anymore

Author: Tiamo the Withered

anymore

On Monday, December 17, last week's Player of the Week was announced in time. Howard led the Magic to a 3-1 record and averaged 24+18 per game. He won the award for the third time this season.

Eastern Conference Player of the Week honors.

Moreover, the Magic have only lost once in the past half month. If this continues, Howard will be the Eastern Conference Player of the Month this month.

Although there are many voices who think that Li Chengming is the biggest contributor to the three wins and one loss, wouldn't the Magic lose the game if he didn't pull his hips?

EMMM…

Are you a black man?

In short, with the honor of being the best player of the week, Howard scored 22 points, 13 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 blocks in the away game against the Dallas Mavericks that night.

But the team lost again!

Lewis, the second-best player in this game, returned, but he was unable to match the opponent's opponent, King Nuo, allowing the opponent to score 31 points while his own score was only half.

The best performer on the Magic side was Turkoglu, who made 10 of 14 shots and scored 26 points with high efficiency. However, during the critical period of the game, he left the game early due to five fouls. The Magic fell into chaos and the Mavericks beat the score.

Extend it to 10 minutes.

When the Turkish agents came on the court again, they frequently hit key goals, but in the end they had to accept a regrettable defeat.

108:111, the Magic swallowed their fifth defeat of the season by only 3 points, and got the team's first losing streak this season. The total record also came to 21 wins and 5 losses. Although it was still due to

The wins rank first in the Eastern Conference, but the Green Army with 20 wins and 2 losses has already shown an aggressive trend.

Another key to this game is that Li Chengming did not appear.

Naturally, Li Chengming's absence was not because he was left out, but because he fell ill before the game and stayed in Orlando to rest for safety reasons and did not go to the away game with the team.

Li Chengming actually felt it was quite strange. He didn't know if he suddenly caught a cold while kicking the quilt last night.

Having said that, Orlando is located in the subtropical region. Due to the warming and humidifying effect of the Gulf Stream and the humid and mild southerly wind, the climate can be said to be very livable. The average annual temperature is stable at 22 degrees, which is relatively mild all year round, that is, 6

The month is a little hotter.

It is now the turn of autumn and winter, and the temperature is relatively mild. The temperature difference between indoor and outdoor is not that big. And with Li Chengming's current physique, he will not feel cold even if he is shirtless outside.

But I just caught a cold. The symptoms are actually not very serious, but my body is relatively weak and I have no desire to exercise.

Van Gundy probably also sees that as a rookie, he has too much playing time. He has played no less than 30 minutes in the last few games. In addition, he has a heavy burden and often fights with the inside.

Plus, just in case, I didn't take him with me. Anyway, Lewis happened to be back.

And it was also "confidence" in the strength of the Mavericks. After all, they were "Dallas is too weak," but they were taught a lesson by reality.

For the first time this season, they experienced a losing streak, and from 11 consecutive wins to two consecutive losses, the atmosphere in the team became gloomy, so much so that even after Lee Cheng-ming recovered from his recovery on Wednesday, he felt a little uncomfortable when he went to the arena.

"What's going on?"

Redick is practicing three-point shooting. As a white shooter, he relies on his long-range shooting in the NBA.

Of course, as the second position, he actually has other skills, but it's usually difficult to give him a chance to show them off in games, and he doesn't dare to, just shoot and that's it.

As a role player, it is most useful to be able to do what you are good at.

"It's nothing, it's just that everyone is unhappy after losing." Redick shrugged, with a "you know" expression.

Li Chengming scratched his head and didn't understand at all.

That's right, isn't it just a loss? It's not like I haven't lost before.

And to be honest, he was somewhat relieved that he didn't play for the team and lost, because he didn't want people to feel that he was dispensable to the team.

Of course, no normal person would think so. In fact, even without Li Chengming, the Magic should be able to defeat the Mavericks according to their lineup configuration, but they did not play well.

Van Gundy has been discussing something with the coaching staff today and seems to want to adjust his tactics again.

