As most fans think, even if they return to their home court, the 76ers still have little power to resist in the face of the Magic, mainly because they can't solve the outside Wang Chao score, and they can't deal with the defensive gate Howard who is a pillar of optimism on the inside.

When you can't play both offensively and defensively, it's really hard to win.

On April 25, the Magic defeated the Philadelphia 76ers 95-75 away, rewriting the total score to 3-0 to get the match point, and then on April 27, they did not give the 76ers any chance, 103:84, the big score was 4:0 to sweep the 76ers, win the first-round series, and successfully advance to the division semifinals.

When the Magic swept the 76ers and successfully advanced, only the Los Angeles Lakers, who were the first in the West, won as early as the Magic.

The game between the Lakers and the Nuggets was also a crisp 4:0.

Kobe Bryant and Iverson faced off again in the playoffs after many years, and Kobe Bryant averaged 33.5 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists per game, beating Iverson's 24.5 points and Anthony's 22.5 points, leading the Lakers to sweep the Nuggets into the second round.

Of course, Kobe Bryant's play is certainly strong, but the new signing Gasol also contributed a lot, in these 4 games, Gasol can also contribute 22.5 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists per game, and is an indispensable and important part of the Lakers team.

After the All-Star, the Lakers' record soared, from a 65% win rate to 69.5%, surpassing the Hornets, Spurs, Rockets, Suns and other teams in less than 30 games, standing in the first place in the West.

If it weren't for the composition of the Celtics' Big Three, this season's championship might also be the Lakers, after all, except for the Celtics, neither the Pistons, nor the Magic nor the Cavaliers in the East are the Lakers' opponents.

A few days later, it became clear what the first round of the playoffs would be.

In addition to the Magic team's 4-0 sweep of the 76ers to advance, the Celtics, who topped the Eastern table, broke a small upset, and actually fought 7 games with the Atlanta Hawks, who only won 37 in the regular season, and finally defeated the Hawks 4:3 thrilling to advance.

This really shocked Celtics fans in a cold sweat.

The Celtics, who make up the Big Three, have the only goal of winning the championship this season, and if they fail to win the championship, it will be an absolute failure for the Celtics' three All-Star players.

If they fall in the first round and are still eliminated by the Black Eight, then they will be nailed to the pillar of shame in history for the rest of their lives and will not be able to turn over.

Thankfully, they won, albeit a bit awkwardly.

The Pistons eliminated the Toronto Raptors 4-1 and the Cavaliers eliminated the Wizards 4-2, and there was nothing to say about these two matchups.

Especially on the Cavaliers' side, facing Arenas, who was plagued by injuries and had a significant decline in form, James hit hard, averaging 29.8 points, 9.5 rebounds and 7.7 assists per game to lead the team to win the series.

Compared to the East, the battle in the West is much more intense and exciting, after all, the eight teams that have made the playoffs are all teams with more than 50 wins in the regular season, and none of them are weak.

Among them, the game between the Jazz and the Rockets is the most important game in the first round.

Last season, the Rockets fell in front of the Jazz in the first round, with a score of 4:3, but I didn't think that this season the Rockets actually met the Jazz again, but unlike before, this time the Rockets have upgraded the lineup, and the combination of Da Yao + Maddie + Lewis is also a big three lineup with relatively high quality in the league.

Perhaps it is because of Lewis's relationship to share the pressure on the offensive end that Da Yao did not receive a left foot fracture season reimbursement in February, as in another time and space, although there were occasional minor injuries and illnesses during the regular season, but the overall competitive state and health are still at a relatively good level.

Of course, it may also be Wang Chao's reminder that Da Yao realized the risk and consciously reduced the intensity of the confrontation on the inside, and it may also be that he has already started to lose weight to reduce the burden on his ankles.

All in all, Da Yao was not injured and participated in the playoffs.

The Rockets' Big Three teamed up to fight the Jazz, and the two sides fought again until Game 7.

Unlike last season, this time it was the Rockets who had the last laugh.

After all, Lewis is not given for nothing, although his independent offensive ability is slightly lacking, but his stable shooting ability on the outside is very much needed by a positional team like the Rockets.

In 7 games, Lewis can contribute an average of 17.8 points, 7.5 rebounds and 3 assists per game, almost close to Da Yao's average data per game, as for Maddy, in this round of the playoffs, he showed the true strength of a top scorer, averaging 27 points, 6.2 rebounds and 7.2 assists per game, although the shooting percentage is a little lower, only 42%, but with Da Yao and Lewis, he still managed to defeat the Jazz and advance to the second round.

