A day later, the Warriors lost back-to-back games against the Magic on the road.

Inside competition, "Warcraft" Dwight? Howard finished blowing up Biddlelins.

Who is the current No. 1 center in the league? Yao Ming or Howard? From an emotional point of view, Chinese fans may vote for Yao Ming, but judging from the performance and data, Howard seems to have surpassed Yao Ming. He is younger than Yao Ming, and his team results and personal data are also better. Yao Ming's offense may be better than Howard's, with a one-on-one advantage. But the performance on both ends of the offensive and defensive ends is undoubtedly Howard's superior.

Howard's physical fitness is too strong, he runs as fast as Kobe, with a vertical jump height of 97CM, and at the same time has a lot of power. Such a monster appeared on the basketball court, and the starting point was much higher than Yao Ming who was flowing on the floor.

With his amazing physical condition, Howard averaged 14 per game last season. With 2 rebounds, he became the youngest rebounding champion in history. And this season's stats are on par with last season's. With such a performance, he should be able to win the title of rebounding champion for a second time. Another amazing statistic for Howard is that he averages 2 per game. 9 blocks, a full 0 more than last season. 7 times. If Howard can win both rebounding and blocking, he should be the youngest best defensive player in history. Now the Magic team is much better than the Nuggets who conceded points per game, and Howard is far from being the center of Camby's empty appearance and only brushing statistics.

Over time, Howard's offensive skills matured. Although the jump shot is unstable and the hook hand is not soft enough, at least he is no longer the silly boy who can only rely on dunks to complete the offense, and can average 20 per game. 5 points. No wonder Yao Ming sighed after the confrontation with Howard: "I can imagine that he must have practiced very hard in his daily training. ”

Howard has already played in a double-20 four times this season, and the season is just getting started by a quarter.

And the person who gave the Warriors the most headache was not Howard, but Rasade? Lewis!

Hearing the name, fans can easily think of words like "waste wood", "garbage contract", etc. Indeed, the great god signed a six-year contract in 2007. A super contract of 2.7 billion, as a big man pitcher who can only score, the second leader of the supersonics, it is outrageous to take this kind of contract. With the Magic, he averaged just 17 per game. 8 points 5. 1 rebound, 45% shooting.

Lewis's defection to the Magic was, in some ways, a mistake. At that time, Lewis was considered a good man at the No. 3 position in the league when he was supersonic, averaging 20+ per game for 3 consecutive seasons, but when it came to the Magic, he was forcibly assigned to the No. 4 position and had to fight with the muscle clubs all day long. Lewis is 208CM tall, but he has a rib body and weighs only a pitiful 104 kilograms, which is not as strong as Yi Jianlian. With such a figure to defend the inside line, it is really difficult for him.

However, Lewis's shooting ability is stable, and he has good height and physical condition, and his breakthrough is practical, and his rebounding ability and defense are not as fragile as the average shooter. He has a better height advantage when playing the No. 3 position, and his flexibility in playing the No. 4 position is generally better than that of a player of his height. Of course, the most important reason is that the Magic has Howard's barrier and rebounding guarantee, Lewis's stable shooting and interior offense make up for the shortcomings of Howard's single-handedness, and at the same time can open up more interior space for Howard, and the swing characteristics bring a lot of flexibility to the Magic's Howard-centered tactics. In the player market at the time, Lewis was already a better choice.

Against the Warriors, Lewis' defensive weaknesses are not a problem, and Biedrins is also a skinny man and lacks offensive means. On the offensive end, a tall shooter can kill the Warriors. Lewis has been dangling from the outside, and Randolph is too slow to get out of the way, and Lewis can break through. Biedlings defended the game, and the low post became Howard playing Randolph, and the athleticism gap was huge. The Warriors' interior line was easily exploded into a sieve, and the ability to grab rebounds could not be brought into play, and the Magic could always easily get open opportunities, and the shooting rate was too high to grab rebounds.

The elder Nelson used the "chopping tactic" in the second quarter to save the situation, and after the third quarter, it became garbage time, and he lost by 32 points 94-126 at the end.

In the face of Warcraft's defense, Randolph's low-post strong attack could not guarantee the efficiency, and he was trapped in the joint defense when he pulled to the perimeter to cover, and his performance was discounted. Randolph's offense was blocked, and the Warriors no longer had super firepower. Zhou Xuan's score of about 10 points in a game is a normal level, and this time he took on more offensive tasks, shooting 4 three-pointers, scoring 20 points, and also handed out 7 assists, but he couldn't win a game.

Jackson's comeback is far away, Margeti is out of action again, and Warriors fans can't stand it anymore, so they give them advice on the Warriors' official forum. The coaching staff is also prepared to sign someone in free agency to bolster the forward line.

