After defeating the Trail Blazers in an away game, the Magic rested for a day in Portland and returned to Orlando the next day.
Oregon, where Portland is located, is on the west coast of the United States, while Florida, where Orlando is located, is on the east coast of the United States. The time difference between the two places is three hours, plus the flight time. We took off in the morning and it was already afternoon by the time we got home.
It's 3 o'clock and I can't train all day.
The next day, November 26, the Magic played the Hawks at home.
This summer the Hawks can be considered a major change of manager. Everything from the coach to the core players has changed.
The Hawks were very careful in their coaching selection in the summer, and the competition became more intense, but in the end Woodson stood out. Woodson has 19 years of experience as a player and coach, and previously served as a coach with the Cavaliers and Bucks.
Assistant coach. But what is really valued by Billy Knight (remember, the 6-foot-8 guy with the quirks) is his experience with Larry Brown since 2001. He played an assistant role with the championship Pistons last season.
As Larry Brown's most capable assistant, Woodson also contributed a lot to the Pistons' successful championship. The Hawks' front office believes that he will pass on the Pistons' successful defensive experience to their own players.
The players are also completely different from last season. All the main players from last season were sent away. Abdur-Rahim was sent to the Trail Blazers halfway through last season, Terry was traded to the Mavericks, and Stephen
Jackson went to the Pacers, and Bob Sura signed with the Rockets as a free agent when his contract expired.
Of course, the Hawks are not alone. They got three-time All-Star Anthony Walker and last season's Sixth Man of the Year contender Al Harrington, as well as veteran Joan Barry. Of course, there is also the Magic.
Tyronn Lue and Garrity were acquired from the trade. Unfortunately, Tyronn Lue was injured and cannot play in this game.
The turbulence of personnel will naturally bring about the instability of results. The Hawks have only won 2 games in 11 games before and are at the bottom of the league.
Before the game started, Edison told the media, "We are here to take away the victory."
The progress of the game did support his arrogant remarks. At the beginning of the game, although Howard beat Hawks center Drobniak with a jump ball, Nash's shot failed. The Hawks relied on "
"Fat Toutuo" Walker's jumper scored two points and took the lead at the beginning.
But this was also the only time the Eagles took the lead in the game.
Turning around, the Magic launched a fast break. After a high pick-and-roll, Nash sent the ball to the baseline, and Iguodala made a three-pointer to overtake the score.
Sitting in the commentary box is the famous Eagles legend Dominic Wilkins, known as the "Essence of Human Movies", who is doing game analysis.
"Judging from the current situation, the team's work in the summer is very bad. I have never understood the significance of the replacement of the uniform team. The players who left are about the same strength as the new players who came, and their contract status is also different.
Not much. I don’t know what their thinking is for the entire summer’s work, whether it is to strengthen the team’s strength or to clear up salary space. The only hope now is to see if Woodson can show his ability in time with the Pistons.
Start with defense and lead the team forward."
I don’t know if Edison heard Wilkins’s comments. He said to Thibodeau as if talking to himself, “The Eagles’ biggest mistake was choosing Woodson as their head coach.”
Woodson studied under Larry Brown, and Larry Brown's biggest characteristic is the pursuit of reasonable playing. For this reason, his team is always like a rigorous machine. Under his hands, every player has been polished and turned into a
Accessories.
Larry Brown can do this and suppress players' free play because of his qualifications. But can Woodson do it? Can his qualifications convince the public?…
The answer is obvious. First of all, he can't do it, and secondly, the Eagles' current staffing doesn't allow him to do it.
The Hawks' two strongest claws are Walker and Harrington, and the biggest characteristic of these two players is that they are neither three nor four.
Although Walker is a power forward and his tonnage is quite good, he rarely rushes to the basket. He likes to float to the outside, especially for shooting three-pointers. Someone once asked him: "Why do you love shooting so much?"
Three-pointers?" Walker replied: "Because there are no four-pointers!"
Walker is already quite unconventional, and Harrington is even more exaggerated than him.
Although Harrington is only 2.06cm tall, he can play from shooting guard to center. His offense is "Those who are taller than me are not as fast as me, those who are faster than me are not as skilled as me, and those who are better than me are not as skilled as me."
