Chapter 569 568. More Misery Is yet to Come

McGrady set foot on the field of the opening game with great vision for the new season, the confidence of having stronger teammates, and the fighting spirit to prove that he can do it alone. After playing for less than half a quarter, he I found out... What the hell is this group of people on the team?

The promised billionaire Mr. Juwan Howard? The promised anti-cry Iverson's defensive pioneer Tyronn Lue? The agreed defensive gate Deshaun Stevenson?

Juwan Howard was not only defended by Rasheed Wallace on the offensive end, but when the official timeout came, Liu Mang, Ratliff, and Raheem went off, and the Eagles replaced Stockton, Jason Terry, After Prince, Boozer, Rasheed Wallace lineup, Stockton and Boozer's pick-and-roll throws Juwan Howard to death, Juwan Howard switches to center, Lacy It was time for De Wallace to perform.

Stockton clearly understands that Rasheed Wallace is good at low post singles. This is an authentic technical inside line. It is much easier than Raheem's singles against the opponent's power forward. Facing Juwan Howard's dunk, Juwan Howard was beaten to doubt his life.

After Kwame Brown, the parallel import champion, replaced Rasheed Wallace, he was able to prevent Juwan Howard from hitting the iron continuously. With that in mind, McGrady found that the most reliable teammate was actually the rookie he didn't think much of last season, the current second-year Drew Gooden! All other signings are bullshit!

This year's Magic team is destined to be a tragedy. Hill continues to be injured, and so many role players have been introduced at a high price. The salary has exploded. The key is that most of these players are over-the-top, especially Mr. The first player in history to earn an annual salary of tens of millions, Jordan, who had a record of 72 wins with more than 3 million, satirized him.

McGrady was forced to start his personal offensive mode again, but first of all, the Eagles' inside defense was simply terrible. The two tall and long guys on the outside, Raheem and Prince, especially Prince, were even worse than Raheem's defensive skills. Good thing, Raheem relies on impact, Prince's skill flow, McGrady has just adapted to Raheem's defense, and Prince is here again.

Not only that, the gap between teammates and the first half of last season is also obvious. Last year, the Magic was fourth in the Eastern Conference, relying on Mike Miller and other excellent three-pointers. Although Tyronn Lue is also accurate in three-pointers, But he played with Kobe and Jordan, and they all dribbled the ball to the corner of the half court and waited to shoot, so there were so many running positions. The Magic's record collapsed in the second half of last season, largely because Mike Miller was traded away.

It's actually easy to partner with McGrady. Either you have a pitcher like Mike Miller, or you have a strong point inside, or you don't let McGrady be the core. Hill is healthy. When McGrady and Carter combine That's fine.

But the Magic have nothing now. It seems that the lineup is much more luxurious than last year, but in fact it is completely unsuitable. There is no one inside who can score. Juwan Howard is almost crying when he is defended by Rasheed Wallace. Only Gooden accidentally made one, which is not reliable at all.

Tyronn Lue on the outside or Rod Strickland and Deshaun Stevenson who came off the bench, at least open shots can hold back an opponent's defender, and that rookie Gaines simply made McGrady I'm going to cry, a 1.98-meter shooting guard, facing Jason Terry, was actually intercepted consecutively!

McGrady himself was defended in a wheel battle, and his teammates couldn't help at all, so McGrady couldn't even take care of his own offense.

On the other hand, the Eagles have a clear goal, and the ball is concentrated in Liu Mang; Stockton and Boozer; Jason Terry, three players or a combination, with defense as the core, and each player controls the ball. Ball, the Eagles play differently.

When Liu Mang was there, the triangle offensive position was dedicated to hitting Tyronn Lue. When it was replaced by McGrady's defense, Liu Mang would pull out the pick-and-roll.

When it came to Stockton, the pick-and-roll offense was the main focus.

Jason Terry just voted happily with everyone, anyway, it's good to guard against it.

McGrady was full of confidence from the beginning, then doubted his teammates, and then despaired of his teammates. He started to shoot crazily. He threw 37 times in three quarters. He threw 16 three-pointers and only scored 5. , made 14 of 37 shots, 38 percent shooting, and scored 38 points in three quarters.

But McGrady's hit rate is actually the highest in the Magic team except for DeShawn Stevenson, who has the fewest shots. The Magic team's shooting rate is only 35%! At the end of the three quarters, the Eagles had an 89-55 lead by 34 points!

That is to say, except McGrady, the others only scored 17 points!

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Liu Mang watched McGrady go from high-spirited before the start of the game to sitting on the bench in a daze in the fourth quarter, sad for McGrady for a few seconds, and then he ignored McGrady and cheered for his teammates.

