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Chapter 249 "DeWeese's Dependency"

In the arena of the Magic team, along with the cheers and applause of the fans, a voice slowly came from the noisy scene.

The sound grew louder and clearer.

"MVP!"

"MVP!"

After Davis got off the basket, he waved his hands up and interacted with the fans in the audience.

For a moment, the voices of the audience turned into shouts of MVP.

Coleman looked unwillingly at the Magic One who was born out of nowhere like the proud son of heaven.

"It's obviously only a second grader, why is it so strong?"

The so-called rookie wall and growth period seem to be completely non-existent for him, and he is still playing the No. [-] position, which requires the most experience.

But looking at the point difference, Coleman was a little relieved.

The Nets are not far behind, only six points, but morale is relatively declining.

Just in time, Nets coach Butch Baird also called a timeout.

He wanted to break the momentum of the Magic, and he arranged targeted tactics for Davis's style of play today.

After returning to the court, Davis immediately felt that the Nets had made changes to their defense.

After breaking through Kenny Anderson, another player will immediately come up to prevent him from directly hitting the basket.

In this case, even if DeWeese is possessed by a trapeze and Carter arrives in advance, there is no way to dunk as unscrupulously as before.

In addition, Delman and PJ Brown also unified their thinking, even if it is a foul, they must prevent Davis from continuing to play like this.

So in the next two offenses, Davis never found a suitable dunk opportunity.

However, Davis, who had enjoyed dunking very much, immediately stopped obsessing about dunking. He immediately changed his style of play and became the combination of organization + off-ball play that he is best at.

In fact, this style of play is DeWeese's best offensive style, highlighting that he is hard to defend.

After he scored two [-]-pointers, Kenny Anderson suggested that it would be better to let DeWeese continue to play just now.

After all, no matter how wonderful a dunk is, it is only two points. . .

Off the court, Butch Baird saw that after Davis stopped flying around, the point difference tended to widen instead, so he couldn't help crying off the court.

Another beneficiary of DeWeese's change of play is O'Neal.

The pressure on PJ Brown suddenly increased, and O'Neal's offense made him very uncomfortable.

Can't, can't.

Attack, can't attack.

Returning to the normal rhythm, the Magic immediately taught the Nets another way.

Their tacit internal and external cooperation is a level higher than Davis's own singles.

At the end of the half, looking at the point difference that had been stretched to [-] points, Butch Baird was even seriously considering whether to let Davis continue to dunk. . .

However, Davis did not give the Nets a chance. In the second half, he never rushed to the inside like he did in the first two quarters. Instead, he continued to do his job as a No. [-] position and sorted out the team conscientiously.

There is a gap in the strength of the two teams, and the Magic is a team that is very good at playing in the third quarter.

So Davis also enjoyed a three-quarter check-in treatment today.

At the end of the three quarters, the Magic's lead has reached 20 points.

In the fourth quarter, the two teams have tacitly dispatched their own substitutes,

In the end, the Magic easily won by 12 points at home.

Davis played 29 minutes and scored 26 points and 11 assists.

Of the five best shots of the day, Davis himself accounted for four. . .

A day later, the Magic ushered in the league's deputy squad leader at home, the Huskies from cold Minnesota.

Oh no, Timberwolves.

The Timberwolves' inside and outside cores, Christian Laettner and Elijah Ryder, are growing a dimension slower than O'Neal and Davis, a pair of twin stars who entered the league at the same time.

The result of the game was also like the gap between the cores of the two teams. The Magic, which had closed the first three quarters, only led by 7 points after the end of the three quarters.

But in the fourth quarter, the Magic made a wave of effort and directly beat the Timberwolves 19-34 in a single quarter, leading the Timberwolves by 15 points in a single quarter.

In the end, the Magic also won the game with a 22-point difference.

O'Neal scored 34 points, 15 of which came in the fourth quarter.

Davis continued his double-double performance,

It is worth noting that this season, due to the outstanding team record of the Magic, O'Neal and DeWeese entered the top five of the season's MVP rankings at the same time.

No.1 is Jordan, No.2 is O’Neal, No.3 is Olajuwon of the Rockets, No.4 DeWeese, No.5 is Wilkins of the Knicks,

Wilkins rejuvenated his second career with the Knicks.

He averaged 29.5 points per game this season, ranking third on the scoring list.

The first is Jordan's 32.9 points, and the second is O'Neal's 29.8 points.

Jordan's scoring status seems to be unshakable, which is the result of his lack of full attack this season.

Now some media are discussing whether Jordan can break his scoring record of 37.1 points in a single season if he attacks with all his strength like in previous seasons?

After playing [-] games, the league's major rankings have gradually stabilized.

DeWeese is overwhelmed by Stockton in the assists list.

Stockton averaged 13.2 assists per game this season, while Davis averaged only 11.8 assists per game.

But DeWeese scored more points than Stockton.

He averaged 24.3 points per game, nearly 10 points more than Stockton's.

And DeWeese's shooting percentage this year is terrific, with a total shooting percentage of 49.6%, a three-point shooting percentage of 42.2%, and a free throw shooting percentage of 89.8%. If he performs better in the second half, he is very likely to enter the 180 club.

Behind such gorgeous data, it is Davis's "ball bully" style with a ball usage rate as high as 35%.

Davis' current usage rate ranks first in the league, even nearly 4% higher than the second Jordan.

Basically, as long as Davis is on the court, all offenses are initiated by him.

As for his playing time, after averaging 38 minutes per game in the first year, he broke through again this season, directly passing the 40 mark and reaching 40.1 minutes.

This has also caused discussions in the media, and there is no lack of assurances from the media that once Davis is injured or absent for other reasons, the Magic will not play directly, which will have a greater impact than O'Neal's absence.

In other words, the media believed that the Magic suffered from "DeWeese dependence" that was more terrifying than "O'Neill dependence".

But this kind of discussion gradually disappeared after Davis continued to start the game steadily and had a stable full attendance.

DeWeese's outstanding performance did not occupy the headlines of the media's sports section the next day.

Because, the All-Star voting has begun.

However, what should come will always come. . .

On the third day, Jordan and DeWeese's names filled the sports section of every newspaper.

The two of them, this year's All-Star ballots, have been on top from the start, leaving everyone else far behind.

(End of this chapter)