Adrian did not play directly in the second quarter, but asked Carlos Arroyo to play for two minutes first, and then urgently replaced Adrian. Arroyo's strength is still somewhat insufficient, let alone playing the main role.
, even on the bench, his strength is a bit weak.
But Stan Van Gundy has no other choice. After a series of transactions, the Magic currently have too few cards. Even if he really doesn't like Arroyo, he has to let Arroyo go.
Play. Unless Adrian plays the whole game... But even if Adrian can play the whole game, Stan Van Gundy tries not to want Adrian to do this.
Everyone knows this will lead to injuries.
Two minutes later, the score on the court became Bosh's two consecutive mid-range shots and Jose Calderon's breakthrough layup. At 35:34, the Raptors overtook the Orlando Magic at home.
Gaining a one-point lead. Stan Van Gundy immediately replaced Carlos Arroyo and put Adrian back on the court.
At this time, the Magic's lineup on the court is center: Marcin Gortat, power forward: Kwame Brown, small forward: Sharad Lewis, shooting guard: Maurice Evans, point guard: Ah
Derian Turkoglu was replaced and Sharad Lewis took over the small forward position.
He has more advantages in the small forward position. His running is very fast and erratic. With the help of tactical movement, he can get rid of some defensive players, and he has the range of the entire half of the court and occasionally makes a stroke like a god.
His quick cuts also gave him a lot of confidence to play the small forward position.
As for defense...
At the small forward position, he still has a slight height advantage, but at the power forward position, he is completely beaten anyway. Stan Van Gundy thought about it and no longer cares about his defense.
Adrian controlled the ball near the three-point line. Jose Calderon was still marking Adrian. Although he was marking Adrian, it could be seen that Jose Calderon's eyes were quite wandering.
Obviously Adrian's lack of offense in the first quarter made Jose Calderon not pay enough attention to Adrian's offensive power.
When Adrian came to Jose Calderon with the ball, he was still thinking about who Adrian would pass the ball to. When Adrian took off without warning and shot the basketball in his hand
, Jose Calderon didn't even have time to raise his hand, even to pretend to interfere with Adrian's shooting.
"Shua..."
After hitting a three-pointer, Adrian slowly stepped back. Now a goal like this could no longer cause his mood to fluctuate at all. When his three-point shooting range was completely opened, he hit a three-pointer, especially at the top of the arc.
For Adrian, three-pointers are as simple as eating and drinking.
After the transition between offense and defense, Jose Calderon did not blindly challenge Adrian's defense. In the first quarter, Adrian's rock-like solid defense had already made Calderon suffer, and he learned the lesson well before arriving.
The first thing after the three-point line was to hand the ball to Bosh on the free throw line.
Kwame Brown mentioned defending Bosh on the three-point line, using his strong chest to resist Bosh, and waving his hands up and down to interfere with any movement Bosh made.
Marcin Gortat is not very good, but he is a figure who can be trusted to take care of the basket. This is a traditional center, both offensively and defensively, under the basket.
If he leaves the basket, his disadvantage of being too slow will be obvious. Especially when viewed together with his salary... The Magic signed a two-year contract with Marcin Gortat, and in the first year
The contract is 650,000, and the contract for the second year is 700,000. Value for money is simply not enough to describe the huge price difference.
As for Kwame Brown, the Magic also signed a one-year minimum salary contract with him, 1.8 million a year. However, these two insiders, whose combined annual salary is just over 2 million, outperformed the Raptors' multi-million-level luxury insiders defensively.
I have suffered enough.
Kwame Brown's personal interference was very effective. It made it difficult for Bosh to make good moves, and his tough kick made Bosh push further and further away from the basket.
Somewhat helpless, Bosh chose to take a fadeaway jumper. Although Kwame Brown tried his best to interfere with his take-off, he still failed to touch the basketball. However, Bosh's jumper while stepping on the three-point line failed to make a hit. It hit the neck of the basket.
The rebound came down, and Marcin Gortat was easily stuck in the position under the basket. He caught Bargnani behind him and then confiscated it and passed it to Adrian.
Adrian dribbles the ball slowly forward. He prefers quick offense and defense. However, the Magic's current lineup really cannot play fast breaks, and the feeling that the rhythm is completely under control also makes Adrian
An was very comfortable, so he naturally let the rhythm of magic slow down.
