ATPnovel Chapter 186 The Ended Streak
Chapter 186 The Ended Streak
Chapter 186 The Ended Streak
Brin's words are very objective, and it also explains the current situation of the Magic. Except for Rocky, others can still stand up, especially after Randolph was injured and Hill was traded. This has become the normal state of the Magic. Although Rocky is still the barometer of Magic, it is impossible to turn a blind eye to the performance of others.
On the Sun’s side, Nash faced Rocky and called Marion’s screen. Marion went straight to 45 degrees after the screen. Rocky chose to chase Nash, and the Canadian passed the ball as expected. Hacker, hacker hits the middle shot, this is Nash's current style of play, you know he is going to play like this, but there is no other way to stop it except using dirty tricks.
In the Magic round, the defender Rocky faced was Marion, who was no longer Kobe's Terminator, but Lagabel came over to double-team at any time.The treatment that Rocky enjoys is something that Jordan did not have in his rookie period.Rocky changed direction forward, and Marion's body moved accordingly. The Magic guard didn't break through, but took a step back to pull the ball back, followed by a jump step, and faced the hacker with a shot. Bang, Marion The hand hit Rocky's arm fiercely, but Rocky is a man with talent for cheating, the ball scored, and the referee called Marion for a foul.
Suns owner Robert Savor was very dissatisfied. He yelled towards the sidelines, because in his eyes, the ball was not considered a foul at all.
Clutching his sore arm, Rocky made an extra penalty, but unfortunately he missed the extra penalty. The rebound was picked up by Marion, who found Nash with a long pass. It didn't take three seconds to attack the Suns this time.
The offensive rhythm that D'Antoni wanted to see finally came back, and the atmosphere of the entire American West Arena was also up. There were shouts of MVP all over the court. Rocky knew very well that if he didn't break the good game of the Suns at this time, then The Magic really went far on the road.
This time it was Lagabel who defended in front of Rocky again, not Marion. Marion returned to the fourth position, but James Jones on Lagabel's list was eyeing him. The ball was given to Turkoglu on the weak side, and then ran 45 degrees to the left. James Jones chased him, and Lagabel also chose to chase Rocky. As for the Turk holding the ball, he was completely unguarded. status.
"Phoenix's defense has a big problem. Loki is alone without the ball, and he actually attracted the defense of the Suns. What are Raja and James doing? Steve switched defenses in the past, but he and Hedo are not at the same level at all. Shedo scored, it was so easy, Steve didn't put any pressure on it."
Lagabel and James Jones are eager to make contributions. They know that Rocky in the fourth quarter is one of the most terrifying scorers in the league. Rocky is not the one with the most points, but he is the scariest, because he fell There are too many strong teams under him.
On the side of the Suns, Nash still used his personal ability to deal with Rocky, but he would not just score points with Rocky casually. The ball was handed over to Marion, who relied on his stable foot to win over the Yugoslavs. When it comes to the score, Milicic is no different from Marion in this game. The opponent is an All-Star. Guys, now I scold general manager Joe Dumars every day for being an idiot. In exchange for Kevin Cato, who helped the Pistons expand their internal strength, he is just a dawdler, far inferior to Milicic and Arroyo in the Magic performance is good.Joe Dumars can only smash the past and swallow it. Although this guy has deals with Hamilton, Billups, Rasheed, etc., except for these three, the others are all stupid, such as historical space. In a few more years, he trained Stuckey and sent Billups to Denver. As a result, Denver took off and flew all the way to the Western Conference Finals.And the Motor City was completely sunk.
In the fourth quarter, the shooting percentage of both sides was not as high as the previous three quarters. The scorers of the Suns finally realized the abnormality of the Magic's defensive team.
Stephenson, Ariza, Howard, Milicic, Rocky, when this lineup is on the court, you don’t know how to score at all. These five players can not only defend alone, but also can keep up with the lateral speed. D’Antoni For the first time, I found that such a sharp spear didn't work.
When the Turks are off, Ariza will come up. The Magic's lineup is really awesome. It is the only one in the entire league. The defensive capabilities of the five positions are all above the league average.
The Suns' offense can only rely on Meng. Tim Thomas, Eddie House, and Barbosa came up and replaced James Jones, Lagabel and Diaw. D'Antoni also understood that the Suns can only win by offense at this time The reality of the ball.His adjustment this time is not slow.
However, the defense of the three people who came up is worse than the other. Marion has become the most difficult person on the Suns field, and he needs to keep filling the position for the four teammates.
On the Magic side, they rely on the five defenses of death and the Suns' toughness. As long as the Suns don't score, they don't even think about rebounding. Marion's physical strength doesn't support him to continue grabbing rebounds on the court.
This game ended much faster than that of the Lakers. When there was 1 minute left in the game, the coaches of both sides changed the starting lineup tacitly, because the Suns were already behind by 14 points, although McGrady had 35 seconds and 13 points. Zhuyu is the first, but McGrady’s business of borrowing luck from the sky is better. Otherwise, why did he hold Duncan’s big legs in his later years in the historical space, and as a result, Duncan lost a championship and James gained one. Without him as a bad star, James and Ray Allen's three-pointers would not be able to make it. Sometimes this kind of metaphysics really cannot be explained by science.
The score between the two sides was 120:110. The Suns lost 41 goals at home. Rocky scored 13 points and 44 assists in the game, and Nash had 14 points and [-] assists. Zonda won the data again, but he still lost the game.
Nash's highest score in the historical space is 42 points. As a result, he scored more than 40 points in these two games against the Magic, and in the playoffs against the Mavericks last season, he scored 48 points. The team lost to the Mavericks, with more than 40 points in these two games, Nash still became sad.
After playing the Suns, the Magic did not stay in Phoenix. They went to the highland Denver overnight to challenge the Nuggets. This back-to-back, the Magic's winning streak stopped here.
In the game against the Nuggets, the Magic's shooting percentage was 40.00% 50.00, while the Nuggets at home were 20% 4.In this game, Rocky did not play as well as in the last game in Phoenix. Facing Karen Mok's brother Andre Miller, Rocky scored 12 of 18 and scored only 11 points in the game, while Denver's top card Guagua Anthony scored 24 points in this game. [-] scored [-] points very efficiently, so it is not surprising that the Nuggets won.
The Magic lost the game and their record became 36-23. In the fourth position in the Eastern Conference, they have already left the Cavaliers and the Nets a little bit, but those two teams still have a chance to counterattack the Magic.The battle for home court advantage in the playoffs is far from over.
(End of this chapter)