After returning from the second quarter, the two sides replaced most of the substitute lineups to compete, but compared with the depth of the lineup, the Lakers are obviously much worse than the Magic.

After all, with the Magic's several strengthenings this season during the offseason, the Magic's rotation depth at this time is a bit terrible.

Even "Mr. Billionaire" Lewis had to be placed on the bench by Van Gundy.

In addition, this season, the Magic also has several powerful players such as Williams, Brandon Buss, Little Little and Gott on the bench.

So in this case, when the Lakers' main player comes off the court, the Lakers' disadvantage on the court becomes visible to the naked eye.

You know, the only person the Lakers can count on on the bench is Odom.

But Odom is not the kind of attacking player who can score crazily as soon as he comes on the court and chases the team.

Because Odom is more like a magician among big players.

Simply put, how much role Odom can play on the court, in addition to his own strength, a large part of this depends on the cooperation and tacit understanding of his teammates on the court.

Unfortunately, except Odom, the rest of the Lakers team seemed to be unreliable.

Whether it is Jordan Famal, Shannon Brown on the back, or Walton and Powell on the front line, these players can still play a lot of abilities when playing with some weak teams.

But when the Lakers face a team of giants like Magic on the court, under such high-intensity confrontation, the personal strength they can exert is completely reduced.

Among them, in addition to the fact that the Magic's defense is excellent, there is also a large part of the reason for it psychologically.

Because the Lakers were just swept by the Magic in the finals last season, in this case, the role players will inevitably become hesitant in taking action.

The Magic cannot be regarded as a team at the mercy of others, so that they can play more confidently on the court.

And when a player begins to become less confident on the court, his personal performance will naturally be unstable.

So at this time, when Kobe and Gasol were already off the court at the same time, Zen Master Jackson still put Artest on the court.

In addition to being very physically strong and very patient on the court.

More importantly, Jackson wanted Artest and Odom to temporarily withstand the offensive pressure from the Magic.

So we are waiting for the return of Kobe and Gasol, and don’t be seized by magic during this period and go all out in one wave.

But even so, as soon as the second quarter came back, the situation between the two teams on the court still changed in an instant.

Because the Magic's substitute lineup is really strong, in addition, there are also very big differences in the psychology of the players on both sides.

You know, as the Magic easily swept the Lakers four-to-zero last season, this has already given the Magic a huge psychological advantage when facing the Lakers.

In the eyes of Magic players, the Lakers are just a loser and they don't have much ability to resist.

So in the second quarter, even though the scores of both sides were not too big at this time, Li Zi still became very determined in his personal attacks, completely losing the kind of submissiveness he had in his rookie season.

It can be said that although Courtney Li has not become as outstanding as Su Jiu after a whole season of training, compared with most rookies in the same class, Little Li is already ahead of them.

This lead is not just a personal honor in life, but also a improvement in Li Zi's personal strength.

As the Magic's advantage is completely visible to the naked eye, Lakers' head coach Zen Master Jackson became a little numb from the court.

Because Jackson seemed to have become a little used to losing to the Magic, and even in his heart, he regarded himself as inferior and did not put the team in a situation that could be compared with the Magic.

I have to say that although Zen Master Jackson's coaching career is perfect, he still feels powerless when facing this terrifying Magic team.

In the end, when Kobe and Gasol only left the court for a few minutes to rest, Jackson took advantage of a dead ball stage to get the two again.

It seems that at this time, what Jackson can do is to try to add more playing time for Kobe and Gasol to see if he can find a glimmer of hope for the team in the future.

When Stan Van Gundy saw the substitution on the Lakers, he seemed unhurried and did not take his main lineup as soon as possible.

Because the Magic's lineup on the court is still very competitive at this moment.

And with the team having a very big personal advantage, Van Gundy naturally will not rashly increase the playing time of the main players.

After all, the new season has just begun, and Van Gundy, as the team's head coach, naturally would not use the players' bodies to seek peace of mind.

What's more, Van Gundy is ready to go smoothly in the new season, intending to spend the regular season safely and safely in a stable state.

Because the Magic's lineup is already very strong this season, and in this case, what the team fears the most is the inexplicable injury.

So for the Magic in the new season, the team's biggest opponent has never been the Celtics, the Cavaliers and the Heat. The biggest opponent is actually an injury problem for the players themselves.

As the second quarter game continued, the Magic gradually brought the main lineup back to the court. During this period, the Magic have always had the upper hand and there is no intention of opening high and closing low.

Finally, after the half-time, the Magic team played away from home were:

53:42

Leading the Lakers by 11 points, ending the first half of the competition between the two sides.

After the first half, more and more fans began to discover that the Lakers this season are no match for the Magic.

Or maybe it can be said that from now on, these two teams are no longer on the same level.

