On January 4, the scrappy Sun Yue led the Hawks to Orlando to challenge the Magic.

The new signings and the team also practiced together, and Woodson couldn't arrange the roles and positioning of the three new signings clearly and properly in a short period of time, so he could only adjust while watching.

Let's talk about the Hawks' opponent today, the Orlando Magic this season with the help of "Warcraft" Dwight. As Howard continues to grow, the team's record has improved significantly.

In addition to signing Howard with the No. 1 pick in the draft, the Magic roster has undergone a major overhaul, sending away All-Star and league scoring champion Tracy McGrady and other players in exchange for Steve Francis, Catino Mobley and Kelvin Cato from Houston.

But Francis was not happy with the Magic, the rapid growth of backup point guard Nelson, coupled with Francis's own injury-ridden, his large amount of ball possession and playing time was squeezed by Nelson, and Francis was still on the waiver card in this game.

In this game, Woodson adjusted the team's starting lineup and put young interior Al. Jefferson mentioned the starting center position.

Woodson in Eyre. Jefferson and Mark. Blunt chose Jefferson for a simple reason, the young Jefferson was better than the aging Blount in terms of fighting spirit and competitive form.

The result came in handy Al. Jefferson became a clever trick for Woodson, Sun Yue and Al. Jefferson's pick-and-roll effect was very good, even surpassing Sun Yue and Josh. Smith's pick-and-roll.

The reason is simple, Al. Jefferson's offensive skills are more well-rounded, and in addition to mastering various interior singles techniques, his mid-range jumper is also more consistent than Josh's. Smith's mid-to-long-range jumper for his "Six-Vein Excalibur", although Jefferson's speed and bounce were not as fast as the beast-level physical. Smith, but his stockier tonnage and higher basketball IQ also make him a greater offensive threat than Josh. Smith.

In the first half, Sun Yue and Al. Jefferson's high post blocking power made the Magic suffer a lot, Sun Yue scored 9 points and 11 assists on 4 shots. Jefferson was extremely efficient under Sun Yue's constant delivery of shells, scoring 16 points and five rebounds on 7-of-8 shooting.

Howard, the "Warcraft" who has not yet grown into a complete body, was killed by Sun Yue and Al. In the first half, the Magic team faced the Hawks' high-post blocking tactics, and the defensive method adopted was that the center grabbed it as soon as possible to block Sun Yue, and the Magic team obviously underestimated Sun Yue's passing level and Al. Jefferson's offensive level.

Howard, whose offensive strength has risen sharply this season, didn't score many points in the first half, the Hawks made a lot of wraps up on him, Sun Yue shrank inside when he had the opportunity to wait for the opportunity to break the ball, Howard only scored 6 points on the offensive end, and only grabbed 4 rebounds on the defensive end, not even a block.

In the second half, Sun Yue was attacked by Magic's stronger defense and packing, but Sun Yue was prepared early, and he immediately handed over the basketball to Joe. Johnson, who directly assigned the task to the latter. Sun Yue directly handed over the task of holding the ball to the team's second leader, Joe. Johnson, on his own, started running off the ball to create space and opportunities for his teammates to attack.

Today, Sun Yue's thinking is very clear, he feels that every player should have a unique role, and Sun Yue's own role is: the team's first ball handler, breakthrough player, passer, and outside shooter.

As for the specific style of play of the Eagles now, the first choice is: Sun Yue and Al. Jefferson made an arc top block, either blocking and cutting inside or blocking and cutting outside, and then ambushed a large number of shooters around for him to deploy; The second option, the quick three-point in the transition between offense and defense and the fast break. He can be the terminator or he can be the helmsman; Tertiary options. When the whole team was together, he went out to fight alone and turned the tide.

Joe Johnson lived up to Sun's trust, hitting a three-pointer at the start of the third quarter and then hitting a layup to score seven straight points to help the Hawks extend their lead to double digits.

The Magic went on an 11-2 spurt at the end of the third quarter and at the beginning of the fourth quarter with Howard and Nelson bursting out, bringing the score to 79-81 with 10:20 left in the game. But what Orlandos didn't expect was that this would be the last time they would close the score.

Since then, the Magic have missed shots and even made free throws.

On the Hawks' side, Sun Yue took over the game, first hitting a three-pointer and then assisting Josh. Smith relayed in the air and continuously led the team's offense, ending the game with a wave of 11:0.

In the last minute, the Magic tried their best to fight back, but they fell too far behind and were unable to recover, and the Hawks finally ushered in their first win after the trade.

On January 5, the NBA officially announced the results of the new round today, which is also the second phase of the vote count since the All-Star Open Voting.

Bryant. Bryant dominated the league with 1384966 votes, but his title was not particularly stable.

Kobe Bryant's old nemesis, Shaquille. O'Neal came in second with 1366032 votes, followed by LeBron . James came in third with 1357502 votes, while Sun Yue and Yao Ming from China came in fourth and fifth with 1188830 and 1150920 respectively.

According to information revealed by officials within the alliance, Sun Yue and Yao Ming received an extremely large number of votes from overseas, even if they were particularly witty this year to increase the difficulty of overseas voting, but their overseas votes are still very high, if there is no high threshold for overseas voting, there may be a scene where two Chinese are far ahead in the all-star vote.

Judging from the results of this vote count, there is little change in the positions of the east and west. For now, the East and West All-Star lineup should be:

East: Sun Yue, Alun. Iverson, LeBron. James, Jermaine. O'Neal, Shaquill. O'Neal

West: Steve. Nash, Kobe. Bryant, Tracy. McGrady, Kevin. Garnett, Yao Ming.

In addition, Sun Yue also received another piece of good news, the Chicago Bulls entered the new year with a wave of three consecutive defeats, and their record dropped to 18-14, and the Hawks were only half a game away from their opponents in the same district.

Eastern District Rankings –

1. Detroit Pistons (25-7).

2. Miami Heat (23-10).

3. New Jersey Nets (22-12).

4. Cleveland Cavaliers (21-13).

5. Washington Wizards (19-14).

6. Indiana Pacers (19-14).

7. Chicago Bulls (18-14).

8. Atlanta Hawks (18-14)

The 5th to 8th place in the East are very close, so the Hawks' upcoming game against the Hornets will be very crucial for the Hawks.