At the press conference, Nelson Sr. did not mention the next games, did not make predictions, but said: "We played perfect form and team basketball this time. ”

Stan? Van Gundy grumbled. "Zhou Xuan fell down as soon as he touched it, he fell down too many times, and he always fell in front of the interior players after being out of position, didn't anyone pay attention to this? He simply fell more than a baby learning to walk! ”

Zhou Xuan was interviewed and immediately gave Van Gundy a counterattack, and said with a smile: "I didn't expect me to cause such a panic, it turns out that in the mind of Coach Van Gundy, I am a point guard with strength comparable to 'Warcraft', when I lose the next game, does he want to say that I should go to the low post to receive the ball and squeeze away from the opponent to dunk and score a dunk." If I'm going to get knocked down by an inside player under the basket, it's all a fake. It's so scary! ”

It's not the first time Van Gundy has slammed rival players for faking falls. At the end of the regular season, he asked the Suns Shaquille? O'Neill "fired", saying that the other party was in Dwight? Howard cheats the referee by faking a fall in front of him. As a result, the eloquent O'Neill gave Dafan an indecent nickname "Master of Panic". The end ended with Van Gundy apologizing.

Zhou Xuan's eloquence was not bad, and he said the word "panic" twice, and Van Gundy almost vomited blood.

The Warriors players were all low-key, but reporters already knew what they were shouting in the locker room, and the next day, the "Warriors are determined to sweep and win the championship" declaration was still in the newspapers.

According to the news, the Warriors are far superior to the Magic, and it will be a series of huge disparities.

In the news of the Magic team, the most mentioned person is Dwight? Howard.

When it comes to Howard, people think of Yao Ming, when the Magic advanced to the finals, some people said that Yao Ming must look up to Howard now, and Yao Hei has a New Year.

But after the first game of the finals, it was discovered that Howard didn't take much advantage of Randolph. As for getting to the free throw line, it's not that he's attracted a bag and people can't guard him, but it's that it's better to let him make free throws than to let someone else shoot. The Warriors were one-on-one against Howard throughout the game.

In the playoffs against the Celtics, Howard complained that the team was always "outside first and then inside", with few shots and too monotonous tactics.

Now it's time for Howard to review his performance. His offensive methods are really called "too monotonous", and the regular season that was too smooth made Howard ignore his own problems, and also made him more and more sleepy in the puzzle.

ESPN gave a few regular-season stats that might measure how important the Magic's individual performances are to the team when they win or lose: Lewis averaged 18 per game when he wins. 6 points and 45 shooting percentages. 5 percent and 42 three-point shooting. 7 per cent, while at the time of the loss, those three stats slipped to 16. 5、39。 9% and 32. 9%； Turkoglu shot 42 from the field and 42 from three-point range when he won. 3% and 36. 9%, and when you lose, it's down to 38. 5% and 32%; As for Nelson's stats, the disparity is even greater, as the Magic won when he was healthy, and his scoring and two-point shooting percentage was 17. 9 points, 54. 5% and 52. 6%, and when you lose, it drops to 12. 9 points, 37. 0% and 22. 7%。 The conclusion drawn from this is cruel, but Howard must accept that the team's perimeter rotation is not going well, and the Magic are in danger; Regardless of whether he wins or loses, his personal value is more reflected in defense and morale-boosting dunks, which are of little use at all.

This is even more evident in the playoffs. When the Magic lost, Howard's key stats: points, rebounds, shots, shooting percentage, and even free throw percentage were higher, and much higher. In the second game with the 76ers, the change in the Magic's offensive approach is the most illustrative: the magic of abandoning the three-point shooting from the outside and instead focusing on the interior offense, but at the end of the day, they broke through by the perimeter attackers themselves, so as to solve the battle. Because Howard hit people with the ball twice, he committed six fouls in the fourth quarter and sat by the water cooler as a spectator.

Now Howard should be more aware of his lack of offensive means, and his psychological shadow is quite big now.

The star inside lineman who was interviewed O'Neal cursed viciously when he mentioned Howard: "I don't want Howard to win a game in the Finals, I want him to be swept." ”

Howard couldn't remember where he had offended O'Neal.

Before the playoffs began, a reporter interviewed Shackel in Los Angeles. O'Neill, ask him what he thinks of Howard. What the reporter didn't expect was that he was well smacked by the "big shark".

"Dwight? Howard? Who? I've never heard of this guy. O'Neill frowned, staring intently at the reporter.

The reporter's heart was cold, and he hurriedly explained: "Howard, you know what you know, that big guy, an All-Star who plays in the Orlando Magic." He is now in the final. ”

"I don't know what to do." O'Neill replied coldly. "I've never heard of this guy."

