Joni is about to face the Magic, and now the outside world's expectations for this game have risen to a very high level. For Joni, the next game is a game that he has to win, and he has to prove himself.

On the morning of November 2, 1997, the Magic still conducted their team training, and the game was held in the evening of American time. Because it was their home game, the Celtics were still conducting their team training, but this time the atmosphere in the team was different from before the previous game. In the last game, the winning or losing of the game didn't matter. All the players didn't care much, and finally won the game with a relaxed mentality.

But this game is obviously different. First of all, Joni, Joni needs this victory. As the boss of the team, Joni is under great psychological pressure, so the other players of the team are under pressure. Secondly, of course, it is the hot media now that the media has been hot. After the last game, the Celtics players began to change their positioning themselves. It doesn’t matter how many games they lost at the beginning, but they must prove themselves after winning. At least in terms of mentality, the Celtics are no longer the same.

Joni was practicing three-pointers on the side. Because the afternoon competition was going to be played, the morning training was all free training. Not far away, several teammates were talking about the game two days ago. They were discussing and talking, and then they brought the topic to Joni.

"I heard that the Bulls won 20 points yesterday?"

"Yes, Michael Jordan scored 36 points directly, and then made 3 of 17 shots from Allen Iverson!"

"Haha, it's ridiculous to think about it. Last year, some media said that Aaron Iverson is stronger than our boss? It's ridiculous. How come this is of the same level?"

Listening to the continuous sounds coming from over there, Joni smiled. In the first game, Joni conquered all his teammates with his strength. After hitting a few three-pointers again, Joni felt uncomfortable. He glanced at Bruce Bowen, who was practicing three-pointers on the other side, and his eyes lit up. Then he waved.

"Bruce, come here!"

Seeing the boss summoning, Bruce Bowen ran over happily.

"How about coming to fight in a bull?"

Upon hearing Joni's proposal, Bruce Bowen was stunned. Several teammates who were just talking about the game not far away came over and came over immediately when he heard Joni's words.

"Come on, come on, Bruce, don't be afraid!"

"Yes. Let's see if the boss is good or Michael Jordan is good!" The teammates coaxed, and Bruce Bowen scratched his head embarrassedly. Although he became famous in the last game, Bruce Bowen obviously put his posture very low, and he was not as fearless as in the game.

The cheers of his teammates made Bruce Bowen nodded hesitantly. He walked to Jonny with the basketball and the bullfight began.

"Come on, Bruce. Let me feel your candy-like defense!" Joni's goal is actually to feel Bruce Bowen's defense. In the next game, the opponent Magic team has his former teammate Doug Christie, and Doug Christie is also a player who is good at tackling candy defense, but it is far inferior to Bruce Bowen in the last game.

Jonny took the racket and hit Bruce Bowen twice, and Bruce Bowen put it on. The smooth feeling of skin touching and the body scent of Bruce Bowen from time to time made Jonny feel a little uncomfortable, but Bruce Bowen closed his mouth tightly. Jonny knew what Bruce Bowen ate this morning. When Bruce Bowen came in the morning, he bought a durian and ate half of it himself. That was what he prepared for the afternoon game.

It is conceivable how stinky Bruce Bowen’s mouth is now, but Bruce Bowen did not open his mouth. Although Joni was strange, he thought about it too much.

In the first goal, Jonny chose to break through and layup, the desert Butcher's e-skill, and James-style layup rushed to the basket like a tank. Bruce Bowen kept sticking to Jonny with his candy defense until Jonny rushed to the bottom of the basket.

Joni rushed to the bottom of the basket and made a layup move, while also guarding against Bruce Bowen's small moves. When he took off, his whole body tensed up, and he was always paying attention to small moves that didn't know where they came from.

But Joni soon found that he was over-thinking. After completing the layup, Bruce Bowen's small moves did not appear, which made Joni puzzled. Then he scored a few more goals, but no small moves appeared.

Jonny looked at Bruce Bowen who stood in front of him again: "Bruce, where are your little moves?"

Bruce Bowen smiled: "Boss, I don't use those little moves to my own people."

"Not to your own people? Why?"

“Those little moves are too dirty…”

Joni was speechless and then spoke again: "Then I am your opponent now."

"No, boss, you are not."

Jonny was going crazy. He actually wanted to feel Bruce Bowen's small movements, but Bruce Bowen was not willing to do so.

"I may be in the future."

"At least you are not now." Joni felt that he and Bruce Bowen could not communicate, and he quietly retreated to the side and ended the boring bullfight.

In Orlando, on the plane that just took off, the Magic coaching staff had already started discussions and arrangements for the next game on the plane. Originally, this should have been done the day before the game, but yesterday, the Magic coaching staff discussed for most of the day and did not discuss anything, so they had to continue discussing it after getting on the plane.

On the TV in the front of the cabin, there were clips of the Celtics in the last game, while the Magic's new assistant coach Ronnie Coulman kept adjusting the video, and the TV began to focus on playing Joni's play.

Chuck Daly looked at the Asian player who ran all over the field and rushed to the Bulls' penalty area with a crazy ball, and was speechless. Originally, he took over the Magic for the team to have a bright future duo. When he saw this duo, he immediately thought of the combination of Isaiah Thomas and Choudhumas when he coached the Pistons. But he didn't expect that Joni Lee had such deep feelings for his previous coach. At the first glance, Joni got angry. Then the two of them had no chance to cooperate.

At the beginning of the season, Anthony Hardaway was injured, and Chuck Daly began to regret coming out and receiving such a hot potato. Now, the second game of the game is going to face such an embarrassing situation. Although Chuck Daly has seen many things as an evergreen in the league, this time, Chuck Daly did not expect that he would have to experience such an embarrassment when he was about to retire.

