Chapter 365: Last Chance

Howard had 21 points, 20 rebounds, and 4 blocks in this game, which was considered to be all his ability, but unfortunately, they still lost this game.

In addition to him, only Carter's 19 points can still be seen, and the others have not even surpassed 15 points, especially Nelson Jr., whose stats are an embarrassing 6-of-18 shooting and 0-of-6 three-point shooting.

His three-point shooting percentage also mirrors the three-point shooting percentage of all of the Magic's shooters tonight!

Missing a three-point shot is also the main reason why the Magic lost tonight!

The Magic team only made 6 of 25 three-point shots, compared to them, the Bucks shot 10 of 19 from three-point range, and the Bucks scored 12 more points than them in this one alone!

And that's when they made 6 fewer three-pointers than the Magic!

But it is worth mentioning that last year's Magic team relied on three-point shooting to reach the finals, and this year's overall style of play has not changed, or three-point projection as the offensive focus, but the three-point projection they rely on for survival is not accurate!

"This is the biggest change for the Magic this year, Dwight is still the best interior defender in the league, and Big Van Gundy has been sticking to the way they played in the playoffs last year, one big and four small, with three-point shooting and Howard's suppressive power on the inside to win the game!"

"It's just that only half of their tactical strategy has worked this year, and Howard's suppression on the inside is still great, for example, in today's game, they finally got 20 plus 20 double 20 data, but their outside line is chaotic to the extreme, without Turkogru, their outside line can't play an effective tactic at all, their ability to find three-point shooting opportunities compared with last year's Magic team, is a visible gap, and this is the main reason why they will lose this game today!"

"To be honest, I wasn't very optimistic about the Magic team in this year's playoffs before the series began, and Stan Van Gundy didn't figure out how to make up for the void left by Turkoglou's departure for a season, so how could he possibly think of anything good in such a short week?"

ESPN expert Sals gave a comprehensive analysis of the Magic's losses after the Bucks' first game against the Magic, and at the end of the article, he showed that the Magic team has come to the end of the season and doesn't expect much from the rest of the series.

His words were quickly verified, and two days later, in the second game of the second round of the Eastern Conference between the Bucks and the Magic, the Magic lost again, 108-124, this time the Magic lost even worse, losing by 16 points, the reason for the loss was still three-pointers, their three-pointers this time were 7 of 28, and the shooting rate could reach 25%.

The Bucks shot 12 of 20 three-pointers this time, and the shooting rate has exceeded 50%, which is more than twice as high as the Magic's three-point shooting rate.

"Jamal Nelson doesn't care what position the opponent is, whether his teammates are open or not, as long as he gets the ball, he plays by himself, and he doesn't think about the team at all!"

"Is Stan Van Gundy's brain choked with butter? How do you believe in Jamal so much? Won't he be organized at all? ”

"In fact, Jamal's style of play is no different from before, he has always been this kind of scoring method based on individual offense, letting him organize the offense is actually embarrassing him, the last thing Stan Van Gundy should do is to leave the offense and organization to him, in my opinion, Jamal should be put on the bench and let him go against Crawford, which can not only solve the problem of the Magic's starting lineup offensive chaos, but also solve the problem of their weak bench lineup!"

The big score was 0-2 by the Bucks, and this time even Orlando fans have opinions about the performance of the Magic team, among which the most scolded is naturally Jamal Nelson, of course, he should also be scolded, his three-point shot again tonight is 1 of 7, and the two games are a total of 1 of 13 shots.

It's a bit spicy to the eye.

"We're going to be at home next and I'm sure we're going to be able to adjust and I remember two years ago we started the game 2-0 against the Bucks and we won in the end, so it's not a big deal!" Big Van Gundy showed great confidence in the face of reporters. He even brought back the situation the Magic and Bucks met in the first round of the playoffs two years ago.

"Well, we're getting better and better, whether it's me or Jamal, maybe a little bit of a struggle, but there's no doubt that we're adapting to the rhythm of the Bucks, and I'm sure we're going to win and everything will be okay from the time we get back home!"

Coincidentally, while head coach Stan Van Gundy said he would win the next game, Howard also expressed strong confidence in an interview in the visiting locker room.

The Magic team as a whole does not seem to be affected by the big score of 0-2, and their attitude is still optimistic.

"It's clear they're just pretending to be confident!"

Ross Barkley disagreed: "In the playoffs, any team that is 2-0 down and still shows its confidence in winning, and never says what went wrong tonight, then it can only mean one problem, the problem of this team has reached a level that cannot be solved in one or two games!" ”

Barkley's explanation caused some Orlando fans to be dissatisfied, but the Magic players, including Stan Van Gundy, did not have any rebuttal to his words, which made Barkley even more proud: "Haha, look! If it was before, how could they not fight back against me, and now, they dare not respond at all, doesn't that tell the story? ”

Barkley taunted a second time, but still couldn't get any response from the Orlando Magic.

"They're just too lazy to talk to you!"

Hard-mouthed Orlando fans are still loyally defending the Lord, but Barkley has not responded to them.

The number of people is too small, not enough for him to spray.

The third game between the Bucks and the Magic came as scheduled, and this game attracted almost all Orlando fans, and those who could go to the scene had already booked tickets, and those who could not go to the scene were also in front of the TV and computer early.

After all, this is the third game of the series, and with them already 2-0 down, it will be even more important whether they win or lose this game.

In the history of the NBA, no team has been able to complete a comeback from a 3-0 deficit in the playoffs!

What's more, through this game, they can know whether the players and coaches of the Magic team are stubborn or really confident!

You have to win!

Of course, more Orlando fans don't care about Barkley's words, and they hope that the Magic can make a comeback.

After all, this is the Magic's last chance.