A ferocious dunk destined to be on the top five shots of today kicked off the Orlando Magic's home game against the Hawks. The Atlanta Hawks basically maintained the lineup that entered the playoffs in April this year, but the Orlando Magic
Not only did they maintain the lineup, they signed Michael Pietrus and Shaun Livingston from the free market, and picked up Kevin Love and Marc Gasol from the draft.
The strength of the Orlando Magic on the perimeter has improved a lot.
On the one hand, they are standing still, even retreating slightly, but on the other hand, they have made considerable progress. What's more, although the first game of the new season is a preseason game, the goal is to win the championship.
The Orlando Magic were in hot form from the start.
As one goes and the other goes, the gap between the two sides naturally widens further.
After Adrian completed the dunk, the Atlanta Hawks launched an attack. Mike Bibby controlled the ball skillfully, but under Adrian's pressure, Mike Bibby could not find a good breakthrough opportunity and made several attempts with the ball.
After a fake move, instead of being able to find a flaw in Adrian's body, he was in a hurry and had no choice but to pass the basketball to Joe Johnson.
Joe Johnson made several fake breakthroughs against Michael Pietrus and suddenly made a step-back jump shot. Adrian jumped high, let go of Mike Bibby and blocked the basketball in Joe Johnson's hand from behind.
Stan Van Gundy on the sidelines nodded with satisfaction, not to Adrian, but to Michael Pietrus. From the defense just now, we can completely see the defensive pressure of Michael Pietrus.
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Although it was Adrian who ultimately completed the block defense, it can be said that at least 80% of the credit for this successful defense must be attributed to Michael Pietrus.
As a strong defender at the second and third positions, Michael Pietrus's defensive characteristics are the same as those of defenders of his type, which is full of aggression and pressure.
Regardless of whether the final defense is successful or not, Michael Pietrus will try to put tremendous pressure on his opponent during the defense, and force the opponent to move toward the weak side through body collision and muscle compression. Creating opportunities for subsequent defenses
Favorable conditions. It is precisely because of Michael Pietrus' pressing defense that forced Joe Johnson to choose this dangerous offensive method, which created opportunities for Adrian to block shots. Although from the data point of view, Michael Pietrus
Stan Van Gundy didn't get any data on defense just now, but as a head coach, Stan Van Gundy understands that Michael Pietrus, at least in this defense, has done everything the Orlando Magic needs him to do defensively.
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The basketball blocked by Adrian was caught by Lewis. He paused and did not choose a fast break. Instead, he waited for no one around Adrian and passed it back to Adrian before moving towards the Atlanta Hawks' half court.
The starting lineup of the Atlanta Hawks is a standard small lineup, which ensures that the Hawks' offensive and defensive transitions have a high speed at the expense of height, and are unlikely to leave opportunities for easy fast breaks. In contrast,
The Magic team has a standard tall lineup. Adrian and Michael Pietrus, the shortest players in the entire starting lineup, are also burly men over two meters tall. As for Lewis, if it weren't for his body being too thin and lacking in strength.
In terms of height, he can play the power forward position. Although the two outsiders of the Magic, Adrian and Michael Pietrus, are flying players who can run and jump. They will not be hindered by their height advantage.
The team's speed, but since there is such an obvious advantage in height, it would be stupid and wasteful to give up the height advantage to pursue a good-looking fast break.
Adrian steadily controlled the ball and reached the frontcourt. Seeing that Kevin Love had used his thick legs to jam Marvin Williams in the paint to secure a favorable offensive position, Adrian easily took the ball.
The basketball in hand was given to Kevin Love in a high profile.
After all, he is a young man. When he received the basketball and got the chance to play singles, Kevin Love was very excited. He straightened up steadily and started to play post-up. He hit his back twice and turned around to take off for a shot.
This choice was too rough. When Adrian saw Kevin Love's rough choice of a turnaround jumper, he immediately frowned slightly and quickly drove towards the basket.
Kevin Love may think that Marvin Williams can't stop him. In his offensive action just now, he failed to suppress Marvin Williams' action well, which gave Marvin Williams a chance to stop him.
Sri Lanka's defense blocked the shot. Sure enough, Kevin Love's shooting path was almost blocked by Marvin Williams after jumping into the air. In this case, Kevin Love could only barely raise the ball.
He adjusted the shooting arc and threw the basketball toward the basket.
It would be crazy if he could achieve a stable shooting rate by changing the arc of the shot in such a hasty manner. Adrian looked up slightly and judged that the arc of the ball was obviously higher. He rushed in two steps.
Entering the three-second zone, Marcin Gortat, Josh Smith, and Al Horford crowded under the basket to compete for a favorable position to grab the rebound, and held their heads high to determine the possible direction of the basketball.
No one noticed that Adrian had entered the inside at high speed from the outside.
"Bang!"
Seeing the direction in which the basketball was flying, Al Horford breathed a sigh of relief. The basketball was obviously coming towards him. Just when Al Horford was about to jump up and grab the first rebound of today's game, there was an explosion.
Suddenly it came to his ears.
"careful!"
This was Mike Bibby's voice. Al Horford immediately reacted to the source of the voice, but be careful. What should you be careful about?
Al Horford soon knew it. A strong wind came from behind and hit him. Instinctively, in order to avoid injury, Al Horford curled up his body. This was undoubtedly correct.
Choice can greatly reduce his chance of injury, but it also puts him on the background of today's top five goals...
"Let me in!"
Adrian soared into the sky like a rocket. One hand firmly grasped the orange ball that bounced off the back edge of the basket. The rough surface allowed Adrian to grasp it firmly.
Then, buckle it fiercely