Chapter 76 Defeat the King
[Thanks to Bai Yemuchen for his reward, one more chapter today.]
"Jonny Lee's three-pointer made a move, and he made an unreasonable three-pointer!" Kevin Harlan shouted, and with a swish, the three-pointer entered the net.
Joni waved his hand fiercely, and his touch was indeed very good today.
Mickey Richmond, who could not defend this goal, kept muttering in Joni's ear: "Boy, I will return it later!"
But Joni smiled a little mean and said, "Old guy, I'm not guarding you for the next goal."
Sure enough, Mickey Richmond got the ball, and now the Kings handed all the balls to Mickey Richmond. They only had Mickey Richmond, a stable scoring point. When the Rocks got the ball, Nick Anderson posted it up. Nick Anderson, who was worried about his future in the Magic before this game, got the time to play in the first quarter, which seemed to have found something.
That's right, it's defense. Among the three Magic's outside starters, the best defense is Anfini Hardaway, who has average single defense ability, and the worst is naturally Jonny. Denis Scott's defense is not very good. Such an outside combination naturally requires a single-defense player on the outside. Although Nick Anderson knows that his defense is not very good, he can still slightly limit the opponent's arrow players. Therefore, Nick Anderson seems to have confidence in his future in the Magic.
In this goal, Nick Anderson is naturally better at marking Mickey Richmond than Jonny. At least it is impossible for Mickey Richmond to make a breakthrough easily. And Jonny's replacement to defend Billy Owens also made Jonny much easier on the defensive end.
At this time, in Orlando, John Gabriel and the team's boss Richard DeVos were watching the live broadcast of the game.
"John, what do you think the team is missing now?" Richard DeVos observed for a long time before asking.
"What is missing?" John Gabriel was stunned. What is missing? Of course, everything is missing. After losing O'Neal, there were loopholes in both the inside and the outside.
"Okay, I won't play the puzzle with you anymore. Now that Joni Lee's performance is so good, we should be sure that he is the first choice for shooting guards, right? Of course, his defense is a bit bad, but this is not a serious problem." Richard DeVos is just the boss of the team after all. Although he knows a little about the team's operations, he is still a little unsure of his words.
"Yes, Joni scored 68 points in the last game. This game shows that the team relies very much on the offensive end." John Gabriel nodded in agreement.
And with John Gabriel's approval, Richard DeVos had a bottom: "That's simple. Joni's defense is too bad, and Penny's defense is average, so we need an outside defender."
"Outside defender?" John Gabriel thought for a moment and immediately said, "You can try it, but before the transaction, I think I'd still have to discuss it with Penns and Ricci."
"Of course!" Richard DeVos nodded. After all, if the deal is really done, the chips the Magic took out must be Nick Anderson, the veteran. Even the current vice captain Denis Scott may lose his main position due to the arrival of the new player, and Denis Scott will even be traded. Obviously, if the two veteran players of the team are traded, it will naturally have to discuss with Penns and Ricci Adubatu, so as not to have conflicts within the team.
The game with the Kings ended quickly, and the Magic easily won the game. When they started defending against Mickey Richmond, the Kings were doomed to fail. The Magic's victory in this game also made them win two consecutive victories at once. After changing coaches, the Magic not only did not experience any turmoil, but seemed to have found their own state at once.
The biggest contributor to the Magic's two consecutive victories was Joni, who scored 68 points in the first game, scored 27 points, 4 rebounds and 8 assists in the second game, and he directly supported another offensive task for the team.
In this case, the former head coach of the Magic naturally became the object of ridicule for everyone. Although Joni was in a bad state before Brian Hill was dismissed, Brian Hill directly abandoned Joni and then got out of class. Then, in the first game after Brian was dismissed, Joni broke out wildly, which has to be said to be a kind of irony.
Many people think that if Brian Hill can give Joni more opportunities, he will definitely be the one who is still sitting in the Magic head coach position. Now that Richie Adubatu has led the Magic to win two consecutive games, it seems that he is almost going to be a regular player.
After playing against the Kings, the Magic flew to Portland overnight. In this game, Joni continued to go crazy, scoring 29 points, 3 rebounds, and 6 assists, leading the team to narrowly defeat his opponent by 6 points. In this game, Joni's scoring guard Isaiah Ledel also excited the reporters on the sidelines for a long time, because the last time Joni used the hip-low-lower switch and 360-degree turn dunk, and the hip-lower switch dunk was the first to use Isaiah Ledel.
Before this game, they were looking forward to Isaiah Ledel having a dunk battle with Joni, but what disappointed them was that Isaiah Ledel had dunked two in this game, and Joni had not even dunked a single basket. And Joni had not dunked for several consecutive games, which also made the reporters feel a little confused and asked Joni after the game.
Joni's answer was also very simple. He felt that dunking hurts his body, and he would not depress him if he could not dunk in the future. Such an answer made the reporters quite speechless.
Then in the game against the Vancouver Grizzlies, Joni was finally exhausted after three consecutive away games. This was the first time he had encountered such a difficult schedule in his career. Ricci Adubatu, who saw that Joni was too tired, asked Joni to rest on the game, but facing the bad team Vancouver Grizzlies, the Magic still won even if he didn't have Joni.
Four consecutive wins! After changing coaches, the Magic's state seemed to have recovered suddenly. In four consecutive away games in the Western Conference, the Magic did not lose in one game. Of course, such a state is terrifying. After all, even these reporters have a deep understanding of the difficulty of the Western Conference's away journey.
Each team will have some media reporters, such as the Magic reporter Malik Hudson, who was stationed in the Magic in Sports Illustrated. In the past few days, they will almost have to switch to the next city after the game, which makes this slightly fat reporter unable to bear it. Not to mention the players who have to play every game.
Chapter completed!