After returning from the fourth quarter, the two sides also replaced the substitute lineup to compete, allowing the main players to have more rest off the court.

To facilitate the smooth takeover of the game at the last moment.

However, this is obviously not favorable news for the Magic.

Because in the entire first three quarters, the Magic's substitute lineup has been suppressed.

Since Nelson was placed on the bench, his offensive efficiency has been much worse than before. I wonder if this has something to do with his personal mentality.

Looking at Su Jiu, who was already tired like a dead dog sitting off the court, Van Gundy also frowned tightly.

Although the Magic successfully overtook the Cavaliers after the third quarter, the current situation on the field can be said to be quite unfavorable for the Magic.

After all, instead of pinning your hopes on the substitute lineup, it is better to make some on-the-spot changes on the field.

So after the fourth quarter, Van Gundy also won Howard, who had more than two minutes of rest in the third quarter, took the lead in the field.

After all, when Su Jiu and Howard both ended at the same time, the Magic's offense was a mess.

Although Howard had to give him some rest time again after playing during this period of time.

However, if Howard is not taken first to the court at this time, the Magic are likely to not be able to hold on to the end.

At this time, Su Jiu was already in a semi-exhausted state. If Van Gundy wanted to win this game, then Su Jiu's rest in the fourth quarter was crucial.

With Howard's appearance, the Magic also had a backbone character on the offensive end.

Although Howard has been targeted in this game, as long as he is present, he will naturally attract the Cavaliers' defense and create better opportunities for other teammates.

This can also be regarded as a star effect.

Even at this moment, Howard has also suffered a great loss of physical strength, but compared to Su Jiu, who has just entered the league, Howard is currently at the peak of his career in terms of physical fitness.

So it is not a fatal thing to play more time in this game.

In the next match between the two teams, the Cavaliers' defensive strategy is also very obvious, that is, once Howard receives the ball at a low post, he will immediately double-team it.

Howard forced to pass the ball out for other teammates to finish.

Fortunately, in the first half of the fourth quarter, the Magic's substitute player was quite powerful. After receiving Howard's pass, he finally seized several opportunities and did not waste it.

Even Bogans, who had already begun to enter the diarrhea stage on the offensive end, made two three-pointers, solving the Magic's urgent need.

Seeing that the players' performance on the court was not as bad as I thought, Stan Van Gundy off the court also exhaled his breath.

After all, Van Gundy does not require this lineup to expand the score. He just prays not to be overtaken by the Cavaliers at this time, which is already considered satisfied.

However, compared with Stan Van Gundy, the team not only did not approach the score after returning in the fourth quarter, but also remained in a state of tangledness.

This also made the Cavaliers head coach Mike Brown become more anxious.

Although the Cavaliers also have an advantage in lineup and physical strength in this game, this is the home court of the Magic.

Once the Cavaliers fail to chase the score quickly, it will probably be a little dangerous at the last moment.

Even though the team has the pride of heaven, LeBron James, the key is that the Magic's newcomer Su Jiu is so fucking scary!!

As time goes by, both sides have tried their best on the court, and every player feels a deep sense of oppression at this time.

Howard, who was suppressed for the whole game, was even more angry. After all, the Cavaliers were too disgusting for their targeting.

This also led to Howard's two strong starts when facing double-teaming. Although he failed to score the ball, he also created a foul by the Cavaliers to make extra penalties.

He used his own way to extend his life to the Magic and firmly grasped the score.

Finally, with more than seven minutes left in the fourth quarter, Mike Brown, who was the first to sit still, also called out a timeout directly. It seemed that he wanted to take all his main lineups after the timeout and give it a try.

"Su, it's up to you next. Dwight, come down and rest for a while, but you must recover your strength as soon as possible. After all, once the situation on the court starts to be unfavorable, I may get you on the court in advance."

After hearing Stan Van Gundy's words, Su Jiu, who had more than four minutes of rest in the fourth quarter, also stood up slowly.

Although I felt a soreness in my muscles all over my body, and even my calves were still trembling unconsciously.

But Su Jiu also knows that this is the case with competitive sports. As a star, not only must he be outstanding in personal abilities, but his ability to lead the team at critical moments also tests the psychological quality of a star.

Among them, physical strength is definitely the most important part.

Just like Kevin Durant of later generations, Durant definitely has the top scoring ability in the league, but his biggest disadvantage on the court is his physical strength.

Once both sides play too anxiously on the court and Durant's playing time soars, Durant's shooting percentage will begin to decline sharply.

According to statistics, Durant is the second-fewer player in the fourth quarter among all the stars who averaged more than 25 points per game in the later generations.

The last place is the new generation of Dwen Booker in the 18-19 season.

This is also the main reason why Durant clearly had such terrifying scoring ability in later generations, but he never was able to confirm the number one player in the league.

After returning from the timeout, the Cavaliers were indeed as expected. Mike Brown took all his main lineups during this period and planned to give it a try to fight the Magic.

Van Gundy naturally replaced other main players except Howard during this timeout.

Back on the court and endured the discomfort caused by muscle soreness, Su Jiu also tried his best to get himself into the game.

