Many Magic fans believe that the team's misfortune is related to one person, and that is Knicks manager Chris Mullin.

Originally, the Magic had a chance to win the championship in 2009, but Mullin traded Marion and Randolph in the middle of the year, and the strength of the Warriors was raised to a notch, which made the Magic Finals suffer the shame of being swept.

Later, Mullin poached Anderson and Reddick. The two of them didn't like magic at the time, but they did well after leaving. And the Walker and Azubuike sent by the Knicks were all injured, and the two played badly after their comeback. Evans switched to another team when his contract expired.

It's a bit wrong to blame Mullin for saying this, and he doesn't want those two people to be injured, especially Azubuuk, who has no hidden injuries, which is purely a natural and man-made disaster.

Defensively tightened, D'Antoni replaced Turkoglu for Azubuk.

Azubuke is the Magic's best defensive perimeter player. Back then, the Magic had Bogans, Petrus, Barnes on the outside, and Gortat on the inside to defend, but now they're all gone. Van Gundy always wanted to step up the offense, so he brought in Carter, Richardson, and Bill Walker, and it turned out that he was thinking wrong, and it is no wonder that Howard will have a conflict with him, and the Magic have been going the wrong way.

Azubuke was ordered to defend Zhou Xuan, and Van Gundy thought that Azubuuk was more familiar with Zhou Xuan.

Azubuk was eager to tell the coach. "He's familiar with me, right? He knows all my shortcomings! I just know that I can't stop him! ”

Saying that would only make the coach hate himself, so Azubuike kept his mouth shut. He guessed that Van Gundy should leave after the season, and he would accept any arrangement.

Zhou Xuan continued to defend Nelson, and when he got to the front court, he had a tight heel, forcing the opponent to pass the ball, and then continued to follow the defense. It is difficult for Nelson to get rid of him, there is no advantage over his body, relying on the cover to catch the ball, Zhou Xuan will also quickly bypass the screener to interfere in front of him. After passing a few times, Richardson received the ball and made a dry jump shot, and Battier had already sealed his eyes in place, and he still shot, and it felt good. 14 to 7.

The Knicks attacked, and Azubuke followed Zhou Xuan. Zhou Xuan waved his teammates away, and Azubuike knew that it was going to be bad.

Zhou Xuan continued to dribble under his crotch, took a step to the left, and then dribbled under his crotch to the right side. Azubuke moved sideways to follow, and as soon as his left foot stepped on it, Zhou Xuan pulled the ball up with his right hand, and strode to the left side and turned around at the moment when the two of them were attached. Anthony and Pierce are good at the movements that Zhou Xuan makes more quickly.

Clark followed Gallinari on the right side, Richardson and Battier were in the bottom corner, no one made up for the defense, Zhou Xuan turned around and made a 70-degree emergency stop jump shot, added a small back, the ball arced very high, hollow into the net, 16-7. He scored his 14th point.

The Magic players all pulled out, and Davis received the ball in the middle after blocking and dismantling Zhou Xuan jumped again, this time with a good hand. 16 to 9.

Back on the defensive end, the Magic took a wrap, Zhou Xuan drew the defense to the basket, and Davis fouled Chandler. Chandler hit one of two free throws to make it 17-9.

The Magic's offensive rhythm was very slow, Richardson forced a shot in the face of Battier, the rebound was picked up by Gallinari, and the Knicks pulled away again, allowing Zhou Xuan to play alone.

Zhou Xuan took a step at the top of the arc, holding the ball in his right hand and approaching with his left hand. Azubuk lowered his center of gravity, guessing that Zhou Xuan was about to break through, the two often went head-to-head when they were in a team, Zhou Xuan broke through in various tricks, and there was no reason to be polite to him. This mentality made him fall into Zhou Xuan's trap. Of course, the training is mainly based on breakthroughs, because Zhou Xuan is mainly practicing that, and now it is not practice.

Zhou Xuan took the ball and got up, stepped back and took a quick shot outside the three-point line, Azubuike hurriedly rushed forward to seal his eyes, which played a role, Zhou Xuan shot a little big, but it was very positive, smashed the rebound and bounced in, and he scored his 17th point. 20 to 9.

Despite the fact that the goal was in the middle of the game, the fans stood up and applauded.

The Magic attacked, Nelson and Clark blocked, jumped away from Gallinari, and went to the basket to Chandler to make up for the defense.

Nelson's ability to split the ball is already average, with only six assists at its peak last season and an average of five per game this season. 4, Chandler let go of Davis to block his shooting route, he couldn't see Davis at all, and passed to Richardson nearby. Battier was experienced and went around in time to break the basketball.

Zhou Xuan saw Battier stretching out his hand and ran to the front. Battier was experienced and passed to Matthews who started on the left side first, and at this time Zhou Xuan also shook off Davis. Matthews made a long pass to the front court, Zhou Xuan received the ball near the free throw line, and scored the basketball on the spot, scoring his 19th personal point. 22 to 9.

The counterattack was misplaced, Azubuke could only follow Matthews, and he couldn't care about Zhou Xuan, Nelson broke through to the inside, and if he didn't score, he would be in trouble. Nelson can't help but break through, otherwise his role will be too small.

Magic attacked, Nelson passed to Richardson on the side, and then the middle and Davis covered without the ball to take the ball and rush to the baseline. Chandler was a little slower to get out of the game, and Nelson made a 45-degree pullup jumper. He doesn't like to look for rebounds, and 45 degrees is also a hollow shot. 22 to 11.

In the next round, Zhou Xuan ran back to catch the ball and hit a three-point iron, and Azubuike successfully interfered with him. Just to prevent the next time, Azubuk even developed a little sense of accomplishment. He only feels this way when he faces scorers of Kobe Bryant and Anthony. Zhou Xuan is no longer inferior to those few.

