Chapter 51 Orlando Magic
On November 16, 1993, Orlando Arena, Orlando City, Florida, was the home court of the Orlando Magic who joined the NBA in 1989. Orlando Arena is also a newcomer to all the NBA stadiums. This stadium was also built in 1989.
In fact, it can be seen from the name "Orlando Arena" that for most NBA teams, few are named after the city. For example, the Jazz's current home stadium is called "Delta Center", etc. Most of the old NBA stadiums have sold their naming rights, while the Orlando Arena has not sold their naming rights now.
However, there is no way to do this. As a new team that joined the NBA in 1989, it was a period of the Magic's bottom for a while. It was not until O'Neal joined the team last season that the team started the upstream competition. Now that he has obtained the super rookie Hardaway, the team is now ranked second in the East, with four wins and one loss in the first five games. In terms of record, this team has simply fallen below the glasses of most experts in the league.
You should know that the East is now more competitive than the West. Even if Barkley Journey to the West and Jordan withdraws, the Eastern Conference is still strong, including Ewing of the New York Knicks, Dominic Wilkins of the Atlanta Hawks, Pippen of the Chicago Bulls, Mark Price of the Cleveland Cavaliers, Reggie Miller of the Indiana Pacers, Derek Coleman and Kenny Anderson of the Nets, Larry Johnson and Morning of the Charlotte Hornets, etc.
Although the East this season cannot be compared with the East this year, it is still in the top three in the East after the first few games here. This is simply incredible for the Magic, a young team. In addition to provoking the three major centers in the league that year, O'Neal was finally fucked by the three major centers in turn last season. Last season, O'Neal faced other teams with almost no rookie awkwardness or so-called rookie wall. This guy's absolute strength almost crushed other teams.
This season, Hardaway seems to be developing towards O'Neal last year. After this new player came to the team, although the data of these five games was not as good as O'Neal of the same period, what made Hardaway more difficult than O'Neal is that because this guy can play in the number one, second and third positions, Magic head coach Brian Hill asked him to play in three positions in the first five games. In this case, the new player of the Magic did not have many rookies who were not uncomfortable with entering the league. Instead, he played at any position with ease, which made Brian Hill, the coach who entered the Magic this season, he was hesitant about where to place Hardaway.
It is extremely difficult for a rookie to make a head coach so entangled. For example, Chris Webber, who recently went to the Warriors' No. 1 pick, also made the Warriors' head coach, Nelson, very painful. But the pain of Nelson is not a happy pain like Brian Hill. Chris Webber is not a good kid now, especially after the Magic selected him with the No. 1 pick, which immediately sent him to the Warriors, which seriously injured the self-esteem of this all-American darling. American public opinion has been suspected that he and his team made his momentum worse than Hardaway after he lost the NCAA Finals.
Now they love Hardaway more than him. Unexpectedly, the NBA team also favored Hardaway more, and eventually made him one of the few No. 1 picks in NBA history who was traded as soon as they entered the league. This is a shame for Weber, a young man currently in the "middle second phase", and the final result is that this genius inside player in the "middle second phase" is fighting with head coach Nelson, which also makes this No. 1 pick lose the opportunity to support the league this year again. Now the slogan shouted by the league is the "Four Little Super Swingers" led by Hardaway and Lin Han, and Weber is still on the side of the tragedy again.
"Do you think there is suspense about the outcome between Perry and Lin Crazy in this game?"
"It's hard to say, it's really hard to say. If it were the only choice, I would naturally choose Perry to win. Don't you think so? Perry's strength is more than twice that guy."
"Of course, we all support Perry, but after Perry entered the league, he lost his sharpness in high school and college. I'm afraid that Perry will still be as tepid as in the previous game. Perry is really great, he sacrificed his own data for the team."
"That's right, Lin Han is a guy who can make nearly thirty shots in the first game of the rookie in order to score points. None of the first four games made the shots less than 20. As long as other teams don't double-team him, I think this guy will definitely keep such a shot. It would be great if Perry could be like him."
