The Magic were not the happiest after defeating the Mavericks, because for them this game only added 1 to the number on the scoreboard and had no other special significance.
But it was different for the Mavericks' direct competitor, the Spurs. The Mavericks lost here, and they defeated the Wizards one hour later. The wins and losses of the two teams returned to the same level. But the two teams
In the previous 3 games, the Spurs had 2 wins and 1 loss, giving them an advantage. Therefore, they overtook the Mavericks and moved into first place in the Western Conference.
After playing the Mavericks, the Magic only had one day's rest before flying to Los Angeles to challenge their next opponent, the Bulls.
Although the Bulls lost Shark Curry, the team's talent has dropped significantly, but their diligence has increased. With Hinrich, Ben Gordon and Chandler, their record has not dropped significantly.
The same as last season, basically worrying about entering the playoffs, but if they want to reach the second round, they can only hope that their opponent's core players suffer injuries.
In fact, many people think that the Bulls' lineup is very similar to that of the Magic. The main core players in the team are very young. Hinrich was born in 2003, Ben Gordon was born in 2004, and even Chandler was born in 2001.
Still in the contract period.[
Moreover, their division of labor is very similar to that of the Magic. As a point guard, Hinrich guides every Bulls offense. Although his basic skills, consciousness, imagination, and insight are not as good as Nash, he is also a good new generation guard in the league.
Enough to organize the entire team's offense.
Ben Gordon is a master of singles from the outside and can shoot suddenly. Basically, his points in every game are either in the reasonable collision area under the basket or near the three-point line. He rarely takes shots in the three-second zone and the traditional 2-zone. Although
The scoring areas and methods are different from Roy's, but their role is very similar, which is to create scoring opportunities alone.
In fact, whether it is basketball or football, on the offensive end, the ability to create scores is far more important than the ability to grasp scores, or imagination is much more important than efficiency.
Those who can enter the nb are basically good at seizing opportunities. If you give an outside player an open space, their shooting percentage will be over 500%. Even if the inside player can't touch the top edge of the backboard, a dunk is not a problem.
That is to say, basically anyone who can enter the nb can be an offensive terminator. The only question is whether they can perform to the level of their usual training when facing defense.
But it is not so easy to find people who can create scoring opportunities, especially those who can create scoring opportunities individually.
Let’s take another example, Carmelo Anthony.
If you are a data maniac and pay special attention to the final shooting percentage of each game, then Melo's data will definitely make you want to smash your computer.
His shooting percentage in the regular season hovers around 45%, which is a relatively reasonable number. Many great players in the league, such as Kobe, also hang around in this frequency range. But unlike Kobe and others, Anthony takes fewer free throws per game.
In other words, his actual shooting percentage is lower. Take the just-concluded 2012-13 season as an example. In the "true shooting percentage" rankings used to evaluate shot efficiency, Anthony is not outstanding, with 560% in the small forward rankings.
No. 20, this is even the most accurate season of his career.
In the playoffs, his shooting percentage will drop significantly, even to less than 40% for several years. This is definitely not a statistic that is consistent with the status of the team or even the league's superstar.
But Anthony is undoubtedly a superstar, a player that 30 managers in the league are eager to have. If possible, I believe that no team will be stingy in giving him a salary of more than 2,000.
In fact, the reason for this contradictory state is very simple. Anthony, who is known as the singles museum, can get a decent shot by relying on his own skills and physical condition, no matter who is defending him, even 2-man or 3-man defense.
Chance.
When the game enters hand-to-hand combat and tactical coordination fails, the final consideration is personal ability. If you have such a player who can make the opponent unable to guard, you can completely disrupt the opponent's defensive formation and then break through it with one point.
Face it and completely destroy your opponent.
Some people may question that his defense is not good. But I want to say that defense and offense are different. Offense depends more on personal ability than defense. A single person's poor defense can be made up for by the cooperation of the team, but a single person's offensive ability is not good.
, then unless you have Nash and Paul on your team, it will be really difficult to make up for it.
Anthony's shooting is indeed very accurate, and it is so fast, which is not easy. Generally speaking, shooting requires concentration. Although Anthony's shooting is fast and he seems to be in a hurry, the fact is that he is not.
In this way, he has his own unique rhythm. His quick shots are combined with his footsteps, dribbling and other technical aspects. It is not just for the sake of being fast.
And his ability means that even if he faces the best defensive player in the opponent's team in every game, he can still throw the ball in, leaving the opponent with nothing but helpless words, "I think we have it."
Even though his defense was in place several times, he was still able to make the shot." Even if he didn't make the shot, most of the time it didn't make others feel that he was being guarded, but it was just Anthony himself who failed to grasp this.
opportunity, and then I heard a sigh coming from the TV, "The ball was thrown away, it's a pity that it didn't go in."
The same is true for Ben Gordon and Roy. Although they don't have Anthony's level of completely relying on anyone's defense and only their own touch, there are only one person in the league who can defend and limit them.
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Although Nocioni at the small forward position is an Argentinian player who played in Europe in his early years, he is not a typical European player like Peja. He has no basket outside the three-point line and lacks the ability to connect internal and external lines. He
Like Iguodala, he relied on defense to gain a foothold in the team, serving as the team's outside gate, wiping the butts of the two defenders, and then relying on the spirit of not being afraid of death, he forced his way into Longtan on the offensive end and staged scenes.
A touching scene of using your life to score points.
The Bulls' two big men have the same configuration as the Magic, one offensive and one defensive, one flexible and the other relatively calm.
The center of the Bulls was boxing champion Chandler. Although he could not compare with what he had in the past two years at that time, his defensive style had been established. Basically, he is the one person you see in the Knicks now who can support the entire team's defense.
