With two consecutive dunks, the Magic's morale was naturally high, and the Grizzlies' soldiers were also angered. Hubie Brown was also a little confused.
At this time, the Grizzlies were united and planned to retaliate.
Because the Magic's insiders are Howard and Josh, who are not very tall. One is 206cm and the other is 204cm. They are mini inside players. Therefore, Hubie Brown requires players to play inside and attack the inside.
If Gasol were there, this move would really hit the Magic's weakness. Gasol is tall and has long arms, and he is accurate in mid-range shots. He has a guaranteed hit rate on jump shots from the left and right corners of the penalty area. If he falls to the low post, he can still hit the target.
He has a soft hook. On the Magic side, neither Howard nor Josh can do anything about Gasol.
But isn't my sister-in-law injured now? This is why Edison dared to let Howard and Josh team up.
The Grizzlies' current inside man, Wright, is tall and muscular. He is a member of the 1996 Golden Generation lottery and has rich game experience. However, he lacks scoring methods and basically relies on secondary attacks. If you let him play alone, most of the time
It was like a chicken flying egg. This person later became miserable and was shot to death in the forest area southeast of Memphis in 2010.
The talent and physical attributes of another insider, Swift, are enough to make the saliva of thirty NBA GMs turn into Iguazu Falls. However, like many players with extraordinary physical talents, he has a fatal problem - light.
Muscles don't grow brains. Although he listens to the coach's guidance, is not picky, and is not afraid of doing dirty work, his tactical literacy is too low. No matter how he trains, he will always appear in the wrong place at the right time on the court.
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Let him play in isolation, uh, let's discuss Wright's isolation issue.
If you can't play alone in the paint, you can only rely on sudden breakthroughs to create open attacks, or rely on mismatches after pick-and-rolls.
So Williams and Swift set up a pick-and-roll again, then pretended to break through and took Josh away, and then passed it back to Swift to let him play Nash in isolation.
As mentioned before, Swift's physical fitness is quite incredible, with muscles that are gnarled, and she has the skills of a thirteen-year-old Taibo.
In front of him, Nash was like a primary school student standing in front of a high school student. There was a huge gap in length, width and height.
Swift saw Josh being taken away, Howard was still pushing Wright in the low post, and there was only Nash left in front of him. He used his not very bright brain, "Hey, this seems to be a good opportunity.
, I should be able to dunk directly.”
So he took a step forward and reached the paint area, then completely ignored Nash and prepared to dunk in return.
He thought well, but he didn't expect that Howard moved very fast and appeared in front of him at once, jumping up almost at the same time to block him.
The two people collided muscle-to-muscle in the air. Everyone around them heard the "collision" sound, and no one took advantage. But it was impossible for Swift to dunk, so he had to change to a layup.
Without the soft touch of a defender, the ball hit the neck of the basket and bounced out with a "dang" sound.
Josh Smith saw that he had missed the goal, easily collected the ball, and then passed the ball to Nash immediately.
As soon as Josh got the rebound, Iguodala and Marion once again rushed out like wild dogs. However, this time the Grizzlies had a better memory. Battier and Miller returned to defense in time and did not give the Magic a chance.
Fast break opportunity.
But Nash still quickly dribbled the ball through the half court, and Howard and Josh were also in position in the corner.
This time Nash and Howard ran a pick-and-roll, and seeing that Wright wasn't following closely enough, he went straight to the basket.
But Wright adjusted his steps very quickly and caught up in time, blocking Nash on the wing of the paint. Seeing that there was no chance, Nash dribbled the ball backwards, intending to adjust his rhythm...
At this time, Williams had not bypassed Howard, and Wright could not make space for Nash. You must know that Nash's shooting level is not inferior to any scorer. He had no choice but to follow Nash and take a step forward to prevent him from shooting.
At this time, Wright was already out of the three-second zone. When Nash saw it, he raised his hand and shot the ball toward the basket.
Wright waved his arm and thought, "It's off. You dare to shoot like this? I don't exist."
But there was a "whoosh" behind him, and then another loud "clang". This sound was already very familiar to Wright, as Magic had made such a sound twice before.
It turned out that when Howard saw Wright leave the three-second zone, the Grizzlies' inside line was suddenly empty, and he subconsciously rushed to the basket. When Nash saw Howard running for the basket, he threw the ball directly to
The basket.
As soon as Howard saw the ball appearing near the basket, he jumped directly towards the basket. Then he easily caught the ball in the air and dunked it. Because the momentum of rushing forward in the air was too great, in order to protect his body, he held
He hung on the basket for a while, then did another pull-up. Then he landed on the ground and pointed his finger at Nash to express "good pass".
Nash also pointed at Howard and thought, "Nonsense, I know I can pass the ball well."
