After the confession failed, I went to the NBA to play and lose weight

Chapter 43

The Magic's opponent in the second game of the regular season is the Pistons from the Motor City.

In 04 and 05, the Pistons entered the finals for two consecutive years, and won the championship by defeating the Lakers in 04.

Last season, they also had an excellent record in the Eastern Conference in the regular season, but lost to the Cavaliers in the end.

This season they have the potential to make a comeback, the lineup is good, Billups renewed his contract, and the other "Four Tigers" who won the championship are still retained. An absolute strong point, but the average strength of the players is very strong, and there is a tacit understanding that has been running in for many years. It can be regarded as a strong opponent of the Magic.

Sure enough, the Magic lost in this game. Bogans made four three-pointers and Lewis also frequently hit the inside and got 10 free throws. However, Turkoglu and Howard did not perform well. 9 points behind.

In the third quarter, they once hoped to catch up with the point difference, but they made consecutive mistakes and made mistakes. A large part of this also came from the pressure from the Pistons.

The style of play of the Pistons has always been very iconic. They are the representative team of iron-blooded defense in the league, and they are not the "iron blood" of Li Chengming's iron-blooded big jumper. champion".

Of course, defense will also affect viewing to a certain extent. Later, the finals with the Spurs were considered "the ugliest finals", and the ratings were so low that the league president wanted to cut both of their teams.

Their restrictions on Howard were in place in this game. Not only was Howard inefficient, he even committed 5 fouls. If he hadn't been kicked off the field early in the fourth quarter, he might have been fouled and sent off.

This is still the home court of the Magic, and there is no influence of the home whistle. It can be seen that Howard is really blown up. The combination of Wallace and McDyess, who is loose on the opposite side, teamed up to score 28 points and 14 rebounds efficiently. Got 8 fouls.

In fact, the Pistons mainly won on the back line. Hamilton was sidelined due to injury. Billups and rookie Afflalo played very well. 19 points.

The six Pistons scored in double figures, and the scoring points were very average.

In the middle, Van Gundy once set his sights on Li Chengming, and seemed to intend to let him play for a try, because Lewis' defensive effect against Wallace was not good, and the Pistons frequently attacked the inside to cause damage, and Lewis could not help Howard much.

But thinking about Li Chengming's playing, I'm afraid it won't change anything. Even because of his inexperience, he might be played like a monkey by the old ball like the fireplace, so forget it.

Then Li Chengming played in garbage time again. The difference was that he played in garbage time played by his own team, and this time was played in garbage time by his opponent.

Already trailing by more than 20 points in the fourth and a half quarters, the Magic had hardly scored any points in 5 minutes. Van Gundy was very dissatisfied and a little helpless, so he had to replace the starters directly.

Li Chengming played 6 minutes in the fourth quarter this time, and still only scored 7 points, but he still had 5 rebounds and 4 assists. He got rebounds twice and directly assisted his teammates with long passes from the quarterback to score layups. In minutes, he led the team to a wave of 6:17.

It's a pity that the hole dug in front of the main force was too big, and in the end they lost by 13 points.

When Li Chengming led the team to chase points, the fans were still very excited, almost thinking that a miracle could be created.

This is still the home court of the Magic. Compared with the previous game, it is heaven and hell, ice and fire.

After the game, some fans expressed dissatisfaction, thinking that the head coach "surrendered" too soon and too early, and why he didn't become famous in the morning.

The fans are like this, they don't care that what Li Chengming is facing is actually a substitute for the Pistons, and the opponent is obviously playing more relaxed when they are ahead, it is training.

Of course, relying on this period of performance, Li Chengming has been remembered by many home fans. This is probably his only relief.

After all, the team lost, no matter how good he performed, Li Chengming didn't feel very good, and felt that the coach seemed to be targeting him.

And two consecutive games are only marginal roles. Although they can be in the team roster and can play every game, for those fans and media in China who have high expectations for Li Chengming, this situation is obviously a problem for them. Not happy.

Of course, they can continue to look at it.

There is actually a reason for Van Gundy to play the main force early, because they have to play back-to-back in the past two days, and they have no rest on the second day, so they have to fly directly to the capital to challenge the Wizards.

The Wizards were considered by many to be above the Magic during the offseason because their lineup on paper is more luxurious than the Magic.

The combination of No. 0 agent Arenas, Caron Butler and Antawn Jamison, three 20+ scorers, not to mention the Eastern Conference, is also rare in the entire league.

They were swept out by the Cavaliers in the first round of the playoffs last season, and it was also because of three out of two, leaving only Jamison to play the leading role, and then Jamison averaged 30+ individual performances per game, but was unable to lead the team to a victory .

Arenas has been promoted to the top three scorers in the league in the past three seasons, comparable to Kobe in the limelight, but the injury in April stopped all this abruptly, and now he is back from injury. It looks okay, but the 8-for-1 three-pointer in the first game and the 26% shooting rate in the second game still make people doubt his state.

And in this game, the Wizards and the Magic are actually back-to-back. The difference is that they were defeated by a big score in an away game against Boston, and then returned home to usher in the challenge of the Magic.

The two sides can be regarded as sympathetic. The Magic don't want a losing streak, and the Wizards also don't want a three-game losing streak. However, both sides seem to be affected by back-to-back. The offensive efficiency in the first quarter was not good.

Li Chengming was replaced in the 10th minute of the first quarter. He played the third position and made a spot-up shooting point on the wing.

This is the first time he appeared in the first quarter of the regular season. He thought it was the coach who saw his hard work and rewarded himself, but after a few rounds, he turned back and ran down, and emo again.

Except when serving, he never touched the ball at all.

Arroyo was on truce today. During the substitute stage, Du Lin took possession of the ball and just played with it by himself. Except for a little cooperation with Howard, I didn't see him look at anyone else.

Neither side scored high, and the Magic temporarily led by 19 point at 18:1.

Van Gundy probably also noticed this problem, so in the second quarter, he replaced... Li Chengming and let Turkoglu play. connected in series.

Under his leadership, the Magic played a wave of 9:3, and the Wizards immediately called a timeout.

Arenas' efficiency is still not high today, he missed from outside the three-point line, failed to get a foul when he broke through the penalty area, and made continuous pass errors, and his mentality was a little anxious.

Originally, Wizards coach Eddie Jordan arranged for him to lead the team in the second quarter, but he was directly overwhelmed by Turkoglu.

Seeing that he was replaced with a displeased face, the on-site commentator also lamented that Arenas may still be affected by the injury and has not fully recovered. slipped so much.

One or two games can be said to be personal status, and three games in a row must be due to physical problems.

It's just that Arenas has a strong personality, so he won't show it.

But on the bench of the Magic team, Li Chengming felt nothing when he heard it. No matter it was an injury or whatever, at least he still had a chance to find his status. He couldn't even play, so depressed.

When will I be able to kill the Quartet on the court like Dwight?
(End of this chapter)