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Usually in the regular season, being behind by 11 points in a single quarter is a relatively dangerous situation, let alone now in the playoffs, where the point difference is widened after the first quarter alone.

For Howard, who has led his team to the playoffs for the first time, he has to have mixed feelings about the current crisis.

In order to gain the possibility of reversing the point difference and turning defeat into victory, Howard came out immediately in the second quarter, preparing to use physical strength and defense to help the Magic gain that glimmer of hope.

As for the Bulls, Duane can actually continue to play in the second quarter like Howard.

However, considering the strength of the Magic, he does not need to pay such attention to it. At the same time, the Bulls' main players need to be used carefully to try to avoid injuries in the Eastern Conference playoffs, and also to give other rotation players more opportunities to play.

In the end, Duan sat quietly on the sidelines until more than four minutes into the second quarter before reappearing.

One thing to say, as long as Howard is not pretentious and wants to play in low singles and blindly participate in the Magic's offense, but concentrates on defense, the Magic's overall strength is still very strong.

For more than four minutes at the beginning of the second quarter, the Magic relied on Howard's defense and outside breakthroughs and shooting, which was a one-star, four-shot offensive system, to narrow the point difference to 5 points.

However, after Du En returned to the game, he scored a three-pointer from the outside as soon as he came up.

At the same time, Duen assisted on the defensive end, and Jameer Nelson's breakthroughs were repeatedly blocked by Duen's assisting defense.

Nelson lacks ball intelligence and passing vision, and his organizational skills are slightly insufficient, but he is one of the few ball-handling breakthrough players in the Magic team.

The Magic's overall shooting ability is outstanding, but it is impossible to shoot from the outside every game.

If they really play like this, the Bulls will directly defend man-to-man. No matter how good the Magic's outside touch is, they will definitely lose the game if they blindly force shots.

It is precisely because of the team configuration that if the Magic wants to shoot, they must have someone who can break through and score in the paint.

When Nelson's breakthrough was restricted, the Magic could only rely on Turkoglu to hold the ball and connect the team.

After all, Turkoglu is a big man. No matter how good his basic skills are, he cannot change the problem of a high center of gravity when dribbling.

In addition, Turkoglu stopped with the ball, obviously intending to pass the ball.

The Bulls guarded the passing route well, and after a slight double attack, Turkoglu made two consecutive mistakes in just 2 minutes.

You can't break through, you can't pass the ball, and there are no inside players who can score at the basket.

After Duane returned to play and improved the Bulls' overall defense, the Bulls relied on defensive counterattacks and hit a 9-1 spurt. Only Howard on the Magic team scored 1 point through free throws.

You know, in a basketball game, it's not easy to score just 1 point!
However, only Howard, who has the worst scoring ability on the Magic team, scored 1 point.

It was also because the Bulls' main players were too ruthless and showed a Finals-level defensive intensity, which suddenly destroyed the morale the Magic had built up in the first half of the second quarter.

Even though the Magic called for a timeout to adjust, it still failed to make much improvement after the timeout.

At the end of the first half, the score reached 31 to 57, and the point difference had opened to 26 points.

After halftime adjustments, the Magic gathered some morale at the beginning of the third quarter.

But Duan was not going to waste time. He went all out in the third quarter and led the Bulls' main players to continue to ravage the Magic players on the court.

Perhaps he was beaten too hard and Howard, who didn't want to endure the humiliation anymore, suddenly became angry. When Josh Smith broke through and attacked the basket with the ball, he directly reached out to grab his shoulder and threw Josh Smith to the ground.

The referee immediately blew the whistle when he saw this, but Josh Smith was young and energetic, and he had a championship in hand. Now he was inexplicably beaten by Howard to vent his anger. How could he bear it?
When Josh Smith got up and pounced on Howard, and the two collided, the referee had to immediately step forward to separate the two.

After the conflict ended, the referee immediately gave Howard a second-level flagrant foul and Josh Smith a technical foul.

In this regard, Howard was able to get the hammer he asked for and got the opportunity to end the game early and rest.

Otherwise, if you continue to stay on the court and be humiliated, the scene may become even more ugly.As for the Bulls, because there had been conflicts on the court, they withdrew the main force in advance to avoid another conflict.

Fortunately, even if the main players clocked out after two and a half quarters, they had already established a 32-point advantage.

在杜恩执行完加罚之后，个人数据也已经来到了28分9篮板6助攻3抢断1盖帽。

Although it failed to obtain the expected 30+10+5 data, it was already quite gorgeous.

After the Bulls' main force left the field, other players in the rotation naturally got more opportunities to play.

米利西奇算是抓住了机会，本场比赛出场24分钟，累计10投7中，罚球6投4中，高效拿下18分5篮板1助攻1盖帽的数据。

But in G2, Milicic didn't have so much playing time.

Although the Magic were firmly suppressed by the Bulls, they were still struggling. The Magic did not give up the G2 game, and they did not give up this series early.

After a 1-point defeat in G34, the Magic in G2 played relatively more methodically.

And Howard didn't dare to lose his temper because he was charged with a second-level flagrant foul.

At the same time, he also suppressed the smile on his lips, changing from a happy beast to a serious beast.

再过两年的霍华德能够单换詹姆斯，甚至在场均5.3犯的3场被6犯驱逐出场的情况下，4比2轻松击败詹姆斯。

Although Howard is still some distance away from his peak, if he takes it seriously, he is still a bit scary.

The Bulls thought that Tyson Chandler, who had already entered his prime, could solve Howard, who had not yet entered his prime. However, the No. [-] pick was still the No. [-] pick after all.

Although Howard's scoring in G2 was limited, his rebounding was completely overwhelming Tyson Chandler.

Even if the Bulls send Milicic to consume Howard again, Howard still has the upper hand in fighting for rebounds.

To be honest, Howard didn't score much because his own skills were so poor. In many cases, it wasn't Tyson Chandler who defended Howard, but the basket and rebounds that defended Howard.

However, the key to winning is scoring.Basketball is a sport where the team that scores more points wins.

It's true that Howard is very good at rebounding, but the reason why there are so many extra rebounds is because the Magic's outside players are more skilled.

Just like Durn's rookie season with the Lakers, once Kobe Bryant's hand was not feeling good, it was easy for Durn to get double figures in rebounds.

No matter how much ball rights Howard grabs, he can't convert them into points, and his teammates have low scoring efficiency and can't win.

For the Bulls, there is no difference between G2 and G1. At most, the playing time of the main players is different.

G1 clocked in at two and a half quarters, and G2 clocked in at three and a half quarters.

The Bulls are a championship contending team, and against a team like the Magic that is in the first round of the playoffs, it shouldn't be too easy to win.

Normally, the Bulls should sweep the Magic and advance to the Eastern Conference semifinals.

However, there is no need to make enemies.

At the beginning of this season, the Bulls and the Magic got along very happily. After all, Milicic came to the Magic.

If the Magic Lions open their mouths, it will undoubtedly be more difficult for the Bulls to find other ways to adjust their salary space in the next few years. (End of chapter)