As for the other two sets of matchups, although they are both extremely strong, they did not reach the fierce confrontation between the Rockets and the Jazz.

The Hornets eliminated the Mavericks 4-1, and Kidd, whom the Mavericks spent a lot of money on, was ineffective against Paul, who averaged 24.6 points, 5.6 rebounds and 12 assists per game against Kidd's defense.

This can't be helped, Kidd is no longer the top defensive guard who has been selected to the All-Defensive Team 9 times, his speed and explosiveness are not as good as before, and with experience, there is still a good effect when defending guards who mainly rely on rhythm changes or pick-and-roll breakthroughs, for example, Nelson of the Magic team can't beat Kidd at all.

But if the opponent is the kind of guard who is very flexible and agile, Kidd, who has old arms and legs, is really powerless.

It just so happens that Paul is such a flexible guard, and when the two are in position, Paul is really similar to passing Kidd like passing a stump, so it seems that it is Devin that the Mavericks used to trade Kidd. Harris would be a little better at defending Paul, after all, Harris's speed is one of the top in the league.

The Mavericks, who couldn't limit Paul, were vulnerable to the Hornets and were eliminated in five games, while the Suns on the other side were the same.

Both the Suns and Mavericks made big trades in the middle of the season in an attempt to use the trade to strengthen the team and prepare for the playoffs.

The Mavericks' introduction of Kidd is not a failure, at least if it weren't for the unfortunate encounter with the Hornets, Kidd's experience could still bring a lot of improvement to the Mavericks.

But the Suns' big deal was a complete failure.

With Marion trading for O'Neal, the Suns' game after the All-Star break has been mired in confusion and chaos.

As soon as O'Neal appeared on the court, the Suns' run-and-bomb tactics would immediately fail, and they were forced to enter the positional warfare link, but the Suns went to play the positional warfare, which was a bit of a.

This also caused the Suns' record to plummet in the second half of the regular season, with only 67% of the All-Star winning rate remaining at the end of the regular season, which also made the Suns only ranked seventh in the West, and met their archrival Spurs in the first round.

Then, the cruel reality told the Suns that O'Neal was not suitable for the Suns, not only because of the incompatibility of the tactical system, but also because O'Neal was no longer the big shark that was the overlord of the ocean.

4:1, the Spurs, like the Hornets, eliminated the defending champions without much effort.

In 5 games, Duncan averaged 24.8 points, 13.8 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 2.4 blocks per game, and his performance was impeccable.

On the other hand, O'Neal, who the Suns used to target Duncan, averaged only 15 points and 9.2 rebounds per game in 5 games, and he did have a certain lethality under the basket, but the problem is that whenever he came to the basket to catch the ball, the Spurs would not hesitate to use the shark slashing tactic, and then there was no more.

After five games, O'Neal averaged 12.8 free throws per game, the highest in the two teams, but hit 6.4 goals, a 50% shooting rate, which really made Phoenix fans despair.

O'Neal's presence has clearly seriously dragged down the Suns' run-and-gun system, with Nash being particularly affected, averaging just 7.8 assists per game.

The defending champion Suns were eliminated in the first round, which can't help but make Suns fans miss Wang Chao and Marion very much.

You must know that in the Western Conference finals last season, although the duel between the Suns and the Spurs was extremely difficult, they finally won the game, which proves that the Suns' run-and-gun tactics are absolutely able to defeat the Spurs' defensive system, especially Wang Chao's off-ball running, which can be called the Spurs' defensive nemesis.

"This is the end of the defending champions' playoff journey, and this season the Suns' management has to pay for their poor decisions, whether it is letting go of Wang Chao or trading Marion for O'Neal, it is undoubtedly a very wrong decision, and worse, the Suns have no way to turn back."

"Nash's contract expires, which means that the Suns must use a high salary or even a maximum salary to retain the two-time regular season MVP, O'Neal's 20 million big contract will last for 10 summers, when O'Neal will be over 38 years old, the Suns will be very difficult even if they want to get rid of this big contract, where will the Suns go in the future......

Here's a sports newspaper's summary of the Suns' season, and local Phoenix fans are even more angry when they see it.

