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The two sides started the field, and the Lakers made minor adjustments to the starting lineup. Mihm replaced Anderson in the starting center position, and the other positions remained unchanged.

Magic Five: Francis, Mobley, Grant Hill, Cato, Howard.

Howard won the jump ball and the game officially started.

Atkins defended against Francis. Atkins, who is a "little fast spirit" himself, was better at defending Francis. The opponent failed to break through after several attempts. The gesture attracted Howard's pick-and-roll cooperation. Mim assisted in the defense in time. Francis was too clingy to the ball, which led to insufficient attack time, and barely missed a mid-range shot. Butler returned to the inside early, helped protect the rebound, and passed Odom, who passed directly to Kobe, and the Lakers quickly counterattacked.

Kobe used his body to advance to the free throw line against Mobley, giving full play to his strength advantage. Mobley couldn't stand it, and directly hugged Kobe before Kobe took off, stopping the Lakers with a foul.

This foul is basically between an ordinary foul and a physical foul. Kobe didn't act much, and the referee still kept people under the knife and only called a shooting foul.

Bryant made two free throws, 2:0.

The Magic attacked, and Francis once again played for 24 seconds without passing the ball. At the last moment, he overcame Atkins' defense and forced a layup. Under Odom's interference, he missed the basket. Down, failed to pick the rebound.

In the Lakers battle, Kobe went around the screen and Odom completed hand-to-hand cooperation, threw off Mobley's defense and went straight to the basket, facing Howard, who was coming up from the supplementary defense, with a hard bow, and slammed into the new No. [-] pick Lang draws a foul on his body and throws the ball before it hits the ground.

The ball rolled on the basket twice, and finally fell into the basket obediently, a beautiful 2+1!

Ke Yan clenched his fists on the sidelines to celebrate. The team that is not doing well needs such a score to boost morale!

Kobe made another free throw and the Magic reorganized their offense, but they still couldn't tear through the Lakers' defense. Francis forced a breakthrough and then distributed the ball to Mobley. Withstood Howard, Butler grabbed the rebound and directly advanced the offensive and defensive transition, causing a foul by Grant Hill.

In just three rounds, the Magic had fouled three times and sent the Lakers to the free throw line five times. What's even more frightening was that they hadn't given the Lakers any real pressure on the offensive end, and they were completely up to Francis.

And when Howard used the opportunity of the second offense to break the wasteland for the Magic, it was already 4 minutes after the start of the game.

On the contrary, the Lakers' offense is booming, or they use the offensive and defensive transition after the Magic hit the iron, or use flexible and changeable running positions to find easy shots in positional battles, coupled with Kobe's personal ability.Entering the first official timeout, the score was 17-4, a fantastic start for the Lakers.

After returning from the timeout, the Magic's offense has improved, and Hill is still more in charge of positional battles. The team's internal and external lines are connected, and Howard can finally receive the ball.

Of course, the problem that the Magic's lineup structure is biased towards defense is still difficult to solve. The team's two insiders, Howard and Cato, are currently blue-collar players with limited scoring ability and no shooting ability. At the same time, neither Francis nor Grant Hill is good at outside shooting. The Lakers' defensive strategy of blocking the restricted area can effectively restrain the Magic's offense.

At the end of the first quarter, the Lakers led the Magic by 35 points at 20:15 at home.

In the second quarter of the game, Shuang Ang sent the bench lineup to play. This stage is the time when the Lakers are relatively disadvantaged. After Butler is transferred to the starting lineup, the combat effectiveness of the Lakers' starting lineup will always be in the top five in the league. It can touch the edge!But this bench lineup is really tossing.On the contrary, the Magic's bench lineup can be described as "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon". Turkish agent Turkoglu, first-generation "junior brother" Stevenson, Frenchman Tony Barty, and the Magic's future master Jamil Nelson, They are all good players who can break out in the league in the future.If they can properly develop their technical characteristics, the Magic have a lot to do.

It's a pity that the head coach of the Magic, James Hunter, is not a person who can teach students according to their aptitude, and he failed to knead the strengths of both sides.

In the second half of the second quarter, the main lineups of both sides returned. The Lakers accelerated the offensive rhythm and used the running and bombing tactics to score points, while the Magic strengthened the inside offensive. Grant Hill and Howard completed consecutive pick-and-roll cooperation, and Hill assisted in physical fitness The explosive Howard's face frame ravaged the Lakers inside. Atkins, facing the impact of Francis, gradually became a little unsustainable.

The Magic's offense gradually opened up. At the end of the half, the point difference was narrowed to only 9 points, and the score was 57:48.

"The Magic did not follow McGrady's advice and insisted on choosing Howard with the No. Howard's physical fitness can almost be compared to that of Shaquille O'Neal when he was young, and if he develops properly, his future is limitless!" After seeing Howard's strong performance, the commentator Wilson also expressed his obvious approval.

At the same time, in the locker room, Ke Yan also expressed his approval for Howard: "The Magic have never been ambiguous in matters such as selecting and training centers!"

Several insiders of the Lakers were silent. Facing Howard, they had no good way. In the first half of the game, Howard scored a quasi-double-double with 9 points, 8 rebounds and 2 blocks, including 3 dunks and 2 blocks. Offensive rebounds.At the same time, Howard’s contributions don’t stop there. When Odom mentions going online to work, Howard can follow up and leave the penalty area for Cato to carry. After that, Howard was able to return to the penalty area in time to help defend.

"Chris, Birdman, Brian." Ke Yan looked at the three blue-collar players of the team, "In the second half of the game, we have to kill the shark."

The shark-cutting tactic originated from the old Mavericks head coach Nelson. This is a set of tactics specifically aimed at O'Neal.

The peak O'Neal is unstoppable by anyone in the paint. No matter who you send or how many people you send, there is no way to stop him.

But O'Neal has always had a shortcoming, and that is free throws.Grasping O'Neal's bad free throws and constantly fouling O'Neal, compared to letting O'Neal attack with the ball, it is less efficient to directly send him to the free throw line to score.

Ke Yan calls himself an "Old Nelson Disciple". What this spiritual mentor passed on to Ke Yan included not only the concept of running and bombing tactics, but also eclectic tactical execution.Treat extraordinary people with extraordinary methods!

Before the start of the game, Ke Yan had already suggested to Tomjanovich to "cut the shark", but the other party did not deny it.After the opening, the team has been in an advantageous position, so it is not easy to disrupt their own offensive rhythm through foul tactics, but now it is different.The Magic reversed the situation of the game, and the Lakers naturally need some methods to regain the initiative!

"cut!"