With these two people existing, what do you ask Woodson to do? If the spirituality of these two players is worn away, then these two players can still be wanted.
Of course, Woodson can also choose not to suppress them and let them play freely. This is no problem in offense. It is not a problem for two people to team up to score 40 points per game. But what about defense? What to do with defense.
As we all know, Larry Brown's specialty is defense, and the same goes for Woodson.
If we look at each coach according to the talent tree in the game, and divide the talents into offense, defense and management. Then Larry Brown has all his points on defense and is purely defensive. Woodson is not much better than him.
, reluctantly allocated a little bit to management.
But now the Eagles ask them to play reasonable defense. When attacking, you can use "those who are taller than me are not as fast as me, and those who are faster than me are not as tall as me" to kill the opponent, but when it comes to defense, it is just the opposite.
If a coach is changed, he may try other methods to make up for the weaknesses of these two people, just like the Mavericks made up for Nowitzki. But Woodson can't do it. His defensive idea has never been to rely on tactics to help make up for the players.
, but rely on players to complete perfect defensive tactics. So with these two people existing, Woodson's arrival is destined to be a tragedy.
Since you have already suffered a tragedy, Edison doesn't mind spreading some salt on it and giving you a complete end.
Edison's approach is very simple. Start by defeating your strongest point and destroy your offense first.
Don't you rely on intelligence in your offense? Don't you rely on neither three nor four? Let's compare who is more neither three nor four. So Marion kept an eye on Harrington throughout the game, while Josh kept an eye on Anthony Walker.
In the end, "Fat Tou Tuo" Walker was a little better. After all, Josh had little defensive experience. He could defeat Josh with his endless offensive methods. But Harrington was completely tragic. Marion was the height of a small forward and a power forward.
The strength of his muscles and the speed of a shooting guard completely overwhelmed Harrington physically.
As for skills, after all, Marion has been in the league for so many years. He is not a rookie like Josh. There is no point in lying to him. You have to look at the real skills. But Harrington’s skills
Is he really outstanding? His so-called skills are only relative.
At the end of the first quarter, 29-24, the Magic led by 5 points. Although they only led by 5 points, the Magic completely occupied the advantage on the court. However, veteran Jon Barry's three-pointer was too terrible. He made 3 of 3 three-pointers in the first quarter.
, scored 11 points in a single quarter to help the Eagles hold on to the score.
There is absolutely nothing you can do about a certain pitcher's outstanding performance. For example, like Miller and Ray Allen, the coaches and media will tell the players before every game that you must follow him closely and not give him a chance to take action. The players will also
I know. But there is just no way. The offensive side always takes the initiative. Whether they rely on screens or sudden runs, as long as the shots are fast enough, the defensive players can only eat dust behind...
This was how Jon Barry felt in the first quarter. He suddenly ran to a position, then caught the ball and shot, without giving Iguodala time to react.
Iguodala was very helpless about this, and Edison was helpless, so he turned to Thibodeau to see if there was anything he could do.
Thibodeau thought about it carefully, "There is no direct solution. But he is 35 after all. As long as we keep pressing him and consuming his physical strength, he won't be able to support it for long. When his body can't keep up, technology
Naturally, it will be out of shape, and the hit rate will definitely drop."
After hearing this, Edison sighed and had no choice but to do this.
As he spoke, Edison glanced at Woodson subconsciously and found that although he was lagging behind, he did not have a frown on his face. Instead, he felt confident.
"What's going on? Has he found our weakness?" Edison mentioned his discovery to Thibodeau, "Why is he more confident than before the game started?"
Thibodeau followed Edison's gaze and shook his head, "I don't know, but based on the conclusions I drew from watching the video, he will be very stable every time in the second and third quarters, and in the first quarter
In the fourth quarter, I was very irritable, I don’t know if it’s due to my personality.”
"Oh, that's right." After hearing Thibodeau's answer, Edison felt relieved, and then found the matter very interesting. "But why? Is there any difference between the two sections in the middle and the two sections before and after? Could it be that he is
If I want to go to the bathroom, I feel more at ease in the second quarter when I feel like I can go there right away, but in the fourth quarter I start to get irritated when there are supplies again?" Edison thought viciously.