"Did Suns management get kicked in the head by a donkey? gave up Wang Chao and traded Marion away, just to get an old O'Neal? ”

"We have a chance to defend the title, or even create a three-in-a-row dynasty! If it weren't for the management's crazy operation! ”

This anger was galvanized at its peak at the end of the first round and when the league began to announce the season's awards.

The results of the 2008 Team of the Year selection were announced within a few days of the end of the first round.

The five players selected for the best team are the guard Chris, who averages 21+4+11.6 per game. Paul, Kobe Bryant who averages 28.3+6+5 per game, James who averages 30+7.9+7.2 per game, Garnett who averages 18.8+9.2+3.4 per game, and Howard, who averages 21 points and 14 rebounds per game.

The five players in the best second team are Nash with 16.9 points and 11 assists, Deron Williams with 18.8 points and 10.5 assists, Wang Chao with 26.9 points, 4 rebounds and 3.2 assists per game, Nowitzki with 23.6 points and 8.6 rebounds per game, and Duncan with 19.3 points and 11.3 rebounds.

The top three were Maddy, Ginobili, Pierce, Stoudemire and Dayao.

The Magic team has two players selected for the best team, Howard is selected for the first team, Wang Chao is selected for the second team, you must know that the Celtics, who have a better record than the Magic, are only Garnett selected for the first team and Pierce selected for the second team.

Wang Chao went from the best three teams last season to the second team this season, and his personal data has also increased from 21+3 to 26.9+4+3.

Not to mention the Suns fans, even the management and even the team owners who made the final decision felt remorseful.

They really shouldn't let Wang Chao go!

……

This season has really been a good year for the Magic, especially for Howard.

He was named to the All-Star Team for the first time in his career, was the league's leading scorer for the first time, was named to the All-Defensive Team for the first time, and won the dunk crown at All-Star Weekend.

The era of Howard's center seems to be coming!

But before that, the Magic team, which entered the second round of the playoffs, was about to face the challenge of a fierce rival.

Detroit Pistons.

Although the regular season record is not as good as that of the Magic, the strength of the Pistons is indeed unquestionable.

From the 02-03 season to the present, the Pistons have never missed the Eastern Conference Finals in 6 years, although the Pistons have only won the Eastern Conference championship twice, but the combat effectiveness is already the top level in the East, and it is not much stronger than the Magic team. Wallace has been away for two years.

The Magic and Pistons were tied 2-2 in the regular season, and in last season's playoffs, the Pistons, who were the No. 1 team in the East, met the eighth-place Magic in the first round, and the result was that the Magic were swept out 4-0.

Considering the gap between the Magic's playoff experience and the Pistons, most people generally believe that the Magic and Pistons' matchup, the winning rate will be four or six, and the Magic's four-percent winning rate is mainly concentrated in the internal and external double stars, Wang Chao and Howard, and the other is the factor of home court advantage.

On the Pistons' side, the advantage is the rich playoff experience of the main players.

Wang Chao knows very well that the Pistons are still superior to the Magic in terms of overall strength, if it weren't for his joining, replaced by the former Mr. Lewis, the Magic and the Pistons would also meet in the second round of the East, and then the result was that the Pistons easily defeated the Magic 4:1.

But now, Lewis has been replaced by Wang Chao, the situation has changed a lot, and now Wang Chao is not only stronger than Lewis on the offensive end, but also because of the talent of the best partner, he can also make Howard have a stronger ability on the offensive end than the original.

When Howard was at his peak, he was just a super blue-collar player, and his offense under the basket mainly relied on physical fitness to dunk in the sky.

Therefore, the combination of Wang Chao + Howard is already to the extent that one plus one is greater than two, and it is indeed the biggest reliance of the Magic team to defeat the Pistons as most fans think.

On May 3, the opening game of the second round of the NBA playoffs began.

The Magic host a challenge from the Detroit Pistons.

Before the game even started, you could clearly feel the difference.

Just because of the pre-game press, the Pistons and the 76ers in the first round are not at the same level at all.

The starting lineup for the Magic side is Jamil. Nelson, Morris. Evans, Turkoglou, Chao Wang, and Howard.

The Pistons' starting lineup is Billups, Hamilton, Prince, Antonio. McDyce, Rashid. Wallace.

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"Hello viewers and friends, welcome to CCTV Sports to bring you the NBA2007-08 playoffs Eastern Division semifinals, Orlando Magic VS Detroit Pistons game, I am the commentator of this game."

