The convulsion superstar of basketball

Chapter 360 359. Lesson Bynum; Iverson is injured!
As the Magic experienced their first loss of the season in the new season, this matter has undoubtedly become the headline news in the NBA in recent times.

However, although the Magic team successfully ushered in their first defeat of the season, the Magic team's record at this moment is still 16 wins and 1 loss, ranking first in the league.

So for other teams, although the Magic is facing a loss, it proves that he is not really without weaknesses.

But the strength of the Magic at the moment is still like a sharp knife hanging over the heads of other teams.

At least if other teams want to attack this season's championship, then the Magic will definitely be the biggest opponent on this road.

For the Western Conference teams, this is actually a bit better. After all, if they really want to meet the Magic in the end, then it will be on the stage of the finals.

But for the Eastern Conference teams, the presence of the Magic undoubtedly overwhelms other teams.

Even veteran championship teams like the Cavaliers and Celtics have not dared to release the slogan of hitting the championship this season.

Even according to a public opinion poll on the Internet at the moment, for the final ownership of this year's NBA championship, the Magic's support rate has reached an astonishing 73.6%! !
What does this mean? !

This also means that in addition to the Magic, the combined support rate of the other 29 teams in the league is only a poor 26.4%.

So in this case, the strength of the Magic this season is completely visible to the naked eye.

Although in the season when Jordan played 72 wins at that time, there was no public opinion poll support rate.

But I believe that even in that season, the Bulls' approval rating is absolutely impossible to be more terrifying than the Magic.

This does not mean that the Magic is stronger than the Bulls this season, but that it has something to do with the overall environment of the league when the team itself is stronger.

At least with the start of the new season, the Lakers, Cavaliers, and Celtics have all fallen into the hands of the Magic.

In this case, the support for the Cavaliers and Celtics to counterattack the Magic will naturally drop significantly.

After all, they were already lying at the feet of the Magic last season.

Although this season is still very long, it is unknown whether the teams will make some earth-shaking transactions in the middle of the season in order to counter the Magic.

But at least from this moment, there is absolutely no objection to the strength of the Magic team...

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February 12.
As time entered December, after entering December, the first opponent the Magic met was the Western rookie Saramento Kings.

So far, the Kings have been overtaken by the Timberwolves, the last-to-last in the Western Conference in terms of record rankings, thus becoming the new last-to-last in the Western Conference.

So before the game started, the result seemed to be obvious.

However, when some fans thought of the game where the Magic were playing the Timberwolves, the fans also thought the same way, but in the end the Timberwolves miraculously defeated the Magic.

The thought of this made many fans very interested in this game.

But the accident is an accident after all. In this game, the Magic did not give the King any illusions, but took it easy without bloodshed:

113:86
A 27-point victory over the Sacramento Kings won the team's first victory after entering December. In a sense, it can be regarded as a victory.

In this game, because the overall strength of the Kings is too weak, in fact, there is not much to watch in the whole process.

If you really want to talk about something to watch, then the Kings in this game have a player who has a lot of connections with the Magic.

That's right, it was in the finals of last season that an intra-team conflict broke out with Kobe, so the Magic picked up a cheap "little shark" Bynum.

After Bynum clashed with Kobe Bryant in last season's Finals, the entire Los Angeles vilified Bynum for his behavior.

This situation also caused Bynum to become the public enemy of Los Angeles for a while, so after the contract expired, Bynum left the Lakers without any suspense.

In the end, he signed a contract with the Kings and became the boss of this weak Kings team.

Of course, becoming the boss of this team is when Bynum just joined the Kings during the offseason.

However, judging from the situation after the start of the new season, whether Bynum can be the boss of this team, at least for now, still needs to be marked with a question mark.

Because in this team, whether it is the rookie player Evans, or Kevin Martin, who has not been traded to the Rockets for the time being, the performance of these two people is not inferior to Bynum.

