NBA: This flower path is a bit strong.

After the game, the Magic coach Rich Adubato said that the defeat was caused by fighting in a foreign country, acclimatization problems, and gastrointestinal discomfort among the main players.

He also admitted that in the second away game on April 4, the Magic will try their best to equalize the score, and their star player Hardaway will adjust his condition as soon as possible and go all out to lead the team to win the game.

In fact, what this means is that the Magic team has no confidence or certainty about the upcoming second game!

In fact, the fans of the Magic team also know the nature of their team. Now they can only hope for a miraculous performance from their star player Hardaway!

On April 4, as expected, the Magic lost to the Raptors again with a score of 27:87.

This time, Old Deng showed no mercy, and the Raptors' main players did not clock out after three quarters and went down to rest.

This was mainly because the Magic team was very tenacious in the first quarter and actually fought the Raptors to a 50-50 tie.

Oakley, who started again, didn't perform very well, perhaps because he hadn't played a game for a week.

But~it’s the playoffs, we can’t always ask people to perform well!

Just like what [Old Rogue] complained, everyone has times when they are not in good shape!

Except ~ that inhuman flower arrangement!

Then, this game started tensely in the first quarter, but Hanamichi took over the game in the second quarter and dominated the entire game on both offense and defense.

At the beginning of the second quarter, Hardaway went off the court to rest as usual.

However, I didn't expect that the opponent's core player Hanamichi would continue to play in high spirits, and scored "unconventional" data of 22 points, 5 rebounds and 5 blocks in a single quarter!

Led the team to a 36:13 lead in a single quarter, twice the score of the Magic!

This is also the first time that Huamichi has achieved the feat of 20 points in a single quarter in the playoffs!

As strong as he is on the scoring list in the future, Lao Ke during the 5-championship period, he only had 2 points in a single quarter in the playoffs twice in his entire career!

Not to mention that in this era, the league's top player [Old Rogue] only scored more than 2 points in a single quarter twice.

No! That's three times now!

Also in the second game of the series against the Hornets, [Old Rogue] was as wild as a young man, not only scoring 20 points in a single quarter, but also scoring a high score of 55 points in the entire game!

There is a reason why [Old Rogue] works so hard!

This is not to deny his scoring ability, but in Phil Jackson's system, Lao Ke and [Old Rogue] will only turn on the "offensive mode" when the team is behind and needs to score, so this naturally has a great impact!

As for the [Old Rogue] who was bullying a newbie and also turned on the killing mode, there is naturally a reason for this, we will talk about it later!

Back on the court, halfway through the second quarter, the Magic coach saw that something was not right and quickly called on Hardaway to play!

But Coach Deng was well prepared. With a wave of his hand, defensive ace Doug Christie came on the field and defended your core at all costs.

Although Penny is still so talented, facing the close defense of Doug Christie, he can easily dribble the ball twice to shake him off, break into the penalty area to cause damage or shoot to end the offensive round.

On the defensive end, he even assisted in a surprising flying block on Damon Stoudemire.

But coach Deng's goal is very clear. Doug Christie has to wear down the sub-healthy Hardaway even if he has to!

Coach Lao Deng’s purpose is very clear, and there is nothing wrong with his countermeasures!

Especially since Hardaway's fragile knees can hardly support his wild imagination and athletic ability.

But everything has its limits, just like taking poisonous drugs. Beautiful things will always be sublimated to the extreme before being destroyed!

In the fourth quarter, Hardaway was like the successor of "God" who had completely recovered from plantar fasciitis and knee injuries and was ready to take over.

他在第四节单节砍下了14分2篮板1盖帽2抢断4助攻的成绩，甚至一度盘活了全队，将花道从板凳席又打回到了球场上。

But unfortunately, it’s not that our army is incompetent, it’s that the Communist army is driving Gundams!

Hanamichi's performance was no less than Hardaway's. He hurriedly came on the court in the fourth quarter and scored 10 points, 4 rebounds, 2 blocks, 1 steal and 2 assists. Then he continued to slack off after get off work, making all of Hardaway's hard work go to waste.

With two resounding victories, the Raptors undoubtedly maintained their two home-court advantages and seemed to be on track to sweep the Magic.

In ESPN's sweep probability, apart from the Bulls who also have a 2:0 record and have the highest probability of sweeping the Hornets, the Raptors rank first!

And many media are optimistic that this is the Raptors' best chance to overthrow the Bulls!

Because after the Bulls defeat the Hornets to advance, they will have to play a seven-game series with the qualifiers from the third group, which is the winner between the Heat and the Pistons.

As we all know, the Miami Heat, where Mourning is located, is a very tough team. Mourning himself emerged during the four major centers era, winning the NBA Defensive Player of the Year and NBA blocked shots leader twice in a row, and was selected to the NBA All-Defensive First Team, and was selected to the NBA All-Star team seven times.

Now he only has one year left to win the Defensive Player of the Year award!

In addition, under the coaching of the wise Pat Riley, the Heat will not let any team get out of this series intact, even if that team is the 70-win Chicago Bulls!

In comparison, the schedule of the Raptors, who are ranked first in the Eastern Conference, is much simpler. They will advance after defeating the Magic and then wait patiently for the winner between the New York Knicks and the Atlanta Hawks.

Whether it is the Knicks or the Hawks, they are generally recognized by the media as being easier to deal with than the Miami Heat!

Even Coach Deng couldn't hold it back and accidentally let it slip during the interview:

"I'm already thinking about the tactics I'll need to adopt against my next opponent!"

There is nothing wrong with this sentence itself, but once it was fermented by unscrupulous media, it became:

"I'm already thinking about who my next opponent will be!"

After this was said, if the Magic team doesn’t fight hard with the Raptors in the next game, that would be weird!

If they do something else and injure a couple of main players, it would be very common these days.

Then there is no way the Raptors can go far this year!

As the saying goes, it is better to be safe than sorry. Huamichi decided to try to avoid physical contact under the basket in the next game, and try to use back-to-the-basket and shooting to end the offense when he can solve the problem.

Also just pray that the Eagles win!

Although Hanamichi really wanted his old rival the Knicks to advance, he had yet to avenge the slap he inflicted on them!

But in order to defeat the Bulls, Hanamichi still hopes to have a fight with the Hawks, after all, he will pick on the weak!

However, seeing that the two teams were tied at 1:1 and the game was very close, I am afraid that even if the Knicks advance to the next round, they will have to go through a bloody five-game series!