"Hello everyone, I'm Yu Gui."

After the usual opening statement, Chinese fans, who had been sitting in front of the TV for a long time, finally saw the live broadcast of the NBA.

"Now that the game is about to start, and the starters of both teams are coming out one after another, we can see Wang Chao, who is the small forward of the Magic team, on the sidelines and Howard having a pre-opening interactive performance." Director Yu said with a smile: "It seems that both of them are in a relaxed mood, although the Pistons are a strong rival, but the Magic team still has some psychological advantages on their home court, Director Zhang, what do you think of this game?" Which side will win? ”

"As a Chinese, I certainly hope that Wang Chao's Magic team can win." Director Zhang said with a smile: "If Wang Chao's magic team and Da Yao's rocket team can break through from the east and west at the same time to meet the finals, it should be quite interesting, although the possibility is not very high." ”

"The Pistons are a team with rich playoff experience, several of their main players, the core of the ball, Billups, as well as Hamilton, Prince and Wallace have played in the Eastern Conference Finals every year in recent years, on the other hand, the Magic team only reached the playoffs for the first time last year, and was swept out of the first round by the Pistons 4:0, with a serious lack of experience, and Wang Chao is slightly better, and has reached the final finals in the past two years."

"In this game, I prefer that Wang Chao can use his experience to drive the Magic team's tactical system and player play, and win the game with the help of home court advantage, if the Magic team can hold the home court of the first two games, then the possibility of winning the entire series will be quite large."

"I see." Yu Gui nodded, and said: "In this way, Wang Chao's play is likely to become the key to the victory or defeat of this game, I found that the Pistons are still ready to let Prince defend Wang Chao in this game, the Pistons' Prince is the best outside defensive player in the league today, and he has continued to be selected for the second team of the best defensive team this season, this is the fourth consecutive year that he has been selected to the best team, will he have an impact on Wang Chao's offense?" ”

"I don't think so." Director Zhang shook his head and said, "This season, the Magic team and the Pistons played 4 times, and the result was a 2:2 draw, in these 4 games, the Pistons team let Prince defend Wang Chao, but Wang Chao was under Prince's defense, but Wang Chao averaged 28.8 points, 3.5 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game in 4 games, shooting 52%, and a three-point shooting rate of 48.5%, which is a little better than the average data per game in the regular season. ”

"Wang Chao has a characteristic, which is very rare, that is, as a projection-based scorer, his scoring is very stable, although after a whole season, his highest score is only 40+, and only a few times, compared with those super scorers who often cut down 50+60+ points, it seems to be a little worse, but he has never felt cold or the shooting rate of the opponent's defense plummeted."

"This also makes me feel very incredible, you must know that even Kobe, James and others, in the long process of 82 games in the regular season, there have been times when they were not in good shape, the shooting rate of a game was only about 30%, and only a few points appeared, but this has never appeared in Wang Chao, this season Wang Chao has not had a shooting rate of less than 40% in a game, stable like a machine, in my opinion, the reason why Wang Chao is so stable and efficient, The reason is that he has always played very reasonably on the court, he will not shoot uncertainly, and he will rarely even shoot against the opponent's defense......"

Director Zhang talked eloquently in front of the camera, completely incarnated as "super blowing", and almost stepped Wang Chao into the sky.

But this is indeed the traffic password in China.

In 08 years, Huaguo has begun to enter the information age, but the vast majority of ordinary Chinese people still have to understand the information of the NBA abroad through live TV and newspapers and magazines, and can accept the new thing of computer Internet or young students and office workers.

Therefore, a large part of the Chinese fans who watched the game had only heard that Wang Chao was very powerful, but they didn't know how powerful Wang Chao was, and they even only knew that in addition to Wang Chao and Da Yao, there was a Jordan, Kobe Bryant and Maddie in the NBA.

In this case, touting Wang Chao's awesomeness is the best way to reap ratings and praise.

"Okay, let's get back to the game, both players are ready, jump ball in the middle circle! Magic center Howard wins the jump ball, and the Magic offense ......"

On the field, after Nelson dribbled the ball past half the court, he handed the ball to Wang Chao.

Wang Chao received the pass and stood at the top of the three-point line, looking at Howard.

The tacit understanding between the two now has reached the point where they can understand the meaning with a glance, and Howard, who has not yet entered the inner line to stand in a fixed position, immediately came out of the inner line again to help Wang Chao block and dismantle the cover.

