From today on is the king

Chapter 569 568. The more tragic is yet to come (seeking a guaranteed monthly pass)
McGrady embarked on the opening game with great expectations for the new season, the confidence of having stronger teammates, and the fighting spirit to prove that he can do it alone. After playing for less than half a quarter, he discovered... What the hell are these people on the team?

The promised billionaire Mr. Juwan Howard?The promised anti-cry Iverson's defensive pioneer Tyronn Lue?The agreed defensive gate Deshaun Stevenson?

Juwan Howard was not only blocked by Rasheed Wallace on the offensive end, but when the official timeout came, Liu Mang, Ratliff, and Raheem went off, and the Eagles replaced Stockton, Jason Terry, Prince, Boozer, and Rasheed Wallace. arrived.

Stockton clearly understands that Rasheed Wallace is good at low-post singles. This is an authentic technical flow insider. It is much easier than Raheem's singles against the opponent's power forward.

After Kwame Brown, the parallel import champion, replaced Rasheed Wallace, he was able to prevent Juwan Howard from hitting the iron continuously.With that in mind, McGrady found that the most reliable teammate was actually the rookie he didn't think much of last season, the current second-year Drew Gooden!All other signings are bullshit!

This year's Magic team is destined to be a tragedy. Hill continued to be injured, and so many role players were introduced at a high price. The salary exploded. The key is that most of these players are over-the-top, especially the billionaire Mr. Juwan Howard.

McGrady was forced to start his personal offensive mode again, but first of all, the Eagles' defense inside was simply terrible. Outside Raheem and Prince, two tall and long-armed guys, especially Prince, were actually better than Raheem's defensive skills. Raheem relied on impact, and Prince's skills flowed.

Not only that, but the gap between teammates and the first half of last season is also obvious. Last year, the Magic was fourth in the Eastern Conference, relying on Mike Miller and other excellent three-pointers. Although Tyronn Lue is also accurate in three-pointers, he played with Kobe and Jordan.The Magic's record collapsed in the second half of last season, largely because Mike Miller was traded away.

It's actually easy to partner with Tracy McGrady. Either there is a pitcher like Mike Miller, or there is a strong point inside, or simply don't let Tracy McGrady be the core. Hill is healthy, and Tracy McGrady and Carter play very well when combined.

But the Magic have nothing now. It seems that the lineup is much more luxurious than last year, but in fact it is completely unsuitable. There is no one inside who can score.

Tyronn Lue on the outside or Rod Strickland and Deshaun Stevenson coming off the bench, at least open shots can hold back an opponent's defensive player, and that rookie Gaines almost made McGrady cry. A 1.9-meter-eight shooting guard faced Jason Terry with consecutive steals!
McGrady himself was defended in a wheel battle, and his teammates couldn't help at all, so McGrady couldn't even take care of his own offense.

On the other hand, the Eagles have a clear goal, with Liu Mang, Stockton, Boozer, and Jason Terry in the hands of three players or a combination. With defense as the core, the Eagles play differently for each player who controls the ball.

When Liu Mang was there, the triangle offensive position was dedicated to hitting Tyronn Lue. When it was replaced by McGrady's defense, Liu Mang would pull out the pick-and-roll.

When it came to Stockton, the pick-and-roll offense was the main focus.

Jason Terry just voted happily with everyone, anyway, it's good to guard against it.

McGrady was full of confidence from the beginning, then doubted his teammates, and then despaired of his teammates. He started to shoot crazily. He threw 37 times in three quarters, and only three-pointers were thrown 16 times.

But McGrady's hit rate is actually the highest in the Magic team, except for DeShawn Stevenson, who has the fewest shots. The Magic team's shooting percentage is only 30.00%.At the end of the three quarters, the Eagles had an 89-55 lead by 34 points!

That is to say, except McGrady, the others only scored 17 points!
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Liu Mang watched McGrady go from high-spirited before the start of the game to sitting on the bench in a daze in the fourth quarter, sad for McGrady for a few seconds, and then he ignored McGrady and cheered for his teammates.

Liu Wei was originally not optimistic about the Magic this year. The signings of the Magic's management team are always so unpredictable. Originally, Gooden was just a blue-collar who can shoot mid-range shots and grab rebounds.

