358. The first defeat of the long-lost season(1/2)
The next day, when Su Jiu came to the stadium, he immediately told Van Gundy about this.
After Van Gundy learned that Yao Ming would really join the Magic team, he was also very excited.
Because although Yao Ming seems to have taken advantage of this matter, he can still get a salary for the Magic Team during his recovery period.
But in the final analysis, the Magic team took a bigger advantage than Yao Ming.
In a sense, this can definitely be considered a win-win situation.
In addition, the Magic currently has a position to sign, so on that night, the Magic contacted Yao Ming's agent.
I believe that it won't take long to officially become a member of the Magic. Although Yao Ming cannot play, he can follow the team to the away game on weekdays.
He can even give Howard some effective personal suggestions. No matter what, Yao Ming’s technical work should be rewarded!!
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In the next period of time, the Magic defeated several weak teams respectively.
To be precise, it is a weak team in the eyes of the Magic, even if there are playoff-level teams like the Pacers.
But in the end, these teams failed to bring too much trouble to the Magic, allowing the Magic to increase their winning streak in the new season to 16 games after a few days.
And during this period, Yao Ming completely signed a contract with the Magic Team and officially became a member of the Magic Team.
Even though Yao Ming cannot appear on the field due to injuries, Yao Ming has appeared on the Magic's bench in every game recently.
In these games, the shots on the sidelines were also given to Yao Ming on the sidelines many times.
Obviously, people never expected Yao Ming to join the Magic Team before.
Especially when this news just came out, the basketball circle in China was in an instant.
Originally, Yao Ming had already planned to retire, and according to rumors, he even had contact with the CBA Shanghai Shark.
He plans to acquire Shanghai Shark and become the boss behind the scenes.
In addition, I heard that CBA intends to let Yao Ming take some positions to provide some opinions on the development of the CBA league.
Just when people thought Yao Ming would probably return home in glory and become the owner of the CBA team, Yao Ming suddenly announced at this critical moment that he had joined the Orlando Magic.
And even though he recovered from injury and did not return, this situation was obviously something that fans never expected.
However, although people were surprised by this, they did not have much doubt.
Because at this time, in addition to Yao Ming, there is another Chinese player in the Magic team, Su Jiu!!
As an overseas Chinese in the United States, Su Jiu's nationality is still Chinese, so people can still understand Yao Ming's participation in Magic.
Because Su Jiu must be among them, otherwise Yao Ming would never be able to take the initiative to join Magic.
But in fact, this process is not important for fans. The final result is that Su Jiu and Yao Ming are both strong. Even in the regular season, it is difficult for Yao Ming to make a comeback.
But according to Yao Ming himself, he will definitely be able to come back to compete for the team in the playoffs, so in this case, the Magic are undoubtedly the first choice for Chinese fans to support them.
The Houston Rockets are basically in a cold state...
After all, the fans first supported the Rockets because the Rockets were Yao Ming's parent team.
After Yao Ming left, there may be some people who choose to continue watching the Rockets because of McGrady.
But the key is that McGrady has also become cold this season, so the Rockets are really fucking cold...
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November 29.
Just as many fans outside were discussing when the Magic of the new season would experience the first defeat of the season.
Some people are already discussing whether the Magic's new season may break the 72-10 best record created by Michael Jordan, led by the Bulls.
However, there was a shocking news in the league, that is, the magic that has maintained its unbeaten season in the new season, and finally lost today!!!
When this news came out, no matter whether the fans who watched the game or not, they turned on their computers immediately and chose to browse the web pages frantically.
Because this news is really exciting for non-Magic fans.
The Magic won 16 games in a row after the start of the new season, and this situation is not overbearing enough.
Today, I heard that the Magic finally had its first defeat in the season, which undoubtedly made fans of other teams feel happy.
And just when those fans who did not watch the game were still thinking about which team defeated the Magic in the new season.
When they opened the news and saw the name of the Magic Team, they were obviously stunned. They were stunned on the spot, showing an incredible look.
Because the team that was given to the Magic's first defeat in the new season is not the most talked about by the strong teams.
Even the team at the playoff level is not, but the Minnesota Timberwolves, which ranks last in the West with a record of 3 wins and 15 losses.
