In the next few rounds, the Magic team used elevator door tactics to help Wang Chao cover the space, and the effect was outstanding, and Wang Chao did not live up to the high hopes of this set of extreme tactics of three guarantees and one at all, shooting 3 of 3 outside the three-point line, scoring 9 points in a row, and chasing back the 8-point difference in the blink of an eye.

The Pistons immediately called a timeout to adjust when they saw that the situation was not good, but the inexplicability of the elevator door tactics was that even if they knew that the opponent was going to play like this, there was no way, except for the mobile blocking and dismantling violations, the only thing that could be bet on was that the shooter couldn't throw the ball with a bad hand, but this is not true at all in Wang Chao.

The Magic team also knows how to accept it when it is good, and after overtaking the score, they did not continue to use this trick frequently, but returned to normal Wang Chao and Howard's blocking and dismantling cooperation to consolidate the lead.

The hard-built advantage was overtaken by a wave of reversal, which caused the morale of the Pistons to plummet, and more importantly, the debut of the elevator door tactic made them a little confused, and there was no way to deal with this tactic.

At 104:97, which was the final score after the game, the Magic defeated the Pistons to win the first game of the series, and the overall score was 1:0.

"Congratulations to the Magic team for winning this game, although the process of the game was full of ups and downs, and the Magic team once trailed by 8 points in the fourth quarter, but under the leadership of Wang Chao's 13 points in a single quarter, the team still successfully reversed and won the game."

Director Yu said: "Wang Chao shouldered the team's offensive banner in this game, scoring a game-high 31 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists, shooting 56% from the field and 52% from three-point range, especially the three three-pointers in the fourth quarter of the game, which is the key to the Magic team's ability to overtake the score!" ”

On the Magic side, in addition to Wang Chao's 31 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists, Howard also had a performance of 27 points and 13 rebounds.

The combination of the Super Magic combination scored 58 points, which was also the key to the Magic team winning the game.

After the game, Pistons head coach Philip . Sanders' face is not good-looking, it doesn't matter if he loses a game, after all, the playoffs are 7 wins and 4 wins.

But what made him feel a lot of pressure was the elevator door tactics used by the Magic team in the fourth quarter of the game.

If there is no way to crack this tactic, then in the following games, once the game is deadlocked, when the Magic team uses this trick again, the Pistons will definitely have no resistance and can only face the result of defeat!

At the press conference after the game, Sanders vaguely mentioned that during the game, the Magic team was suspected of moving to block and dismantle, but the referee did not blow the penalty, which made him very dissatisfied.

I have to admit that although it is to replace Larry. Brown's class, but during his time coaching the Pistons, especially Ben. Wallace can still bring the Pistons to the Eastern Conference Finals every year after leaving, and Sanders' coaching level is quite good.

Although it was the first time he had seen the elevator door tactic, he immediately noticed the problem with this tactic, that is, the suspicion of moving blocking and dismantling with double block and dismantle cover.

But this kind of thing itself is a matter of penalty strength, even the Warriors, after winning 73 wins in the regular season and getting Durant to form an unprecedented luxury lineup in the summer, caused all teams in the league to be extremely dissatisfied, and then they united to put pressure on the league to force the referee to blow the moving block and become strict.

In contrast, the Magic team has just started to use it, and it is very careful to use it, only a few times at critical moments, plus the Magic team itself is not the top team in the league, so there is no need to blow it at all.

Take 10,000 steps back and say, for the league, the Magic and the Pistons, it is definitely that the former is more loved by Stern.

Wang Chao and Howard are both popular superstars in the league, although the Magic team is also a strong defensive team, but the offense is not as dragging as the Pistons at all, and the Magic team playing the original version of the magic ball is also very gorgeous when the offense is smooth.

Therefore, the Magic's entry into the Eastern Conference finals and the winner matchup between the Celtics and the Cavaliers will definitely get more ratings than the Pistons' entry into the Eastern Conference finals.

In order to promote James, the league can even ignore a six-step layup, so what's the point of a just suspected mobile block?

The day after Sanders publicly questioned the referee's blowing issue, the league publicly stated that there was no problem with the referee's blowing in the G1 game between the Magic and the Pistons, which was completely reasonable and compliant, and the Pistons head coach was fined $50,000 as a warning for publicly criticizing the referee's inappropriate remarks.

