Chapter 107: Hard resistance

It’s easy to say, but it’s not easy.
Without Curry, it can be said that it is difficult for the Wizards to defeat the Magic of the whole team.
But Wang Xiao still wanted to give it a go.
At present, the upgrade progress of the 3.0 version system has reached 80%. As long as the next game can be won, the system will be upgraded.
Wang Xiao bet that there will be something that can quickly enhance the strength of the current Wizards team after the system version 3.0 upgrade.
The most important premise in this is to win the next game.
The next two games will be played at the home side of the Magic. Wang Xiao's away game, how to win the next game is the most critical issue.
First of all, there is no doubt that the team needs to change. Without Curry to help pull the space, the three-point ability of other players can not play a deterrent effect. The small ball tactics used in normal days are no longer lethal. .
In fact, in the second game, because there is no Curry, Wang Xiao has adjusted the Wizards' starting lineup.
Beverly started playing to replace Curry's position, Harden also mentioned the starting lineup from the bench, the team's usual starting point guard Danny Green went to the bench.
This adjustment is to make up for the lack of starting points for Curry's offense after the Wizards' absence.
Danny Green's ability to shoot long shots and his defense are strong, but he is not very good at offense.
However, the results of such changes are not ideal.
No matter how the outside line is adjusted, Howard's inside threat has never been able to deal with it.
If you want to win the third game, you must make more adjustments.
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The third game between the Wizards and the Magic was on May 8, 2010 at the Orlando Magic's home court.
Because of the previous 2:0 lead, the Magic played very relaxed when they played.
But when the starting lineup of the two sides was announced, Van Gundy frowned.
The Magic's starting lineup, as always, is still point guard Nelson, point guard Carter, small forward Barnes, power forward Lewis, center Howard, the standard one-star four "shot" lineup.
But the Wizards' lineup is very different from the previous two games.
In the position of the point guard, James Harden's name is awesome.
Shooting guard Butler, small forward Jamison, power forward Jordan Jr., center Heywood.
"What does Wang Xiao want to do?"
Fan Gandi was baffled by Wang Xiao's lineup.
"Wouldn't he want to use height to protect the rebound?"
In this set, the lowest height is Harden at 1.96 meters. In addition to other positions, he has a height of more than 2 meters. Butler 2 meters 01, Jamison 2 meters 06, Jordan 2 meters 11. Haywood 2m 13.
The height of this lineup is quite amazing, but otherwise, there seems to be nothing else to be commended.
Jordan and Haywood Jr.'s two defensive insiders have good defensive rebounds, and the offense is simply unbearable.
The inside line is so big that the two inside lines are put together and their positions overlap, and they don’t even need to be bothered.
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"It seems that the core of the team is injured, this kid is dizzy, and actually sent such a lineup."
Shaking his head, Van Gundy couldn't help smiling.
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Players from both sides played and the game officially started.
Howard jumped the ball over Haywood, the basketball was taken by Nielsen, he faced Harden.
Nielsen is a kind of point guard who is more dependent on strength. He is only 1.83 meters tall and weighs 91 kilograms. This weight has an advantage when facing most point guards, but Harden is obviously not in this list.
Harden, who is still a first-year rookie, has not yet reached the stage of the big Harden who weighed 100 kg, but even so, Harden's weight is better than that of Nelson.
Compared with Harden, Nielsen is not superior in height, weight or speed, so even if Harden's defense can only be average, it is very easy to deal with when facing Nelson.
Unable to pass Harden by heads-up, Nielsen can only call for a pick-and-roll assistance from the outside and rely on the pick-and-roll to rush into the inside.
But when he entered the inside line, looking at the almost crowded inside line, he was a little dazed.
Howard, Haywood, Jordan Jr., three muscle sticks with a pestle inwards, like three mountains.
Just a glance, Nelson walked out the bottom line without hesitation.
In this game, Wang Xiao gave Jordan and Haywood the task very simple. Keep an eye on Howard, whether offensively or defensively!
Howard's offensive ability is actually not particularly strong. This big man's talent is amazing. There are few insiders who can match, but his learning ability is not very good. After studying with Olajuwon for so long, he still can't learn insiders. In the footsteps, the offensive can only rely on the back to resist one move.
What makes him really scary is the defensive ability and rebounding ability brought by his amazing physical fitness.
In the series with the Magic, the Wizards have always been at a disadvantage in rebounding, especially offensive rebounding, whether it is Haywood or Jordan, or McGee, who is even worse in tonnage, when facing Howard It's hard to get stuck in the opponent's position, and he will always take the rebound.
The reason why Wang Xiao played two inside lines in this game also raised the overall height of the team, just for one thing, to protect the rebound! Consume Howard's physical strength!
If one doesn't work, it's two, and if it doesn't work, three!
On the bench were McGee and Brachy sitting, and Wang Peng didn't have to worry about not enough people.
As for the offensive aspect, Wang Xiao has no spare time to consider, and can only rely on the personal play of Harden and others.
Of course, he knows that this lineup has serious flaws. Too much congestion will not only affect the opponent, but his own attack will also be interfered.
But what better way could he have? In this world, how can there be so many perfect solutions?
At the beginning of the game, Howard and three other big men staged a meat-ground battle on the inside.
Howard and Haywood have crazy card positions, and their height and tonnage are very similar, but obviously Howard's strength is higher than Haywood's, especially the upper limb strength, Haywood is obviously at a disadvantage.
Fortunately, Jordan is also on the court. He basically has little control over the Barnes that the Magic arranges on the court. Most of his energy is focused on Howard and Haywood. Once Haywood is resisted or dislocated by Howard, He immediately made up.
Barnes also knew that he didn't follow up the inside and play with the three devil spirits, but kept floating outside to shoot.
Jordan did not go outside. The outside line was basically in a 4-3 state. The Magic obviously increased the number of outside shots.
This time, luck seemed to be on Wang Xiao's side.
The four "shooters" of the Magic did not have a particularly good start. Several long shots of "sex" missed the basket. Howard was locked by Haywood Jr. and there was no chance for him to grab an offensive rebound.
Relying on the dead centers of two centers, the Wizards finally have the ability to protect the rebound.