The convulsion superstar of basketball

Chapter 355 354. Did I give you face? ? !

In the following period of time, the Magic defeated the Nets, Wizards and Kings at home successively.

Extend the team's winning streak this season to 12 games.

After that, the alliance undoubtedly fell into a momentary uproar.

Because since the start of the new season, the Magic have won 12 consecutive victories in the new season.

Although 12 consecutive victories in the history of the NBA is not a too shocking record.

But for a team that just won the NBA championship last season, the Magic have formed a crushing trend against other teams in the league since the start of the new season.

Then this situation undoubtedly makes other teams more worried.

Originally, when the Magic only won seven or eight consecutive victories after the start of the game, outside fans had already burst into this kind of worry.

But for the management of other teams, they are far from flustered.

After all, compared to the one-sidedness of the fans, what the management sees can be said to be more thorough.

That is a schedule for the Magic in the new season. Except for a few teams, the strength of other opponents is generally weak.

Either the teams outside the playoffs, or the teams on the edge of the playoffs, there are only a few that can really be called tough battles.

This also led to when other teams were in a running-in phase, the Magic skipped this phase directly.

So at the beginning of the season, the Magic showed an unparalleled dominance.

However, as the Magic's winning streak increased, this obviously made other teams in the league feel frightened.

Even in these three games, the opponents that the Magic defeated were all teams that ranked bottom in the league this season.

But this set of data inadvertently made other teams feel a lot of pressure when facing the Magic.

At least from a psychological point of view, magic already has an absolute upper hand.

This situation has also led to many people starting to question the Magic at this moment.

Question whether there are some yin and yang contracts in the operation of the Magic during the offseason.

You know, during the offseason, the Magic not only introduced Vince Carter through a trade, but also experienced several reinforcements in the free market.

But in this case, the Magic ended up only losing a core player of Turkoglu.

Subsequently, the contract was re-signed with Su Jiu, Iverson and others, and Iverson's contract has been kept in a state of secrecy during the offseason.

So in this case, someone has already questioned the operation of the Magic.

But it can't be blamed for these people looking for trouble, it's because the Magic's lineup in the new season is too eye-catching.

Coupled with the fact that the Magic's run-in is unexpectedly excellent at this time, this makes other teams in the league feel jealous.

As the saying goes, a big tree attracts the wind, and now one of the problems facing the Magic is this.

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February 11.

As the Magic won 12 consecutive victories after the start of the new season, this undoubtedly greatly increased the gossip ability of the fans.

At present, the question of which team can give the Magic their first defeat in the new season can be said to have been pushed to a peak.

From the beginning, only fans participated in it, and now many experts have participated in it.

Let's use big data to analyze together, which team can give the Magic their first defeat in the new season,

In other words, which team has a greater chance of giving the Magic their first defeat of the season.

And on this day, under the expectation of many fans, the turning point of the Magic's first defeat of the new season finally emerged.

That's right, today, the Magic will be a guest in Boston to challenge the Celtics away.

You know, in terms of the predicted odds of many teams in the new season, the Celtics beat the other 36.1 teams in the league with a 28% chance, becoming the team most likely to give the Magic their first defeat in the new season.

So for this game, the fans have been looking forward to it for a long time.

After all, before this, the Magic encountered rotten eggs like the Wizards and Kings.

It is hard for fans to believe that these teams have the strength to upset the Magic.

This also led to the tickets for the North Shore Garden Arena being looted before the game started.

Even the ticket price in the hands of scalpers has been fired to three times the normal ticket price.

Judging from the current trend, it seems to be even more lively than last year's finals.

And for this game, the NBA, as a business league, also smelled a business opportunity.

Therefore, a national live broadcast was arranged long ago. It can be said that this game will definitely start under the attention of thousands of fans.

Not to mention a confrontation at the finals level, but at least from the perspective of the number of people watching the game, it must not be much worse than the finals.

There is even a chance to explode even more than the ratings of the finals.

As the host of this game, the Celtics obviously know what this confrontation with the Magic represents.

The management of no team is a fool, and it is not difficult to see from the degree of grabbing the ticket price, how much the fans have for the Celtics in this game.

Faced with this situation, it has to be said that the entire Celtics team is under tremendous pressure.

Whether it is a player or a coach, before this game, they have worked hard to train and analyze.

Especially the coaching staff headed by Rivers, three days before the start of the game, they have already started to analyze and watch a lot of video replays.

Even in last year's playoffs, the two sides had a seven-game peak battle.

But with the advent of the new season, both teams have undergone some major and minor changes.

In addition, the current ratings of this game are so high, so the pressure on Rivers is definitely huge.

Not to mention that this game is a battle of revenge, just say that if this game is lost, then the reputation of the Celtics will definitely plummet.

It is even very likely that he will be branded as a defeated player in the circle of fans, making the Celtics unable to lift their heads in front of the Magic.

Before the start of the game, the players on both sides were warming up for shooting in their respective halfs, and the coaching staff of the two teams also got together to make ticks on the tactical board.

Obviously, the Magic's investment in this game is also very huge.

Even if the Magic can be regarded as the champion of this battle, the Celtics can only be regarded as the challenger at best.

But even the Celtics can find the problem, how can the Magic not find it.

So for this game, not only the Celtics will go all out, but the Magic will also show their housekeeping skills.

Be sure to beat the Celtics in this game and continue the winning streak this season.

