Maddie stepped into the opener with a big vision for the new season, the confidence of a stronger teammate, and the fighting spirit to prove that he could do it alone, and then after less than half a quarter, he found out...... What the hell is this group of people on the team?

Say okay Mr. Juwan Howard? Tyronn Lue, the defensive skewer of Iverson who said to be good? Said good defensive gate Deshane Stevenson?

Juwan Howard was not only killed by Rashid Wallace on the offensive end, but when it came to the official timeout, Liu Mang and Ratliff and Raheem went off, and the Hawks replaced the lineup of Stockton, Jason Terry, Prince, Boozer, and Rasheed Wallace, Stockton and Boozer's blocking and dismantling made Juwan Howard want to die, Juwan Howard switched to center, and it was time for Rashid Wallace to perform.

Stockton clearly understands the power of Rashid Wallace's low-post singles, which is an authentic technical flow inside, much easier than Raheem's singles against the opponent's power forward, not to mention playing a few in a row, and once facing the dunk of Juwan Howard, beating Juwan Howard to doubt his life.

After Kwame Brown, the parallel champion who replaced Rashid Wallace, he was able to defend Juwan Howard in a row. After playing, Maddie found that the most reliable teammate was actually the rookie he didn't look down on last season, the current sophomore Drew Gooden! The rest of the reinforcements are!

This year's Magic team is destined to be tragic, Hill continues to be injured, and he has brought in so many role players at a large price, and the salary has exploded, the key is that most of these players are exaggerated, especially Mr. Juwan Howard, as the first player in NBA history to receive an annual salary of 10 million, Jordan, who played a 72-win record with more than 3 million, satirized him.

Maddie was forced to turn on the individual offensive mode again, but first of all, the Hawks' interior defense was simply terrible, and the two guys with long arms on the outside, Raheem and Prince, especially Prince, were actually better than Raheem's defensive skills, Raheem relied on impact, Prince's skills flowed, Maddie just adapted to Raheem's defense, and Prince came again.

Not only that, but the gap between teammates and the first half of last season is also obvious, last year the Magic team was fourth in the East, relying on Mike Miller and other three-point masters with excellent running, and Tyronn Lue Although the three points are also accurate, he is playing with Kobe Bryant and Jordan, all dribbling over the bottom corner of the half court and waiting to shoot, how can there be so many runs. And the Magic's record collapsed in the second half of last season, in large part because Mike Miller was traded.

It's actually easy to partner with Maddie, either you have a pitcher like Mike Miller, or you have a strong interior point, or don't let Maddie be the core at all, Hill is healthy, and Maddy and Carter play well when they are combined.

But the Magic team has nothing now, it looks like the lineup is much more luxurious than last year, but in fact it is completely mismatched, there is no one who can score on the inside, Juwan Howard is almost crying when he is defended by Rashid Wallace, and Gooden occasionally makes a shot, which is not reliable at all.

Outside Tyronn Lue or Rod Strickland and DeSean Stevenson, who came off the bench, can still contain an opposing defender by shooting in the open position, and that rookie Gaines almost made Maddie cry too, a 1.98 meter scoring guard, facing Jason Terry was actually stealed!

Maddie herself was defended by the wheel battle, and her teammates couldn't help at all, so Maddie couldn't even take care of her own offense.

On the other hand, on the Eagles' side, the goal is very clear, and the ball is concentrated on Liu Mang; Stockton and Boozer; Jason Terry's three players or combinations, with defense as the core, and every time they change someone to possess the ball, the Hawks play differently.

When Liu Mang was there, the triangle offensive position was specifically to hit Tyronn Lue, and when it was replaced by Maddie defense, Liu Mang pulled it out to block and dismantle.

When it came to Stockton, it was mainly a pick-and-roll attack.

Jason Terry just threw happily together, and it was good to prevent it anyway.

Maddie went from being full of confidence at the beginning, to later doubting his teammates, and then to despair of his teammates, and began to shoot wildly, throwing 37 times in the third quarter, throwing 16 three-pointers alone, only making 5 shots, shooting 14 of 37, 38 percent shooting, and scoring 38 points in the third quarter.

But Maddie's hit was actually the highest on the Magic team except for DeSean Stevenson, who shot the least, and the Magic team's shooting rate was only 35 percent! By the end of the third quarter, the Hawks had a 34-point lead at 89-55!

That is, except for Maddie, the others combined to score 17 points!

