May 19.

Amid the crowd of shouts and scolds, the second game of the Magic and the Cavaliers' Eastern Conference Finals will officially start today.

It has been nearly two days since the last match between the two teams, but in these two days, the Cavaliers have been criticized by fans online.

The ending obviously made the fanatical Cleveland fans feel very dissatisfied with the Cavaliers' 24 points in the first game.

Because if both teams were on the same starting line, then I'm afraid the Cavaliers fans would not feel so angry.

But before, the Magic were obviously exhausted in the series against the Celtics, and every player could be said to have dragged his tired bodies to come to Cleveland to challenge.

However, in this case, the Cavaliers' performance made all fans feel shocked.

So after the last game, Cleveland fans were so angry that they couldn't even help but attack their parent team.

Obviously, the Cavaliers' performance in the last game is definitely unforgivable even in the eyes of their own fans.

For those fans who like the teams they go home early to fish, so they just want to see who will eventually win the championship.

After the Cavaliers suffered a crushing defeat in the last game, these people also started to sarcastically on the Internet, completely looking like they were not afraid of big things when they watched the fun.

So these two days are definitely very difficult for everyone in the Cavaliers. After all, the Cavaliers are determined to win the championship this season, but in the end, the Cavaliers, who were originally full of confidence, fell aback in the first game of the Eastern Conference Finals.

And this fall is still so embarrassing and the spread is so widespread. This situation obviously has forced the Cavaliers to the cliff.

Because once the Cavaliers face losing again at home in this game, neither head coach Mike Brown or star LeBron James, both of them may not be able to imagine what kind of evaluation they will be made on the Internet.

In this game, the entire Speed ​​Loan Center Arena was still full. Although the fans were very disappointed with the team's performance in the last game, this could not hide the fans' determination to support the team.

After all, no matter how bad the team plays, Cleveland has always been their hometown, not to mention that the team is currently only lagging behind with a big score of 0:1.

So for fans who support the Cavaliers, they obviously have a great chance.

Before the game began, both sides announced their starting lineups:

Cavaliers:

Mo Williams, West, James, Valejo, and Ilgoscas.

Magic:

Sujiu, Iverson, Petrus, Lewis, and Howard.

Because Ben Wallace basically had no effect in the last game, and even became a major weakness of the Cavaliers on the offensive end, and he could not pull James in space.

However, in the past, the reason why Mike Brown had always used Ben Wallace to start was because although Ben was old, it also had an unignorable role in protecting the penalty area.

However, in this round of the series, the Magic's No. 4 player was Lewis, a player whose most of the shots ended on the outside.

So when Lewis rarely enters the penalty area, Ben Wallace's presence will become a burden to the Cavaliers.

Faced with this situation, Mike Brown, with a mentality of learning from his mistakes, changed the formation directly in this game.

He took the initiative to replace Ben Wallace, who had a slightly slow movement speed, and sent Valaijo, the first NBA acting player, to match the inside lineup with Ilgoskas.

Although Valaijo is not the best defensive candidate when it comes to defending Lewis.

However, for the Cavaliers' inside, Valaijo is already Mike Brown who can play the most decent player.

The rest, whether it is JJ Hickson or Joe Smith, these two people can only be more diarrhea at present.

After the game began, the Cavaliers' changes in today's game were still quite obvious. The most important change was that James rarely attacked the inside after pick-and-roll.

Because in the last game, the Magic had fully proved that when facing James' pick-and-roll breakthrough, Howard had a natural effect on the former.

And even if James doesn't play pick-and-roll, as long as Howard sits at the basket, James's breakthrough power will definitely be greatly reduced.

Faced with this situation, Mike Brown was obviously very helpless.

Because at this moment, for Mike Brown, all he needs to do is help James try his best to find a tactical system that can attack the basket but at the same time weaken Howard's defensive influence.

Although at first it sounds like I know there is a tiger in the mountain, I tend to go to the tiger mountain.

But facing this situation, Mike Brown was obviously very helpless because James's shooting ability during this period was not stable.

If James cannot effectively kill the basket, it will be like cutting his own arm for the Cavaliers.

So after the start of this game, what Mike Brown did was to let James play an off-ball role, with Mo Williams acting as a ball holder.

This allows James to find more opportunities for empty cuts without the ball.

Even in this process, James easily misaligned with other players, thus making more one-on-one singles.

And when James changed to play without the ball, he could also ensure that James could kill the basket directly from any angle, greatly weakening Howard's ability to interfere with James.

After all, except for James and Mo Williams, although other Cavaliers have limited offensive capabilities, this does not mean that the Magic can relax their vigilance against other players' defenses.

Because no one who can gain a foothold in the NBA league and still gets enough playing time in this playoff stage will be a real waste.

