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Chapter 339 Infighting in the Magic Team?
The days that followed were uneventful, but when DeWeese would return became a question often asked by reporters at the Magic's postgame press conference.

In the news conference following the Magic's road win against the Cavaliers on Jan. 1, reporters once again brought up DeWeese's recovery.

"Michael, I haven't seen him appear on the team's training ground until now. I hope he can come back to us in time for the playoffs."

Iverson said to the reporter who asked the question seriously.

"But I don't think it's such a big deal that our team lacks Michael. We're on the right path now, and we're still number one in the league, aren't we?" Then, Iverson said such a remark, and the reporters below were in an uproar.

On the side, O'Neill looked at Iverson with a dissatisfied expression. He took the microphone and interjected directly.

"Michael is our backbone. With Michael, we can finish the season with a victory!"

On the side, D'Antoni hastily announced the end of the press conference.

The next day, the papers were full of things like: "Magic can win without Davis."

"Infighting at the press conference."

"The Magic don't need Davis."

"The back waves of the Yangtze River push the front waves?"

"The ungrateful Iverson?"

At the same time, Iverson and Davis were reading these newspapers in the locker room, and they couldn't straighten their waists from laughing.

"Aaron, you guys are really talented in acting. Look at those reporters, they are almost limped by fools."

"Hahahaha, I also thought of it on the spur of the moment, who knew they would take it seriously."

O'Neal walked up to the two of them with a piece of pizza.

"Isn't anyone exaggerating Mr. Shark's performance?"

"Shaq, it's a pity that you don't get a statuette for your performance." Davis gave O'Neal a thumbs up.

After the Magic team won 15 consecutive victories at the beginning of the season, they lost to the Kings and Bulls in a row, but since then, they have not lost a game. After winning the Cavaliers yesterday, they have another wave of 14 consecutive victories.

At this time, O'Neill rolled his eyes and sat down beside the two of them.

"Hey, guys, I have a good idea, do you want to listen to it?" O'Neill waved around.

"Guys, come here!"

Looking at the circle of curious babies around him, O'Neill danced there.

"We are so and so, so and so."

D'Antoni, who also came over out of curiosity, heard O'Neal's bad idea, couldn't help but shook his head with a wry smile.

Three days later, the Magic played against the New Jersey Nets at home.

During the pre-match appearance, the reporters and commentators on the sidelines discovered a remarkable event.

O'Neal, who played in the finale, didn't even interact with Iverson when he passed by Iverson!
"It seems that some conflicts occurred within the Magic team. I don't know if it was an accident or it was indeed what we thought."

But the first ball after the opening once again confirmed the guesses of the people who eat melons.

Iverson, who was in possession of the ball, turned a blind eye to O'Neal, who was beckoning inside. His stubborn singles almost knocked down Kenny Anderson who was defending him. However, after breaking into the inside, O'Neal did not help Iverson block the "big bamboo pole" Sean Bradley behind him. Iverson's layup was slapped on the backboard by Bradley.

After landing, Iverson didn't rush back to defense, but stood there as if he was arguing with O'Neal.

"Dude, why don't you block people for me?"

O'Neal rolled his eyes, ignored Iverson, and ran directly to the backcourt.

Iverson returned to the backcourt with an unhappy face.

But he was too slow to return to defense. The Nets got more opportunities to play in the frontcourt, and PJ Brown made an open mid-range shot.

This time it was O'Neill's turn to be unhappy.

When he passed by the late Iverson, he kept mumbling something.

The melon-eating crowd off the court are almost climaxing.

The league's No. [-] team has internal and external strife. Is there any better news than this?

The rhythm of the Magic's entire game was completely split, it was pure inside and outside singles, Iverson played after O'Neal, O'Neal played after Garnett. . .

Although relying on the strength far higher than the Nets, the Magic still won this game, but the season averaged 32 assists per game. The Magic, which ranks first in the league, only had a total of 14 assists in this game, which was less than half of the season average.

At the post-match press conference, D'Antoni sat on the table with a gloomy face.

"Is there a problem with our team? No, no, no, the atmosphere in our team is very good, there is no conflict."

Facing D'Antoni's very official reply, the reporters in the audience rolled their eyes in unison.

"Do you all think we are blind? In this game, Iverson didn't pass the ball to O'Neal once..."

But participating in the press conference, O'Neal and Iverson, who were sitting on the left and right of D'Antoni, both denied the news of conflicts in the team.

However, this cannot stop the "hot-eyed" reporters and the management of other teams.

The next day, trade inquiries about O'Neal and Iverson filled DeWeese's desk.

With a helpless face, Davis stuffed all the faxes directly into the shredder, and then ran to the training ground to give O'Neal and Iverson a lesson.

It is worth mentioning that when Davis came to the training ground, O'Neal was competing with Iverson for three-pointers. . .

The disheartened O'Neill looked at Davis with a black face, and smiled like a child weighing three hundred pounds.

In the next game two days later, the Magic played against the Bucks at home. Bucks coach Butch Baird was in the locker room, grasping the contradictions of the Magic and pouring a wave of chicken soup to the players.

The Bucks players who thought they could win came onto the court screaming, vowing to end the Magic's winning streak.

In the Magic's starting list, Iverson's name was unexpectedly absent.

It wasn't until O'Neal was off that D'Antoni put Iverson on the field.

This made Butch Baird even more excited, and he felt that his team was only one step away from victory.

However, the Bucks performed very well in this game. Glenn Robinson scored 31 points, Vin Baker scored 29 points, and the two combined for 60 points.

O'Neal played 24 minutes and Iverson also played 24 minutes. The two "jointly" scored 56 points, 18 rebounds and 11 assists, plus Garnett's 18 points, Klay's 18 points, and Horry's 15 points. The Magic still easily won the game.

"I think our team has a chance, but today except for Wen and Glenn, the others feel too bad. I have every reason to believe that we have the strength to win this game."

On the other side, O'Neill and Iverson with cold faces almost hurt their stomachs from laughing.

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