Chapter 1383 Falling Behind in the First Quarter

"Did you hear what the coach said, brothers! We still have a chance! They only beat us at one home court. As long as we keep the next home court and then win their home court, then we will be on the same level as them. Come on, if we win one more away game, the championship will still be ours, so it’s not the time to despair yet, understand!”

Howard, who was mobilized by Van Gundy with just one sentence, turned around and began to instill ideas into his teammates.

The assistant coach next to Van Gundy secretly gave Van Gundy a thumbs up. To be honest, when it comes to training Howard, Van Gundy said that no one would dare to call him second. This sentence not only inspired people who were already ready to go home. Howard's enthusiasm for fishing also directly opened up his second line of being a governor. If you look at what he said, you will be able to draw inferences.

Nelson's face wrinkled up after hearing this. He always felt that although Howard's words sounded reasonable, but when he took a closer look, he felt that something was not quite right...

But this is not the time to make trouble, and Nelson doesn't want to give up on the finals just like that, not only because this is the first finals in his life, but also because he has not performed well in these two games. The blame falls on him. As a player of the new era, he definitely doesn't want to be a scapegoat, but he is a slight person in the team. How can he dare to jump around if the boss doesn't speak? Now it's better. Finally, the boss has spoken. , What are you waiting for if you don’t agree!

"Dwight said it right. Let's not dwell on past results. That is past tense. We still have a chance before the championship is born, as long as we don't give up!" Nelson said.

After getting rid of Howard, and with Nelson on the sidelines to support him, the atmosphere in the Magic locker room finally improved a lot, so at this time, Van Gundy struck while the iron was hot and threw out tactics.

"We have always played slowly in the past few games, and falling behind at halftime has become the norm. This has forced us to face more pressure to chase points in the second half. This is caused by our playing style. Now, we have to change Our slow-burn style of play!”

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The tactical meeting and training lasted until the evening of that day. The entire Magic team spent the entire 13th and 14th in the training hall and refused almost all media interviews.

There was surprisingly no criticism from the league. In fact, many people did not want the finals to end so early. After all, if you play one more game, you will earn tens of millions more. However, Stern did not instruct the referees to make any small moves. Choose to let the game be held fairly. After all, in a game with such high attention, small tricks are not worth the gain.

June 15th!

On the afternoon of the opening day of Game 5 of the Finals, the entire Lakers team took a bus to the arena. Outside the arena, there were many Lakers fans who could not buy tickets to greet them. There was also an old man who showed them a replica of the O'Brien Cup. To express expectations for the championship.

After getting off the car, the Lakers' channel fashion has always been sought after by fans. After all, both Ji Feng and Kobe are top-notch handsome men. Needless to say in terms of appearance and aesthetics, they are definitely better than the red striped suit next door. Howard is so good-looking.

Of course, even if Howard wore red, which symbolizes victory, he still did not steal Ji Feng's limelight. Ji Feng casually unbuttoned his casual black suit, revealing the aqua blue shirt underneath. The simple combination killed the media's film.

As reporters entered the field, the two teams had finished warming up and the game was about to begin.

The Lakers were very relaxed and the Magic were a little more solemn, but none of the ten people knew what kind of meat grinder this first quarter would become!

When the game begins, will we return to Los Angeles or end here? The 48-minute game will give everyone the answer!

"Come on Magic!"

"The Lakers rise!"

Accompanied by crazy cheers for the Magic and sporadic cheers for the Lakers, the ball was thrown into the sky.

Bynum jumped slightly to show respect, and then quickly returned to defense. The Magic still got the right to attack first.

In the Magic's first attack, Nelson was very determined when he got the ball. Different from the slow organization in the previous games, the Magic immediately started to attack. Howard was in the paint and tried his best from the beginning. Bynum didn't expect this, and he was directly pushed away. Nelson assisted, and Howard opened the game with a signature two-handed dunk!

After the goal, the Magic seemed very excited. They almost ran at full speed to defend. This also dispelled the Lakers' idea of ​​counterattack. The Lakers were not in a hurry, they could also defend their position.

However, the Magic's defense is very good. In the past, it was easy for the Lakers to beat the Magic because the back line was completely destroyed by Kobe. Ji Feng blasted the third position, and the two interior towers contained the Warcraft. But today, the back line took the lead, and Court Nee Lee kept up with Kobe's rhythm. Kobe was double-teamed during the sudden attack and failed to make a shot.

"Courtney Lee broke out today. It's hard to see him keeping up with Kobe on the court." Barkley commented.

"The Magic's defense came too fast, leaving Kobe unable to pass the ball and having to do it himself. The Magic were well prepared tonight." Smith continued.

Indeed, this attack and defense increased the Magic's confidence. Nelson, who successfully broke through in the first round, once again attacked Fisher. He is not that kind of technical defender. Looking at his body, you can tell that he also plays with strength. In addition, The injury affected the speed advantage brought by his height, so he should have been restrained by Fisher, but this time he succeeded in breaking through again, because his attack also broke out with all his strength.

After getting inside, Howard once again resisted Bynum. Although this time it was not an alley-oop, Howard was very powerful when he got the ball near the reasonable collision area.

Bang!

Another dunk!

The Magic started off very well!

At this time, the Lakers also realized that something was wrong. This magic was completely different from the previous style of play where they had to find touch from the outside. It seemed that they had the power of the whole game as soon as they came up, and they seemed to want to knock the Lakers down with one stick!

"Their tactics have changed. Do we need to adjust?" Harper asked Zen Master in front of the Lakers bench. They also discovered the Magic's tactics changes.

As soon as he stopped playing imaginary, he immediately showed his cards. He just wanted to play Howard as the core.

"No, wait, we can't mess up our position." But the Zen master was very calm and did not rush to change any tactics, because it is actually very difficult to change tactics during the game, and the players' understanding ability is limited Yes, hasty and chaotic changes will only make them confused.

So he made a gesture of pressing down his hands, indicating to the Lakers to play a full game and not to worry.

But the Magic's performance made the Lakers become passive. Several tough breakthroughs disrupted the Lakers' defensive arrangement. In order to defend the Magic, the Lakers usually expanded their outside defense very much in the first quarter. This also made Howard pass in the paint tonight. Like a fish in water.

"Roar!"

When Howard scored his 12th point of the game with a buzzer-beating dunk, the Magic had already led 28-14 in the first quarter.