The Magic's starting five were Alston, Courtney-Lee, Turkoglou, Lewis and Howard.

Randolph, of course, couldn't win against Howard on the jump ball, and the Magic attacked first.

In this game, the old Nelson arranged man-marking, only Randolph was always on the inside, and the others switched positions at any time, which is the most difficult way to lose defenders, a retro tactic.

After watching the video of the Magic's game, it is not difficult to see that although the core of the Magic is Howard, the offense has a lot of outside blocking and dismantling interspersed with cooperation, and they can shoot three-pointers, and the Warriors don't want to stand in the position.

Alston played the ball up front to Turkoglou, who hoisted the ball to Howard on the inside and let him single Randolph. It's a combination of inside and out, and it's the same as when playing the Cavaliers, and Howard opens up, and the Magic offense will be easier to handle.

Randolph has no other skills, and it is really a must to resist people. Before the game, Nelson Sr. also talked to Randolph and asked very clearly - to push Howard out of the three-second zone!

Howard is not without weaknesses, his legs are thin, his lower body strength is not too strong, and the three-second zone is his "lifeline", as an interior player, he must be in the three-second zone to make a difference. Once he is away from the three-second zone, he can only rely on hooks or jumpers to score, and the threat on the offensive end is greatly reduced.

Randolph weighs 118 kilograms, which is very stocky, and there is really no one in the league who he can't resist, and it is usually the opponent's interior who is worried about how to resist him. Howard leaned two steps closer to Randolph and turned to hook his hands in the middle. Randolph followed, not how well he defended, but Howard's repeated those moves, how could Randolph, who was proficient in footwork under the basket, be easily passed by Howard's rough pace?

Randolph couldn't block the shot, Howard jumped high, but his wrist was a little hard, and the first shot was missed, and Margety grabbed the backcourt rebound.

The Magic returned to defend very quickly, the ball was handed over to Zhou Xuan to organize, and the warriors attacked the position.

Zhou Xuan took the ball to the frontcourt, Margeti pulled to the left outside line 60 degrees, Jackson was on the right side, Marion was in the bottom corner on the right, and Randolph pulled to the top of the arc to cover Zhou Xuan to block Alston.

The Warriors have all five of them on the outside, and if Howard doesn't come out, Zhou Xuan will immediately get a chance to make a move.

The Magic's defense is actually very simple, the outside three players will try to expand their defensive area outward, and their ability to move is very good, and once the opponent's outside player breaks through to the restricted area, Howard will appear on the opponent's breakthrough route. Howard is also very fast, ready to cover areas where his teammates are out of position, and opponents are also afraid of Howard's blocking ability. As for Lewis, he is also positioned far away, and can switch to block and pick-and-roll, as well as defend opponents from the bottom corner of the three-point shooter from the baseline.

Zhou Xuan moved to the left, and Margeti cut to the middle, so there were several possibilities formed, one is that Randolph is misplaced to play Alston, and the other is that Margeti cuts into the inside line with Randolph again in the middle without the ball.

Randolph did not stand still and returned to the low post. Howard chose to defend against Randolph, and Turkoglu let go of Margeti to switch to Zhou Xuan.

Zhou Xuan paused, and the ball passed to Margeti in the middle, allowing him to single Alstom. Not an empty space, but a misalignment is very noticeable.

Margeti leaned on Alston to catch the ball and turned, and the free-throw line made a pull-up jumper, and Alston was squeezed and couldn't jump. ball. 2 to 0.

Alston can't guard against the muscle stick, and the Rockets have not been able to pass the first round of the playoffs, which is not unrelated to the fact that interior players must fill Alstom.

The Magic attacked, failed to find space in several passes, and still handed it to Howard on the left. Howard was again blocked by Randolph and couldn't get inside. This time Howard chose to turn around and throw to the baseline.

This is also the offensive method that Howard is good at, today the feeling is very average, and under the interference of Randolph, Zhou Xuan picked up the backcourt rebound, the ball is judged to be very accurate, and it bounced to the other side of the basket.

Zhou Xuan stabilized the rhythm and waited for the players to settle down.

"Come and surprise me." Alstom said provocatively in front of Zhou Xuan.

Zhou Xuan just didn't hear it, the only thing Alstom could do was to prevent a breakthrough, and he could use other methods to hit him. The simplest is to block and dismantle.

Margeti blocked Alston and Zhou Xuan broke through from the left. In this direction he has three options, singles Turkoglou, Randolph singles, and Margeti singles.

Turkoglu changed the defense, Zhou Xuan made up his mind after observing the position, Randolph attracted Howard's defense, Jackson and Marion were on the right side, and he had enough space to break through with the ball.

He took the ball with his right foot and took a step in front of Lu's right, probed his shoulder to Lu's right, and shifted his center of gravity forward, Tekoglu moved half a step with him, Zhou Xuan immediately dribbled the ball under his right crotch and handed it to his left hand, and the forefoot of his left foot quickly kicked the ground, stepped out to the left front, and changed direction to break through.

TECHOGLOU' 208CM HEIGHT IS AN ADVANTAGE WHEN SHOOTING, BUT THE BREAKAWAY DEFENSE IS A DISADVANTAGE. He lost the center of gravity of his body, and he was completely overwhelmed, so he could only turn around and chase after him. Zhou Xuan made a 45-degree pull-up jump shot and hit the board. 4 to 0.

