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Chapter 340 Howard is despised!
Obviously, even if Nelson failed to make a shot this time, Dwight Howard has a great probability of being able to grab the rebound this time.

This is a very scary thing. Nelson expressed too many things with such a decisive and brave shot.

Obviously, Nelson wouldn't have dared to make such a shot if he didn't have full confidence in Dwight Howard's rebounding ability.

You must know that decisiveness and extremely high shooting confidence are a huge plus for a pitcher.

In many cases, two players with the same shooting ability, one is decisive and confident, and the other is hesitant but not too high in shooting confidence, the shooting performance is completely different.

To put it bluntly, it is because of Dwight Howard's strong rebounding performance after a season, which has given the Magic team a buff with a big heart!

And this is not the end, on the offensive end, Nelson made a difficult three-pointer, giving the Eagles a record of Mawei.

At the same time, returning to the defensive end, after the Eagles have completely run out of space through tactical moves, Xu Lang has also completely hoisted the ball into the hands of Szczerbiak who is flying in the air.

Dwight Howard still resisted Marc Gasol's entanglement abruptly, took off two steps away, rushed to Szczerbiak, and directly slapped the gun in Szczerbiak's hand. The basketball is fixed on the backboard.

Although Xu Lang was extremely flexible in the follow-up, everyone on the Magic team took the rebound that Szczerbiak blocked this time, and then completed a second attack with a low-handed layup.

However, in the defense just now, Dwight Howard showed a terrifying defensive area, amazing bounce speed ability, and precise defensive judgment ability.

All let the Eagles clearly feel the pressure they did not feel on the Cavaliers in the first round of the playoffs on the Magic.

But still the same sentence, although the Eagles are more willing to meet the Nets as their opponents in the second round of the playoffs than the Magic.

But if they really face the Magic, the Eagles are not afraid.

So fighting again in different places, the Eagles' offense is still the same as the first offense, and they continue to make tactical moves.

It's just that this time, after all the Eagles players felt the defensive pressure of the Magic, they accelerated the frequency of tactical moves.

And the most important thing is that Xu Lang was not the main player in the Eagles' offense this time, but after handing the ball to Darko Milicic who was at the free throw line, he began to fight with Szczerbiak. , Tony Allen together for dazzling off-ball moves.

You must know that Xu Lang still has a gold-level running skill, coupled with Xu Lang's super-giant shooting ability, it makes Xu Lang not like LeBron James, a big-core ball-holding player, without the ball in his hands Wouldn't play ball at the same time.

It also allows Xu Lang to exert a lot of offensive restraint even without the possession of the ball.

After running and passing several times in a row, Xu Lang quickly went in and one step away on the left side, received a pass from Darko Milicic, and got a good offensive opportunity.

However, just when Xu Lang was about to collect the ball to complete a head-throwing attack, Dwight Howard, a center who was flying all over the field, jumped in front of Xu Lang again in time from a 45-degree countermeasure position.

However, Xu Lang is not Szczerbiak who is already flying in the air!

I just saw that this time Xu Lang looked at Dwight Howard who was rushing towards him, and with just a light touch pass, he passed the ball from under Dwight Howard who had already taken off, and then entered the penalty area behind him In the hands of Marc Gasol.

Then, Dwight Howard, who has been dunking his opponent this season, was dunked by Marc Gasol from behind!
Although Marc Gasol's style of play is floor-flowing, it doesn't mean that Marc Gasol can't take off without interference!

Throughout the final process, although Marc Gasol's performance was not as violent as a talented black man like Dwight Howard, it was still a very morale-boosting dunk!

Dwight Howard's defensive performance is indeed strong, but no matter how strong his defensive strength is, he still has not been able to achieve the level of one man defending one team.

Especially for a team with a top offensive team like the Eagles, it is difficult for a single strong defensive team to limit the Eagles' offense

So in the next game time, except for the first attack of the Eagles, which was somewhat surprised by Dwight Howard's defensive area, the subsequent offensive efficiency remained at the average level.

Of course, it's just barely reaching the average level.

It's not as good as the last round of the series, and they can often play games that far exceed the average offensive efficiency of the Eagles in the regular season.

This also proves once again from the side that Dwight Howard's defense still has a certain impact on the Eagles' offense.

It's just that the magnitude of the impact and the defensive effect have not reached the level and state that Van Gundy originally expected!
Fortunately, although the Magic did not have the defensive effect they expected at the beginning of the game.

But on the offensive end, they played an offensive efficiency that they hadn't expected!

