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Chapter 340 The sixth is the big Van Gundy who is not like his younger brother at all!

Therefore, although in the second half of the second quarter, Dwight Howard's scoring efficiency in the penalty area has improved a lot compared to the first quarter, but it has increased and decreased.

In the end, the Magic's overall offensive efficiency in the second half of the second quarter inevitably began to decline!

While the Magic's offensive efficiency declined, the Eagles' offensive efficiency was slightly improved compared to the first quarter while maintaining a stable output.

Although the overall improvement was not large, it still allowed the Eagles to expand their lead again after halftime and reached three points again.

But obviously, facing a three-point team like the Magic, the three-point lead is not that big of a lead.

As soon as the third quarter started, Nelson used Dwight Howard's pick-and-roll to hit an extremely stealthy and fast step three-pointer, helping the Magic to even out the score gap between the two teams.

That's right, Van Gundy made another move in the third quarter.

Unlike Van Gundy Jr.'s weak adaptability, Van Gundy Jr.'s performance on the spot is really much stronger.

Speaking of which, the Van Gundy brothers are both top defensive coaches in the league, and they both learned from Pat Riley as the head coach, but their coaching styles are completely different.

After discovering the weakened version of the Magic's one-star four-shot tactical system, which was just inferior to the Eagles, Van Gundy did not panic or hesitate, and immediately launched another tactical system of the Magic, the pick-and-roll tactical system.

The pick-and-roll tactic is actually the most commonly used tactical system by the Magic during the regular season this season.

It's just that due to the violent rise of Dwight Howard in the latter part of the season, the Magic's use of the pick-and-roll tactical system began to drop significantly in the latter part of the season.

After all, the Magic's pick-and-roll tactical system is not based on helping Dwight Howard complete the offense.

As a coach who has experienced the era of the four major centers, Van Gundy also knows very well that Dwight Howard at this stage is still too weak on the offensive end.

That's why Van Gundy, when arranging for the Magic to practice the pick-and-roll offensive tactical system, has always regarded Dwight Howard as a check point in the team's pick-and-roll tactical system and a defensive attraction.

The offense is more handed over to outside players who hold the ball and perform pick-and-rolls. Facts have proved that Dwight Howard's strong rushing ability can win a lot of shooting space and offensive space for his teammates.

This tactical arrangement, coupled with the Magic's perimeter players, decisive and confident shooting performance and Dwight Howard's rebounding ability that tops the league.

It directly allows the Magic to maintain their coveted position in the top four in the Eastern Conference until Dwight Howard does not have a surge in strength.

Now that Dwight Howard's rebounding ability is stronger and his ability to rush to the frame is stronger, such a pick-and-roll system can naturally create better pick-and-roll ball-holding offensive space for the Magic's outside players. up!

Then in the first half of the game, Nelson hit four three-pointers with a shooting rate of more than 50%.

In the first half of the third quarter, relying on Dwight Howard's pick-and-roll, he hit two more three-pointers with a [-]-of-[-] shooting rate.

And the most important thing is that the three-pointer that Nelson failed to make, Dwight Howard, who was also picked up and accelerated into the penalty area, jumped high and picked it up from above Marc Gasol's head. With a rebound, he took advantage of the opportunity to complete a double-handed dunk.

It can only be said that Nelson's touch in this game is really good. His shooting from outside the 3-point line is like installing a positioner, and he is completely crazy.

If it weren't for Nelson's slightly worse ball handling ability and empty match ability.

Just relying on such a terrifying three-point shooting ability, Dwight Howard is likely to get more offensive opportunities in the first half of the game.

But even so, the Magic scored 17 points in less than half of the game in the first half of the game.

Van Gundy's changes, the immediate effect once again caused the Eagles a headache!

Fortunately, as these Eagles players gradually adapted to the game intensity and defensive intensity facing the Magic, their offensive firepower and efficiency began to slowly increase to the average level of the regular season.

In addition, after two and a half quarters of the game, Xu Lang constantly adjusted the rhythm of the game, making the rhythm of the whole game more suitable for the game rhythm of all Eagles players.

This also allows every player of the Eagles to start playing more and more comfortably, and the more they play, the better their performance.

So in the first half of the third quarter, with the Magic's performance so terrifying, the Eagles still firmly held a one-point lead.

It's just that the magic's pitchers in this game feel really good.

