Chapter 715: [4 to 5, open]

Last season, the Magic played out of the playoffs and appeared to be unable to fight back. Howard was very dissatisfied and said bluntly that "the team should reorganize the lineup."
"We have to learn from our failures. We have to find some players who are willing to pay for the team to win the game." Howard showed dissatisfaction with his teammates.
The results of it? The Magic's biggest signing was a free agent Jason Richardson, 25 million in 4 years.
Richardson was a rookie in 2001. As the fifth round of the first round, he has always been worthy of his worth. He has never scored less than 14.4 points in a single season of his career. He has also had a star performance of 23.2 points, 5.8 rebounds and 3.1 assists in a single season. .
Last season, he averaged 19.3 points and 4.4 rebounds per game on the Suns. He shot 47% from the field and 39.4% from the 3-point range. Therefore, people generally think that his contract is too cheap. It was just that when the contract expired, Richardson was 35 years old, and there were some problems with the length of the contract.
In fact, signing Richardson not only has a problem with the number of years, it is simply a pit. He was pretty good at sun data, and he didn't care about winning percentage last season.
After several injuries, Richardson's athletic ability declined, and once the qualities of people who played on the body declined, the effect would be greatly reduced.
In the sun, there are two people who are good at breaking through, Dragic and Evans. Richardson only needs to pull the equal-point shot from the outside. The Magic can’t break through the defense without breaking through the master. His shooting opportunities are much worse. Too.
This season, Richardson averaged 30 minutes per game. He only got 11.6 points, 3.6 rebounds and 2 assists. He shot 40.8% from the field, 36.8% from the 3-point range, 59.4% from the free throw line, and only 1.3 free throws per game.
Looking at the number of free throws, you know what Richardson is. The magic is that the middle class introduces a man who can only pull up jumpers. He is even worse on the defensive end. He is not timely when he is fouled, and he averages 1.7 fouls per game.
Last week there was a very thrilling scene in the Magic vs. Celtics game.
The Magic lost to the Celtics 56 to 87. The team only shot 16 of 65 shots, setting a record for the lowest scoring record in team history. The team's lowest field goal percentage was only 24.6%. This is also the lowest field goal record for an NBA team since 2004. On November 10 that year, the Blazers lost to the Nets. The team's field goal percentage was only 24.4% and 19 of 78 shots.
The Magic lost terribly, what is the reason? Some people say that magic is four or five, but this is not a joke, it really happened...
The Celtics had a round of attack. The Magic were "A Q" Quentin Richardson, "Big Baby" Glen Davis, Nelson and "Warcraft" Howard, but there was one less person.
When the Celtics players led to the bottom corner on the left, Richardson sitting in the audience suddenly rushed into the court to sneak and steal and hit the ball out of the bottom line. The fans were amused by this scene.
Richardson can certainly compete for the five embarrassing MVPs this season. With this attitude and sense of humor, he can only defend against Korver.
The Clippers attacked and Paul and Chandler hit a pick-and-roll in the middle, attracting Batum to pass to the right corner Guy after changing the defense.
The weakness of the Magic United defense is too obvious. Howard is near the penalty area and two meters away from Guy. If his teammates are good at the wheel conversion position and can interfere with the shot, but Batum does not dare to empty Paul and stay in his own area.
Guy made a three-pointer shot. Howard just stretched his hand and turned to grab a rebound. Guy scored another goal without any interference. 8 to 2.
The opponent scored two three-pointers, Hollins was anxious on the sidelines, shouting at the players and asking them to turn into man-to-man next round.
Magic offense, Nelson midway and Anderson play pick-and-roll, this time Griffin has a better sense of distance, did not allow Nelson to break through, after the ball, midway also had time to interfere with Anderson shooting, forcing the other side to pass the ball.
No matter whether the Magic starts or substitutes, the outside line does not have the core offensive of the ball, which is a fatal weakness.
In the free market, the stars who are good at holding the ball are not easy to find, otherwise the Magic will not take the risk of trading the famous cancer tumor Arenas last season. It is a pity that the "big general" will no longer be able to play, but will only play iron. Fortunately, Lewis is also bad, and the transaction is not lost.
Quickly running out of 24 seconds, Batum singled Guy, and his right side changed to an emergency stop jumper and missed out under interference.
The Magic and the two rushed together to grab backcourt rebounds. Chandler stuck Howard and didn't jump, so Howard couldn't jump. Griffin pulled back and grabbed Anderson to grab a backcourt rebound.
The Clippers attacked, Chandler Center and Paul played another pick and roll, and Howard came out to change defense.
Howard has the ability to prevent a pick-and-roll and can also make a three-pointer from the corner, but he has lost consecutive years and his defensive enthusiasm has declined this season. The fiasco to the Celtics made him particularly frustrated. Even if the Magic defense is better, the offense can't reach 60 points, how to win?
For three consecutive years as the best defensive player, Howard has unparalleled confidence on the defensive end, but on the offensive end, he knows his flaws. The Magic are the top scorer. It is really sad.
To win the championship, there are only two ways in front of Howard. One is that the Magic trade comes from outside the super scorer, it is almost impossible; the second is that he leaves and joins the team with the super scorer.
The management also guessed that Howard wanted to leave, and the contradiction between the two sides has been made public.
Paul traversed to find a little free time, and passed it to Griffin on the left side. The latter received the ball frame and singled Anderson, forcibly rushed into the basket to rebound, and missed under the interference. Batum grabbed the rebound.
In the Magic Position Battle, Howard and Anderson went out to cover, and still failed to create a free time. Chandler was very active in defending the defense. Howard did not threaten to go out of the restricted area and cast casually. Chandler's defense was just Howard's empty cut, and he was stuck at any time so he couldn't rush.
After the pick-and-roll, Nielsen stopped the jumper ~EbookFREE.me~ to avoid Paul's cover and the ball came out of the frame again. The Chandler card did not grab the board and helped Griffin get the rebound.
Griffin is a reliable rebounder. Today, the core of Yang Rui's tactics is defense and rebounding.
The Clippers attacked. Paul didn't find a cover and waved to Chandler to let him go down to involve Howard's defense. He directly singled Nelson in the middle.
To break the man-to-man defense, star heads-up is the simplest way. Paul continued to dribble the crotch and changed to the right to pass the breakthrough. The right corner of the right corner stopped the jumper.
Nielsen was swayed halfway and jumped to the side of the cover to fail to cover it, 10-2.
Paul is limited in height, and there are not many singles. If he plays against short players, he will also show his ability to attack.
The Magic attacked, there was no chance to shoot outside, Nielsen passed the screen to Howard Howard, Chandler kept up with the top defense, Howard did not rush, the back of the road to protect the ball, leaned on Chandler twice, turned to the right and hooked hand.
Howard's offense is entirely based on physical fitness, turning around quickly, relying on bouncing force to crush opponents to shoot, and encountering tall defensive players, this move is not very good.
Chandler is similar to Yao Ming in the restricted area. He will not take off first, but raises his hand to interfere. His prediction is better than Yao Ming, and his bounce rate is faster. It is determined that Howard will shoot before interfering with the ball. Out.
Griffin scored a rebound in the backcourt and passed to Paul to settle down.
Kenny Smith broke Howard's offensive weakness. "His timing is easy to judge, and he rarely makes fake moves in the penalty area, because he can't shake his opponent to foul and don't like to get to the free throw line."
Barkley said: "He still hasn't developed a stable CIC this year. I don't think his best center will be a few years. Once his physical fitness declines, he will be over."108