The league's tough attitude made the Pistons obediently shut up and prepare for the next game.

On May 5, the second game of the Eastern Conference semifinals, the venue of the game was still at the home of the Magic, facing the Pistons who had lost one game but were still menacing, the Magic team won the game again 100:93, leading the opponent with a total score of 2:0.

Wang Chao had 22 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists, Howard had 25 points and 18 rebounds, and Nelson had 20 points and 4 assists.

The Magic team scored 20+ points with three players and five players scored in double figures to win the game.

At the last moment, when the score was deadlocked, the Magic team concocted the same method and once again offered the elevator door tactic, and the Pistons, who had been prepared, still had nothing to do in the face of this tactic, and could only watch the victory leave them again.

There's really no way around it.

In addition to blowing for a foul, there is only one possibility to stop the elevator door tactic, and that is the feeling of the executing basketball player.

Why did tactics that were born back in the 80s not start to show their power until the 13-14 season? Because before that, there was simply no team that could get the most out of this set of tactics.

Looking at the whole league, before Curry and Thompson appeared, there was only Ray. Allen's three-point shooting ability can support the demands of this setup.

Wang Chao, who has a full value of 99 for all three three-point shots and has the talents of a marksman, a fast gunner and a sniper, is obviously a player who is more suitable for this set of tactics than Curry.

This is also why Wang Chao will be very cautious and try to avoid using a large number of elevator door tactics, if possible, he wants to enjoy as much as possible the convenience brought to him by the elevator door tactics, this tactic is blown to move the block and dismantle as late as possible, especially in the playoffs, it is simply a bug-like unsolvable killer.

The big score of 2:0 surprised many people.

Even with home-court advantage, it is still surprising that the Magic can win two games in a row against the Pistons so neatly, after all, the two teams have a huge difference in playoff experience.

With two wins, the Magic team went to Detroit with great momentum, and the next two games will be played on the home court of the Pistons.

On May 7, the Pistons' home court was full, which is a rare event for Detroit, a city that is experiencing economic turmoil, mass unemployment and bankruptcy, because Pistons fans firmly believe that the first two games were lost because of the road game, and back at home, the Pistons will be able to win two games in a row to tie the score to 2-2, and then beat the Magic in one blow to reach the Eastern Conference Finals for the sixth consecutive year.

However, Pistons fans never expected that they enthusiastically came to the home court to cheer for the team, but in exchange for the result of a group of disappointed early departures after less than three quarters.

What is the Magic Ball Tactic?

The term was coined when D'Antoni was coaching the Rockets.

The so-called magic ball, in the simplest way, is to abandon the traditional mid-range shooting, and limit the main scoring methods to the three-point shot and the basket offense, and pay attention to maximizing efficiency.

Why is this style of play called the magic ball, but also because this style of play is very magical, either it is super god, or it is super ghost, and when it is powerful, even if the king of heaven and Lao Tzu comes, it will be wasted, but if the player feels cold, he can't beat the weakest bottom team in the league.

The Magic team at Howard's peak, the concept of playing belongs to the prototype of the magic ball tactics, and the offense relies on a large number of three-point shots.

And the G3 match between the Magic team and the Pistons happened to coincide with the time when the outside of the Magic team was bursting.

Not only Wang Chao, but also Tekoglu, Nelson, Morris. Evans, Bogans and other players shoot how to shoot from beyond the three-point line.

In the first half alone, the Magic team shot 7-of-15 from beyond the three-point line, shooting 46.7% from three-point range!

Facts have proven that the three-point shot can really shoot alive.

Halfway through the third quarter of the game, the difference between the two teams had exceeded 30 points, and the Pistons' defensive system completely collapsed, and there was no resistance at all.

By this time, the Pistons home fans had gone a lot.

Pistons head coach Philip Brown. Sanders stood on the sidelines with a blank expression.

He didn't have to worry about elevator door tactics in this game, because the Magic team didn't need elevator door tactics to create shooting space at all, but ......

“3:0。”

Although the game is not over yet, the 30-point difference, with the Pistons' scoring ability, is simply difficult to catch up in the final fourth quarter of the game, and throughout the regular season, the Pistons have scored more than 30 points in a single quarter, not to mention that they have no way to limit the Magic's outside shooting until now.

