Soul of the Golden State

Chapter 837 The situation changes suddenly
In the arena, the generals of the Magic team are gathering in twos and threes, chatting, playing, and keeping healthy. It looks very leisurely.

Of course, they also have a leisurely capital. Since the beginning, they have 6 wins and 1 loss, and even defeated the Bulls who are in good condition and have no defeats, giving them their first defeat of the season.

It can be seen from this that the team's situation is not a small one, not a medium one, but a great one!
Of course, there are also some bad voices mixed in, such as O'Neal is a soft guy in the playoffs, who only dares to play in the regular season; what Hardaway said is Jordan's successor, but he can only be a successor, the King If he does not abdicate, the successor will not be able to ascend the throne.

In fact, the similar voices have not stopped since O'Neal entered the Magic, and it also made O'Neal's heart a lot stronger.

However, if you can ignore it, you can ignore it, but there is still resentment in your heart. Thinking of this, O'Neill took the ball in his hand and smashed it into the basket. After letting go, the entire basket creaked in pain. , making a tooth-piercing sound.

The teammates who were talking didn't care about the trembling rim and the painful moans, and continued talking and laughing, completely indifferent.

No way, O'Neal has done some bad things to the basket these years, not to mention smashing rebounds, they have long been used to it.

"Okay, don't talk about the Warriors, it feels like Shaquille is about to get angry." Dennis Scott whispered to the others.

"Why is he angry about the Warriors? Brian isn't even angry, so why should he be angry?" Nick Anderson pouted.

"You don't even know that, West is Shaquille's idol!"

"And, come on, what the heck, wouldn't it be more celebratory for Shaquille to beat an idol?"

"Then why is he angry?"

"It's not about renewing the contract!"

This year is the last year of O'Neal's contract. Seeing that the contract will expire next summer, O'Neal is full of anxiety about the next contract.

The reason is simple, the Magic gave too little.

In fact, the Magic gave a lot. According to the information disclosed by the management, it was about 4 million in four years. This was definitely a fixed salary contract in the league at the time, 8000 million a year, which was one higher than that of Li Weisi. Jordan is gone.

There is no way, Jordan's salary is too low at this time, only 385 million US dollars, which is the salary of a high-ranking rookie.

However, according to O'Neal's understanding, Alonzo Mourning, who was drafted into the NBA with him, planned to offer a seven-year contract of more than 7 million yuan. In this day and age, a big contract worth more than 1 million U.S. dollars represents not only a salary, but also an honor.

Since he thinks that Mourning is his own defeat, O'Neill is of course unwilling to lose to Mourning. Therefore, he wants a higher contract than Mourning, even if he can't get 2000 million a year.

Unfortunately, in the face of O'Neal's request, the management of the Magic team hesitated, and the whole matter was dragged down and left alone.

Faced with the management's negative answer, O'Neal was naturally dissatisfied, so he took the basket to vent.

However, relying on the basket alone obviously cannot satisfy O'Neal. Soon, he set his sights on tomorrow's game against the Warriors. Prove yourself, even Li Weisi can defeat him, let alone Mourning!
Time passed quickly, and in a blink of an eye, we came to the scene of the next day's competition.

The Warriors have come from afar, and the lineup is not complete. It seems that the Magic has an absolute advantage.

And after the start of the game, it seemed to have verified everyone's thinking. Facing the weak inside of the Warriors, O'Neal entered the penalty area and dunked consecutively, as if entering no one's land.

Relying on the inside line composed of Divac and Horry, in front of O'Neal, there is no ability to struggle at all.

Just in the first quarter, O'Neal scored 6 points on 5 of 14 shots, performing like a god descending from the earth.

In the face of O'Neal's menacing attack, the Warriors did not have any good ways to deal with it. Coupled with the general lack of touch on the outside, the Warriors fell behind the Magic by 19 points at 29:10 in a single quarter.

However, the crucial situation happened in the middle of the second quarter, when O'Neal accidentally poked his finger in the process of rebounding.

Originally, it was nothing to poke the finger, but seeing the deformed finger clearly indicated that he was powerless to fight anymore.

In this way, O'Neal, who played only one and a half quarters, was forced to leave the court, and the Magic could only continue the game led by Hardaway.

However, Hardaway's performance was not bad. Under his leadership, the Magic continued to lead 57:46 until halftime.

However, in the third quarter, the situation changed suddenly. Richmond and Jaylen Rose, who had been in a state of misfire on the outside line, suddenly became enlightened and hit consecutively.

Especially Richmond, facing "Penny" Hardaway's defense, made consecutive three-pointers and post-up singles, which severely consumed Hardaway on the offensive end.

In fact, apart from Hardaway's good performance tonight, Nick Anderson and Dennis Scott also performed well, especially after O'Neal was injured and left the field.

When these two were in college, they were the second of the famous offensive "Trident" of Georgia Institute of Technology, and after arriving at the Magic, they became the main scorer of the Magic, before O'Neal came to the Magic.

Nick Anderson is good at back-to-basket singles and mid-range jumpers, and Dennis Scott is good at three-pointers. The two hide their edges and corners next to Hardaway and O'Neal until the team loses O'Neal. tusks.

It's a pity that no matter how hard they try, the Warriors in the third quarter are unstoppable. Driven by Li Weisi, except for the two generals on the flanks, everyone else's three-pointers also shot at the end. Throughout the third quarter, the Warriors started five times. People, they all hit three-pointers.

As a result, the Warriors scored 33 points in the third quarter, beat the Magic 33:20 in a single quarter, and completely overtook the score with 79:77.

After entering the fourth quarter, the Warriors' shooting percentage dropped somewhat, but even so, they played back and forth with the Magic, which was very intense.

In the end, it was Li Weisi who made the best move. At the last moment of the game, he turned his head to look at the moon, successfully hit and key shots, and sealed the victory.

In this way, the Warriors relied on Li Weisi's key goal to narrowly beat the Magic 105:101, and defeated the second-ranked Magic in the East in an away game. Yes, if they lost this game, the Magic would be second in the East.

(End of this chapter)