Bishop: since 1998

Chapter 187 The money given is really too much!

April 1, Target Center Arena.

The Magic played an away game against the Timberwolves, whose yin and yang contracts broke out.

In fact, this incident has really little impact on the Timberwolves.

It's just a penalty of several years of draft picks and not renewing Joe Smith.

For the Timberwolves, this is simply good news.

Because the contract value of the renewal of Joe Smith is quite a lot, it is not used now.

blocked by the alliance.

In the end, only Joe Smith was injured. He lost money to his grandma's house and probably wanted to hack his manager to death.

How did he negotiate this stupid contract for himself?
Losing a few rookies, as long as Garnett is kept, it's not a problem for the Timberwolves.

Anyway, it's not a lottery pick. The money saved on Joe Smith can completely buy a few second-round picks from other teams.

Coupled with the selection of Garnett, the luck of the Timberwolves has been consumed.

In the future, the Timberwolves' draft vision is very rubbish, and this kind of punishment is completely irrelevant.

25 wins and 18 losses! !

Just looking at the current record, the Timberwolves still have the strength to hit the playoffs.

Joe Smith's role is really not big.

With Garnett and the record of the Timberwolves, there is the lower limit of playoff tickets.

The game is on.

Garnett is in great form.

I saw that Garnett caught the ball, leaned on Duncan with his back, rushed to the baseline, and then turned around and shot a big jumper...

Duncan's defense can be described as the presence of a forward ceiling. However, facing Garnett's trick, his ceiling cannot help Garnett's signature offense.

Swish-!
The ball goes in.

Garnett roared and beat his chest, celebrating at the fans.

I don't know, I thought he hit the key lore.

Or score a very tough personal offense.

Use the method of exclusion.

Didn't hit the game-winning shot.

Rounding up, it must be a tough personal offense scored.

It turned out to be the case.

This is how the nickname "Hard Special" came about.

Moreover, Garnett looks very iron-blooded.

No one cares, Garnett hides and fights, likes to fight and retreat.

Looking back, the Magic attacked.

Duncan received the ball in the low post, rolled Garnett with his back and hit it, arched to the sweet spot of the shot, shook his shoulders, turned and layup.

Boom, swish—!
Two points also hit.

To be reasonable, Duncan's back play seems to be unremarkable and does not seem to be an advantage. However, Duncan can always send the basketball to the basket.

Basic basketball skills are too strong.

It is completely impossible to see where Duncan is strong, his unpretentious, ordinary movements are still so difficult to guard against.

Scoring in, Duncan didn't have any expression on his face.

I can't see the pros and cons. Such a Duncan is too ordinary.

However, in the duel inside the court, the two beat each other.

Duncan couldn't guard Garnett, and Garnett had nothing to do with Duncan's offense.

At the beginning of the game, the two sides played evenly on the field.

But soon, the situation was broken.

McGrady made a three-pointer and scored on Trierbrandt.

With a height of 1 meters, he is defensively inferior, stronger than Iverson.

McGrady's misplaced offense played quite comfortably.

As the 99th pick in 6, Wallis Zebiak has continued to improve this season, averaging 14 points and 6 rebounds per game. His strength is really good.

However, in front of Hill, he had absolutely no chance to show off.

Hill was too comprehensive, and Szczerbiak was completely underwhelmed, unable to stand up and break the game.

Shooting back Anthony Peeler is just making up the numbers.

The situation of the game, soon, fell to the side of the magic team.

After the first quarter, the score was 31 to 24, and the Magic were in the lead.

In the second quarter, Li Mu let McGrady and Duncan continue to play.

Bring on Armstrong, Mike Miller and Magloire.

The Timberwolves' rotation was crushed again.

Coach Sanderson can only fuck Garnett and Brandon.

Bring in Dean Garrett, Sam Mitchell and Rafonso Ellis.

With Garnett on the court, the Timberwolves were not beaten anyway.

It's just that, Garnett is facing Duncan, and the offense relies on his personal performance.

For defense, he is also required to lead the entire defense.

There may be fuel in the physical fuel tank, but it definitely won't be able to last the whole audience.

With Garnett off the court to rest.

The strength of the Timberwolves dropped several levels.

Immediately reflected on the score, the game was overwhelmed.

After the first half of the game, the Magic took a 15-point lead and entered the locker room to rest.

The second half of the game started.

The Magic finally made a three-pointer from outside.

Hill and McGrady rained three-pointers, and a wave of 16-5 attacks took the game away in an instant.

The Timberwolves counterattacked and couldn't make any waves.

hum~~
With the sound of the buzzer, the game time is over.

With a score of 119 to 91, the Magic beat the Timberwolves by 28 points.

Duncan had 26 points and 11 rebounds, and his performance was still stable.

McGrady scored 35 points, 4 assists and 3 rebounds, getting closer and closer to Iverson.

O'Neal had 17 points and 10 rebounds, and Hill had 16 points and 4 assists.

Star ball, collective play.

Garnett scored 29 points, 13 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 blocks. The data is very beautiful.

Helplessly, his teammates were very weak, and he was too embarrassed to scold his teammates. After all, the Timberwolves gave too much money.

When he took this money, he knew that facing a strong team, the Timberwolves would only lose more and win less.

Well, this is not the price of money, but the price of one city and one star.

……

On January 1, the coordinates are at the TD Water House Center.

The Magic defeated the Miami Heat with a score of 106 to 88.

This is a defensive battle.

The Heat have been defending and sabotaging the offense, trying to grind the Magic to death.

It is a pity that Mourning was crippled due to illness.

AC Green and Brian Grant, the two can't afford the Heat's passionate defensive system.

In addition, the Heat also lost Bowen, the perimeter defensive gate.

You know, at this time, Bao Wen has made a name for himself with the help of Foshan Wuying Kick.

As a result, Li Mu took him to the Lakers ahead of schedule.

The Heat's defense couldn't hold it anymore.

Fighting offense, Jones and Tim Hardaway are no match for the Magic's star lineup.

On January 1th, it was still the TD Water House Center.

Magic vs. Pacers.

The score was 121-90.

Totally not an opponent.

The gap between the Pacers' inside line and the Magic's is too great.

Jaylen Rose and Reggie Miller have no choice but to blow up the perimeter, McGrady, Hill, Jackson, Maggette, Mike Miller, etc., the perimeter offensive group.

In the game, they couldn't beat inside and outside, and the Pacers could only swallow the loss.

December 1th, MIC Center Arena.

Back to back, the Magic beat the Wizards.

Enter the rebuilding Wizards, finally, putting Hamilton in the starting lineup.

Hamilton did not disappoint the Wizards either, currently averaging 21 points, 3 assists and 2 rebounds per game.

The offense is amazing.

Nothing.

He can run better than Hamilton, but he can't shoot without him, and he can shoot better than him, but he can't run faster than Hamilton.

Just looking at the offense, Hamilton's offense is very interesting.

It's a pity that the Wizards' defense is too bad to prevent.

Without the defense of the Pistons' Five Tigers era as the basis, it would be difficult to win with Hamilton's style of play.

The score was 126 to 100, and the Magic beat the Wizards by 26 points.

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(End of this chapter)