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Chapter 167

In the second quarter of the game, Jordan still had no desire to shoot, and Pippen could clearly see that he had increased the number of offenses.

"There seems to be something wrong...won't it be drained by the stripper after the bet?" DeWeese guessed irresponsibly in his heart.

The fact is really like what DeWeese thought, yesterday Jordan stayed for a whole night in his most frequented casino in Chicago.

In the end, the Magic easily defeated the Bulls by 108-98.

Pippen scored 27 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists, but Jordan "only" scored 24 points.

Well, there seems to be no problem.

I thought the game was over like this, but the next day, a Chicago tabloid broke the news that Jordan hadn't returned all night in the casino the day before the game against the Magic.

This news pushed Jordan to the cusp.

Annoyed, Jordan held a press conference and left the venue after saying only one sentence.

"Don't beep, this year's championship is still for the Bulls!"

Davis had to admire Jordan's strong personality. As soon as Jordan said this, the controversy over his professional ethics immediately subsided, and then the media began to predict the chances of the Bulls winning the championship.

This year, the Bulls traded for Australian center Luke Longley, and then the arrival of "Europa Magician" Toni Kukoc greatly enhanced the Bulls' bench strength.

In addition, Jordan has not retired like the original time and space, and the Bulls are still the biggest favorites to win this season.

As for their loss to the Magic, this matter slowly dissipated after a few days of fermentation.

After all, it is normal for the second in the East to lose to the first in the East, right?

In the next game, the Magic will play at home against the Dallas Mavericks (vote, is it better to call the Mavericks or the Lone Ranger?), and the biggest highlight of this game is Davis vs. Anfernee Hardaway.

Hardaway's performance in the Mavericks' rookie season was very eye-catching. He averaged 16 points, 5.4 rebounds and 6.6 assists per game, which also made the Mavericks very satisfied with the decision to abandon Mashburn and choose Hardaway.

In their view, Hardaway fits all the boxes as the cornerstone of their team.

There are breakthroughs, shots, organization, and defense. If it weren't for the dazzling performances of DeWeese and Webber, the Mavericks feel that Hardaway is fully worthy of this year's No. [-] pick.

And this high-profile game is also developing in the direction expected by the audience.

Hardaway has a strong desire for performance, and DeWeese also calmly accepted Hardaway's challenge.

The two who are also combo guards, who can even swing to the small forward position, collided with each other.

DeWeese didn't have any skills, because his skills were basically at the expense of his own data.

He was singled out with Hardaway.

The first steps of the two people are both historical-level, and they are both offensively strong and defensively weak. For a period of time, the two of them hit each other.

But Hardaway's Mavericks are not as good as the Magic in terms of hard power, so even though the data of the two is similar, the score is slowly being pulled apart.

But from the third quarter, the situation on the field changed suddenly. O'Neal took a rest off the field, and the Magic players on the field were running and bombing under the leadership of Davis.

The Magic were suddenly out of sight for most of the third quarter, and the Mavericks were hot.

The lead that the Magic managed to save in the first two quarters was wiped out by the Mavericks in just a few minutes.

Both teams entered the fourth quarter with the same score.

The Mavericks, who completed a beautiful reversal, became more and more courageous, but the return of O'Neal injected a shot in the arm for the Magic.

One minute before the end, the two teams tied at 1.

Hardaway's driving layup was blocked by O'Neal, and then DeWeese quickly counterattacked, dodging Jim Jackson and sending the ball into the net.

With 32 seconds left, Mavericks head coach Quinn Bagner called the team's final timeout.

After the timeout, the Mavericks created a shooting opportunity for Hardaway through tactical cooperation, but Davis's desperate defense still interfered with Hardaway.

The ball was missed, and O'Neal grabbed the defensive rebound. Knowing that the Mavericks were about to adopt foul tactics, O'Neal reacted very quickly and handed the ball to Davis.

The Mavericks went after DeWeese in desperation.

They knew that if the foul was on O'Neal, there was still a chance. If it was Davis, they had basically been sentenced to death.

DeWeese, who made 89.1% of his free throws this season, stood at the free throw line and made two free throws steadily.

With Hardaway's forced three-pointer from the outside, the Mavericks can only accept the result of their wasted work.

However, except for Hardaway's three-shot miss at the last moment, his performance throughout the game was remarkable.

他全场27投14中，三分球5中2，罚球9中6，砍下全队最高的36分，还有7篮板6助攻进账。

As for the highest scorer in the game, of course it is Michael Davis.

Coincidentally, Davis also took 27 shots in this game and made 16 of them. He made 6 of 4 three-pointers and 11 free throws. He scored a game-high 45 points and scored 4 rebounds and 7 assists.

Although DeWeese's data is better than Hardaway's and he also won the game, the Mavericks are still very satisfied with Hardaway's performance.

They have enough patience to wait for Hardaway to grow up.

The next day, DeWeese was called Player of the Week.

The Magic now has a record of 45 wins and 17 losses. They won all three games last week, and even defeated the Bulls led by Jordan in the Eastern Conference.

In the three games, Davis averaged 35 points, 5.1 rebounds and 8.9 assists per game, and his shooting percentage was as high as 55.5%.

This also made him the player of the week this week, beating Olajuwon in the West.

"Three times, only two times is enough, I am a serious A-level player..." Davis secretly encouraged himself, but he didn't know whether he could meet the task requirements at the end of the season.

Because now 62 games have been played, and there are only 20 games left to finish the season.

The other part of the task made Davis feel a little overwhelmed.

So far this season, DeWeese has averaged 11.9 assists per game, but this data does not guarantee that he can win the final assist king, because Stockton has now averaged 12 assists per game, 7 more than DeWeese.

"If the most difficult task conditions of the best player of the week are met, and the other condition is not met, then he will vomit blood..." Davis thought, and decided to "serve" the team well at the end of the season.

(End of this chapter)