From today on is the king

Chapter 568 567. Meat Grinder in the Front Field!
Of course, this game was also broadcast live in China. The title of Roaring Tianzun still appeared. Originally, this title was given to Rasheed Wallace by domestic commentators when the Spurs played the Pistons in the finals. It popularized what kind of player Rasheed Wallace was before joining the Pistons.

The early commentators in China took nicknames very artistically, such as Stone Buddha, German Chariot, Peter Pan, etc. Now, fans are not so superstitious about authority, and they take nicknames by themselves, such as turtles, schoolbags, cousins, and elementary school students.

Originally, because of too many technical fouls, he loved to roar at the referee on the court, so he got the nickname Roaring Tianzun, but now he really became the roaring Tianzun. The expression of wide-eyed eyes made people roar with enthusiasm, which completely ignited the passion of the team.

The Magic team was really shocked by Rasheed Wallace's voice for a while!But then it turned into anger, and was frightened by the opponent's throat!

When the referee saw and heard Rasheed Wallace's roar, he almost habitually stuffed the whistle into his mouth and sent Rasheed Wallace out. Fortunately, he reacted quickly. This is not Portland anymore, and Rasheed Wallace is not a Trail Blazers player.

In the frenzy of the Eagles' home fans, the referee blew the whistle to start the game, and the two teams started on the court.

The Magic sent Tyronn Lue, who has been following the boss all his life, Reece Gaines, the 16th overall pick in this year's first round, Tracy McGrady, Juwan Howard, and Drew Gooden.

Rasheed Wallace and Drew Gooden came to the middle circle to jump the ball.

Compared with Ratliff, Rasheed Wallace is about the same height, and his bounce is amazing, easily winning the jump ball from Drew Gooden.

The fans are about to cry, and finally our family has an insider who can win the jump ball!
Liu Mang received the ball and advanced to the frontcourt. After crossing the center line, he made a gesture to open the singles.

Fans of this gesture are very familiar with it. The common opening style in the previous two years was to hand the ball to Raheem Chisel.

However, this time is different!Everyone, including Rahim, moved to open up space!

Raheem came to the middle distance on the left, where he was most accurate, and took McGrady away. Prince went to the left corner and took Gaines away. Ratliff pinned Gooden to the basket near the three-second zone, and Rasheed Wallace went to the right corner.

This change surprised and delighted the fans. Surprisingly, Raheem was not the "boss" to attack, and the newly arrived Rasheed Wallace, who was regarded as a talented inside scorer second only to the four power forwards, went to the outside to open up space!

In other words, Liu Mang has now become the real main player of the team!

McGrady was ready to fight Raheem, but Raheem actually opened up the space!This subverts McGrady's cognition a bit. He also appreciates Liu Mang, but he never expected that Liu Mang could let Raheem and Rasheed Wallace play the role of opening up space without hesitation!
As soon as Liu Mang got beyond the three-point line, Tyronn Lu actively defended him, relying on his speed to keep up with Iverson to defend against him.

After coming to the Magic, Tyronn Lue really became the starting point guard of a team. He was very active in trying to show his value and worked hard on defense.

Liu Mang saw Tyronn Lue sticking so tightly, he decisively elbowed Tyronn Lue away, and went inside the three-point line.

However, Liu Mang just felt that he got rid of Tyronn Lue, and before he reached the free throw line, Tyronn Lue posted it back with super fast speed and defensive enthusiasm!

Tyronn Lu really delayed Liu Mang's breakthrough by relying on his enthusiasm and his own defensive ability!When Liu Mang was blocked, he clearly saw that McGrady was taking a step closer to the basket, ready to double-team at any time. In an instant, Liu Mang made a judgment and pulled to the left to change direction and break through!
Tyronn Lue retreated again, McGrady was ready to double-team in the three-second zone, Liu Mang only took a step forward, and stepped on the free throw line to make a jump shot!

It was so sudden, when Tyronn Lu pounced back, Liu Mang had already thrown the ball!
"Swish"

The ball plunged into the basket, simply and neatly.

Not only the Magic players, Liu Wei's teammates didn't expect Liu Wei to vote here!The key is to get in so simply!

