After returning from the second quarter, the two sides also sent a substitute lineup to compete.

And in the first quarter, Stan Van Gundy also switched Iverson and Tkoglu off the court very early.

So after returning from the second quarter, the Magic's second team will also be led by Iverson and Tkogru.

However, for the Celtics, this period of lineup rotation is definitely the most tormenting moment.

Although Rivers also used the method of interlacing and discontinuing the four giants on the court to disrupt the matching time.

This ensures that at least one giant player on the court will lead the team at any time.

But even so, the Celtics are still at a disadvantage in the competition between the two sides' rotation lineups.

Because compared to the second team of the Celtics, the Magic are too outstanding in terms of lineup depth.

And the most important point is that once the five starting players of the Celtics cannot be present at the same time, the team's system threat on both offense and defense will be greatly reduced.

So in this extremely fierce Eastern Conference semi-finals, the rotation stage at the beginning of the second and fourth quarters is definitely the most annoying stage in Doug Rivers' heart.

However, although this stage is very difficult for the Celtics, it is a very precious time for the Magic team, whose overall strength is not inferior.

The Magic were able to defeat the Celtics in the first game of the Eastern Conference semi-finals. The most important thing was that Lewis led the Magic to a very high offensive level during that period of rotation.

Therefore, the Magic team, which was at a disadvantage in the main lineup competition, was able to take away the victory of G1 at home.

Back on the court, the Magic also set off an offensive frenzy under the leadership of Iverson.

Although the Celtics' second team is the same as the starting lineup, it defends a joint defense position contraction tactic.

But although the Celtics still execute the same tactic on the court, there is a big gap in personal strength between the starter and the substitute player.

So in this case, Iverson was able to find the Celtics' defensive loopholes, thus using his personal ability to continuously attack the Celtics' basket.

Leading the Magic team's second team has a more courageous attitude.

Mark Woodson: "After returning from the second quarter, the Magic still have an upper hand in the second lineup competition."

"In fact, this is very obvious in the first two games. Once most of the main players on the Celtics are off the court, the strength of the Celtics on both offense and defense will basically plummet."

"At least compared with the Magic, it's completely at a disadvantage, so for the Celtics, if you want to win the game, you must not lose too many points during this period."

Partner Tom Hovas: "That's right, the Magic's lineup depth this season is really good, especially in the middle of the season, after they got Allen through trades."

"This also leads to the fact that they can have at least one player with good offensive firepower at any time on the court."

"So this situation can greatly improve Stan's fault tolerance rate in lineup rotation."

"But unfortunately, this is the stage for the playoffs after all, so what can really determine the winner is the personal performance of the stars in the game."

"So whether the Magic can take away the win of G3 in the North Shore Garden Arena today depends on the game status of Sue, Dwight, Rashad and Allen."

Seeing that the team has been suppressed on the court, Doug Rivers has admitted that the overall depth of the team is not as good as that of the Magic.

However, whenever the team is at a disadvantage in the rotation stage, this still makes Rivers feel a little upset.

Because in Rivers' opinion, this Magic team this season is really too evil.

As a champion coach, Doug Rivers has encountered various teams in the playoffs, and even won the championship trophy of last season in the hands of the Lakers led by Kobe.

But at this moment, when Rivers faced the slightly green Orlando Magic team, he often felt a state of cold sweat in his heart.

Rivers is not very clear about why, but he always feels that there is a sense of evil spirit about this Magic team...

As the second teams of both sides fought on the court, Rivers also took a look at the time on the court, and then, under the similarity, gradually brought the main lineup back to the court.

Because it seems that only when the main lineups are all back on the court can Doug Rivers on the bench feel a little at ease.

When Stan Van Gundy saw the Celtics' lineup adjusting, he also made some changes to the lineup as soon as possible.

Although Su Jiu's average playing time in this round of the series is much higher than in the regular season, this is really helpless for Van Gundy.

Because when the Celtics defended the defensive tactic of joint defense contraction on the defensive end, Su Jiu's killing outside the three-point line became particularly important.

With Su Jiu himself having a very good defensive ability, so after the playoffs, Su Jiu seemed to have become the backbone of the Magic's offensive team, even if this was just his first season in his career.

With all the main players on both sides returning, the Celtics have obviously made a qualitative improvement on both offense and defense.

However, after the main lineup returned this time, the game on the field was not particularly friendly to the Magic.

Because with Su Jiu showing off his might outside the three-point line in the first quarter, the Celtics have begun to strictly guard Su Jiu outside the three-point line, and will never give Su Jiu a chance to take action easily.

It can be said that Doug Rivers, who did not take Su Jiu's shooting from outside the three-point line seriously, was shot a shadow after the whole first quarter.

Faced with the Celtics' tight control that began to defend closely, Su Jiu had already made mental preparations after returning from the second quarter.

Therefore, on the court, he also changed from the original ball-holding shooting to playing without the ball. Through the unball pick-and-roll given by his teammates, he tried to find an excellent mobile phone opportunity.

However, even when Su Jiu felt extremely hot, other players in the Magic team performed mediocrely.

Especially the two main players in the team, Howard and Iverson, performed very miserably.

So this also leads to the fact that Su Jiu's personal touch is very hot, the score on the field has always been controlled by the Celtics.

After all, no matter how accurate Su Jiu's external shots are at the three-point line, he cannot guarantee that he will score every goal.

So once the Celtics' defensive pressure came up, the situation of the entire Magic team instantly fell into an unfavorable situation.

And in addition to this, Su Jiu's offensive end has become less and less space for shooting on the second quarter.

Although it was far from reaching the scene where the Celtics double-teamed just after halftime, they were basically in a relatively bad state.

In this case, when Su Jiu distributed the ball to his teammates on the outside, the final result was continuous banging and thumping irons.

The sound of the iron-smashing in this note seemed to hit Su Jiu directly, and Su Jiu's heart was so cold.

In fact, the reason why the Magic are facing this dilemma is really because it is difficult for Van Gundy to make a real choice on both the team's offense and defense.

Because when Van Gundy comes up with all the main lineups on the court that are mainly offensive, then on the defensive end, you must be prepared to be pierced by the Celtics.

When Stan Van Gundy matched Su Jiu with a main lineup that was mainly defensive, although this seemed to have achieved both offense and defense.

But when Su Jiu was frantically targeted by the Celtics in the second quarter, the lineup on the field now became a time bomb for the Magic on the offensive end.

So after the half, even though Su Jiu's touch on the outside was still hot, the Celtics successfully changed the score at the end of the half:

47:45
Chapter completed!