roccoschili Chapter 312 313. Number Two (2 more)
Chapter 312 313. Number Two (2 more)
Chapter 312
April 11
After entering November, at the end of October, each team also had several regular season contests.
In these few games, there are only two teams in the entire league that are still undefeated.
The Spurs and Mavericks, respectively.
Naturally, no one thought much about the Spurs' ability to maintain such a record.
The Mavericks seemed to be gaining momentum at the beginning of the season, so they are now favored by more and more people.
The Eastern Conference is currently no longer an undefeated team. The Pistons were defeated by the Bobcats in the opening game.
The Heat were shot into a sieve by the Wizards Three Musketeers.
And the Wizards lost to the Eagles, who are currently struggling to win, which makes the situation in the entire Eastern Conference look a bit comical.
On this day, the Bobcats also sit at home.Ushered in the challenge of the Orlando Magic.
The Magic's lineup this season can be described as relatively strong, but their current record is indeed not ideal.
So far, the Magic are temporarily ranked 9th in the Eastern Conference with a record of one win and two losses.
However, the current season is still early, and this ranking has no reference significance.
So far this season, the Magic has not only Howard, Francis, Grant Hill, Turkoglu and other powerful people.
The rookie player Nelson has grown very rapidly. This season, he has grown into a point guard who can average 14+5 per game.
Also sitting on the bench are Sixth Man level Deshaun Stevenson and wonder boy Arroyo.
And Milicic, the second-best genius of the Pistons, also joined the Orlando Magic as a free agent this summer.
Currently playing as Howard's substitute.
Therefore, the entire Magic team currently looks very strong in terms of potential and immediate combat power.
But after arriving on the court, the dominance displayed by the Magic is far less than the strength of its lineup on paper.
This also leads to the risk of being dismissed at any time by the current head coach of the Magic, Brian Hill.
And because of the current sudden emergence of the Bobcats, coupled with head coach Liu Rui's news, there are always constant in the league.
So it also ushered in the eyes of many people in the alliance.
The current popularity of the entire Bobcats team is quite high in the league.
Although it cannot be compared with a few giant teams, at least it is currently in the upper reaches of the league.
Therefore, this game was also broadcast by multiple radio stations, and the biggest highlight of this game was naturally the continuation of the feud between Howard and Okafor.
Both Howard and Okafor entered the league as rookies in 04.
At that time, Howard, who participated in the draft as a high school student, overwhelmed the complete Okafor and entered Orlando as the No. [-] pick.
Before the draft that year, Okafor was once a popular candidate for the No. [-] pick.
Although he was finally selected by the Bobcats as the second overall pick, he overwhelmed Howard in the competition for the best rookie.
With no suspense results, he won the best rookie of the year.
Therefore, this also makes people talk about every matchup between the two in the league.
With the offseason training, both Okafor and Howard have improved a lot, and they made people shine at the beginning of the season.
Therefore, which of the two will become the strongest insider in 04 will keep people talking.
As the game started, the two teams also announced their starting lineups:
Bobcats:
Mo Williams, Joe Johnson, Granger, Wallace, Okafor.
Magic:
Francis, Deshaun Stevenson, Grant Hill, Turkoglu, Howard.
As soon as the starting lineup was announced, the Bobcats still continued their starting lineup.
The Magic chose to let Stevenson start at the second position in this game.
In the past, the Magic chose Nelson and Francis to start together. However, in this game, the Bobcats' shooting guard is Joe Johnson.
So the Magic also chose to start Stevenson, who is about the same height as Joe Johnson.
After all, Stevenson is also very threatening in terms of outside firepower.
Liu Rui, who was sitting off the court, smiled slightly when he saw the Magic's roster.
From the perspective of those who have experienced it, the current roster of the Magic's entire lineup can be said to be terrifying.
But the strange thing is that the Magic have not achieved results in the past few years.
So in the middle of this year, the Magic also chose to send Francis and others away, and completely rebuild with Howard as the core.
Let's not talk about the operation of the Magic, just say that with the current lineup of the Magic, they could only achieve such poor results last season.
And if there are no accidents this season, it will be the same as last season, which also makes Liu Rui feel a little surprised.
At the beginning of the game, the Magic took the ball first. If you only talk about physical fitness, then Okafor is definitely not Howard's opponent.
Howard's current offensive methods are relatively single, mostly alley-oops after receiving passes from his teammates, and dunks after using offensive rebounds.
Therefore, the starting points of the entire Magic team's offense after the opening are mostly on Francis and Hill.
Before the game, Liu Rui also made some arrangements for the players on the defensive end. It is Mo Williams who is currently facing Francis on the field.
The reason why Joe Johnson was not used to match him was because he wanted Joe Johnson to free up more physical strength on the offensive end, and there was no need to have too much entanglement with Francis on defense.
As for Grant Hill, after experiencing multiple serious injuries from knee surgery, he has lost the speed he had when he was Jordan's successor.
At present, most of the shots are from the middle distance and outside the three-point line.
Therefore, when Granger is facing him, he only needs to use his height to cover Hill's shooting range as much as possible, and he can effectively defend against him.
After all, today's Hill has begun to transform on the offensive end. Compared with the previous gorgeous offense, the current Hill is gradually expanding his overall view and transforming into an all-round fighter.
The Magic's current lineup on the field is quite interesting, and its ability distribution is very similar to that of the Bobcats.
That is, except for center Howard, everyone else has good three-point shooting ability.
So as soon as it came up, the Bobcats also expanded the defensive lineup more outwards, intending to force the Magic to finish at the mid-range position as much as possible.
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(End of this chapter)