"I think so too. Perry's mind is sacrificing for the team now. He is too mature now. I really hope he can be a little naive and selfish. Even if such selfishness is not as good as Lin Han, it's almost the same as Marshburn and Ledel."
Obviously, although Lin Han scored terrifying average points in the previous few games, Lin Han has never been a player they like in the mainstream media industry in the United States. Although the current American environment is saying that we should not be racially discriminatory and not treat differently, there is no doubt that the skin color of Lin Han, a yellow-skinned player, determines that he cannot be accepted so quickly. Now most of the mainstream media in the United States are manipulated by Jews, even if many of the unimportant media are anti-Semitic, but
The anti-Semitic media are not good birds. They claim to be the orthodox Anglo-Saxon race. These guys are the ones who like to play races the most. Unless Lin Han uses his noble qualities to impress these guys with his noble qualities, even if he becomes a player like Jordan, as long as it does not meet their aesthetics, Jordan can be defeated. Now, Jordan, the player who was pushed to the throne of the God of Basketball by them, was also easily defeated by them soon?
"No matter what, I am optimistic about Hardaway defeating Lin Han in this game and becoming the best rookie this year. I think Perry deliberately improved his offensive intensity in the last few games, probably because he prepared for this game."
"Hope so"
When the game had not started, the group of reporters in the media seat of the stadium had already begun to discuss what the script of this game was like. As fans of this game, although the Magic's fans are still a group of new fans, after all, the Magic's team has just entered the league, but this group of new fans is really very proud this season. The team that has just entered the league has turned from a bottom-skinned team to a powerful man in less than four years. This makes this group of Magic's fans have a group of nouveau riche mentality in their hearts. In their opinion, it is natural for their team to defeat all teams in the league. The whole world should revolve around them. The enemy is not for respect, but for defeating. The NBA is too simple. If this group of players is not good, just change a group. They have draft picks. They don't need the connotation of the game. They need the game to bring them comfort.
So, when Lin Han and the Jazz players were the first to play as away players, they were almost stunned by the incredible shouts from the Magic home fans.
"Hi Lin, just get used to it. This is Florida, it is full of entertainment, and please forgive the youth of this group of fans."
Looking at Lin Han who was stunned by the quality of Magic fans on the scene, Stockton patted his back and said with a smile. In fact, when the Magic results rose last season, these fans began to expand infinitely. Magic fans' meanness is famous in the whole league. He and the Jazz came here last season and were also shocked.
Of course, the Jazz's opponent in this game was a Magic player, not a Magic fan, so Lin Han didn't care so much after being a little stunned.
The Magic's starter has not changed in this game. The starting center is still the big guy Spencer. This guy is under great pressure in this game. O'Neal is stronger and more flexible than him, which is simply crushing. As for the team's power forward, Malone is still Malone, and the small forward is Brian Russell. This rookie has firmly taken up the team's "pseudo starter" due to Lin Han's reasons, and the shooting guard and point guard are Lin Han and Stockton respectively.
On the Magic, the starting center is O'Neal. This slim and flexible little fat man is the biggest threat point of Magic in this game. The power forward is Kriskoviak, a substitute player for the Jazz last season. The power forward position is also the weakest player for the Magic. The small forward is Nick Anderson, a very outstanding role player in the league. The shooting guard position is against Lin Han. There is almost no suspense. Hardaway was very unhappy with Lin Han when he was in Chicago genius training camp. Now
He taught Lin Han a good opportunity to vent his anger. As for the Magic's point guard today, Scott Skeles. The veteran point guard became embarrassed because of Hardaway's arrival. He averaged nearly 15+10 data last season and was the Magic's main controller. Now the Magic's main controller is Hardaway, and he sometimes even takes the bench, which hurt the white point guard who gave 30 assists in a single game that year. However, Hardaway played as a shooting guard in this game, so he was still sent to the starting position.
"Lin, look, the guy opposite seems to look at you incorrectly. You have to be careful in this game."
Lin Han, who was warming up on the court, looked at the Magic Team, who was also warming up at the same time, at this time, "old teammate" Hardaway was also staring at him. His anger, regret and hot eyes almost made Lin Han's back feel cold.
Chapter completed!