Chapter 462: Not a small gap
58:48! At the end of the first half, there was still a 10-point difference. However, the two teams are already in different shapes! The Magic's defense doesn't feel as efficient as it was in the first quarter!
On the contrary, their opponent Nets don't seem to have stopped in terms of offensive fluency! The cooperation of Jeremy Lin and Mozgov, and the tacit understanding between Jonathan and Teague are all good! It's a bit far-fetched to say that they are a combination, but there is a difference between them and ordinary players.
The Magic's second-half lineup was Vucevic, Aaron, Simmons, Terrance and Augustin. The Nets haven't changed. Chan even has the idea of having some of the players here play the full 30 minutes.
Orlando is not the same as the team it used to be. Their head coach is now their former boss, Atkinson! How much Chen still knows some of the habits of his boss. I also know what the former Nets coach wants of him and the team.
At the same time, the same is true for the other party. But they all know that neither of them is such an easy coach to deal with! That's what makes the game interesting. Both of them are now guessing each other's tactical ideas, and there is basically nothing to hide until now.
In contrast, it is still more difficult for the current Magic team to win against the Nets, who still have a lot of fighting spirit. If Griffin plays, then the Magic game is basically over. It was Griffin's absence that gave Orlando hope, but now they basically realized that something was wrong.
Atkinson was calm. He thought about everything before the game started.
Simmons took the basketball, and after the jump shot was missed, Zhang Hao immediately got the basketball and dribbled the ball quickly! His main task in this game is to defend and link up the team. And judging from the effect, he did a good job.
Aaron became somewhat uncomfortable with him. He can clearly feel the flexibility exuded by Zhang Hao, his full-court vision and overall situation! It's a rare thing to be a substitute for the team! That's a boon for the team as well.
Seeing that he hadn't found a suitable player yet, Zhang Hao simply faced Augustin, who had just come over, and took advantage of his direct height to raise the basketball high after the emergency stop, and then scored a jump shot directly after the opponent was a little lax. 58:50!
Suddenly, the Magic asked for a timeout. Chen didn't think much about it, but briefly emphasized the defensive problem with the players.
After coming back, the Magic immediately noticed something different with the Nets coaching staff. Although the changes are difficult to see, Chen feels that the changes are still not small! After Vucevic got the ball, he immediately passed the ball to Aaron, who scored directly with a violent dunk! 60:50!
Jonathan immediately hit a three-point jumper after receiving Zhang Hao's pass in the frontcourt!
"Well, the opponent's lineup is really good with this style of play." Welch said to Chen as he watched the game.
"Seen so quickly?" Chen was a little surprised.
"Princeton's tactical system, their big center can sometimes be said to be more flexible than Howard. But in terms of guards, it's not as good as the charlotte Hornets! ”
"Well, I agree with you, Vucevic can pass the ball, but it's hard to say how efficiently the defenders can play the attack."
The two didn't say anything more, but continued to watch the game. Simmons took Vucevic's ball and passed it back again! Looking at Mozgovvvučević next to him, he hit it directly! 1 of 2 free throws! 61:53!
After Teague arrived in the frontcourt, he didn't wait for Terence to jump directly to the top and hit a three-point shot! 61:56! Organize and score quickly when the opponent can't score! Don't give the magic time to breathe!
After Aaron didn't shoot, Lin got the rebound and immediately passed the ball to Jonathan, who went straight through the half-court three-point hollow through the net! 61:59!
The final score of the third quarter was 80:77! The Nets trailed by three points. In the game, the Nets won the Magic 108-100! Chen and Atkinson laughed and came together and chatted for a long time, and Chen's agent frowned again at this time in front of the computer. After quietly watching the game on the screen, I breathed a sigh of relief.
Sometimes grades say a lot.
"Yes, why didn't that Griffin come up? He's going to come up, and I guess I'll make it to the third quarter at most today," Atkinson said relaxedly.
"The team is going to be his, I want to fight with him," Chen said quietly as he looked at his former manager.
"If I were you, you might do the same. He's going to ruin the atmosphere and the spirit and morale of the team. Then let him sit on the bench! ”
"If only you were still on the Nets~" Chen said to the middle-aged man next to him from the bottom of his heart.
"What? Let me suffer Griffin's anger? Hahaha, take the Nets well, don't think about it," Atkinson said and Chen Yinan laughed. Atkinson, who is now the head coach of the Magic, then tapped Chan on the shoulder, and the two men left the scene.
Chen saw that after a reporter came in this direction, he disappeared while there were more people~
"Thoughts, well, the Magic didn't handle the ball very well in the later games. This gives us a chance. I caught it and got a few more key balls. In this game, we also won it without danger. ”
Chen felt a little thirsty, so he opened a bottle of mineral water and drank it.
"So you won this game, and the former Brooklyn Nets coach felt like he was better than him in any way?" The reporter asked a question immediately after seeing that the surroundings were quiet.
"I'm not necessarily better than Atkinson. Their players are pretty good too. There may also be an element of luck in this. A lot of factors come together, you know, it's not necessarily my tactical plan that makes the team win, you know what I mean? ”
"Does it have something to do with the fact that the two main players of the Magic team didn't play?"
"There should be a certain relationship, and it's not small. Those who watched the game knew how much competition we had with the Magic later in the fourth quarter! ”
"Can you talk about Griffin, then?"
"Yes, let's say it"
"Supposedly, Griffin was put under house arrest by the Nets, right?"
"If we talk about cooperation, it shouldn't be a problem. He also told me that he was sick now, with a cold, and that he was quite serious. I hope he will come back soon. ”
"Will I be able to play when I come back?"
"I talked about that in pre-season. I haven't talked much about it. Now let me tell you a little bit about Griffin. ”
At this point, the room was immediately much quieter! Reporters feel that tonight's materials are about to come out! The agent was rummaging through things, and after hearing the words that Chen had just said at the press conference that was broadcast live today, he made a wrong move and almost tripped over the table leg in the room and fell to the ground.