This led to the Eagles having to start concentrating part of their defensive energy on Nelson!
In the second half of the third quarter, when Nelson attracted a lot of defensive attention from the Eagles, Larry Hughes and JJ Redick, under Hedo Turkoglu's command and passing Next, hit two and one three-pointers respectively.

Then, the Magic's perimeter began to blossom in full swing.

The most important thing is that because the Magic's perimeter is in full swing, the direct chain reaction has caused the Eagles' defensive strength to loosen inside.

Then, Dwight Howard, the monster, immediately began to show off its power!

Started various offensive rebounds and completed 2 offensive dunks.

It can only be said that after the group of outside shooters of the Magic team made three-point rain, or even three-point seas.

Dwight Howard, a blue-collar center player who lacks offensive means in the eyes of many people, has actually become a little monster in the Eagles' interior!
In the end, relying on the explosion of outside players and the excellent performance of Dwight Howard jumping up and down in the penalty area, the Magic not only completed the overtake in the score at the end of the third quarter, but also achieved a three-point lead.

"Oh, it's another dunk. Dwight Howard's last attack in the third quarter helped the Magic expand their lead to Three points."

"I don't know how the two veterans evaluate the performance of the Magic and Dwight Howard in this quarter of the game?"

Seeing Smith, who wanted to take the opportunity to make trouble, was also an inside player, and used to rely mainly on various offensive skills, Charles Barkley, who was rampant inside, couldn't help but said.

"No, if my teammates can shoot so accurately from outside the three-point line, I can also overwhelm the world. Even if I replace Dwight Howard's position, in the third quarter of the game, my scoring ability and killing ability will be better than He is stronger.

And, I'm talking about me at this age! "

Seeing Charles Barkley who suddenly cut off the question, Smith was stunned for a moment, but immediately asked again.

"So, Charles, you mean to say that Dwight Howard's explosive performance this season is entirely due to his teammates."

"No, I didn't say that. All of us admit that Dwight Howard is very talented. Even at his age, having such a defensive performance is definitely something to brag about."

"But all of us have to admit that Dwight Howard's offensive methods are too immature!
I can even say that this is the NBA era when the inside players are a little out of date!
If the timeline of the NBA is adjusted forward by more than ten years, it is impossible for Dwight Howard to average more than 20 points per game in a single season with such an offensive performance. "

"Of course, under the basketball rules of our era, it is impossible for the Magic's shooters to shoot so accurately, and they dare not shoot so many three-pointers."

Obviously, as the top inside player in the league at the time who was active 20 years ago, Charles Barkley also had a hard time arousing too much appreciation for Dwight Howard.

After all, in the NBA back then, there weren't too many blue-collar centers, but with so many blue-collar centers, there was only one Uncle Mu who really became a star. It's too long to gradually become famous.

In Barkley's era, it was impossible for an offensive inside player to become a star player in the NBA.

Therefore, in Barkley's mind, Zach Lanlaff, who once led the Timberwolves to the bottom of the Western Conference this year, is more star-like than Dwight Howard.

Of course, defense wins championships and offense wins fans.

So although Dwight Howard's offensive methods are lacking, it relies on Dwight Howard's defensive strength and ability to hit the basket.

Van Gundy made the Magic push the Eagles to the edge of a cliff when the team's hard power was not as good as the Eagles.

Now the Eagles began to face a dilemma.

If more energy is focused on dealing with Dwight Howard's rushing frame, then the Magic's group of highly accurate shooters in this game are likely to blast the Eagles abruptly by relying on three-point shooting.

Conversely, if the Eagles put more energy on the outside to defend the Magic's pitchers, Dwight Howard's disturbance in the interior will not be completely without any impact.

And most importantly, without Xu Lang sitting on the inside to help Marc Gasol and Darko Milicic suppress Dwight Howard.

Dwight Howard's terrifying rebounding sense and ability to grab rebounds will make the Magic's outside shooters more and more confident.

Moreover, Dwight Howard's terrifying rebounding ability and game performance will not only bring great confidence to the Magic's shooters, but also make the Eagles' outside shooters bear a lot of pressure. pressure.

An experienced pitcher like Szczerbiak with a big heart may be better.

But players like Tony Allen have just entered the league for a few years.

And the upper limit is only a 3D shooter of a high-quality role player, and his shooting confidence and shooting decisiveness have been greatly affected.

And what makes Tony Allen feel a little frustrated is that after lack of confidence in three-point shooting, the defensive end was also shot by the group of shooters of the Magic.

