After defeating the Clippers, Edison took the initiative to hug and bless his old subordinates Marion and Diaw.
The two old men behaved completely differently towards Edison's proactive overtures. Marion still had a look of disdain that was incompatible with people on earth. He hugged Edison, looked at Thibodeau, and pointed in the direction of Nash. Marion's
This performance made Edison very entangled, completely making you wonder what he was thinking, and even "forced" Edison to think, "Even if this grandson scolds me, I can at least know that he is very angry now."
Compared to Marion's weird performance, Diaw was much more enthusiastic. He hugged Edison tightly after the game, then kept patting Edison on the back and said "thnkyou" with a French accent.
Diaw is indeed very grateful to Edison. When he was with the Hawks, he didn't get any opportunities at all. He didn't adapt to the NBA. The basketball concept of the past ten years was completely subverted here. He didn't know how to play, or even how to play in the NBA.
American life.
Dior has considered returning to Europe more than once, to the place that truly belongs to him.[
Just when Dior was most confused and bewildered, Edison suddenly appeared in front of him. To use the most romantic French words to describe it, Edison was like a light at that moment, leading Dior out of the quagmire and taking him with him.
Took a completely different life path.
Although Edison later traded Diaw away, Diaw understood it very well. Edison did not do this out of personal anger or other personal reasons. It was entirely due to differences in the basketball concepts of the two people. That is, if Edison did not trade Diaw, he would wait for one or two days.
Diaw will also choose to leave Edison next season.
But in the end, Edison was extremely kind to Diaw and traded him to the Clippers. Although some people may think that Edison traded Diaw to a bad team, Diaw didn't think so. He saw that - this is
A team without a core insider is just right for its own performance.
Of course, Edison did not think this way when the transaction was made. This was completely French wishful thinking.
After exchanging feelings with old friends, Edison followed the players into the tunnel, preparing to wash up.
But before he entered the tunnel, Edison saw a look of regret and disappointment on Thibodeau's face.
"What's wrong? What did you think of?" Edison looked sideways at Thibodeau and couldn't help but ask.
"The Cavaliers just chased for 6 points in the last 40 seconds. James defeated the Utah Jazz and climbed above us again. Damn it, I originally expected them to help us defeat the Cavaliers, but who would have thought that Sloan's team would also
He will be defeated by a decisive victory." Thibodeau said with a regretful look on his face, as if he had just spent a lot of money to come and leave, only to switch and find that the original price could include a night package.
"It doesn't matter, the results of our two teams are still the same. We don't care about others. Successful people never place their hopes on others' mistakes, but strive for it themselves. As long as we play well, we can win more wins.
There will definitely be a good result in the end. But Sloan's team has a history of being overturned at the last minute, right? Michael did similar things to them many times back then."
Because the game started late, the Magic did not rush to return to Orlando overnight after the game, but waited until the next morning.
Of course, the players also took the opportunity to enjoy the feasting and feasting night in Los Angeles.
After the game against the Clippers, the Magic ushered in a relatively simple schedule, encountering the Bucks, Nets and 76ers with Iverson injured.
Because their opponents were too weak, the Magic easily won each game, scoring 110 points in all three games, and the point difference was more than 10 points.
Especially in the game against the 76ers, facing this veteran team, the Magic scored a high score of 132 points, beating the opponent by 28 points. It is really embarrassing that the former team of kings has fallen to this point.
But this is also the greatest charm of competitive sports.
In this game, because there is no Iverson, Nash does not have to worry about being intercepted, and his technical movements are extremely skillful and bold. For a team as talented as the Magic, their limit is not their body, but their brain.
, is imagination. So the Water House Center once again became the scene of the All-Star Dunk Contest.
Because it has entered the final stage, Edison has also begun to deliberately adjust the physical condition of the players. Thinking of core players like Nash and Brand, Edison suppresses their playing time and no longer makes them start from scratch like they did at the beginning of the game.
to the end.
Nash only played 31 minutes in this game, 5 minutes less than usual. But his data is still astounding, 12 points and 22 assists. This is also the fourth time this season that Nash has 20 assists. After this game, he
111 assists once again led the league in assists, 13 ahead of second-place Kidd. And with Yao Ming's comeback on the Rockets, the ratio of Kidd's passes into assists will definitely be affected to some extent, so judging from this trend, although
There are still nearly two months until the end of the regular season, but Nash almost took the title of assists leader in advance.