Even if you want to have a record of all victories in one season, this is simply nonsense, but if you can win one more game, you can win one more game. This kind of benefit is absolutely no one will dislike it.

Before the start of the game, Stan Van Gundy also shook hands with Rivers on the sidelines and hugged on the sidelines.

Although both of them racked their brains to target them in last year's playoffs, to put it bluntly, the two are just in different camps.

So before the match actually started, the two of them could be said to have no grievances and no enmity, and these things should be clearly explained on the bright side.

As the game is about to start, the two sides also announced the starting lineup for the game:

Celtic:

Rondo, Ray Allen, Pierce, Garnett, and Perkins.

Magic:

Su Jiu, Iverson, Carter, Marion, and Howard.

In this game, both teams continued their usual starting lineups and did not make too many changes.

Among them, the Celtics' starting lineup has not changed from last season, and it is still the familiar five figures.

However, although the Celtics have not changed much in this year's starting lineup, in this year's offseason, the Celtics have made several reinforcements.

One of the biggest reinforcements is the signing of "Roaring God" Wallace in the free market.

After all, in last year's playoff matchup, the Celtics could completely beat the Magic in the starting lineup competition.

At least from the perspective of the overall effect, in the competition between the starting lineups of the two sides, the Magic is not the opponent of the Celtics at all.

The reason why the Celtics lost in the tiebreaker was not only because of Su Jiu's avatar in that round of the series, but also because of the lack of depth in the lineup.

The entire Celtics bench could not find a player who could compete with the Magic.

In this case, whenever the main players take a break, the Celtics have to face a situation of being beaten.

So in this year's offseason, in addition to retaining the core lineup of their original team, the Celtics have been reinforcing the bench lineup.

Among them, the joining of "Roaring God" Wallace undoubtedly greatly increased the rotation ability of the Celtics.

Although Wallace is currently in the same decline in his career as Iverson due to his personal age.

In this season, he averaged only 9 points and 4 rebounds per game.

But after all, Wallace is a Piston Five Tigers who once won the championship, even though his personal ability is already in a decline stage.

But if he is only asked to lead the second team to stabilize the situation, then it can be said to be a piece of cake.

In addition, the "big baby" Davis and Tony Allen on the Celtics bench have also gradually begun to grow.

With the addition of three-pointers Eddie House, Marquis Daniels and others, this undoubtedly greatly increased the depth of the Celtics' rotation.

At least compared to last season, the Celtics are much stronger on the bench this season.

But in this case, why did the Celtics fail to soar in the new season this season and play better than last season.

On the contrary, at the beginning of the regular season, it was at a relatively slow stage, and it seemed that there was no improvement compared with last season.

In fact, the main reason is that Garnett is one year older, and his movement speed on the court has become a little slow.

Personal contribution also dropped a lot compared to last season.

In addition, the Celtics have not changed a single bit on both ends of the offense and defense. Except for a few signings on the bench, there is no gap at all from before.

But just as the Celtics stagnated, other teams in the league have undergone earth-shaking changes.

So in this case, the Celtics have been standing still, making people look like he hasn't made any progress in the new season.

But for competitive sports, not regressing is already a means.

Because there are very few teams that can stabilize in the playoffs for more than ten years.

And if there is, then this team is destined to be included in the history books of the NBA

Just like the Spurs in the West.

And for this kind of thing, it is difficult for you to judge a right or wrong.

It can only be said that compared with those who overthrow and rebuild and try their best to compete for the championship, this strategy of pursuing stability and mending can be regarded as a kind of wisdom.

After the game started, Howard and Perkins stood in the middle circle and prepared to jump the ball. Although Perkins' defensive ability in the low post can be said to be the top in the league, it has a natural restraint effect on players like Howard.

Among them, in the confrontation in the playoffs last year, it is not difficult to see that Howard can be said to have nothing to do when facing Perkins.

But if we only talk about the jump ball stage, then Howard can be said to be able to beat Perkins in circles.

After all, there are only a handful of centers in the entire league who can skip Howard.

After receiving the basketball from Howard, Su Jiu continued to slowly pass the halftime.

Looking at Rondo who was defending him in front of him, Su Jiu seemed to feel a little familiar with this scene, and even had the feeling of returning to last year's playoffs in a dream.

"La Tong, I haven't seen you for nearly half a year. When I come back to the court again, do you miss me too much, haha."

While dribbling the ball through the half court, Su Jiu asked Rondo in front of him with a smile.

"Hmph, my two fists really miss you, so why don't you give it a try?"

Seeing the mean smile on Su Jiu's face, Rondo felt furious.

Although judging from Su Jiu's tone, this sentence is as friendly as an old friend, and there is no meaning of ridicule at all.

But from Rondo's point of view, Su Jiu is an extremely annoying guy.

After all, in last year's playoffs, Rondo had a deep understanding of Su Jiu's venomous tongue.

At least Rondo knows that Su Jiu is far from being as honest as he appears. In fact, he is a "king of trash talk" and an out-and-out "Mr. Talker".

After hearing Rondo's answer, Su Jiu's face instantly collapsed.

From the original relaxed face with a little smirk, it suddenly became serious now, with a vicious feeling.

"Um?!"

"Dog, what are you arrogant about?!"

"Did I give you face, didn't I?"

　It's a new month, please ask for two monthly tickets! !

　　There is still a dream!

　　

　

(End of this chapter)