With the match between the substitutes of both sides, the scene instantly made a sudden decline.

Not to mention that the two sides are fighting a war, it can basically be called a war of constipation.

This is not because the Magic and Celtics' rotation lineups are not strong enough. In fact, the rotation lineups of the Celtics and Magic this season are quite good.

It is just because the two teams are too cautious, and when they show all their strength in their teams, every score in this game will naturally become more difficult.

Especially the offensive points of the substitute lineup are naturally much less than those in the starting lineup, so this makes the game on the court really ugly.

But at least this can be seen, it is really a basketball game!!!

With the match between them on the court, Rivers and Van Gundy began to gradually bring the main lineup back to the court.

In the second quarter, both sides still pushed the pace relatively slowly.

Even though Van Gundy really wants to increase the speed on the court, the key is that the Celtics are determined to fight you in position, and have no intention of speeding up.

Once the Magic starts to speed up, the Celtics will immediately suppress the speed in the next round.

No chance to set the pace for magic at all.

After all, Rivers knew very well that his team was full of old arms and legs. If he really started a fast attack battle, it would not take three quarters, and the bones of these old guys would have to be dispersed.

So rather than fighting a chaotic battle with magic, it is better to seek a glimmer of hope in positional battles.

No matter what, compared to magic, the biggest advantage of the Celtics is that they have a more tacit understanding of each other and a clearer positioning with each other.

In addition, the Celtics' inside line has a natural effect when facing Howard, so this is the main reason why the Celtics can be inseparable from the Magic.

Time passed by minute by minute, and they were very patient in the entire second quarter.

Even though Su Jiu had a classic moment of scoring six points in the second half of the second quarter.

But with the overall more tenacious consciousness, the Celtics finally ended at home with:

43:45

He was only two points behind the Magic and ended the first half of the game.

After the midfield ended, the number of fans watching this game on the Internet has increased.

Obviously, the Magic is comparable to the Celtics, which attracted a lot of fans to watch the game in the middle.

Because the competition between the Celtics and the Magic is too fierce in this game, in the eyes of outside fans, the Celtics are likely to break the Magic's unbeaten season in this game.

Even after the midfield ends, the Celtics are on the back side, but don’t forget that this is the North Shore Garden Arena and this is the home court of the Celtics.

And when the game reaches the second half, as the game takes less and less time, the Celtics' advantage will become greater and greater.

This means that if the competition between the two sides is still so inconsistent in the second half, then the Celtics actually have a very high chance of defeating the Magic in this game.

And as the news spreads faster and faster, it has attracted a large number of online fans to watch the live broadcast of this game.

The ratings of this game were rising like a takeoff.

I have to say that although the process of this game is indeed a bit ugly, it still cannot stop the fans from wanting to watch this game.

Not to mention, the Magic this season is too powerful, and all fans want to know when the Magic will be able to win the first defeat of the season.

So any game where Magic has the chance to lose will probably be full of games in the future and the ratings will increase steadily.

The Magic did not play very well in the entire first half because when facing the Celtics, the Magic were indeed greatly suppressed.

The biggest suppression is that Howard cannot obtain an effective personal outbreak.

In addition, although Su Jiu had many scoring methods when facing Rondo, Su Jiu's personal offense was very comprehensive.

Whether it is inside or outside, they have excellent finishing efficiency.

But it has to be mentioned that Rondo's defensive ability is indeed quite good. At least when Su Jiu faces Rondo's offensive pressure, it is far more difficult to deal with than when facing other defensive players.

So throughout the first half, the Magic failed to quickly widen the gap.

Although the average age of this Celtic team is a bit older, the cooperation between the Celtics is very good.

It is no exaggeration to say that this Celtic team is probably the biggest trouble the Magic have encountered after the start of the new season.

After returning from the second half, the two sides changed sides and fought again. When facing the Celtics, Howard's offensive efficiency was far lower than his season average.

This was confirmed in last year's playoff game.

Even though Howard has improved slightly this season compared to last season, Perkins and Garnett's defensive ability to sit in the inside has caused great trouble for Howard.

In this case, if the Magic want to break the deadlock, Su Jiu and Carter will undoubtedly become the most important x-factor.

After all, Iverson's age is already here, and his breakthrough speed is getting slower and slower.

When facing this Celtic, which is mainly defending the inside, Iverson would have been suppressed by the offensive end.

