At home against the Magic, the Warriors' two leading scorers continued to watch from the sidelines.

When he was in the locker room, Zhou Xuan talked to old Nelson alone and said his thoughts. "I want to shoot a little more in this game, can I? We need a stronger offense on the outside, and the Magic's defensive weakness is at the No. 1 position. ”

Old Nelson nodded and said: "I'm glad you dare to stand up and take responsibility, today's low-post Howard will definitely guard against Zack, I will arrange for him to cover on the perimeter, you let go of the fight." I also know that Stephen (Jackson) called you, in fact, I asked him to call you, I am afraid that you are under too much psychological pressure, as a young person, your mentality is better than I thought. ”

"Xie Lu Xie, I will work hard in this game."

When he played, Zhou Xuan was in the penultimate position, which is enough to prove that the coaching staff values him, and the last one to play is Zack? Randolph, on the surface, the fat man is already the new core of the team.

During the warm-up, Zhou Xuan looked at his opponent Jamal? Nelson.

The Magic lacks a point guard, and Nelson is off the court and has no good benches, which is a weakness of the Magic, but Nelson is very good at controlling his foul count, and it is not easy to beat him.

The East lacks good guards, and Nelson could be named to the All-Star Game this season. Whether it's starting speed, sprint speed, combined with ball speed, Nielsen has done a good job. He also has good ball control, very close to his body, almost one with his hands on the ball, and it is very difficult to break the ball from his hands. One of his excellent ball handling skills is due to his street ball skills. Behind the scenes, wearing flowers, turning with the ball, are all very skillful. Sometimes he also plays his opponent with the fancy of street ball in the game. Last season, Nelson's shooting lacked consistency and has been much better this year, shooting a whopping 50 from the field. 4%, and 45% on three-pointers.

Nelson's weaknesses are equally obvious, in addition to his height, his passing is also terrible, and of all 30 teams' starting point guards, Nelson has the third-lowest assists per game, and the only people worse than him are Lakers guard Fisher and Cavaliers guard Mo Williams, two playmakers who are not responsible for the organization.

And Nielsen's defense was even worse, which was reflected back in 2005. The Magic challenged the 76ers on the road, and Nelson faced Iverson, and by the end of the game, Iverson had scored 60 points, a career record. In the face of guards like Kidd and Rondo, who are slightly worse at shooting, Nelson can still handle it. On the contrary, if you encounter a point guard with a more accurate basket, it will be more difficult due to the difference in height.

Zhou Xuan believes that Nelson can be an excellent substitute and a good player for grabbing points, but he is doomed to be a tragedy when he is driven to the starting position like a duck on the shelf. Zhou Xuan felt that he was better than Nelson when he played magic, but he didn't let go of the attack, this time he was determined to try, even if he didn't feel good at first, he had to find his feel as soon as possible. He went to the arena early to practice shooting for a while, and he felt okay.

beat the Warriors last time, and the Magic are a little underwhelmed today. Howard was smiling before he came on the court, talking and laughing with his teammates, and he was very happy.

The Warriors' starters are the same as in the last game, with Zhou Xuan, Morrow, Azubuuk, Randolph, and Biedrins. The Magic made a slight change, with rookie Kuteney Lee replacing Bogans as the starter. Bogans is a good defensive blue-collar player, but his offense is terrible and his shooting is not sure, and the Magic prefer to play with four shooters.

At the start of the game, Howard jumped the ball to beat Biedrins, and the Magic attacked first. The opening tactics were no different from the play, with four people on the outside and Howard alone.

Nelson took the front court and passed to Turkoglou and ran himself on the perimeter. Turkoglou was the Magic's second playmaker and took the ball high up against Azubuk. He can attack on his own, he can rely on his height advantage to observe his teammates running and passing, or he can break through by covering. In Stan? In Van Gundy's system, Turkoglu is very used, and how to keep him after this season is also a key consideration for the Magic.

Facing Azubuk, Turkoglu passed the ball to Lewis on the right and Bidrins pulled it out to defend.

Biedrins has been in a low mood lately, and before the start of the season, there was also media discussion about whether he would become the new core of the Warriors. He was also very happy to sign a big contract, working the court, trying to get better data to prove his worth, but now that Randolph has arrived, his time under the basket has been greatly reduced, and his statistics have been declining. The coaching staff did not care about his feelings in this situation, and demanded that he have to defend people and give up the low post to Randolph, which made him unable to play his strongest strength.

Biedrins was more than one step away from Lewis, breaking through the main defense and interfering with the shot. Lewis hobs the ball back to Howard. In the low post, Howard and Randolph were in the opposite position. Randolph's strength is not bad, and he can resist Howard, but the mobility of the monster is very strong, and it is not impossible to resist it.

Howard took a step closer to the ball, dribbled the ball in the middle and shook it for a while, turned to the baseline and hit the board. He turned very fast and jumped so high that Randolph didn't have time to block and the ball went in! 0 to 2.

Nelson Sr. sighed inwardly, if he wanted to defend Howard, he could only use shark-cutting tactics to get him to the free throw line, and it was too early for him to wait until the second quarter to do so. This time he wants to fight, against the Celtics is back-to-back is more difficult to play, basically no chance, at least the magic has weaknesses.

