Chapter 679: Relationship Breakdown

After the timeout, get back on the field.

Magic is in a bad position right now. If we can't turn the tide of things on the pitch within a while, the team is basically doomed. Not only this game, but also this series, will fall into a very unfavorable low.

Therefore, in the next short period of less than three points, it is no exaggeration to say that the fate of the entire Magic team was decided.

The Magic team attacked again, and because there was still enough time, the Magic did not rush to bet on the three-pointer, because it would be unsafe to do so. It's better to chase back two points and two points to be stable.

Howard still wants to play his own inside singles, but Van Gundy once again emphasized to Howard his own tactics during this timeout, that is, let Howard block Carter, and Howard should not overdo it on the inside, which will not be good for the team's victory.

Howard could only obediently come up and block Carter this time.

After the pick-and-roll, Carter burst inside this time, and although he didn't pass back to Howard, he found an opportunity and gave it to Nelson in the bottom corner, and after Nelson received the ball, he shot a three-pointer.

Sessions quickly ran for Nelson, in the air trying to intercept the ball, but it was obviously impossible. Nelson's shot was very early.

The ball was undisturbed by Sessions and flew steadily to the basket.

Chen Jiyuan stared at the ball, silently thinking in his heart: "Don't enter, don't enter." Don't go in. ”

However, Chen Jiyuan obviously had nothing to do with God, and the ball scored.

After the three-pointer was scored, the score became 90-86. The point difference became four points again. There are 2 minutes and 31 seconds left in the game.

The Knicks attacked, and after Chen Jiyuan and Sessions blocked and dismantled this time, Howard followed Chen Jiyuan one step at a time, and also followed outside the three-point line.

Chen Jiyuan's withdrawal from the three-point line made Howard really hate itchy, because Howard also had to go out, in this case, the interior defense and assistance defense would have to be completely handed over to Gortat. After all, it's better to do it yourself.

Sessions burst inside and made a small head-toss of his own. Under pressure from Nelson. Lost the ball.

Gortat, who was on the inside, quickly stuck Lefu and protected the backcourt rebound.

Here's your chance. This is a chance for magic to turn the tables around. If they can't catch it, no one dares to say that there will be the next one.

After Nelson dribbled through half-time, the team steadied their position. Prepare for the offensive.

Carter came over and got the ball in Nelson's hand. Then Howard stepped up to block Carter.

In fact, Howard still hoped that the ball would be singled out, but the team's head coach stood on the sidelines and kept urging Carter to come forward to receive the ball. This made Howard very helpless.

Carter managed to get rid of Iguodala's defense with Howard's pick-and-roll, but Love quickly followed. And here Howard wanted to receive Carter's pass, but it was also blocked by Carter. Unless it's an air relay. But the air relay has Chen Jiyuan on the inside. Unlikely.

So, Carter singled the ball to Lefou.

After Carter continued to swing, he suddenly lowered his center of gravity, accelerated, and bent over Carter wanted to hire the speed to overtake Lefou.

And the first half of the matter was indeed as Carter imagined, and Love really couldn't keep up with Carter's speed. Carter had a smooth start.

However, when Carter wiped out Lefou, he realized, Ah, what is this thing in front of him?

What is this blue thing?

By the time Carter reacted that this was a Knicks player, it was too late to avoid it.

Naturally, Carter bumped into this Knicks player. And this Knicks player was knocked to the ground. It was Chen Jiyuan who saw Carter rushing into the inner line and was about to go up to make up for the defense.

After Chen Jiyuan judged Carter's offensive line, he decisively went up to ambush.

And Carter's ball lowered the center of gravity of his body, bent down and broke through to the inside, but accidentally bumped into Chen Jiyuan, who had been waiting for a long time.

There is no doubt about this ball. The referee decisively gave a whistle and committed a foul.

Chen Jiyuan made the right bet on the ball, if Carter looked up at the person, maybe he would give the ball to Gortat on the other side, and Gortat would dunk easily.

Therefore, there is no controversy about this punishment, and Chen Jiyuan has already stood still. Naturally, Carter's dribbling hit man and fouled.

This foul was fatal for the whole game. It's very likely that because of the failure of this attack, the Magic team will be sent home directly to fish.

There is 1 minute and 58 seconds left in the race. The Knicks, on the other hand, have the ball and a four-point lead.

This time the Knicks attacked, Chen Jiyuan felt almost the same. Instead of going up to block the pick-and-roll, he stuck Howard and reached for the ball.

Sessions and the others first pulled away the people around Chen Jiyuan. Then Sessions passed the ball to Chen Jiyuan in a high hang.

Chen Jiyuan singled Howard, and the Magic's defensive strategy this time was also Howard defending Chen Jiyuan alone, otherwise, once it was a bag, the possibility of scoring an empty shot would be too great. That's not as good as Howard's defense.

