The Bobcats ended the first quarter with a 10-point lead at 34-24.

The Magic's offense ran into a problem. Whether it's Dwight Howard or Tony Barty, to the high post pick-and-roll, the Bobcats can choose to empty them, and Barty has degraded as he gets older; After a lot of hard work, although Howard has a certain mid-range shooting ability this season, it is very unstable, and if he chooses to use mid-range shooting to attack, it will be too late for the Bobcats to be happy.

At 5:05 in the first quarter, Howard scored two points with a rebound, and 4 points and 5 rebounds in the first quarter. Hayes took just two shots and didn't score a point, but grabbed five rebounds and dished out seven assists.

D'Antoni arranged for Hayes to force the inside and make Howard foul. But Hayes, depending on the situation on the court, changed to another style of play, pinning down Howard's defense and allowing others to attack.

The Magic replaced Foyle and Garriti. The strength of the inside line has been lowered by several notches at once. The Bobcats went up and down five, and the second team of Biedrins, Landry, Barnes, Weaver, and Felton came on. The Bobcats' reputation as a "bench gang" has been launched, and the only team that dares to make such a substitution will not lose its competitiveness is Bobcats.

"Jose, you have to be bold when you play again, it doesn't matter if you can't shoot, you must shoot resolutely when you are free, and bring up the speed." D'Antoni said.

"Stan must be depressed right now. I don't think any coach who runs into someone like Chuck will not know what to do. Jeff Van Gundy laughs.

Jeff Van Gundy knows his brother very well, and Stara Van Gundy is really depressed. With four men in ambush on the outside, Hayes just passed the ball and rushed inside to prepare for a strong rebound. Bagnani didn't play in the first three games, but playing Magic became the number one point of attack. Except for Howard, the Magic's other interior players are very slow and unable to defend the perimeter, and how to deal with Bagnani has become a problem.

"Sidhu (Tekoglu), you play as a power forward to defend Bagnani, Trevo (Ariza) on the outside to defend Hayes, and Dwight on the inside." This is what Stan Van Gundy came up with. Turkoglou's weight is a bit of a loss in the No.4 position, but against Bagnani, there will be no problem. Ariza can also add firepower to the team's offense. The Magic need Howard to be the last barrier on the inside.

D'Antoni is also talking about tactics to the main players. "If the Magic make an adjustment and don't let Howard go out of the interior defense, all five of them will pull to the outside to shoot and give up the competition for rebounds in the frontcourt, and Howard will not be easy to grab the rebounds in the frontcourt inside. If he doesn't come out, the rebounds will be given to him, and we have a numerical advantage on the outside to ensure that the offensive efficiency is quickly returned to defense, and the defense is still the same tactic as just now, and the man is marked. ”

The Bobcats attacked, and Carter kept an eye on Weaver. Weaver averaged 12 points per game this season and was the Bobcats' best sixth man. After Weaver escaped Carter's defense with Landry's cover, Garrity immediately stepped up.

Felton passed the ball to Landry high post from the left. Biedrins ran down the middle and received a through ball from Landry in the three-second zone.

When Biedrins first arrived with the Warriors, he was kept under the pressure of Foyle. You can only appear as a substitute for a limited time. Last season, with the admiration of Nelson Sr., he finally grabbed the start. The pair have been teammates for three years, and Biedrins knows all about Foyle.

Biedrins received the ball and quickly turned into the basket, the aging Foyle couldn't keep up with his speed at all, Biedrins shook a little, then strengthened, and scored and caused Foyle's foul, but Biderlins's free throw was deflected, 36-24.

"If the Magic play a little longer with these benches, I don't think I need to play again. Don't do that, I haven't scored today. Hayes smiled lightly.

"Don't score today, get an assist. We'll catch the ball and shoot it, and we'll get you to brush 20. Azubuk proposed on the side.

"I'll see it." Gerard Wallace smiled as well. Hayes' stats are close to a triple-double, but the assists are a little worse. It would be amazing if there was a triple-double for the season. Who wouldn't want to see a miracle happen? The previous triple-double king in the league was Jason Kidd, and Hayes has already hit six triple-doubles in the opening season, which is much better than Kidd.

Listening to the players discussing the data, D'Antoni was not angry, but happy in his heart. Against the Magic team with Carter and Howard, it can still play so easily. The Bobcat was far more powerful than he expected, and he felt that the Bobcat was now more powerful than the sun.

At the moment, the Magic have only one point of attack on the court, and that is Vince Carter. Bogans and Arroyo on the outside are lacking in attacking power. The defense wasn't very good either.

The five substitutes on the Bobcat field all have their own strengths.

After Okafor left, Felton worked hard for the sake of his future.

Why would my point guard from North Carolina be a backup for a Spaniard? He fits into the tactical system, and so can I. Felton dribbled the ball beyond the three-point line on the right side and watched his teammates' movements.

D'Antoni and Felton talked. He believes that Felton needs to hold the ball and burst inside in order to score, and if there is a conflict with Hayes in the starters, the team hopes that Felton can be a striker like Barbossa. Felton is as fast as Barbosa, but his shooting ability is a little worse, but Felton also has his own strengths, which is passing. Barbossa is more of a shooting guard, and Felton does a better job of splitting the ball after the break.

Felton didn't use his teammates to block the pick-and-roll, and Arroyo, who was dribbling the ball in disguise on the right side, almost fell to the ground, and after breaking through, he slipped the baseline and distributed the ball to Weaver in the bottom left corner, who hit a jumper.

