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With a fast break three-pointer by Rashard Lewis, the Orlando Magic overtook the score for the first time in the second half. Although it was only a small one, it gave players and fans great confidence. It's not invincible. It's not that after they take the lead, it's impossible to overtake them. Everything is possible.

The Sonics had no choice but to call a timeout. Although it was only a one-point lead, and their ace star Stephen was still sitting on the sidelines, there was nothing to worry about, but this represented a reversal of the game. As the head coach Carlesimo naturally needs to make some adjustments to the team.

In order to limit the opponent's counterattack, Carlesimo replaced Damien Wilkins with Jalein Tejay, and used Russell Westbrook to defend Courtney Lee, regardless of speed or strength. , and then replaced Kurt Thomas with Serge Ibaka.

According to the team's plan, although Serge Ibaka is in excellent physical condition, due to lack of game experience and skills, it is considered good to be able to enter the team's regular rotation in one and a half seasons. The standard of starting the game can make people very satisfied. At that time, Kurt Thomas, whose body is aging and whose contract is about to expire, will be taken over.

In other words, the Sonics have two years of patience with Serge Ibaka and can wait for his growth. If the growth is satisfactory, enter the starting lineup and sign the next contract at the same time. Give up, because a rookie is a two plus one plus one contract. [

But this season, Kurt Thomas' state is aging a bit too fast. It should be said that last season because of Chris Wilcox, he didn't need to take on too many tasks, so the problem in state did not show up. With the departure of Chris Wilcox, he became the team's reliance on the fourth position, and his state is not good at this time.

On the one hand, there are subjective reasons. The contract is not satisfactory. It is natural that people are very dissatisfied when they spend much less money than last season. Everyone's performance is different, and Kurt Thomas is a little more serious.

In this way, Serge Ibaka's playing time was significantly more, and he gained more game experience. There was Nick Collinson, but Serge Ibaka quickly replaced him. With him, coupled with the team's excellent record, he does not need to bear too much pressure, and the team can use him with confidence, so in less than a season, he has entered the team's regular rotation. And the playing time soon equaled that of Kurt Thomas, and even surpassed in some games.

With more playing time, there will be faster progress, coupled with Serge Ibaka's very active and hard training, he has almost the same understanding of the team's tactics, at least among blacks, Serge Erji Ibaka has become the most surprising player in the Sonics this season, even more surprising than Russell Westbrook, because Russell Westbrook is a No. Serge Ibaka isn't even a lottery pick.

More importantly, although Russell Westbrook has outstanding talent, he has been unable to integrate into the team's tactics for a long time, nor can he cooperate well with Stephen, which greatly limits his ability and playing time , and the expectations for him are relatively high, so in comparison, Serge Ibaka's surprise is relatively large.

It seems that next season he will be able to take over the position of Kurt Thomas, and then let Kurt Thomas be a substitute. Compared with Serge Ibaka, he is better than Kurt Thomas except that he cannot be a center. After the team has Yao Ming and Coupard, there is no need for others to appear in the center position, and Serge Ibaka works better with no matter who they are.

After Serge Ibaka came on the field, the restrictions on Rashard Lewis were more in place than Kurt Thomas, but based on this, the Sonics still couldn't get back the score that had already been overtaken, and with Hedo Turkoglu's show of power, the point difference is still being widened.

Before the finals, Hedo Turkoglu has always been the controller and core of the team. His offense, his organization, and the outside line of the Magic are the most threatening, but in the finals, in the supersonic With the team's targeted defense and Kevin Durant's meticulous defense, his performance seriously dragged down the team.

It can be said that the biggest culprit in the loss of the first two games was Dwight Howard on the inside and him on the outside. It’s just that Dwight Howard’s reputation was greater and his performance was worse. He attracted all the criticism and he escaped. Otherwise, the media would not have spared him so easily.

It is precisely because of his weak organization that the Magic's offense cannot be played. In this game, the initial lead relied on everyone's crazy three-pointers, and the lead in the second half of the game was made by Hedo Turkoglu. A lot of credit for that.

He was able to hand the ball to Rashard Lewis who was in excellent form in time, and at the same time he was able to connect the team's offense together. Even if he missed, he could stabilize and continue to organize the offense, although he himself did not Shooting, but playing out the state.

After the state is played, people's confidence is also there, and at the same time, the shooting feel is inexplicably improved. The state is such a complicated thing. You don't know when he will come out, and when he will go down. State After coming out, Hedo Turkoglu continued to shoot from the outside and broke through to the mid-range position to shoot. Kevin Durant's defense seemed to have no effect on him.

Carlesimo frowned. In this situation, the best way is to replace Kevin Durant or replace Hido Turkoglu, but Kevin Durant is not someone else, he is The team's Big Three, and the young players are at the age of pride and arrogance. If they do this, will it cause Kevin Durant's dissatisfaction? You must know that this is the finals, and it is the only one that the world pays attention to. The game received more attention than those broadcast live across the United States.

Carlesimo was a little hesitant, should he replace Kevin Durant? After all, the team is now behind, and the point difference is getting bigger and bigger. At this time, Stephen came over and patted him on the shoulder. Laximo immediately knew that Stephen did not recommend that he make a substitution, so there was no need to hesitate, just wait. After all, no matter how far behind, with Stephen around, Carlesimo was confident of equalizing. Besides, even if he lost It's not a big deal if this game is over, anyway, it will still lead [-] to [-] by then.

Although Kevin Durant didn't know Carlesimo was going to change his mind, he also knew that the point difference was drawn because of a problem on his own side, so he strengthened his defense against Hido Turkoglu. , At the same time, he also strengthened his own aggressiveness on the offensive end, and even broke through continuously to the basket to score points.

With the efforts of Kevin Durant, the team finally stopped the decline, and the point difference was slowly stabilized below [-] points. Kevin Durant also knew that if the point difference was too big, Stephen must return to the court , but he took this opportunity as an opportunity to hone himself. Although the confrontation with Hidu Turkoglu made him very strenuous, he gritted his teeth and persisted, because he knew that if he was alone , Leading a team will encounter more difficult situations than now, so he regards this opportunity as a test and challenge.

Although up to now, he no longer has the intention to challenge Stephen, but he is not willing to hide under Stephen's wings for the rest of his life. As the second man of the team, he still has many ambitions that have not been realized, but no matter Kai No matter how hard Wen Durant tried, he couldn't narrow the gap between the two teams.

Because he can't completely restrain Hedo Turkoglu, especially Hedo Turkoglu's organization, but the Supersonic team is because he puts too much thought on defense and offense. , His own performance has improved, but the team's overall offense has come to a standstill.