The convulsion superstar of basketball

Chapter 166. 166. The Mysterious Sun

February 12.

Time is fleeting, and November is also slipping away quietly amidst the busyness, and time has come to December in a blink of an eye.

For NBA teams, most of November is in the team running-in stage. Regardless of the team's record this month, it is difficult to reflect the true combat power of a team in the end.

Only in December, after the running-in of each team has gradually improved, can the NBA game really enter the rush stage.

However, as November passed, various rankings in the NBA were also listed one by one, so that people probably had an expectation in their hearts.

There is also a rough estimate for the improvement or regression between players during the offseason.

After entering December, the first opponent the Magic will usher in is the Western powerhouse Suns.

It can be said that the Suns have encountered some troubles this season. With Steve Kerr, the management genius, successfully serving as the general manager of the Suns last season, he also made the entire Suns system a mess.

Steve Kerr's first move after taking office was to get the former league's No. [-] center "Shark" O'Neal.

This also attracted a lot of doubts at the time. Many people questioned that Shaquille O'Neal's style of play could not be perfectly integrated with the Suns.

But in the face of many doubts, Cole still showed great confidence at the press conference.

It means that Shaquille O'Neal will definitely bring more than one championship trophy to the team.

And the fact is indeed as the fans feared at the beginning, the arrival of Shaquille O'Neal seriously delayed the offensive rhythm of the entire Suns team, so that the Suns team, which was playing small ball whirlwind back then, had to accommodate O'Neal and fell into a positional battle.

However, relying on the team's star-studded ultimate lineup, last season's Suns still had an impressive 65% winning percentage in the regular season, and successfully boarded the playoff flight as the sixth in the Western Conference.

However, in the first round of the playoffs, the shortcomings of the team's offensive rhythm and O'Neal's serious mismatch were also greatly exposed.

In the end, facing the seasoned Spurs, the Suns also lost to the Spurs with a total score of 1:4 and were forced to go home to fish.

In the last season, O'Neal's performance in the playoffs can be described as a disastrous scene.

O'Neal's presence not only made it impossible for the Suns to play a sharp counterattack like a small ball storm, but also didn't take much advantage of facing the veteran Spurs in the positional battle.

In these five games in the playoffs, O'Neal averaged 15 points and 9 rebounds per game.

This data is definitely not bad for any center, after all, it is the stage of the playoffs.

However, when this data is placed on Shaquille O'Neal, it seems a bit too small.

After all, in order to accommodate O'Neal, the entire Suns team can be said to have completely given up their own peak style of play.

So in the end, the data contributed by O'Neal not only failed to help the Suns win the playoffs, but also bore a lot of pressure and doubts from the fans.

But fortunately, this season's O'Neal seems to have gradually restrained his injuries. Although his performance after the start of the game is not too amazing, there has been a significant improvement compared to last season.

It's just that O'Neal's very small improvement is not enough for the entire Suns team.

After all, in order to accommodate O'Neal, the entire Suns have given up too much.

In this season, the team has Steve Nash, bully Stoudemire, Shaquille O'Neal, dunk king Richardson, Jordan's successor Hill, and Brazilian Lightning Barbosa.

The Suns can only temporarily rank ninth in the Western Conference with a record of 11 wins and 7 losses, looking like they missed the playoffs.

You know, the entire Suns team has been working together for a whole season last season. After the start of this season, the Suns not only did not show their momentum, but also revealed a lack of confidence.

This also made more fans feel dissatisfied with Steve Kerr's series of operations.

And the fact is indeed the case, the Suns did end up in the ninth place in the Western Conference this season and finally missed the playoffs this season.

This is only when the Suns changed the team's head coach in the mid-term.

Therefore, under various pressures, Steve Kerr had to retreat to the second line and resigned from the position of general manager of the team before staying for a few years, and returned to TNT's broadcasting station to serve as a commentator.

In fact, although Steve Kerr did bear a lot of infamy in those years, in the end he also has to thank himself for these bad signings.

Otherwise, it would be impossible for him to be favored by the Warriors in the future, and with the help of a wave of incomprehensible lineups, he set off an alternative small ball era, and achieved the life of his head coach...

Before the start of the game, both sides were warming up for shooting in their respective halfs. Since the Magic is playing at home, the entire Orlando Arena is also wearing blue uniforms at this moment, as if putting people in the blue ocean, very dazzling and dazzling.

Due to the exciting game process in the last game, and Su Jiu's final three-pointer, it also successfully attracted many fans to come to the home court to watch the game against the Suns.

Listening to the fans in the entire Orlando Arena shouting crazily, this also puts more pressure on the Suns who are playing away.

After all, the Suns this season have encountered a lot of doubts since the beginning of the season, and the record so far is not very good, so the Suns at this moment are definitely one of the most pressured teams in the league.

The head coach of the team, Terry Porter, frowned even before the opening, as if a battle was about to happen.

"Hey, Xiao Suzi, don't read, I'm asking if you can be a little promising, you are not like this on the Internet!!"

"I still remember how majestic you were back then, you could boldly reply "A beauty date" to Katie."

"What's the matter, when you see a real person today, you can't even take your eyes off your eyes, soooo."

Seeing Su Jiu standing there in a daze, Xiao Lizi also said to Su Jiu with a mean smile.

Because following Su Jiu's gaze, there was a woman sitting in the front row of the Orlando Arena.

Just by looking around, one can see that rather extraordinary face, plus that very hot figure.

And this woman is none other than Katy Perry, who has been very popular in the music scene recently! !

　Thank you Brother Bansheng Shangge for your generous reward, thank you brother for your support, thank you brother! !

　　

　

(End of this chapter)