Author: Tiamo the Withered

Of course, after the game, reporters asked both Kobe and Li Chengming to evaluate their opponents.

Happy Beast was not dissatisfied because he was robbed of the limelight after the game. On the contrary, he was happy to see the little brother he recognized perform well and kept looking at him with a smile.

However, Li Chengming was actually not very impressed by Kobe Bryant in this game. His shooting was picturesque? This is something everyone knows, but they did not face each other directly. If he were asked to evaluate Odom, then he might have a little bit more.

Talk.

In the end, I could only say some perfunctory kind words based on the principle of complimenting someone if I didn’t know how to say it.

Later he found out that before the game, a reporter from Los Angeles asked Kobe how Lee became famous. At that time, Kobe didn't know whether he didn't hear clearly or because he was upset by the team's poor condition at the start of the game, so he didn't pay attention. He asked instead, "Who is CM Lee?"

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When reporters asked him this question again after the game, Kobe just shrugged and said: "Although I want to say that we were destroyed by Dwight and our inside line couldn't stop him at all, but Lee's performance - everyone

Everyone knows that a rookie scored 30+ points at Staples, huh?"

This statement simultaneously praised Howard and Lee's fame, and also quietly expressed his dissatisfaction with "Baby Shark" Bynum.

Although Bynum's performance today was not bad, he and Odom allowed Lee, a freshman, to take everything away from him. Kobe, who has a strong desire to win, will naturally not be satisfied.

He is also dissatisfied with the management. After all, he has always hoped to compete for the championship with himself as the core after O'Neal left and then rectify his name. It is not the only way to win the championship by relying on the Sharks and Kobe Bryant.

But with this lineup now, even the Magic can't beat them, so why talk about a championship?

Perhaps this game can give the Lakers management a painful lesson and make them decide to make a trade.

One Ariza is simply not enough, not to mention that Ariza did not get a chance to play in this game, so it obviously needs to be further observed.

But this has nothing to do with the Magic. They are busy with their own game schedule.

The last opponent in the five-game series was a back-to-back against the Warriors, also the famous "Golden State Bandits."

"Captain" Stephen Jackson, "Second Quarterback in the Western Conference" (self-proclaimed) Monta Ellis, bearded Baron Davis, and Mark Barnes. Although there is no first-line star, they are all

They are not easy people to deal with.

This was the lineup last year. Under the leadership of "Crazy Experimenter" Nelson, they overturned the Mavericks, which ranked first in the league in the regular season with 67 wins, with a score of 4:2, and nailed Nowitzki to the pillar of shame.

After leading the 2006 Finals and being overturned by the Heat, the German tank received a lot of doubts from the outside world. Last season, he made a comeback and led the Mavericks to the league's first record, and won the MVP for this. Who can

Do you think that you have achieved another black eight miracle?

So Nowitzki was ridiculed by the outside world many times this summer and was called a "softie". After being overturned in the finals, he fell at the last step. He was first in the regular season and only reached the playoffs.

His pants were taken off in just one round, which is unjustifiable.

Black eight is an honor for the Warriors, even if they fall in the second round, no one will laugh at them, but it is naturally a shame for the Mavericks.

However, there are many reasons why the Warriors were able to overthrow the Mavericks. Their strength is actually just that. Even if it is a back-to-back game on the road, they have no power to fight back against the Magic.

The Magic established a 10-point lead in the first three quarters, especially when Li Chengming suddenly broke out again in the third quarter, scoring 15 points on 5 of 8 shots in a single quarter, continuing his good form and helping the team expand its advantage.

The Magic didn't give their opponents a chance in the fourth quarter and won the game steadily.

Li Chengming played 24 minutes and scored 22 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists. Howard scored 20 points and 23 rebounds with 9 of 13 free throws. Nelson and Bogans both scored 22 points. Nelson also had 11 assists, plus exactly 20 points.

Lewis, five members of the Magic team scored 20+ points, overpowering the Golden State Bandits, which had seven players scoring in double figures, and continued their winning streak.

In the game, the most impressive thing was that in the second quarter, Li Chengming made an alley-oop pass to Howard. Turkoglu passed the ball to Li Chengming after a pick-and-roll. Li Chengming directly passed the ball in seconds with no look pass.

The pass assisted Howard, and this wonderful connection ranked first among the top five goals of the day.

This season's Magic team can be said to have a combination of teamwork and individual outstanding performance, with many dunks and wonderful passes, so it has become a frequent visitor to the top five and top ten goals.

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"The Magic won five consecutive games in the Western Conference. Li Chengming performed well and scored 20+ points again!"

"Li Chengming is expected to rise to the first place on the Rookie of the Year list. Li Chengming, who has recently won 20+ and 30+ points, has become the Magic's biggest surprise this season?"

"I thought it was just a rookie, but it turned out to be a thigh?"

"Can Li Chengming win the first Best of the Week in his career?"

"Fat brother is awesome, I'm tired of bragging."

"No matter what the final result is, the best rookie in my heart is Li Chengming, just like the best rookie in my heart was Dayao that year. It's my own person."

