After returning from the second quarter, the two sides replaced the substitute lineup to compete, as the Magic were sitting on the bench with two tough guys, Gotat and Amir Johnson.

So even though Howard ended at this stage, the Magic's ability to protect the penalty area basket has not decreased at all.

After all, no matter what, although Gotat is far from the Polish Hammer at his peak in later generations, Gotat during this period can definitely be more than enough to play as a substitute player.

This also led to the Lakers' second team basically ending at a position away from the basket in terms of offense.

This situation obviously made Odom feel a little embarrassed. After all, although he also shot three-pointers in his entire career, he was very unprotected in terms of shooting percentage.

The inability to get close to the basket as close as possible, which puts Odom in a lot of restrictions on the offensive end.

Fortunately, the Lakers also have sharpshooter Vujacic on the bench and Walton, who has a very high basketball IQ.

So under normal circumstances, the Lakers' substitute lineup can still play very smooth attacks.

In this game, Van Gundy also arranged for Iverson to lead the second team to play.

However, after Iverson played a very efficient personal performance in the last game, the Lakers' defense against Iverson was obviously increasing in this game.

As long as Iverson holds the ball and enters the penalty area, the Lakers will immediately attack Iverson with more than two people, forcing Iverson to pass the ball to his teammates on the outside.

Faced with this situation, Iverson, who was willing to kill the enemy but was unable to make the situation come true, had to divide the ball more to the outside line.

However, the Magic's three-pointers on the outside were not very good in this game. In addition, Amir Johnson, who is a power forward, is still a player who basically has no shooting ability.

So this has led to the Lakers being very decisive in double-teaming Iverson, not making Iverson's play too comfortable at all.

Seeing Iverson hitting walls everywhere on the court, Stan Van Gundy frowned slightly from the court.

Because the signals reflected on the field are not good news for the Magic.

As the game continued, the Magic gradually fell into a disadvantage because throughout the second quarter, the distribution of ball rights was basically in the hands of Iverson alone.

So as long as Iverson cannot successfully lead others to open the situation, the Magic will become very passive on the offensive end.

In addition, Iverson's physical fitness is naturally at a disadvantage on the defensive end, which leads to the fact that if Iverson cannot lead the team to perform excellent offensive performance on the offensive end, he will become the target of the Lakers on the defensive end.

Seeing the team's situation on the court becoming more and more unfavorable, the head coach Stan Van Gundy became a little anxious.

Finally, after looking up at the time, Van Gundy gradually began to regain the main lineup on the court during a dead ball stage.

Seeing the Magic Team's substitution choice, Zen Master Jackson understood it and arranged for the main players to return to the court as soon as possible.

With the return of the main players of both sides, the game on the court was once again in a state of anxiety.

In fact, whether it is the Lakers or the Magic, both sides are not very efficient on the offensive end, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that it is a blacksmith battle.

The reason why the Lakers are leading the Magic by a slight advantage is that the Lakers' players are all in this game with a mentality of burning their boats.

Especially as the star of the game, Kobe set an example. While still facing the front and back blocks between Pitrus and Howard, Kobe did not choose to follow the Magic's guidance to complete the attack.

Instead, he used a turnover jump shot with a higher difficulty coefficient on the offensive end. Even if he frequently made a blacksmith on the offensive end, Kobe was determined to kill in the way he was best at.

In addition to Kobe's point, Bynum, who was obviously a bit pretentious about Howard's trash talk in the last game, became more cautious.

Although they have never stopped talking to each other on the court, they will not at least perform such inexplicable low-post strong attacks on the offensive end.

I believe that after the last game, Bynum must have been criticized by Kobe or Zen Master Jackson.

Otherwise, with Bynum's immature IQ, if he doesn't fight Howard to the death in the game, this is not Bynum's character at all.

As Bynum began to converge on the offensive end and focused all his focus on defending Howard, the Lakers lost many inexplicable mistakes on the court and seized more opportunities to score.

In this game, Gasol played very toughly when facing Lewis at a low post.

Although Gasol has been called weak and powerless throughout his career, and even was called "Sister-in-law Ga" by fans.

But this actually has a lot to do with Gasol's playing style on the court. Compared with the inside line who is basically brainless in this period, they all rely on their physical fitness to defend the penalty area.

It is rare for inside players like Gasol to have super high basketball IQ. At least in the league this season, there are only a handful of inside players who do better than Gasol to pass.

So when Gasol's playing style is presented to people, people will feel that Gasol is a little weak, and even has no strength to play strong in the low post in the inside, and is completely like a girl.

However, any fan who has watched Gasol play at the Olympics will not say that Gasol's inside shot has no strength.

If you play in the NBA and play next to Kobe, Gasol's positioning on the court is completely a second-in-command, so his playing style is more inclined to support and assist Kobe.

But this does not mean that Gasol's power can be ignored.

In this game, Gasol increased the number of times he fought against Lewis in the inside. After all, compared to Paul Gasol, Lewis was truly weak and powerless.

If there is really a player positioning, it is more appropriate to position Lewis as a tall shooter.

Facing Gasol's back-to-back shot from a low post, Lewis was in a very miserable way, and because of Gasol's excellent pass support and the Lakers' relatively scattered stadium position on the court.

Therefore, other players of the Magic did not dare to rashly attack Gasol and went to rescue Lewis, who was in dire straits.

This situation also led to a very interesting situation on the court, that is, the Lakers are completely "Boebe played, Kobe played, Kobe played after playing Gasol, Gasol played, Gasol played, Gasol played, Gasol played, Gasol played, Gasol played, Gasol played after playing Kobe..."

