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Chapter 239 Only need to target Jordan?
D'Antoni was a little confused by the news one after another.

"It means that there is a high probability that Dennis and Latt will leave next season? Then our team's newly formed inside and outside defense will completely collapse." D'Antoni said to Davis worriedly.

"No, this season I plan to renew the contract with Dennis first. You know, the trading value of the rebound leader is still very high. Next year we can use Larter and Dennis to exchange for a player who is at least an All-Star level."

Davis spoke of his plans.

"Then this season we can only train Antonio and Robert more."

There is no shortage of substitutes for the Magic now, and even Davis is still worried about Van Exel not getting enough playing time. He knows where Van Exel’s apex is. Although he can occasionally play and play well now, Van Exel is still far from the lunatic Van Exel in his previous life.

"Just put Dennis on the bench and officially mention Antonio or Robert to the starting lineup."

D'Antoni took a deep look at Davis, and really dared to think about putting the rebounding leader on the bench.

But he thought about it. Recently, Rodman's state, including his attendance rate, has been unstable. This idea is not impossible.

"Well, let's hold a meeting together later, call Billy, Isiah, Larry and the others, and discuss it together."

Finally, D'Antoni made a decision, and Davis nodded.

"Then after today's training is over, I'll inform them."

After speaking, Davis ran directly to the court.

DeWeese felt that he might have a strange disease called "I feel uncomfortable when I see others who can't train me", which is very strange anyway. .

The training time in the afternoon is very short, because there is a game in the evening.

D'Antoni arranged a training match within the team. He assigned O'Neal and Horry to the same team, slightly simulating the combination of Olajuwon and Drexler, and then talked about some key points of the night's game, and then ended the training.

After the training, all members of the coaching staff came to the conference room.

After Davis announced the topic of today's meeting, the meeting room fell silent, and everyone was thinking about what to do.

It is not impossible to play at the current rhythm of the Magic, but with the addition of Latt and Rodman who may leave the team next year, everyone knows that it is not too early to start thinking about this issue.

"We have only one goal this season, which is to win the championship, but how do we cross the two mountains of the Bulls and the Knicks?"

"I think there is only one opponent we really need to face, and that is Michael Jordan." In the corner, Anna was the first to speak.

In an instant, everyone remembered the fear of being dominated by Jordan in the playoffs last season.

"So, I think the issues you discuss are meaningless. Whether it is to speed up the offense or defense, they all serve the victory in the end. No matter how we adjust, we only need to ensure that we can win the Bulls."

Anna's words enlightened everyone present.

"That's right, I'm too obsessed with the relatively quantitative concept of rhythm. We just need to adjust the team to the most suitable level for playing the Bulls." Davis patted the table.

The others also nodded.

But it seemed that everyone didn't pay much attention to tonight's opponent. . .

Davis asked all the coaches to think about it when they went back, write an idea on how to target the Bulls, or target Jordan, and then announced the adjournment.

After the meeting, Davis went directly to dinner. It was not long before the game. They were the first game of the Christmas game today, and the Asian matchup was between the Bulls and the Knicks.

Two hours later, DeWeese was on the field.

The Rockets can be said to be proud this season. Now they are the only one in the Western Conference. Except for one loss to the Bulls and one loss to the Sonics, they have maintained a complete victory in other games.

The Rockets' starting roster is out.

Olajuwon, Drexler, Kenny Smith, Mario Alley, Pete Chilkat.

For the Magic, only Sprewell continues to be absent.

O'Neal, Rodman, Horry, Anderson, DeWeese,

Olajuwon relied on his own bounce that was higher than O'Neal's to take the ball out first. Kenny Smith got the ball and passed it directly to Olajuwon, who was in a better position inside.

Olajuwon leaned against O'Neal, swayed twice, and turned over to shoot a jumper.

O'Neal stretched out his hand symbolically, and the ball obediently fell into the basket.

But then, DeWeese staged the same scene.

He also hung the ball to O'Neal who was leaning on Olajuwon.

Olajuwon wanted to interfere with O'Neal, but in the end he was squeezed behind O'Neal.

After O'Neal received the ball, he leaned back with all his strength.

Olajuwon groaned secretly, and almost failed to push out his dinner this time.

But he still resisted O'Neill with all his strength.

O'Neill made another two pushes and finally broke the defense.

Taking advantage of Olajuwon's unstable center of gravity, he turned around and threw the ball in with a small hook.

Olajuwon's blocking was obviously slow, and he could only watch O'Neal score.

The two teams slowly unfolded under this rhythm.

The main two centers are destined to not have a fast pace, but the scores of the two teams are still rising steadily.

Olajuwon finally saw an opportunity. O'Neill was a bit outside this time. In order to stabilize him, he fought for a while, and the final shot was directly slapped out by Olajuwon.

Facing Olajuwon, it is basically impossible not to eat a hat. The Magic players are very calm and ready to throw the ball out of bounds.

But DeWeese saw something wrong with O'Neill's expression.He was still rubbing the back of his knee.

Davis ran to O'Neill immediately.

"What's wrong Shaq?"

"My legs are a little uncomfortable."

Davis directly called the team doctor to play.

At this time, the playback above the head also played back the scene just now.

O'Neill's leg visibly stretched as he landed. . . .

The team doctor checked and indicated that it would be better to replace O'Neal first.

Since O'Neal had just returned from injury, no one dared to be careless. O'Neal limped and followed the team doctor back to the locker room for examination.

There is no way, D'Antoni can only replace Max for a temporary top.

The situation of the next game was broken at once.

Although there is Rodman's defense, the Magic without O'Neal can't stop Olajuwon's offense at all, and without O'Neal against Olajuwon in the interior, the Rockets' interior has completely become a no-fly zone.

At the end of the first quarter, the Magic trailed by 8 points.

(End of this chapter)