The 15-minute intermission passed quickly and the players appeared on the court again.
The Heat's O'Neal did not play, and Wade was in the game with a substitute.
Edison took the opportunity to quickly give Nash instructions, asking him to cooperate more with Howard, so that Howard could take the opportunity to find confidence.
Nash is a player that any head coach will like, because his execution ability is very strong, and he will work hard to complete whatever the coach arranges. Why not say perfect completion? Because the head coach often asks him to strengthen defense.
As soon as Nash reached out on the court, he asked Howard to come over as a screen. Howard came over quickly. The double pick-and-roll was perfect. But Howard did not rush directly to the inside after the pick-and-roll as usual, but stayed there stupidly.
After Nash rushed in alone, he was easily forced out by the opponent's inside line.
But after all, Nash had been in battle for a long time, and quickly made adjustments, slowed down the rhythm, and then cooperated with Gerald Wallace in the corner, and then succeeded in the mid-range shot.
Edison looked at Howard's performance and was very disappointed and shook his head helplessly.
At this time, Thibodeau came to Edison, "It seems that he failed to adjust his mentality even during the halftime break. This is not the way to go."
Edison listened and nodded, "Indeed, this is not the way to go. Change someone and let Varejao come on."
As soon as Varejao heard that he was going to be substituted, he took off his jacket and ran to the referee's bench to apply for a substitution.
When Howard saw that he was being replaced, he staggered over to the bench without even high-fiving Varejao. Everyone on the bench clearly felt that Howard was not normal today and quickly got out of his way.
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Edison felt extremely anxious when he saw Howard's zombie-like feeling, but it was still game time and he couldn't provide him with psychological counseling at this time.
Off the court, Edison and Howard were no longer focused on the game, but the Magic players on the court were getting better and better.
After Howard came off the court, the Magic's tactics ran more smoothly, directly beating the Heat with a 9-0 spurt, leading 70-55 by 15 points.
When Van Gundy saw that the score was behind, he had no intention of catching up. Instead, he replaced Wade, completely letting the main team train and letting the substitutes perform.
Edison saw that Nash had played for 25 minutes today, so he also replaced Nash. The two sides were purely substitutes.
However, the Magic's substitutes were obviously much better than the Heat. By the end of the third quarter, 79-60, the Magic entered the final quarter with a 19-point advantage.
The last quarter of the game between the two sides was also mediocre. I don’t know what mentality Van Gundy had in not sending out his main force for the final try. It seemed that he had acquiesced in the failure of this game.
However, with 2 minutes left before the end of the game, Shaquille O'Neal took the initiative to come on the court. Van Gundy saw that it was rare for O'Neal to take the initiative to come on the court, so he had to give him face.
After O'Neal came on the court, he glanced at Edison and then turned his head to the side of the court.
Who is Edison? He really "knows astronomy from above, geography from below, human harmony from the middle, yin and yang from the middle, Bagua, Qimen, Dunjia, knowledge for five thousand years before, and more than ten years after." You can understand it at once
He understood what O'Neal meant - he had a stiff neck.
Just kidding, when Edison saw O'Neal coming on the court, he turned around and said, "Dwight, get ready to play."
At this time, Howard was completely numb. When he heard Edison calling him, he stood up in confusion and looked at Edison with blank eyes.
When Howard passed by Edison, Edison finally couldn't help it anymore, patted Howard on the shoulder and said: "Don't worry about the results, as long as you work hard to create trouble for him."...
Howard nodded confusedly after hearing this.
After O'Neal came on, the Heat's last few offenses were all done by him in isolation. Although Howard worked hard, the gap in strength was too obvious and he was no match for him.
"This is why I say that the current game is not as interesting as before. Just look at how O'Neal beat Howard today. I am really worried that he will cry and go to his mother later."
"But there is no way. No matter who plays against the Sharks, they will die miserably, let alone a high school student. I don't know the intention of the Magic's head coach with this arrangement, but it is obvious that his tactical arrangement is terrible. If
If he dares to beat the Heat like this in the regular season or even the playoffs, the Magic will definitely lose miserably."
"Look, Shaq is here again, once again using his big butt for a wonderful dunk. Kenny, do you know which part of the body is the most important for an inside man? It is the butt. This is the same as for women. This is also
The reason why I became an All-Star."
"The game is finally over. The Magic defeated the Heat 101-92 at home and won three consecutive preseason games. Let us congratulate them. But this is only the preseason. I hope they can maintain this state in the regular season.
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After the game, Shaq O'Neal suddenly hugged Howard, whispered to him, and then patted him hard on the back.