121：86。

The Magic team won the game with a huge lead of 35 points on the home court of the Pistons, not only turning the overall score into 3:0 and taking the lead in getting the match point, but also killing people's hearts, completely crushing the confidence of the Pistons and team fans.

Throughout the history of the NBA, there has never been a team that has won four consecutive games from 3-0 down in the playoffs.

The Pistons also struggled to do so.

After the Magic took a 3-0 lead, the tight string of the whole team suddenly loosened.

This loosening immediately went terribly wrong.

On May 10, the fourth game of the series, the Magic team was comprehensively suppressed at the Pistons' home court, and the feeling of how to shoot in the last game was wiped out in this game, and only two people on the team scored double-doubles, namely Howard's 21 points and 12 rebounds and Wang Chao's 24 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists.

72:91, the Pistons won by 19 points at home, and finally pulled back a little bit and saved some face.

If this defeat has not made the Magic team vigilant, then on May 13, the Magic team lost another game at home 88-95, and the total score was chased to 3:2, which made everyone vigilant.

The Pistons are really not rookies, the team that can reach the Eastern Conference finals for many years in a row is one of the top first-class teams in the East and even in the league, and if you underestimate the other party, you will definitely regret it.

Two defeats left Magic head coach Stan Brown. Van Gundy was furious, and the whole team practiced after the game.

"We have no way back, and if we lose the G6 game again, the score will be 3:3! If we really lose the game in 4 games in a row with a 3:0 lead, we will really be nailed to the pillar of shame in history, and every time there is a playoff matchup that reaches 3:0, we will be dragged out as a classic example of whipping over and over again! ”

No one wants to be a classic, like the Mavericks, who won 67 in the regular season in the 06-07 season and were black-eight in the first round of the playoffs.

The Magic, feeling the huge pressure, finally rose in the G6 series on May 15, winning the game at the Pistons' home court 97-92, refusing to tie seven, and fixing the score at 4-2.

Pistons fans, who had had a little hope because the team had won two games in a row, were disappointed after all.

The Magic, on the other hand, were cheering.

Before the start of the regular season, who would have thought that the Magic would be able to achieve a 62-win record in the regular season? Who would have thought that they would be able to go all the way and even beat the Pistons to the Eastern Conference Finals?

You must know that last season, the Magic team could only barely enter the playoffs with the eighth record in the East, and then was ruthlessly swept out of the playoffs by the Pistons 4:0 in the first round, and looking back, the Magic team has missed the playoffs for three years, and even the bottom of the league.

But this season, the Magic team has completed its rise and officially stepped into the ranks of the league's top teams, and in the eyes of many people, all of this came from a big gamble by the Magic team last summer, using a super cap salary plus a first-round draft pick to snatch Wang Chao from the Suns.

Wang Chao, who averaged 26.9 points per game in the regular season, also showed a strong scoring ability in the playoffs, especially in the 6 games with the Pistons, Wang Chao averaged 24.8 points, 4.4 rebounds and 4.1 assists per game.

Wang Chao's average of 24.8 points per game is the highest of the two teams, and he has stepped up many times in the team's crisis moments, helping the team out of danger with his own points.

To put it bluntly, Wang Chao's importance to the Magic team is no less than that of Howard, the Warcraft who has the role of a needle on the defensive end, and is fully worthy of the title of internal and external dual-core.

Interestingly, the Magic, who eliminated the Pistons 4:2, was actually the first of the four matchups in the second round of the playoffs.

The other matchup on this side of the East is the Celtics vs. the Cavaliers.

Originally, many people thought that the Celtics easily swept the Cavaliers, although the Cavaliers did not perform well during the regular season, but the strength of last season's runner-up is still undoubted, or James is really strong.

Especially when he fell behind 2:3 and fell into a desperate situation, James slashed 32 points, 12 rebounds and 6 assists, and led the Cavaliers to victory 74:69.

When the team only scored 74 points, James's 32 points accounted for 43% of the team's scores, which shows how strong he is.

The two teams that drew 3:3 on aggregate will have a tiebreaker next.

And the two sets of duels in the west are also strikingly similar.

The game between the Spurs and the Hornets has been fiercely fought to a 3:3 draw. The Hornets led by Paul are so strong that even the Spurs have a hard time coping with it.

I have to admit that Paul is really strong at this time, even in the face of a team with the league's top defense like the Spurs, he can still contribute an average of 24+11 double-doubles per game.

