Rivers did not call a timeout at this time, nor did he replace the players on the field, the game started less than 2 minutes now, at this time the substitution or timeout is too early, and the second is too much to discourage the enthusiasm of the players, although the players on the field are very mature, but in the first game, Rivers does not want to give the players a sense of guilt!

Besides, the current Magic team has not made mistakes, and there is not much room for adjusting tactics, but the Wizards are playing too aggressively now, and some of the players on the Magic team are unexpected, and now making a fuss to arrange some tactics or substitutions on the court, maybe it will backfire in terms of results.

Rivers, in particular, wants to continue to see how Houston was capped by Bow Peak! Houston's off-ball cut is a major tactic of the Magic team and an integral part of the system, and if this part is cracked, even if it is cracked in a short period of time, it is not good news for the Magic team, and Rivers wants to see if the block just now is a coincidence or the design of the bow peak, which is crucial.

Thinking of this, Rivers quickly gestured for the player to play the tactic just now, Mark nodded when he saw this, Houston ran quickly, and Gong Feng still followed Houston like last time.

Houston, who changed a position, received the ball and shot quickly, and at this time, Gong Feng was just in place to defend, although he also jumped to stop Houston's shot, but the ball had already been projected.

It should be affected by the previous goal, Houston's shot did not score, the rebound was grabbed by Kwame, at this time Cote Thomas quickly stood in front of Kwame to stop Kwamei's pass, giving his teammates a little space to defend, the Wizards did not counterattack quickly, and Gong Feng moved to the half court at a normal speed with the ball.

Rivers nodded with satisfaction, they are all extremely experienced players on the court, and since they have an understanding of the Wizards' fast break, I believe there is no chance of the next fast break.

Gong Feng, who came to the half, began the Wizards' normal offensive selection, Wang Zhizhi began to run with Gerrard to look for opportunities on the inside, Jordan stayed at a 45-degree angle, and after receiving the ball, he also passed quickly, and finally Gerrard got the opportunity, quickly broke through the basket, and assisted Kwame.

Mark couldn't have stopped Gerrard in a quick move, and this time the Wizards played very patiently, and it took a full 21 seconds to get the opportunity they wanted.

Such a wizard surprised the audience very much, and thought that if they continued to play fast break, how could they start a position, such an attack could not be reminiscent of the Wizards' fast attack just now.

Collins nodded with satisfaction, very happy with the handling of Gong Feng, fast and slow, such a point guard is the best part of the Wizards.

Rivers looked thoughtfully at Mark and Ewing, who was constantly moving and breathing, this is a big shortcoming of the Magic team, that is, the main two are really a little old, and they have reached the end of their careers, and the Wizards put two young people in these two positions, which makes Rivers a big headache!

"So let Mark defend Jordan? It's a way, but this method will make Jordan keep single-handing Mark, and can Mark defend Jordan's offense? If Jordan is allowed to play a role, it will be more of a headache than the current situation, and what will happen to the Wizards is not certain? ”

"Replace Mark? But Mark is the current engine of the Magic, and once replaced, it means that the Magic team will have to perform another tactic...... Let's see, if the Wizards only have these two moves, it will still be very easy to deal with, you need to take a look again, I really didn't expect the Wizards to come here before! ”

Rivers is a very resilient team when paired with older, mature players, as evidenced by the fact that Rivers made the playoffs in his first season as coach with a Magic team with a bunch of civilian players.

But Rivers' team is also a slow-burning team, maybe you still remember how many games the Celtics played with the Cavaliers and how many games with the Hawks when the Celtics won the championship in the first year, this is a coach with a lot of stamina, and a coach who is very stubborn, as a player under Pakleli back then, a member of the Iron Knicks back then, toughness and stubbornness are directly proportional.

Besides, the current Magic team is very strong, and the bench players are not bad, and the main team should play about 7 minutes before it is time to come off the bench.

Now the Magic team has a lot of strong points, otherwise how could the main force turn the tables and defeat the Nets?

Rivers plans to take a look first, and then the current Magic does not expect two older people to play, and will give the two old people enough time to rest, so after 7 minutes, the Wizards are 19-9, with a 10-point lead over the current Magic team.

Except for the quick counterattack led by Gong Feng at the beginning, the offensive time of the two teams in other periods exceeded 18 seconds, and they completely became two teams dominated by positional battles, and they are also teams with playoff intensity that many people are very familiar with.

Seven minutes later, the Magic's bench players came on, and Collins also put his bench players on the court at this time, Leitner, Hubert, Hamilton, Oakley came on, and Jordan continued to play without resting. Jordan, who was fully closed in the first quarter, was at the peak of his physical strength and ball sense.

The Magic team has become Maddy, Armstrong, center Grant, forward Hudson, and Garriti on the court, this lineup is the main lineup of the Magic team before the trade, and Maddy has also changed from small forward to guard.

This is also one of the main reasons why the Knicks trade made many people spit out, because without the slightest change in the main force of the Magic team, there is an extra set of very strong playoff lineups, and the Magic team with two playoff lineups for the game is strange if it is not strong.

This quarter of the game is what many people expect to see, Jordan vs. Maddy's game, Hamilton took the baton from Gerrard and continued to defend Maddy, which is also a big strategy arranged by the Wizards before the game, using different types of defensive players to defend Maddie.

There are players who can adapt to one style of defense and not another.

If this strategy can be successful, the Wizards will make a lot of money, and Maddy will need some time to adjust when defending against different defenders, and Collins thinks it will be well worth it.

Watching the Wizards use their rich experience to block the play of anyone on the Magic team, and the players on their own side have no way to stop Jordan's offense, Rivers almost let Maddy defend Jordan again.

But thinking that Maddie not only had to go all out in the offense, but also put it into defense, it was too difficult for Maddie, so he gave up, but when he looked at the situation that was still very difficult to solve, Rivers showed a very dignified look for the first time.

I really didn't expect the Wizards' bench lineup to be so strong, and it was Jordan who led the bench to play the game, which was something that anyone didn't expect at the beginning, although Armstrong was there, sharing some of the pressure on Maddy, but the Magic team still fell into a scoring drought, because the Magic team once again became Maddy's one-man team.

The two sides continued to play like this until the end of the second quarter, the Wizards still led the Magic by 10 points, Jordan and Maddy felt very bad, or the defense of each other's teams was in place, and Oakley and Grant had excellent defensive performances.

Houston's hand only recovered in the third quarter, but it was not too late, but unfortunately the Wizards' Hamilton did not let Houston be the only beauty, in the third quarter, after Jordan went off the court, Hamilton continued to stay on the court, plus the return of Gong Feng and others, the game in the third quarter became a duel between two shooters.

Gong Feng has not interfered successfully since defending Houston's first block, and Rivers breathed a sigh of relief when he saw such a Gong Feng, but the comparison of lineup and strength on the court really made Rivers breathe out.

Collins' lineup line actually made the current Wizards team better than the Magic team as a whole, which Rivers didn't expect at the beginning, and Rivers didn't expect that a team dominated by rookies could compare the thickness of the lineup with his own Magic team, which also made Rivers very passive.