After Liu Mang made the shot, he still kept his shooting posture when he landed. Before he put his hand down, he turned around and went back to the backcourt to defend.

The fans at the scene saw Liu Mang's confident appearance that he would definitely enter, and the cheers were remembered again.

Neither Tyronn Lue, who was defending Liu Mang, nor McGrady, who was preparing to assist in defense, expected Liu Mang to shoot here.

In the past, in order to improve his offensive efficiency and offensive threat as much as possible, Liu Mang usually shot outside the three-point line and within the three-second zone when he was playing with the ball. The mid-range was mainly to cheat fouls. Except for open catches and mid-range shots, he seldom took mid-range shots.

The Magic paid special attention to this opening game. The Magic formed the core lineup of Tracy McGrady, Juwan Howard, and Gooden this year, as well as Tyronn Lue, the rookie Gaines in the 2003 draft year, and Deshaun Stevens, a role player who was traded or introduced with Kirisek, which is equivalent to the defensive champion returned with Mike Miller. This proves that the Magic still want to do big things this year. The relationship is not included in the team's salary, but after so many transactions and signings, the Magic's total salary has reached 490 million, which exceeds the luxury tax threshold of 5800 million.

Therefore, the Magic attaches great importance to the confrontation with the Eagles, which is regarded as the best team in the East and is likely to decline again, especially McGrady. After studying Liu Mang's performance for a long time, the outside line was handed over to Tyronn Lue, a point guard with fast speed and excellent physical fitness, to defend Liu Mang.
It's only been a summer, and CIC has been developed?Do you want people to live!

McGrady felt that he was stimulated by Liu Mang at the beginning of the game, and quickly suppressed the surprise in his heart, and ran towards the frontcourt.

The offensive and defensive transition, the Magic attacked, and Tyronn Lue habitually handed over the ball after advancing to the frontcourt. Just as McGrady cut to the inside to open up space, the ball flew over, and Raheem followed McGrady.

McGrady was speechless when he received the ball. He originally planned to let the two new recruits Juwan Howard and Tyronn Lue play first. Now that they have good teammates, of course they have to perform and show their abilities. I didn’t expect Tyronn to pass it directly. Anyway, you have been a point guard with an average of three or four assists per game in the past two years!
Playing with Kobe Jordan for five years was useless...Thinking of this, McGrady feels that there is nothing wrong with it. Those two guys seem to shoot the ball as soon as they catch it. Any point guard can get three or four assists.

McGrady dribbled the ball out of the three-point line under Raheem's defense and held the ball in the high post.

McGrady observed the opponent's defense and saw that Rahim was like a leopard, stepping briskly on small steps, as if he was about to pounce at any time, and he was very active on the defensive end!

No, McGrady feels that Raheem is no longer quite active, but has a feeling of trying his best to focus on the defensive end, which reminds him of when he was a substitute in the Raptors!
The most important thing is that McGrady saw that Raheem was obviously thinner than when he was facing up last year!
McGrady didn't play in the preseason, and he didn't notice it through close observation, but now seeing Raheem, he has lost weight obviously!

McGrady is a little puzzled. This Raheem is not the kind of player who is capable of dominating both offense and defense. He spends all his energy on defense and loses weight. Does he stop playing low-post offense?
McGrady took a step back and gestured, and Juwan Howard immediately went to the low post to trap Rasheed Wallace for the ball.

McGrady avoided the edge for the time being and threw the ball to Juwan Howard. Juwan Howard and McGrady are the two biggest advantages of the Magic. McGrady was a little confused when he saw Raheem's desperate defensive posture, so he asked Juwan Howard to show it first.

Juwan Howard received the ball in the low position on the right side of the basket. After McGrady passed the ball, he moved to the farthest end of the top arc to open up space. Rookie Gaines was in the bottom corner on the right.

Juwan Howard feels that McGrady is a good little brother and is very satisfied. He is too experienced to play against Rasheed Wallace. In the past three years, both of them have been players in the Western Conference. Both are power forwards.

After seeing his teammates open up the space, Juwan Howard pushed behind him, turned over and made a jumper!

This is Juwan Howard's most commonly used offensive method against Rasheed Wallace. He has scored many such back shots on Rasheed Wallace's head.