Zhou Xuan saw that the opponent's side data back then was nothing great, it would be good to play for so many years without regression, if every round was a Tekoglu defense, he would resolutely play alone.

Magic attacked, and the ball was given to Turkoglou. The Magic used the playful style of play, and Jackson wrapped up in him at the top of the arc. Lewis pulled out to cover and Turkoglu broke through from the right.

Marion defended five Kobe Bryant, and now he is facing the Magic's two big men, and the only feeling is that "it's too slow." Compared to Kobe Bryant, who can easily score 30 points, Tekoglu's breakthrough is a small threat in his opinion, as long as he doesn't get fouled.

Seeing that the breakthrough was not a good chance, Turkoglu passed the ball to Alston again, who protected the ball to avoid Zhou Xuan, and passed to Lewis, Jackson defended very tightly, and Lewis passed to Howard.

It's just that at the beginning, the three swing men of the Magic felt a little troublesome, Kurtney Lee was not good at attacking with the ball, and the other two faced the two defenders of the Warriors.

Howard and Randolph went head-to-head again. When he chatted with his teammates before the game, he swore that "Randolph is just that, see how I blow up that cancer." ”

Now that it's really right, Howard finds that Randolph is not so easy to deal with, and is the type of player he hates the most, with a lot of experience in the low post. In this year's playoffs against the Celtics, Howard was frustrated by the difficulty of getting into the box against Perkins. Not to mention Perkins, even the Rockets' Hayes made him uncomfortable. Randolph is exactly that strong and stocky type. Although it looks like a fat body, fat is also meat, and it is really strong.

After resisting twice, Howard didn't attract the bag and passed the ball out of the line again. The 24-second offensive clock was almost up, and Kutenny Lee forced a shot wide in the face of Margeti, and the rebound was picked up by Randolph.

The Warriors were still positional battles, the players all pulled away, Zhou Xuan and Margeti blocked and dismantled, and continued to walk on the left side. The speed was not fast, and Turkoglu blocked the breakthrough route in time.

Tekoglu was glad that he had prevented it, but he didn't know that Zhou Xuan was smiling secretly in his heart. Randolph settled down the middle and played an off-ball cover with Margeti. Margeti cut into the basket, Howard had to follow, Zhou Xuan sent the ball to the middle, Randolph resisted Alston with his back to catch the ball, turned and jumped, the ball drew a wonderful arc and hollowed into the net. 6 to 0.

The Magic offense, this time they started to block more. Turkoglu and Alston blocked, the ball was handed to him, and Zhou Xuan was singled.

Zhou Xuan did not lower his center of gravity, he followed one step at a time, Tekoglu was too slow, although he scored good data because he was an outside core organization forward in the Magic, but his real level was just a second-rate star. Tekoglu broke through to the right, Zhou Xuan followed in small steps, and when the opponent changed direction to the left, he moved sideways in one step and blocked it with his right leg.

He is becoming more and more familiar with this trick, and it is no longer the time when he was stupid when he first entered the alliance and everyone used his chest muscles to block the opponent.

Damn, I don't believe I can't beat you. Turkoglu stepped back and tried to make a pull-out jumper. Zhou Xuan made a defensive move that he didn't expect, didn't jump, took a step forward, and when Turkoglu took the ball high, he cut to the basketball with one palm, which was extremely accurate, and directly knocked the ball off.

Tekoglu hurriedly turned around to pick up the ball, but how could his 208CM big man beat Zhou Xuan faster? Zhou Xuan rushed forward and received the ball and attacked quickly. Alstom chased after him from the side. Zhou Xuan calculated the distance, the physical condition of the two, deliberately slowed down, and led to the right side, allowing the opponent to catch up.

After entering the three-point line, he suddenly pulled the ball to the middle and changed direction, leaned to the left and hit Alstom, both of them were in an accelerated state, the center of gravity was lost, Zhou Xuan changed to the right, and the coordination of the usual yoga practice was brought into play, without falling, and the ball was picked up to the basket with one hand.

The ball touched the basket with a bit of force and missed, but the referee blew the whistle and the magic fouled.

Alston pinched his waist and did not argue that this kind of ball that collided with the ball carrier was a defensive foul nine times out of ten.

Zhou Xuan stood on the free throw line, took a deep breath, and silently recited in his heart, "Everything is going well, everything is going well." "He bent his knees, got up, shot, was very relaxed, hit both free throws, and both went into the net. 8 to 0.

The Magic offense is a bit chaotic, and this time the players pass back and forth, but there is still no chance, so they can only give it to Howard. The "Warcraft" couldn't squeeze Randolph out, didn't force his shot, and passed the ball out of the way.

Alston relied on Turkoglou to cover and break inside, Jackson changed the guard in time, and Alston changed to the right side to retreat and make a pull-up jumper. The action was very coherent, and the opportunity came out, but the "Street Ball King" has always been inaccurate and popped out of the frame.

Randolph resisted Howard, Marion got into the basket and grabbed the rebound in the backcourt, and immediately threw it to the frontcourt. As soon as Alston broke through, there was a dislocation on the field, and Zhou Xuan accelerated straight to get rid of Turkoglu. Marion passed the ball very accurately, he received it comfortably, and scored the basketball in the middle of the road. 10 to 0.

Magic started with a mess and couldn't score a point for three minutes, Stan? Van Gundy asked for a timeout.