In Howard's opinion, O'Neal is already old, and if O'Neal is in his prime, he will fight back against O'Neal's trash talk just now.

"Huh!"

"Huh!"

Two crisp basketball sounds entered the net in succession, and O'Neal directly hit two free throws.

The Magic generals didn't take these two free throws too seriously, even if O'Neal's free throw shooting rate was more than 40%, if he was lucky in a game, he might hit both free throws.

……

"Chris, drop the ball to Shaq and let him come to the basket and play a single." Richard stood on the sidelines and shouted at Paul.

Paul was a little strange, they played well on the outside, why did Richard suddenly remember to play inside.

But since Richard laid out the tactics, the only thing Paul could do was execute.

Richard was going to give the Magic a problem, or the league's puzzle to be exact.

O'Neal under the basket, if the free throw shooting percentage can be kept within a good range, how should the opponent defend it?

Prior to this, O'Neal's opposing player was not afraid of fouling O'Neal, and even if he fouled, he should be slashing the shark.

So when defending O'Neal, any player can go out of their way and can use any defensive moves they want without worrying about fouls at all.

But after O'Neal's free throw shooting rate increases, if they still think about defending O'Neal so unscrupulously, they will definitely suffer.

……

Big Van Gundy was not intimidated by O'Neal's three-of-four free throws and continued to stick to the shark-cutting tactics on the court.

In just three minutes, O'Neal walked to the free throw line in quick succession and got 10 free throws.

And of those ten free throw opportunities, O'Neal hit seven!

In the TNT commentary room, Barkley was directly dumbfounded, he likes to talk to O'Neal the most, originally thinking that tonight is O'Neal's debut with the Pirates, he can take this opportunity to disgust O'Neal.

As a result, he was disgusted by O'Neal's free throw percentage.

What can the black spots on O'Neill's body have? That is, free throws, no one will expect the current O'Neal to be able to beat Howard, the monster who has entered the golden peak, on the court.

"Charles, it seems that the joke you prepared today is not useful?" Kenny Smith said with a wicked grin.

He knew that Barkley had prepared a joke specifically for O'Neal's free throws, which he had prepared in the offseason and was waiting to be used tonight.

As a result, O'Neal didn't end the game in the first quarter, and he made 7 of 10 free throws!

"Impossible, absolutely impossible!"

"I know Shaq too well, it's definitely not Shaq!"

……

With two minutes left in the first quarter, Richard replaced O'Neal for Oden.

Big Van Gundy has no choice but to continue to keep the monster on the field, and he attaches great importance to this game tonight, even if the main players are tired, he must definitely seize every opportunity to win.

……

Oden's appearance caused another round of cheers from the scene.

Although the fans expected Oden to appear as a substitute in the new season, the fans still had high expectations for him.

How many more years can O'Neal play? It won't be a few years left, and when O'Neal retreats to the second line, Oden will immediately take over the position of the Buccaneers' center.

……

Oden is already on the opposite side of Howard on the court, and the young Oden is not as good as Howard in terms of strength and tonnage.

However, Oden also has his own advantages, he is better than Howard in terms of speed, more flexible on the court, and Howard was consumed a lot of physical energy by O'Neal, a giant under the basket, and the two also played back and forth, and Oden did not have an obvious disadvantage.

This is a bit scary, and now Howard is slightly weaker than Yao Ming in the league, and it is not too much to say that he is the second center in the league.

But Oden was able to play against Howard without a significant disadvantage, which is enough to show Oden's toughness.

It wasn't until late in the second quarter that Richard replaced Oden and replaced him with O'Neal.

Big Van Gundy may still not believe in evil, O'Neill has just appeared, and he has used the shark slashing tactic again.

As a result, O'Neal gave him a four-of-a-six free throw, which directly discouraged his plan to continue cutting sharks.

O'Neal on the field, with a strange expression, is now completely in pain and happy......

Happily, the big problem of free throws was easily solved by Richard, and he didn't see Richard do anything special, that is, let him come to the training ground for two hours to practice free throws.

Then, his free-throw shooting percentage began to soar, which at one point made O'Neal wonder if Richard was an alien.

Big Van Gundy's expression also made O'Neill happy.

When O'Neal traveled east from the Lakers to the Heat, the head coach was Big Van Gundy, but Big Van Gundy didn't last long, but he coached O'Neal for less than half a season before being driven out by Pat Riley......

Pat Riley took the role of head coach and led the team to a championship.

Why was Big Van Gundy fired is due to his poor record, but the discord with O'Neal is also a very important reason.