Prince was blocked by Howard, and Wang Chao immediately went around to the other side.

Rashid. Wallace immediately made up for the defense, not giving Wang Chao a chance to shoot outside.

The Pistons saw the Magic as their biggest rival outside of the Celtics during the regular season, and even during the first round, they would often watch videos of the Magic games to analyze their style of play.

Wang Chao and Howard's gradually increasing pick-and-roll cooperation after the All-Star is the focus of their research.

Although they didn't come up with a good way to crack it, the Pistons still came to a conclusion through analysis that after the two blocked and dismantled, Wang Chao's threat level was far greater than Howard's.

Howard who cuts inside is at most an empty slam dunk or an inside ball to attack the basket, his excellent mobility, bounce and explosiveness make it very easy to eat the cake in the air, but even so, Howard's offensive round is still much worse than Wang Chao's.

If it was to prevent Howard's basket from scoring and giving Wang Chao a chance to shoot a three-point shot from the outside, his three-point shot could really shoot to death!

See Rashid. Wallace stepped forward to defend himself, and Wang Chao's eyes were on Howard, who was moving towards the basket after the pick-and-roll.

Prince followed Howard close and tried to stop him, but with Prince's thin arms and legs, which looked like they would break with a little force, how could he stop Howard?

Seeing that Howard had already run to the free throw line in two steps, Wang Chao threw the basketball in the direction of the rebound.

Howard stepped heavily on the free throw line in two big steps, and the whole person instantly rose into the air, received Wang Chao's pass in the air, and smashed it towards the basket with all his hands.

"Boom!"

The powerful dunk detonated the crowd in an instant, and the cheers were thunderous, and the fans at the Magic home court stood up to cheer for this beautiful open dunk.

"Nice pass."

In the studio, Director Zhang was amazed.

"Wang Chao's pass is really good! The timing was just right, and Howard was also very comfortable, this is the legendary super magic connection, with tacit understanding. ”

"Wang Chao and Howard's partners have a good chemistry, and they are more tacit than another well-known pair, Yao Mai Combination, although the strength of Yao Mai is very strong, but more often on the field, they still fight separately, and occasionally there will be cooperation that is not as exciting as the Super Magic Combination."

The game continued, the Pistons attacked, Hamilton ran out of the open space by running off the ball, received a pass from Hamilton and hit a mid-range shot, and the score of the two teams was tied 2:2.

Switching offense and defense, Turkoglou broke through with the ball and his mid-range jumper was interfered with, and the shot missed, Howard pulled up and grabbed the offensive rebound, and was fouled by Wallace before making a basket and sent to the free throw line, making 1 of 2 free throws......

In the first few rounds of the match, both sides were probing, but neither of them made a move.

After all, this is not the regular season, and the playoffs can't just focus on winning one game, and being able to win the final victory in a best-of-seven game is the key.

Wang Chao didn't shoot much in the first quarter of the game, except for the first shot and Howard's cooperation, he only made 4 shots, all from outside the three-point line, hitting 2 shots to score 6 points.

Howard scored eight points on 4-of-6 shooting, while Turkoglu and Nelson had more offense with the ball in the first quarter, but neither was very efficient offensively, scoring just six and four points, respectively.

That resulted in the Magic scoring just 26 points in the first quarter, but the Pistons were in a similar situation with 25 points, even one less than the Magic.

Both teams are strong defensively, with the difference that the Magic's defense is mainly based on interior pillar Howard, while the Pistons' defense is more inclined to overall defense.

In the second quarter of the game, the Pistons began to gradually exert their strength, Billups relied on his experience and physical advantages, and frequently broke through with the ball to eat Nelson, Nelson is also considered to have good strength in point guards, but it is still significantly worse than Billups.

Billups shot 3-of-5 from the field and 5-of-5 from the free-throw line in the second quarter, scoring 11 points and 4 assists, in addition to him, Hamilton and Prince also scored from mid-range shooting, and the Pistons scored a total of 29 points in the second quarter.

But the Pistons couldn't hold down the Magic in scoring, because the Magic scored 30 points in the quarter and 56 in the half.

Seeing Billups' strength, Wang Chao also began to gradually increase the number of shots, he made 9 shots in the second quarter, all of which were shots in the face of Prince's defense, although none of them were shots outside the three-point line, but the mid-range and basket offense also successfully scored 5 goals and scored 10 points.

