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Chapter 104 How tall is he?
After the game, D'Antoni took Dewes and O'Neal to a press conference.

The Philadelphia head coach Fred Carter only brought Hornacek to the press conference alone. In order to protect Bradley, he did not let him come.

The reporters were scrambling to get ready to ask the first question.

The spokesperson first asked a reporter from the Orlando Sentinel.

"Congratulations to Mr. D'Antoni for winning his first NBA victory. What do you think of today's game?"

D'Antoni said without hesitation: "The team's performance today was perfect. I am very satisfied, especially the two boys sitting next to me. As the core of the team's inside and outside line, they perfectly completed the tasks assigned to them by the team. Both offense and defense are impeccable. This is a perfect game."

D'Antoni used three "perfect" in a row, and the smile on his face also explained his attitude.

The second question was from a reporter from The New York Times, who asked DeWeese.

"Congratulations on winning your first show and handing over a pretty good report card. Moreover, as we all know, you are still one of the management of the Magic. Do you have any plans for the results of the Magic this year?"

Davis smiled and returned to the reporter's question: "I know what answer you want, and I can say it directly. After I came to the Magic, my only purpose was to compete for the championship."

As soon as these words came out, the audience was in an uproar.

"As a rookie, isn't it a bit too arrogant to say that?"

"Only those with strength are qualified to be arrogant."

"Do you think you have the strength to lead the Magic to win the championship?"

"No, winning the championship will never depend on a certain person, as strong as Michael Jordan, isn't he also won the first championship after Pippen came? I believe in the strength of my teammates."

"So are you Jordan or Pippen?"

"The Magic don't have Jordan or Pippen, we are the Orlando Magic."

Davis answered fluently, did not fall into the pit dug for him by the reporter at all, and behaved very sophisticated.

O'Neal suddenly grabbed the microphone: "Mike is the strongest rookie I have ever seen. I believe we can lead the Magic to achieve good results."

The reporters in the audience were very excited. They never expected that a Magic game would bring them such explosive news.

Unlike Jordan's retirement in history, Jordan is still on the bull's throne and watching the challengers below. Now, the name of the Orlando Magic is added to the list of challengers.

D'Antoni sat on the Diaoyutai next to him, did not comment on the remarks of Davis and O'Neal, and watched Davis and O'Neal calmly answer the reporter's questions.

Fred Carter, who was next to him, watched the reporter's attention being completely attracted by the twin stars of the Magic team, and he was relieved. After all, he lost 45 points, and it would be embarrassing to be asked by the reporter.

However, how could the cunning reporters let go of such a ready-made news? Today's game is still a rare massacre.

"Coach Carter, how do you think your team lost 45 points today?"

Carter didn't expect the reporter to target him in an instant, and he coughed in embarrassment.

"The players weren't in great form today, they had their first back-to-back games of the season."

"Bradley, who performed well yesterday, only scored 3 points, 2 rebounds, and a game-high 6 turnovers. Philadelphia missed the No. [-] pick Chris Webber because of Bradley. Do you have anything to say about this?"

Carter cursed secretly, but stood by his players without hesitation.

"As a rookie, some ups and downs are normal, and Bradley played very well yesterday, and we have every reason to continue to have confidence in him."

"What do you think of the Magic's performance today?"

"The Magic performed very well today, especially their bench lineup, which left a deep impression on me. I have never seen such an aggressive bench player, and not one or two. The entire Magic bench is very dynamic. I admire the vision of the Magic's uniform team. All the adjustments they made during the offseason now seem to be effective."

Carter was full of praise for the performance of the Magic. After all, the more you praise your opponent, the easier it is for you to accept your defeat.

He almost praised the Magic as the Chicago Bulls, and Davis, who was listening, was embarrassed.

After the press conference was over, everyone left the venue contentedly. Davis went back to the locker room to take a shower and found Anna who was waiting for him outside. The two went home together.

The Magic started the season with an easy schedule, with their next game at home against the Pacers in two days.

After the start of the season, Davis discovered how tense the official season of the NBA is. Playing 82 games per season, plus the time to fly to and from away games, plus the time for training, basically there is no rest time. Fortunately, the Christmas game is only played by certain teams. If it is like the later generations, the players will not even have a Christmas.

But this year, the Magic were scheduled to play in the Christmas game, becoming one of the only two game protagonists that day, and their opponent was the team of the person Davis most wanted to face.

Chicago Bulls.

Two days later, the game against the Pacers.

D'Antoni held the Pacers' starting roster and felt a little underprepared.

"Rick Schmitz, Dale Davis, Poole Richardson, Reggie Miller, Derek McKay, this lineup is so tall." D'Antoni said to himself.Obviously, Larry Brown came prepared. After losing the preseason, he deliberately arranged such a starting lineup.

Dutch big center Schmitz is 224 cm tall, power forward Dale Davis is 211 cm tall, Poole Richardson is 206 cm tall, Reggie Miller is 201 cm tall, and only McKay, who is No. 1, is 186 cm tall.

But this lineup, with its advantage in height, made D'Antoni very worried, and Larry Brown made their core Reggie Miller avoid Scott, a strong defensive point, and instead went against Nick Anderson, who was strong in offense and weak in defense.

D'Antoni has some headaches. If Scott is allowed to match up with Reggie Miller, Anderson will probably be beaten when he faces 201 Poole Richardson.

After thinking about it for a while, D'Antoni decided to take a look at the situation on the field first.

DeWeese was also frowning on the court, watching the Pacers lineup.

"It's so high." He looked at his counterpart again.

"It's so short..."

At the beginning of the game, Schmitz relied on his advantage of being ten centimeters taller than O'Neal to touch the ball first. Reggie Miller controlled the ball and the Pacers had the ball.

He walked directly to the front court with the ball, and then handed the ball to McKay who was waiting at the top of the arc.

McKay looked at Davis who was sticking to him tightly, almost enveloping him, and could not help but roll his eyes.

"Are you so tall?"

At the same time, all members of the Magic team except Davis looked at the opponent in front of them and complained in their hearts at the same time.

"Are you so tall?"

(End of this chapter)