When Howard heard O'Neal's words, he was shocked and confused at first, his eyes full of disbelief, but he quickly adjusted and no longer looked like a pool of stagnant water like before, and regained his brilliance.
Edison saw all this. Although he couldn't hear what O'Neill said to Howard, through the change in Howard's expression, Edison knew that O'Neill had done him a big favor again, and he was full of gratitude to O'Neill.
After the day's game, Edison hurriedly attended the press conference, then drove directly home, took a hot bath, and went to bed early. Although today's game was not very intense, he didn't need to use his brain.
, but because of Howard’s incident, I was also physically and mentally exhausted.
The next morning, Edison arrived at the training ground early, and soon the players also came to the training ground one after another to start a new day of training.
However, during training, Edison and Thibodeau clearly felt that Howard was still out of shape and often had a lack of concentration. Sometimes he didn't notice when others passed the ball to him, making inexplicable mistakes.
In response, Edison said to Thibodeau privately: "It seems that I have to have a good talk with him."
Thibodeau replied: "Not only Howard, but also Josh. He was obviously more impatient and emotionally unstable in training today. He has not fully adjusted to what happened yesterday. You also need to communicate with him."
Edison nodded after listening to Thibodeau's words, thinking, "It seems that I went a little too far yesterday."
After the morning's joint training, Edison announced that he would rest in the afternoon and fly to Dallas in the evening to prepare to play the Mavericks tomorrow. The team has been training continuously for half a month since October, and the players are a little tired both physically and mentally.
We also need a rest, so everyone is very excited.
"DeWalt, wait a minute with Josh. You two have changed your clothes and come to my office. I have something to talk to you about." Edison announced one last thing before disbanding.
Although Howard and Josh also wanted to relax, but now that Edison had spoken, they could only give up rest and listen to his arrangements.
When Howard and others came to Edison's office, Edison had been waiting for them for a long time.
"You are moving very slowly. I thought you would be back in 5 minutes, but I didn't expect to wait for nearly 20 minutes." However, Edison still greeted the two of them to sit down with a smile on his face...
"Do you know why I called you two?"
As I said before, any player who can make a name for himself in the NBA is definitely not a simple-minded person with well-developed limbs. Their IQ is definitely not low, and some are even higher than ordinary people. It's just that their physical fitness is too outstanding, covering up their IQ.
The two people looked at each other and said in unison: "It should be related to yesterday's game."
"That's right. Tell us what O'Neal told you at the end of the game yesterday." Edison did not sit behind the desk, but pulled up a chair and sat in front of them.
After hearing Edison's question, Howard smiled a little shyly, "He said he wouldn't let me tell you."
"What? He scolded me and didn't let me know."
"No, really not. Not only did he not scold you, he even praised you."
"Since you didn't scold me, what can't you say? Let's talk about it. Do you think it's Josh?" Edison did not ignore Josh.
People don't waste their time on gossip. Josh also saw O'Neal and Howard whispering yesterday, but he didn't pay attention to it. Today, after Edison provoked him, the fire of gossip deep in his heart was ignited.
So Josh also bumped Howard with his shoulder, which meant "Dude, stop leaking, say".
Howard saw that his friend also expressed his opinion. In addition, he was not a person who could keep his words to himself, so he opened his mouth and talked about what happened yesterday.
"Yesterday, he said to me, 'Hey, boy, you actually performed well today, don't be so sad. You know, there are very few people in this league who can guard me one-on-one, and you have done a very good job.
And you are still young. You may not be able to play one-on-one with me in a year or two. You know, I was once a member of the Magic. At that time, like you, I had just entered the league. I also felt that I was great and felt that
When I came here, I could immediately lead the team to win the championship. But at the beginning, I was severely taught by a few old guys, and they made me understand a truth. No matter how good you were before, when you get here, you will never succeed.
You're just a rookie, you have to learn from scratch. Your head coach is a good man. He asked me to repair you in this game, just like those old guys did to me.'"
"That's all?" Edison saw that Howard had stopped talking and subconsciously answered.
"He also said, don't let me lose confidence, saying that I will become the best center in this league. Coach, is he telling the truth, or is he just lying to me? You know that I had absolutely nothing to do against him yesterday, whether it was
Offense or defense. If he wants to attack, I can't stop him at all; and when I attack, he can easily defend me. I feel that there are too many differences between him and me. When I watched the game before,
Other centers have some ways to deal with him, unlike me, who have absolutely no way. I don't know if I can succeed. Coach, do you regret not picking Okafor now?" Howard suddenly fell like a bamboo tube.
He opened his chat box like a soybean and poured out all his thoughts.
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