159. How difficult is it to take first place?_2

Hill wanted to transform into a playmaking forward, which overlapped with Turkoglu's movement routes. When Turkoglu played off-ball, he was forced to position himself on the sideline to make room for Hill.

These issues were mainly a matter of Coach Brian Hill's capability. The coach failed to keep up with the times. After the NBA entered the NHC era, he didn't utilize the offensive end rules that opponents could not handle well and defensively, he didn't know how to deal with the opponent's exploitation of the NHC rules.

The Magic team easily beat weaker Eastern teams by relying on their stars' individual skills. Since most of their opponents had a winning percentage below fifty percent since the start of the season, they managed well, but they struggled against slightly stronger opponents, especially those with strong interior defense... Zhang Yang looked towards his own frontcourt players.