However, after fighting for so long, the big framework has basically been finalized, with only minor repairs. If it were to be subverted, it would be a disaster.

After all, we only lost two games, but it wasn't a complete defeat.

Then Li Chengming approached Howard again. Although he scored 22 points, 13 rebounds and 5 assists in the last game, and only missed one free throw, he was obviously not happy when he led the team to lose, so he looked a little sad.

He was so depressed that he didn't even notice when Li Chengming came closer.

It was Li Cheng who called out. Howard turned around and said hello when he saw it was him. Then he suddenly thought of something and looked back at him before asking: "The next game is against Houston. How do you feel?"

Li Chengming was stunned for a moment, and then he realized, could this guy be nervous about facing Dayao?

"Are you scared?"

"Who is scared?" Howard immediately stared and transformed into Mr. Zhang with a leopard head and ring eyes, and then smiled and said: "I just don't want to lose three games in a row..."

Well, that's true. If they really lose again, then they will have lost three games in a row, and the feeling will be completely different.

When the team has a winning streak, the momentum is strong, and the players will maintain a good competitive state, reaching their peak physically and mentally; but once the losing streak starts, the more losses they lose, the more shaken they become, especially when the gap between before and after is obvious.

, you may even start to doubt yourself.

And judging from the match records between the Magic and the lesser teams, World of Warcraft and Dayao, as well as the state of their opponents, the probability of them losing this game is really not small.

Howard may be really worried. After all, the team has such a good momentum this season. Although there has never been any talk of competing for the championship from top to bottom, they all just said that they hope to go further this year.

After all, this is the first time they have formed a team this year, especially the rising Li Chengming and Lewis. The important members of the two teams are all newcomers. They seem to be getting along well, but they still need to continue to cultivate a tacit understanding——

At least it can be used as an excuse for failure.

But with 11 consecutive victories, it’s okay to hope for the championship, right?

If you keep losing in the future, then why compete for the championship?

"You won't lose in a row, you won't know until you win. What are you thinking about now?"

After Li Chengming finished speaking, he realized that Howard was looking at him without speaking. He turned around strangely, looked at himself again, and asked doubtfully: "What's wrong?"

"Um, it's nothing..."

Seeing Happy Beast frowning and shaking his head, Li Yong also frowned and was thinking about this until the end of the training.

He didn't understand until his father put a local Orlando newspaper in front of him and asked him to read an article on one of the pages.

"No way, I'm still a rookie..."

Li's father sighed and said: "The NBA has always liked to praise super rookies. If they can survive, they will jump over the dragon's door. If they can't, the only ones who will lose will be the players themselves. At worst, they will find another target to praise."

"But this is a local newspaper in Orlando, shouldn't it wish us well?" After saying this, Li Chengming realized that the media is the media, and if we expect them to be honest, wouldn't that make things difficult for others?

However, how can we be sure that Howard must have read this report?

In fact, there is no need to be sure, because if there is such a voice, it is definitely not just in this newspaper, but it is probably indispensable even on the Internet.

Although Howard has been a little tired recently and probably doesn't have the energy to go online, he can definitely hear the outside world.

Especially in the last five games, it is easy for Li Chengming to win when he performs well, he can reverse when he explodes, he loses when he pulls his hips, and he loses when he is absent.

Are you saying that Li Chengming is not a "genuine" person?

No matter how happy Warcraft is, he is still a person with a good heart, and in this regard, he is actually exactly the same as his former idol O'Neal.

The reason why I say it was once is because he switched fans after O'Neal criticized him many times.

He himself still thinks that he is the boss and Li Chengming is just his younger brother. However, many of these criticisms from the outside world are true to some extent, which makes it difficult for him to refute.

It’s so uncomfortable…

"You don't need to defend this matter, just deal with it coldly..."

Li Chengming was about to ask when suddenly Li's father's cell phone rang again. He saw his father answered the phone and his expression changed after a while.
Chapter completed!