But it is undeniable that although this situation sounds a bit ridiculous and there is even no tactics at all, the Lakers suppressed the Magic for a whole half with this simple and brainless way.

Although this also has a lot to do with the Magic's own poor touch.

However, while Zen Master Jackson made up his mind to resolutely cut off Su Jiu's contact with other teammates, the Lakers were still the final winner in the entire first half of the battle.

Finally, after the half-time, the Lakers, who played at home, took:

41:35

He led the Magic by six points and ended the first half of the game between the two sides.

In the first half, the Magic only scored 35 points, which was obviously far below the team's average level in the playoffs.

I have to say that whether the Lakers' defense is indeed excellent in this game or the team's own poor feel, this cannot change the fact that the Magic played a bad performance.

During the midfield exit stage, the Magic team was obviously disappointed on their way back to the locker room. Everyone was calm and there was no smile on their faces.

Even head coach Stan Van Gundy frowned at this moment, not knowing what he was thinking in his head.

Mark Woodson: "At the end of the half game, the Magic are 6 points behind the Lakers. This is actually within people's expectations, but it is not within people's expectations."

"In fact, in the whole first half, the Lakers themselves did not play well on the offensive end, because we can see in this game that the Lakers always played relatively simple on the offensive end."

"In addition to Kobe's personal singles on the offensive end, Paul (Gasol) played some personal singles at the low post against Rashad."

"Although it's not very common to ask Paul to score in this way on the offensive end."

"But I think it is still necessary to do some articles about Rashad, because this can greatly reduce Kobe's pressure on offensive end."

Partner Tom Hovas: "That's right, although the Lakers still played on the offensive end in this game, at least we can clearly see that the Zen master also made some changes in this game."

"But I think that compared to the slight adjustments of the Lakers on the offensive end, the reason why the Magic have been lagging behind in this game is actually their own."

"Because their shooting percentage in the whole first half was really bad. In the whole first half, the Magic's shooting percentage was only 38.2%, and the three-point shooting percentage dropped to 26.7%.

"So I think the Magic are not trying to keep targeting the Lakers, Coach Stan might as well think about how the team should adjust their offensive performance in the second half."

"Their purpose is now very obvious to the Lakers, that is, they must cut off the connection between Su and other teammates no matter what."

"It happened that Su's shooting from the outside was not very good in this game, so in this case, I think this is the most urgent issue that Coach Stan needs to solve."

With the end of the half-time game, the discussion on this game has been very lively on the Internet.

The most conspicuous thing is that before this game started, the fans who supported the Magic's victory were obviously rising sharply.

At least, there is a very significant increase compared to before the start of this series.

And in such a strong dialogue as the finals, the score of 6 points leading in the first half is not obvious. Even if this is considered an advantage, the score of 6 points can actually be easily smoothed out.

So even though the Magic are temporarily behind at this moment, for Magic fans, things are obviously not as bad as they imagined.

"Allen, after you go back in the second half, you mainly go to the bench lineup. Xidu (Tkoglu), I will take the lead in bringing you to the starting position after going back in the second half, and you will play with Rashad, Sue, Dwight and Michael."

"You have to completely take over the task of the ball-handling organization in the entire second half, take you as the absolute core of the organization, and start the attack from this point."

"Su, the Lakers' defense against you is already very obvious in this game. They try to cut off the connection between you and others. I believe that they will definitely continue to execute this in the second half, and it is difficult to change."

"So after returning to the second half, the ball-holding organization task on the court was fully handed over to Xidu, and he was placed on the surface to attract the attention of the opponent."

"And you try to move more without the ball. At that time, I will arrange for Michael and Dwight to do more pick-and-rolls for you."

"In this way, when you change to play without the ball, your defensive pressure will naturally be much smaller. When Xidu stands at a high position to hold the ball, you can try your best to get the opportunity to cooperate with other people by moving continuously on the court."

"This is definitely very important, because in this game we have actually obtained a lot of opportunities to make phone calls, and even some open shots."

"But in the end, we shot such a very bad efficiency, so we had to make changes in the second half."

"Although Xidu will be the absolute ball holder in the second half, you are actually the one you really need to rely on in the whole second half. I hope you can adjust your condition and try to score some exciting goals in the second half."

As Stan Van Gandy was in the player's lounge, holding a tactical board to explain the tactical changes in the second half to everyone, the people on the Magic obviously felt a lot of pressure.

Especially Su Jiu, while Van Gundy was holding the tactical board for tactical explanation, Van Gundy's eyes were almost always on Su Jiu.

And from the final tactical distribution, although the team's organizer in the second half became Tekoglu, the real attacking move was still placed on Su Jiu.

Although Su Jiu has always been more confident in daily life, Su Jiu's shooting efficiency was so low that he made only 3 of 11 shots throughout the first half.

So after learning about Stan Van Gundy's arrangement, Su Jiu felt under great pressure and even felt like he was being driven to the shelves.

You know, when Su Jiu learned that he was in the Magic Team, Su Jiu was secretly proud of himself in his heart.

"This is definitely a super thick thigh. I must be the man with the strongest thigh in NBA!!"

result…

That's it??!

Even Su Jiu knew that Howard's personal performance would inevitably be greatly suppressed when facing the Los Angeles Lakers, which has the league's top double towers.

In this case, the team's offensive focus will also be shifted to the outside line as much as possible, so in this round of the series, the performance of himself and Iverson can definitely be regarded as crucial.

But Su Jiu understood the truth, but at this moment when the team really put all the heavy responsibility on him, Su Jiu still couldn't help but shout:

“Fuck!!”
Chapter completed!