With the Magic's targeted attack and Su Jiu gradually opened up the situation against Blake, the Magic successfully led the Trail Blazers at home.

Looking at the situation on the court, Trail Blazers head coach McMillan also scratched his head wildly off the court.

Because even fans could see at this time that Blake's point is the Defensive Black Hole of the Trail Blazers on the court, and the Magic kept grabbing this point and fighting endlessly.

Not only was Su Jiu's personal defeat on the back line, but center Oden had to focus more on the defense.

However, even though McMillan himself knows this, he has no choice, because like the Magic, the Blazers are very weak in the position of point guard.

Even the weakness is even more exaggerated than the Magic. At least one Nelson is available, and if the Trail Blazers don't use Blake, then only Sergio Rodriguez is available.

As an Espanyol, Rodriguez was a big shot in the European League at that time, and was famous for his gorgeous passes and elegant play in Europe.

However, like most European players, they have suffered from serious disagreement after landing in the NBA.

Although he was able to contribute excellent data of 4.5 points and 3.6 assists per game this season.

However, on the defensive end, he is also a black hole-level player and Blake are inseparable from each other.

As for why the starting point guard of the Trail Blazers is Blake rather than Rodriguez, it is because although Rodriguez plays elegantly and beautifully and can attract fans, his turnover rate is also very high.

If you have to find someone to compare, then you will be a lot of white chocolate that is weaker, or Rubio who makes more mistakes.

So compared to Rodriguez, Blake's more stable outside shooting percentage on the offensive end is the main reason why McMillan had to use him.

So even though we see that the team's current situation on the court is very unfavorable, McMillan has no choice but to do anything about it.

Because there are only two people who can use the point guard in the entire Trail Blazers, the rest are simply very limited in their ability to play against the NBA.

As for why the team does not strengthen this point, this is not something a head coach can do.

Finally at the end of the first quarter, the Magic also used:

24:21

Leading the Trail Blazers, ending the first quarter with a three-pointer.

Oden only scored a little more than six points in the whole first quarter, followed by the time when Poulzbila and Howard played the most direct match.

However, both Oden and Pulpzbila have excellent defense skills.

Pulpzbila was able to contribute 8.7 rebounds in his 23 minutes of playing time this season, which also indirectly confirmed his ability to protect the penalty area.

In addition, the Trail Blazers' outside line was completely at a disadvantage in this game, so even during the period when Oden left the court, Van Gundy still used Su Jiu and others to start an attack from the outside line.

McMillan also made adjustments to Blake and Rodriguez in the first quarter, but no matter who they were, they were at a disadvantage without any suspense when facing Su Jiu.

So at the end of the first quarter, Su Jiu also made 3 of 6 shots, 0 of 3 from outside the three-point line, 4 of 4 free throws, scoring 10 points, 1 rebound and 2 assists.

Scoring in double digits in a single quarter also made the fans in the Orlando Arena feel very excited. Su Jiu's comeback was so aggressive in his first game, which not only made the fans excited, but even Stan Van Gundy gave him a positive comment off the court.

On the Trail Blazers, Oden played very depressed in this half quarter. Not only did he not get too many offensive opportunities on the offensive end, but he was also a little depressed by Su Jiu and Howard on the defensive end.

In the end, he only scored 2 points, 3 rebounds and 2 fouls in half a quarter.

When the Magic caught the back line and beat him hard, the Trail Blazers were still able to hold on to the score. All the credit comes from the team's second in command, Aldridge.

In this game, Aldridge's offensive proportion in the first quarter obviously accounted for more, which is also the best solution obtained by McMillan based on the Magic's lineup analysis on the field.

After all, compared to Roy's offensive attack on Pitrus, the success rate of using Aldridge to beat Tkoglu is obviously much higher.

Aldridge made 5 of 7 shots in the first quarter, made 2 of 2 free throws, and scored 12 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist.

The entire score in the first quarter accounted for as much as half of the Trail Blazers team.

From this point of view, we can see that Aldridge has begun to realize his potential and there is still a lot of room for improvement in people's eyes.

While Aldridge was attracting much attention, Tkoglu, who was against him, was of course labeled as inferior in defense.

It can be said that Tkogru also acted as a solid background board in this game when facing Aldridge.

Barkley: "Okay, then at the end of the first quarter, the Magic are currently leading at home, and Su also played very strongly aggressive in the first quarter in his personal comeback debut."

"Whether facing Steve or Sergio, we can see that Su was very confident in the offensive end. Although he had not been able to open outside the three-point line in the first quarter, he should be making zero three shots."

"However, when breaking through to the inside, he was very decisive, especially when he was on the court at the same time as Dwight, it also made the Trail Blazers' inside a more uncomfortable."

"The outside line cannot be defended, and the inside line dares not make up for it easily. This is the true portrayal of the entire Trail Blazers in the first quarter."

Kenny Smith: "That's right, there were many people who were worried about whether Su would have a certain impact on his previous hot state after returning from injury."

"Because we all know that as an NBA player, especially a rookie player, sometimes the physical troubles caused by injuries to the players are far less difficult to heal than psychological troubles."

"There are many players who actually do not cause much trouble to the players' physical condition due to injuries, but they will have a strong psychological resistance."

"Because I suffered such a loss before, I was injured on the court, so after returning from injury, the players became very cautious, and gave up their own style of play and playing style, which eventually led to the players being sluggish."
Chapter completed!