
Marion is different. Although the Martian is an All-Star player and can produce 2010 data at his peak, his independent offensive ability is very poor. Although Marion has amazing arm length, his ball-holding and dribbling ability is too poor. To paraphrase the introduction
Inzaghi's logic is, "Marion's grabbing of the ball is at the top 50 level, his first touch is at the All-Star level, his second touch is at the NBA level, and his third touch returns to the universe."
Because he can't hold the ball personally, most of his scores are secondary attacks, or defensive players are accidentally attracted to take open shots. Players like them will have a common experience, that is, the head coach will not
Develop individual tactics for them. They will not take the lead in any tactics, but will cooperate with others.
This is true in the Suns, it is true in the Magic, and it is still true in the Clippers. So what Marion will do, what he can do, and what he can do, the Magic's Edison has a good idea of what he can do.
Therefore, in the first quarter, he asked Brand to overpower Marion on the offensive end, and on the defensive end, he asked Iguodala to compete with him for muscle, preventing him from running and taking advantage of his mobility.
The actual result was just as Edison expected. Under the interference of Iguodala, Marion did not get any opportunities for counterattacks and air cuts in the offense, while the defensive end allowed Brand to rely on his strength to crush him.
cake.
Although Marion worked hard, after the first quarter, he took 3 shots and only scored 2 points and 1 rebound, so Edison gradually became less cautious about him.
After the Magic changed players, it was Martin who was now defending Marion. In Edison's thinking, Marion couldn't attack with the ball by himself, so Martin's shortcomings of thinness could be covered up.
But in this situation, Marion, who had been suppressed for an entire quarter, suddenly broke out without any warning.
When Diaw was still spinning around in confusion with the ball in the high post, not knowing how to pass the ball, he suddenly felt a person wearing a red uniform slipping past him.
Although Diaw's face was facing the other side, he immediately judged that this person should be Marion based on his previous tactical position. Although he didn't understand why Marion was running like this, because according to the current route, it is very easy for him to get to the basket.
Josh and Varejao flanked each other, and Diaw was very aware of how hard these two defended the basket. But whether out of trust or out of habit, Diaw still gave the ball away hand in hand at the first opportunity.
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Martin, who was originally following Marion, saw Marion enter the paint area and stopped chasing. He knew very well that his work had been completed. The muscle confrontation under the basket was not something he should participate in, nor could he participate in it.
.So he simply turned around and prepared to run towards the Clippers' half. If Marion was blocked, he could counterattack immediately.
In fact, this is the watershed between good players and average players. The physical and technical gap between players who can enter the NBA is not particularly large, but their performance in actual games varies widely. One of the important reasons for this is offense and defense.
The conversion was not timely.
Martin was already preparing to counterattack when his team was still on defense, while some players had to wait until their side had secured the ball before preparing to attack. Slow awareness directly led to delays in execution.
But Martin's preparation failed this time. After Marion received the ball and broke into the penalty area, he was extremely determined. He took one step and jumped, without even looking at Varejao and Josh Smith who were blocking him from the front and side.
And Marion didn't make any dodge or move in the air, he just went straight to the basket to dunk.
As the saying goes, "The brave will win when they meet on a narrow road." The victory lies in the speed advantage brought by this forward momentum. The same is true for Marion's ball. If he tries to dodge in the air, his speed will not be the same.
So fast, but he might be blocked by the Magic's inside line.
With a "bang" sound, Marion pushed the ball into the basket, and it was really a shot in the air. Unfortunately, Varejao and Josh became the background men.[
After landing, Marion quickly ran back to prepare for the Magic's quick counterattack. In the middle, he clapped his hands with Diaw who passed the ball to him and briefly celebrated.
Marion dunked neatly, but the Magic have never been afraid of the opponent's dunking, because there are more people on their side who can dunk, so they are used to it.
Hardaway dribbled the ball past half-court. Josh stuck out his butt and humped Marion in the low post. When he felt it was almost done, he looked up and saw Hardaway. Penny quickly lobbed the ball in. At this time, other players had already
Create space.
"Josh Smith plays Marion in the low post." The commentator was also very excited. After all, in today's league, insiders who can play in the low post are rare.
Josh has the advantage of height and greater tonnage than Marion, and he is also left-handed. Marion is very awkward to defend and is obviously at a disadvantage. However, the Martian is of high quality and does not use trash talk to interfere with Josh. Instead, he raises his hand high
Start looking outwards.
