The Wizards made a big move in the summer. I mentioned it before, but I will say it again briefly. They acquired Atkins and Caron Butler from the Lakers in a sign-and-trade; signed Antonio Daniels from the SuperSonics; and renewed the contract of Michael
Ruffin; Wizards signed second-round pick Andre Blache; signed Calvin Booth to Bucks; sent away No. 1 draft pick Kwame Brown, LaRon Pollaford, and Larry Hughes to free signings
The knight.
Although Hughes left, Butler came, and he can be said to be evenly matched. Although Kwame Brown has a great reputation, his actual contribution to the Wizards is very small, while Atkins and Daniels are excellent back-end players.
Field players can allow the Wizards to maintain their firepower when Arenas is resting, so overall the Wizards' strength has improved slightly.
"Good evening, viewers, and welcome to the Washington Wizards vs. Orlando Magic home game brought to you by abc. This game will be narrated by Hubie Brown, Mike Trick and Wizards legend Elvin Hayes.
I'm Mike Trick. Okay, before the game starts, let's predict the outcome according to the old rules. Which team are you all optimistic about? Ervin?"
After listening to Trick's question, Elvin Hayes, the legendary player of the Wizards and a powerful power forward selected into the top 50, laughed, "Mike, do you think I will choose the Magic? Of course it is the Wizards. Our current record is better than
If the Magic is good, they will definitely win this game."
The other two people also laughed after hearing Hayes' unabashed support for the home team, "Okay, I actually support the Wizards, so according to the rules Hubby, you can only choose the Magic." Mike Trick was worried that he would be left out in the end.
, and quickly expressed his views.
Old Hubie Brown looked at the chicken thief Trick and smiled helplessly, and then said, "Okay, then I can only support the Magic. But to be honest, the Magic still have a great chance of winning this game. Erwin
I can understand supporting the Wizards. Why do you support the Wizards so much? Please give me a reason."
Trick thought for a while, "It's very simple. The Magic can't guard the Wizards' backcourt, especially Arenas. I even doubt whether they can cause enough interference to the Wizards' backcourt; and the Wizards' Haywood can be the biggest
Limit the Magic's insiders to a certain extent. One positive and one negative, I don't think the Magic has much chance of winning."
"It makes sense, but I am still skeptical. I have played against Paul Edison before, and I know the level of this young man very well. He must have thought about this problem, so I believe he will solve it."
At this time, Hayes interjected, "Not necessarily, that guy's attention is obviously not on basketball right now, he is worried about women."
After saying that, he gave the two people a "you know" look, and then the three of them burst into laughter.
While the three people were joking, the players from the two teams came out to prepare for the game.
The Wizards' starting lineup is point guard Arenas, shooting guard Daniels (it doesn't matter if you switch the positions of these two), small forward Butler, power forward Jamison, and center Haywood.
The Magic's starting lineup is point guard Nash, shooting guard Iguodala, small forward Wallace, power forward Brand, and center Howard.
"Through this starting lineup, we can see that although the team led by Edison plays very passionately, he still puts defense first in his heart. He first stabilizes his own position and then looks for other people's troublesome coaches. He does not
Choose Martin or Hardaway to score points with the Wizards, but choose Wallace and Iguodala to limit Arenas and Butler." Hubie Brown analyzed the Magic's thinking on the starting lineup. "Another interesting thing is
The information is that Brandon Roy, whom Edison has always been optimistic about, was activated from the injured list today. In theory, he can participate in the game. However, according to previous information feedback, he should just be able to practice with the whole team and will play today.
The chances are slim.”….
With Howard beating Haywood with a jump ball, the game officially began.
There was no special pressing or zone defense, but the Wizards players had an inexplicable aura about them, and everyone was closely guarding their own players.
For the Magic, this game is just a civil war between powerful rivals in the Eastern Conference. It is related to the ranking in the playoffs. At best, it is a two-game game. So although Edison and others attach great importance to
Competition, but still with a relatively peaceful mentality and no special concern.
But the Wizards feel that this game is of great significance, because they were eliminated by the Magic in the playoffs last season, so this game is a battle of revenge for them. Therefore, even the newcomer Butler
and Atkins were also affected by other influences, and were extremely excited. It can be said that the desire of the Wizards players to win this game can be written in blood.
Nash immediately noticed this change in the Wizards. This had nothing to do with his ability to read the game. It was really the Wizards' performance that was too obvious. Everyone's expressions seemed to be eating people. Intuitively speaking, the current Wizards are
Everyone wore a Garnett mask.
Facing Arenas who was constantly approaching him, Nash was very distressed. He was tall, handsome and rich, and he should be elegant and unrestrained. He didn't want to compete physically with others. So he raised his hand, and a strong guy came.
separated Arenas.
