Chapter 229: The whole team grabs the MVP

Barkley said: "The Warriors started with a morale, the Magic only let Howard guard the basket, and if he comes out, the Warriors break through is more poisonous than the three-pointer, and in terms of three-point shooting percentage, it's easy to get to the basket." ”

Kenny Smith said: "Howard was distracted while covering his teammates, he didn't score, and the others didn't score, so there was no way to play this game. ”

Although the media blacked Howard, Howard is indeed the core team of the Magic, Howard's data this year is very eye-catching, averaging 20 points + 10 boards + 3 hats + 50% shooting rate per game, even if it is rare in history. But in this case, the coach asked him to play cover, and he naturally resisted.

Tekoglu, who is attacking with the ball, is a little absent-minded, all he thinks about is his contract now, and if this game is lost, then this will be his last game with the Magic. With Lewis's big contract, the Magic won't give him a fat contract, and in this case, Turkoglou will inevitably leave the Magic, and his data will naturally help him sign a big contract.

The situation in this game is not optimistic, and it can even be described as extremely bad. It was Lee Chi who was in charge of defending him, and Lewis was Milicic after the pick-and-roll, and both of them were difficult to deal with right now. Tekoglu has played mediocre in three games, and he has to be efficient this time, so he won't shoot without a good chance.

If Mr. Key doesn't make a move at a critical moment, how can Magic win? He is unwilling to stand up and take the lead, and the magic will definitely be bad. Barkley said that Turkoglu was useless, but in all fairness, the Magic with Turkoglu and without Turkoglu were basically two teams. This magic team is most effective only with Tekoglu and Howard's pick-and-roll, who is also the key to activating Howard.

At the last moment, only Lewis stepped up to take responsibility, he was sprayed and used to it, and he developed an iron heart, and nothing could shake him.

After the pick-and-roll, he faced Jackson, and he didn't hesitate to shoot a three-pointer.

15:5.

Lewis stepped up and made the Magic fans excited, but think about it all season, when talking about the Magic, maybe Lewis will be mentioned, but no one thinks Lewis is the one who is indispensable to the Magic.

In this era of inside linemen and scoring guards, what's so good about a big shooter? Fans prefer Howard's hilarious dunks and Nelson's juggling, and they prefer Turkoglou's ruthlessness after hitting the key.

Magic fans have forgotten Lewis intentionally or unintentionally, and only a few moments will they think of this big man who took a "20 million contract". It's like the Eastern Conference vs. the Cavaliers, Howard is fouled, and the Magic are behind, and that's when people think of Lewis's three-pointer.

The most transparent person in the Magic is precisely the one who played the best in the finals.

The Warriors' offense was still a pick-and-roll cut after playing team cooperation, and Barnes scored the first point in Game 4 of the Finals. 17:5

Magic possession, Lewis faced Milicic on the left side, took two steps, left shoulder shook slightly, turned inside to shoot, and an extremely beautiful back single scored the ball.

17:7

Lewis has a calm gaze, Milicic is tall and good at shooting from the face frame, but not at the low post. Lewis is not good at back-to-back play, but he still takes advantage of Milicic's weak attack.

The Warriors attacked, and again double-covered, and this time Li Zhi broke through to the left side. Howard didn't leave the three-second zone, and Jackson dodged Courtney Lee's defense and cut inside.

Richie saw Jackson and made a grounded pass in front of Jackson, who received the ball and shot. Courtney Lee chased after him, but didn't interfere with Jackson.

19:7

Magic attacked, Lewis and Howard blocked, Milicic followed Howard into the free throw line, Lewis chose to step back for three points in the face of Jordan Jr., very decisively, and also hit.

19:10

Lewis clenched his fist after hitting a three-pointer and turned back to defend.

Magic began to strictly guard against Li Zhi, Li Zhi was not in a hurry, and the organization was the mainstay. Jackson had a strong desire to perform, and he came out again after running. Barnes covered and blocked JJ Redick and Courtney Lee, and Richie's pass also arrived, and Jackson scored a three-pointer from the outside.

22:10

In the next game, the two sides started to attack, and the players on both sides felt good and had a high hit rate. In this quarter of the game, Jackson played high, scoring 12 points in a single quarter, and facing Redick in a misplaced position, Jackson was unrelenting.

It is not unreasonable for Van Gundy not to use Redick in the finals, and the Warriors players are misplaced against Redick, who is 1.93 meters. Redick hasn't developed a good defense yet, and even in another decade, Redick will often become a defensive colander.

