Since the Magic lacked two main players, Vince Carter and Jamal Nelson, the team's player configuration on the back line seemed a bit stretched.

In the second quarter, Wu Feng continued his touch in the first quarter and made two consecutive mid-range shots at the beginning. However, in the next five minutes, Wu Feng did not hit another goal because the Eagles strengthened their defense against him. As long as Wu Feng got the ball, two players immediately came up to double-team.[]

Because the Eagles have no choice now, Wu Feng's touch is too hot. One player is the main defense and another player assists in defense, so he can no longer stop Wu Feng.

However, in this case, other players of the Magic team have an opportunity to take advantage of. Although Wu Feng has no way to attack by himself, he can use his breakthrough to tear open the Eagles' defense and then create opportunities for his teammates to score.

Especially Dwight Howard, who is inside, also attracts two players to defend from time to time, so the other three players have more opportunities to get gaps.

Just as Ryan Anderson ran out of the open space on the outside, Wu Feng's pass reached his hand accurately as if he had used a positioning system.

With his hand on his sword, Ryan Anderson scored a goal from outside the three-point line.

"Drip", the head coach of the Hawks, Larry Drew, couldn't sit still and quickly requested a timeout.

"Man, your pass is simply too sharp." Ryan Anderson said excitedly with his hands on Wu Feng's shoulder.

Wu Feng grinned, revealing the two rows of white teeth, and said happily: "As long as you run out of the open space, I will definitely pass the ball to your hands."

After returning to the rest area, Stan Van Gundy gathered the players together and said to them: "My dear guys, God can testify. I am very satisfied with your performance tonight. But whether I can keep this satisfaction forever needs your performance. We are now leading them 8 points at 43:35. Their offense can't be played at all under our high-intensity defense. We have to continue this defensive intensity and even strengthen our defense. In addition, while maintaining the defensive intensity, we have to play a beautiful attack. Wu has done this just now, but next, Wu has to take a break. Jason, you will replace Wu on the court later."

‘White Chocolate’ Jason Williams nodded excitedly. He was waiting for the opportunity to play. At this moment, he was of course very excited when he heard Stan Van Gundy’s arrangement.

After the timeout, Jason Williams replaced Wu Feng. On the Hawks, Mike Bibby also returned to the court.

Jason Williams and Mike Bibby are both veterans in the league. Although Jason Williams entered the NBA one year later than Mike Bibby, his condition is not much better than Mike Bibby, and he is even worse than Mike Bibby.

That's why he played as a substitute for the Magic, not even half of Mike Bibby's play.

Back then, "White Chocolate" and "White Devil" were also well-known in the NBA. The former dribbling and passing were pleasing to the eye, while the latter dribbling and passing were practical and easy to use. Both were the first-line point guards in the league, but now they are in the late stages of their careers and their condition is much worse than before.

Mike Bibby singled Jason Williams, and his fast pass was marching. After Josh Smith, who was tangent to the basket from the middle, he directly dunked the ball with both hands after receiving the ball. Josh Smith has made great progress in the past two seasons. Not only is the defense better than before, but his offense is not much worse than the league's top power forwards such as the "German Chariot" Dirk Nowitzki.

Josh Smith has always been famous for his high jumping and is one of the few "spring men" in the league. With his slender arm span, he poses a great threat to his opponent at the basket. Moreover, his mid-range shots are also quite sharp, so Josh Smith's attack range is very large.

In the next few minutes, the Magic maintained a high-intensity defense. However, due to the lack of Vince Carter and Jamal Nelson, the Magic had a lot of trouble in the allocation of the player lineup, which led to a great test of the players' physical strength.

In desperation, Stan Van Gundy had to send a few young players who had never played in the previous few games.

However, such a lineup is obviously not enough to deal with the Hawks, who were soon caught up with the score by the Hawks.

With more than two minutes left in the second quarter, Stan Van Gundy sent Wu Feng up again. Although Wu Feng did not score in these two minutes, he relied on his dribbling ability that had reached his peak and made his breakthrough sharply, tearing the Eagles' defense apart.

Wu Feng made three consecutive assists and instantly regained the lead.

When the first half ended, the Magic led the Hawks by 5 points with 54:49.

However, although they were ahead of the score, Stan Van Gundy was a little unsatisfied. He was worried about the players' physical strength, especially Wu Feng and Dwight Howard.

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"Swish", Joe Johnson used Marvin Williams' cover to make a three-pointer.

"Please pay attention to defense, run, run." Stan Van Gundy stood on the sidelines and shouted loudly at the Magic players, completely different from his expression in the first half.

It’s no wonder that Stan Van Gundy was so out of control. In the third quarter, the Magic were still leading the Hawks by about 10 points. However, after the fourth quarter, the Hawks gradually narrowed the gap. Until the first two minutes, the Hawks had already overtaken the score.

The score between the two sides is 81:86, and the Magic are behind the Hawks by 5 points.

That's why Stan Van Gundy was so annoyed.

In fact, as early as the end of the first half, he was a little worried. But unexpectedly, at the beginning of the fourth quarter, the players' physical strength had a big problem.

Stan Van Gundy was thinking that the physical problems of the players were not just due to the absence of Jamal Nelson and Vince Carter, but also a large part of the reason was that the schedule at the beginning of the season was too tight. Less than half a month before the start of the new season, the Magic experienced three back-to-back games. In the next few days, they would have a back-to-back experience.

"The schedule of the bitch!" Thinking of this, Stan Van Gundy couldn't help but curse in his heart.
Chapter completed!