Magic players are resisting three-point shooting!

When Stan Van Gundy realized this, he felt his temples swell.

Headache.

What to do next!

Van Gundy never imagined that his team would one day resist shooting threes.

But when you think about it, it all seems so plausible, and the poor performance of the Magic's shooters outside the three-point line in the first two games has left them ridiculed and abused from all sides.

Jamal Nelson, in particular, has only hit one of his more than a dozen three-pointers in his last two games, only to be scolded.

It can be seen in tonight's game that he is protesting against this abuse with his actions.

His shot tonight was extremely reasonable, he only took three shots in the first quarter, got two of them, and he didn't shoot if it wasn't the best chance, which was the most obvious thing about him tonight.

He seems to be responding to the fans who blame him in this way: Look! Even if I play well, this Magic team will lose!

The rest of the players didn't seem to be as strong as he was, but they were more or less expressing their attitude that they wouldn't be trying to shoot threes on the offensive end tonight as they did in the previous two games, and they would opt for a bit of a safe shot.

This is a terrible phenomenon, in Van Gundy's opinion, the hearts of these players have been scattered, they are no longer playing to win the Bucks, but just to prove that they are not a cancer, and the reason why the Magic team will lose, the responsibility is not on them!

"Hey, guys, listen......" Van Gundy wanted to say something, he wanted to let these players continue to throw three points according to his tactics, but he was actually a little afraid to say it in the middle of the speech, he was afraid that there would be a situation where the players would collide with him, seriously, in this current situation, there is not much time left before the last straw that crushed them floated to their backs, it is very likely to be in the second quarter, if at this time, his arrangement still makes the players not want to execute, it is undoubtedly speeding up the time for the straw to fall, so, Van Gundy swallowed the words to his lips again, and he changed his thinking: "We played well in the first quarter, we only scored one less goal than the Bucks, which is not a big deal, and in the second quarter I hope you can continue to play in the first quarter, of course, I hope we can play more aggressively this time!" ”

"Guys, it's not that we can't win against the Bucks, it's just a six-point gap, three two-pointers, or, two three-pointers, I believe you guys, you can do it, just like last year, we rushed to the Finals without being favored, and this year we are still not favored, in that case, then what we have to do is to shock those fans again!"

"Ready? Guys, it's enough! ”

Van Gundy is a master disciple who came out of the hands of the "God Operator", and the chicken soup for the soul is also quite good at boiling, after this long list of words, the morale of the entire magic team has obviously become a little different.

Van Gundy doesn't expect to change the momentum of this team all at once, but as long as they can keep fighting and don't give up, that's fine!

***

The second quarter begins.

There was regular rotation time on either side, but Van Gundy didn't let Howard rest, but pulled straight up.

He had already learned Crawford's abilities, and he didn't want the game to be in garbage time before the Magic team came up, and if that were the case, the game would definitely not be saved.

But what if you can keep the margin in the second quarter?

Maybe the Magic team will be able to recover this small difference in points after a wave of momentum!

But with that in mind, Howard is likely to be on the court for more than 44 minutes tonight.

But now that the Magic team has one foot on the edge of the cliff, these problems are not a problem! If he could win on his own, Van Gundy would love to put himself on the court for 48 minutes.

Crawford came up and hit a 3-pointer, but Howard quickly returned a dunk, and although it was 1 point short, it was still better than Crawford's 3-pointer, which was not good on their side.

Besides, Crawford can't score every three-pointer.

Crawford's form today is a bit worse than the previous two days.

Van Gundy also got a lot of intel in the first two games of his various pumping balls, and against Crawford, he used it all on the defensive end today.

The playoff series is to target the opponent's shortcomings in the next game like crazy, find new problems while the opponent solves the problem, and continue to target them in the next game until the winner is decided.

The playoffs are so scary.

And Crawford, who entered the playoffs for the first time, finally suffered a similar target after playing about the same time in the first two games, and he really experienced the cruelty of the playoffs.

Because Crawford's offensive momentum was not as good as in the first two games, the Magic, with Howard on the floor, took advantage during this period and narrowed the gap to just three points.

K Jr. had to pull the Bucks' starters on the court.

This is one of the few moments in the series so far when the Magic have the upper hand.

However, Xiao K is not a dry meal, he saw that Van Gundy was ready to use Howard to death, and he already had an idea in his heart, but the method in his heart, relying on the Bucks' bench could not have much impact, and he waited until the main force of the Bucks team was about to play, and then he spoke: "Wait a while, all the offenses will look for Howard, it is best to make fouls, if you can't make fouls, then it will also consume his physical strength!" ”

Since Van Gundy uses Howard like this, then Xiao K will calculate and consume Howard's physical strength, no one is a perpetual motion machine, and he can always maintain his physical strength, even if Howard is called "Superman", he will also be tired.

The Bucks began to target Howard, who didn't react at first, giving a block to each of the guys who were looking for him. was proud, and then he was a little uncomfortable, especially after eating two fouls in a row around 8 minutes in the second quarter, the whole person became shrunk on the defensive end, and he didn't dare to defend like he had just now.

"That's it, Dwight, I'll let the others help you defend!" Van Gundy acquiesced to Howard's behavior, after all, once Howard was really sent off the court like this, then the Magic team would have no turnaround point in this game.

But in this way, the third benefit of Xiao K against Howard is apparent - without Howard, the magic restricted area suddenly becomes the back garden of the Bucks, and these guys on the Bucks rush when they get the ball, and they don't treat themselves as outsiders at all.

At 58-49, halftime ended, and the Bucks had another nine points ahead.