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Liu Mang watched Maddie go from being in high spirits before the game to sitting on the bench blankly in the fourth quarter, saddening Maddie for a few seconds, and then ignoring Maddie, cheering for his teammates.

Liu Mang was not optimistic about the Magic this year, the management of the Magic team is always so incomprehensible, originally Gooden was just a blue-collar who could shoot and grab rebounds, and the shooting was not accurate, the defense was still poor, and now he got back a Mr. 100 million yuan who has long proved to be worth a lot.

Aside from Juwan Howard's back play, the rebounds are average, the mid-range shooting is accurate, and the defense is basically equal to a black hole, which is basically the same as another Gooden.

In the summer, I didn't take the money to fight for Kassel, so I wanted to pursue Van Horn, and I wanted to chase the inside line, but the magic was stunned to do the opposite, just looking at fame.

The Magic had big goals this year, but a disappointing end was doomed.

So Liu Mang didn't go to comfort Maddie, did he run to say something...... Is this the beginning of your misery this season? Will something more tragic await you after that?

Stockton took Boozer up in the final quarter to continue the "run-in", bringing Korver, Calderon, and Kwame Brown up to train their new teammates, mainly to get a few more assists.

Since they have to play for another year, last year's regrettable did not reach 16,000 assists, Stockton is ready to refresh his record this year, and pull the gap with the total number of assists with the Magic to more than 6,000.

However, although he didn't repair the old man, Stockton asked his teammates not to defend so tightly, just play against the attack, and save some face for the opponent.

In the end, the Hawks slaughtered the Magic 118-90 to get their first win of the season.

Liu Mang played 19 minutes, easily got 21 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists on 8-of-13 shooting, and the score was already the highest in the Hawks, and the Hawks had 8 people score double-doubles, and in the second half, the Magic team was struggling except for Maddie, in fact, there was no ability to resist, and 11 of the Hawks' 12 players on the active list appeared.

The second-highest scorer was Jason Terry with 18 points.

In terms of assists, in addition to Stockton's 8 assists, the second highest is Rahim's 6 assists!

Ratliffe didn't play for a long time, only played 14 minutes, and didn't play in the second half, otherwise with the strength shown by the Magic team, the Hawks went all out to defend, and the score difference may be even more terrifying at the end of the third quarter.

Raheem had 10 points, 11 rebounds and 6 assists, and Rashid Wallace had 13 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists.

They don't care about the stats, they just want to win!

Rasheed Wallace, in particular, wants to prove that he can control his temper and that he is not defenseless! It's just that he can't take care of offense when defending, he just can't be the first scoring point in the Trail Blazers, if his teammates can score, he focuses on the defensive end, and the defense is also very strong!

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The Eagles opened with a dominant game, a beautiful team defense, and a more unrestrained offense than last season.

The Eagles' goal in the first game was to break down the skepticism, so they gave it their all from the start, especially when Mike Woodson saw Rasheed Wallace unexpectedly play such a good one-on-one defense, and formed the frontcourt trio into a bucket formation.

Mainly Prince, Raheem, Rasheed-Wallace, and Ratliff, and the other Muhammad, who has enough experience but is relatively weak, and Kwame Brown, who is talented but lacks experience, can only be substitutes.

The Hawks' attempt to rotate Prince and Raheem at small forward was extremely effective against Maddy, which gave Mike Woodson a new idea about the team's defensive system, and he just had to slowly experiment and choose in the next game.

The Hawks are confident that they won't be able to make the playoffs, so there are plenty of games in the regular season that can be used to experiment with strengthening the defensive system, such as the second half of the game against the Magic.

Slaughtering the Magic by 28 points in the first game, the Eagles really surprised people!

In particular, Juwan Howard's performance of 1 of 15 shots in the whole game simply refreshed people's three views, most of the time Juwan Howard was defended by Rasheed Wallace, and Juwan Howard was prevented from shooting in the second half of the third quarter.

For a while, the media changed from singing about the aging Hawks to praising the signings, especially since two of Rasheed Wallace's four fouls were habitually blown by the referee, but Rasheed Wallace did not spill his anger on complaints, but on Juwan Howard.

The main thing is that Rasheed Wallace's defense is so surprising that it doesn't feel like the same person at all!

In the 48 hours since the Eagles' opener win over the Magic, the Hawks have been friendly, and apart from some doubting how long Rasheed Wallace's defensive gritty and patience will last, most people have a different opinion about the Eagles' signings.

But this public opinion was friendly to the Eagles for less than 48 hours...... And the change in public opinion has nothing to do with the Hawks......

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