Chapter 64: Changes in the Magic Team
Looking at the main lineup arranged by Rivers, Collins was surprised and did not feel any surprise, because Rivers' starting lineup did not change at the first time, and it was still the five main players in the past.
This arrangement is very appropriate, and it is also the first choice of many coaches, and there are very few games to change the starting players, which has a lot to do with the qualifications of the players and the team's tactical system.
So Collins was not surprised by such a change, but to Collins' surprise, Rivers' arrangement was definitely not effective, because in the last game, the Wizards won definitely not a coincidence, let alone a system, but won at the beginning, won on the players, in a simple word, won on the strength they have.
The Magic team does not change the starting lineup, which also means that there are fewer changes, and the Magic team still intends to rely on their own hard power to play, rather than change, or the Magic team still thinks that they can rely on strength to win.
That's what surprised Corinthians.
"Rivers shouldn't be someone who doesn't recognize the quality of his team, but how can the players on the court change right now? Ewing goes to defend Kwame to try the effect? Houston to limit the play of Bow Peak? Or do you want Mark to be able to defend Jordan? Collins muttered to himself.
"Forget it, look at the process of the game to know Rivers' thoughts, but if this game is lost so easily, it will not be easy for the Magic team to turn the tables, such an elderly team formed in a short period of time, if the players' hearts are gone, there is no need to expect them to do something!"
What Collins has to do now is blow out that breath in the hearts of the Magic players and extinguish the illusions they hold in their hearts.
After Mark dribbled the ball to the front court, he was still constantly looking for opportunities to pass the ball, and Mark, who was backed by Jordan, could rely on his very good size to protect the basketball and buy himself more time.
If the current Mark could be three years younger, he would definitely be the most perfect defender in the current system, but the current Mark can only complete the tasks he can accomplish according to his own experience and his own size.
Houston is still constantly running, ready to receive the ball at any time, but this time the Magic team is not like the team that attacked on the second pass in the past, and Houston is not a complete attack terminal, but has become a guard who will transfer the ball, such a change directly leads to Houston can receive the ball in a place that is not suitable for receiving the ball, and can add any other player in every attack.
Maddie is the biggest beneficiary of this system, and it is also the most suitable player for this system, because after receiving the ball, he no longer faces the defender alone, but relies on his talent to pass the ball or directly attack quickly, from the past solitary finisher to the current core organization of the offensive player.
Although the Magic's offense has changed very significantly, which caught the Wizards a little off guard, the Magic's defense still has no more changes, more than that, Mark will play with his back to Jordan a few times after receiving the ball in the low post, which is very obvious, which is used to consume Jordan's physical strength.
Although the Wizards did not defend the Magic team, but their own offense was completely open, and the situation on the court was constantly changing for a while, and the scores of both sides were climbing alternately and rapidly, that is, at the end of the first quarter to the end of the second quarter, the bench lineup of the Magic and the Wizards team was also constantly climbing the score, and the Magic team seemed to score higher than anyone else.
Collins frowned when he looked at the situation on the court, but he didn't look for any changes, the current situation is not on the side of the Magic team, but the two sides are competing for offense, the Wizards' defense is also doing a good job, and the other players have no effect on the court, and now they are just competing with each other's feelings.
Kwame doesn't have a very good offensive opportunity in the face of Cott, and Kurt is now completely just looking at Kwame alone, that is, the rebounds are all veteran Ewing, or Maddie to grab it, so the targeted Kwame has become very small in the offense.
Although Gong Feng's defense in the face of Houston broke through from time to time and the effect was good, the Magic team only relied on Houston alone to face Gong Feng, and no one made up for the defense, which caused Gong Feng's organization to not open up at all for a while.
As for Mark, who defended Gerrard, he was completely swimming inside, and when he didn't have a good defensive position, it was a vicious foul, which caused Gerrard, who was not yet fully mature, to be a little restrained and didn't dare to break through at will, but fortunately, Jordan, the bow peak felt very good, and he still kept the score on the court.
The bench lineup is just a draw, Collins did not want to make substitutions, although the current Magic team has become another team offensively, but Collins still feels a little wrong, but I don't know what this is wrong.
In the third quarter, Collins' sense of inappropriateness was immediate.
The Magic's current lineup has become Maddy, Houston, Armstrong, Kort and Garrity, this lineup is the fastest rotation lineup of the Magic team, which has appeared in previous games with the Nets and Celtics, but the effect is very bad and has not been formed, but this lineup is very good in terms of defense.
Collins glanced at Rivers in great surprise, could it be that the current Magic team and the Wizards are going to compete with each other's defense?
But looking at the players on the court, Collins relaxed a little more, Gong Feng, Hamilton, Jordan, Kwame and Leitner played at the same time, which can be described as the best offensive lineup of the Wizards now, and there are many changes in tactics, even if the Magic team strengthens its defense, it will definitely not be able to stop the offense of this team.
It's just that after competing on the court for more than half a quarter, Collins changed this idea, and the original lineup was also very good offensively, even more ferocious than the Wizards.
Can Maddie and Houston complement each other in this lineup? How similar is that to when Hill and Houston were paired with the Pistons? And the rest of the roster was much better than the rest of the Pistons at the time.
In terms of offensive changes, Collins is acceptable, because the Magic team in the first half completely played their own style, no matter how strong it is, it is also a round, Collins still believes in his players.
However, the changes in the Magic's defense made Collins feel extremely surprised, if it weren't for Kwame's back-to-back singles success, the current Wizards would definitely not be 5 points, but more than 10 points.
Looking at Jordan again, Leitner's sweat was more than ever, Collins seemed to think of something, immediately called a long timeout after a dead ball, and gave Rivers a hard look after the call.
Rivers' eyes on Collins just shrugged, as if he was still fighting back at a reporter Q&A after the last game.
This lineup can definitely appear in the first half, but Rivers still used the lineup from the previous game at the beginning, and did not come up with the current lineup until halftime, resulting in the Wizards having very little time to adjust, that is, relying on the rest of the third and fourth quarters to adjust, and also let the Magic lead by more than 10 points, if the result Rivers wants, the Wizards will be difficult to catch up with the score in the fourth quarter.
"Jordan, Leitner, you guys take a break first, today's game is not going to fight with the Magic team, this change is definitely one of the few changes that the Magic team can have, otherwise Rivers will definitely not use it in the third quarter, the essence of this kid's strength has been controlled by me, if it weren't for his very good player hand, this game may not have developed well!"
Jordan, Leitner just nodded to this, sat down in the special chair, and began to relax his muscles, and the team's assistant doctor immediately came to massage and relax Jordan and the two.
Collins said to Gerrard and Wang Zhizhi: "You two play next, the first thing we have to do is to maintain our offensive firepower, this depends on the two of you, we can't open up the score gap with the Magic team in the rest of the time, this, Gong Feng, Kwame, can you do it?" ”
"Don't worry, Coach! I still find a lot of shortcomings in this lineup! Gong Feng smiled very confidently.