However, suddenly Edison had an idea and suddenly grasped something. Seeing his expression suddenly dull, Thibodeau immediately understood that it was time for him to play again, "Paul, what did you think of? Do you know the reason for his strange behavior?"
Already."
Edison listened, nodded, and made a motion to hold up his glasses. Although he did not have glasses, "There is only one truth."
"Boris, you are going to go on the court and replace Josh. After you come on the court, you will still defend Anthony Walker and let Marion continue to stare at Harrington."
After Diaw came on the court, Thibodeau came to Edison and asked, "Isn't it a little early to start coming on the bench?"
"It's late, Tom, you know, I think I understand why Woodson is showing more confidence now." After hearing this, Thibodeau acted like a disciple and listened attentively to Paul's teachings.
"I suddenly thought of a situation we found when we studied the Eagles' game. Although the Eagles now concede more than 100 points in every game, they concede the most points in the first quarter, then the fourth quarter, second quarter and third quarter.
Three knots is even less.”
Thibodeau was very strange after hearing this. Isn't this normal? Isn't it the same for any team? The main players are there at the beginning and at the end, so they score more, and they come on the bench in the middle, so they score less. Although Thibodeau didn't say anything,
Edison completely guessed what he was thinking.
"Tom, it's different. The Hawks lost very few points in the second and third quarters because they used substitutes in these two quarters. They were relatively mediocre and easy-to-manage substitutes. And these people are better than the main players.
Follow Woodson's defensive intentions well, so he will be more confident in these two quarters. Although I don't think his defensive level can really limit the firepower of our substitutes, but being careful makes Wannian Ship
, Goshawk and Potu still try their best, we can't make careless mistakes again. I have to grasp the problem of weak defense of his main lineup and open up the score."
"But Boris can't restrain Walker."
"I know, but Josh can't control it, and it won't be much different if he replaces it with Boris."
If Josh is on the court, the Magic's pick-and-roll is like a machete. Josh can directly split the opponent's defense with his own impact.
Open and close. The pick-and-roll of Diaw and Nash is like a chain gun. It is so changeable that it is difficult to guard against, and if you are not careful, you can kill with one shot...
After Diaw came on the court, the Magic no longer had Nash as a core, but a dual-core driver, and the offensive routine changes were directly multiplied by a square. The Hawks' defense was not very good originally, and now this situation is full of loopholes.
When Edison saw that things were developing according to his own ideas, the opponent's shooting guard was the aging Jon Barry, so he simply did nothing and replaced Iguodala with Martin to continue to strengthen the offensive firepower. Anyway, now he is dealing with the veteran
Barry just consumes his physical strength, so using it through confrontation in defense is not much different from having him run frequently in offense.
This is a conspiracy. Woodson can see it now. Edison wants to consume Barry's physical strength, but he has no way. If Barry is replaced, how can he compare with the opponent in scoring? If Barry's physical strength is not replaced, he will not be able to play 30.
minutes.
You said you can switch defenses, that's a good idea, but if you ask Barry to guard against someone like Nash, then you have to outrun him to death. Marion, the Hackers' offense is not a soft persimmon.
Neither Harrington nor Walker were players that Woodson liked, so he took the opportunity to let them rest and replaced them both on the bench.
Sure enough, when these two men came off the field, Thibodeau looked at them and nodded, "The quality of defense is indeed much higher."
However, although the defense improved, the score dropped. As long as the defense is good and the attack is not successful, it is impossible to bring the score closer.
At halftime, 53-43, the Magic led by 10 points, just entering double digits.
The second half of the game was also uneventful. Although Woodson still tried his best to mobilize his troops, he still had some shortcomings in strength and was completely defeated by Edison. Especially in the fourth quarter when Old Barry was completely defeated.
No longer moving, Edison put his mind completely into it, and the only bit of suspense in the game was gone.
116-96, the Magic won with a huge advantage of 20 points.
The only highlight in the second half was the display of power by Howard and Josh. They were not included in the league's Rookie of the Week selection last week. This made the two very unhappy, so even in the fourth quarter, they applied to continue.
