People who have never tried a buzzer-beater always think that a buzzer-beater is exciting and exciting. It is the essence of basketball and the point where blood boils.
But judging from Adrian's personal experience, it seems quite strange.
This is Adrian's first real buzzer-beater. He had a similar buzzer-beating experience with the Lakers before, but it was based on free throws. This is the first time for a real buzzer-beater.
The moment he made the winning shot, Adrian truly felt a wildfire burning from the bottom of his heart, stimulating him to just roar loudly to vent his anger.
But when his teammates rushed up and celebrated wildly with him, he strangely calmed down. Looking back carefully, the excitement and excitement just now seemed to be just illusion. In short, he just hit a three-pointer, just a three-pointer.
, achieved a regular season victory. Although the victory of this game is very important, not only because the opponent is the Hornets, a strong team in the Western Conference, but more importantly, it stabilizes the Magic's ranking on the Eastern Conference list.
They suppressed the Detroit Pistons, who were only one game behind the Magic and were eager to overtake the lead again and regain home court advantage in the playoffs.
But in the final analysis...it's just a regular season victory. Adrian didn't realize that he had become more and more confident after becoming the core of the Magic team, and he already took victory for granted.
"Congratulations, Adrian." Chris Paul walked up. It was rare that he could maintain such a graceful demeanor. Adrian thought he would go back to the locker room in anger, at least Adrian himself. If he
If someone kills him, he will never come up to congratulate his opponent.
"Next time, I will win." When the two of them were shaking hands, Chris Paul whispered to Adrian. Chris Paul was not too shocked by Adrian's kill.
, maybe it was a big blow to him at the moment of the decisive victory, but after this short period of precipitation, he has already sorted out his mentality.
"I'll wait." Adrian didn't say much, just smiled confidently.
After the game, another piece of good news came that delighted the Magic players. On the road, the powerful Detroit Pistons unexpectedly lost to the Minnesota Timberwolves, the weakest team in the Western Conference. This victory allowed the Orlando Magic to successfully combine the Magic and Pistons.
The winning gap between them has expanded to two games, and the second position in the Eastern Conference is more secure. With only 7 games left in the regular season, the gap between two wins is already a huge advantage, and in the remaining
In the next schedule, apart from the Cleveland Cavaliers, who will challenge the day after tomorrow, there is only one playoff-level team, the Washington Wizards. The rest include the Knicks, Timberwolves, Bulls, Eagles, etc., as long as you deal with them carefully
Presumably nothing will go wrong. In the remaining schedule of the Pistons, there are away games against the 76ers and Raptors. Larry Brown knows the Pistons too well. The Philadelphia 76ers' record against the Pistons this season is
They are very good, and the Raptors are not a piece of dough that can be flattened and rounded by others. What's more, they are flying to distant Toronto on the road. After a long journey and playing on the road, the Raptors have not failed to defeat the Pistons by virtue of their home court advantage.
opportunity.
The second place in the Eastern Conference should be secure. Even if they face the Pistons in the second round, the Orlando Magic still have the advantage of home court.
The Magic did not have a day off the next day. A day later, the Magic flew to Cleveland to prepare to challenge the Cavaliers. The Cavaliers' play style did not change much. The key to defeating the Cavaliers was to completely block LeBron James.
Because the Cleveland Cavaliers lack a number two who can step up and take over the team's offensive banner when LeBron James is blocked. When the Cavaliers reached the Finals, the San Antonio Spurs upheld the
This kind of thinking completely strangled LeBron James and swept the Cavaliers 4:0 to win the championship. Now two years have passed, and although the Cavaliers have recruited some quite capable players, they still have not been able to find a player for LeBron James.
A powerful second-in-command. Ilgauskas is old and lacks strength. Ben Wallace basically has no offensive power. After getting a big contract, both his enthusiasm for the game and his performance on the court have declined rapidly. In the Cavaliers court,
He only has less than 30 minutes of playing time, and he has almost no offensive power, let alone providing any help to James on the offensive end.
At the Amway Center, Adrian's targeted defense against James was very effective. At the Quicken Loans Center, Stan Van Gundy also assigned Adrian the task of defending James, and he did it more thoroughly.
