NBA: This flower path is a bit strong

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

He also said frankly that in the second away game on April 27, the Magic will try their best to tie the score, and their star player Hardaway will adjust his state as soon as possible and lead the team to win the game with all his strength.

In fact, the implication is that the Magic team has no confidence and certainty about the next second game!

In fact, the fans of the Magic team also know the nature of their team, and now they can only count on the miraculous performance of the star player Hardaway!

On April 27, as expected, the Magic team lost to the Raptors again with 87:104.

This time, Old Deng did not show mercy, and the main players of the Raptors did not go down to rest after three quarters.

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

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

However, in the playoffs, you can't always ask people to perform well!

Just like what [Old Rogue] complained, everyone has a bad state!

Except ~ that inhuman Hanamichi!

Then this game started tense in the first quarter, and Hanamichi, who took over the game in the second quarter, dominated the whole game on both offense and defense.

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

But I didn't expect that the core of the opponent, 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 36:13 in a single quarter, leading the Magic by twice the score!

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

As strong as the future scoring demon, Lao Ke in the 5-championship period, he only had 20 points in a single quarter in the playoffs twice in his entire career!

Not to mention in this era, the league's top player [Old Rogue] has only scored more than 20 points in a single quarter twice.

No! Now it's three times!

Also in the second series against the Hornets, [Old Rogue] was so young and crazy, not only scoring 20 points in a single quarter, but also scoring 55 points in the whole game!

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

It's 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, which naturally has a great impact!

As for [Old Rogue] bullying a weak player and turning on the killing mode, there is naturally a reason for this, we will talk about it later!

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

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

Although [Penny] is still so talented, facing Doug Christie's close defense, he can shake him off with a simple two dribbles, enter the penalty area to create damage or shoot to end the offensive round.

On the defensive end, he even helped defend and gave Damon Stoudemire a surprising flying block.

But the old coach's purpose is very clear. Doug Christie must wear out the sub-healthy Hardaway to death!

The old coach's purpose is very clear, and the countermeasures are also correct!

Especially Hardaway's fragile knees are almost unable to support his wild imagination and athletic ability.

But everything will be reversed, just like taking a tiger and wolf medicine, beautiful things always have to be sublimated to the extreme before they are destroyed!

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

In the fourth quarter, he scored 14 points, 2 rebounds, 1 block, 2 steals and 4 assists, and even revitalized the whole team, driving Hua Dao back to the court from the bench.

But unfortunately, it is not that our army is too incompetent, but that the Communist army is using Gundam!

Hua Dao's performance is not inferior to Hardaway. After hurriedly coming on the court in the fourth quarter, he scored 10 points, 4 rebounds, 2 blocks, 1 steal and 2 assists, and then continued to slack off after get off work, making Hardaway's hard work go to waste.

With two hearty wins, the Raptors undoubtedly defended 2 home court advantages, and it seems that there is a trend of sweeping the Magic.

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

And many media are optimistic that the Raptors are the best team to overturnThe Bulls' chance!

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

As we all know, the Heat where Alonso Mourning is is a very tough team. Alonso himself emerged during the four major centers period, winning the NBA Defensive Player of the Year and the NBA Block King for two consecutive times and being selected to the NBA All-Defensive Team First Team, and being selected to the NBA All-Star Team seven times.

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

In addition, under the coaching of the divine Pat Riley, the Heat will not let any team get out of this series in one piece, no matter what, even if this team is the 70-win Chicago Bulls!

In comparison, the schedule of the Raptors, the first in the East, is much simpler. After defeating the Magic, they will advance and then wait patiently for the winner of the New York Knicks and the Atlanta Hawks.

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

Even the old coach Deng couldn't hold back and accidentally let it slip in the interview:

"I'm already thinking about the tactics I need to adopt when playing against the next round of opponents!"

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

"I'm already thinking about who the next opponent is!"

Once this is said, if the Magic don't fight hard with the Raptors in the next game, that would be a ghost!

If they make another move and injure two main players, it is very common in this year.

Then the Raptors can't even talk about how far they can go this year!

As the saying goes, it's better to be safe than sorry. Hanamichi decided to try to avoid physical combat under the basket in the next game, and try to use them to end the offense if he can solve the problem with back shots and shooting.

In addition, he just prayed that the Hawks would win!

Although Hanamichi really wanted his old enemy the Knicks to advance, he hadn't paid back the revenge for that palm!

But in order to defeat the Bulls, Hanamichi still hopes to fight with the Hawks, after all, the weak ones are the weak ones!

However, seeing that the two teams are tied at 1:1, and the game is so 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!