"Sure enough, Wang Chao's offense Prince can't be prevented at all, although he has an excellent height and arm span, he can limit Wang Chao's three-point shot well outside the three-point line, but in the face of Wang Chao's breakthrough with the ball, Prince's speed is obviously a little unresponsive, or he is too jealous of Wang Chao's outside shooting, resulting in the defensive position being too forward, giving Wang Chao a chance to quickly pass him."

Director Zhang continued to explain the game in the studio. "Now that the half is over, the Magic team temporarily leads by 2 points, Wang Chao's personal score in the half has come to 16 points, and if he continues to continue the feeling of the first half in the second half, it is not a problem to score more than 30 points in the whole game, this is the explosiveness of Wang Chao's score! Absolutely any team in the league is underestimated! ”

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After the game entered the third quarter of the second half, both teams continued to improve their defensive intensity, and the shooting percentages of both teams began to plummet in this quarter, with the Pistons shooting 1 of 5 from Billups, Hamilton from 3 of 7, and Prince from 2 of 5.

The Pistons scored just 18 points in the third quarter and shot just 36.8 percent from the field overall.

The Magic team is not much stronger, and the Pistons' defense is indeed not vegetarian, but when the offense comes to a standstill, the Magic team has a powerful offensive weapon to break the status quo, Wang Chao and Howard's blocking and dismantling tactics.

The Pistons had no choice but to prevent Wang from shooting from beyond the three-point line, so they had to choose to abandon Howard's defense, and only make tactical fouls when necessary to prevent Howard from scoring consecutive points.

As a result, Howard made a full 8 free throws in the third quarter, and although his free throw shooting percentage was as bad as ever, only 4 of 8 free throws, maintaining a 50% free throw percentage, but with 6 points on 3-of-5 shooting, he also scored 10 points in a single quarter.

Howard's 10 points helped the Magic score 20 points in the third quarter and made the difference between the two teams go from 2 points at halftime to 4 points.

Of course, a 4-point advantage is not even an advantage, and you can directly reverse the score and win by playing a wave of attacks at will.

Therefore, entering the fourth quarter, both teams did not dare to slack off in the slightest, and continued to engage in an almost suffocating defensive battle.

"This ...... It is the NBA-level defensive intensity, which is something that we need to learn well in the CBA and even the national team, even if it is just to learn some skins, it can greatly improve the combat effectiveness of the national team. Director Zhang watched the game process, shook his head and sighed. That's why the NBA represents the world's highest level of competitive basketball, and it's hard to imagine that this is just a division semi-final, not an NBA Finals matchup. ”

Substitute time that unexpectedly appeared in the fourth quarter.

The starting lineup of the Pistons was slow to open the situation, but no one expected that the appearance of the Pistons' bench players would work wonders.

First came off the bench striker Jason. Mark Hill scored on 4-of-6 shooting, followed by Theo. Ratliff and Rodney. Starkey also scored, and in a very short period of time, the Pistons launched a wave of 12-0 offense to overtake the score and lead by 8 points.

Magic head coach Stan. Van Gundy couldn't even call two timeouts.

Wang Chao, Howard and others, who appeared immediately after a short break, had to face an inexplicable situation of falling behind by 8 points, but fortunately, there was still enough time before the end of the game.

Wang Chao, who reappeared, thought about it, and then made a move to Howard, who suddenly understood and nodded slightly towards Wang Chao.

The Magic team attacked, and the ball was rarely in the hands of Wang Chao and Turkoglou, two point forwards who can attack with the ball, but was handed to Nelson.

What puzzled the Pistons was that Howard didn't immediately fall to the inside position as usual in this round, but stood a step away from the free throw line, and not far away was Tekoglu, and the two positions completely overlapped.

"What are the Magic going to do?"

Just when everyone was puzzled, Wang Chao suddenly moved.

Wang Chao, who was originally standing at the bottom corner of the three-point line, suddenly slipped towards the inside line.

"Empty cut basket?"

Prince's heart tightened, and he hurriedly followed Wang Chao's footsteps, but he didn't expect that Wang Chao actually made a sharp turn in the run, and ran straight from the middle of the free throw line to the outside of the three-point line.

When Wang Chao ran across the free throw line, Prince, who was close behind, immediately saw the gap in front of him disappear.

Howard and Turkoglu moved towards the middle almost at the same time, blocking the road completely.

Caught off guard, Prince crashed directly into Howard, stumbling and nearly falling to the ground.

