"Beautiful job, guys, we have to play like this on the court, play our own aggressiveness, and we must make the opponent pay the price for the contempt of us before the game."

In the players' lounge, during the halftime period, assistant coach Mondy praised the players.

Obviously, not only the fans at the scene did not expect it, but even Mondy, as an assistant coach, did not expect it.

The team was able to lead the Cavaliers by as much as 17 points after the half. Even Mondy, as an assistant coach, felt a little amazed.

After all, before the start of this game, although the team had always been confident to limit LeBron James' performance, as for whether they could win this game, the coaching staff could only choose to leave it to fate.

Since the team has the inside monster Howard, when facing a player like James who mainly focuses on breakthroughs, Howard has a natural effect on him.

However, considering that the team itself is in a bad state, before the start of this game, the Magic team's coaching staff's idea is to take one step at a time, and then counterattack the players on the court, using the method of fighting to restore the players' physical fitness as much as possible.

However, I never expected that after the first game of the Eastern Conference Finals, the Magic continued to suppress the Cavaliers during the entire first half.

Even at the end of the half, he forced the lead to 17 points, so compared with the fans who were already in the Internet, the excitement in the hearts of the Magic team's coaching staff was not reduced at all.

"Michael, LeBron is not good at long-range shooting, and his offensive methods in positional battles are even more limited, so you can focus on guarding his pick-and-roll and defending at a distance of far enough."

"Believe me, as long as we don't give them a chance to play a defensive counterattack in the second half and try not to double-team LeBron, it will be difficult for the opponent to defeat us in a head-on confrontation."

Hearing the warning from Su Jiu on the side, Pitrus nodded subconsciously. When Pitrus explained the tactics on the court to him, Pitrus felt no surprise or inappropriate at all.

After all, as early as the regular season, assistant coach Mondi had discussed the tactics and cooperation on the court with Su Jiu many times.

Even at the end, even head coach Stan Van Gundy would sometimes discuss with Su Jiu off the court, and even bluntly said that Su Jiu would definitely be the material to be the head coach after retirement.

Obviously, Su Jiu's ability to read games on the field has been recognized by the Magic team's coaching staff.

Therefore, other players subconsciously took some warnings and reassurances from Su Jiu on the court, and Van Gundy also acquiesced to Su Jiu to convey his ideas.

Because Stan Van Gundy knew very well that no one was perfect in this world, not to mention that Su Jiu's judgment on the court had definitely reached a very high level.

This was confirmed many times with his friend Mondi as early as the regular season.

Otherwise, no matter how much assistant coach Mondy makes trouble, Van Gundy would not dare to let go of these things and leave Su Jiu to do.

After returning from the second half, the Cavaliers, who had a relaxed and comfortable look at the beginning, felt as uncomfortable as if they had taken a feces.

On the other hand, everyone's face was worried at the beginning of the game, but at this moment, the players' mouths all showed a smile.

It has to be said that competitive sports are indeed changing rapidly, and the role transformation between the two is indeed too sudden.

As the two sides started their second half, the Cavaliers obviously had put in a lot of effort and wanted to recover the score as soon as possible after returning in the second half.

Because once the Cavaliers cannot quickly narrow the score, as the time on the field becomes less and less, the pressure on the Cavaliers will naturally become greater and greater.

However, after returning from the second half, although the Cavaliers had already invested more attention on the offensive end.

But Howard, standing inside, is like an insurmountable mountain, making LeBron James always weigh some consequences.

You should know that James' three biggest killer moves during this period are the defensive counterattacks that protect the backcourt rebounds, the inside breakthrough after pick-and-roll, and the outside pass in the final breakthrough.

These advantages of James are obviously not a secret in the league, but when fighting with other teams, it is difficult for other teams to seize all of James' offensive threats at the same time.

After all, if you can do so without double-teaming James on the field, the team must have a center with excellent frame protection skills in the inside.

If it's just that, then this kind of center is not rare in the league, and basically every team can come up with a player like this.

However, if a team wants to not double-team James at the same time, and can ensure that the center has excellent lateral movement speed during pick-and-roll, and the final frame protection ability is also guaranteed, then this can definitely be considered extremely difficult.

It's just a pity that as the top ticket leader in this year's All-Star Game and the title of the No. 1 center in the league, although Howard has never made any breakthrough in offensive methods, if it comes to defense.

Then the above problems are just the most basic existence for Howard.

After all, within the three-point line, the saying of Warcraft World is not a joke.

You should know why Howard was able to become the best center player in the league in this period.

It is because Howard can not only be in the blue, but also ensures the defensive efficiency of being misaligned with the big and small defense when pulled out by the opponent.

This is the main reason why Howard can gain a foothold by relying on defense in today's era.

After all, as Sharks O'Neal and other centers gradually began to end, the league today has long been no longer the barbaric era when they only knew that the center was playing with the ball and played at the basket.

At this time, the empty cut and mid-range at the basket are the labels of this era, so in this case, Howard will become the hottest defensive superstar in the league.

Similar to Kato, the low-level tank-type meat shield center like the Big Buffalo is gradually beginning to withdraw from the stage of history.

After all, the significance of their existence in the league is largely to limit the performance of the big shark O'Neal.

When other teams in the league no longer blindly hit the ball to the basket, these slow-moving centers have to face the situation of being eliminated.

As the Magic remained very focused, the Cavaliers' offensive gradually began to become fierce after returning from the second half.

When each player plays a defensive counterattack, he is as quick as he steps on the Hot Wheels with both feet, but facing the Cavaliers' defensive counterattack, the Magic obviously had prepared for it before the game.