Liu Mang was originally not optimistic about the Magic this year. The signings of the Magic's management team are always so unpredictable. Originally, Gooden is just a blue-collar who can shoot mid-range shots and rebounds, and his shots are not accurate. , The defense is not good, and now he has brought back a Mr. Yiyi who has already proved that he is worth a lot.

Leaving aside Juwan Howard's back-hitting who can only abuse food, his rebounds are average, his mid-range shots are accurate, and his defense is basically equal to a black hole. This is basically the same as another Gooden.

Xia Tian took the money not to fight for Kassel, at least it would be good to pursue Van Horn, if he wanted to chase the inside line he would at least need someone who has the ability to attack tough problems, but the magic speed is doing the opposite, it only depends on the reputation.

The Magic have ambitious goals this year, but disappointment is doomed.

So instead of comforting McGrady, Liu Mang went to say... This is the beginning of your misery this season? Will there be more tragic things waiting for you later?

Stockton took Boozer up in the final quarter to continue "running in", took Korver, Calderon, Kwame Brown up, and drilled the new teammates, mainly to get a few more assists.

Since we have to play for another year, it is a pity that we did not reach 16,000 assists last year. Stockton plans to refresh his own record this year, and pull the gap with the Magician's total assists to more than 6,000. Although the average assists per game can't beat the Magician, but in terms of total assists, Stockton will leave the Magician far behind.

However, although the old man went up to get assists, Stockton asked his teammates not to defend so tightly, just play counterattacks, and save some face for the opponent.

In the end, the Eagles slaughtered the Magic 118 to 90 and won their first win of the season.

Liu Mang played 19 minutes and easily scored 21 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists on 8 of 13 shots. The points were already the highest in the Eagles. Eight players from the Eagles scored in double figures. In the second half, the Magic were still struggling except McGrady. , In fact, there is no ability to resist anymore, and 11 of the Eagles' 12 active list players have appeared.

The second highest scorer was Jason Terry with 18 points.

In terms of assists, in addition to Stockton's 8 assists, the second highest is actually Raheem's 6 assists!

Ratliff didn't play for a long time, only played 14 minutes, and didn't play in the second half. Otherwise, with the strength shown by the Magic, the Eagles would go all out to defend, and the point difference at the end of the three quarters might be even more terrifying.

Raheem scored 10 points, 11 rebounds and 6 assists, and Rasheed Wallace scored 13 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists. Both of them focused on defense and passing. The offensive end was mainly to open up the space and make long-range shots. , Announced to people their positioning in the new season, but also to give teammates a shot in the arm.

They don't care about statistics, they just want to win!

Especially Rasheed Wallace, he wants to prove that he can control his temper, and he is not defenseless! It's just that he can't take offense when defending. In the Trail Blazers, he just has no choice but to be the first scoring point. If his teammates can score, he will concentrate on the defensive end, and the defense is also very strong!

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The Eagles played dominant in the opening game, played a beautiful team defense, and played a more unrestrained offense than last season.

The goal of the Eagles' first game was to break people's doubts, so they went all out from the beginning, especially after Mike Woodson saw Rasheed Wallace's unexpected single-defense effect, The frontcourt trio was formed into an iron barrel formation.

Mainly Prince, Raheem, Rasheed Wallace, and Ratliff. Others have enough experience but relatively weak Muhammad, and Kwame, who has good talent but lacks experience. Brown can only be a substitute.

The Eagles tried to put Prince and Raheem at the small forward position in turn, and the defensive effect on McGrady was excellent, which gave Mike Woodson a new idea for the team's defensive system. Come down the game and slowly experiment and choose.

The Eagles are not worried about not being able to make the playoffs. This is still very confident, so there are many games in the regular season that can be used to test the strengthening of the defensive system, such as the second half of the game against the Magic.

Slaughtering the Magic with 28 points in the first game, the Eagles really surprised people!

Especially Juwan Howard's performance of 1 of 15 shots in the game simply refreshed people's three views. Most of the time Juwan Howard was defended by Rasheed Wallace, and Juwan Howard was defended third. I didn't dare to make a shot in the second half of the festival.

For a while, the media changed from singing the aging Eagles to praising this signing, especially Rasheed Wallace, two of the 4 fouls were habitually whistled by the referee, but Rasheed - Wallace didn't take his anger out on complaints, but on Juwan Howard.

The main reason is that Rasheed Wallace's defense is too surprising, and it doesn't feel like the same person at all!

In the 48 hours after the Eagles defeated the Magic in the opening game, the public opinion teammates of the Eagles were very friendly. Except for some people doubting how long Rasheed Wallace's defensive perseverance and patience can last, most people are very friendly to the Eagles. The team's signings this time have some different views from before.

But this public opinion was good for the Eagles teammates for less than 48 hours...and the change of public opinion has nothing to do with the Eagles...

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