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Chapter 372

On November 11, the much-anticipated NBA began the first game day of the 1-96 season.

The Magic's first opponent is the Washington Bullets.

The Bullets signed Trail Blazers general "Locomotive" Scritland this season, plus their Michigan doubles, Webber and Howard, the lineup is unprecedentedly strong.

Although they are challenging the defending champion Magic in an away game, the Bullets are ambitiously preparing to show their strength by defeating the Magic, which lacks an inside core.

From the perspective of the Bullets, without O'Neill, what good results can Davis bring with a group of recruits?
Although DeWeese is really strong, but without a helper, wouldn't he be the same as Jordan back then?

A confident Strickland started the game against the Magic with less confident Webber and Howard.

"DeWeese did not appear in the starting list. It seems that the news in the preseason is true. This season, the Magic's starting lineup has made considerable adjustments. DeWeese will play as the sixth man. Their starting list is center Tim Duncan, power forward Kevin Garnett, small forward Kobe Bryant, shooting guard Chris Thompson, and point guard Allen Iverson."

The commentator reported the Magic's starting list with a hint of surprise, while Davis was excitedly preparing to watch how the five players on the court should divide the ball with only one ball. . . .

The Bullets lineup is Calbert Chaney, Harvey Grant, Strickland, Webber, and Juwan Howard.

Weber looked at No. 21, who had facial paralysis, and heard that because of him, the Magic beat Philadelphia, which had the No. [-] pick, and almost gave the Philadelphia general manager a heart attack.

But is this No. 21 with long hands, long legs and cute face really so powerful?
Webber, who has basically matured, said that he would teach the young man opposite him a lesson, and the name of the course was "Welcome to the NBA."

However, Uncle Huo looked at the outside lineup on the opposite side, and suddenly had a cold war. Looking at the number 21, Uncle Huo, who had participated in the same training camp, was very impressed with Duncan who won the training camp MVP that year.

"Chris, be careful with the number 21 opposite, he has something." Second Uncle Huo walked to Weber's side and told him in a low voice.

Weber nodded indifferently.

How strong is a recruit who just came out of the NCAA, and not everyone is Michael DeWeese, Jordan and O'Neal.

At the jump ball, Webber was scrambling for the ball with Duncan.

Webb was well prepared and wanted to overwhelm his opponent from the first second of the game.

But the referee threw the ball up, and just as Webb took off, he found that Duncan had dialed the ball behind him.

"What a quick reaction." Weber sighed secretly, feeling a little defensive against the big man from Wake Forest on the opposite side.

Iverson got the ball and rushed to the frontcourt.

He has changed from an assaulter to an organizer in the starting lineup this year, which is undoubtedly a very big challenge for him.

Iverson controlled the ball and carefully observed his teammates' running positions. Strickland wanted to steal, but he easily dodged it.

In this world, the person who can steal from Iverson face to face seems to have not yet been born.

Seeing that there was space, Iverson subconsciously dribbled the ball and rushed inside.

He found that the inside line turned out to be a smooth road, and Duncan and Garnett firmly stuck their opponents behind them.

Weber tried his best to go around and make up defenses, but he found that Duncan was like a mountain, stuck to himself, and could only watch Iverson score an easy layup.

The Bullets felt weird looking at the Magic's unstructured offense this time.

Just because Strickland missed a steal, the Magic completed an attack with an empty basket as if they were playing wild ball on a wild field.

Davis applauded off the court.

Perhaps, the offense of this Magic team is not as messy as he thought it was when he was not on the court.

And the Bullets' first attack was a bit rough. . . .

As the main attacker, Strickland received a pass from Webber and got a chance with the help of Webber's pick-and-roll.

Strickland, who was tricked by Iverson, rushed in without hesitation, wanting to hit an ANSWER-BALL.

But as soon as Strickland took the shot, the ball was pressed against the backboard by a big hand.

Duncan took off the ball again blankly, took the ball, and threw it to Iverson on the side.

Iverson directly passed a long pass that spanned most of the court and handed it to Kobe who was about to go down. Kobe showed off a back dunk without defense and scored his first point in his NBA career.

The coaches and players of the Bullets looked at each other in blank dismay. Some of them didn't understand the Magic's defense.

Obviously there is such a big gap inside, why Duncan suddenly appeared in that position, not only got rid of Weber's defense, but also accurately blocked Strickland's shot.

Weber had a ghostly expression on his face. He clearly stuck Duncan to death just now. Why did Duncan suddenly appear under the basket in a blink of an eye?
Looking at Duncan standing beside him, Weber once again adjusted his threat level to a level, turning him into an opponent who needed to be taken a little more seriously.

Cheney lobbed the ball to Webber, wanting him to single out Duncan and open up the situation for his team.

But Weber worked hard in singles, and Duncan's defense was impeccable, and his physical confrontation was not in vain. In the end, Weber could only pull it out, turn his back and make a mid-range shot.

Duncan didn't respond to Weber's shot, but just put enough pressure on Weber, which made Weber's shot a bit slow.

Weber had just made a shot, before he had time to think whether the ball would go in or not, a figure appeared above Weber like covering the sky, and once again slapped Weber's shot away.

Iverson picked up the ball and ran to the frontcourt, once again made a wedding dress for Kobe, an alley-oop, Kobe caught the ball half-turned and dunked, and scored two points again.

Weber looked at Garnett, speechless.

Where did this guy come from?
He thought carefully about the whole process of the attack just now, and found that it seemed that Duncan's defense also deliberately forced himself to the outside. . .And Garnett's timing was perfect.

"Are these two people serious about their interior defense?" Weber looked at Garnett and Duncan, suddenly feeling tricky.

The Magic started off by beating the Bullets 6-0. Although there was no O'Neal or Davis on the court, they still showed others why they are still number one in the season's strength rankings.

Halfway through the first quarter, the Bullets were going nuts.

Duncan and Garnett have jointly contributed 5 blocked shots, and Kobe and Iverson really dared to rush. Although Kobe's breakthrough was blocked by Weber once, it still couldn't stop him from continuing to rush inside like carrying a dynamite bag.

Iverson's breakthrough has reached perfection, and the Bullets players who often play inside are like fools.

And his court vision is excellent, Klay got two very good open shots because of his points, both hits.

In just half a quarter, the Bullets were already 10 points behind. . .

(End of this chapter)