Later, after O'Neill retired, he scolded Big Van Gundy, saying that he was a coward.

Now Big Van Gundy's expression makes O'Neill extremely comfortable, and he can't wait to yell at Big Van Gundy.

Although he felt comfortable, O'Neill also regretted it in his heart.

He regretted why he didn't join Richard's team earlier, leaving the Lakers in the first place, in fact, if he insisted on choosing his own team, the Heat would definitely not dare to risk trading O'Neal.

O'Neal's temperament is known to the world, he is not willing to go to your team, and as a result, you split half of the team to trade him, which is destined to be a tragedy in the end.

If O'Neal had played for Richard earlier, O'Neal felt that he might not be able to get a championship ring with a slap now.

If it had been earlier, since Richard first entered the league, he started playing for Richard, O'Neal felt that with his own strength, coupled with Richard's ability to create miracles, he might be able to make a five-game or six-row championship by now.

Deeply regretful, O'Neal looked tangled, feeling that he had missed countless championship rings.

But after thinking about it, it doesn't seem too late to play for Richard now, and he currently has two championship rings on hand, and if he continues to play on this momentum, he may be able to mix two more rings with the Buccaneers.

……

With three minutes left before the end of the game, Big Van Gundy sighed and replaced Howard, who had played 43 minutes on the court.

The Magic was completely out of action in this game, and trying to recover the 22-point difference in three minutes was tantamount to a dream.

O'Neal made 15-of-22 free throws tonight, which is a no-brainer for top defenders, but in the middle of a group of centers, such a free-throw percentage is quite impressive.

In the end, O'Neal played 28 minutes and got a double-double of 27 points and 10 rebounds.

And Oden, who came off the bench, although he only played 20 minutes, was quite good in terms of statistics, with 16 points, 8 rebounds and 1 block.

These two centers combined for 43 points and 18 rebounds tonight!

Richard is well aware that if Howard is not on the opponent's lineup, the stats of these two may be improved a lot.

The Magic's interior line is considered to be a relatively strong presence in the league, but tonight it was eaten alive by the Pirates' interior line, Howard's 22 points, 18 rebounds and 3 blocks, which looks good, but considering his playing time of 43 minutes, this data is a bit too much to say.

……

"God, Richard is such a madman, and before he knew it, he had another super center combination." Barkley watched the game and sighed deeply.

O'Neal's strength is still there, even if he is not as good as Howard at the moment, but the gap is not big, and with Oden, a bug-like newcomer, the center of the Pirates team is really speechless.

'The only thing we can do now is start a moment of silence for the rest of the teams, who may have a dark season with no hope.

"Last season, the Buccaneers were weak at center, but even then they won the championship, and this season they've strengthened their center position dramatically, and I can't think of anyone who will be against the Buccaneers this season." Kenny Smith put on a sad face and began to observe a moment of silence for the other teams.

In his opinion, other teams are indeed sad enough, the Pirates are stronger and stronger year by year, which means that the hope of other teams winning the championship is getting slimmer and slimmer.

To say that tonight's game, the Pirates won through a strong outside lineup, it is actually quite acceptable.

But the key is that tonight Richard made it clear that he wanted to focus on the interior, which is the strongest point in playing Magic, and in this case, he could beat Magic by 20 points, and it was strange that other teams did not panic.

may also be that last season's finals win was not above board enough, so this season's Richard mentality is a little distorted, just hit the opponent's strong points, even if he knows that the opponent has shortcomings, he doesn't catch the shortcomings.

……

In the next three games, the Buccaneers were all at home, and all of them won by big scores, all of which won by more than 20 points.

O'Neal is completely on fire, O'Neal was not in good shape last season, and many fans thought that the most dominant center in history was about to retire from the NBA stage.

As a result, after the first four games of the Pirates, O'Neal averaged 22 points and 9.5 rebounds per game, which is still at the level of that super center.

If O'Neill is a surprise, then Roy's point is a shock for fans.

Last season, Roy played mainly off the bench and averaged about 11 points per game, but after being promoted to start by Richard this season, the direct scoring exploded.

In the first four games, Roy scored 24 points, 32 points, 35 points, and 29 points respectively, and the average score per game reached a terrifying 30 points!

You must know that Roy is just a second-year rookie, and if nothing else, this year's Most Improved Player award must have been booked by Roy.

Due to the small number of games, the other players have not played too well for the time being, but the season has only just begun, and Pirate fans are confident that the Pirates will be able to create countless miracles this season.