Zhou Xuan took the ball to the front court, and his teammates pulled away. Before the game, the old Nelson arranged tactics, emphasizing Zhou Xuan's main attack, two inside lines pulled out to cover, and Azubuke and Morrow increased air cuts. In this way, Zhou Xuan can also pay attention to the running position of his teammates while playing singles, and once there is a vacancy, he can give full play to his broad vision and pass the ball over.

Nelson lowered his center of gravity at the top of the arc and put on a posture of preventing breakthroughs and not shooting. Zhou Xuan took the ball frame, feeling that he was really short, and he shouldn't be able to cover himself, so he pulled out a three-point shot in the first round.

Nelson hurriedly jumped to block it, it was slow, and the jump was not high, Zhou Xuan's pre-game practice shooting had an effect, and the rhythm of the first shot was good, and he hit the three-point shot. 3 to 2.

It's good, it's this rhythm, this guy can't cover me, at most it's interfering with the shot. When Zhou Xuan returned to defense, he strengthened his confidence in the onslaught. He didn't do anything when he was training today, he just practiced shooting in three positions on the periphery, looking for his touch, and he was very well prepared.

Nelson was regarded as the main breakthrough by Zhou Xuan in the last game, and kept creating misplaced opportunities to hit him, Magic was forced to use the second position to defend the arc, and Nelson went to the bottom line to follow Morrow. Zhou Xuan was not polite when he came up today, which made Nelson very depressed.

After half the court, Nelson didn't pass the ball, his teammates pulled away, and he wanted to return one. Zhou Xuan was more than one step away from each other, and the main defense broke through. Nelson continued to dribble under his crotch, Zhou Xuan was unmoved, Nelson changed direction and was followed, and he failed to break through and withdrew from the outside line to make a three-point stop, this ball selection was not very good, although he shook a little distance, but Zhou Xuan was tall and had an advantage in defense, jumping up and trying to seal his eyes, which played a role in interference, and the ball was deflected.

Howard fought hard to grab the rebound in the frontcourt, but the ball bounced far away and was picked up by Azubuike, and the Warriors immediately counterattacked and passed to Zhou Xuan, who suddenly came to the frontcourt, and he was one-on-one with Nelson in the frontcourt.

Zhou Xuan dribbled the ball under his crotch and handed it to his left hand, paused slightly, then changed direction to the right hand and rushed to the right side into the three-point line, Nelson was not thrown away, and followed the defense from the side, Zhou Xuan dribbled to the bottom line in three seconds, and took three steps to force a layup. Nelson's height disadvantage showed again, he couldn't cover Zhou Xuan when he kept up, and he didn't foul him, Zhou Xuan picked the basketball to score! 5 to 2.

The Warriors' home fans applauded vigorously and cheered on the home team.

Magic offense, or a combination of inside and outside, Turkoglu passed to Howard inside, Monster beat Randolph, turned around and shot out, the opportunity came out completely, this time his wrist was a little harder, and the rebound was obtained by Morrow, as long as Howard didn't grab it, the Magic others had a poor sense of grabbing rebounds, which is why Howard averaged 14+ rebounds per game.

The Magic retreated quickly, but the Warriors still chose to break fast, and the ball was handed to Zhou Xuan, who in turn gave it to Azubuike. Azubuk faced Tekoglou with a big difference in height, but he was much more impactful than the Turk. He quickly burst to the basket and passed in one step, and Turkoglu chose to pull a foul to block the Warriors' fast break.

Warriors throw-in, Stan? Van Gundy yelled at the players on the pitch for Nelson and Courtney Lee to switch positions and defend Morrow. He felt that he had to restrain Zhou Xuan for a while.

The ball was issued, and Zhou Xuan received the ball by relying on Randolph's cover, and he couldn't pull it out in the face of Kutney Lee. Lee is this year's first-round rookie, tall, fast, and became an important rotation player for the Magic in the first year, playing more time than Bogans and Redick, relying on defense, and can also shoot in open positions, Zhou Xuan protects the basketball and observes the situation.

Morrow is still standing stupidly on the bottom line, and the low ball quotient is not easy to change, if Morrow mentions the periphery at this time, and the inside player blocks and dismantles the empty cut, it can form a dislocation, and it can also allow the big man to play Nelson.

He gave the ball to Randolph first and shouted at Morrow: "Anthony, run, don't stop there, run!" ”

Stopping, is the Magic's favorite, Turkoglou United defense is in position, the speed disadvantage can be compensated, and Nelson will not become an obvious defensive hole on the baseline. Zhou Xuan often switched positions with Jackson to defend the pitcher, how could he not know what Lu Dao was most afraid of at this time at the No. 1 position? Afraid of air cuts, afraid of tall players hitting the basket, the disadvantage of such a body will be taken advantage of.

Randolph didn't make a shot in the high post and passed to Zhou Xuan, Moreau moved on the baseline, and Biedrins on the side gave him an off-ball screen, which the coaching staff wanted to see before the game.

Morrow broke through, Biedrins also quickly ran to the basket, and Howard stood in the low post and ignored Morrow, with the center. At this time, Morrow had bypassed Nelson to the left low post, Zhou Xuan dodged Courtney Lee and flashed a little empty to send the ball in, Nelson chased the defense, and defended Morrow in the low post on the left side, and the size was almost a head behind.

Mo Luo did not disappoint Zhou Xuan, leaned back, turned around and forced a one-handed shot. Howard didn't have time to make up from the other side. 7 to 2.

"Nice misplaced singles! A pass from Stephen Chow! Stanley, the home announcer, shouted that he felt the Warriors had a chance to win!