Ryan Anderson's injury isn't a big deal.

Gortat has played very short in the past two months and has been sick, and Ryan Anderson is injured, which just gives Gortat a chance to play.

After the win, the Magic returned to Orlando.

The next game is the most important thing.

Before the game, Coach Van Gundy had a special meeting:

"It doesn't matter if you win or lose this game, the key is to play tactically and test everyone's defense. In this year's playoffs, after the Eastern Conference Finals, the winner of the West is likely to be the Lakers, that is, the opponent of this year's Finals is the Lakers. In this game, you have to play your best defense. ”

Coach Van Gundy had a special meeting to emphasize defense.

Against last year's defending champions, there was pressure on everyone.

The last time they played against each other, the Magic team won, but that time, Kobe Bryant had a conflict with other giants, and the Lakers' strength was not at its peak. But during this time, the contradictions of the Lakers have been completely weakened, and the strength shown is very strong.

The media is also paying close attention to the match.

"The battle of the strong, Howard vs. the Lakers Twin Towers, Kobe Bryant and Bruce Qin's outside matchup."

"Finals rehearsal, the strongest battle."

……

The media is definitely a little lower than you might think.

As a result, Charles Barkley and Kenny Smith were sent to comment.

"Hello everyone, I'm your old friend Charles Barkley."

"I'm Kenny Smith."

On the commentary bench, the chubby Charles Barkley and Kenny Smith made introductions.

Kenny Smith: "I've been looking forward to this game for a long time, 81 against 64, I want it to be a scoring battle so it looks interesting, right?" ”

"Yes, I'd like to see a big fight, but unfortunately we don't see it."

Charles Barkley said with a smile.

Kenny Smith turned his head, "What do you mean?" ”

"It's very simple, whether it's the Magic or the Lakers, the defense is very strong, and it's hard to play a smooth offense in this game, so the key to winning is defense, and the ability to attack in the face of pressing defense."

Charles said in confidence, looking like you won't believe me and you'll regret it.

The game started quickly.

Howard jumps the ball successfully.

Qin Yang dribbled past half the court, Petrus made a cover, Qin Yang shook off Ci Shiping, but the next moment, Ci Shiping directly pushed Petrus away with his hand and rushed towards Qin Yang.

Syllable!

Qin Yang was about to jump up and shoot, but was hit in the arm by a vicious foul from Ci Shiping.

Qin Yang's body flickered, and he almost fell to the ground.

Barnes rushed over not far away, and was with Tzu Shiping, both of whom had a violent temper, and if it had been two seasons ago, the two of them might have done it before.

Artest has had his temper curtailed a lot since he changed his name to Ci Shiping.

Barnes has changed a lot this season, and although he is vicious, he rarely fights.

The referee separated the two, gave a verbal warning, and then awarded Ci Shiping a foul, Ci Shiping had no opinion and behaved very kindly. But Qin Yang was a little depressed.

After flicking his arm, Qin Yang made a free throw.

The first ball, the basketball smashed into the hoop and slid out.

"This one is too ruthless, and I guess my muscles are a little injured." Qin Yang suddenly felt that Ci Shiping was not going towards people this time.

It was difficult to cause an injury that could not be played, but this time, the muscles on Qin Yang's arm were a little injured.

It is necessary to have a pain for a while.

In this case, Qin Yang's shooting is very unstandard.

For the second ball, Qin Yang is still striking iron.

Fortunately, in the end, Qin Yang adjusted and hit the third free throw.

It still hurts a lot in my arm.

Ci Shiping's value of this foul collar.

The game continued, and Qin Yang then deliberately reduced his shots and used feints to break through, but Ci Shiping also felt a little bit that most of Qin Yang's breakthroughs failed.

The Magic could only slowly switch possession to attack.

But this game, I can't help but pay attention to the Magic, and the Lakers also attach great importance to it.

Howard took the ball and turned, and Bynum made a decisive tactical foul.

Petrus received the ball and didn't have the slightest open shot at all, and the defense was in place. Rashad Lewis met Pau Gasol and also fell into the downwind in all directions.

The two teams are almost hand-to-hand.

Fouls are one after another.

In the first quarter, the Magic had 9 fouls, and the Lakers also had 9 fouls.

But the Lakers led 31-24. Kobe Bryant was 5 of 8, with 13 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist, and Qin Yang was 1 of 6, which became the biggest factor in the team's loss.

At the break in the first quarter, Qin Yang found the team doctor after he got off the court.

When the arm guard was opened, a bruise on the arm was revealed.

"Bastard, that guy is really good at it."

Vince Carter saw the injury and cursed in a low voice.

Barnes and Howard's faces were full of anger, and the bruise on Qin Yang's arm was precisely the position of the muscle, and if he was injured in this position, it would definitely affect his shooting.

Qin Yang's astonishing low hit rate in the first quarter is the reason.

"For the next game, Dwight, Vince, you work hard, I'll go and deal with the injury with the doctor." Qin Yang followed the doctor into the locker room and took the ice cube and put it on a cold compress.

This muscle injury is not serious.

But it was very uncomfortable for a short time.

If Qin Yang was a system like James, there would be no big problem at all, but Qin Yang was not strong enough, and he was helpless when he encountered such a move.

Qin Yang went off the court, and the Magic team didn't play well.

The Magic bench is strong, but the Lakers aren't weak either.

The Lakers led by Odom are also very good off the bench. Kobe Bryant did not get off the court in the second quarter and still led the team, and the Magic team not only did not close the score in the second quarter, but expanded.

After halftime, the Magic led by 13 points.

"Hit the basket, don't always shoot from the outside, have time to pay attention to the impact of the basket, Vince, the team needs your impact in this game, even if you can't score easily, you have to get free throws, and in the next game, Bruce won't be on the court, he has to rest and save for the playoffs."

Coach Van Gundy said, turning his attention to Vince Carter.

Howard smiled and didn't say anything.

At the beginning of the second half of the game, Qin Yang sat on the bench to cheer up his teammates.

There was still a faint pain in his arm, and he didn't appear for the sake of safety, Qin Yang didn't refute. It's not that there is no sense of responsibility, but there is no need to care so much about a game.

"Bruce Qin sat on the bench and didn't play, and the Magic lost this game."

Kenny Smith said.

Charles Barkley changed the subject: "Bruce Qin has gauze wrapped around his arm, it seems to be injured, I think the win or loss of this game is not the key, the key is how Bruce Qin's injury is." ”

"If Bruce Qin can't play in a dozen games, or can't play in the playoffs, that's the real big thing."