The Magic failed to attack three times in a row, and when Biedrins grabbed the rebound and dunked in the frontcourt, the score was getting bigger and bigger, and the Magic finally called a timeout.

One of the phenomena this season is that the Bobcats played particularly well at the beginning of the second quarter. Most teams will substitute key players to rest during this time period, and substitutes will be used to play around with opponents, and Bobcats' benches will often catch opponents off guard. The Bobcats signed only one star to Hayes in the summer with a large salary, but signed a large number of role players at low salaries, and these role players have played their due role in the run-and-gun offensive system.

After the timeout, the Magic sent Howard. Under Biedrins' defense, Howard found his senses, grabbed backcourt rebounds and scored twice to lead the team back to some scores.

Six minutes into the second quarter, the Bobcats still led by six points at 46-40, and the main players were almost rested. D'Antoni called a timeout and made changes to his line-up to return the full squad to the pitch.

"I'm back again." Hayes smiled at Howard.

This time Howard didn't laugh. Hayes was a small man who couldn't stop him from laughing. Singles Hayes is much tougher than against Billings.

Stan Van Gundy also found it difficult for Howard to single Hayes, so he focused his offense on the perimeter, allowing Howard to focus on offense and rebounding.

After the game began, all five Bobcats players pulled up to the high post, and Howard stayed under the basket according to the coach's arrangement, feeling empty again.

"Give up the inside?" Stan Van Gundy was stunned, and in this way, the Magic outside line still played more and less. Turkoglou defended Bagnani, but the Lynx weren't going to let him go his way, with Gerard Wallace covering Bagnani, who got rid of Tekoglou and ran in the direction of Hayes. Hayes stood still, waited for Bagnani, handed the ball to Bagnani with both hands, and used his body to block Carter and Ariza, who came on as a substitute.

Bagnani catches the ball and makes a three-point shot, and the ball hits again. 49 to 40.

Hayes stood still, handed the ball out and added an assist, and the Bobcats played too easily. Stan Van Gundy was angry and wanted to tear his hair with both hands. He finally held back, because his brother was so bald.

Howard went to the high post to cover Nelson, and when it comes to defense, Calderon is undoubtedly the weakest point of the Bobcats. Hayes gave up defending Howard and kept up with Nelson.

If Howard rushes up, you can't help it, right? Nelson took two steps and turned back to hand the ball to Howard, who was running inside at high speed. Howard received the basketball, and he had only one idea, dunk! Wreak havoc on the basket!

Dream! Gerard Wallace rushed out from the side. He is a man who doesn't want to play to his death, and even if the opponent is Howard the Monster, he dares to take the opponent down.

Howard had just jumped up when Wallace pulled him down in the air.

"You still have too many shortcomings." Hayes laughed beside Howard.

The phrase was like a thorn in Howard's heart, and he was sent to the free-throw line. The first free throw was missed, the second was missed, and Hayes grabbed the rebound.

Howard is the "No. 1 center in the league"? In this game, he exposed all his flaws. The first is that the offensive means are single, and you can only shoot or dunk under the basket. In addition, his confrontation ability is also overrated. As the "rebounding king" of the new season, Howard's dominance under the basket with the body of "Devil Muscle Man" originally convinced everyone. However, when he meets Hayes, who is 198cm tall, people realize that Howard can't do as much as he imagined. Competing for brute force, Hayes does not fall behind; In terms of skill, Howard can't compare to Hayes. In the confrontation between the two, Howard was at a disadvantage.

And Howard's free throws...... The hit rate is too low.

As a powerful center, Howard seems to have inherited the tradition of O'Fat not being able to shoot free throws while taking over the scepter of power. Last season, Howard made 10 free throws per game, but he only got the ball into the basket six times and shot just 58 percent from the field, a career-low low.

Can a "superstar" who can't take on offensive responsibilities be considered a qualified team leader? Not only is Howard not the core of the Magic's offense, but he is often the target of opponents' "slashing" at critical moments. It's just the second quarter that the lynx uses the "cut the beast" tactic. Anyway, he didn't make free throws, and he didn't cut for nothing.

Lynx falls into position. Hayes took advantage of Bagnani's cover to break through on the left and make a pull-up jumper, he didn't jump high, but the movement was very stretched, it was a lightness that was extremely inconsistent with his size, and he reached the highest point and gently swung his right hand, and the ball went in. 51 to 40.

It was Hayes' first score of the game, but those two points declared another failure of the Magic's defensive system.

Stan Van Gundy waved his arms from the sidelines and shouted, "Dwight, get out!" ”

It's not okay for Howard to go out without guarding. Is it okay to prevent it from going out?

Tekoglu hits mid-range shot. 51 to 42. The Lynx unhurriedly landed in the positional battle. Calderon passed the ball to Hayes and started running himself. All four of the Bobcats pulled away, leaving only Hayes at the top of the arc.

"It's too easy." Hayes said as he took the ball from the outside and faced Howard.

What is too easy? Howard stared at Hayes.

Hayes suddenly became shorter and took a step towards Howard's left. Howard instinctively shifted to the left with Hayes' center of gravity.

Hayes suddenly moved the center to his right foot, braked his body stiffly, and the basketball in his left hand quickly sent it down, and jumped up with the ball in his right hand. Pull-up jump shot! The basketball fell gently into the hoop. 53 to 42.

Howard understood what Hayes meant by "easy."

(To be continued)