One, four, five, the ugly truth
The Magic started the most ferocious counterattack at this time, the score difference was almost gone, and Nelson on the Magic side immediately rushed over to fiercely break through Williams on the outside.
Nielsen has not been criticized in the Magic for so many years, in fact, there are still skills, and there is progress, but Nielsen is not a blank for first-line stars.
During this period, Williams was weak and his defense was not very good, and Nelson suddenly threw a high throw to score 2 points.
The Magic scored 2 points back, but Horn did not abandon or give up at this time, and in the Magic's half, Ryan Anderson, who was defending against the Magic, flashed Anderson lightly, and then easily scored 2 points with a light shot.
Before, Big Van Gundy felt that Horn pulled Howard out and affected the Magic's defense and used Anderson to defend, but now Horn is too easy to play Anderson.
After all, the Magic side is not the Magic that made it to the finals, although the offense is very hard, but the outside players who can play have been replaced by the management of the trouble, and they did not score in this round.
The Magic didn't score, and Horn immediately invented another way to use a triple hit when he got to the Magic's half, using his teammates' cover to launch a triple hit while running a curl cut, using the triple hit to run a small arc, taking the ball and taking the last step to use the bounce height of the triple hit to jump up and throw a throw on Howard's head to score 2 points.
At 42:41, not only did the Magic pull off the score after replacing the bench, but the score was getting closer and closer.
At this time, even Jonathan began to lie for himself; "The state of the Magic is terrible right now! Their overall defense is not good, and that's definitely not Howard's responsibility! ”
Miller also complained about Magic's management at this time; "The Magic's previous lineup was very suitable for them, and I really don't know why they believed that Arenas was back in shape and turned out to be like this!"
Miller complained about the management of the Magic, and many fans also complained about it, but Kerr, who had been in management at this time, said: "Actually, there is no way for the Magic!" Their entire team is actually working for Howard, and they have to make a deal every summer that will satisfy the Beasts. But when there are no big fish on the free market, or they can't catch big fish, the Magic can only rely on gambling to lure Howard. If they win, they win everything, and if they lose, it's like now. ”
Player trading is also a gamble, many things are not clear, a player trade to play well, and tactics, injuries, status, teammates, all have a lot to do with it. Cole understood that the Magic had to do something to keep Howard thinking that he had done something wrong in the end.
The Magic came over at this time, and they also played a little tougher, and Richardson came up and directly used his body to carry Brooks to force a breakthrough under the basket.
Brooks was too thin to bear, and Horn was pulled to the other side by Anderson and there was no way to defend at all, seeing Richardson easily play one.
The Magic finally made one, taking a breath of 44:41, and the margin was slightly stretched by 2 points, and at this time the Nets also made a mistake.
Wallace actually made a mistake when he received the ball, and once the Nets made a mistake, the Magic side immediately wanted to play a fast break.
Nelson pushed up with the ball, dodged Williams himself, and his small arms and legs directly wanted to go to the basket.
Horn opened a triple attack behind Nelson, chased after Nelson with one step of acceleration, took a small step in the second step, waited for Nelson behind him, and when Nelson flew up, Horn opened his eyes and turned on the third step of the bounce bonus, and slapped a block in the air on Nelson's face.
"Smack!"
Horn coolly pulled Nelson's layup down, scared Nelson's basketball, Horn took the ball back and passed the ball to Williams with a long pass, Williams received a through ball into the hands of Marshon Brooks, Brooks took the ball and dunked.
"Bang dang!"
44;43, the Nets are catching up again!
The Magic themselves couldn't pull the score several times, and in the half, Nelson was drawn by Horn, wanting to steady the pass to Howard, but he didn't expect that there was no tacit understanding between him and Howard, and his pass was too aggressive, and it suddenly passed to Henry Foss's hands.
Henry Foss immediately passed the ball to Williams, who advanced the ball to the front court and turned back to pass to Horn.
Horn took the ball and saw that Anderson was very close to him, and he immediately decided to use his speed advantage to dribble with one hand in front of Anderson.
At this time, Howard flew over and wanted to block it, but he didn't expect Horn's bounce to be really high, and Horn was really fast, and in front of Howard, Howard stuffed the basketball into the Magic basket.
"Bang dang!"
Horn's dunk was successful, the referee's whistle blew, and Howard had another foul.
At this moment, the Nets overtook the score, and Horn also dunked Howard's head.
The center of the water house was quiet at this time, they used to be the champions of the East! They were the team that made it to the Finals, and Howard was one of the league's most dominant stars at the time. But today the team was repaired so miserably by a small Nets, a small Horn.
Magic fans feel heartache, is this the end of their beloved team?
This scene also made Howard feel psychologically uncomfortable, although Howard knew from last season that the Magic trade to Arenas did not contribute anything, and then Arenas also received a sky-high salary cap salary, he knew that this team was going to end. But I didn't expect that the team that I had struggled for so many years was so fragile and vulnerable at this time that even a Horn couldn't stop it.
Howard was saddened, and Big Van Gundy was even more distressed, because he built this team single-handedly. But now look at this team, there is no integrity at all, the team's lineup is broken, and the tactics are also fragmented, and the result of so many years of hard work has been changed back to this. I can't even defend one of the opponent's arrow figures, which shows how poor this team's defensive ability is.
Horn's outstanding performance, like a sharp knife, suddenly peeled off the glamorous exterior of the magic, allowing people to see the ugly interior of the magic that is currently bloody.
went to the free throw line, Horn hit a free throw, and the team overtook 44:46, and looking back, Horn suddenly felt the lifelessness of the Magic and Howard's unwillingness.