"Not good!"

On the sidelines, Pistons head coach Philip Brown. Sanders slammed to his feet from his seat, his face changing dramatically.

At the same time, Wang Chao has run outside the three-point line, and the long-awaited Nelson is about to pass the ball to Wang Chao.

"Huh!"

The hand rises and falls, and the basketball neatly responds to the net.

"Double-stop pick-and-roll cover ......"

Sanders frowned, he didn't expect that the Magic team would design such a frenzied cover tactic in order to better cover Wang Chao's three-point shooting, and arrange two players, including Howard, to help Wang Chao cover and block the space, if you add Nelson, who is responsible for passing, it will be three players!

In fact, Sanders didn't know that this set of tactics has a very famous name in the future league, the elevator door tactic.

The Warriors relied on this elevator door tactic to maximize the abilities of Curry and Thompson, the two top three-point shooters, and it can even be said that the Warriors can break the Bulls' record in the 15-16 season with a 73-9 record in the regular season, which played a crucial role.

Wang Chao immediately thought of this set of tactics after he had a full-level three-point shot and excellent ability to run without the ball.

It's just that the Sun team at that time, in Wang Chao's opinion, did not need elevator door tactics on the one hand, and on the other hand, they would not arrange such a tactic for Wang Chao, the third or fourth person in the team, who everyone served him alone.

After coming to the Magic team, Wang Chao asked head coach Stan. Van Gundy recounted this tactic and rehearsed the power of it in his daily training.

As a result, the elevator door tactic became the secret trick of Wang Chao and the magic team.

The reason why it is a secret trick is because there are some controversies about the elevator door tactics themselves, and there are lessons from the past in the future, the Warriors relied on the elevator door tactics and the death five small fast-paced small ball tactics to play phenomenally, and immediately ushered in the league's sanctions, and in the following years, the blowing penalty of the mobile cover began to become more and more strict, and almost half of the Warriors' elevator door tactics were blown for cover fouls.

This also forced the Warriors to abandon the elevator door tactics with lower and lower returns, and at that time, the Warriors had already obtained Durant, and the strength was already strong enough to be the only one in the league, and whether there was this set of tactics did not affect the Warriors' dominance of the league.

Wang Chao feels that with the strength of the Magic team, the elevator door tactics should not be targeted by the league so quickly, after all, the so-called mobile blocking and dismantling is only suspicious, which is a very test of the basic skills of the blocking and dismantling players, and also tests the referee's vision and judgment.

But in view of the winning effect of this move in specific situations at critical moments, Wang Chao feels that it is better to use this move as little as possible, as a trick at a critical moment, to avoid attracting the attention of the alliance as much as possible, and he can also rely on this move to eat more tactical benefits.

Now it is the second round of the playoffs, the Magic team is facing the Pistons as a fierce opponent, and the game is currently in the most critical fourth quarter, which is completely in line with Wang Chao's concept of tricks, so the fans at the scene have seen the elevator door tactics that should have been born in the Warriors a few years later.

In fact, the earliest elevator door tactics were used when Jordan was still in his playing years, but at that time the league was still the inside world, and shooting three-pointers was like a deviant and was not recognized by all coaches, so this tactic was not widely used until the 13-14 season. Jackson's tailor-made work for Curry and Thompson, and refined by Kerr, later carried it on.

Obviously, Wang Chao is also one of the most suitable players for this set of tactics, with his full value of 99 three-point shooting ability, the three-point shooting rate in a completely empty state is really amazing.

What's even more exaggerated is that Wang Chao also found that this move can actually enjoy the shooting effect bonus of three talent skills at the same time.

The first is the 5% shooting rate that comes with the marksman itself, which is a buff that will take effect as long as Wang Chao shoots.

Then, because Howard participated in the process of blocking and dismantling the elevator door, he also activated the talent skill of the best partner, and Wang Chao enjoyed the effect of shooting efficiency in 3 seconds.

In the end, the game has entered the fourth quarter, and Wang Chao's running distance has exceeded 3 kilometers, activating the second stage of the long-distance runner's talent, and in the upgraded version of the second stage of the long-distance runner's feature, a 3% shooting bonus after receiving the ball has been added.

Under the superposition of the three buffs, Wang Chao, who already has a 99 three-point shooting ability, has a terrifying shooting rate outside the three-point line, and it is not too much to describe it as a bullet.

(End of chapter)