Looking at Larry Hughes who once again made a shot against his own defense, Xu Lang had to frown, and looked at the insider who bullied Marc Gasol. Dwight Howard of the rookie player title.

I feel like this game is giving me a headache!
To be honest, because I watched Dwight Howard's performance in the last round of the series with the coaching staff.

So Xu Lang knows very well that Dwight Howard will be the key to whether the Eagles can cleanly sweep another 4:0 in this round of the series!
So before the game, whether it was Xu Lang or the coaching staff of the Eagles, more energy was put on studying how to limit Dwight Howard's performance!

But who knows that at the beginning of this game, Dwight Howard hadn't exerted much force. In the eyes of the Eagles' coaching staff, it turned out that several pitchers who were only beneficiaries of Dwight Howard's inside advantage, first give The Eagles' defense had a big blast.

Just in the 9th minute of the first quarter, Nelson has already hit 3 3-pointers!
Others like Larry Hughes and Hedo Turkoglu also scored at least one three-pointer.

And it's not just three-pointers. Xu Lang feels that the Magic players seem to be in a state of full confidence when making any long-range shots, including mid-to-long-range two-pointers and three-pointers.

What Xu Lang felt was that the Magic's pitchers seemed to think of themselves as Ray Allen!

Even Xu Lang or other Eagles players have been completely blocked in front of these players. As long as these players catch a chance to shoot, they will shoot decisively without hesitation.

As a result, although at the end of the first quarter, the Magic's overall shooting percentage was not too high, just 46.7%.

However, the Magic completed more than 25 shots in the first quarter.

And 1/3 of the shots are from beyond the three-point line.

You must know that this is still the Eagles led by Xu Lang, constantly suppressing the rhythm of the game.

Otherwise, Xu Lang suspects that the Magic may be able to shoot a terrifying 30 shots in a single quarter in the first quarter of the game.

In the case of crazy continuous shots, the Magic's overall shooting rate is not too high, and finally allowed it to score 31 points at the end of the first quarter.

Among the 31 points, nearly 90% were not obtained by Dwight Howard.

After all, in the first quarter, Dwight Howard took four shots in the entire first quarter because the Eagles would flank him from time to time, and only hit two of them.
Dwight Howard in the first quarter of the game did not become the main attacker of the Magic as predicted by the Hawks. This is completely different from the strategy of the Magic when they faced the Nets in the last round of the series.

And Dwight Howard, who completely gave up offense, put more energy on rebounding and guarding the Magic's restricted area.

And Dwight Howard, who is doing all the dirty work in defense, can achieve remarkable defensive results.

Throughout the first quarter of the game, the Eagles' offensive percentage in the restricted area was less than 20%, and the overall shooting percentage in the restricted area was only 45.3% lower than the average!

You must know that in this era, offense in the penalty area has always been the main offensive method of most teams in the NBA. Generally speaking, the offense in the penalty area in a whole game will account for at least 40% or even 50% of a team's total points. of.

After all, the basketball principle that the NBA has always pursued is that the closer to the basket, the higher the scoring efficiency.

Therefore, even if the Eagles are not so inclined to attack in the restricted area this season, the average restricted area scoring this season has reached more than 35%.

And now, as both the proportion and efficiency of the offensive end of the penalty area have declined, the overall scoring performance of the Eagles in the first quarter of the game will naturally decline!
Not only that, with Dwight Howard guarding the penalty area, other Magic players also firmly blocked the Eagles' three-point offense.

That is to say, the Eagles' mid-range shots in this game are relatively strong. Otherwise, at the end of the first quarter, the Eagles may not even be able to score 29 points!

Before the start of this game, or before the start of this round of the series.

Not many people could have imagined that the Eagles would fall behind in the first quarter when they were playing at home.

And judging from the game scene in the first quarter, the Eagles did not seem to be able to gain a certain upper hand as expected.

"I think the Hawks seemed a bit taken aback by Dwight Howard's offensive play in the last series.

He was also too sensitive to Dwight Howard's pincer attack, too early. "

"This caused these pitchers of the Magic to get too much offensive space and offensive opportunities in the first quarter."

"Yes, that's right. I personally think that the Eagles don't need to be so cautious or sensitive when facing Dwight Howard's offense. In my opinion, after Dwight Howard officially stepped into the Before the penalty area, the Eagles don't need to play two or even three people."

In fact, Mike Woodson also realized this problem after the first quarter.

Because the Eagles are too afraid of Dwight Howard's offensive end, the overall defensive system of the Eagles is relatively shrinking.