And before the start of the new season, Bynum once publicly stated in front of social media that he will definitely lead the Kings to an outstanding team performance in the new season.

Let everyone look at him with admiration, and even said that after leaving Kobe, he will definitely grow into an outstanding league center.

However, as the new season has passed nearly 20 games, Bynum's personal performance is completely inferior to his blown leather.

So far this season, Bynum has averaged 33.6 points, 16.8 rebounds and 10.7 blocks per game in 1.6 minutes per game.

Although this data seems to be very good at first glance, it can even be said to be very good.

However, considering that Bynum, as a star player, only contributed such a statistic in the bottom-ranked team in the league like the Kings, the moisture in this statistic is really a bit huge.

And in addition, after Bynum came to the Kings, his injury problem has not been alleviated.

In the case of just three games into the new season, Bynum rested for nearly 10 games because of knee soreness.

After the recent comeback, the personal efficiency on the offensive end is also not so ideal.

At least as of now, Bynum is averaging 15.6 shots per game, but his shooting percentage is only 50.3%.

You know, this hit rate is a bit too low for an All-Star center.

In contrast, Howard, Howard's shooting percentage this season is as high as 61.8%, and he is also better than Bynum in terms of scoring and rebounding.

And the Magic is number one in the league, so the gap between the two is basically visible to the naked eye.

In this game, Bynum faced Howard many times and wanted to play singles in the low post. It seemed that he wanted to prove that he was not much worse than Howard.

But the final result was that Howard played or not, and covered the sky with one hand in the paint, suppressing Bynum's overall shooting rate of less than 5%.

In the whole game, Howard scored a total of 21 points and 14 rebounds, while Bynum also scored 17 points and 9 rebounds.

But in the case of being unable to lead the team to win, Howard's shooting percentage was as high as 69.4% in the game, while Bynum was only 46.7%.

It is not difficult to see from this that Bynum is indeed powerful, but what makes him so powerful is his lip service! !

At least after the start of the new season, Lakers fans have never stopped abusing Bynum.

Especially when Bynum's game was not good and embarrassing, the Lakers fans began to insult Bynum and abused Bynum endlessly.

After all, in a sense, the pain caused by Bynum to the Lakers is indeed difficult to be forgiven.

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In the next few games, the Magic won three more games in a row, improving the team's record to 20 wins and 1 loss.

And after the team entered December, the team has not experienced a loss so far.

Even if it was the only game lost this season, it was an unprecedented loss to the league's underdog Timberwolves.

This situation undoubtedly makes more and more people optimistic that the Magic can win this year's championship trophy.

In addition, at this time, more and more people have begun to discuss publicly on the Internet whether the Magic can break the previous best record of 72 wins and 10 losses created by Michael Jordan.

Regarding this point, if any team said before that they would break this record in the new season, most people would just laugh it off.

But the momentum of the Magic this season is really terrible. With 1/4 of the regular season passed, the team has only lost one game so far.

According to this ratio, wouldn't the Magic only lose four games in a season? !

Although at the end of the season, it is impossible for the Magic to maintain the spirit and energy of the early season and the overall physical strength of the team.

And at the same time, no one can guarantee whether there will be some unexpected injuries.

But even if these four games are doubled, the Magic will only lose eight games in the new season, so the Magic still has a very high chance of breaking the best record in team history previously set by the Bulls.

At least in the public discussion on the Internet at this moment, the support rate for the Magic to break the best record in the new season is already as high as 61.2%.

Among the remaining people, not all of them are not optimistic that the Magic can break this record, but there are many people who are not optimistic about the Magic team, and they really don't want the Magic to be so prominent.

After all, the Magic this season is already enough to steal the spotlight. If it breaks the previous record set by the "God of Basketball" Michael Jordan, then what the hell is going on? ! !
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February 12.
Just when people have been discussing whether the Magic can break the best record previously created by Michael Jordan, and who can give the Magic a second loss in the new season.

In today's game between the Magic and the Nets, there were some accidents.