The Spurs have a lot more difficulty against Paul than against James, even though the Hornets have a much better roster than the Cavaliers in last year's Finals. West & Tyson. Chandler, with Peja on the outside.

Wang Chao knew that in this matchup, the Spurs could still win and advance to the Western Conference Finals with more experience and background, but it was another set of matchups, so he had no idea which direction the result would go in.

Lakers vs Rockets.

This matchup is definitely Wang Chao's pot, and it is precisely because of his existence that the Magic team did not give Lewis a big contract of 100 million yuan, and it also contributed to the Rockets gritting their teeth and betting to sign first and then exchange for Lewis.

Although Lewis's personal strength is not top-notch, and the future 100 million yuan contract has become a classic garbage contract, Lewis at this stage is indeed a very high-quality shooter among the big forwards, and he is good at long-range shooting, and he can also cooperate well with the traditional center Da Yao.

The knock-on effect of Lewis joining the Rockets is that the Rockets did not have major injuries during the regular season, including Da Yao, who are in a relatively healthy state, even if the Rockets' regular season record has not improved significantly, but in the playoffs, it is really unimaginable how terrible a healthy Da Yao and the Rockets are.

The Lakers are in big trouble right now.

In the first two games at home, the Lakers won all of them, but when they arrived at Houston's away game, they immediately lost their lead completely, and the overall score came to a 2-2 draw.

In the battle of Tianwang Mountain, Da Yao broke out strongly, scoring 28 points and 13 rebounds in the game, while Maddy and Lewis also had 21 and 19 points respectively, and the Rockets defeated the Lakers 100-92 in the battle of Tianwang Mountain, and took the lead in the upset.

Wang Chao was really shocked.

The Big Three of the Rockets don't seem to be as reliable and stable as the Big Three of the Celtics, but the Big Three are the Big Three after all, and their combat effectiveness is really strong.

Forced into a desperate situation, Kobe Bryant also broke out in the sixth game, scoring 44 points in the whole game, dragging the Lakers back from the edge of the cliff, and the two sides fought to a 3:3 draw.

Next up at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, the home of the Lakers, the two teams will face off in a final do-or-die duel, with only the winner qualifying for the Western Conference Finals.

Wang Chao really doesn't know who of these two teams can win, there is no doubt that Kobe is very strong, but Maddie on the Rockets' side is no less capable of scoring than Kobe when he is in excellent condition, and he has more helpers next to him than Kobe.

The only difference is that if the Lakers win, the Spurs will have no chance in the Western Conference finals, but if the opponent is the Rockets, the Spurs may still have a chance to beat the Rockets to reach the Finals.

It's not that Wang Chao underestimates the Rockets, but even if they have a triumvirate combination, the stability and staying power of the Rockets are more worrisome, not to mention the overall strength of the Spurs, and they will not hesitate to do anything to win in the course of the game.

Wang Chao is really worried that the Spurs' queen dirty Bi Bowen will give Da Yao a black shot at the most critical moment in the Western Finals.

The Olympics are just around the corner, and he doesn't want Da Yao to be injured at this time and be unable to play.

Wang Chao waited for two days with some trepidation, and the results of the three groups of duels between the east and west were all out.

Not surprisingly, the Celtics still defeated the Cavaliers and advanced to the Eastern Conference finals 4:3.

James gave everything in the last game, and no one on the team could provide him with enough help, James shot 14 of 29 from the field, 14 of 19 from the free throw line, and slashed 45 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists. West scored a double-double, and you can imagine how desperate James was inside.

As the biggest three favorites to win the championship this season, the Celtics did not play well in the playoffs at all, playing a tie-break with the Hawks in the first round, almost being blacked out of eight, and almost being cornered by the Cavaliers in the second round.

This inevitably makes people wonder if Celtic can win the championship? Not to mention the Finals, the Eastern Conference Finals against the Magic are not necessarily so stable, after all, the Magic eliminated the Detroit Pistons, the strongest team in the East except for the Celtics, 4:2.

On the other side, the Spurs defeated the Hornets, Queen Bee Paul is only one step away from the floor of the West Finals, at this time he is young and vigorous, and the future is extremely bright Paul may not have dreamed that in the next ten years, the floor of the West Finals will actually become his nightmare, until he joined the Rockets, he was finally able to realize his dream.

And Wang Chao's most uncertain Lakers vs Rockets, or the Lakers had the last laugh.