Even if fans do not have very rich theoretical knowledge, they cannot see the so-called big data analysis.

But just looking at the situation of the two teams in the first half, anyone with discerning eyes could see that the Lakers were obviously a little overwhelmed.

It feels like being beaten constantly. Even though Kobe's personal performance in the first half was already very good, this still cannot make up for the gap between the Lakers and the Magic.

In the second half, after a break in the midfield stage, the Lakers made some adjustments on the defensive end.

That is to change from the original man-to-man tactic to small-scale regional joint defense.

Everyone tried their best to shrink to the inside line on the field, and it seemed that they did not intend to give the Magic the chance to continue attacking the frame.

Obviously, Zen Master Jackson wanted to make the Magic's ending more outward, and no longer easily reach the basket with some unball pick-and-rolls and personal breakthroughs like in the first half.

However, in this process, Jackson's defense method against Su Jiu still has not changed.

That is, Su Jiu must not be allowed to make a comfortable shot outside the three-point line, and at the same time, Su Jiu cannot easily break through into the inside line.

Simply put, I hope that Su Jiu's shot in the second half can make more jump shots at the middle distance.

Similarly, this is the personal purpose of Zen Master Jackson changing his defensive formation into regional joint defense after returning in the second half.

Faced with this situation, although the Magic were in a state of exploration in the first two offensive rounds, after getting familiar with the Magic's defensive formation, everyone began to deal with each other.

After all, the Magic have a lot of stars, and there are also many players who can have the ability to host singles.

So in this case, it is impossible for the Lakers to focus all their defense on one person on the court.

This situation also leads to the Magic team being able to find a mobile phone on the field, or the defensive ability of the Lakers lineup is not enough to completely lock down the Magic team's players on the field.

After the end of the third quarter, with his outstanding overall strength, the Lakers not only did not narrow the score in the third quarter, but instead widened the personal score difference to 15 points by the Magic.

I have to say that if the Lakers were at halftime, they still had a glimmer of hope of turning the tables.

Then after the end of the third quarter, the Lakers players obviously began to become desperate, because in this omnipotent Magic team, the Lakers could not see any hope at all.

Under normal circumstances, when the Lakers encounter difficulties, they will focus more ball rights on Kobe.

This allows Kobe to use his personal abilities to drive the offenses of other players.

However, Kobe obviously encountered some trouble in this game. Even though he performed very well in his personal performance, he contributed 31 points at the end of the third quarter.

But even in this case, the Lakers still did not take any advantage on the court.

Because Stan Van Gundy's defensive strategy in this game is very obvious, that is, I don't have a player with particularly outstanding defensive skills on the outside, so it is basically impossible to defend Kobe.

So this led to Van Gundy giving up his personal restrictions on Kobe from the very beginning.

Simply put, it is to let Kobe keep playing singles alone and then pinch other players' performance on the field.

When Kobe cannot lead his teammates while playing his super god, it will be difficult for Kobe to compete with the entire magic trick just by relying on Kobe's strength alone.

You know, this magic is not the Raptors that Kobe scored 81 points in a single game back then, so it is obviously a bit of a dream to achieve a real one-to-five.

In the fourth quarter, as the Lakers showed no sign of shrinking the score, there was even a trend of being vaguely widened by the Magic again.

In this case, Zen Master Jackson planned to give up treatment early. With more than 7 minutes left before the end of the game, Jackson had already replaced the substitute lineup and announced in advance that the game had entered garbage time.

After all, the new season has just begun, and Jackson has no reason to fight against this Magic team, and there is no meaning to make Kobe and Gasol play time exceed 40 minutes.

Because when the score difference is infinitely close to 20 points, even if Kobe and Gasol are constantly increasing their playing time, Jackson does not think that the team can still have hope of catching up with the score.

So in this case, it is better to announce the game in advance that it has entered garbage time, and then both sides will train in the final stage to avoid meaningless injuries to the main players.

Seeing the Lakers' substitution adjustment, Stan Van Gundy on the sidelines also called the timeout immediately, and then when the players left the court, they slapped the players one by one to celebrate the victory of the game in advance.

In the end, after the game ended, the Magic team played away from home were:

109:86

The Los Angeles Lakers scored 23 points and in the first game of the NBA opening game, the team's personal prestige in the new season.

After the whole game ended, the fans watching this game online were completely in a panic.

Although these people have already expected that the Lakers may have a very high chance of losing.

But no one expected that the Lakers would lose 23 points to the Magic in the NBA opener!!

And this was when the game entered garbage time very early.

Otherwise, if you continue to play at a normal pace, the Lakers are likely to lose 30 points.

You know, the Lakers were able to break out of the West last season and complete the meeting with the Magic in the finals.

Even if "Baby Shark" Odom suddenly had an internal strife with Kobe, the Lakers would likely create more suspense in that round of the series.
To be continued...