The Magic's offensive focus came to the perimeter, Howard no longer asked for the ball in the low post, the Warriors were happy, and Nelson did not ask O'Neal to take the initiative to cut Howard.

In fact, the Magic used to do this, but when they played against the Cavaliers, the soon-to-retire "Big Z" and the actor Vallejo were too soft, and the Cavaliers had no one who could resist Howard, so he was so powerful.

The Warriors' tactic is to combine inside and outside, with two interior players pulling to the perimeter, the swingman cutting into the air, then the swingman attracting the defense and going to the perimeter to cover, and the other players cutting again.

If Howard goes with him, O'Neal and Milicic will be empty. But Howard still had to go out, and both Jackson and Nick Young had good shooting ability, and putting too far was a point.

The Magic played this game resolutely, Howard did not compete for frontcourt rebounds, Turkoglu and Lewis kept their hands good, and the Warriors only led by 2 points at 27:25 in the first quarter.

Li Zhi didn't feel good in the second half of the first quarter, but he dished out four assists.

Entering the second quarter, the Magic were in trouble again, starting well and not coming off the bench.

Michael Petrus played just four minutes and had three fouls, Van Gundy was forced to put Turkoglou on the court early and lead the bench to chase the points, while Redick and Nelson were blocked by Barnes and Gerard Green.

Crawford continues to contribute to the output on the court, with Jordan Jr. and David Lee on the inside.

In order to strengthen the defense, Nelson put Gerard Green on the court, and his bounce ability is so good that if the opposing player wants to shoot directly in front of him, he may have to eat a big hat. The main way for Magic substitute Barty to score is the jump shot, and Turkoglu is also the main jumper after blocking. Gerard Green doesn't have a lot of power, but the Magic don't have anyone with great strength among the players against him.

Gerald Green, who didn't play much in the regular season, was heavily used in the playoffs, and he worked hard to cherish the time that Nelson gave him. After five minutes of play, the Magic only had Barty and Redick hit three shots, while the Warriors widened the gap with Crawford to lead by six points.

ESPN's commentator is Jeff Van Gundy, the younger brother of Big Van Gundy, but he did not favor the Magic at this time, but said bluntly: "Nelson's on-the-spot adaptability is far better than that of the Magic, and it is said that Nelson is a coach who focuses on offense and light defense, but since this season, the Warriors' defense has been at the forefront, not without reason." ”

Elvin Johnson said: "The tactics on the Magic's side are indeed a little simple, that is, blocking and shooting, in fact, they can let Gortat play a dozen more, but after the blocking, the Magic no one passed the ball to him." ”

Gortat does have good attacking ability, good physical fitness, speed, and height, but Jamil Nelson is not capable enough and wants to score on his own, and his passing vision is too narrow to take care of Gortat's side.

The loss of the Magic bench group is also due to Van Gundy, his performance on the sidelines has not been calm enough, and other coaches are acting like anxious to stimulate the players, but he is really anxious. With a 20-point lead in the regular season, a single mistake by the team would have him stomp his foot.

Gortat cut in the air after blocking and dismantling, Nelson on the outside was not capable, missed the pass, and scored quickly after being stealed by Crawford, Van Gundy was in a hurry, and immediately called a timeout to replace Gortat, replaced Howard, and replaced Barty with Lewis.

The Magic finally couldn't bear it anymore and switched to the strongest lineup, and now the Magic only have one substitute on the court, Redick, and Jamil Nelson is also a starter in the regular season. On the Warriors' side, Nelson Sr. showed his steady side, not rushing to make substitutions, but letting the bench continue to play.

The Magic's starters came up, and the Warriors' bench played tougher, and the inside line couldn't prevent Howard from fouling fiercely, anyway, everyone was a substitute, and there wasn't much time, and the Warriors would start later.

Jordan Jr. has a natural fetish for fouls, and when he saw Nelson signaling him, he immediately went up and gave Howard a look.

After 5 minutes, Nelson began to slowly change the main force, the team has committed four fouls, and the Magic can't play a fast break, as long as Howard grabs the backcourt rebound, it will immediately be a foul and send Howard directly to the free throw line.

Howard's free throw efficiency today is quite high, which is the reason why Nelson replaced the main team, and in this case, the "chopping tactic" is a bit out of order. Howard had a good half, scoring 12 points and grabbing eight rebounds in the second quarter, three of which were frontcourt boards.

At halftime, the Warriors led by just five points, and the margin was not stretched.

The Magic's defense was significantly tougher than in the previous game, and Nelson made a change, saying in the locker room: "In the second half, if Howard receives the ball inside, the players who are close to him should pay attention to the help defense and force him to pass. ”

Howard's passing is not good, his career average of assists per game has not reached 2, last season's regular season played 37 minutes per game with only 1.3 assists, this season has increased, but it is only 1.4, for Howard, 0.1 is also a huge improvement.

At the beginning of the second half, O'Neal and Li Zhi wrapped up Howard, and Howard struggled to play O'Neal alone, and could only pass the ball in the face of the two-man bag. Howard gave Nelson a lot of face, and after a mistake on the first pass, Jackson let go of Courtney Lee for a steal and assisted Nick Young to score a layup.

The Warriors' next package was successful again, and Howard wanted to shoot immediately after receiving the ball, but O'Neal was caught off guard, but Li Zhi suddenly helped defend and jumped up in the back to give Howard a big hat.

The inside line can't be opened, and the Magic outside feel players are also bad, although the Warriors contain Howard, but they don't compress the defense, and Li Zhi's co-defense is just right. The three swingmen still have a lot of interference with the Magic's outside players, and the Magic have Alston's undercover agent.

In the third quarter, the "street ball king" played a mess, and he didn't score in the two open positions, and Nick Young almost let him shoot, but he couldn't shoot. Michael Petrus also sent the Warriors a dribble hit, and in the face of tight defense, the Magic players gradually lost patience and began to play randomly.

Howard was in a bad mood and pushed Milicic while grabbing a rebound, and was whistled for a push for a foul, and the Warriors took the opportunity to pull away the score.

Howard scored just twice in the third quarter. On the other hand, although the Warriors emptied the interior line, they did not give Howard too many rebounding opportunities, and with a high shooting rate, Howard had no rebounds to grab. Fans who watched the game once again realized that Howard really did not have the saying that he was dominant, except that the defense could be compared to O'Neal, and the two were not at the same level offensively.

At the end of the third quarter, the Warriors led the Magic by 12 points, 85-73.

The Warriors' marking of Howard is still intensive, and Howard is getting more and more irritable the more he plays, and he fouls people with the ball in the fourth quarter, and he has already committed four fouls, so he has to squat on the bench.

The Magic relied on the shots of Lewis and Turkoglou to avoid being pulled away from the score. This is, Van Gundy was unwilling to replace Howard again, but Howard, who had just come on the court, made a mistake in the first offense, and even ate a shooting foul in the next defense.

O'Neal is experienced and is aiming for fouls, and Howard has a tendon and five fouls.

Little Van Gundy was on the commentary seat, and said with a helpless face: "Gap, gap!" ”

There was a real gap between the coaches between the two sides, Van Gundy was too composed, Turkoglu and Lewis were doing well, and he shouldn't have replaced Howard with 6:40 left in the game. Now Howard has five fouls and has become a spectator on the court. For a calm coach, Gortat should have been replaced, but Big Van Gundy still kept Howard on the court.

In the final quarter, the Magic only scored 18 points, and with Howard's five fouls, the Magic's interior defense was useless, and Magic fans left the game early before the game was over.

The Warriors led the Finals 110-99 with a total score of 2-0.