It was definitely the highest level of the four matchups so far, and the scores between the two teams were close from the beginning of the game, and the difference between the two teams did not exceed five points at the maximum, and in the end the Lakers won the game 108-106, with a difference of only two points.

Kobe Bryant scored a game-high 34 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists, while on the Warriors' side, Da Yao had 21 points and 10 rebounds, Maddy had 19 points, 4 rebounds and 8 assists, and Lewis had 16 points......

Facts have proved that the Rockets Big Three are indeed not particularly reliable, Maddie has passed his prime, injuries have made his explosive power plummet, the fastest first step in the league that year no longer has the lethality of breaking through with the ball, the main scoring method has been transformed into medium and long-range shooting, and Lewis is not strong enough to attack with the ball, under the oppressive defense of the Lakers, he only makes mid-to-long-range shots without breaking through, how can the shooting rate be high?

Bryant was a different story, scoring almost entirely from ball-handling breakaways, making as many as 17 free throws in the game.

A little bit, just a little bit less.

The Rockets fall in front of the Lakers, and the matchup in the Western Conference will be Lakers vs Spurs.

Da Yao and the Rockets lost the game and were eliminated, although Wang Chao felt a little sorry for Da Yao, but at the same time he was relieved.

In these 7 matches with very high intensity, Da Yao was not injured and has been quite active, judging from the competitive form he showed in the competition, he will definitely be able to play in the best form in the Olympics in a few months.

……

The final rosters of the East and West are all out, and the competition is about to begin.

Now that the Rockets have been eliminated, the Chinese fans who support the Rockets and Da Yao have naturally all turned to support Wang Chao's Magic, after all, the Magic team has been regarded as the second home team of Chinese fans this season.

By the way, the Lakers are the third home team, on the one hand, Kobe Bryant has a terrifying number of fans in China, on the other hand, the signing right of Chinese player Sun Yue at this time is in the hands of the Lakers, although the Lakers did not reach a signing agreement with Sun Yue this season, but it has been reported early that the Lakers want to inspect Sun Yue, who represents the Chinese men's basketball team in the capital Olympics, if he has a certain ability to play in the NBA, he will sign with him.

In the eyes of Chinese fans, it is only a matter of time before Sun Yue lands in the NBA to join the Lakers.

Indeed, after the Olympic Games, the Lakers officially signed a contract with Sun Yue, and won the championship in the 08-09 season, and also awarded a championship ring to Sun Yue, who played soy sauce, which also made Sun Yue the second Chinese player to get a championship ring in the NBA after the bus.

That's all for later.

The Eastern Conference Finals, against the Boston Celtics, will be the Magic's toughest opponent to date.

Unlike the Pistons, the Celtics of the Big Three are really strong and terrible, the two teams met four times in the regular season, and the Magic lost all four games without winning even a game.

In terms of defense, the Celtics' defensive ability is stronger than that of the Magic, although Garnett's strength is not as good as Howard's, but he is not inferior to Howard in other aspects, whether it is bounce, blocking, or mobility.

Therefore, Garnett's defensive deterrence under the basket is completely comparable to Howard's.

This season, Howard was only selected to the All-Defensive Second Team, but Garnett was the All-Defensive First-Team and the favorite to win the All-Defensive Player DPOY.

As a traverser, Wang Chao knows that Garnett's best defensive player this season is his best.

While they don't have an advantage in defense, the Magic team on the offensive end also doesn't have much advantage.

The core of the Magic's outside scoring is Wang Chao, who averaged 26.9 points per game during the regular season and played equally well in the playoffs.

But the Celtics have Pierce and Ray on the outside. Allen's dual-core drive.

Tekoglu was excellent, but he couldn't compare to either of the two.

There is a clear gap between the two teams in terms of lineups, which cannot be erased in any way.

Wang Chao knew from the beginning that with the current strength of the Magic team, it is still too difficult to defeat the Celtics, Howard must further become stronger and reach the basket dominance at the peak, and he also needs to go further and completely evolve into a top scorer at the level of Kobe Bryant and James before he really has a chance to compete with the Celtics.

The team can stand on the stage of the Eastern Conference Finals, and both the management and players of the Magic team are already very satisfied.

Regardless of whether they won or lost, they were greeted with warm applause when they returned to Orlando.