The Magic players kept passing the ball and played patiently. With Davis here, they can't play fast-breaking. Richardson's jumper went wide and the rebound was grabbed by Chandler. Zhou Xuan, Matthews, and Gallinari made a quick attack.

This is the coach's arrangement, resolutely go fast, grab the shot when you have the opportunity, and it is difficult for the Magic to grab the rebound in the frontcourt. Matthews grabbed a three-point shot and didn't score, Gallinari grabbed the frontcourt rebound above Davis's head, Clark also returned to the basket, and Gallinari passed the ball to the perimeter for Zhou Xuan to reorganize.

Azubuike was close, Zhou Xuan withdrew two meters outside the three-point line after taking the ball and turned to face the frame, Gallinari pulled out to cover, Zhou Xuan rushed to the left side to face Clark, and thought of two possibilities. One is that Azubuuk chases the defense, then Gallinari is empty, and the side Nelson is too short, and it is useless to make up the defense. The second is not to chase, he will go head-to-head with Clark.

Zhou Xuan slapped the ball with his left hand, turned his head and glanced at Gallinari, his left hand shook sharply in the direction of Gallinari, and made a fake action of passing.

Azubuk wanted to chase after him, but he hurriedly stopped. Clark stopped when he tried to step forward. The ball didn't get to Gallinari and stayed where it was. When Zhou Xuan did this, his body moved a little to the left, his right leg suddenly exerted force, changed his right hand to hold the ball, and rushed past Clark at full speed.

Fake fax suddenly, Zhou Xuan pulled the ball up in one step, jumped to the edge of the left penalty area, shot with a high board with his left hand, Davis turned to make up for the defense, and before he could jump the ball, it flew over his head, and the board fell into the basket. 24 to 11, Zhou Xuan's personal 21st point.

Yang Jian sighed: "Zhou Xuan really dares to play, Clark was stunned, he only needs to take a step forward and reach out to break the ball." ”

Su Qun said: "He is likely to set a playoff personal single-game scoring record, as long as he plays more time, the Magic defense is too poor." Azubuuk was originally a Knicks man, he signed a full-length mid-range, and I wonder if Lu Dao will regret being on a weak team. ”

The answer is no, because he just wants money, and the championship Azubuk already has it.

The Magic couldn't attack, and Van Gundy yelled at the players to "defend." He didn't want Zhou Xuan to lose with a high score.

It doesn't matter if he shouts like this, Azubuke is actively chasing the defense, Zhou Xuan passed to the middle, Gallinari took the ball and shot three points, and threaded the needle into the net. 27 to 11.

Zhou Xuan had the second assist, and the difference was stretched to 16 points, and the game was over with 4 minutes left.

The Magic strengthened their defense against Zhou Xuan, with Clark blocking in front and Azubuke chasing behind. Zhou Xuan took the easiest way and passed to Matthews to single-handedly pick out Nelson.

Nelson, who is 183cm tall, is strong and weighs 86kg, but his opponent Matthews is stronger and has a height of 196cm. Matthews leaned his back against Nelson and turned around to shoot and hit two shots in a row on the right side.

The Magic were completely depressed, Van Gundy didn't make adjustments, and their backup point guard Dujon was even weaker, only 185CM, with average shooting and average defense.

Du Hong played a season of starting guard when he was with the Knicks, and his statistics were good under the run-and-gun system, and in the 2008-2009 season, many people compared Du Hong and Zhou Xuan, thinking that they were the same category. As a result, after the change of teams, Dujon only had 3. 7 points 2. 4 assists, which is a fraction of Zhou Xuan's data.

Zhou Xuan relied on the off-ball cover, ran to get rid of it, and chose to be on the side with Gallinari and Matthews, as long as the magic assisted in defense, Matthews could pass at close range, which made up for Matthews's poor passing awareness. It doesn't matter if you can't see the empty space, I'll run to you.

Matthews made a close-range pass, Zhou Xuan cut to the inside, Davis could only make up for the defense, and pulled Zhou Xuan when the speed could not keep up. Zhou Xuan threw the ball out with one hand, and missed the penalty shot.

After hitting both free throws, Zhou Xuan scored his 23rd point.

This is not over, with 1 minute and 26 seconds left, the Knicks counterattacked, and Andre Miller, who came off the bench, made a long pass to Zhou Xuan. Zhou Xuan took the ball and forced a breakthrough, shook the ball to the right with both hands, and hit Clark with his left shoulder.

One is a marginal person who was abandoned by the Suns back then, and the other is MVP, who had physical contact in the restricted area, Zhou Xuan's body was crooked, the referee did not hesitate to blow Clarke's foul, Clark forcibly blocked Zhou Xuan's shot, but sent the opponent to the free throw line, or hit both free throws, and scored his 25th point.

In 44 seconds, the Magic missed the peripheral shot, the Knicks counterattacked, Zhou Xuan brought to the frontcourt, and without waiting for his teammates to settle down, he suddenly grabbed three points in the face of Du Hong, who came off the bench.

Du Hong played for less than two minutes, his body was not warmed up, and he jumped slowly, and Zhou Xuan hit a three-point shot at 60 degrees on the left side, scoring his 28th point.

The Knicks' last attack was also handed over to Zhou Xuan, this time he singled Du Hongzhong and missed the shot, failing to score 30+, otherwise a single quarter would have created a terrifying record.

The playoff record for points in a single quarter was set by Slip Floyd in 1987, when he scored 29 points. Zhou Xuan was only one goal away, and countless fans shouted "regret".

The 28-point quarter was the scariest individual playoff performance in nearly 30 years, with the Knicks leading by 15 points at 39-24.