When you get on the court, give it a good brushing.
(ps: This was also what Edison suggested to Stern. The original selection of Rookie of the Week and Month began two years later.)
As a result, Howard had 16 points, 19 rebounds and 5 blocks, and was named the best of the game. 19 rebounds was the second-highest score in a single game in the league this season. The first was also Howard's. Remember, that time when he reached 20.
Josh had 29 points, 8 rebounds and 2 blocks. His 29 points were tied for the highest score among rookies. The other one was obtained by Okafor while playing against the Warriors.
After beating the Hawks, the Magic players flew non-stop to Philadelphia to challenge the 76ers.
Because his previous winning streak was ended by the Philadelphia 76ers, the whole team was holding a breath. The Saints cannot lose to the same person twice, and they will never lose again this time.
"There are 5 minutes left in the game. Now the two teams are tied at 95. The Orlando Magic has requested a timeout. Can their head coach think of any way to limit Iverson? Iverson is now 11-for-22 and has already won.
Scored 31 points."
Edison squatted in front of the players, took out the tactical board and began to arrange the next defense. "We changed our defensive thinking. We will play a 1-to-4 defense."
After hearing Edison's words, Iguodala suddenly raised his head and looked at Edison with extremely complicated eyes, including anger, confusion and disappointment.
Edison saw all this in his eyes. He reached out and patted Iguodala on the shoulder, "Andre, it's not that you didn't do well, or that I don't trust you. You must face this reality, your opponent."
It's too strong. You are no match for him now, but that doesn't mean you won't be able to do it in the future. You have to remember this."
Iguodala listened, closed his eyes and did not answer...
When the players came on the court again, Thibodeau hurried over and said, "Isn't this too risky? The 76ers have Korver, a three-point shooter. We may be killed by him when we are targeting four teams."
"Believe me, it's impossible. If it were anyone else, I might not dare to use it, but Iverson will definitely not pass the ball. He will definitely break through by himself. He is too strong. He will only plan to kill us with his personal ability. As long as we
If we defend for two or three rounds, the score will be widened, and by then it will be too late for them to adjust."
The so-called 1-mark 4-match means that one person will mark the opponent's strongest player, and then the other four people will position themselves 2-2 or 1-2-1 in the paint. Because this is the NBA and there are three seconds of defense, so it is usually 2-2.
2 position.
Generally speaking, the NBA is man-to-man, and the zone defense is usually 2-3 or 3-2. It is rare to have a 1-to-4 zone, because once you use this tactic, you will first lose half the momentum.
The 1-to-4 defense is obviously aimed at the opponent team who only has one core player with outstanding abilities. When this core player breaks through the defensive player, the zone defender quickly intercepts and interferes in front, so that the player who is responsible for defending him can
Come back and defend again. At this time, the scope of attention of the other three people at this time must be immediately increased.
Using this tactic is to first admit that the defensive player on your side who is man-to-man cannot guard the opponent. This is also the reason why Iguodala's mood fluctuated just now. Using this tactic is to admit that he can't guard him.
Allen Iverson needs help from 4 other people.
In addition to being timid in terms of momentum, this formation has huge defensive problems. This is an extreme zone defense formation, which is different from the 2-3 and 2-1-2 zone defenses that are only afraid of the bottom three-pointer. It can be said that the perimeter defense of 1-mark 4-zone
It's just like air, unless your defensive rotation quality is particularly high, or the opponent really doesn't have a basket outside the three-point line.
Because this tactical loophole is very obvious, it is rarely seen in high-level games. On the contrary, players in low-level games may not know that such a tactic exists, but they form this formation unconsciously.
All in all, this tactic is very extreme and easy to break. It is usually done occasionally to catch the opponent off guard, take advantage and then give up immediately. It is similar to a full-court press.
Sure enough, as Edison expected, the 76ers did not expect the Magic to use such extreme tactics. Iverson's league-leading breakthrough was blocked for two consecutive rounds. And just as Edison expected, his organizational skills were not enough.
Korver, who was particularly competitive and completely ignored the bottom line to get a lot of space, insisted on playing by himself. As a result, the Magic seized the opportunity at this critical moment and scored 5 points in a row, widening the score gap.