The player running on the TV will be their biggest problem in the next game. Chuck Daly stood up and patted it. Ronnie Coulman paused the video.

"Okay, as you can see. The video of our opponent Celtics in the next game just now was the game they played against the Bulls in the last game. I summarized it and it was fast and the counterattack was sharp. And what we need to solve the most is Jonny Lee." Chuck Daly suddenly stopped talking. In fact, the biggest problem with Magic now is Jonny Lee.

Chuck Daly has been able to stand in the league for so many years. His level is naturally very high. Perhaps only Phil Jackson can compete with Chuck Daly in both qualifications and level. When Chuck Daly saw Joni's playing style that frantically hit the penalty area, he suddenly thought of taking two steps to defend himself.

But when he thought of Joni's all-out three-point shooting performance last season and his mid- and long-distance shooting performance, he immediately denied his idea and took two steps to defend? Isn't this asking for death?

Chuck Daly was in a tangle, but some of the Magic team members were not. He thought this was easy to do, so he shouted on the plane with some arrogance: "Coach! Isn't it just a Jonny Lee? Leave it to me!"

Everyone looked closely, Anthony Walker stood up with his head shaking his head and continued, "This is how we do this game! Doug defends Jonny, I will make up for the defense. Let me not defend him!" The arrogant voice echoed on the plane, and several of the Magic players showed dissatisfaction.

The Magic was tactical arrangement, and the Celtics were no exception. After the morning's free training, the team's tactical arrangement began.

"Because Anfini Hardaway was injured, the Magic's current lineup should be Darrell Armstrong to start instead of Anfini Hardaway, and then the shooting guard is Doug Christie, he will be the candidate for defending Jonny, the small forward is Denis Scott, the power forward is Anthony Walker, and the center is Marcus Cambi. In their lineup, we need to pay attention to three players, Darrell Armstrong, Denis Scott and Anthony Walker..."

The Celtics' arrangement is very simple, which is to defend against the Magic's three second-rate offensive points, which can be won in this game. Denis Scott handed over these three offensive points to Bruce Bowen. After the last game, Rick Pitino has decided to make another adjustment to the team's starting lineup. Tim Thomas plays a cameo as a power forward, and Bruce Bowen becomes the starting small forward. In addition, Darrell Armstrong handed over to Jony to defend, and Anthony Walker handed over to Ben Wallace to defend.

The specific tactics will naturally continue according to the previous game. The Celtics' counterattack in the last game was very good, so the game will naturally continue.

On November 2, 1997, the Celtics and Magic started at TD North Shore Garden. The appearance ceremony was the same as the previous game, and Jonny finished the finale, but the other orders changed a little. In the last game, Ben Wallace and Bruce Bowen made the order of their appearance in the appearance ceremony more important with their performance. Among them, Big Ben is the second player to play, while Bruce Bowen is the third one.

After appearing, both sides began to warm up. Joni met his old teammate on the sidelines. Darrell Armstrong walked up to hug Joni with a smile. They had never met after the Eastern Conference Finals last season. In addition to Darrell Armstrong, there was also Anthony Hardaway. He wore a suit to watch the game away today and greeted Joni before the game.

Joni was also very happy to see his old teammate again. The only regret is that Amal McCasgill is no longer in the Magic. Before the start of this season, the Magic chose to cut Amal McCasgill. After being cut by the Magic, Amal McCasgill quickly chose to play in Europe. Maybe it will take years to meet next time.

This season, the Magic have gained nothing except Anthony Walker in the transfer market and free market. When Ronnie Secali chose to return to Europe, the Magic have won Anthony Walker through Joni's trade, and they just signed two defenders, Mark Price and Derek Harper, strengthened their backcourt, and then there was no action.

However, these two reinforcements quickly worked for the Magic. With Anfini Hardaway seriously injured, Mark Price and Derek Harper did not have a shortage of people in the point guard position. After Darrell Armstrong reached the start, the Magic's backcourt was still very strong, which is why many media are optimistic that the Magic will win more than half a century without Anfini Hardaway.

In the last game, although the Magic lost to the Hawks, several players on the team still made people hope, such as Darrell Armstrong, who scored 20 points and 8 assists in the last game, and Mark Price, who scored 4 three-pointers. Compared with the Celtics, the Magic's substitute is now outrageously powerful. It can be said that the Magic has the strongest substitute group in the league.

In this game, the Magic sent their starting lineup from the last game, Darrell Armstrong continued to start in place of Anfini Hardaway, and the Celtics are naturally the regular starting lineup, point guard Teuce Edney, shooting guard Joni Lee, small forward Bruce Bowen, power forward Tim Thomas and center Ben Wallace.

Although the Celtics' starting lineup has changed a little, it was generally as expected by Chuck Daly. He glanced at the Celtics' lineup and nodded. After the plane discussion, the Magic finally decided on the defensive strategy that Doug Christie was the main defense of Joni, Anthony Walker assisted the defense, and Marcus Camby in the inside line to supplement the defense. It can be said that the Magic wanted to use manpower to kill Joni.

Under the pressure of public opinion, NBC finally changed to a national live broadcast. The Celtics' national live broadcast was pitifully few, and this game was a pitiful 5 games.

NBC also sent a commentary group between Kevin Harlan and Craig Sager in this game. At the beginning of the game, the two started working.

"The game has begun. The Magic won the jump ball. They will make the first attack of this game." (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, the novel is better, updated and faster!
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