The time passed eight seconds, and Adrian finally crossed the center line.
After reaching the three-point line step by step, Adrian once again pulled up and shot a jumper.
This time Calderon had time to react and reacted. But just like what most point guards felt when facing Adrian, even if they took off with all their strength, even Adrian would not be able to react.
An's line of sight could not be disturbed.
"Bang!" Although Calderon's interference had no effect, Adrian's shot still hit the mark. The inside immediately became a massacre.
"Ah!" With stronger strength, Kwame Brown suddenly hit the rebound from between Bargnani and Bosh, but he had no way to win it, so he could only try his best to move towards it.
Adrian's direction pointed the rebound toward the outside.
Adrian stepped into the three-point line. Although Calderon tried his best to block Adrian, when Adrian jumped high, he still easily took the rebound from Calderon's head.
.After taking off the rebound, Adrian did not take a shot but took advantage of the situation and stuffed it into the bottom corner of the outside line.
At some point, Sharad Lewis had already reached the three-point baseline. Moon was thrown away by him. Moon was thrown away by him two steps away. Although Bosh tried his best to rush towards Lewis, but time failed.
It was too late, Lewis took off lightly and hit a three-pointer!
On the offensive end of the Raptors, Bosh and Bagyani played a pass-and-cut cooperation. Bagyani cut in from Gortat and received a pass from Bosh and hit the basket. Gortat was hit by Bosh.
After blocking for a moment and slowing down his pace, he could no longer catch up to Bagyani.
When it was the Magic's turn to attack, Adrian still dribbled the ball to the frontcourt with a slow but weird rhythm. He still ignored Calderon's defense and directly took off for a three-pointer, as if the missed three-pointer just now was a blow to Adrian.
It has no impact at all.
In fact it has no impact at all.
"Bang bang...shua..." The sound of the basketball hitting the inside of the front edge of the basket, bouncing off the backboard and then falling into the net was full of rhythm, and also filled Jose Calderon, who was defending Adrian, with a sense of powerlessness.
When Adrian advanced to the three-point line with a slow and weird rhythm as before, and was about to raise his hand for another three-pointer, Calderon couldn't help but sarcastically said: "Do you dare to break through...
"
"Uh-huh..." This time the basketball didn't even touch the basket and went straight into the frame.
"Sorry, you spoke too slowly." Adrian shrugged: "Next time, next time I will break through you."
"pause."
Unfortunately, there will be no next time for Calderon. Raptors head coach Jay Illiano chose to replace Jose Calderon. On the defensive end, Jose Calderon missed the ball.
Adrian is too disadvantaged. The huge gap in height makes it impossible for him to defeat Adrian defensively. Jay Illiano does not want to watch the Raptors being killed by Adrian's three-pointer.
So he replaced Canos Delfino, a swingman with a height of 198 centimeters, as a guest point guard. Delfino performed well this season, scoring 9 points and 4.4 assists in more than 20 minutes of playing time.
The rebounding average per game. He is an important member of the Raptors bench.
At the same time, his ball-handling ability is pretty good. Even if he is a point guard, he will not have much disadvantage. Although his assist ability is a bit poor, Jay's main purpose of replacing him is to defend Adrian.
Although his height of 198 centimeters is still 5 centimeters behind Adrian, at least he won't be in a situation like Jose Calderon, who is unable to do anything about Adrian's three-point long shot on the defensive end.
At least Jay doesn't think there's anything wrong with his heat exchange.
"Can a taller man guard me?" Looking at Delfino standing in front of him with a nervous expression, Adrian smiled slightly: "Why do you think I can score 65 points in the half?"
What about?"
Being warned by the coach to be careful about Adrian's three-point jumper, Carlos Delfino focused most of his attention on defending Adrian's shot, but Adrian chose to break through without hesitation.
Weiwei made a fake move of shaking to the left, took a step with his right foot, and Adrian directly broke through Carlos Delfino's defense. If we talk about speed, Adrian's speed is the top in the league, but it is not
At the top level, at least he is not so fast that his opponents cannot react like Iverson.
But Adrian also has his own advantages. His height allows him to move very quickly, especially the first step. When he takes the first step, he can often easily get rid of the defensive player by half a body.
.When he breaks through, unless the defensive player judges in advance and makes a move to block the position, it will be too late to react by the time Adrian makes a move! (To be continued...)
