The Magic's performance in the second game was completely different from that in the first game. In other words, the Magic's performance in the second game was a reflection of the Magic's true strength. Sanders couldn't help but feel distressed. Now that he thought about it, after the first game
He once thought that it would be very easy to eliminate the Magic and advance to the Eastern Conference Finals. Now that he thinks about it, it is too ridiculous.
It was not a fluke that the Magic surpassed the Pistons in the regular season rankings at the end of the regular season and eventually occupied the second place in the Eastern Conference. Although the Magic's schedule in the later period was relatively easy and they did not compete with too many strong teams.
The game has a very important relationship, but it has to be affirmed that the Magic do have such strength.
Adrian's arrival has made the entire Magic team completely different.
If the current Magic team is still the Magic team with Edwight Howard as the core, Sanders thinks it will not be too difficult to deal with it, because Howard's strengths and weaknesses are too obvious. He is a defensive player.
The center is the team's internal defensive gate, but it is impossible to attack the city. If he can restrain his temper, maybe he can become a very good second-in-command, but if he wants to become a core player, Howard does not have that ability yet.
kind of strength.
It is also very easy to completely block Howard. As long as you keep him away from the penalty area and prevent him from getting close to the basket, Howard can use all his strength. In the mid-to-long distance, he does not have anything that can stably provide separation.
move. But now, the core of the Magic team has been replaced by Adrian.[
Before the start of the series, the Pistons had only faced off against the Magic once. At that time, Adrian had just arrived with the Magic. He was not familiar with the overall cooperation with the Magic, but even so, Adrian's solo performance was not good.
It caused a lot of trouble for the Pistons.
Now, the Magic are obviously stronger than that time, their lineup is more complete, and the cooperation between Adrian and other Magic players is more experienced and smoother.
Sanders crossed his arms and stared at the court without blinking, staring at Adrian holding the ball.
After Weaver came off the court, the rhythm and order on the court finally stopped being a mess, but the Pistons could no longer control the rhythm on the court. Adrian led the Magic to launch fast breaks again and again.
to speed up the tempo of the game. Although the Pistons are not far behind now, the lag in score is not critical. The real key is that the Magic controls the rhythm.
Such a fast pace is something the Pistons are not used to, and it is something they cannot play well. If the Pistons want to win, they must lower the rhythm again. If they want to lower the rhythm again, the first priority is to slow down Adrian's leadership.
When it comes to ball and passing, as long as Adrian slows down, the Magic will slow down as a whole.
Sanders sees this clearly. He has also tried to do this, but the effect is not very good. Even if Prince is replaced to defend Adrian, it still does not have a good effect. And... against Adrian
Once the defense becomes too strong, Turkoglu will immediately take over the basketball from Adrian and become the one who leads the rhythm. Turkoglu is not very good at controlling rhythm, but fortunately he does not need to control the rhythm.
.Just keep going according to the rhythm that Adrian has set.
There is no other way.
Although he didn't want to admit it, he really didn't have a good way to deal with the current magic. Especially now, he couldn't think of a feasible way to curb Adrian's performance in a short period of time.
The game was completely dragged into the rhythm of magic!
101:94
The Magic won Game 2 of the series.
Although the score was only 5 points, people who watched the game would not think that the Magic played very hard. In fact, the Magic played quite easily throughout the game. The Pistons' rhythm was completely lost until the game.
At the end of the game, the Pistons were unable to regain their rhythm.
The total score was tied at 1:1. Although the Magic lost their home court advantage, their morale was greatly boosted. After getting rid of the curse, everyone on the Magic team showed no fear of the old and powerful Pistons.
But at this moment, the curse came again...
The regular season MVP was finally announced by the league the day after the Magic defeated the Pistons at home.
A total of 125 sports media reporters and broadcasters from all over the United States, including Canada, listed their five MVP candidates from one to five. Each first-place vote player will receive 10 points, and the second-place player will receive 7 points.
Third place gets 5 points, fourth place has 3 points, fifth place has 1 point, and the player with the highest total points is the regular season MVP.
Adrian received a total of 48 of the 125 first-place votes, 60 of the second-place votes, and 17 third-place votes, for a total of 985 points, barely beating out 55.
The first place vote, Kobe Bryant with a total score of 960 points, was elected the 2007-08 regular season MVP.
This is news that makes Adrian ecstatic. In the first round of the regular season, he put up a lot of numbers on the Raptors, averaging 435 points per game, suppressing Kobe's numbers in every way.
In order to give myself more weight when competing for the regular season MVP award.
Now I have finally achieved the right result.[
His first-place votes were not as good as Kobe's, but he won the victory with more second-place votes. From this, we can see that his performance in the first round of the playoffs did affect the reporters' votes.
tendency.
This is the time to celebrate loudly.
But at this time, Adrian felt a little worried. Because the curses were pouring in again... According to the statistical records of this season until now, in addition to pure data such as scoring leader, rebounding leader, and shot blocking leader,
Except for talking awards, for all awards that require reporters to vote, the winner of the award will inevitably lose the game on the spot after receiving the trophy. So far, no one has been able to break this curse. The same is true for the Magic team, in Teco
After Gru won the Most Improved Player award, the Magic lost to the Detroit Pistons at home.
So when the league announced the voting results and announced that Adrian was elected as the regular season MVP of the 2007-08 season and the youngest regular season MVP in the league at the age of 22, everyone was shocked and couldn't help but think of it again.
This is the curse hanging over every playoff team this season.
The best defensive player, the best sixth man, the most improved player, and even the sportsmanship award winner's team are all recruited. Is there an exception for the regular season mvp? (To be continued.)
