After the start of the second half, as Wang Xiao expected, the Magic team launched a fierce counterattack.

The Magic's main offensive point is Howard, the only core ace.

Howard began to reach for the ball for singles on the inside, trying to open up the situation with a strong attack on the inside.

However, it didn't work out well, as Howard wasn't an offensive interior player per se.

Compared to his top-notch defensive ability in history, Howard's offensive ability can be described as miserable.

In the regular season this season, Howard averaged 18 points per game, but six of those 18 points came from free throws, and nearly eight points came from grabbing offensive rebounds, catching the ball under the basket and following up dunks on quick counterattacks.

is really using the inside footsteps to eat the score of the opponent's defenders, and it is only about 4 points.

This can already show how weak Howard's singles ability is on the inside.

Howard's upper body strength is strong, and he can explode quickly and jump high, which allows him to easily catch up with opponents for blocking, and he can also take advantage when grabbing rebounds, but his lower body strength is not counted in the strong range of the inside, and he does not have enough strength to play the lower game, so he can't easily resist the inside line for offense when he plays back, and Howard's inside footsteps are sparsely learned, which is not enough to use on the court.

So when he saw Howard trying to attack inside, Wang Xiao breathed a sigh of relief.

Haywood and Jordan Jr. are both strong interior players, and they can't compare to Howard in defense and rebounding, but it's not difficult to defend Howard's back-to-back singles.

Howard squeezed Haywood hard behind his back twice, barely squeezed two steps inside, and then he dribbled and turned, slipped to the basket and dunked.

"Boom!" The basketball was smashed into the hoop by Howard.

Heywood waved his hand in annoyance.

Howard's speed was still a little too fast for him, and he just didn't have time to keep up with the opponent who turned and slipped to break through the baseline.

"Brandon! When you defend his back, the main defense is to break through and give him some shots! Try to keep him away from the basket as much as possible. ”

When he returned to the defense, Wang Xiao called Heywood, who was retreating, and gave a quick order.

Regarding Howard's offense, Wang Xiao and his coaching staff have conducted many analyses during the regular season and taught them to the team's interior players, but in the heat of the game, they often forget what they have learned.

Fortunately, Wang Xiao's reminder reminded Heywood of the moment.

After Howard, who tasted the sweetness, opened his hand to ask for the ball on the inside for the second time, Haywood obeyed Wang Xiao's instructions and slightly let go of some space.

Howard originally wanted to continue to turn around and break through the attack basket, but when he turned his head, he saw that Heywood had stepped back slightly, and if he continued to turn and break through, the opponent would have enough time to block his breakthrough route.

But this distance is enough for him to shoot.

So, Howard made a very stiff feint and then hooked his hand to shoot.

"Bang ——!"

The basket gave Howard a faceless sound and rejected his shot.

The rebound was grabbed by Haywood, who was stuck in front of Howard, and then immediately passed to Harden.

Over the next few minutes, Howard tried several offenses, but most of them were blocked by Haywood or the basket.

Wang Xiao saw that Van Gundy's face was black on the other side of the court.

Thinking about it, he was also angry with himself, a disciple with excellent qualifications and poor understanding.

If you look at any great interior player, you must have the ability to attack with the ball while being physical.

Even if O'Neill's body can run rampant on the inside, a small hook was a stunt that most insiders had to look up to.

And now the top interior in the league, Garnett has a back-to-back jumper, Duncan has a 45-degree angle to shoot the board, and Nowitzki has the Golden Rooster Independent.

Howard's delay in developing offensive ability is also destined to gradually decrease as he gets older and his injuries increase, and his physical explosiveness declines.

Wang Xiao is sure, I'm afraid no one will believe that this super insider, who now has a faint tendency to become the league's No. 1 center, will decline rapidly in the next few years, and will never really dominate the league's interior line and become a veritable No. 1 center.

Howard's inefficient offensive play on the interior forced Van Gundy to focus on the perimeter once again.

But when Carter, Lewis, Nelson and others hit the outside line frequently, and no one could step up to help the team score and turn the tide, Van Gundy was helpless.

The score gap began to widen and returned to double-digit points.

Looking at the young and energetic Harden on the Wizards' side, constantly attacking the basket and trying to cause damage, as well as Green and Beverley who are actively running to find open positions, and looking at Lewis and Carter, who are old in the lineup, unable to run, and inefficient on offense with the ball, Van Gundy felt tired for a while.

Easys and Carter, the two players with the team's No. 2 and No. 2 contracts, didn't even perform as well as Nelson in the playoffs.

And their contract has also become the culprit that locks up the salary space of the Magic team.

In fact, in the '09 playoffs, although the Magic went all the way to the Eastern Conference Finals, the team's top scorer was Nelson's 19 points, and Carter and Lewis averaged only 15 points and 12.9 points per game in the playoffs.

And when it came to the crucial Eastern Conference Finals, Carter and Lewis, two former All-Stars, faced Pierce, Ray. Allen averaged only 13.7 and 8.2 points per game in six games.

Even though Howard averaged 21.8 points and 10.8 rebounds per game in 6 games, he comprehensively suppressed Garnett, who only scored 10.3 points and 8 rebounds, but the team was still eliminated 4:2.

And after being eliminated by the Celtics in this Eastern Conference final, the next season, the 10-11 season, before the trade deadline, the Magic traded both Carter and Lewis away from the team.

The poor offense kept the Magic from catching up, and the third quarter ended and the fourth quarter continued...... Until the end of the game, the Magic team could not catch up with the score.

In the end, the Wizards defeated the Magic 112-99 to tie the score.

Next, the Wizards, who have won two games in a row at the Magic's home court, will return to Washington, D.C., to await a visit from the Magic, and the Wizards' tenacious two wins have taken many by surprise.