Chapter 187: Lineup Gap
When the Lakers made substitutions, the Magic also took the opportunity to make substitutions, Gortat was replaced, and the Magic's lineup became Howard, Tony Barty, JJ Redick, Cornett Lee and Tyronn Lue. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
This is the regular rotation lineup of the two teams, but the difference between the two lineups is immediately apparent. The Lakers' rotation lineup has gone through a season of running-in, and the three main players in the lineup, Wu Di, Pekovic, and Sun Yue, have basically not changed, and it can be said that they have a tacit understanding.
But looking at the Magic's lineup, Howard and the other four don't cooperate very much, although JJ Redick and Cornet Lee are not traded later, but the two are more likely to bring substitutes, and Howard's cooperation is not very tacit.
Of course, there are also reasons for Howard, Howard's offense needs to hold the ball, so he almost only stops at the play.
Pekovic has to defend Howard more than Bynum, the two are a kind of player, Pekovic's speed can keep up with Howard, and his strength does not suffer, as long as he is not fouled, he can limit Howard outside the box most of the time, and without entering the box, Howard's scoring ability is almost zero.
After Wu Di came on the court, he immediately began to attack the inside line of the Magic. JJ Reddick or Cornnett Lee simply couldn't defend Wu Di alone, and Wu Di went on a rampage, killing the Magic inside and forcing Howard to defend himself.
If Howard doesn't come out, Wu Di will stop and jump shot, with Wu Di's current shooting ability, no one dares to let Wu Di shoot casually. In the last game, Wu Di's shooting rate was as high as 90%, and the rockets he hit had no power to fight back.
Howard defended it, Pekovic got a chance, Wu Di passed the ball, Pekovic received the ball and dunked.
Magic serves, Howard singles Pekovic, and Pekovic carries Howard outside the box. Howard rushed into the restricted area, but couldn't shoot in 3 seconds, and his scoring was entirely based on layups and dunks, and he couldn't score at all until he was under the basket.
Howard spun twice, still didn't throw the ball, and was whistled for a 3-second violation.
Howard smashed the basketball in frustration and handed the ball to the referee like a child.
Wu Di wanted to go up and make a joke, but thinking about Howard's mood, he gave up. What if Howard thought he was gloating?
Wu Di took the ball from Fisher, faced the defense of Cornet Lee, and suddenly wanted to take a step forward to the right. Cornet Lee immediately retreated quickly to block Wu Di's breakthrough. As a result, Wu Di suddenly retreated outside the three-point line, and Cornett Lee wanted to defend it, but it was too late. Wu Di stepped back to shoot, the basketball drilled into the basket, and the three-point shot was made.
Howard glared at Wu Di, unhappy with his score.
Wu Di spread his hands and said that he was very innocent. Both teams want a championship, and both sides are their own masters, even if they shoot as many baskets as they should. But now that Howard is emotional, Wu Di naturally won't tease him at this time.
Howard punched Pekovic again, and once again he was deflated. Wu Di couldn't help but shake his head, Howard was a little irrational in doing this, Pekovic obviously restrained him, he still has to be strong, lack of heart, right?
In fact, Howard can't be blamed, the current Magic lineup is really not very good. Tony Barty is a role player, JJ Redick and Cornnet Lee are not stars, and Tyronn Lue used to be very good, but he is past his peak and is almost reduced to a water cooler caretaker.
It's really not easy for these four players to score at the hands of the Lakers. JJ Redick and Cornet Lee can't get rid of Wu Di and Sun Yue's defense at all, Tyronn Lue is in a declining state and has no ball, and Tony Barty is a blue-collar and can only attack Howard.
It's a pity that although Howard is famous, he is also a strengthened version of blue-collar workers. His scoring means are too simple, and if he is limited and cannot get close to the basket, he loses his ability to score.
Wu Di is different, he is too versatile, there are three teammates on the court who can shoot outside, and there is also a blue-collar player under the basket, as long as Wu Di withdraws Howard, there is no problem how to play. The missed shot also had Pekovic grab the rebound, and it would take time for Howard to get back to the basket, which was enough time for Pekovic to grab the rebound.
This is also the reason why everyone is not optimistic about the Magic, the lineup gap is too big, and if you want to win, you can only depend on luck. But luck doesn't come at any time, and the Magic can win one or two games at best. If you're unlucky, you might not even win a game.
Obviously, luck wasn't on the Magic's side in this game, and by halftime, the Magic were already trailing by 20 points.
In the second half, the Magic desperately wanted to catch up with the score, but unfortunately in front of the Lakers with a full lineup, it was impossible.
In the sixth minute of the fourth quarter, the Magic were still behind for more than 20 minutes, and Vogel replaced the main force and announced his surrender. Since he couldn't win, he also began to prepare for the next game, allowing the main team to retain his strength.
At 113:89, the Lakers won by a large score and got off to a good start.
Two days later, the second match between the two sides began.
Howard was in good shape today, squeezing Bynum in a row, successfully breaking through to the basket, and dunking successfully.
But it's a pity that Howard's personal playoff score is still the 40 points scored against the Cavaliers a few days ago, and Howard successfully abused a big Z.
But the Lakers' interior line is more robbed than the Cavaliers, and a single Bynum is stronger than Big Z, not to mention an All-Star Gasol.
With these two people restricting Howard, Howard was destined not to get high scores. Even though Howard was able to hold down Bynum for a while, as long as Howard consumed some physical strength, he would be limited, and his scoring would rely too much on physical strength.
Kobe Bryant continued to single Petrus, and the Magic didn't have a super perimeter defender and didn't dare to wrap Kobe Bryant. If the Magic opt for a pack, everyone else who is free will have the ability to score, and even Fisher, who has the worst scoring ability, can shoot open three-pointers, which is more dangerous than two interior shots.
The point guard for the Magic in this game is Jamison, who only returned to the team yesterday, just in time for Game 2 of the Finals.
When the Magic selected the Finals players at that time, they didn't eliminate Jamison, otherwise even if he recovered from injury, he would not be able to play. However, if you get to Jamison, you won't be able to play Alstom, the two are one style point guard, but Jamison is better than Alston.
However, Jamison has just recovered from a serious illness, and his performance is not satisfactory, and he is not as good as Alstom. It's just that he cooperates more tacitly with Howard and Lewis, and Howard's rebound has a lot to do with his return.
Lewis is also in good shape, relying on long-range shots to bite the score to ensure that the Magic are not overtaken by the Lakers too much.