But you can't sign a 10-day contract yet. A team can sign up to two 10-day contracts with one player during the season, either consecutively or intermittently. However, after the second 10-day contract, if the team wants to keep the player, they will have to sign him for the rest of the season. For each season, a 10-day contract can be signed on January 5th, or the first business day thereafter.

For the next two weeks, the Warriors will have to rely on their current roster to sustain themselves. Unfortunately, this is another wave of devilish schedules. Margeti was concerned that the high-intensity game would affect the injury, so he rested while the rest of the Warriors took on more pressure.

On Dec. 18, the Warriors take on the Indiana Pacers on the road.

In the locker room, Biedrins, the vice-captain, behaved very unqualified, he was too silent to know how to motivate his teammates and boost morale. This was true for the first two games.

Lost, Azubuk and Turiaf, two usually active people, stopped talking, and the atmosphere in the locker room became very dull. After thinking about it for a while, Zhou Xuan decided to stand up and speak.

"Everyone, listen to me. I'm the youngest person here, you're all my big brothers, maybe it's a little inappropriate for me to say these things, but in order to win, I can only stand up. Zhou Xuan stood in the middle of the locker room, observing everyone's reactions, especially Biedrins's.

Biedrins is the team's second captain, so as long as he's okay, it's okay. His reaction was very flat, and he didn't want to stop Zhou Xuan.

Zhou Xuan breathed a sigh of relief, and then said: "We played badly in the first two games, not against anyone, but because there was a problem with the overall defense, and now the atmosphere in our locker room is also very dull. I think everybody has to take their spirits, we lost two games but we're still in the playoffs, what do the pundits think of us before the season starts? They felt that we couldn't make the playoffs and had to fight for the lottery. We've impressed everybody, and now we're not playing well because of injuries and three less scorers. What pressure do we have in this situation? Why should we be silent in the locker room, as if we were going to a funeral? We can't let go because of injuries, we can lose, but we can't lose momentum, we have to play hard! It doesn't matter if you can't prevent it, but you must work hard to prevent it! ”

The last sentence was for Randolph, who was still the weakest link in the Warriors' interior defense, and Biedrins was also unaccustomed to pulling out the perimeter instead, and they had to work together.

Driven by Zhou Xuan, Biedrins finally spoke, and said loudly: "Zhou is right, the reason why Stephen has surgery is to believe that we can keep our position, and Corey's truce is also to believe that we can win without him and get through this devil's schedule." We have to cheer up, the little brothers have such an awareness, and those of us who are big brothers can't lag behind. This all-out defense, don't let the opponent score more than 120 points! ”

Hey, that's too weak, isn't it? Do you really want to let go? Zhou Xuan couldn't stop complaining in his heart.

The Warriors succeeded, winning the game 124-116 without allowing their opponent to score more than 120 points.

But they didn't rely on improvement on the defensive end. The Pacers and Warriors are "difficult brothers" who have also suffered from injuries, and they have been more serious.

Guard TJ Ford, who was traded from the Raptors, and Jamal, who started last season, was traded for the Raptors. Tinsley, striker Mike? Dunleavy, and Troy, a center who averages a double-double per game and shoots three-pointers? Murphy's quartet is out. In this case, rookie Brandon? Rush came into the starting line-up and got 43 minutes of playing time. Backup point guard Jared traded by the Trail Blazers? Jack also became a starter, getting a lot of appearances, and his stats were a big improvement from last season.

The Pacers are currently 9-15 and are drifting away from the playoffs, with the only bright spot being forward Danny? Granger erupted. Averaged 25 per game. 6 points, 5 rebounds, 2. 7 assists, 1 steal, 1 steal. 4 blocks, all the data have hit career highs. It's likely to be selected for the All-Star Game this year.

In this game, Granger scored 41 points, 11 rebounds and 6 assists, but the Pacers had nothing to do with Randolph, Jeff? Foster, rookie Roy? Hibbert was abused by Randolph.

After two heavy defeats, people began to question the stability of the Warriors and Randolph's ability, and this fat man dominated the basket with 32 points, 15 rebounds and 4 assists.

Zhou Xuan also played well, scoring a quasi-triple-double of 15 points, 7 rebounds and 14 assists, and 7 rebounds set a personal career record, all of which were backcourt rebounds, and the Pacers were not active in scrambling for rebounds.

After the game, Nelson Sr. praised the players, especially Randolph, saying that he had broken the suspicion that people were "cancerous".

Pacers head coach O'Brien specifically mentioned Zhou Xuan, who believes that the Warriors win in the right tactics, and Zhou Xuan can always pass the ball to the right position and play everyone's strengths. He has a good view of the big picture and a broad vision. And Jack, the team's point guard, is more of a two-way guard, only good at scoring by surprise.

Winning one game, the Warriors have nothing to be excited about, the devil's schedule has just begun.