But having said that, he has already stood on the stage of the East Finals, how can he fight, and Wang Chao also has the trick of elevator door tactics here, and he still has a chance to fight.

On May 20, the first game of the Eastern Conference Finals officially began.

This is the first time since the playoffs that the Magic have played without home-court advantage, and it is also the first time to experience the horrors of Boston's Devils' home court.

At 91:98, Celtic won the game.

In the face of the Celtics' stronger defense than the Pistons, as well as the strong sense of pressure brought by the Devils' home court, almost all members of the Magic team have been affected, and their performance is generally below average, with Wang Chao being the only exception.

After the start of the game, the Celtics sent Garnett to defend Wang Chao, Garnett has a better height and arm span than Wang Chao, and his footpace is not slow, Garnett's speed and agility at his peak are around 80, even during the Celtic period, Garnett, whose athleticism has declined slightly, is at least above 75.

Moreover, the slight decline in athleticism has replaced a more experienced experience than when he was younger, and Garnett's average per game data in this period may be a little worse than in previous seasons, but the strength is indeed at its peak, and the so-called twilight huddle is simply a joke, I have not heard that the player has entered the twilight of life when he is 31 years old.

The Celtics were full of calculations thinking that with Garnett's marking, Wang Chao would definitely be pressed to death, and there was no chance of scoring.

This was indeed the case at the beginning of the game, Garnett was like an all-round enhanced version of Kirilenko, and in Wang Chao's eyes, he was like a hedgehog, and he had no idea where to start.

However, after Wang Chao was restrained at the beginning, he immediately told the Celtics with his actions that it doesn't matter if he can't beat Garnett, labor and management can shake people.

Wang Chao, who was very uncomfortable by Garnett's defense, directly called his good friend Howard for help, and used Howard's block to separate Garnett's gap, and hit consecutive three-point shots on the outside.

As a last resort, Perkins, the center of the Celtics, had to follow Howard out of the line with his heavy steps, and stopped Wang when he was about to shoot a three-pointer after the pick-and-roll.

Usually in this case, the next step for the Magic team is to let Howard go down quickly, and attack the frame after receiving Wang Chao's pass, but after the blocking, the defensive object is replaced, and Garnett's defense also makes Howard quite uncomfortable, whether it is height or arm span, Garnett has also achieved full coverage of Howard, even if Howard is proud of his strength, he is not too strong than Garnett at this stage.

Therefore, after the blocking, even if Perkins made up for it, the Magic team still played with Wang Chao, but from shooting outside the three-point line to accelerating breakthroughs with the ball.

Garnett can keep up with Wang Chao, but Perkins is different.

Perkins, who weighs 122 kilograms, is a standard heavy center forward with heavy and clumsy feet, and he can't keep up with Wang Chao at all.

With Howard's frequent blocking and pick-and-roll cooperation, Wang Chao made 10 of 18 shots, 3 of 7 three-pointers, and 5 of 6 free throws, and scored 28 points and 3 rebounds in the game.

But this is also the only time that the Magic have scored more than 20+ points in this game.

Nelson scored 12 points on 5-of-13 shooting, Turkoglu scored 10 points on 4-of-12 shooting, and even Howard had just 14 points and 11 rebounds.

There is no way to do this, Howard, who can fly away, is most afraid of a real heavy center, because his strength is mainly strong in the upper limbs, in order to ensure enough mobility and bouncing explosiveness, Howard's weight is not large, and the strength of the lower limbs is not strong enough.

This is also why Howard will always be beaten by Da Yao, during the time period when the big shark O'Neal is aging, the only one in the league who can be called a traditional heavy center is only Da Yao, whether it is at both offensive and defensive ends, Howard can't withstand Da Yao at all on the inside.

Although Perkins' weight is much worse than that of Da Yao, and he does not have the latter's excellent low-post offensive skills, his weight of 122 kilograms is still a lot heavier than Howard, which is enough to cause Howard a lot of trouble on the inside.

In fact, even if there is no meeting in the Eastern Conference Finals this year, the Magic will still meet the Celtics in the second round of the playoffs next year.

That season, the Celtics lost Garnett, who can be regarded as the most important main core of the team, in the regular season, but in the face of the Celtics without Garnett, the Magic team also fought with the opponent for seven games to finally win with difficulty, and eliminated the Cavaliers 4:2 in the Eastern Conference to reach the finals.

