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Chapter 340 In a blink of an eye, it's All-Star!
"Michael, I heard that the Magic have had some problems recently." Pippen chatted with Jordan in the locker room.

"You're fooling me, do you believe it?" Jordan laughed out loud as if he had heard some joke.

"Hey? How did you know?"

"Not to mention anything else, how could the Magic be in chaos with that kid Michael around, and I know a little bit about that kid Iverson, he's not the kind of ungrateful person." Jordan explained to Pippen while changing his clothes.

Pippen nodded thoughtfully.

"Then what's the use of them doing it?"

Jordan stopped what he was doing.

"Don't you think the current magic is too strong? I guess they are too boring."

Pippen had a look of disbelief on his face.

"Just because of this?"

"Can you find other explanations? You know, they have a better record than us without Michael. If Michael comes back, their lineup will be composed of five All-Stars or even five Hall of Famers. It seems that there has never been such a team in the entire history of the league."

Jordan changed his clothes and was about to leave the locker room.

"If you don't believe me, just look at it. Although the Magic team claims to be infighting, they must win every game."

Orlando

"You guys, let's play, let's play, don't make jokes about the record. If you lose some games that shouldn't be lost because of jokes, see how I deal with you." DeWeese said to O'Neal, Garnett, Iverson and Finley in the locker room.

"Of course, I guarantee that at the end of the season, we will definitely be number one in the league."

Iverson patted his chest confidently, like a 1.8-meter-three Garnett.

However, he does have the capital to say so. Iverson, who averaged 24.3 points, 3.5 rebounds, 6.7 assists and 2.4 steals per game in his rookie season, has been labeled as a historical rookie.

而加内特也表现的比新秀赛季更好，他场均19.9分9.7篮板3.5助攻2.1盖帽1.6抢断，是联盟少有的2盖帽+1.5抢断的狠人。

Even Sprewell, who played well in the Timberwolves this season, can't do this. His current averages are 27.6 points, 5.6 rebounds, 4.9 assists, 1.5 blocks, and 1.6 steals. His shooting percentage is as high as 47%.

Coincidentally, in the next game, the Magic will travel to the freezing Minnesota to challenge the Timberwolves away.

During the offseason, the Timberwolves, who have continuously strengthened the two generals of Sprewell and Rodman, have a gratifying record this season, ranking fifth in the Western Conference, basically ensuring a place in the playoffs.

DeWeese didn't want to go to the icy Minnesota to suffer from the cold, but thinking that he could only meet with Sprewell and Rodman twice a year, he still set foot on the special plane with the team.

Because the Magic went to Minnesota one day earlier, in the evening, Sprewell was the host and invited all the Magic to have a meal.

He also brought Rodman, Laettner and Ryder, these four people are the basis for the Timberwolves to achieve good results this year.

Laettner, Ryder and DeWeese all know each other. Although the relationship is not very good, Ryder's slam dunk champion was snatched by Davis abruptly, but in the end this league still respects the strong, and the group of people still enjoyed their meal smoothly.

After dinner, a group of people happily went to the nightclub to experience the local customs, while Davis returned to the hotel early.

The game played on the second night was extremely exciting. The two sides basically gave up defense and fought against each other.

Sprewell scored a career-high 48 points, but still lost at home.

In terms of attack power, Iverson, whose ability value has reached 90, has never been afraid of anyone except Jordan.

他砍下了43分5篮板8助攻5抢断，加上加内特的21分13篮板3助攻3盖帽2抢断，魔术队只让奥尼尔出场了26分钟，就轻松的赢下这场比赛。

After the Bulls ended their game with the Sonics, Jordan scored 35 points, 14 rebounds and 5 assists and was elected the best player in the game. He said to Pippen in the locker room: "See, Scottie, the Magic won again. They even have reason to continue to make up, because Shaq only played more than 20 minutes."

Pippen thinks so.

"How did this group of people get together?" Jordan suddenly asked such a question.

"How do I know?" Pippen, who had been shadowed for several days by his precise shooting against Clay in the last game, asked back.

"I have a hunch that Michael's comeback day is coming."

"He has a ruptured Achilles tendon, and his reimbursement for the season is light. How could he come back so soon?" Pippen asked in disbelief.

"Intuition."

In the next period of time, the league will be calm, and it will still win and lose, but in the eyes of others, the contradictions within the Magic team have reached the level of incompatibility.

As the master controller, Iverson only averaged 4.5 passes to O'Neal per game. As the first core of the Magic, it is very incredible that he can only get 4.5 passes from the starting point guard per game.

And O'Neal's scoring average plummeted from 29 points last year to just over 20 points this year.

but. . . .O'Neill enjoys the pleasure of paddling very much now.

This big guy has never cared about his statistics, otherwise he wouldn't have been honing his free throw skills in his previous life.

With Iverson and Garnett and Klay charging ahead, he was happy to be at ease.

Also because Iverson and Garnett had enough time to practice, the Magic still had three All-Stars selected this year. Iverson started, O'Neal lost the vote to Ewing and became a substitute, and Garnett was also a substitute, after Kemp and Pippen.

However, after the two-game losing streak at the beginning of the season, the Magic played an astonishing 24-game winning streak, and their record came to 39 wins and 2 losses. . . .

After an easy revenge against the Kings at home, the Magic were ready for everything and headed to Sacramento, the home of the Kings they had just defeated.

This year's All-Star game is held in Sacramento, and the East and West lineups have been determined.

Western Conference starters: Hakeem Olajuwon, Charles Barkley, Grant Hill, Anfernee Hardaway, Clyde Drexler.

Subs: Karl Malone, Dikembe Mutombo, John Stockton, David Robinson, Latrell Sprewell, Gary Payton, Mitch Richmond.

Eastern Conference starters: Patrick Ewing, Shawn Kemp, Scottie Pippen, Michael Jordan, Allen Iverson.

Subs: Shaquille O'Neal, Kevin Garnett, Alonzo Mourning, Vin Baker, Reggie Miller, Glenn Rice, Juwan Howard.

Webber was unable to participate in the All-Star Game due to injury and was replaced by Alonzo Mourning.

(End of this chapter)