Just when Juwan Howard hit a turnaround jumper, a fierce face was stuck in front of him!
Rasheed Wallace's prediction was accurate, and he slapped the ball that Juwan Howard had just raised on his head. The ball was slapped by Rasheed Wallace. The ball flew out of bounds from the head of Magic rookie Gaines like a cannonball. Gaines was so frightened that he forgot to catch the ball!
What is the most exciting thing for fans on the basketball court?It's a cap!The passion of the fans was ignited again, and the Eagles bench was also boiling. All the players on the field went up to celebrate with the exaggerated expression of "Wow, wow..." Rasheed Wallace screamed, especially Raheem, and Rasheed Wallace jumped up and bumped their butts to celebrate.

Liu Mang was a bit slow. He was frightened by Rasheed Wallace's defensive enthusiasm just now. He knew that Rasheed Wallace had joined a team with a good team atmosphere, and he was like a genetic mutation. He still had some doubts, but he didn't expect Rasheed Wallace to enter a new role all of a sudden, which confused Juwan Howard and Liu Mang, so he was the last one to go up to celebrate.

However, just as Liu Mang walked up with his hands raised, his teammates celebrated the end and dispersed...opened...

The teammates went from extreme excitement to instant calmness, and went to follow their defenders.

Liu Mang silently put his raised right hand back to his chest, stretched out his left hand and patted his right hand.

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The game continued, the Magic had 4 seconds left to attack, Gooden sent the ball out, McGrady received the serve more than one meter away from the three-point line, dribbled a step, and directly made a three-pointer.

This daring shot really dared to make it. McGrady made a super long three-pointer, which offset the high morale of the Eagles.

It was time for the Eagles to attack again. Liu Mang pushed forward. Rasheed Wallace was very excited and pressed himself under the basket to ask for the ball from Liu Mang.

Rasheed Wallace is a well-known offensive kaleidoscope, Juwan Howard will definitely not be able to guard, and the Magic are ready to double-team.

But... another unexpected thing happened to the Magic. Liu Mang waved to Rasheed Wallace in disgust, let him go out, and called Raheem to the outside line. After handing the ball to Raheem, he ran to the low post with Tyronn Lue to ask for the ball.

Rasheed Wallace's expression was obviously upset, his nostrils were dilated, and the Magic players secretly rejoiced. This Rasheed Wallace must be angry, and then he blew out, and then he was sent out.

However, Rasheed Wallace, with his nostrils wide open, ran to the right corner with his head held high to open up space...

The Magic players looked at Rasheed Wallace, who was angry, but obediently went to the bottom corner to open up space. Is this still the king of technical fouls!Or is it the Rasheed Wallace whose head is hot and his opponents and teammates are all spraying, causing the team to often lose?
Unable to control so much, Juwan Howard moved towards Rasheed Wallace with anxiety about the collapse of his world view that he saw at the beginning of today's game. Rasheed Wallace's three-point threat is very strong.

Liu Mang played Tyronn Lue in a low post, with a height difference of 10 centimeters. He could rely on close defense from the outside to prevent Liu Mang from shooting space. He sat in the low post and asked for the ball. Liu Mang pressed Tyronn Lue behind him with one arm. basket.

A beautiful triangle attack points the ball, and the Magic players watched Liu Mang's Rasheed Wallace who returned to the defense without anything, and only then did he know that he and others were tricked!

This is how the Eagles play!

The Magic attacked, and Juwan Howard was blocked just now. This time the offense fell directly to the low post, pressing Rasheed Wallace to ask for the ball in singles.

McGrady is still very confident in Juwan Howard. After all, he is the first billionaire in NBA history, and once again handed the ball to Juwan Howard.

Juwan Howard just received the ball, and before he could make a move, he felt a more fierce defensive oppression than before!

Juwan Howard has a lot of skills. He is very powerful from the back to the middle of the frame. He turns around and takes a step back from the frame, trying to distance himself from Rasheed Wallace, but Rasheed Wallace presses up again and gives a strong physical confrontation.