Leaving aside Juwan Howard's back-hitting who can only abuse food, his rebounds are average, his mid-range shots are accurate, and his defense is basically equal to a black hole. This is basically the same as another Gooden.

Xia Tian took the money not to fight for Kassel, at least it would be good to pursue Van Horn, if he wanted to chase the inside line he would at least need someone who has the ability to attack tough problems, but the magic speed is doing the opposite, it only depends on the reputation.

The Magic have ambitious goals this year, but disappointment is doomed.

So instead of comforting McGrady, Liu Mang went to say... This is the beginning of your misery this season?Will there be more tragic things waiting for you later?
Stockton took Boozer up in the final quarter to continue "running in", took Korver, Calderon, Kwame Brown up, and drilled the new teammates, mainly to get a few more assists.

Since he has to play for another year, it is a pity that he did not reach 6000 assists last year. Stockton plans to refresh his own record this year and bring the gap with Magician's total assists to more than [-].

However, although the old man went up to get assists, Stockton asked his teammates not to defend so tightly, just play counterattacks, and save some face for the opponent.

In the end, the Eagles slaughtered the Magic 118 to 90 and won their first win of the season.

Liu Mang played for 19 minutes and easily scored 13 points, 8 rebounds and 21 assists on 6 of 2 shots. The Eagles scored the most points. Eight of the Eagles scored in double figures. In the second half, the Magic were still struggling except Tracy McGrady.

The second highest scorer was Jason Terry with 18 points.

In terms of assists, in addition to Stockton's 8 assists, the second highest is actually Raheem's 6 assists!
Ratliff didn't play for a long time, only played 14 minutes, and didn't play in the second half. Otherwise, with the strength shown by the Magic, the Eagles would go all out to defend, and the point difference at the end of the three quarters might be even more terrifying.

Raheem scored 10 points, 11 rebounds and 6 assists, and Rasheed Wallace scored 13 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists. Both of them focused on defense and passing. On the offensive end, they mainly opened up the space and made mid-range and long-range shots.

They don't care about statistics, they just want to win!
Especially Rasheed Wallace, he wants to prove that he can control his temper, and he is not defenseless!It's just that he can't take offense when defending. In the Trail Blazers, he just has no choice but to be the first scoring point. If his teammates can score, he will concentrate on the defensive end, and the defense is also very strong!

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The Eagles played dominant in the opening game, played a beautiful team defense, and played a more unrestrained offense than last season.

The goal of the Eagles' first game was to break people's doubts, so they went all out from the beginning, especially after Mike Woodson saw Rasheed Wallace's unexpected single-defense effect, he turned the frontcourt trio into an iron barrel formation.

Mainly Prince, Raheem, Rasheed Wallace, and Ratliff. Others, such as Muhammad, who has enough experience but relatively weak strength, and Kwame Brown, who is talented but lacks experience, can only become substitutes.

The Eagles tried to put Prince and Raheem at the small forward position in turn, and the defensive effect on Tracy McGrady was excellent. This gave Mike Woodson a new idea for the team's defensive system, and he only needed to slowly experiment and choose in the next game.

The Eagles are not worried about not being able to make the playoffs. This is still very confident, so there are many games in the regular season that can be used to test the strengthening of the defensive system, such as the second half of the game against the Magic.

Slaughtering the Magic with 28 points in the first game, the Eagles really surprised people!
Especially Juwan Howard's performance of 15 of 1 shots in the game simply refreshed people's three views. Most of the time Juwan Howard was defended by Rasheed Wallace. Juwan Howard was so defended that he dared not shoot in the second half of the third quarter.

For a while, the media changed from singing the aging Eagles to praising the signings, especially two of Rasheed Wallace's 4 fouls were habitually whistled by the referee, but Rasheed Wallace did not spread his anger on complaints, but on Juwan Howard.

The main reason is that Rasheed Wallace's defense is too surprising, and it doesn't feel like the same person at all!

In the 48 hours after the Eagles defeated the Magic in the opening game, the public opinion teammates of the Eagles were very friendly. Except for some people doubting how long Rasheed Wallace's defensive perseverance and patience can last, most people have some different views on the signing of the Eagles.

But this public opinion was good for the Eagles teammates for less than 48 hours...and the change of public opinion has nothing to do with the Eagles...

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