Orlando, Artest just got off the plane, he was surrounded by reporters, from this moment on, he was already a player of the Orlando Magic, Artest was dressed in a very hip-hop trendy outfit, wearing sunglasses and being cool, plus the group of reporters around him, made him a star.

In fact, these reporters were also arranged for him by Sun Zhuo and Emma, and they were also requested by Artest, so he couldn't go to Orlando quietly, he was also a bowl anyway.

"Ron Artest, welcome to the Orlando Magic, do you have any expectations for this time and working with two-time MVP winner Eric Sun?" The reporter asked after Artest.

Artest replied coolly as he walked, "Are you a reporter from Orlando?" Listen, I'm here to help the Magic win three in a row, and I'm the savior of the Magic! ”

"You have had a lot of conflicts with Sun before, won't this affect your future cooperation?" Some reporters also asked very tricky questions.

Artest calmly replied: "We are all aiming for the championship, now that we are on the same team, you will soon see another pair of horrors, only children care about the past, and I am very excited to play with my good brother Montaellis, I have wanted to be teammates with him for a long time, and now my dream has come true!" ”

The reporters were a little surprised, when did Artest and Monta Ellis become brothers? Monta Ellis should be a few years younger than Artest, right? Could it be that Artest came to Magic because of him?

Artest confused a lot of people, he didn't want people to think that he had come to defect to Sun Zhuo.

Artest soon met with the team, and then officially held a press conference, Artest showed reporters his magic jersey, is a very rare number 96, this number for Artest, also has a certain meaning, Artest was born in Queens Bridge, New York, English is Queens bridge, the abbreviation is qb, qb and 96 are very similar, with Artest's intelligence level, to have such an association, it is indeed a great achievement.

Speaking to the media, Artest said: "The city has a place called ' You and I know how good he is, and the whole city is expecting the Magic to complete a three-in-a-row championship and establish a Magic dynasty, just like the Chicago Bulls and Los Angeles Lakers did before, but now we all realize that there is a strong opponent in the East, and those three guys have come together, and I know the Magic need me, so I came, and I promise, will help the team complete the hegemony of the three consecutive championships, if the Magic don't win the championship this season, the responsibility is all on me, because when I was not with the Magic, they won two championships, and I came to them without a championship。 What the? Meeting the Celtics in the playoffs? Sun and I will beat them all over the ground looking for teeth! ”

Artest's speech is very domineering and very responsible, he is such a person himself.

Artest soon came to the team to assemble, and Stan Van Gundy also gathered all the Magic players together and introduced to everyone: "Guys, we have a new teammate on our team, he is a very experienced and very capable player, he is the best defensive player in the league, he is an All-Star, let's welcome Ron Artest to join!" ”

"Welcome, brother!" Montaelis was the first to step forward and shake hands with Ron Artest.

Artest also responded enthusiastically: "Brother, I said earlier that we would play together. ”

After that, Artest also greeted the Magic players one by one, and when he saw Sun Zhuo, Artest joked: "I heard that you are injured, it doesn't matter, you can rest assured that you are injured, and the team will not lose again now that I have me." ”

Sun Zhuo smiled, he didn't show too familiarity or enthusiasm with Artest, he just said hello flatly, from now on he is a teammate of the team, he wants to improve the previous relationship, there will be time in the future, and now he must have the attitude of the team boss.

Artest is a strong reinforcement who will help the team, but he is also a time bomb, and Sun Zhuo will not dare to recruit him easily if he is not confident that he can suppress him.

Sure enough, on the first day of Artest's entry into the team, he started an incident.

Artest picked up a basketball and said to all the Magic players: "I personally have a habit, when I get to a new team, I have to go head-to-head with every player on this team, Sun is injured, Monta Ellis I have been abused many times, you don't need to compare with me, others, which of you comes first?" ”

Monta Ellis looked helpless, when had he been abused by him? But if you think about it carefully, with Artest's personality and ability, there is really no good fruit to eat one-on-one, and it is a good thing not to compare.