Whether Juwan Howard broke through or retreated, he was stuck tightly by Rasheed Wallace. In desperation, Juwan Howard could only force his shot, and threw a three-pointer under Rasheed Wallace's defense!
However, the referee's whistle blew!And it sounded a bit late, the ball didn't sound until it hit the floor.

Probably because the referees had the impression that Juwan Howard and Rasheed Wallace were both explosive scenes in the offense, and felt that Rasheed Wallace must have committed a major foul, so they hesitated or blew the whistle.

Juwan Howard was lucky to get a whistle, and seeing Rasheed Wallace walking towards the referee with wide eyes, he was secretly happy: send this guy off!

In just two rounds, Juwan Howard is already terrified of Rasheed Wallace, which is not the same person as the Rasheed Wallace he is familiar with who entered the NBA at the same time!

Seeing the wide-eyed Rasheed Wallace coming up, the referee has already held the whistle in his mouth. As long as the opponent yells, he will call the opponent a technical foul, and if he yells again, he will be sent off.

This is the habit of NBA referees calling on Rasheed Wallace, and the league has also acquiesced. Rasheed Wallace had too much influence on the image of the league in the Trail Blazers before. Otherwise, Rasheed Wallace, who has such a beautiful offensive style, has long been praised as a technical power forward.

But instead of yelling, Rasheed Wallace walked up to the referee and said, "I didn't touch him."

Then turned around and left.

so calm?The referee couldn't get used to it, and wanted to try to blow the whistle to see if this guy was really Rasheed Wallace. Fortunately, the referee was a professional, so he resisted this urge.

The Hawks called a timeout, but coach Kruger was still frightened by Rasheed Wallace's wide-eyed behavior and walked towards the referee, so he quickly called a timeout to let Rasheed Wallace calm down.

Liu Mang was also very anxious at the time, but he didn't expect Rasheed Wallace to really control his temper. He ran up to ask Rasheed Wallace how he adjusted his emotions. After running to Rasheed Wallace, he heard Rasheed Wallace whispering.

The content is roughly: God has given us an extremely lofty goal for us to complete, but before we complete it, we will definitely experience the greatest suffering and torture. All unsatisfactory things will make us stronger and make us more tenacious...

Liu Mang felt as if he had heard this before, but he had never heard it before. After thinking about it, Nima, isn't this the American reading version of Mencius's "Heaven will descend to the world"!

Liu Mang was surprised, didn't he ask Rasheed Wallace to read the Tao Te Ching?How did you read Mencius?

After some communication, Coach Kruger knew that Rasheed Wallace was fine, and he was relieved, while Mike Woodson, who had already been unexpectedly brave because of Rasheed Wallace, hurried over to guide Rasheed Wallace's defense. Mike Woodson felt that his defensive peak in the 76ers was coming again!
Back from the timeout, Juwan Howard made two free throws.

It was the Eagles attack again, Raheem came to the top arc to catch the ball, Liu Mang fell to the low post, the wings opened, and Ratliff was ready to respond at any time.

This time, Gooden didn't dare to go up and pinch Liu Mang, and Raheem immediately hung it to Liu Mang. Liu Mang pressed Tyronn Lue and threw the ball into the basket.

It was the Magic's offense again. Juwan Howard didn't believe in his fate. He didn't want to believe what happened tonight. He wanted to single-handedly beat Rasheed Wallace. This time the referee didn't blow the whistle habitually.

McGrady saw that he was completely unstoppable, and his teammates seemed unreliable, so he had to come by himself!

McGrady singled Raheem, and was made uncomfortable by Raheem's active and fierce defense. The offensive efficiency was very low, and the offensive efficiency was not high, and Juwan Howard was even defended by Rasheed Wallace.
Raheem and Rasheed Wallace have become the defensive gates of defense this year. The two formed the devil's front line. With Ratliff inside, the Eagles' death frontcourt meat grinder appeared!

In the past summer, Raheem deliberately lost 109 kilograms from 4 kilograms in order to enhance his defensive mobility. Now he weighs only 105 kilograms, which is basically equal to his weight before the Grizzlies gained weight and hit the low post.

But I didn't expect Rasheed Wallace to become a defensive player this year. The two plus Ratliff's frontcourt trio made the Magic feel the horror of the Eagles!
(End of this chapter)