In the seven games with the Celtics, Howard averaged 16.4 points, 17 rebounds and 2.7 blocks per game, and he did a very good job in rebounding and blocking, but compared to the 20+14 data in the regular season, he was obviously still limited in terms of scoring.

Perkins, who was opposite him, also played an excellent performance in this round of the series, averaging 10 points, 11.6 rebounds and 2.3 blocks per game, and the shooting rate reached 52.4%, almost the same as Howard.

It's not that Howard's average of 16 points and 17 rebounds per game against the Celtics is not good enough, but in the 08-09 season, as the most representative season of Howard's career, he won various awards such as rebounding king, block king, best team, best defense and best defensive player, and also ranked among the best in the regular season MVP voting.

It's a bit unreasonable that such a top player can't win a blue-collar center.

Of course, if you look at it from the eyes of Wang Chao, a traverser, it actually makes sense, Perkins is a blue-collar center, isn't Howard?

Although Howard played like a superstar, even in his peak '08-09 season, he was still just a super blue-collar center, with no ability to play alone with his back and no ability to handle the ball.

This is also one of the main reasons why Wang Chao will consider choosing the Magic team, this super center who claims to be able to replace James alone, the ball possession is not at the same level as James, Wang Chao can enjoy a lot of ball possession of the Magic team on the field with peace of mind, play excellent statistics, and under the guarantee of Howard's defense, the team's record is also guaranteed, which is simply beautiful.

The topic is a bit off the hook, let's get down to business.

After losing the first game, the Magic followed suit with a 97-103 loss to the Celtics on May 22, trailing 2-0 overall.

In this game, the players on the Magic side were slightly adapted to the Celtics' Devil's home court, and the shooting percentage began to pick up, Howard got 19 points and 15 rebounds, Turkogru, Nelson and others also scored double-doubles, and a total of 6 people on the team scored double-doubles, including Wang Chao, who scored 25 points.

But the Celtics side, Garnett, Pierce, Ray. Allen's Big Three worked at the same time, scoring 26, 25 and 25 points respectively, and the Big Three combined for 76 points to win the second Eastern Conference Finals at home.

"Sure enough, although the newly rising Magic team is strong, compared with the Celtics' Big Three, it lacks a lot in terms of strength and experience."

"The Magic's playoff journey may end here, stopping in the Eastern Conference Finals, this report card should be enough to satisfy Orlando fans, their core players are still very young, whether it is Howard or Wang Chao, there is a lot of room for improvement, and the Magic team is bound to become a strong team in the league in the future!"

After two games, the major media have begun to summarize the season for the Magic, and in their opinion, it is only a matter of time before the Magic team loses.

However, the Magic's tenacity is far beyond their imagination.

Back at home, the Magic team won two cities in a row and chased the score back to a 2:2 draw!

The Magic team relied heavily on the outside touch of play, returning to normal state without being affected by off-court factors at home, and Wang Chao frequently used elevator door tactics in these two games to maximize the firepower outside the three-point line.

9-of-15 three-pointers in G3 games, scoring 34 points!

G4 game 10 of 18 three-pointers, another 38 points!

With Wang Chao's score and the revival of the Magic's outside shooters, the Magic team played two hearty victories.

With a score of 2:2, the venue of the game once again came to the home of the Celtics, the fifth game of the East Finals, the battle of Tianwang Mountain.

Garnett scored 33 points and 16 rebounds, Ray Allen scored 29 points, and 6 of 9 three-pointers, which was considered a wave of Wang Chao, plus Pierce's 18 points, and the Big Three scored 80 points again, showing their strength to the league.

On the Magic side, Wang Chao scored 26 points, and Howard had 25 points and 14 rebounds, but he still couldn't turn the tide.

The overall score is 3:2!

On May 30, the sixth game of the Eastern Conference Finals.

The Magic at home once again showed accurate outside three-point shooting percentage, the team made 37 three-pointers in the game, hit 18, a shooting rate of 48.6%, and the Magic also beat the Celtics by 17 points 119-102! Tie the score to 3:3!

The 17-point difference was the most disparity among the six games in the Eastern Conference finals, and such a difference also made Boston fans begin to panic.

The belief that his team would win began to waver.

They...... Can you really win?

is also a tie-breaker, and the Magic team gives them a completely different feeling from the previous Hawks and Cavaliers!

(End of chapter)