Although there are more than seven minutes left on the court, Su Jiu doesn't know whether he can support it until the last moment.

But at this moment, Su Jiu's mind kept echoing what Allen Iverson once said to himself:

"Remember, little guy, the basketball court is another battlefield in peacetime, so no matter how you perform off the court, once you stand on the court, you should overcome all difficulties."

So after Mo Williams slowly spent the half with the ball, Su Jiu also tried his best to lower his center of gravity to ensure that he could keep up with the opponent's rhythm as soon as possible.

However, after halftime, Mo Williams took the initiative to hand over the ball to James, and then played a role without the ball.

Compared to Su Jiu's exhaustion, Mo Williams also took a long break at this moment, and he definitely had a great physical advantage.

Mike Brown was even more insidious at this time. Because he also noticed Su Jiu's physical strength off the court, he let Mo Williams start running on the offensive end, forcing Su Jiu to follow closely behind him.

Judging from this, I want to consume Su Jiu's physical fitness on the court as soon as possible. It has to be said that none of the people who can become head coaches in the NBA are real idiots.

At this time, LeBron James stood at a high position with the ball, and he was always suppressing time. Mo Williams on the field did not stop at all and kept taking Su Jiu to circle.

Even if I don’t have the chance, it seems that I still want to take Su Jiu to run a marathon and consume the physical strength with Su Jiu.

Seeing the Cavaliers' behavior after coming up, Stan Van Gundy on the field couldn't help but frown.

After all, this is really disgusting.

At this moment, since Howard had already left the court to rest, the Magic had to rely entirely on Su Jiu on the offensive end.

Mo Williams has been consuming Su Jiu's physical strength, so I'm afraid that after a while of the game, Su Jiu's situation will become worse.

However, Stan Van Gundy, who saw through the Cavaliers' routine at first sight, had no choice, because he would never dare to take Su Jiu off the court to rest.

Because once he does this, he will be a self-destruction!!

In the following period, the Magic also relied on Su Jiu on the offensive end. As long as Su Jiu held the ball and passed half, the Cavaliers would go forward and attack directly.

On the Magic's defensive end, Mo Williams has been consuming Su Jiu's physical strength, which has made him extremely consumed on the defensive end while trying to be unable to participate in the offensive end.

However, Su Jiu was not surprised at this scene. After all, the only ones that the Magic could rely on in this game were himself and Howard.

At this moment, Howard is off again, so he will inevitably become the focus of the Cavaliers' defense.

Faced with this situation, Su Jiu also tried his best to give accurate passes to his teammates to ensure the team's offensive operation on the court.

Until more than five minutes left in the game, Van Gundy also took over the Warcraft Howard, who had been resting for more than two minutes, while taking advantage of the dead ball stage.

With Howard's re-appearance, all the main lineups of both sides have returned to their positions and are preparing to start the final battle of this game in the next five minutes.

Next, Su Jiu and Howard also tried to play pick-and-roll at the high position, because once Howard sat in the low position and asked for the ball, he would definitely face double-teams of the Cavaliers.

So the Magic also took the opportunity to make a double connection between the two. After all, these two people are the Magic's biggest reliance on the field.

As Su Jiu once again relied on Howard's pick-and-roll to complete a mid-range shot, the scores on the court are also here:

97:93

The Magic led by four points at home, and there were only 34 seconds left on the court.

Before the Cavaliers started attacking, the off-court coach Mike Brown also looked anxious at this time.

However, at this stage of the game, Mike Brown only had the last timeout left, so Mike Brown did not dare to call out easily.

This also led to the attack that had to rely entirely on the players' own performance on the court.

After receiving the serve from his teammate, LeBron James also dribbled quickly and passed the half.

After halftime, James frowned and kept making gestures to Mo Williams, indicating that Mo Williams would come up to make a pick-and-roll for him.

After receiving the signal from James, Mo Williams also brought it up immediately and made a pick-and-roll for James.

With the help of this pick-and-roll, James instantly burst out with a force, which even surprised Su Jiu.

Because the game has reached this point, Su Jiu can be said to have run out of ammunition and food, and he has not fallen yet, relying on his perseverance on the field.

As a result, this guy James was still able to erupt with this force so far, which made Su Jiu feel something was wrong.

"Switch, change, change!!"

When Su Jiu recovered from his senses, he found that Little Little had obviously lost his position, and at this moment Mo Williams directly pulled outside the three-point line on the left after the pick-and-roll.

If Su Jiu chooses to keep up with Mo Williams at this time, then James will be able to easily break through the defense and break into the basket.

So at the moment when the pick-and-roll was disassembled, Su Jiu pushed Li Zi directly and shouted anxiously.

Because Courtney Lee has always been responsible for defending James in this game, and his playing time has reached 36 minutes at this moment.

So Li Zi's feet are a little weak at the moment, which also leads to her failure to keep up with James's footsteps as soon as she faces the pick-and-roll.

However, after feeling Su Jiu's pushing and anxious voice at himself, Courtney Li gritted his teeth and instantly burst out with force, pounced towards Mo Williams.
To be continued...