O'Neill turned his gaze back to the embarrassed reporter and finally said, "I've never heard of him, and we never talk about 'imposters.'" ”

This season, O'Neal has been sarcastic about Howard - for example, some people say "Howard is a new generation of entertainment stars in the NBA", but O'Neal's response is "Every trick he makes is invented by me, and it is normal for a child to want to imitate his idol, but, you know, he will never reach the height of his idol." For example, people always say "Howard is going to be the second O'Neal," and the Sharks even respond with some contempt, "Let's talk about him when he has three or four championship rings." However, O'Neill's most ruthless thing is the word he threw down - impostor.

It cannot be denied that the 23-year-old Howard does have a lot of "big shark" shadows, he is as cheerful and funny as O'Neal, and at the same time, he also has the potential to become the O'Neal of the year on the court. However, O'Neill will never admit this, and in his opinion Howard has seriously stolen his limelight, which is why he hates Howard.

Magic fans are disappointed that no matter what O'Neal says, Howard has no intention of being annoyed.

If O'Neal was so sarcastic about Zhou Xuan, Zhou Xuan might laugh and say: "I respect O'Neal, although I haven't seen him play, but I know that his basketball style is different from mine, and it's normal to look down on me, after all, he has been retired for 20 years, right?" ”

But Howard won't fight back, neither showing off his biceps like Mourning nor roaring hoarsely like Garnett, more often than not, Howard will only smile.

Although Howard is muscular, he can easily be "bullied" by others. Like this year's slam dunk contest, the day before the game, Nate? Robinson approached him and asked him if he would mind being an obstacle. Howard happily agreed without even thinking about it, who made him the same age as Robinson and belong to the same agent.

A character like Howard's is really not suitable to be a leader.

The media can catch the slightest thing as news, and predicting the MVP is naturally essential. Zhou Xuan easily won 20+10 in the first game, and now he is beating Randolph and becoming the most likely person to become the MVP of the finals. As long as he succeeds, he is also the youngest player in history to win the MVP. Johnson was 21 years old when he won the MVP, and Zhou Xuan had just turned 20.

For this reason, Johnson, who is the commentator of ESPN, also commented on Zhou Xuan. "I am optimistic that the Warriors will win the championship, and at the same time, I wish Zhou Xuan can win the MVP. It's the only one in history that is very good, but miracles always happen, and Zhou Xuan also has such strength. Some people say that he has played well this season because of a strong element of luck, the depth of the squad and the strength of his teammates...... What I want to say is that he's got an assist, he's got a mid-to-long shot, he's got a break, he's got a foul, he's pretty good. ”

Johnson knows best what the benefits of a point guard are, the ball is in the hands of Zhou Xuan, and it must be easier than others to get the data.

In the afternoon, Zhou Xuan received a call from Duncan.

"Hi Zhou."

"Hi Tim."

"It's time to win the championship, how does it feel? Now everyone is optimistic that you will win the MVP. Duncan laughed.

"I hope I can take it, are you calling this to make me so excited that I can't sleep? I've got a race tomorrow and it's not the time to dream of a championship, I lost sleep yesterday. ”

The reason for Zhou Xuan's insomnia was that his performance in the first game was too good, and the picture of him in the game appeared in his mind like a movie. At this time, it is like a voice keeps saying "we are champions, we are champions". It's easy to lose your sense of normalcy.

"Relax, I think you should be the least stressed, you can only be evaluated with praise, look at what Howard has been said of." Duncan smiled, "I won the championship in my second year in the league and won the MVP, and I was very excited. So I want to make a call to see what your situation is, and you're in a really good state of mind. ”

"Of course, I also study psychology." Zhou Xuan smiled: "If we win the championship, there will probably be a celebration parade or something, will you participate?" ”

"No, aren't you stimulating me? I'm not old yet, maybe next season, the Spurs can beat you to win the title, we just lack good forwards. Duncan refused.

"yes, good luck to you too."

"Let's not talk anymore, I went to dinner with my family." Duncan hung up.

Zhou Xuan put the phone aside, put it on the sofa, took a few deep breaths, and said in his heart: "Don't get too carried away, the game is not over yet, I want to try my best to play well, and be careful not to get hurt." ”

Now thinking back to the kick that Howard stepped on in the game, Zhou Xuan was a little afraid, he was a lot ahead at the time, there was no need to use that kind of defense, in case that kick was on point, injured his ankle or something else, and missed the next game, it would be worth the loss.

Although he satirized Van Gundy at the press conference, Zhou Xuan also thanked Van Gundy a little in his heart, and he couldn't fake it casually in the future. Be careful when making fouls, in case you are ruthless by your opponent, it is not impossible. The Magic must be well aware that he is the key to the Warriors' victory.

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