Everyone else was a little frightened, and no one spoke, so Artest directly named: "Kevin Durant, you are the most scoring ability in this rookie, let's have a game." ”

Durant didn't hesitate: "Okay." ”

Durant actually doesn't like Artest's joining, because as soon as Artest comes, after Sun Zhuo returns, Durant may have to be a substitute again, which makes him very depressed, he has just climbed from the bench to the starter, and he even became the boss in these two games, but he fell from the boss to the bench in an instant, this kind of rollercoaster-like life makes Durant very insecure.

"I'm going to win him, I'm going to prove I'm better than him." Durant is also serious about the challenge.

First of all, Durant attacks with the ball, Durant's shooting touch has been good recently, Artest is also tight, giving Durant a lot of pressure, Artest deliberately looks for physical confrontation, once there is physical confrontation, Durant's shooting rate is ridiculously low, and the shooting is basically iron.

Although Artest does not have too outstanding scoring ability, he has rich experience and physical advantages, slowly looking for opportunities, scoring the ball again and again, and winning Durant in one-on-one heads-up.

Although Durant is a rookie, in the Magic team, one-on-one ability is second only to Sun Zhuo's existence, Artest wins Durant, basically wins everyone else.

After defeating Durant, Artest fought against Tekoglu again: "Hidutekoglou, I have always admired you, you are the one who is easy to ignore, but I know that the two championships of the Magic, without your stable performance, will not be able to win, let's play a game." ”

Tekoglu smiled and said, "Thank you for your appreciation, Ron, I'm not good at one-on-one, you won." ”

Artest knew that no one else would challenge him, so he said proudly: "So, I'm the heads-up king of the team?" Haha, now that Sun is injured, the next game ......"

"Artest, let's play a game." Sun Zhuo suddenly spoke to Artest, he had already given Artest enough respect, but he couldn't let him be too proud.

"Are you sure?" Artest was stunned for a moment.

Others are also persuading: "Your injury is not healed, there is no need to compare with him, even he must admit that one-on-one is not your opponent, right?" ”

Artest also gave Sun Zhuo a lot of face: "You are in good health, I am indeed not your opponent one-on-one, I admit this, you don't need to compare with me now." ”

Sun Zhuo had already changed into sneakers and said, "I see that you are very interested, just to play with you, you don't need to be too serious." ”

Artest looked at Sun Zhuo's confident smile, and felt a little worried in his heart: "This guy wants to prove that even if he is lame, he can win me...... But this is also a good opportunity, he is injured now, he wants to win him, I have a bigger face, who will dare to disrespect me in the team in the future? ”

Artest also agreed, and had an unfair one-on-one with Sun Zhuo.

In fact, at this time, Sun Zhuo's injury has almost recovered, he was not seriously injured, and the reason why he has not planned to return to the game for a long time is to take advantage of this time to give Durant and Ariza the opportunity to hone their talents, after all, in the playoffs, Sun Zhuo will be focused on defense, and the play of these role players is the key to determining the outcome of the game.

Moreover, to deal with Artest, Sun Zhuo felt that one leg was enough.

"You attack first." Artest dropped the ball to Sun Zhuo and then made a defensive stance.

Sun Zhuo received the ball and stood outside the three-point line, the ball was not even dribbled, and he directly pulled up and shot three points.

Swish!

A crisp sound of entering the network sounded.

"Just voted?" Artest was taken aback, and also guessed that Sun Zhuo might have a foot injury and was inconvenient to break through, so he chose to shoot directly.

Artest picked up the ball, handed it to Sun Zhuo again, and sneered: "If you can't break through my defense, you know I won't give you a second chance to shoot three points." ”

Sun Zhuo also smiled, took the ball outside the three-point line and took a step back, Artest did not follow, and Sun Zhuo jumped three points again!

Swish!

Super long three-point shot!

"Hahaha, Artest, defend Sun's three-point, you have to defend it to the midfield, don't you know that he can shoot in any position?" On the sidelines, Montaelis laughed.

