The Magic made a big move in the summer of '07, first signing Lewis on a contract of over 100 million, and then renewing Howard on a five-year, 85 million contract.

Putting things aside for the time being, judging from the results of this season's regular season alone, the Magic can finally finish in third place in the East, which is enough to show that their big spending last summer brought new hope to the team.

Amway Arena also ushered in the best era of magic since the breakup of Hardaway and O'Neal.

Unlike in the past, in order to make the playoffs more reflective of the power of the home field, the audience seats at the Amway Arena were completely blue. Each position is also equipped with a cheering stick for refueling.

Just by looking at this level of dedication, it can be seen that this time, the management of the Magic team is not just playing around.

It is no wonder that Howard, who is getting closer to the league's No. 1 center throne, coupled with Tekoglu, a "point forward" who is still novel for this era, definitely has the strength and opportunity to create a big scene, and the commitment of the management will naturally increase.

Fans will certainly make good use of these props, and if it is the regular season, there may be some supporters of the visiting team in the audience, and there will definitely be no such situation in the audience in the playoffs, at most one or two away fans who risk their lives to enter, and the rest are all die-hard fans - and the kind of die-hard fans who will still cheer for the home team after falling behind.

It is also because of this atmosphere that home field advantage in the playoffs will be particularly important.

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Yi Jianlian also found out at the moment when he stepped on the field, it turned out that the so-called earth-shattering shouts in the regular season were nothing more than that, and at the moment, Amway Arena, with more than 17,000 spectator seats, the boos were not only loud, but also very neat, and the whistling sound of the train passing through the cave was magnified twenty times and seemed to be less than the boos here.

I'm afraid that if you're a little timid, you won't even be able to hold the ball steadily.

"How? The away game in the playoffs, it feels different, right? Michael Reid was quite calm, after all, he had eaten the people he had met, and his tone was still the same as usual.

Yi Jianlian nodded with feeling: "It's really not ordinary!" ”

The playoffs are already on this scale, so what should the Finals look like? Yi Jianlian muttered silently in his heart: It's not easy!

The race was soon underway.

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The referee of this game is the NBA's famous "refereeing evergreen" Dick Batvey, and the other two referees who cooperate with him are also experienced veteran referees.

The 16 teams that entered the playoffs were fought through 82 regular season battles, and the 37 referees who were able to blow penalties in the playoffs were also left over from the 82 regular season assessments, each of which was experienced and could master the scale of the penalty shooting.

While each referee has their own standards, in the playoff arena, some fouls that will be blown in the regular season may not be blown in the playoff arena, because the playoffs have playoff rules.

These referees are veterans who are well versed in these rules.

***

Naruto Uzumaki once said that the best "Monster" Howard was on the verge of becoming the next No. 1 center to dominate the league before he left the Magic.

After all, there are only a few people who can do it since the 21st century - Allen Iverson, LeBron James, Howard and Dirk Nowitzki.

In particular, Derk Nowitzki even completed the achievement of winning the single-core championship, and his historical status jumped to n places because of this championship, which directly became the best in history among NBA international players.

It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a crown of gods......

If Howard had kept the same attitude towards the game in 0809, he would have been able to accomplish such an achievement.

The cheers that rang out for him at the beginning were both exciting and feasting the eyes of the crowd – jumping straight up to the top before stretching out his arms and pressing the ball into the basket.

This seemingly untechnical action shows Howard's physical fitness to the fullest.

2-0！

It was a big dunk at the beginning, or at home, and the pressure brought by Howard's momentum was more important than these two points.

In the cheers of Orlando's diehards, the Bucks launched a counterattack, but unfortunately Mo Williams made a mistake in the handling of the first pass, and was intercepted by Nelson Jr. on the opposite side, and directly launched a fast break and counterattacked to make a layup.

4-0！

"It's okay, take your time!"

Mason comforted Mo Williams and then made a big mistake of his own, and the Magic fought back again, forcing Bogut to foul and send Howard to the free throw line.

5-0！

"Ball!"

Michael Reid wanted to score a stable situation, but was chased and intercepted, and Nelson Jr. grabbed fiercely to form a scrum, but fortunately jumped back to the ball, but the shot ended in iron.

There, Tecoglou slowly dribbled to the frontcourt, and slowly pressed Mason to push in, he didn't have any strong physicality, but he couldn't stand up to his big forward's tonnage here, and squeezed into the free throw line, followed by a long throw to Lewis on the outside.

The best high battery in the Union during this period!

"Huh!"

8-0！

Yi Jianlian can be regarded as knowing what the playoffs are, and in less than three minutes, the Bucks, who have not established themselves, were pressed to the ground by the Magic team to seize the opportunity, and there was no room for resistance.

"Toot!"

As a last resort, Little K called a timeout.

The momentum in the audience of the entire Amway Arena skyrocketed again.

"Give the ball to Yi!"

I don't know when it started, giving the ball to Yi Jianlian became Xiao K's last hole card.

It is said that the family has to be neat, everyone sent it, Yi Jianlian is too special and not good, but at the moment this situation is too critical, if he sends it, then this game will basically be gone!

So......

Jamal made another steal, the ball went to Dwight, and the dunk ...... Successful, pretty! ”

Yi Jianlian was also stealed, feeling a hot pain in his wrist, which was hit by Nelson when he pulled out the ball, if it was a regular season, this ball would definitely be a foul, but this time Yi Jianlian didn't hear the whistle.

The absence of a whistle means that it is a good steal, and Yi Jianlian received a mistake!

Yi Jianlian didn't know if the referee didn't see it, or if today's penalty scale was like this, in short, he really realized the intensity of the playoffs.

The margin came to 10-0, a little more than three minutes, and it was already a double-digit point difference, and the Bucks suffered a blow to the head, and it looked like they hadn't woken up yet.

Xiao K didn't call a timeout again, he knew very well in his heart that this time was not a problem that a timeout could solve, and the Bucks needed someone who could step up in time to break the scoring drought and calm down the whole team.

Judging by the current situation, this person ......

"The ball continues to give easy!"

It can only be Yi Jianlian!