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Chapter 344 70 wins are a matter of course

Sure enough, in the game three days later, the Magic faced Philadelphia away and clocked off work in three quarters. Iverson faced his home team in his previous life without mercy. He scored 35 points, 4 rebounds, 7 assists and 4 steals in three quarters. O'Neal and Garnett also scored 21+8 and 14+11 respectively.

The Magic easily beat Philadelphia by 23 points.

The next day, the Magic rushed to Charlotte for back-to-back away games with the Hornets.

The Hornets drafted George Zidek from UCLA this year.

That's right, it was Zidek, the core of UCLA that Iverson played in the NCAA finals.

However, one of the two is the No. 22 pick, while the other is the [-]nd pick.

Zidek was injured in the first season of his career. He missed the most important pre-season training time with the team. Although the Hornets were willing to give Zidek a chance, his answers were really unsatisfactory, averaging 4 points and 3 rebounds per game.

According to the impression of DeWeese in his previous life, this unlucky guy seems to have played less than 7 games in seven seasons in his career, and he can only play more than 200 games per season on average.

The Hornets' record so far this season is 26 wins and 27 losses, which is almost over half, but in the East, this record can only be ranked No. 10. For comparison, this record in the West can be ranked seventh.

Therefore, although it is back-to-back and away games, the Hornets still did not pose any threat to the Magic.

“大妈”拉里-约翰逊进入了自己职业生涯的巅峰期，27岁的他场均可以贡献20分8篮板6助攻，这场比赛也17投11中，砍下27分。

But it's hard to support alone, the Magic scored 20 points and there were only 4 people. . . .

Iverson had 23 points, O'Neal had 24 points, Garnett had 20 points, and Clay had 21 points. The four teamed up to score a full 88 points.

After the Magic lost to the Bulls, they won two consecutive back-to-back away games.

After returning to Orlando to rest for two days, the Magic once again played against the Hornets at home. . . .

After being beaten 123-97 in the last game, the Hornets are about to come to the home court of the Magic before they recover. . . . .

The Magic only took half of the game to defeat the Hornets who had no fighting spirit.

Although Bristow poured chicken soup during the intermission, the Hornets launched a counterattack against the Magic's substitute in the second half, but the holes dug in the first two quarters were too big, and the Hornets still lost by five points in the end.

D'Antoni sat very firmly, even when the minimum point difference was only 2 points, he did not replace the main force.

And Horry, Cole, Mason and others did not disappoint D'Antoni, or let the Magic team down. They finally maintained their lead and won the game.

Two days later, the Magic beat the No. 106 Suns in the West 122-[-] at home.

Charles - I just can rebound - Barkley had a huge double-double with 21 points and 15 rebounds, but it didn't help. . .

After the three-game winning streak, there were four consecutive victories, five consecutive victories, and finally, the Magic were not so strong this time. They were beaten by Reggie Miller of the Pacers in the away game and lost their fourth game of the season.

When the season reached the end of March, the regular season had played a full 63 games, and the Magic's record was 7 wins and 2 losses, completely widening the gap with the No.[-] Bulls.

Jordan obviously kept his strength at the end of the season. After all, he is 33 years old this year. It is no longer the time when he was 26 or 7 years old. The Bulls have lost 11 games, but this is enough for them to sit firmly in the second place in the league.

"Are you going to hit 70 wins this season?" D'Antoni asked DeWeese after a practice.

DeWeese, who was wiping his face with a towel, thought for a while and said to D'Antoni: "Mike, I don't think this is a problem. 70 wins should be a matter of course for us."

Now the Magic team's internal training has quietly changed. Although Finley was still the third position in the official game, he has been transferred to the substitute lineup during training.

Davis, Iverson, Clay, Garnett and O'Neal are now the Magic's starting lineup for training games.

And seeing DeWeese seamlessly integrated into the lineup that has been playing together for a season, not only did not destroy the team's chemical reaction, but also brought the team's strength to a higher level. Everyone in the Magic, including D'Antoni, began to look forward to how much shock the team with all members in the playoffs could bring to the league.

However, it has been agreed that Davis will be hidden in the regular season, so he will not play in the remaining [-] regular season games. "Fortunately, Shaq and Kevin came back in time, otherwise we would have lost a few more games. The next two games are all against the Knicks. Without Shaq, we really have no good way to take Patrick."

Just a while ago, O'Neal and Garnett were injured successively. Fortunately, they were all minor injuries, but this also reminded the Magic.

"Next, the physical fitness test will be conducted once a day, and the players who are at risk of injury will be rotated. Although our substitute lineup is not as strong as last year, it can still withstand it." Davis thought about it and raised the standard for the physical fitness test of the players.

D'Antoni nodded, and that was exactly what he wanted to say.

In the next game, Garnett and O'Neal, who had just returned from injury, were all left in Orlando, and the rest rushed to the distant Toronto to challenge the Raptors.

To be honest, the Raptors haven't figured out the rules of the NBA yet. Unlike the Magic with the help of Davis, they walked on the right path very early. Now they are still hovering in the lottery zone, working hard for their first playoffs.

But this season, their efforts failed again.

With 18 wins and 51 losses, the Raptors are very hopeful to hit this year's No. [-] pick. . . .

Even without O'Neal and Garnett, the two absolute main players, the Magic is still an invincible team relative to the Raptors.

They lost a full 40 points at home.

The high-flying Iverson scored 40 points and 11 assists. Under Iverson's tandem, Clay made 14 of 10 three-pointers and only scored one two-pointer. . .No free throws, scored 32 points, 6 rebounds and 1 assist.

Now, more and more people have compared Clay to Glen Rice of the Hornets. The two are considered to be the most accurate marksmen in the league.

but. . .Having said that, Cole has something to say, because in the team training game, Cole only lost three-pointers to Davis alone.

Therefore, Clay's good performance against the Raptors stimulated Cole. . .

(End of this chapter)