"I have to admit that the Magic and Harden gave us a big surprise, before the start of the game, I thought it would be an ugly one-sided game, but surprisingly the Magic showed strong offensive firepower, his style of play reminded me of the Suns back then, they played against the Hawks for 12 minutes in the first quarter, not only did not fall behind, but also achieved a 5-point advantage.

In the first quarter alone, it was a great game for the crazy coach to rebuild and succeed the Magic, at least on the offensive end. ”

Commentator Mike didn't care about Wilkins' face at all, and expressed his views on the first quarter during the break, Wilkins was a little unhappy, and Chen An, who was sitting in the coach's seat, was also unhappy, he felt that he was led by the nose by Harden.

It is true that Harden is determined in the primary tactical position, in order to ensure that the opening is open on the offensive end, and Harden did it, after scoring 8 points in three consecutive rounds of attack in the opening game, his offensive threat made the Hawks attach great importance to his defense, and the defense was more timely, and more personnel were invested, Harden can be said to have single-handedly disrupted the overall defense of the Hawks, which is a reflection of his personal ability.

After the Hawks' defense changed, gaps inevitably appeared in other positions, and Harden began to use his wide vision and passing skills to find openings again and again, allowing teammates to score easily and completely revitalize the team on the offensive end.

In the more than 6 minutes that Lillard was on the court in the first quarter, he only attacked three times with the ball and only touched the ball 7 times, almost becoming a role player, with a very low sense of presence, and the dual core was not worthy of the name, which made Chen An very annoyed.

What's even more annoying is that when the offensive end is open, he can only attack the Hawks according to the established plan, and then replace Lillard with Turner and Harris with Zhu Fangyu. Then in the second half of the first quarter, it was a big battle against each other, and on the defensive end, except for Zhu Fangyu, who showed his positive attitude, everyone else was just putting on a show.

At 37:32, it was the score of the first quarter, and the Magic had a five-point advantage. And Harden scored 15 points, 4 assists, and 3 rebounds in the first quarter, and looked quite good. But Chen An felt very annoyed and couldn't even accept it, because the defense was really bad, and he couldn't see the attitude of the players on the defensive end at all.

"Defend! I need to see your defensive attitude, I said, you can not defend well, you can't even defend, but you have to let me see your defensive attitude when you're on the field, bite, bite me hard, understand?! ”

During the entire interval, Chen An didn't say anything else, only emphasized this one thing, and he knew very well in his heart that this was just a preseason. Although the first quarter looked very good and the team was very attacking, there was also a reason why the Hawks did not show full intensity on the defensive end.

Chen An needed someone to set an example, and although he didn't speak, his eyes swept over Lillard, Crowder, and Green, who were the descendants of his lineage.

Green was excited, knowing he was going to play; Claude was equally excited, but with a slight nervousness in his eyes; As for Lillard, he hung his head and looked silent, but his hands were tightly clenched, and the whole person was like a volcano that would erupt at any time, the reason why this was so was that he played too aggrieved in the first quarter, and the ball that he originally said was taken away by Harden openly, but he couldn't say anything yet, he needed a SHOWTIME of his own to prove for himself.

"Change the lineup in the second quarter."

After a little discussion with the coaching staff, Chen decided to field a lineup in the second quarter that looked strange to others: old AK, Crowder, Harris, Green, Lillard.

In the eyes of Budenholzer and Cole, Chen An was annoyed and sent the strongest defenders in his hands to show his attitude. But Chen Anxin's calculations are more than that, emphasizing that defense is one thing, and more importantly, he is experimenting with his small-ball lineup in advance.

This lineup doesn't have a center, not even a traditional interior line, and Green's lack of height really makes it really hard for people who don't know him to think of him as an interior player. And there is only one guard, Lillard, this is a non-mainstream lineup, so that at the beginning of the second quarter, the two people on the comment bench were dumbfounded, Wilkins reacted quickly, and said with a smile: "It seems that the crazy coach wants to whimsically do something new, but I think the opportunity for the Hawks is coming, for such a lineup, only need to let the center fall low, and then through the cooperation of internal and external connections, whether it is a low-post single or an inside pass and an outside shot, I believe that the situation can be turned around soon." ”

Is that really the case? Perhaps, in fact, Chen An didn't have much bottom in his heart, so he changed to this lineup, while emphasizing defense, he also repeatedly emphasized active running, speeding up offense, and making decisive shots. In short, don't stop, run, run, run! Boom, boom, boom!

No matter what D'Antoni's running and bombing is, Chen An's understanding of running and bombing is like this, don't think about reserving your physical strength, and give me twelve points of spirit on the field!

Sure enough, the new players did not disappoint Chen An, the second quarter was the Hawks' kickoff, but after Devin Harris received the ball in the backcourt, Crowder posted it and took a full-court pressing approach, not letting Devin pass half the court easily, delaying the opponent's offense and disrupting the Hawks' offensive rhythm.

The Hawks also made personnel changes in the second quarter, leaving only Josh Smith and Lowe as the starting lineup. Pachulia replaces Horford, Devin Harris replaces Teague, Ivan. Johnson replaces Kevin. Korver.

The Hawks didn't expect the Magic to come up in the second quarter unusually, the defensive intensity was so great, Josh Smith immediately went up to answer, Devin Harris put the ball back to him, but without waiting for Josh Smith to dribble, Harris rushed up and clinged tightly, not letting Josh dribble easily across the half court.

Josh's dribbling and frontcourt breakthrough may be okay, but it is dangerous to dribble past half court under tight defense, after all, the height is there, and dribbling too high is easy to be stealed.

Seeing this, Lu Wei also ran back to answer, Josh immediately passed the ball, but seeing that Lu Wei was about to take the ball, a black shadow flew past Lu Wei and cut the ball away.

It's Lillard!

Lillard, who was holding his stomach full of sulk, wanted to prove himself too much, and his state today was also explosive, with an instant state of 95, plus the physical fatigue was only 5 points, and the physical function was increased to 98.

And after the ball was broken, Lillard didn't stop at all, dribbled to the left, a few steps later, a sharp stop outside the three-point line, without waiting for Lu Wei to chase him, he adjusted slightly, and stood up in the face of Smith who came to make up for it, but at the moment of shooting, he held the ball with both hands, and then smashed it heavily on the ground, the basketball passed under Smith's armpit, and after the rebound on the floor, he saw a figure rushing out, it was the old AK!

In the next moment, it was as if a fighter plane was driving by on the court, and after the old AK caught the ball, he stepped into the free throw line, and then flew up, facing the empty basket is a tomahawk slam!

"Beautiful!"

Chen An on the bench jumped up, this was the first time he cheered for the players today, because this is what he wanted.