On April 26, the second game of the first round officially started.

In the last game, the Wizards beat the Magic 16 points at home, and they did not fall behind at any time.

It can be said that it was really pressing from beginning to end, and did not give the Magic the chance at all.

Van Gundy did not make much adjustments in his playing style in this game. He just added a high pick-and-roll between Nelson and Howard after the original one-star shot.

After all, the one-star quad-shooting style is a style that Magic has always insisted on using in the regular season, and it is completely the essence of the entire Magic team.

Even if Van Gundy wants to adjust, he has no chance at all. He can be said to be truly powerless.

Because even though Van Gundy knew that this style of play was restrained by the Wizards, he could only make changes on this basis.

If this set of play is directly overturned, the magic will become aimless, and the combat power it exerts in the end may not be as good as the blessing in the original state.

The Magic played very focused throughout the game, especially Howard, who was very tough every time he tried to eat at the basket, and he had the intention of trying to sacrifice his life.

This also led to the end of the half, Howard contributed a double-double of 24 points and 11 rebounds. If he continued to play in this state, Howard was likely to score a terrifying double-double of 4020.

However, even though Howard's personal performance was already very good, after the half, the Magic were still 7 points behind the Wizards and continued to be at a disadvantage.

The reason is that the pressure others can share for Howard is really limited, and the Wizards' defensive focus is also on others.

To put it bluntly, it is to let Howard play by himself. Yang Fan does not think Howard can kill the game by himself.

After all, Howard has never been a dominant player who focuses on scoring.

What's more, due to physical reasons, although Yao Ming and Vucevic cannot limit Howard's hard buckle, this does not mean that the two cannot interfere with Howard.

In other words, even if Howard's shooting percentage on the offensive end can reach 60%, if all the others are locked by the Wizards, it will be difficult for the Magic to win the game.

As we all know, the Magic have always insisted on playing the one-star shooting tactic during the regular season, but although the starting point of this tactic is Howard, its real core lies in the offensive firepower from the outside.

In more cases, Howard is like a living target, and heaving in the inside is just a snatch. However, the entire Magic team can really determine the direction of the game, and the shooters on the outside are the outside.

Simply put, Howard determined the lower limit of the Magic, but the outside shooters are the key to determining the upper limit of the Magic.

Yang Fan saw this very thoroughly. After all, in addition to being a human being for two lifetimes, Yang Fan knew the tactic of a one-star roar.

The Wizards still played steadily throughout the second half. Even though Howard contributed very good personal data in the first half, the Wizards had no intention of attacking Howard at all.

At the same time, Aldridge still has a personal advantage. Even if Anderson has worked hard to defend, his defensive ability is indeed limited and it is difficult to affect Aldridge.

With the Wizards' excellent offensive stability in the second half and the defensive strategy formulated for the Magic, after the final game, the Wizards won the game again, rewriting the total score of this round of series to 2:0.

After the game, Howard, who scored 39 points and 22 rebounds in a single game, but still couldn't lead the team to win, obviously a little angry.

He even threw the jersey into the trash can when he left the court to express his dissatisfaction.

In fact, Howard's dissatisfaction with the Magic Management has long been a day or two. Howard had forced the management to defend the management before, saying that Van Gundy could only choose one of him.

But in the end, the Magic Management didn't know what method to make the two coexist temporarily. It's a pity that Van Gundy and Howard's fate is destined to end.

In Howard's own opinion, although Van Gundy's one-star four-shot style can make him a well-deserved core, it is difficult to win this style.

In recent years, Howard has publicly questioned Van Gundy's coaching philosophy more than once.

I think that the Magic, as a team that has reached the finals, has been getting worse every year after strengthening. The blame must be for his head coach.

But Van Gundy believes that Howard's attitude is not correct enough and treats the game like a joke. He even often misses for no reason in daily training.

These reasons have long laid an irreversible fuse between the two.

After losing this game, with Howard's current personality, the conflict between Howard and Van Gundy will definitely escalate further.

Although Yang Fan did not want to add insult to injury, it has to be said that from the perspective of a wizard, this is definitely a good thing.

Originally, Magic was at a disadvantage in this round of series. If there were some conflicts within Magic, the Wizards' promotion would only be smoother and smoother.

After all, every game that is less is considered a disguised way to save players' physical strength, prevent players from feeling tired, and maintain their level to the greatest extent.

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"It's a bad game, the team played very badly, I really can't stand it, I feel like I've done a great job and I don't know what exactly can the team win."

"But I just want to say that I've had enough, I've had enough of losing all the time. I hope some people can think about how we should play next, instead of just telling everyone to do a good job of defense when it comes to a timeout."

"Or maybe we just surrendered in this round of series?!" At the post-match press conference, Howard, angry, directly criticized Van Gundy, without leaving any face to the head coach.

If everyone is very clear about the conflict between Van Gundy and Howard before, but after all, it is still on the dark side, then the two people's dissatisfaction is completely in the open.

Even though what Howard said is the truth, as a player, Howard's behavior is definitely unacceptable to the management.

This is also one of the major reasons why Howard left Magic.

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"Coach Yang, there was a huge conflict after the Magic after the game, and even Coach Stan and Dwight had their own opinions."

"So what do you personally have about this matter?" A reporter asked Yang Fan at the Wizards' press conference.

When Yang Fan heard the question from the reporters in the audience, he obviously had a headache because such a thing could easily offend people no matter how you say it.

Although Yang Fan was not afraid of offending anyone, he was trapped by the reporter for no reason, so there was no need for Yang Fan to drill.

"All the contradictions are caused by the accumulation of time and everyone is trying to win. If we start from this point, neither side is at fault."

"I can only say that this occasion is not good, and some things should be solved privately."

"But I don't really want to express my opinion on this matter, so we might as well shift the topic to Phil?"

"I heard that the Knicks lost again, and they still lost 37 points. I think everyone should discuss this kind of happy event more." Yang Fan said with a smile on his face.

And the smile on his face was completely untouched, and he seemed to be happier than the team winning.

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Chapter completed!