In fact, Howard is feeling unhappy right now. Just now, I wanted to play the ball alone, but Van Gundy wouldn't let it, if Carter scored the ball. Howard can still have a reason to convince himself in his heart, and now that Carter has smashed up, Howard will naturally begin to be dissatisfied with the head coach in his heart, this, that, that, and that, all of which have emerged. In the end, it became a sentence: "Let you not believe me." ”

Anyway, the most fundamental thing is because Van Gundy doesn't agree to let Howard single. Always not enough to believe in Howard's singles. This left Howard in doubt about his status. I'm not the boss of the team anymore.

Chen Jiyuan singled Howard with his back, and then after hitting him twice, he rolled over and threw a backward jumper, a one-way action, although Howard also followed Chen Jiyuan's action to reach out and interfere, but it was impossible to block.

The ball flew away from Chen Jiyuan's hand and flew away one centimeter from Howard's fingertips.

After landing, Chen Jiyuan and Howard, who turned his head, both looked at the ball without leaving their eyes.

The ball slowly flew to the basket. And then. The basketball shook its head and glanced at Chen Jiyuan and Howard here. In the end, in Howard's desperate eyes, he was obediently stared at by Chen Jiyuan into the basket.

92:86。

There is still one minute and forty seconds left for the Magic to chase the score. But if you want to overtake the Knicks by 6 points defensively, it's such a simple thing.

The Magic asked for a timeout again, although this is the last timeout for the Magic, but if this timeout is not necessary, the game may not have a follow-up. You have to do something here for the game to have a future.

During the break, Chen Jiyuan really wanted to take off this mask, which was really uncomfortable. is completely unaccustomed, Chen Jiyuan is different from Hamilton, and now Chen Jiyuan is thinking about how Hamilton endured this thing.

The Knicks' rearranged tactics have changed a little bit.

This time, Chen Jiyuan followed Howard, and let Lefu follow Gortat. Gortat is not that aggressive. As long as Gortat doesn't get the ball particularly close to the basket, it's fine.

On the Magic side, there is a disagreement.

Van Gundy meant to let Carter hold the ball, and then let Howard and Carter block and cooperate. It's just that this time Van Gundy asked Carter to pass the ball as much as possible to Howard, who cut inside. Van Gundy believes that's what will allow the Magic to get the most out of their offense.

But Howard doesn't think so. Just hand me the ball. That's what Howard thinks.

Howard decisively said to Van Gundy: "Let me play singles, it's a little more efficient,"

Howard couldn't bear it anymore.

But Van Gundy is not such a good head coach, now Howard dares to dictate his own tactics, he didn't care about his own tactics before, forced singles, if it wasn't for watching the ball go in, Van Gundy would definitely scold Howard. Now he dares to question his own tactics.

Van Gundy was also a little angry.

After all, the team's current situation is not good, and no one can still be very calm. There must be some anxiety in my heart. So are the coaches, so are the players.

Van Gundy said in a very emotional mood: "Do what I say." Go and block Vince. ”

Howard's temper also came up. Just sat down on the bench. I don't want to play.

Van Gundy also has gang. Directly let Lewis replace Howard.

When the timeout was over, the fans were dumbfounded.

What kind of trouble is this Nima?

At this critical moment, the Magic's pillar player, Dwight Howard, did not play, which is simply unbelievable, such an incredible thing actually happened today.

At the same time that the fans were blinded by B, to be honest, the Knicks players were also blinded by B. After all, this situation is definitely not within everyone's expectations.

Although the Knicks players saw what happened and could guess that there was a conflict between Howard and Van Gundy, they didn't expect Howard to really stay on the court. Although I can't hear what Howard and Van Gundy have said. But the body movements of the two people were still seen, and they were very excited to shout at each other.

Now in this situation, without Howard's magic, you can actually surrender directly.

Because Howard is not on the court, this ball, the Magic's offense is Carter and Gortat's blocking, however, Carter basically has no need to return the pass.

Gortat's offense and Howard's are completely incomparable.

Because Howard didn't play, it was Chen Jiyuan who was defending Gortat. After the blocking, Chen Jiyuan followed Carter's movements, and Iguodala defended Gortat. Then, Carter forced a layup here, although it was to avoid Chen Jiyuan's block, but the action was already deformed, and the ball went out of the basket.

The next thing the Knicks did was control the time, even though the Knicks didn't score this ball either. However, the Magic's next shot, Lewis misses a three-point shot. Basically, it completely ruined the team's chances of winning.

There are only 47 seconds left. The difference is still 6 points.

Thibodeau didn't make any substitutions for safety, and neither side scored, and the score continued until the last minute.

The red light comes on and the game is over. The Knicks managed to get a win on the Magic's home court.

The full-time score was 92:86.