Nash's assists naturally converted into scores for the Magic's other insiders except Brand. Because Brand's playing time was reduced in this game, Josh Smith once again got 24 minutes of playing time.
After experiencing the boring low-post offense in the game against the Clippers, the dunk king finally figured out that scoring at the rim is what suits him best at this stage.[
As a close friend, Howard will naturally help his friends, so Josh almost got Nash's feed to the maximum extent, scoring 30 points, 7 rebounds and 4 blocks, becoming the most dazzling player in the game.
star.
Josh's explosive performance even made the veteran All-Star Webber lose his mind. Two minutes into the fourth quarter, the 76ers were already lagging behind, and when the game was about to lose suspense, Josh once again lost his mind.
Dunk Weber.
After Josh caught the ball, he took off with Weber and dunked the ball into the basket. After the ball was dunked in, Josh hung his body on the basket and did not land immediately due to the protection of his body.
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Josh's slightly presumptuous move completely annoyed Weber. The most gorgeous power forward in history hit Josh at that time, and Josh, who was unprepared, was directly lifted off the basket by him. That is to say, he has a good character, Valle
Joe happened to be where he landed and supported him, otherwise Josh would most likely fall to the ground.
But the Magic players couldn't bear Webb's move. Roy rushed forward and pushed Webb's chest with his head. Wallace also surrounded him immediately and pushed Webber from behind. The two figures
Weber was stuck in the middle of the hamburger like a patty. He kept smacking his mouth and seemed to get into a fight if he disagreed.
The saddest thing about the 76ers at this time is that without Iverson, they can't not only play, but also fight. Webber was surrounded by a magic circle, and none of his teammates could come over to help him. They were all watching dumbly.
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That is to say, the incident occurred near the baseline, and the referee happened to be there. The referee immediately went over and separated the three people. Then he first gave Roy and Wallace a level 1 flagrant foul, and then turned to give Webber a level 2 flagrant foul.
A flagrant foul and he was ejected directly.
After Weber was expelled, the 76ers lost all hope of a comeback. But from another perspective, driving Weber out is actually a kind of protection for him. If the Magic players keep this grudge in their hearts and make a bad move in the game, then
The 76ers are even worse.
Not only did the Magic players quit because of Weber's behavior, but the fans at the scene couldn't bear it anymore. You know, this is the Waterhouse Center, the home court of the Magic, and you, a visiting team player, dare to act wild here.
So immediately a large number of empty bottles, popcorn buckets and other garbage were thrown on the visiting team's bench. Although the visiting team players and coaches were unhappy with this kind of treatment, they could only endure it, but they also reported to the league officials on duty
Complaint, let them remember this detail, and appealed to the league after the game.
But in comparison, the players on the visiting team's bench were pretty good, and the protagonist of the incident, Webber, was even worse.
During the 4 or 5-meter walk into the players' tunnel, spectators on both sides expressed their dissatisfaction with his behavior with a large amount of popcorn and drinks. Some fans even stood directly above the players' tunnel and threw them down.
The drink was poured directly on Weber.
After the fans finished pouring the water, the Magic staff in charge of the order of the field arrived in time, stopped and educated the fan, and asked him to leave the tunnel. However, this behavior changed its meaning to the eyes, "Where is this?"
You are here to stop me. If you want to stop me, come out early. You can wait until I am soaked through. You are obviously here to protect others, and you are afraid that I will rush out and fight with them."
In fact, the Magic staff thought so too, but from another perspective, they were also protecting Webber. If Webber really rushed into the audience, regardless of whether he hit anyone or not, the league would directly impose a $5,000 fine, and then in
Suspended based on circumstances.
But after all, Weber has been in the league for 10 years. Although he is unhappy, he knows that the market is not on his side now and knows that he can't do anything at this time. He can only return to the locker room angrily and vent his anger to the locker.
anger.
The conflict between the two teams also became the focus of attention at the press conference after the game.
Edison once again showed his protective side, placing all the responsibility on Weber's head, and exaggerating the danger of Weber's action to the greatest extent. As for the subsequent actions of Roy and Wallace, Edison downplayed it.
"There is no doubt that what they did was wrong. But I believe they meant it. They just wanted to comment with Weber and had no other thoughts. It's just that their behavior was a bit too fast and excited."
Although Edison made it sound like two people were wrongly accused, everyone knew what was going on, and the Magic did not appeal to the league about this penalty.
However, for the purpose of encouraging players, Edison followed the usual practice and applied for the team to help two people pay a total of US$5,000 in fines.