Relying on some tactical changes and adjustments, James played smoothly in the first quarter, and at least compared with the previous game, it was already considered a good weather.

But no matter how much James uses pick-and-roll to find opportunities on the offensive end, he has only one ultimate goal, that is, to get as close as possible to the basket.

So when Howard was at the basket, James's efficiency on the offensive end was always suppressed.

Faced with Mike Brown's tactical adjustments, Stan Van Gundy seemed much calmer.

Because Van Gundy is definitely clear enough at this moment that as long as Howard can sit at the basket, James' dominance on the court will definitely be greatly reduced.

Although in the whole first quarter, James created many offensive opportunities with his pick-and-roll without the ball.

He also scored points for the team through the marching throws, but this tactic is just a side-by-side goal, not the Cavaliers' conventional offensive method this season.

Stan Van Gundy, who knows this well, is not too panicked, because Van Gundy knows very well that the Cavaliers cannot use this trick to play the whole game, and it is even more impossible to use this trick to kill the game.

So as long as the Magic try not to give the Cavaliers the chance to play defensive counterattacks on the court, it will be difficult for the Cavaliers to make too big waves in the end.

After all, Van Gundy had a deep understanding of the role of the lineup in the last round of the series against the Celtics.

You know, in the round of the series with the Celtics, the Celtics used shrinking joint defense tactics throughout the entire game.

But Van Gundy has always been helpless about this, because this defensive method, coupled with the Celtics' lineup players, just restrains the offensive efficiency of Howard and Iverson.

So this led to the fact that Howard and Iverson were as low-key as transparent people in the last round of the series.

If Su Jiu hadn't performed very well in the last round of the series, the Magic would have been sent home by the Celtics for fishing early.

However, as the saying goes, Feng Shui takes turns. After defeating the Celtics, facing the Cavaliers, the Magic have a natural role in the lineup.

James has very excellent defensive methods.

It is no exaggeration to say that if the Magic are the second most efficient team in the league, even the Lakers dare not say the first!!

As the game continued on the court, the situation on the court was as expected by Stan Van Gundy after the half.

Although James made a lot of mid-range jump shots with his unballed cover in the whole first quarter.

But this is not a conventional offensive method for the Cavaliers, so when the entire team is forced to make offensive adjustments for James, the presence of other players on the offensive end is becoming increasingly marginalized.

James' shooting percentage at mid-range is even more impossible to do whatever he wants as much as the basket.

Finally, after the half, even though the Cavaliers' desire to win in this game was already very strong, the Magic were still away from home:

54:42

Leading the Cavaliers by 12 points, ending the first half of the game between the two sides.

Mark Woodson: "I really can't imagine that the Magic once again led the Cavaliers by 12 points after halftime."

"You know, after the Cavaliers experienced a 24-point defeat in the last game, although this result was completely beyond the expectations of many fans, more people still chose to believe that the Cavaliers who played the game were just in poor condition."

"Even though I saw that the Magic had an inside-line effect on the Cavaliers, I never expected that the Magic could crush the Cavaliers in a second duel without leaving too many opportunities for the Cavaliers."

"You know, this requires real strength, because it means that the Cavaliers are not the Magic's opponent at all, and they even have no power to fight back!!"

Partner Tom Hovas: "Indeed, it's really hard to believe, because the Cavaliers are the top league in the regular season."

"So at this moment, when we see the Knight without any power to fight back when facing magic, it makes us feel a little bit unbelievable."

"If there were many people who believed before that 23 and 24 would likely meet in this year's finals, then after this game, I think the chance of this thought has become very low."

"Although the game has reached this stage, it does not mean that the Cavaliers will definitely lose, but at least so far, I have not seen any point in the Cavaliers who have hope of turning the tables."

"To be honest, although this Cavaliers are very strong, they also had a very strong desire to win in this game, but after we really got on the court, we couldn't see any position that could have a crushing advantage."

"Even if it's the little emperor LeBron, because when the Magic face LeBron's defensive strategy, they will tangle you on the outside, shoot and shoot, and wait for you on the inside, as the second defensive barrier."

"So I think if Mo cannot try to take over the game next, then for the Cavaliers, this round of series will be a bit unhappy."

After returning from the second half, the Cavaliers, who were lagging behind, were obviously becoming more and more impatient.

Especially head coach Mike Brown stood off the court and started shouting in an anxious mood. His face, which was already black, was shiny like black charcoal.

However, the basketball game is not as good as anyone's voice, so even though Mike Brown was so angry that his throat was hoarse, the Cavaliers' offense on the court still could not break through the Magic's defensive gate.

Finally, after the end of the third quarter, the Magic already used:

75:59

The lead was widened to the 16-point gap.

After the third quarter, seeing the Cavaliers still beating, it finally made the home fans feel furious.

Even in this empty space, many fans began to shout loudly:
To be continued...