Facing the Warriors, who are known for their "sharp offense and lax defense", the Magic scored only 39 points in the first half. The poor performance caused the commentators to complain.

The Warriors led by 26 points at halftime, 65-39.

Zhang Li said with a smile: "Whenever Zhou Xuan scores more than 20 points, the Warriors can basically win, he scored 15 points, 2 rebounds and 8 assists in the half, and there is no problem with scoring 20+10, as long as the coach still lets him play in the second half." ”

Yu Jia said: "Zhou Xuan proved his strength with his actions, his efficiency is very high, he maintains the feel of the last series, it is said that he also practiced shooting every day during the break, teammates said in an interview, he also often singled out with Ellis, Margeti and others in the team to improve his skills." Diligence can make up for his shortcomings, and now people gradually stop saying that he is in poor physical fitness, and he has a way to make up for all this. ”

"I think the CBA should also start with the ball quotient and change the way of thinking when selecting players. I think there will definitely be players like Zhou Xuan. Zhang Li sighed. But that's not the narrator's final say.

Away dressing room, Stan? Van Gundy broke into the locker room with a blue face, and roared: "What kind of mess are you fighting, I let you calm down, not let you behave weakly!" Did people say anything after the 2007 Spurs-Cavaliers game? It was the most boring grand final. But the Cavaliers were able to fight with the Spurs every game until the fourth quarter, unlike us, who trailed by nearly thirty points at halftime! ”

The players were afraid to come out, and they really couldn't hold their heads up in the face of the worst performance of the playoffs with only 39 points in the two quarters.

After a moment of silence, Lewis stood up and led everyone to hug and shout, "Cheer up, we must move forward!" ”

Howard was silent, just listening. It seems that Howard is the core of the Magic, but in fact it is difficult for him to lead a team, in terms of personality, he is like a child who will never grow up, and the habit of hippie smiles is not conducive to the cultivation of leadership temperament, and what the locker room needs most during the big war is KG-style killing atmosphere, not Howard's unique naïve atmosphere. He only took five shots in the first half and scored mostly from free throws. It's unrealistic for the Magic to expect him to lead the team out of trouble.

In the second half, the Magic continued their nightmare.

The Warriors were replaced with Anthony? Randolph and Brandon? Wright partners on the inside, Jackson, Margety, and Zhou Xuan on the outside.

These two people came up with fouls, and if the ball was not passed to Howard, they followed the defense, and as soon as the ball was in Howard's hands, they immediately "cut Huo" and sent it to the free throw line.

Howard did well, making 5 of 6 free throws. However, the Warriors' goal has also been achieved, not to let the Magic outside find a feeling, it is okay to shoot two points, but not three. And the Magic is a team that wins on three-pointers, not Howard's low-post attack.

Three minutes later, the Warriors had four fouls and inside substitutions, with Randolph and Marion on the court. In order to strengthen the defense, Ellis also went down to rest. Nelson Sr.'s idea is to wait for the Magic players to have about the same physical exertion in the fourth quarter, and then let Ellis go up and play a counterattack, play the speed advantage, and now it's a solid defense.

After the Warriors fouled four times, the Magic had to play positionally, and as soon as Howard grabbed the rebound and launched a fast break, someone immediately fouled him under the basket and sent him to the free throw line. The efficiency of the Magic position's offense was not very high.

At the end of the third quarter, the Magic's offensive rhythm was completely disrupted. The shooting did not hurt morale, and when he just entered the three-point line in the fast break, he heard the referee's whistle, and the foul without the ball hurt morale even more. One of the characteristics of the Warriors is that there are many people who play, and the main rotation is eight people, and the others will foul when they are on the court.

Van Gundy was disgusted by Nelson's strategy and turned to the referee for a theory. The referees all know what it was like when they slashed O'Neal, and it was too normal for the Warriors to play this tactic, blowing a technical foul on Van Gundy. At the end of the third quarter, Howard made 10 of 16 free throws and shot a decent percentage from the field, but the Magic continued to trail by 20 points heading into the fourth quarter.

Zhou Xuan went down to rest after playing 8 minutes in the third quarter, scoring 19 points, 4 rebounds and 11 assists.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the old Nelson did not let Zhou Xuan go, and sent two guards, Ellis and Watson, small forward Azubuike, power forward Wright, and center Turiaf.

It's an all-bench lineup. The offense relies on running and bombing, the defense is 32 joint defenses, and the interior line can't be fouled. The Magic played with all the main forces, but Howard couldn't guarantee efficiency when he received the ball in the low post, and was blocked by Turyaf outside the three-second zone. No matter who is on the inside, just don't let Howard into the restricted area, that's the main strategy of the Warriors, and the interior players have done it.

Barkley watched Turiaf play, Howard still didn't react, and said with a smile: "As the core, it's time to stand up and cut points, but the Magic still pass and shoot on the perimeter." The Warriors' bench came up with a fast break, and Howard didn't show much on the defensive end. ”

Smith shook his head and said, "This Magic can't go back unless they let the Warriors score less than 20 points in this quarter." ”

Ellis played less than 20 minutes and was full of energy, and Kutney Lee followed him very desperately after coming on the court, but still allowed him to score six points on the counterattack. Five minutes later, the Warriors still maintained a 20-point lead, dragging the Magic's main force with a bench lineup, and then replaced Zhou Xuan, Randolph, Marion, and Jackson, and only Ellis continued to be on the bench.