No matter what, because the Magic can afford it, but the Cavaliers can't afford it. Although the Magic's offense will suffer some damage without Adrian, Turkoglu and Lewis can shoulder the offensive responsibility. And the Cavaliers
Without LeBron James, we can slide all the way to the bottom of the Eastern Conference.
The game was just as Stan Van Gundy speculated before the game. After LeBron James was completely strangled by Adrian, the Cavaliers' offense seemed to be in a mess. Although Ilgauskas and Delonte West
It can provide some help, but it is a drop in the bucket.
Although without Adrian's organization, the Magic's offense was a bit chaotic after the opening, but after all, the Magic were well prepared. After the chaos, Turkoglu quickly found the way to organize the team.
I feel that although the Magic's offense is not as smooth as when Adrian organized it, it is still much better than the Cavaliers.
Although LeBron James, who was completely choked by Adrian, did not change his iron man style and played 41 minutes, he only made 4 of 20 shots, 1 of 7 three-pointers, 4 of 8 free throws, and 13.
The score, 5 assists and 7 rebounds is a pitiful report card, not to mention the five bright red mistakes on the report card.
Although Adrian, who was regarded as a cheat, also only scored 10 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists, which can be called Adrian's worst performance since joining the Magic, but only twelve shots made this report card.
Saved a little face. Of course, the most important thing is that the Magic won the final victory of the game. 101:82, the Magic killed the Cavaliers in the away game. Rashard Lewis was once again elected as the scoring champion of this game, playing 36 minutes of scoring.
38 points. At the same time, Marcin Gortat, who grabbed 15 rebounds, was elected as the rebounding king of the game. Van Weaver still performed well on the bench. He came off the bench and scored in just 18 minutes.
Contributed 12 points in playing time.
Now there are signs that Marcin Gortat's playing time has been extended. He has fully gained the trust of Stan Van Gundy with his performance. The traditional center with strong defense is indeed very reassuring. It is conceivable that when
After Marcin Gortat's contract ends, it is absolutely impossible to keep him without a full mid-level salary, or even more.
Fortunately, the Magic signed a two-year contract with Marcin Gortat, and he can use it for at least one more year next year.
As for after next year, Adrian feels that if Gasol grows up, then Marcin Gortat can stay if he can, or let him go if he can't, which will just allow Gasol to correct himself.
However, this is something that needs to be considered later.
After defeating the Cavaliers, the Magic could not stop and rest. They had to fly directly to New York without stopping to challenge the New York Knicks in back-to-back away games.
To be honest, the season has entered the final stage in April. At this time, there are back-to-back away games. Such a schedule is not only weird, but also weird. I don’t know if the league officials who made the schedule have their heads caught in the door...
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Fortunately, the New York Knicks are not a strong team. They are a typical weak team in the Eastern Conference. They have lost five games in a row before this game. There is no sign that they will be great. If they play a strong team back to back, Adrian will really win.
I doubt I can help but greet David Stern’s deceased mother.
The anger caused by the schedule, Adrian took it out on the Knicks the next day. There was nothing that could be done about it. He had just beaten the Cavaliers and was not able to get enough rest. Most of the players, including Lewis, were in trouble.
The cold iron is constantly being struck,
The tactics can be executed and the opening can be found. Adrian can also pass the basketball to his teammates the moment they get the opening as always, but he must also be able to make a shot after passing the ball.
After playing hard for one consecutive quarter, by the end of the first quarter, the sluggish Knicks led the Magic by 12 points at home, 27:15. Adrian could not think of any other way except to go up alone.
I searched all over the Knicks and couldn't find anyone who could stop Adrian's impact. When Adrian stopped passing the ball and started frantically attacking the inside, the Knicks' misery began.
They couldn't find any other way to prevent Adrian from scoring due to a foul, but after the foul sent Adrian to the free throw line, his superb free throw shooting rate cut the New York Knicks blood with one knife after another.
In the end, Adrian made 12 of 27 shots. Although his shooting rate was only 44%, which was far lower than Adrian's average shooting rate, he relied on his constant impact to win a total of 28 free throw opportunities. Adrian hit the
23 of them. In the end, with Adrian's 50 points, the Orlando Magic narrowly defeated the New York Knicks 111:109 in the away game. They finally escaped from the back-to-back away games in New York. (To be continued...)