Mike Breen in the commentary box was completely stunned: "w-o-w~, it shocked me. The Magic played so passionately. Many people knew before the game that the Magic players were very young.
, their playing will be extremely impactful. But I don’t think anyone can expect that the Magic will play so exciting. Through the three attacks just now, I can conclude that this is not a coincidence, but the coach’s intentional arrangement. The Magic’s
The young head coach knows how to teach students in accordance with their aptitude. Knowing that there are many young people in the team, he simply adopts a simple and crude style of play. Although we don’t know what kind of record they can achieve now, this style of play has great ornamental value and can easily attract fans.
of love.”
Edison stands on the sidelines. He doesn't like to sit on the bench like Larry Brown, Phil Jackson or Popovich. That's what the elderly do. He prefers to stand on the sidelines and move with the movements of the players.
, which made him feel that he was not standing on the sidelines, but within that 90-foot by 50-foot rectangle, the same as those 10 people. This may be Edison's psychological comfort for his inability to become a professional player.
At this time, Thibodeau came over and said in Edison's ear: "It seems that your tactics are right. Our players are very suitable for horn tactics."
Masters can see the essence through phenomena. Just like playing chess, masters can always feel the development of the situation in the middle game and even deduce the final outcome. In contrast, bad chess baskets can only be achieved when everyone has eaten up all the pieces.
At a certain moment, I suddenly realized, "Ah, it seems I have lost."
Thibodeau is the top player in the field of basketball. Although the team played well in the V-shaped offense in training before, it is training after all and cannot be counted. But today's actual test, the opponent is the Grizzlies, who have a solid defense.
, Thibodeau immediately saw, "It's okay to fight like this."
But Edison is not optimistic. Now that he has developed the double-cutting effect of the V-shaped offense and can play so successfully in front of the Grizzlies, he will not be much worse against other teams. But just having the double-cutting effect
Cutting in is not enough. The V-shaped tactic is a truly terrifying three-point rain. I don’t know if it can be produced. After all, the current perimeter of this team is Iguodala and Marion, not Barbosa and Garabel.
Here Edison is still watching, but on the field, the grizzly bear comes over aggressively.
Williams had already passed halftime and before he could figure out how to play, he saw Miller running out to ask for the ball.
Williams failed to organize the offense twice and was dunked three times by the opponent. Miller was very unhappy. He was a very motivated person and had a big fight with Kobe Bryant in the game...
When he felt that others couldn't do it, he decided to solve it himself, so he ran out and asked for the ball. Williams looked at it and said, "I'll give it to you if you ask for it. How shameful for me." So he - still
Passed the ball to Miller.
After Miller got the ball, Iguodala followed closely. After Miller got the ball, he turned around to face Iguodala, bent his knees and stretched his waist, making a standard triple threat posture.
When Iguodala saw Miller taking such a posture, he took a step forward without any hesitation to prevent him from shooting. Because Iguodala knew very well who the two insiders on the team were through training in recent days.
, although they are not very tall, they can’t fly high. If you rush in, it will be fun to watch.
Sure enough, Miller took a look and saw that the defense was not about to shoot, so why did I hesitate? It was a sudden move. So I glanced at Williams.
Williams came over and set a screen for him, blocking Iguodala.
At this time, Miller was still young, and he was not the turret who later suffered from a waist injury and could only shoot from fixed spots. Although his breakthrough was not the best, he was still good. Iguodala was blocked, and Nash's defense was really good.
It's not enough to watch. There is not much difference between guarding him and not guarding him. Miller passed directly.
When he got to the basket, he carried Josh and took off for a layup. Miller was also 2.01cm tall, not much shorter than Josh. He thought he had no problem carrying Josh for a layup.
Sure enough, when he took three steps, Josh just followed him and didn't push him out. But after he took action, Josh jumped directly, and with a "bang", Miller knew something was wrong.
After Josh took off, his rising speed was faster than the speed of the ball. Then he felt that it was almost the same. He rounded his arms and slapped the ball directly towards the Grizzlies' half.
Marion had already guessed the outcome as soon as he saw Miller's layup posture. He was in tragedy, so he prepared early. Sure enough, the ball was blown away.
He didn't hesitate to get rid of Battier and rushed towards the ball. Marion was already fast, but Iguodala was faster, and he was at the top of the arc, closer to the opposite half.
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Jason Williams took a look and noticed something was wrong, and followed Iguodala. The Magic's frontcourt was 2-on-1.
What's the worst thing on the basketball court is that it's 2 versus 1, and you're the 1. As long as you're not stupid, no matter how others play, you'll be the one being fooled.
After Iguodala received the ball, he immediately went for a layup. Williams did not hesitate and jumped up to block the shot.
But when he jumped up, he discovered that Iguodala had passed the ball.
If Marion keeps up, it will be overwhelming.
0-8, the Magic took the lead in the opening game and hit a small climax.
