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Chapter 70 The playoffs that passed by
In the next game, the Magic went to Minnesota to challenge the Minnesota Wolves, no, it was the Timberwolves.

The Timberwolves selected Kristen Laettner this season, and Laettner's performance this season has not failed the team's expectations. In 35 minutes of playing time, he can score 18.2 points, 8.7 rebounds and 2.8 assists, but the Timberwolves. . .This season's wins have not exceeded 20, and now there are only 18 wins and 54 losses, ranking second to last in the West.

Worse than them is the Dallas Mavericks who have not yet come to Cuban. . .Won 11 games.

Without further ado, the Magic narrowly beat the Timberwolves by three points and took away a victory in Minnesota. O'Neal scored 29 points, 9 rebounds and 6 blocks. Laettner, who suppressed the matchup, only made 16 of 6 shots.

However, when O'Neal entered the end of the season, he obviously felt that his physical reserves had been exhausted. Although his offensive performance was still unsolvable, it was obvious that he was releasing water on the defensive end.

A very intuitive performance is that before entering April, O'Neal averaged 4 rebounds per game, but after entering April, his average rebounds plummeted to about 14, and there were many games where there were even double rebounds.

"It seems that we still have to control O'Neal's playing time. We must ensure that O'Neal can give full play to his strength when he is on the court, regardless of offense or defense." Davis looked at the statistics and said to himself.

"Can O'Neill's strength be brought into full play to a certain end?" Anna who was next to him suddenly said such a sentence.

Davis froze suddenly.

On the offensive end, O'Neal is historic, and he is one of the few players who can win the scoring title as a center.

On the defensive end, O'Neal is also at the top level. Although he can't reach the level of Chamberlain, Russell and Olajuwon, his physical talent is there.

If O'Neal can be allowed to distribute his energy evenly on both ends of the offense and defense in a certain game, but let him focus on offense or defense depending on the situation. . .

Davis felt that Anna's words opened a new door for him.

"When Rodman was on the court, let O'Neal concentrate entirely on the offensive end. The whole team played around him, playing a variant of 1-star 4-shot, and when O'Neal was the only one inside, let him focus all his energy on the defensive end, becoming a super blue-collar who protects the frame, and the offense is handed over to the outside..." Davis murmured.

"What if O'Neal isn't there?"

"Shaquille O'Neal isn't there...Rodman's going to be on top...then..."

Davis suddenly remembered the death of the five-star warrior in later generations.

He turned to look at Anna.

"Anna, do you envision a lineup option for next season?"

Anna looked at him intently: "What is it?"

"Rodman, Scott, Sprewell, Anderson, me."

"You mean, let Rodman go to the center position and play a small lineup? Then how can we guarantee the rebounds inside? Even if Rodman is the rebounding leader, if he and Scott are alone, the inside will be sifted. Moreover, Scott's average rebounds per game in his career is only a little more than 3, and his average rebounds per game this year is not even as good as Latrell and Nick." Anna knows the statistics of the players in the team.

"This is just a specific lineup in a specific situation, and, under normal circumstances, we are not afraid of anyone in the center! With this lineup, we basically rely on Rodman himself for inside rebounds, and we play fast!"

Davis picked up the tactical board and began to carefully recall the play styles of the two teams in later generations.

One is the Suns in the Nash era, the team with the seven-second offense, and the other is the Warriors in the "Death Five" era.

Just as Davis and Anna were immersed in the team's tactics for the next season, the Magic's game gradually came to an end.

他们在客场意外输给了摆烂中的雄鹿队，奥尼尔拿下20分10篮板2盖帽8失误，魔术队客场97-108落败。

Then he returned to his home court and gave them a hard lesson three days later.

Sprewell played the best performance of the season. Anderson sprained his ankle at the beginning of the first quarter, and Sprewell was ordered in the face of danger. He played 40 minutes in the game and hit 24 goals in 16 shots. Among them, he made 12 of 6 three-pointers and 4 of 4 free throws. He scored 42 points, 9 rebounds and 9 assists.

The players of the Magic team were happy to play soy sauce at the end of the season, and even O'Neill obediently turned into a blue-collar, watching Sprewell descend to the world to dominate the game.

The Magic easily defeated the Bucks who just beat them at home 91-110.

After watching this game, DeWeese also has a deeper understanding of how unstable the performance of the rookie-centered team is. When they are in good form, they can even pull down the top teams in the league such as the Bulls and Suns.

The next game confirmed DeWeese's point of view. The Philadelphia Mosaic team, which had just been defeated by a big score at the beginning of the month, made a comeback and successfully avenged the Magic at home. The Magic lost by 16 points. . . .Sprewell, who performed well in the previous game, still wanted to play this game, but was lost directly under Hornacek's defense.Only scored 12 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists and 5 turnovers. The performance of the two games was very different.

The Magic's shooting percentage in this game was less than 40%, while the opponent hit a high shooting percentage of nearly 50%.

Three days later, the 37-39 Magic team challenged the Cleveland Cavaliers away. The Cavaliers are now ranked third in the Eastern Conference with a record of 49 wins and 27 losses.

Then the Magic lost again. . 110-113 lost by three points.

On April 4, the Magic ushered in the penultimate game, an away game against the New Jersey Nets.

The Magic are now ranked ninth in the Eastern Conference with a record of 39 wins and 41 losses. They are only 1 game away from the Pacers who are eighth in the Eastern Conference, but. . .We must hope that the Pacers will lose the last two games in a row, and they will win the remaining two games before they can enter the playoffs. .Because the Pacers have a dominant record, even if the two teams win 41 in the end, the Pacers will enter the playoffs.

In this game, there were also some small episodes. . .

It was an ordinary offensive round. Skiles saw that Scott was open on the wing. He passed the ball to Scott with a strong one-handed pass. The opponent quickly defended and Scott passed the ball to O'Neal inside.

O'Neal faced Dwight Sinterps with a two-handed dunk. . .

Then the entire rebound was directly pulled down by O'Neal, and the timer hit O'Neal heavily on the head.

Afterwards, O'Neill said in the locker room: "It hurt me to death, but I have to play this X anyway, right? So I walked back calmly."

The game was suspended for 45 minutes before restarting. . .O'Neill returned to the locker room for inspection.

O'Neal didn't play in the next game, and his statistics were fixed at 10 points and 5 rebounds, but the Magic won unexpectedly.

After Nick Anderson became more and more important in Sprewell, this game was directly pushed to the bench.Anderson, who was suffocating in his heart to express himself, successfully used a gorgeous scoring performance to secure the victory for the Magic.

He only played 33 minutes, hit 25 goals in 17 shots, made 7 of 4 three-pointers, made all 12 free throws, and scored an astonishing 50 points!
It was also his 12 points in the fourth quarter that allowed the Magic to catch up after being 7 points behind at the end of the third quarter. In the end, 119-116, the three-pointer reversed the Nets.

After the game, O'Neal was fined $3.5, and Davis handed over the fine to O'Neal with a smile.

The good news from the other side is that the Pacers lost.Reggie Miller got lost in the tough defense of the Pistons and scored only 14 points. The Pacers also lost to the Pistons 104-109 away.

The Magic's last opponent was the Atlanta Hawks. The Hawks had 43 wins and 38 losses. They had no desires and no desires. They only played less than 30 minutes in the first game. The Magic won very easily.

However, after the game, the Magic team members returned to the locker room with a sad face.

In another game, the Pacers defeated the Miami Heat 88-94 at home. With the same record as the Magic, they ranked eighth in the Eastern Conference and advanced to the playoffs.

The Magic know that their 92-93 season is over. . .

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