With Su Jiu's accidental injury leaving the court, Van Gundy was also very helpless and could only choose to increase Nelson's playing time and let him try his best to play against Paul on the court.

Although if Nelson is used to defend Paul, he will have only one final outcome, that is, he will be ruthlessly beaten on the defensive end.

Although Paul is not a point guard who is famous for his speed, Paul is completely crushing in speed when facing Nelson.

Although Nelson's poor weight can give him a weight advantage on the offensive end, if we talk about speed, Nelson is definitely the last in the league in terms of point guard position.

It was a bad decision to choose to use Nelson to match Chris Paul, but for Van Gundy this was really helpless.

Because the Magic are too short of people in the position of point guard, otherwise Su Jiu would not have been able to get so much playing time with his status as a draft pick.

Su Jiu's unexpected departure at this time also forced Van Gundy to give Nelson more opportunities to play. After all, except Nelson, the Magic are really no one available.

In fact, before Su Jiu's unexpected rise, the Magic had always used Nelson in the starting point guard, but people were like this.

Once you have a better candidate in this position, you will always feel that there are too many flaws when looking back at the previous employment.

Not to mention anything else, just Su Jiu's ability and fighting spirit on the defensive end is something that Nelson on the court does not have.

Fortunately, Nelson also has a lot of personal skills on the offensive end, and the cooperation with Howard does not require running-in, so at the end of the half, both sides also used:

46:46

A draw.

Su Jiu's unexpected exit also had a great impact on the Magic. This impact is not very big on the offensive end. After all, Nelson's personal offensive ability is not too bad, but on the defensive end, it is completely different.

Before, Su Jiu was completely like a dog-skin plaster when defending Paul. Even on the ball, he was still close to Paul. It is not an exaggeration to describe it as a constant step.

However, the effect of defending Paul after Nelson came on the court was so bad. It’s not that Nelson doesn’t want to defend well, but his physical fitness does not allow him to be as difficult as Su Jiu.

However, after experiencing Su Jiu's injury, Chris Paul's personal condition was obviously affected.

Otherwise, with Peja's hot outside feel in the second quarter, the Magic would probably be on the side behind at the end of the half.

David: "Then the half is over, and both sides have successfully tied. As for the whole first half, the biggest focus is Su's accidental injury."

"First of all, I would like to pray that Su's injury should not be too serious and that it will not affect his personal status later. After all, as a rising star in the league, Su's status as a loser has become very inspiring."

"Even Su has successfully inspired many players at the bottom with his personal performance on the field."

"I have also read a news story before, saying that there are some children in NCAA who have no hope of entering NBA, and they are currently working very hard to start training."

"The reason is because Su's sudden rise in the NBA has made more players understand that even if they were not selected by the team in the draft, this does not mean that they cannot have an excellent basketball career."

"Although this chance is very low, Su's existence at least lets people know that miracles are not impossible."

Nisson: "Yes, so I'm glad we've witnessed Sue's rise, because for competitive sports, it's definitely a great thing to be able to infect others through their own actions."

"So I hope this injury will not cause too much trouble to Su personally, and I also hope that he can return to the arena as soon as possible and continue to write his own career."

David: "Okay, after discussing Su's issue, let's turn our attention back to the field."

"At present, the two sides have also tied the game at the end of the first quarter, but after the end of the first quarter, to be precise, before Su unexpectedly left the field, the Magic were holding a slight lead."

"Because Su's defense on the ball did cause a lot of personal troubles to Chris throughout the first half, especially after returning from the second quarter, Su's defensive aggressiveness has completely improved his level."

"But after Su left the court unexpectedly, Janiel came on the court and faced Chris on the defensive end. We could clearly see that we were unable to do so."

"That is to say, when Chris faces Janiel's defense, he will play more calmly. If Chris had not been in a good state in the last stage, it would not be difficult to believe that the Hornets can overtake the situation."

"Because after Peja comes in the second quarter, his touch is completely visible to the naked eye."

"What we fear most on the field is actually not how strong the star's personal ability is, but just because we are afraid that such a player will suddenly feel hot and make every shot. This is the most scary existence on the field."

"So Su's unexpected departure at this time will definitely have a great impact on the Magic. What will happen in the second half depends on the Magic's own adjustment."

In the midfield, Stan Van Gundy also re-adapted the players. After all, for the coach, the unexpected injury of the player on the court is absolutely unpredictable.

Su's sudden departure directly disrupted Van Gundy's deployment before the game.

Facing the Hornets, Chris Paul is definitely the most difficult guy, so Van Gundy also arranged for Su Jiu to become the defensive sharp knife before the game.

At this time, Su Jiu's unexpected departure forced Van Gundy to put Nelson in this position to show off Paul.

The defensive effects shown between the two are completely different, so they force Van Gundy to make more changes.

After returning from the second half, facing Nelson's personal defense, Chris Paul was using David West's pick-and-roll to easily create more space.

Coupled with Peja's hot outside feel, the Hornets' offensive play has become more and more smooth.

On the other hand, before the start of the Magic, since the Hornets' starting center was Tyson Chandler, Van Gundy directly gave up the tactic of using Howard to play hard inside.

This also led to the fact that after returning from the second half, the Magic, which were suppressed on both offense and defense, were gradually overtaken by the Hornets, and the score difference was gradually widening.

Until the end of the third quarter, the Hornets also succeeded at home with:

70:64

Overtakes the Magic six points.

Seeing the players' personal state on the court and the gradual trend of the game, Van Gundy off the court sighed helplessly.

Because Van Gundy knew very well that the team was overtaken by six points by the Hornets at the end of the third quarter, then after returning in the fourth quarter, the Magic's shortcomings of physical loss due to continuous away games will gradually begin to be exposed.

So once the team cannot turn around the situation at the beginning of the fourth quarter, then at that time, it will be really hard to turn things around.

"Don't be discouraged, after all, before the start of this season, we never thought the team would have such results."

"Since you and I are ready for failure, what is this kind of scene? I think what we should care more about now is Su's personal injury."

Seeing Stan Van Gundy sighing on the sidelines, assistant coach Mondy also stood up and patted his old friend on the shoulder.
Chapter completed!