O'Brien, the head coach of the 76ers, saw that this was not going to work anymore. Iverson was too addicted to playing alone. If he didn't wake him up, he would definitely continue like this, and the game would be completely ruined. Please quickly request
Paused.
In fact, O'Brien's scream during this timeout was particularly helpless. He knew that the opponent would definitely not play 1-on-4 after the timeout, but he had to scream, which was very frustrating.
"Allen, you can't play so hard. The opponent's defense is very targeted at you. You have to pass the ball in time. As long as the opponent's zone defense blocks you in the high post, you have to send the ball out immediately and pass it to the strong side.
Bottom line players. But I guess they won't use this tactic anymore, but no matter what, Allen, you have to pass the ball more."
Edison did exactly what O'Brien expected, asking the players to give up the one-to-four defense and return to normal.
After the start of the game, the game was extremely stalemate. Every player knew that now was the most critical moment, and the defense was very tight, leaving no loopholes. At this time, the Magic's 4-point lead became very important.
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When the game entered the final 30 seconds, the Magic were still holding on to this lead 106-102...
The 76ers took the ball forward after a timeout. Iverson got the ball and attacked. He knew that his shot was very critical. First of all, he had to be fast and give himself time for the last shot. And he had to score it.
If it scores, then as long as you focus on the opponent's offense, the 2-point deficit will be easier to deal with. If you don't score, the team can only foul immediately, and then it can only depend on God's will.
Many people say that "Miller Moments" and "35 seconds and 13 minutes" are great performances by players, but if we look at it sincerely, players only account for 40% of the time, and it depends more on luck.
Iverson is a very confident and arbitrary person. He hopes that everything is under his control and is unwilling to look at other people's faces or accept other people's arrangements, even if that person is God.
After receiving the ball, he didn't hesitate at all and rushed towards the Magic's basket without hesitation. He thought very clearly that he would fight hard to get to the basket and cause his opponent to foul even if he didn't score.
But when he took two steps forward, he suddenly realized that something was wrong. After hitting the ball once, the ball did not return to his hand as usual. "No, it was broken."
When Iguodala heard that he had to be guarded against 4 teams, he was very unwilling. He was unwilling to admit his failure, although in the eyes of the world, his defense against Iverson had completely failed in this game.
.Iguodala did not completely lose confidence because of the coach's distrust, but instead ignited a stronger fighting spirit. He wanted to prove himself.
When Iverson attacked this time, he was keenly aware that Iverson focused more on the basket and interior defense, and was not alert enough to himself. So he decided to take a gamble and gave up.
In order to block Iverson's path and interfere with his shooting, he lowered his head and reached for the bouncing basketball. In the end, he succeeded.
After stealing the ball, he threw away the other players without any pause and rushed directly towards the opponent's half.
When Iguodala rushed to the opposite free throw line, other 76ers players were still following him behind, but Iguodala was unusually calm at this time. He gave up the opportunity that was readily available to him. He did not choose to score.
Instead, he takes the ball toward the baseline, which takes time.
Then when Iverson rushed over to hug him, he did not choose a safer self-protection posture, but twisted his body and forced a shot. His eyes were always staring at the basketball in the air, but the impact of Iverson's foul
The force was too great, and he fell sideways to the floor, unable to see the basket.
"Two points are valid, plus one free throw." The referee's whistle sounded. Iguodala was lying on the ground and jumped up. Other Magic players surrounded him, and Iguodala looked at the people in front of him.
There were familiar faces. Although they all had their mouths open, Iguodala couldn't hear what they were saying, and his whole brain was in a trance.
Edison, standing off the field, raised his hands high, and then turned around in a demonstrative circle, knowing that he would win the game.
Iguodala scored a free throw, Iverson missed a three-pointer, and the game completely lost suspense. 109-102, the Magic took revenge and defeated the 76ers.
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I'm rolling around asking for recommendations. Today's recommendations are only over 60.
Also, Rachel didn't hide her name intentionally, but because of the noise, Edison didn't hear it. Those who don't believe it can go back and read it.
Finally, some people still keep mentioning Hathaway, so if you all think it’s okay, I will arrange for her to appear.