That is, after the players completed the offense, only Howard left behind the frontcourt to compete for rebounds.

As for the rest of the people, whether they enter or not, they will make a defense move as soon as possible. Once Howard fails to grab the offensive rebound, the other four players can at least ensure that they can quickly take the position and not easily make a defensive counterattack by the Cavaliers.

After all, the Cavaliers were able to score the league's first performance in the regular season, and the main reason is that the efficiency of defensive counterattacks is too outstanding.

It is no exaggeration to say that once the Magic restricts the Cavaliers' defensive counterattack and forces the Cavaliers to stay in slow positional battles, the Magic will already win half of the game.

Because James at this time is far from the perfect person in later generations, when facing the defense of positional warfare, James' offensive efficiency has definitely not decreased at all.

At the same time, this is exactly the biggest flaw of the Cavaliers at present, and it is also the main reason why the Cavaliers have been unable to complete breakthroughs in the playoffs.

Otherwise, James would not have never led the team to taste the taste of a championship in the 1.0 period.

In the third quarter, when the Cavaliers were unable to make an effective defensive counterattack, the entire team had to be brought into the slow pace of positional battle by the Magic.

This rhythm is definitely the Cavaliers' most hated offensive choice this season.

So after the end of the third quarter, when all the fans thought that the Cavaliers in the second half would definitely set off a counterattack frenzy, the Magic team who played away from home had:

81:59

The score difference was widened to 22 points, which showed a strong momentum of being about to be checked in for three quarters.

This result obviously made the fans on the scene feel a little irritated because the game was played at the home court of the Cavaliers.

So after the end of the third quarter, facing the slightly awkward score on the court, the entire Speed ​​Loan Center Arena was completely silent at this moment.

Except for the occasional few fans wearing blue jerseys swaying there, most of them were staring and sitting on the stools in the stadium without the passion before the game began.

Even looking around, there were some popcorn and coke scattered in the stands, so from this we can see that there are already many Cavaliers fans who are so angry that they choose to leave early.

After returning from the fourth quarter, the Cavaliers head coach Mike Brown has gone from being relaxed and comfortable to being anxious later, and now he is dumbfounded.

He wore a pair of glasses off the court, and combined with his silent expression, looking around, those who didn't know thought that someone from whom he was running out.

In the first half of the fourth quarter, Mike Brown knew that the team was definitely not a match for the Magic in the competition of the substitute lineup.

What's more, the team is currently the one who is behind on the court, and the score behind is as high as more than 20 points.

So after arranging the main lineup for a short rest of more than two minutes, Mike Brown had to bring all the main lineup back to the court.

It seems that I want to make the final desperate attempt to see if it can bring some turning points to this game.

However, facing the Cavaliers' back-to-back battle, the Magic, which already has a big score lead, will definitely not agree.

In the Magic's sub-root, the ruthless death squad led by Allen Iverson had a very fierce exchange of fire with the Cavaliers' first team.

If the Magic can eventually win the game in this game, then the biggest contributor in the team is definitely Howard, who performed very well on both offense and defense.

However, if you are the one with the strongest offensive firepower, then in this game, it is not the "Blue Devil" Su Jiu, but the "Answer" Iverson, who led the second team and bombarded like a suicide squad!!

In the last round of the game against the Celtics, Iverson's offensive method was just restrained by the Celtics' defensive formation.

So this also led to Iverson's performance in the Eastern Conference semi-finals being very dismal, and even reached a new low in his career in terms of efficiency.

This situation is obviously unforgivable for Iverson, who has always been competitive, but the aging caused by his body is by no means a fact that Iverson can reverse it.

So after the end of the series with the Celtics, Iverson was already full of anger.

Until he faced the Cavaliers in the first game of the Eastern Conference Finals, and the team was unanimously regarded by the outside media and experts, Iverson finally ushered in his playoffs.

The whole person made a big shot from inside and outside in the whole game, leading the second team as if he was dreaming back to the top. Even in the fourth quarter, he did not lose the least when he fought the first team of the Cavaliers.

Iverson's offensive has long been stunned by Tyron Lu, who has been cheering on the bench.

Because of this momentum, he is familiar with it!!

Too familiar!!

"Fuck, if you say too much, you will be tears..."

In the end, under the leadership of Allen Iverson, the first team of the Cavaliers not only did not take advantage after returning, but was also completely defeated by the Magic's second team!!

This situation not only made Mike Brown feel a little despair, but also made many home fans completely unable to bear it. They threw the things in their hands to the ground, then turned around and left the court resolutely.

After all, in the competition of the starting lineup, the Cavaliers have always been at a disadvantage in this game, and fans will grit their teeth and endure this.

Because the Magic can be considered a strong Eastern Conference team no matter what, not to mention that they have just defeated the Celtics, so if they really lose to such a team, the fans will feel a little aggrieved, but they will not be too sad.

You can even make an excuse for the team, "It's not that our strength is too bad. It's really because the people of the Magic team are too evil. They seem to have returned to their best condition overnight!!"

However, after returning in the fourth quarter, Mike Brown replaced all the team's main players, and it seemed that he was planning to score points.

However, not only did the Magic not replace the starting lineup, when sending out the second team led by Allen Iverson, they still pressed the Cavaliers to the ground and rubbed wildly, and suppressed them in full swing.

Obviously, this situation made the Cavaliers fans who had already been wronged for the whole game completely unable to suppress their anger.
To be continued...