If this was the case last season, Josh might really have been kicked out by Marion, but this season Josh and Mark Jackson often do similar training, and he already knows how to deal with the defensive players' efforts. Josh took advantage of Marion's push
Finally, when the old strength had been exhausted and the new strength had not yet been regenerated, he suddenly kicked back, then turned inward, and squeezed in under Marion's armpit.
Although he passed Marion's level, Josh could not score easily. The Clippers' Wilcox had already turned around and blocked it.
Josh could choose to hit hard at this time. Although there was a risk of being directly blocked, with his physical fitness, he might be able to fight for 21. But Josh did not do this. He stretched out his hands and sent the ball to Varejao on the opposite side.
in hand.
Wilcox had just turned to guard Josh. He was not a spinning top, and it was too late to turn back. Varejao made a two-handed dunk at the basket, which could be regarded as repaying Marion's ball just now.
"The Magic's internal and external lines are very balanced, and their bench ability is very strong. They can maintain a strong scoring trend at all times..."
Before the commentator finished speaking, the Clippers launched a fast break, and this time Diaw took the lead and rushed to the front. However, the Magic were not easy to deal with, and Wallace also withdrew early.
Diaw tried to get away from Wallace as soon as the half was over, but Wallace remained unmoved and always appeared between him and the basket, slowing down his speed. Gradually, other Magic players also withdrew, and Diaw remained unmoved.
Seeing that there was no chance for a fast break, he sent the ball to the outside and prepared to return to the high position to organize the offense.
But after the ball passed the Magic's outside line, it was in Marion's hands.
After Marion caught the ball, he saw that Martin hadn't blocked it and it was like a urine pot. The ball really took a rare route in the air and fell into the basket.
Turning around to the Magic, Hardaway missed a shot, and Marion followed up with a three-pointer almost in the same way, helping the team take the lead.
Back on the defensive end, Marion quickly stole Josh again and found Diaw with a long pass. This time Diaw got away from Wallace and scored the ball.
A 10-2 climax instantly ignited the enthusiasm of the home fans, and Edison quickly called a timeout when he saw something was not going well.
Edison saw that Martin had no offensive touch today and no contribution on defense, so he replaced him and sent Iguodala again.
As soon as Iguodala came on the scene, he stuck to Marion like candy. However, Marion, who had already shown his feelings, was not as easy to deal with as in the first quarter. Although he did not explode again like before, he did not become another
The invisible man, he began to appear in every corner of the Clippers' offense.
With Marion's unexpected performance, the Magic and the Clippers entered a tug-of-war. The scores of the two teams increased alternately, and they were tied 6 times in a row, which was very tight. When there were only 4 minutes left in the game, the two teams
The team had its last draw of the game, 90-90.
A game lasts 48 minutes. The first 45 minutes can belong to the team, but the last 3 minutes must belong to the individual. At this time, the Clippers' disadvantage of not having an ace is exposed again.
At this time, the referee's whistle did not dare to be too biased. It was more about letting the players decide the game themselves. The Magic's Brand and Roy fully utilized their abilities in this situation.[
Brand first continuously attacked Marion in the paint, forcing old Dunleavy to have the team shrink its defense and flank Brand.
But when the Clippers players retreated, the Magic perimeter players got another chance.
In this situation, Roy, as a cold-blooded killer, gave the Clippers the most deadly series of attacks. He received passes from his teammates and hit three consecutive three-pointers, giving the team the lead in one minute.
10 points for re-expansion.
As the Clippers' Mao Mao and Cassell's outside shots missed, when the game entered the final 40 seconds, the Magic was already leading by 13 points, and the Clippers' momentum was over.
In the end, the Magic defeated the Clippers 109-98 in the away game.
Brand scored a game-high 29 points, but a person's energy is conserved. When Brand put more effort into scoring, he paid less attention to rebounds and only scored 7
Backboard.
However, Brand's missing rebounds did not fall into the hands of the Clippers. Howard once again played the role of rebounding bully in this game, grabbing 17 rebounds by himself.
Roy relied on his sudden burst in the last few minutes to score 21 points and became the key player in this game.
For the Clippers, Diaw had 14 points, 6 rebounds and 8 assists. His performance was very comprehensive and fully demonstrated his strength.
Marion, on the other hand, had 19 points and 9 rebounds. Under the Magic's defense, although he was eager to perform, he only got his season average data.
Brand and Marion faced their old club for the first time this season, and Brand was slightly better.
