The Green Army double-probe cut 48 9 to defend the league's first place, Banchero 14 4, and the dark horse was beaten back to its original form
The Celtics have won three in a row against Cleveland twice and will next face the Orlando Magic at their home stadium. Orlando is arguably the biggest dark horse in the East, they are now third in the table, 16-7, this game, will test their strength, against the most promising Green Army, how will they perform?
In this game, Porzingis was injured and Stevens started and the other four came off the bench. For the Magic, Banchero played, Wagner Jr. played, Bitadze played, Blake played, and Suggs played.
In the first quarter, the Green Army, as usual, shot 14 from beyond the three-point line, but only scored 4, but fortunately, their shooting efficiency was very high, only 4 three-pointers were scored, and they scored 30 points in a single quarter;In the first quarter, the Magic team did not play very well, they made a shot from beyond the three-point line, but they also relied on their three-point advantage, and in the first quarter, they opened the score with a 30-24 advantage.
In the second quarter, both sides began to get into shape, and the Green Army's shooting dropped in the third quarter, with only seven three-pointers, but the players in the three restricted areas remained efficient, Tatum scored 11 points in the quarter, and all in the painted area, and also scored three basketballs;Brown made 2 of 3 in this quarter, all through slam dunks, which shows that the Green Army deliberately increased the offense against the Magic team in this quarter, and it also achieved certain results;In the quarter, the Magic were 3-of-8 from the perimeter, but they only had four three-pointers in the box, but they got a lot of free throws, and the two sides played 34-27 in the quarter, and finally ended with a score of 64-51, and in the first half, the Lakers led 13-51 into the second half.
In the third quarter, the Green Army still double-shot inside and outside, in this quarter of three points, they were connected outside the three-point line, one person scored 37 points, and their restricted area also continued to foul the opponent, got a free throw opportunity, this quarter Tatum 7 free throws 5 of, scored 7 points, and the Magic team inside and outside the performance of the two people were very bad, in this quarter, they scored 27 points, the difference was widened by 10 points, and the Green Army led by 23 points 101-78 in the third quarter;
At the beginning of the 4th quarter, Wagner dribbled to a layup, Anthony scored another 3 points, Tatum scored three consecutive points from the outside, White hit another three points, and the Magic completely stopped attacking!After the timeout, Isaac made three points and scored three points, Suggs scored two points on a layup, the Magic also wanted to fight back, Tatum and White teamed up to score, and then Hauser scored another three points, and then the magic narrowed the score once, and the Green Army always had players stand up to extinguish the counterattack momentum, and the point difference was always maintained at about 20 points, and finally the Green Army defeated the Magic 128-111, won four consecutive wins, and strongly defended the first place in the league in this strong conversation.
Tatum had 30 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists, Brown had 18 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists, White had 19 points, 4 rebounds and 8 assists, Richard had 21 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists, Hauser 11 7 rebounds and 4 assists, Stevens 8 3 rebounds, Holiday 6 4 rebounds and 4 assists, and Brissett 11 rebounds and 1 assist
The Magic had six players in double figures, including Wagner with 17 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists, Banchero with 14 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists, Bitadze with 15 points, 11 rebounds and 1 assist, Blake 13 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists, Suggs 19 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist, Anthony 17 points and 4 assists, and Isaac with 7 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists.