It was the first time Rivers had seen Collins' tactics be so bold, and it was the first time that Collins had already thought about the specific issues of the game when it came to the players.

It's not that Rivers is emotional, it's that Rivers finds himself in another trouble, big trouble after Houston's departure.

Except for Garriti, none of the players on the court have a stable scoring ability outside the three-point line, and after the Wizards have a small lineup, the rotation is faster, and the tall Garriti can find fewer open spots, although Maddie can still score at all, but he has not received any support from his teammates.

In fact, when trading Hill, Rivers voted in favor, not from the perspective of whether Hill can recover from this serious injury, or how good the chips given by the Knicks are, but from the team's tactical system.

Rivers didn't think that Maddie and Hill could form a good coexistence in a team, and even in Rivers' opinion, the effect of two people together was not as good as leading the team forward alone!

Because Hill and Maddy's style of play is too imaginative, and what makes Rivers even more difficult to arrange is that the three-point ability of both of them can only be regarded as possessive, but not proficient, how can such two people create offensive space for each other?

Besides, Darrell's offense needs the ball, as a descendant of his own team, as Darrell who has won the best sixth man? Armstrong, with such a low salary and a good player, how could the team be willing to trade it easily?

Good guys, such a Magic team, if you arrange these three people on the outside, the only tactic is to rely on the players to hit one or two to hit the basket!

If Maddie and Hill are going to be the number four?

Who's in the second position? Miller who has already been swapped away?

It's the only option, but Rivers starts to have a headache when he thinks about his guard's defense, a small 183 guard, and a tall white guard who can only be considered defensive...... Let your team already show an aging center to defend against the enemy's non-stop inside onslaught?

Rivers couldn't help but smile wryly when he thought about this, at the beginning of this season, Rivers didn't even think about what this team's results looked like!

Maybe it's okay to rely on the talents of two superstars in the offense, but Rivers has a headache when he thinks about his team's defense, and one of the disadvantages of concentrating stars in the front line is who will be the team's assistant defender?

What did Maddie leave the Raptors for? Because of Carter? Maybe, but it's more because Maddie does blue-collar work with the Raptors, right?

I don't know if it was bad luck or what, Hill was hurt when Rivers had some headaches...... Now don't think about the problem of arranging two super forwards like this, at least you won't ask yourself to get any playoff results, because it is a victory for the team to enter the playoffs.

But Rivers didn't expect it! The Knicks actually intervened at this time, and this kick could make the Magic team glow with their second spring.

Houston's contract is a bit more expensive, but compared to a star who needs to attack with the ball, Houston is too suitable for the Magic's No. 2 position, and what makes Rivers even more ecstatic is that the Knicks are willing to add Kurt to this trade? Thomas...... You know, how much Rivers wants to have such an experienced, prime-aged, and active blue-collar interior on the team.

Kort is completely the kind of interior that the Magic team lacks the most, an interior line that can be used by any person on the Magic team, an interior line that can allow veterans such as Ewing and Grant to rest, and an interior line with mid-range shooting ability! As for the two first-round picks sent away and Miller, Rivers doesn't care about these at all, if everything is normal, these two first-round picks can only be 25 outside, which is useless for a team that pursues a championship, not to mention a second surprise!

What makes Rivers continue to be happy is that the team finally has a traditional defender, a big fat man who focuses on passing, Mark!

This person can completely make Ewing and Grant's ability continue to rise by more than 20%, and he is a veteran player he is very familiar with, such a trade suddenly stimulates Rivers' ambitions, and what he does is a little radical.

According to the tradition of the Knicks at that time, the formation was very good, but in the regular season, let the players of the team brush up the data, let the veterans have a good rest, as long as their players can play in the playoffs!

But there are still bad things happening in this way, the ball will change after the main team comes on the court, Ewing is not the gorilla of the year, and Maddie needs some changes.

The first opponent is the Celtics, a team now known for their full-court pressing and three-point shooting, and although the head coach has long since changed, the team's style of play is not so easy to change.

When he met this team, Rivers knew how good the Knicks' traditional formation was, especially when he saw Mark with his back to the opposing player and slowly bringing the ball to the frontcourt.

Besides, isn't there Maddie, isn't the role of the super forward to have a super feel in it? Who can easily cut the ball away from Jordan's hands? The same is true for Maddie!

Maddie can be said to restrain a strong forward like Pierce, because Maddie's breakthrough is too explosive, and Pierce's defense is not top-notch, not to mention that the current Magic team does not need Maddie to guide the team to victory throughout the game.

Coupled with Cotter's defense of Walker, Rivers couldn't imagine why he would lose, leading the Magic team to the second round again, and Rivers' feeling at that moment was indescribable...... But soon, Rivers was in big trouble, because the next game was the Kidd-led Nets.

If Mark is the natural enemy of a team like the Celtics, then Kidd is the natural enemy of a team like Mark.

To make matters worse, the Magic didn't have anyone who could effectively defend Kidd at the time, which was a big problem!

Rivers was faced with a difficult choice, whether to continue to defend and counterattack, or to work more on offense......

Rivers doesn't think it's a mistake to drag the game into Game 5 in the first round, the Magic wouldn't be a full-fledged playoff team without the first-round grind, and the Celtics players are still very capable, and the Magic won't be so easy to win.

Fortunately, the Nets are not without weaknesses, with Ewing's play and the strength of the front, they still won the game they should have won, but at this time, they ignored the feelings of one person, the feelings of a very important person.

I also forgot that my team can have another change, a change that can win in the future. From Maddie to a strong point of organization and offense, just like Larry back then? Bird went to win the game like that

So at a certain moment in a game, Maddie's defense went wrong!

Fortunately, Maddie needs glory and can communicate, but he is just a little dissatisfied with his current team rights.

That's easy to solve, won't the magic in the future rely on Maddie to support?

So the lineup in the regular season appeared again, with Garrity and Houston on the court, Darrell, a smart guy to break through, pass the ball, and Cotter's interior defense, Maddie's breakthrough and organization have been fully played, and the current Houston is no longer the competitive guy he was back then, but a gentleman who pursues victory, and it is also a very good choice to support Maddie behind Maddie!

Thinking of this, Rivers couldn't help but smile bitterly when he looked at the score against the Wizards at this time...... It turned out that the Wizards had already discovered that without Houston's support, Maddy would not be able to defeat a team with Eastern Conference Finals strength alone.

The final score between the Wizards and the Magic was 115-100, and Houston only scored 8 points in the game, and even Maddie scored 37 points in this game could not stop the Wizards from scoring in a row.

In the third and fourth quarters of the game, the Wizards relied on players who could rotate to constantly score and constantly make substitutions to defend Maddie.

Rivers is also helpless in the face of the cold Houston, because the current Magic team is too lacking in stable interior killing and scoring!

Kwame was voted the best player of the game because he grabbed 20 rebounds, while Ewing and Grant, who were opposite him, combined for 12 points, and of course Oakley also had the credit for that!