So in this case, Su Jiu, who has excellent projection ability, and Carter, who is pentathlon, are undoubtedly the most suitable person to break the deadlock.

As soon as he came back in the second half, Van Gundy obviously arranged for Su Jiu and Carter to increase the proportion of attacks on the offensive end.

Among them, Paul Pierce was the one who defended Carter in this game. Although Pierce's offensive ability is pretty good, his defensive ability is not at the top of the league.

The most important thing is that when he devotes most of his energy to the offensive end, it will be difficult for Pierce to use all his strength to entangle Carter in a death-style way when facing Carter on the defensive end.

In the second half, fans could clearly see that Carter's sense of participation in the offensive end has completely improved qualitatively.

After all, after the start of the new season, Carter's average shots have dropped to 11.3 times.

This data is still as much as six times when he was with the Nets last season.

As the new season goes by, fans seem to have become accustomed to Carter's sense of participation on the offensive end.

Or maybe his playing style is more selfless than the team, and he basically does not have that kind of heroic personal singles.

But today, facing the Celtics, when the situation between the two sides gradually reached a deadlock, Carter frequently played singles against Pierce after returning in the second half.

And he hit a mid-range back jump shot, helping the Magic expand the lead bit by bit.

It was not until this time that people seemed to realize, "Yes, this guy is Carter, he is a Canadian swimmer! I almost forgot about Carter's personal strength!!"

Because Carter is too low-key in the new season, and his shooting ratio in the Magic team has also dropped significantly, this obviously has made many fans forget Carter's personal strength.

Forgot that Carter was an All-Star player who averaged 20 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists per game last season.

It was not until Carter and Pierce broke out on both offense and defense in the third quarter that it aroused a personal impression of "Flying Man" Carter.

It can be said that when there are too many stars in a team, this is obviously an unsolvable problem.

In this process, someone will inevitably sacrifice their team status so that the team can go further as far as possible.

As a very selfless player who just entered the league, Carter obviously accepted the transition between this role.

Even in this process, he had some unhappy things, but as the Magic's record became better and better, Carter was perfectly integrated into this big family.

But it was not until this second half of the game that people discovered that Carter's strength did not regress after joining the Magic.

Instead, he took the initiative to sacrifice his offensive shooting ratio in order to make the team better and better.

Obviously, in his personal explosion with Pierce, Carter made a perfect statement to his fans.

"I'm not already in the downhill stage of my career, but because of the winning and the data, I chose the former, that's all..."

In the third quarter, the Magic were more like an offensive performance between Su Jiu and Carter.

Of course, Su Jiu is also a very knowledgeable person. When Carter's touch gradually became hot, Su Jiu was naturally happy to give Carter more ball rights.

Help him start to play this night and vent his depression since the new season.

Finally, after the end of the third quarter, with Vince Carter's outstanding performance in the third quarter, the Magic took the following:

71:64

Leading the Celtics by 7 points, ending the competition between the two sides in the first three quarters.

In the third quarter, Carter made 5 of 8 shots in a single quarter, including 1 from outside the three-point line and 2 free throws. Facing Pierce, he scored 13 points, 1 rebound and 2 assists in a single quarter.

With Vince Carter's outstanding performance, the Magic even expanded their lead on the field to 7 points after the end of the third quarter.

And 7 points are also the Magic's biggest lead in this game.

Facing Vince Carter's sudden raid in the third quarter, this obviously surprised many fans.

Especially for fans who really want to see the Magic lose, this is obviously a bolt from the blue.

Even before this game, many fans thought it would be difficult for the Celtics to beat the Magic.

But I believe most people did not expect that the person who really helped the Magic open the score in this game was not Howard, Su Jiu, Iverson, and Lewis.

On the contrary, Vince Carter, who has been a little out of place with the team since the start of the new season and has not reached the best state.

After the new season begins, people have forgotten that Carter is an All-Star player.

Even when Carter performed poorly on the court and was far from meeting fans' expectations, many fans began to curse Carter.

It is really inappropriate to think that Carter was holding such a high contract but ended up only contributing such a piece of data.

After all, not everyone will understand the truth that three monks don’t have water to drink.

In order to be able to perfectly integrate into the team, not everyone can see some of the costs he sacrificed in this.

At least after this battle, although it cannot be said that Carter and the Magic team have entered a new stage.
To be continued...