"Even if we don't say that he is not his own person, it is obvious that Li Chengming performed better. Yao and Stoudemire can still be said to be indistinguishable. Durant has more basic data than Li Chengming, and he is better in other aspects.

How can you compare it to Li Chengming?"

"Hukou book? (smiling face)"

"Li Chengming has really lost weight. You didn't see that when he lifted up his clothes in the last game, he almost had abdominal muscles."

"Do you have any pictures?"

"Sit back and wait!"

"Here comes the picture [Picture]"

"Pfft, what a big abdominal muscle!"

"..."

"The abdominal muscles are a bit rounder, but there is a saying that Fat Brother has indeed lost weight. Is it because the food in the American Empire is so bad?"

"What do you think? People can't eat whatever they want after making money. Obviously professional players need to absorb nutrients, so they must not eat randomly."

"You are overthinking. Professional players don't have so many taboos. People consume so much. It's not a big problem to eat some hamburgers and cola. Of course, there are definitely nutritious meals. But I think the NBA is too competitive and consumes too much.

."

"Indeed, Fat Brother probably sweats a big bucket after one game."

"Hahaha, I laughed. The fight with the Suns was the most obvious. When Stoudemire wanted to grab his hand, he just slipped away and didn't catch it."

"Don't be embarrassed, this is Fat Brother's tactic of sweating like rain."

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This wave of five consecutive visits in the Western Conference was supposed to be a devilish schedule for the Magic, but in the end the Magic successfully avenged their most difficult opponent, the Suns, and won a wave of five consecutive victories. Not only did they survive this devilish schedule safely, but also

They also had a seven-game winning streak earlier.

This also makes them look like a strong team to the outside world.

At present, 20 games and a quarter of the regular season have passed. The Magic have already posted a terrifying record of 17 wins and 3 losses, temporarily ranking second in the Eastern Conference, second only to the Celtics with 18 wins and 2 losses. Coincidentally,

One of the games the Celtics lost was to the Magic.

This made the outside world start to exclaim, it seems that the Magic have finally "reconstructed successfully"?

After the Magic won the No. 1 pick in 2004 and selected Dwight Howard, the outside world had no doubts about their choice and hoped that the Magic could reproduce the glory they had when O'Neal was here.

O'Neal led the team to the finals that year. Although they were swept, it was their best performance in so many years.

After several years of decline, they got the No. 1 pick and selected another No. 1 pick. Howard's growth seemed to prove that their choice was correct. They finally made it to the playoffs last season, and they have strong reinforcements this season.

Joining, in fact, their progress this season can be expected.

It's just that everyone still didn't expect such great progress, and there were even faint voices that they might compete for the championship.

ESPN commentator A. Smith commented: "It's too early to talk about this now. It's only a quarter of the regular season. The team that just starts to show off its form every year may not be able to have the last laugh. It can only be said that there is.

Opportunity. In other words, they now belong to one of the championship groups."

With the combination of Howard and Lewis on the inside, Turkoglu on the organization, the backcourt is relatively stable, and the overall defense is also online, the prototype of a championship team has indeed begun to take shape.

Of course, Li Chengming has been mentioned many times, especially in his first year as a rookie. Although he has been a substitute in the current 20 games, and he was still a marginal role in the team at the beginning, except for the Knicks,

After missing the first game, he played 19 games and averaged 16.9 minutes per game. He has already established a firm foothold in the rotation.

The shooting percentage is 64.5%. This is not obtained by relying on easy balls like those blue-collar workers. No matter how high the shooting percentage is, the score is not a big threat to the opponent. It is a score that can be missed and accepted.

Even Howard has a lot of simple passes and dunks, but even in this way, his shooting percentage this season is only 60%.

And his free throw shooting rate of 87.4% also prevented him from being in the same dilemma as Howard when he was afraid of being fouled by his opponent at the critical moment against the Suns and even had to take him off the court to rest.

He averaged 15.1 points, 4.7 rebounds and 2 assists per game, hit 1.2 three-pointers, and 2.2 free throws. Among all rookies this year, his statistical performance was only slightly behind Durant.

Although it is difficult to directly judge his strength because of the small number of shots overall. After all, as we all know, digesting shot power is also an ability, Li Chengming's efficiency is still quite eye-catching.

Especially as one of the two most popular rookies at present, compared with Durant, Li Chengming not only has a better team record, but his personal victory contribution is not bad, and his offensive and defensive efficiency is also better.

All are better than Durant.

In addition to being able to have an advantage over Li Chengming in terms of basic statistics, Durant was outclassed by Li Chengming in many high-level and advanced statistics.

Even the domestic media no longer compare Kongshang Yi with him.

The gap between the two has now widened. Although Ah Lian continues to be the starter and can play more than 20 minutes per game, he is still a bit behind Li Chengming.

Domestic fans can say that the Bucks' defenders don't pass the ball, or that the coaching staff doesn't know how to train them, but in fact, after watching the game, you should know that after more than a dozen games in more than a month, Kong Yiyi still seems a little out of place in terms of rhythm.

If it is because of his personal habit of being slow to warm up, then it is not a good thing for him.

In fact, under this situation, the Bucks still did not give up on him, which can be said to be the most benevolent and righteous.
Chapter completed!