After Howard's screen, Nash smoothly rushed into the Magic's inside. On the opposite side, Haywood wanted to pass back to Howard, but this idea failed because Howard did not rush to the basket at high speed as usual.
After completing the screen, when Howard turned around, he found that Arenas was blocking him in front of him. Although the difference in strength between the two was obvious, Howard was already slower than usual when he squeezed Arenas away.
Several steps.
From Arenas's behavior, it is not difficult to see the current mentality of the Wizards players. And again, the boss of the team has done this, how can the other juniors have the nerve to deal with it?
Without Howard as a connecting point, Nash had no choice but to attack on his own. Facing Haywood, Nash made two consecutive changes of direction, and Haywood was deceived. However, he still turned around forcefully and interfered before Nash took action.
With a "clang" sound, the ball hit the basket and fell out.
When Nash shot the ball, he already knew that the ball was going to hang, so he shouted "rebound." However, Howard was blocked by Haywood, while Brand and Jamison on the other side were stuck in each other's positions, with their arms and legs twisted.
together.
Both Jamison and Brand have a particularly outstanding advantage. They are the few among the league's top stars who are willing to fight inside. Others, even inside players like Duncan and Garnett, do not like to go to the basket and fight with people.
Competing, they are not willing to do this kind of hard work, and if they are exhausted, they will have fun when they meet each other.
Jamison and Brand are not. They don't mind this. They can even focus on blocking and let their teammates pick up rebounds.
Jamison's jumping is very good, both in terms of height and continuous take-off ability. However, his height is only 206cm, which can only be regarded as a basic inside height, and he is a little short of tonnage.
But he was in a very good position now. He stuck out his butt, spread his arms, blocked Brand behind him in a posture similar to that of an eagle catching a chicken, and then pocketed the rebound.
The Wizards are also a team in the league that prefers to play fast breaks. This is not a tactical arrangement, but purely due to the players' style.
Arenas, Jamison and Butler are all very impactful. The rim is bigger than the moon in their eyes. They like to sprint towards the rim whenever they have the opportunity...
So as soon as Jamison grabbed the rebound, Butler and Arenas ran towards the Magic's basket like two wild dogs. And Jamison used a one-handed long pass from a football quarterback.
Send the ball to the frontcourt.
At this time, none of the Magic players had reacted, and they were still staying in the Wizards' half.
"Good opportunity, the Wizards succeeded in a fast break. Arenas did not choose to attack by himself, but knocked the ball on the backboard, and Butler followed up with a tomahawk that shocked everyone. Tsk, tsk, tsk, this ball is smashed
So domineering." Trick was full of praise for the Wizards' fast break.
Edison off the court rushed to the sideline immediately after seeing the ball, yelling at Iguodala and Wallace, accusing them of not returning to defense immediately.
Iguodala and Wallace were also very angry. They usually played fast breaks like this, but they didn't expect that they would be pecked in the eye by the hawk all the time, and the Wizards would return one.
Not only Iguodala was angry, but others were also angry.
So under the leadership of Nash, the Magic pushed forward at a high speed as usual. After a pick-and-roll with Brand, Nash passed back and Brand stepped on the free throw line and made a shot.
"The Magic's offense is really fast, 8 seconds or less, and now Brand is completely adapted to this rhythm. If he chooses to shoot from the high post, the attack will take even less time. Edison's vision is really
Yes, many people initially doubted whether Brand could adapt to his style of play, but now it seems that they were completely overly worried." Hubie Brown has a very good impression of Edison. Once he gets the opportunity, he can't help it.
Praise this humble young man.
"That's right. But through the opening two goals, we can see that both teams used their full strength from the beginning, without any tentative warm-up at all. Especially the Wizards, look at how active each of them is. Just now Brand made a shot
That ball, Jamison jumped so high in defense, I could feel his passion while sitting on the sidelines." Naturally, Hayes couldn't let the visiting team do the best, so he began to praise the home team's players.
Before coming to Washington, Edison thought that this game would be difficult, but he did not expect that the reality was more cruel than he imagined.
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Just a few words, some readers may know that it is very turbulent now.
The first news I heard yesterday was that my editor Dong Gua had resigned. To be honest, I didn’t want to write anymore at that time.
My work now is different from before. I no longer have so much free time to write a book, and I will be even busier in May. I can still insist on writing this book. The biggest motivation is winter melon, not for others.
Yes, just want to prove it to her.
Although she may not care at all about me, an author who is not even qualified to say that I am in trouble.
But the latest news today is that Winter Melon is not leaving, so I will persist until the moment I finish the book.