First, Nelson made a three-point shot against the defense, and then he defended JJ. Redick was fouled by him 3+1.

These various defensive performances and defensive results made Tony Allen, the eagle's perimeter defensive leader, begin to doubt himself.

For a long time, Tony Allen has been second only to Xu Lang in defensive strength in the entire Eagles team.

The performance on the defensive end has always been very stable, and Tony Allen's defense has always been the most confident and best weapon in the NBA, a league full of talented men.

But this season, as the league continued to change the rules to make it more conducive to the offense of outside players, Tony Allen has shown a certain degree of discomfort.

After all, Tony Allen's defensive style has always been stalking, constantly consuming the opponent's physical energy through physical confrontation, reducing the opponent's shooting touch and offensive efficiency.

However, the defensive rules after being revised by the league caused some of Tony Allen's actions on the defensive end to be whistled for fouls!
This made Tony Allen a little timid on the defensive end at the beginning of the season.

Although after a season of constant adjustments, Tony Gallen has slowly begun to adapt to the league's new defensive rules.

But it is obvious that this rule change for further protection of outside offensive players has still affected Tony Allen's defensive efficiency to a certain extent.

This is also an important reason why Tony Allen will have a lot of situations this season, and he will be blown away by some super outside players.

Originally, Tony Allen thought that the Magic didn't have a particularly strong outside offensive player, and maybe the defensive pressure in this round of the series wasn't too high.

As a result, as soon as the first game came up, the outside shooters of the Magic team gave Tony Allen a hard punch.

"What's the matter, Allen? You won't let the opponent hit a few three-pointers and then wither. This is not your character. Go up now and teach them a good lesson. Don't worry, we still have the advantage in this game." .”

Tony Allen, who was a little guilty, unconfident, and self-blame, looked at the smiling and confident Xu Lang, wiped his face with a towel draped over his head, stood up and nodded heavily.

"Brother Lang, don't worry!"

Then, with Tony Allen regaining his confidence, Xu Lang led the Eagles in the fourth quarter, presenting top-level defensive strength.

Then, in the fourth quarter, the frequency of whistle blowing from the referee's mouth began to increase.

The game time came to the 8th minute of the fourth quarter. In less than 8 minutes in the past, the Eagles have committed six fouls.

Of course, after paying so many fouls, the Eagles naturally achieved some results. Not only did they directly even out the score gap between the two teams, but they also regained a one-point lead.

At the same time, as the Eagles' defensive intensity is getting higher and higher, their defensive actions are becoming more and more rough, which also makes the Magic's defensive actions unknowingly become a bit unconventional.

But you must know that this game was played at the home court of the Eagles.

Occupying the home court advantage, the Magic's defensive actions may not be as rough and unconventional as the Hawks.

But in the past 8 minutes, the Magic's overall fouls were not much less than the Eagles.

In the past 8 minutes, the Magic team has also committed five fouls!

And this is not the end, the next game time, although the physical fitness of several core players of the two teams has dropped a lot after nearly a whole quarter of high-intensity confrontation!
But the overall defensive efficiency of the two teams has not declined.

Of course, it may also be because the defensive intensity of the two teams in the first 8 minutes was too high, which led to the frequent strikes between the two teams in the next game time.

But in any case, the high-intensity defensive confrontation in the last quarter brought the game to a critical moment.

The game time came to the last minute of the game, and the Eagles still only had a one-point lead.

In the first three quarters, the two teams scored around 30 points in a single quarter. When the fourth quarter was about to end, each of them had just scored less than 20 points.

And now the offensive ball is in control of the Magic.

The Magic attacked, Nelson held the ball outside, Dwight Howard quickly moved his position, and mentioned that he was outside the three-point line to help Nelson block Tony Allen's defensive position.

Just mentioning Dwight Howard for a moment, Tony Allen had already judged Howard's pick-and-roll position in advance, and then stepped forward deftly, and followed Nelson to bypass Dwight Howard. Howard's pick and roll.

But after all, it was still a bit of a detour, and when Tony Allen rushed to Nelson again, he was still half a breakthrough position ahead of Nelson.

After gaining the space to break through, Nelson accelerated without any hesitation and came to the free throw line.

Then, with an emergency stop, Tony Allen's defense was slightly thrown away. After gaining a short shot space, he made an extremely fast emergency stop jumper and hit the score again!
With the last 38 seconds left in the game, the Magic regained a one-point lead.