Redick is only 1.93 meters tall, and with his arm span 2 centimeters less than his height, he really suffers from the shooting guard position.

He is very good at running, and he is also very good at using all kinds of covers, all kinds of circles around the pile, to get a chance to shoot, but his congenital disadvantage, resulting in his shooting space, is often not so large, and his step-by-step shooting action requires a certain amount of shooting time, so he often makes a slightly backward shooting posture. For these reasons, his shooting accuracy has decreased to a certain extent.

There was also a reason for Redick's frustration in the Finals, no one passed the ball to him.

Defensively, Redick is not slow on the defensive end and has fast hands, but he is still limited by his physical disadvantage, and he is difficult to withstand the impact of a physical shooting guard. And Jackson is exactly that.

At the end of the first quarter, the Warriors led by 15 points at 38:23, and Lewis scored 15 points before he could help the Magic turn the tide, and that was because Richie limited Turkoglou. At the end of the first quarter, Li Zhi made four steals, three in the first three minutes, and one in the back to Tekoglu.

Barkley said with a smile: "Jackson's game is open, before we were discussing who is the MVP between Richie and Milicic, now look at Jackson also has a chance." ”

Kenny Smith said: "Since Jackson came to the Warriors, he has been as consistent as ever. Now that he's turned on, the Warriors have one more point of attack, and now that Liji hasn't started playing, the Magic is already in crisis. ”

Howard hit one free throw from four shots in a single quarter, scored three points in the first quarter, and the defensive end was unable to shrink into the restricted area, which caused the Warriors to be smooth from the outside.

Nelson fielded Crawford, Gerald Green, Jackson, David Lee and Jordan Jr. The Magic were replaced by Nelson, Redick, Petrus, Turkoglou, Tony Barty.

People were surprised to find that the magic did not go to Gortat.

Kenny Smith said: "It's hard for the Magic to step up their offense, after all, they're 15 points behind, and this kind of interior shooting is more accurate and can pull out and shoot threes." Gortat defended well, but didn't shoot three-pointers. ”

Barkley shook his head and said, "The Magic's lineup offense is a little better, but what about the defense?" Who is going to defend Crawford? Don't forget, Jackson is still on the court, they also played David Lee, fight offense, Magic is not necessarily the opponent. ”

The Warriors pressed the defense as soon as they came up in the second quarter, and those who didn't know thought that the Warriors were the lagging side. The Warriors' benches took their pills and frantically pounded the interior. Aside from Howard and Gortat, the Magic have no one else who can protect the frame.

The players of both teams are mainly attacking, the difference is that the Magic five are very urgent, hoping to grab points quickly, while the Warriors play leisurely and leisurely, and the shooting rate is quite high. The Magic also wanted to ensure the shooting rate, but they were brought to the sky by the rhythm of the Warriors, and the Warriors benches came and went like the wind, all of them were fast offenses, and the misplaced and decisive singles were played.

In the first few games, the Warriors' benches definitely didn't have that kind of efficiency. Now the mentality is different, and I am still 15 points ahead in the 3-0 situation, and when I am in a good mood, the shooting rate is also higher. Crawford, in particular, was full of self-confidence after coming on the court, and scored 7 points in 5 minutes in a row.

Jackson scored two points for a foul on a breakaway. David Lee scored two points from mid-range as the Warriors went on an 11-3 run in the second quarter to stretch the margin to 23 points.

The Magic only had Redick hit a three-pointer, and he only had this one shot. None of the others scored, and Nelson singled out Crawford to terrible effect.

"Mr. Key" Tekoglu also withered, and kept passing the ball in the second quarter, but unfortunately only brushed up one assist. After more than ten minutes of play, he made 1 shot and scored 2 points. But that doesn't really help magic.

Six minutes later, the Warriors came to the main line, Crawford and Jackson partnered in the backcourt, Li Zhi and Milicic swing forwards, and O'Neal center.

Lee came up to assist Crawford for a mid-range shot, and then passed the ball to O'Neal, who dunked violently. After a steal, a long pass to the front court assisted Milicic for a layup.

The Magic's compression defense lost its effect, Petrus hit the iron again and again, Lewis was pressed by the Warriors and couldn't get the ball, and Howard was terrible in the efficiency of the back-to-back single, and the point difference was getting bigger and bigger.

The first half was almost over, but people found out that something terrible happened, Li Zhi only scored 5 points in the half, but his teammates performed well.

Jackson 17 points, Crawford 12 points, Milicic 8 points, O'Neal 9 points, this is all to grab the rhythm of FMVP!