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Chapter 232 Fist Fists to Death!

On the field.

The Magic attack.

McGrady holds the ball, accelerates, and rushes to the inside.

At this time, Artest showed his beast's body and confronted McGrady close to him.

Throwing the ball behind him, Jackson was outside the three-point line, raised his hand for a three-pointer and pulled out his hand...

Bang-dang-!
"Jackson's [-]-pointer went wide.

Duncan slapped the basketball out. The basketball belongs to the Magic.

Kidd moved, McGrady also pulled up a three-point jumper..."

Swish-!
Finally, he smashed the basketball into it.

6 to 3! !
The Pacers attack.

The Magic copied the Pacers' homework and also contracted, forcing the Pacers to shoot away from the basket.

Reggie Miller's open-catch [-]-pointer off a screen…

Bang-dang-!
Missed.

Rebounding is still the Magic's.

The Pacers retreated quickly, as if they missed a shot, and immediately began to retreat wisely.

Or positional warfare.

"The Pacers continued to shrink and made it clear they were trying to cover up their weaknesses in rim protection.

Will the Magic do what they want? ’ asked Mike Breen.

As soon as the words fell, Jackson received Kidd's pass in the frontcourt, raised his hand and shot a three-pointer...

Swish-!
9 to 3! !
Li Mu nodded.

The Pacers let the Magic shoot from the outside, and the Magic obeyed and shot from the outside.

If one shot fails, you can make a few more shots.

Regardless of the quality of shots, as long as the number of shots is taken, the pile can also kill the opponent.

Pacers coach Thomas rushed to pace the sidelines with a dignified face.

But there is no way.

This is the crushing of the lineup. Compared with the strength of the inside line, the Pacers can't catch up with the Magic even if they flatter them.

Even if the Magic are fighting blindly now, it is enough to beat the Pacers to death.

Moreover, what worries him most is the Pacers' offense.

Sure enough, when the Magic also shrunk their defense, the Pacers' offensive firepower was a little bit stuck.

There is no strong center inside, and the tough battle is very unfavorable to the Pacers.

Foster is just a blue-collar player, and Harrington's shooting is a bit of a threat.

Of course, it refers to when he has convulsions.

At this time, the offense is a test of the Pacers' perimeter offense.

On the field.

Soon, Thomas was disappointed.

Jaylen Rose's shooting is very bad and he is in a very good state. He will only blindly break through to the inside.

Just right, it fell into the intensive defense of the Magic.

However, this person still likes to play point guard and doesn't know how to organize.

The offensive efficiency is naturally not high.

Reggie Miller has a great reputation and is not reliable in tough battles. After all, he plays off the ball and his offense with the ball is very average.

As a result, the Magic looked at Artest, used his crab step, and crushed Jackson to the inside.

Artest's shooting has no food left.

Wu Sheng is not easy to mess with, and Artest's offense is not efficient.

After the first quarter, the score was 28 to 19, and the Magic led by 9 points.

In the second quarter, Li Mu let Kidd and Duncan continue to play.

Replaced by Redd and Mike Miller who can shoot, and Magloire who can rebound.

When Thomas saw it, his head hurt a little.

The rotation of the Magic is not simple!

Two superstars + three potential new stars.

Looking at their own players, most of them are just making up the numbers.

Bring in Travis Best, Austin Croshire and Jonathan Bender.

Artest and Jaylen Rose continue to play. Although they can't shoot, they shouldn't have a problem bullying rookies.

The game started in the second quarter, and Artest rolled over Mike Miller, entered the inside lane, turned around and made a close shot.

28 to 21! !
Best is also 183. Kidd easily hits back, step by step, arches to the shooting sweet spot, turns over and makes a jumper, and hits a two-pointer.

30 to 21! !
Jaylen Rose forced Reed, and made a small throw from the inside...

Swish-!
30 to 23! !
Reid's defensive level is [-] million points, and he can't stop Jaylen Rose's impact at all.

Fortunately, Reid responded with a three-pointer.

Without the ball, with the cover of his teammates, he made an open three-point jump shot...

Swish-!
33 to 23! !
Miller's defense was also not strong. Artest forced him to stop him except for fouls.

Fortunately, Mike Miller's three-pointer was also returned in the offense.

The second quarter lasted 6 minutes, the two sides played back and forth, and the score fluctuated around 10 points.

enough.

Next, Li Mu replaced Tony Parker, McGrady, Jackson, O'Neal and Magloire.

Pacers, on Reggie Miller and Harrington, and rookie Jamal Tinsley.

Tracy McGrady and Jermaine O'Neal began to exert force

McGrady hits the basket, or breaks through and pulls up, one hit and one shot.

Although Reggie Miller's defense was dirty, he couldn't stop the energetic McGrady.

At the age of 36, the decline in physical function is inevitable.

Jermaine O'Neal singled out Harrington, also unstoppable.

Harrington was originally the master of attacking the strong and defending the weak, and his physical strength could not stop O'Neill.

If the Pacers shrink, Tony Parker immediately plays pick-and-roll tactics with O'Neal.

O'Neal's mid-range shot and Tony Parker's sharp breakthrough will punish the Pacers again.

After the second quarter, the Magic has widened the point difference to 15 points.

After 15 minutes of recuperation, they changed sides and fought again in the second half.

The starting lineups of both sides returned to the field.

Kidd started the game with a three-point jump shot...

The fighting spirit is very straightforward, it is a wave of fighting games to establish victory.

Bang-dang-!
It's just that Kidd overestimated his shooting, especially the three-pointer.

The iron went wide.

O'Neal got a point in the air, took off the offensive rebound strongly, fell behind, and immediately rushed to the basket.

wow~~
Foster can only send O'Neal to the free throw line for free throws.

In other words, it is true that O'Neal Jr. is called "little shark", but he did not suffer from the disease of the big shark.

Jermaine O'Neal didn't miss the free throw, and made a steady hit with two swishes.

The Pacers attack.

The Magic shrink their formation.

The situation of the game is back to the first quarter.

There is no strong center to break the game inside, and there are two big blacksmiths outside.

Can only rely on Reggie Miller's off-ball offense.

The rhythm of the game, the Magic did not deliberately control it, and automatically fell into the Pacers' defensive strategy.

It's just that when the strength is so strong that it can't be stopped, any conspiracy is false.

Little by little, the Magic accumulated a winning advantage.

After the first three quarters, the Magic have led by 25 points.

In this era, there is no tradition of taking shifts and clocking out of get off work.

Good data means worth.

In the fourth quarter of the game, the main force of the Magic team did not go down, and the game was quickly overwhelmed.

Even with a rotation, the Pacers still can't stop it.

hum~~
With the sound of the buzzer, the game time is over.

With a score of 118 to 86, the Magic beat the Magic with 32 points and won 18 consecutive victories in the new season.

Kidd had 16 points, 10 assists and 5 rebounds.

Duncan had 24 points and 12 rebounds.

McGrady had 26 points and 5 rebounds.

Jermaine O'Neal had 19 points and 8 rebounds.

Jackson had 12 points and 4 rebounds.

The core players didn't pull their hips, and the Pacers scored 58 points with a trident outside, and they still had no chance of winning.

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(End of this chapter)