The Nets are the last in the Eastern Conference this season. After choosing to trade Carter to the Magic last season, the Nets have completely entered the rebuilding phase.

Basically, it is a state of choosing to hoard draft picks and never ask about the record.

So before the game started, the Magic didn't have any pressure at all.

However, during the game, Iverson sprained his left ankle during a layup.

This scene scared the home fans enough at the time, after all, the Nets are simply a rookie.

At that time, the Magic was also in a double-digit lead, so it was undoubtedly a very painful thing for players to face injuries in this situation.

Although Iverson is due to his personal age this season, various physical functions and performance on the court have experienced a sharp decline.

但截止到目前为止，艾弗森在场均出场29.7分钟的情况下，仍然是能够贡献出13.6分2.1篮板3.1助攻以及1.8次的抢断。

And because the personal strength of the teammates around him is very strong, Iverson's shooting percentage has also reached his career high of 46.9%.

Even this three-point shooting, which he has not been good at throughout his career, has stabilized his shooting percentage at 31.2%.

After all, as he gets older, Iverson's breakthrough speed and responsiveness have greatly begun to decline.

In this case, Iverson has increased his mid-range shooting and outside three-pointers this season.

Perhaps for outside players, especially those who rely on breakthroughs for a living, they were famous for their breakthroughs in the early years, but in the later stages, they will work hard on shooting.

The purpose is to prolong your career.

The same is true for Iverson this season, but because Iverson suffered too many injuries in the early days, his body is currently in a state of load.

So when he made a breakthrough layup in this game, he was basically in a non-confrontational situation, and he sprained his ankle when he landed.

This scene not only shocked the fans at home, even the head coach Stan Van Gundy was shocked into a cold sweat.

You know, as the Magic's record is getting better and better this season, Van Gundy sees an excellent future beckoning to himself.

In this case, Van Gundy is not afraid of anything, but he is afraid of injuries in the team.

But as the saying goes, the more you fear, the more you will come. In this game with the Nets, there was basically no suspense. Iverson still had to leave the game due to injuries.

And after Iverson was injured and retired, Van Gundy obviously felt the fear in his heart.

When the team leads by double digits, all the main players are directly taken off the court.

The entire fourth quarter did not send any of the main players to play.

As the saying goes, if you are bitten by a snake once, you will be afraid of well ropes for ten years. It seems that if there are no accidents, in the next period of time, once the team's lead becomes huge, then Van Gundy will definitely not put the main players on the court again.

Fortunately, before the end of the game, according to the news from the rear team doctor, Iverson only sprained his left ankle.

And at that position, Iverson already had old injuries, so strictly speaking, this can be regarded as a recurrence of old injuries.

You must know that Iverson fell to the ground without physical confrontation at the time, and everyone who plays basketball knows that players are not afraid of injuries after physical confrontation, but are afraid of injuries without any physical confrontation.

So at that time the team doctors were very afraid that there was a problem with the ligament.

If there is a problem with the ligament, then at Iverson's current age and style of play, he can basically bid farewell to the NBA.

But fortunately, it was just a false alarm in the end, not a strained or torn ligament. According to the opinion of the team doctor, Iverson may need to rest for 7 to 8 games.

For this result, Stan Van Gundy, the head coach, obviously let out a long sigh of relief.

Although the arrival of the injury made him feel unprepared, but fortunately, this time it was not too serious.

However, after this incident, this still sounded the alarm for Van Gundy, making Van Gundy deeply aware that injuries are by the athletes' side.

No one knows when the players will be found.

Originally, with the Magic's record getting better and better in the new season, Van Gundy has been thinking about how to break the best record that the Bulls had retained before.

However, as Iverson suffered injuries in this game, Van Gundy was obviously in a cold sweat.

Because whether it's breaking a record or winning a championship, the premise of all this is that the players stay healthy.

At least at this time, Van Gundy is deeply aware of the crisis and the troubles caused by injuries to the team.

(End of this chapter)