Coupled with this group of shooters from the Magic team, their decisiveness in shooting really exceeded the expectations of all the Eagles players. As a result, in the first quarter of the game, the Eagles were a little stunned by the Magic!
Fortunately, it is too late to realize this problem now.

And most importantly, when it came time for the rotation in the second quarter, Mike Woodson was confident that relying on his super-top bench lineup, he could recover the score gap between the two teams, and even complete the overtake.

In fact, if you only look at the hard strength of the two teams' bench lineups, this is indeed the case, but if the Magic can't stand this game, an abnormal player will pop up at every turn.

At the beginning of the two pairs entering the rotation time, the content of the Hawks' bench was indeed playing against the Magic's bench lineup.

At the same time, it quickly helped the Eagles recover the two-point gap behind, and took advantage of the trend to complete a certain score lead.

But just when the Eagles' bench lineup was planning to continue this rotation and further expand their lead, an old friend of Xu Lang stepped forward.

This old friend of Xu Lang is JJ. Redick. In the middle of the season, JJ. Redick was traded by the Magic from the Raptors.

Obviously, after Van Gundy has Dwight Howard, a core center who can shoot all stars, he has begun to help the Magic hoard various pitchers.

And JJ. Redick's performance did not live up to Van Gundy's expectations.

After coming to the Magic, JJ. Redick's playing time has been greatly improved, which makes JJ. Redick also begin to show more and more potential to become a top shooter.

I don't know if it's because I want to show off my growth in front of Xu Lang, an old friend.

During the rotation, JJ Redick made four three-pointers alone and hit two of them.

Seeing JJ Redick, who will intentionally or unintentionally roar at the Eagles' bench every time he makes a three-pointer, the commentators in the commentary booth are also unsure.

After all, the grievances between JJ. Redick, Xu Lang and the Washington Five Tigers were well known in the United States.

And relying on JJ.'s two three-pointers from Redick, as well as the extremely high ability to involve outside the three-point line, the Magic actually withstood the offensive of the Eagles during this rotation period.

In the end, when the starting lineups of the two teams all returned to the field, the Hawks' bench lineup could only reluctantly return to the bench with a one-point lead.

Of course, the game will continue, although during the rotation time, the Eagles failed to further expand their lead.

But it also tied the score gap behind in the first quarter and achieved a one-point lead!
This is enough for the Eagles!

And when the starting lineups of the two teams returned to the game and the Eagles changed their defensive strategy against Dwight Howard, the Magic's outside shooting percentage immediately dropped by at least two to three percentage points.

Although a decisive shooting mentality will have a certain bonus to a shooter's shooting.

But this kind of bonus will not be too outrageous. After all, the bonus is also based on a certain foundation. Obviously, the magic team's shooting ability may not be bad. It's the ceiling for these pitchers!

Secondly, as the defensive strength rises, the information bonus will also be partially offset.

After all, if a person is completely covered in a pitcher's face, the pitcher's hit rate will inevitably be affected to a certain extent.

It's just that, when the Hawks' pinching and defensive strength against Dwight Howard declined, Dwight Howard also began to attack more independently.

Of course, as a player who lacks offensive means, Dwight Howard's independent attack is different from the traditional center player's offensive method of catching the ball in the low post.

Dwight Howard attacked independently, more by competing for offensive rebounds to complete 2 offenses.

In the absence of more double-teams, Dwight Howard can better complete the card position when facing Marc Gasol one-on-one, and it is easier to obtain a superior rebounding position.

The most important thing is that in the absence of frequent pincer attacks, Dwight Howard can rebound the second time to complete a dunk or layup attack the first time he grabs an offensive rebound!

Then in the second half of the second quarter, Dwight Howard changed his offensive state in the first quarter. Before half the game, he took six shots and hit four of them.

And most importantly, relying on his strong confrontation ability and extremely superior physical fitness, Dwight Howard was sent to the free throw line three times in less than half a quarter of the game.

Although, Dwight Howard's poor free throw ability made only one of his three free throws!
However, the two fouls it caused on Marc Gasol still affected the next tactical layout and lineup adjustment of the Eagles.

Of course, the Eagles are not vegetarian. After adjusting the defensive strategy, the overall defensive efficiency of the Eagles has improved a lot.

Although Dwight Howard's offensive efficiency and scoring inside have improved, the shooting percentage of other Magic players, especially outside three-pointers, has dropped a lot.

And in the case of a similar hit rate, the three-pointer is still much faster than the two-pointer.