This result was obviously beyond people's expectations. No one expected that the team that was given to the Magic's first defeat in the season would be the Timberwolves.
Although there are always the possibility of frequent upsets in the NBA, people still feel a bit nonsense about the Timberwolves defeating Magic.
It’s because the entire Timberwolves don’t have any real star, basically they are all the sluts who gather together, and they can defeat the Magic?!!
In this game, the Magic went to Minnesota to challenge the Timberwolves away. Logically speaking, there was no suspense in this game.
Basically, fans just look at the Magic team's big names gathered and watched the game process on the field, and had no expectations for the final result.
As a result, the Magic team was sleepwalking throughout the game, and frequently faced ironshots.
What's funny is that if Howard hadn't been showing off his power in the inside, the Magic would have been in a bad mood as early as the first half.
But even though Howard scored 36 points and 21 rebounds in the whole game, the Magic still defeated Minnesota at a 4-point disadvantage away.
Throughout the game, the Magic's pitchers seemed to be cursed, and the team's shooting from the top and bottom outside the three-point line was 11 of 53 shots.
This hit rate is not bad enough for the Magic, and in addition, the Magic's shooting position at the middle distance is also very effective.
This also led to the fact that in the second half, the entire Magic team wanted to play as much as possible to the basket.
But after seeing hope of winning, the Timberwolves was as excited as if they had eaten Viagra
In the second half, he directly defended the second and third-tier defense, and simply shot at the three-point line with the Magic two steps away.
No matter who wants to shoot, as long as you make a three-pointer, the Timberwolves will accept it!!
But if you want to hit the basket, there is no goal!!
Faced with this situation, although the Magic's touch was not very good in this game, the Timberwolves took two steps away. If they didn't make a shot, wouldn't it be a slap in the face?!
As a result, with a touching hit rate, the Magic took the lead in giving up their face and tried to hit the ball to the basket.
After all, face is just a foot pad. What's the use of this thing?!
However, with the outstanding performance of rookie Joni Flynn, the Timberwolves successfully stabilized the situation in the second half, and the Timberwolves finally won the game at home.
While winning his fourth win of the season, he ended the Magic's 16-game winning streak.
Become the first team to be given to the Magic to lose the season!!
After the game, the entire Timberwolves celebrated at home.
The Timberwolves' stadium is as lively as if it had won the championship. After seeing this scene for no reason, I might really think that the Timberwolves won the championship!!
In sharp contrast to this is Magic. After losing this game, everyone in the Magic team was obviously a bit complicated.
Everyone was calm and walked towards the visiting team's locker room as soon as possible. The Magic were not unable to accept their losses.
After all, no team can remain unbeaten in the true sense.
The key is to lose to a team like the Timberwolves that is the last in the West and the second to last in the league. This is somewhat a bit shabby!!
Especially Stan Van Gundy, who is the head coach, after losing this game, he felt that he couldn't even raise his head.
Doesn’t this situation mean that the Magic can win the top strong teams in the league, but they can also lose to the top weak teams in the league?!
This is a deep malicious act on my coaching level!!
Throughout the game, the Magic team's touch was a bit cold, of course, except Howard.
Even Su Jiu, who has always been known for his stability, was cursed in this game.
In this game, Su Jiu played for a total of 37 minutes, and there were not many changes in playing time.
However, Su Jiu had only bleak 16 shots on his personal offensive end, with only 5 of them making 9 shots outside the three-point line. With 3 of 4 shots on the free throw line, he barely contributed 15 points, 11 rebounds and 4 assists in total.
As for why Su Jiu had so many rebounds in this game, it was really that both teams were too fucking on the offensive end.
That's right, although the Magic Team was iron, the Timberwolves were not much better. However, after getting better, they finally reluctantly defeated the Magic.
I have to say that for the defending champion Magic team, this can be regarded as a great shame!!
In addition to Su Jiu, Carter also made only 3 of 13 shots in this game, while Lewis also made only 4 of 14 shots.
The three brothers joined forces in this game to contribute an amazing efficiency of 11 of 43 shots.
The three of them fought 32 irons!!
This damn thing, Kobe almost caught up with it...
Pooh!
None of the three of them can catch up with Kobe alone!!
To be continued...