Artest already knew that Sun Zhuo would only score with outside shots, and when he defended again, he just passed the ball to Sun Zhuo, and Sun Zhuo broke through Artest's defense with a quick step.

"So fast!"

"Is Sun's injury completely healed?"

The moment he broke through, he immediately stopped his jump shot, and it was another three-point shot!

Artest was a little helpless.

Durant was also stunned: "If Sun wants to beat Artest, he doesn't have to go inside the three-point line at all!" Finish him off from beyond the three-point line! ”

"How do you practice your three-point shot? I remember when you were in your first season, you weren't as good as me in three-point shooting. Artest couldn't help but ask Sun Zhuo.

Sun Zhuo said: "It's just to keep shooting, there's no other way, Artest, I hope you can also train your three-point shot, in this team, including Marc Gasol, everyone has to be able to shoot three-pointers." ”

Artest smiled and replied: "I'm a tough and soft man, you can find the right one when you look for me, three-point shooting is not a problem for me, I don't think we have to compare anymore, if it's me who attacks, you can't prevent it either, we can't limit each other, we don't know when to play." Where are the restrooms? I'm going to make it easier. ”

"......" Sun Zhuo was stunned, Artest may have seen that Sun Zhuo's injury was no longer serious, and if he continued to fight, Artest would definitely lose, and then leave with face like this.

……

In the next game, the Magic will take on the Portland Trail Blazers away.

Brandon Roy, a second-year rookie of the Trail Blazers, played an excellent performance last season, averaging 17+4+4 per game, and has been in good shape so far this season, averaging 22 points per game.

Artest's first game with the Magic was dedicated to marking Roy.

Artest's tough defense made the immature Roy miserable, and in the first quarter, Artest successfully provoked Roy and made Roy lose his temper, which was followed by constant turnovers and ultra-low shooting percentage.

On the contrary, Artest is getting more and more courageous, breaking through the offense and three-point shots, which are very smooth, he knows that the Magic is not a team that he plays arbitrarily, this is Sun Zhuo's team, and Sun Zhuo also clearly told him that the focus of these games is to train newcomers, especially Kevin Durant, Artest has also been feeding Durant the ball to help Durant score easily.

Durant was soon the game-high scorer.

Roy couldn't help but say to Durant: "You are so happy, even a monster like Artest is willing to create a scoring opportunity for you." ”

Roy disdained Durant, and he felt that if it weren't for Artest, Durant wouldn't have performed better than him.

Durant is also depressed, as soon as Sun Zhuo returns, Lao Tzu will play as a substitute, happy bird's egg!

Durant said to Roy, "Man, you're just scratching the surface, and you'll never know what it's like to play in my environment for the first season. ”

Roy looked puzzled, looking at Durant's appearance, as if he still had a story.

Aldridge played well in this game, almost helping the Trail Blazers turn the tables, and finally Artest hit a key shot to help the team seal the win.

Sun Zhuo personally watched the performance, and was also very pleased with Artest's performance: "The team finally has an experienced player, in this situation, can stabilize the morale of the army, for this guy, I also have to get the championship, if I can't even break through to the east, I will be ridiculed by him." ”

In the next game, the Magic played the Suns, Sun Zhuo still did not play, and waited until the next game, away to challenge his old club Los Angeles Lakers, and Sun Zhuo officially made a comeback.

The Lakers have not yet obtained Gasol, and Kobe Bryant's current state is not very happy, and he is a little impatient, but seeing that Sun Zhuo and Magic are worse than their Lakers this season, they are slightly psychologically balanced.

This game is the first game in which Sun Zhuo and Artest have played together, and Stan Van Gundy did change Durant, the scoring champion in the past few games, to the bench again, allowing Sun Zhuo and Artest to start the game.

Coming to Staples, before the game, Artest said to Sun Zhuo: "This is the first game we have worked together, and we have to make some big moves today." ”

Sun Zhuo was taken aback, you don't want to bloody the Staples Center, do you?