A man of the system. His excellent height and wingspan provide him with a defensive height that is far beyond ordinary people. Although he is relatively light and not a meatball player, he is full of muscles and is not afraid of confrontation. More importantly, he has the flexibility of his feet and can provide for
All teammates within the three-point line should cover and assist in defense, or even double-team.[
Well, does the above paragraph sound familiar? Yes, I said the same thing when I introduced Howard again.
However, there are still two differences between the boxing champion at that time and now. First: he was at odds with the Bulls coach at the time, so he had the strength but did not get the corresponding playing time. Second: he had not given up on becoming a defensive blue-collar worker.
He also hopes that he can perform well on the offensive end, so he often performs clumsy zombie hook performances in games.
Originally, if the Bulls' other big man was Little Shark, it would be exactly the same as the Magic's, but it is a pity that he is gone. However, Sangela is also a similar character. As a European player, his basic skills are very solid, he has range and shooting range.
Although my footwork is not strong enough, given my height and weight, I am not particularly afraid of bumping into others.
However, it is precisely because the two teams are so similar that the Magic's advantage is too obvious. Comparing the five starters one by one, the Magic have the advantage, and Edison also has the most unscrupulous bench in the league.
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Although everyone felt that the Magic were almost certain to win, their coming to Chicago was purely a formality, teaching the Bulls a lesson and letting them see where the upper limit of their personnel configuration was.
But the game is played out, not analyzed on paper.
The Bulls players were in really good shape today, and their character was at an all-time high. There were many times when the Magic was blocked for 24 seconds, but the Bulls players took shots in a hurry and still managed to hit, leaving you without a temper.
As for Edison, who was depressed for a while, he stopped staying on the sidelines and sat down on a chair to drink water and watch the game.
However, the Magic's strength is still higher after all. With 30 seconds left before the end of the game, the Magic still maintain a 6-point advantage and have the ball. Although this point difference cannot be said to be a guaranteed win, unless a miracle occurs, otherwise
That's about it.
At this point in the game, everyone knew that the Bulls were going to commit a foul, so Edison sent all the players on his side who were good at free throws as soon as he came up. Howard took the shot and asked Brand to move to the center position.
Although the Bulls launched a full-court press, Nash still got out of the gap and caught the ball.
But as soon as he received the ball, Hinrich hugged him. Although we often hear the saying "The referee should not be involved at the end of the game, it must be left to the players to solve the problem themselves", but it obviously does not apply now. Whistle
The buzzer sounded and Nash made a free throw.
Nash's free throw shooting percentage is above 90%. Basically, getting to the free throw line is equivalent to scoring. However, an accident happened today and he missed the first free throw.
The fans after the rebound became even more excited, and the plush strips in their hands danced more joyfully. However, Nash adjusted his mentality in time, licked his fingers more, and made the second free throw.
After Nash made the free throw, the Bulls called a timeout, and Edison also took the opportunity to arrange defense and replace defensive players.
Because the point difference has reached 7 points, the Bulls must shoot three-pointers if they want to win. Two points are meaningless, so Edison only left one Howard to ensure rebounds, and the other four are small ones. You can break through as long as the Bulls want, but three-pointers
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Although Edison emphasized it several times and drew a defensive routine on the tactical board 5 or 6 times, an accident still occurred unexpectedly.
After Hinrich caught the ball, facing Tony Allen's defense, he rushed towards the basket like a derailed train with a "strong man never returns" attitude. Because Edison said that breakthroughs were ignored, Tony Allen did not die.
I blocked it because I was afraid that others would cause 21.
But Hinrich rushed to the basket and faced the empty basket and did not score directly. Instead, he suddenly made a long throw and threw the ball to Ben Gordon who was three points away.
At this time, Roy's attention was focused on Hinrich under the basket. When he found out that the ball was passed to the player he should let go of, he subconsciously panicked. Then he quickly went to cover up the defense and blocked Gordon's pass.
Three points.
One characteristic of a player like Ben Gordon is that the more critical moments come and the more carefully the camera captures them, the better he performs.
When he saw Roy rushing towards him, he didn't rush to take action, but clicked.
Roy was also a little panicked and jumped up. When others got up, Roy also realized that he was broken.[
Sure enough, Ben Gordon spotted Roy's position, leaned his body up, and then shot directly. The ball hit and the whistle sounded, 31.
The whole place was in a state of excitement, and the Bulls home fans stood up, waiting to see the final developments of the game.
This ball was really demoralizing, and the Magic players were a little confused. Fortunately, there was still a timeout, and Edison asked the players to calm down.
However, after returning to the field, Nash and Roy were blocked by Hinrich and Duhon and had no chance to get the ball. In the end, the ball went to Iguodala. The Bulls didn't care who it was, they just fouled, and so did Ben Gordon.
He gave Iguodala a hard pull.
Iguodala made 5 of 5 free throws before this game, and his touch can be said to be very good. Edison was still very relieved at first. But he soon learned that character is conserved, and Iguodala missed all 2 free throws. The game
In an instant, he fell back to the bull.
At the last moment, Ben Gordon reappeared the power of the nerve knife. In the last 2 seconds, he took a shot from 1 meter outside the three-point line. The ball really drew a big arc in the air and then went into the basket.
There were only 12 seconds left for the Magic. Although Edison made some arrangements, Nash missed the shot and the game entered overtime.
In overtime games, what is often fought for is not strength, but will or momentum.
The Bulls had just escaped from death, and the team was in a red-arrow state. They hit three three-pointers as soon as overtime began. But the Magic only relied on a pick-and-roll by Nash and Howard to score 2 points.
The situation of the game was instantly reversed. Coupled with the cheers and shouts of the audience, the Magic became more and more sluggish. In the end, overtime ended and they lost to the Bulls 123-128, ending their 10-game winning streak.