Margeti was hidden, and although he fought hard today, Nelson Sr. wasn't happy with his non-passing style of play.

The Magic were in a foul situation again, and Howard was sent to the free throw line. Despite the big lead, Nelson Sr. deliberately made the opponent uncomfortable and asked the players to make bold fouls.

Randolph quickly made five fouls and Howard made 3 of six free throws to continue to shoot about half.

As soon as the Magic defensive end compressed, Zhou Xuan received a low-post return pass from Randolph and hit a three-point shot to score 22 points. Jackson's outside line finally opened, hitting Nelson's three-point shot from a misposition.

In the last three minutes, the margin was still 25 points, and the Magic gave up the game early and went into garbage time. Quincy who came off the bench? Duby and Azubuike hit two more three-pointers in a very faceless manner, and Azubuike also broke through the layup to create 2+1, and the Warriors continued to expand the score. Seeing his teammates playing well, Zhou Xuan also shouted and waved towels on the sidelines with several main players.

In the first game, the Warriors delivered a massacre and finally defeated the Magic by 123-90, 33 points.

Zhou Xuan played 30 minutes, 8 of 13 shots, 2 of 4 three-pointers, 4 of 4 free throws, scored 22 points, 5 rebounds, 12 assists and 1 steal, and completely exploded the opponent's guard line.

Alston played 25 minutes, shooting 2-of-9, missing all 4 from beyond the three-point line, and 2-of-2 from the free throw line, and got 6 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist. Nelson, who came off the bench, played 23 minutes and had six points, two rebounds and four assists. The combined data of the two is not as good as Zhou Xuan.

Eight Warriors scored in double figures, starting five and three off the bench.

Zack? Randolph played 32 minutes and scored the second-most points, making seven of 12 shots and 3-of-4 from the free-throw line for 18 points, 11 rebounds and three assists. Jackson had 10 points, Margety had 12 and Marion hit two three-pointers to finish with 14 points and eight rebounds. Ellis came off the bench with 14 points, Azubuke with 15 and Dolby with 10.

On the Magic side, Howard, the highest scorer, had 20 points, 15 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks. Looking at the data, the actual shooting was only 3 of 8, and 14 points were exchanged for 22 free throws. Turkoglu played poorly, finishing with 13 points, four rebounds and three assists on 4-of-12 shooting. Lewis finished with 11 points and five rebounds on 3-of-12 shooting, all three-pointers, and 2-of-2 free throws.

The Magic's three cores played too badly, and only Petrus scored 14 points off the bench, and it was reasonable to be miserable.

Zhou Xuan was named the best player of the game, and after celebrating, everyone returned to the locker room.

The audience was very entertained, talking about the game just now, the Warriors are likely to win the championship. Today, they give their shame to magic. The 33-point margin equaled the worst score in the first game of the Finals in 1992, when the Bulls beat the Trail Blazers by 33 points. The Magic team has lost all 5 finals since its inception, and it continues to be an embarrassing record.

An American fan said: "It's so good, Zhou Xuan is called a point guard, 12 assists in 30 minutes, and there are still a few good opportunities that haven't scored, if they all go in, it's 20+20 today." ”

Another said: "The Magic are not as good as the Lakers, and this time the championship is secure." However, it would be nice if Zhou Xuan could play more beautifully, his style of play is not gorgeous enough. ”

Liu Yang, who was sitting in the front row cheering, had stars in his eyes and said with a smile: "How did he become a superstar in the NBA in one season?" Yu Yan, anyway, you are both 20 years old, and American law allows it, so you can get married here in the summer. ”

"If he plays well, I have to marry him, what kind of logic do you have?" Nie Yuyan said with a smile.

"You are all living together, I think he will definitely be willing, and you will also be a star by then, just like Kobe's wife, let him send you a million diamond rings." Liu Yang said with a smile.

"I didn't think it was that far, let's go." Nie Yuyan blushed.

This time she didn't want to return to China, against the wishes of her family, if she got married quietly in the United States, how would her parents react? The thought of this gives her a headache. Her parents wanted to immigrate to the United States, and she was always worried that her parents and Zhou Xuan would not have a good relationship. If Zhou Xuan proposed, she would be willing to marry.

Back in the locker room, the Warriors players were excited, very close to the championship, and they showered faster than one came out.

Zhou Xuan only felt full of energy, 30 minutes of playing time was a bit short, he could also understand the old Nelson's thoughts, allocate the playing time reasonably, and make adjustments according to the opponent's tactics. He and Ellis don't play together, but they can play to their own characteristics.

"That's cool, what about talking about it at the press conference in a while?" Randolph laughed.

Jackson experienced a Finals, and it was not a good thing to be too optimistic, saying: "Let's keep it low, it's just the first game, we have to win three games to win the championship, we have to win the next game as well, and then we have to go three away games in a row." Concentrate and celebrate when we win. ”

Marion also said: "Journalists like to praise us and make them say, all we have to do is work hard." ”

Jackson said to Zhou Xuan again: "You did a great job today, continue to fight like this in the end." ”

"Well, we're going to fight for the Sweep Magic!" Zhou Xuan shouted.

"Yes, sweep the magic, everyone shouts together." Jackson laughed.

"Sweep the Magic!"

Just as they were making a passionate declaration, reporters poured in, and now they wanted to keep a low profile.