Chapter 230: The Magic of Sorrow

After entering December, the Spurs' schedule is a little easier, in this month's 12 games, in addition to the Lakers, Knicks and Pacers are stronger, the rest of the opponents are basically Grizzlies, Hornets, Bulls, Rockets, Cavaliers, Warriors, Magic and other fish belly teams, and this month the Spurs have rarely had back-to-back games.

So in this case, on December 1, the Spurs slaughtered the Grizzlies 103-89 at home, and the star of the Grizzlies in this game, Sharif Abdul Rahim, who was called the fifth largest forward in the league by the media, was very miserable by Duncan, shooting 6 of 20 in the game, scoring 16 points and 11 rebounds, while Duncan scored 30+ for the first time this season, 14 of 20 shots in the game, 2 of 2 free throws, 30 points, 12 rebounds, and 5 assists. At the same time, this game faced Mike Bibby, who is known as the leader of the young generation of point guards in the league, Meng Xu once again played a triple-double of 16 points, 10 rebounds, 12 assists, and 4 steals.

Then on November 3, the Spurs defeated the Warriors 105-87, in this game, the Spurs scored 6 double-doubles, Meng Xu was 12 points, 9 rebounds, 8 assists of the quasi-triple-double, and the opposite Warriors, except for Antoine Jamison scored 20 points, all the rest of the players played abnormally, Mark Jackson shot 4 of 16, Larry Hughes shot 5 of 16, Bob Sula shot 4 of 14, after losing this game, 4 wins and 9 losses, The Warriors will continue to linger in the lottery this season.

On November 5th, the Spurs played against the Rockets who lost Olajuwon, and finally the Spurs easily defeated the Rockets 96-79, originally the Rockets wanted to trade out Olajuwon to make Francis and Mobley quickly ascend, but after losing the team's flag for more than 10 years, and the interior pillar, the Rockets also quickly fell into the quagmire, Francis and Mobley, who are still in the second and third grades this year, really lack the experience of leading the team alone, in more than 10 games this season, The Rockets are often slammed in the first half and then reversed in the second half, and the Rockets, who are currently 7-8, will miss the playoffs for a historic second year in a row if they continue to do so.

After winning 3 consecutive victories, the discussion about Meng Xu's data brushing has also disappeared temporarily, and the unspoken rule about brushing data in the NBA is whether the team can win or win the championship. As long as you can lead your team to victory and play beautiful stats, then you are an MVP and you are a superstar at all-time level. On the other hand, even if your data flies out of the sky, it will only be considered a cancer, a data brush.

After back-to-back home wins over the Grizzlies, Warriors and Rockets, the Spurs will travel to the East again, and this round of road trips, the Spurs will play against the Magic, Knicks, and Cavaliers.

On December 6, 2000, when the Spurs arrived in Orlando, there were a lot of Magic fans, who came to pick up the plane, I don't know who leaked the rumors, Duncan deliberately wasted Magic feelings this summer, was revealed, the original Magic fans were still cursing those stupid management, because of a plane ticket and lost Duncan, lost the best power forward in history, but when this matter was revealed, the Magic fans immediately pointed the finger at Duncan, So when the Spurs just walked out of the airport today, a large number of Magic fans were wearing a lot of banners full of not *river *crab* content, and at the same time cursing Duncan.

Duncan, who was still talking and laughing with his teammates, immediately pulled down his face after seeing these banners, and at the same time took out his headphones and stuffed them into his ears, and walked on the bus without saying a word.

If Duncan is O'Neal's kind of character, then the Magic will definitely suffer in this game, and I'm sorry for you if you don't cut a 50+60+, but Duncan is diametrically opposed to O'Neal's character, which leads to the fact that although Duncan will be very angry and unhappy, Duncan will not do anything that damages the team, let alone play crazy singles in the night game because of impulse.

This season's Magic is also very sad, originally for this summer full of big fish, the Magic prepared for two seasons in advance, in order to free up enough salary space, even the leading player Anfernee Hardaway was cheaply handled. When Duncan and Hill visited Orlando at the same time this summer, Magic fans began to imagine that Duncan and Hill formed the strongest combination in history, but in the end, because of a ticket problem, Duncan left Orlando angrily and chose to renew his contract with the Spurs. After losing Duncan, the Magic signed Hill and Maddy in a row to form the strongest backcourt combination in the league, but God did not fulfill his wishes, Grant Hill only played 4 games, and the season was reimbursed.

Magic fans, who were still dreaming of a championship at the beginning of the season, suddenly found that this year's Magic is still struggling for a ticket to the playoffs as in previous years. After the first 15 games, the Magic ranked fourth from the bottom of the East with a record of 6 wins and 9 losses, not to mention the championship, and it was a high incense to enter the playoffs. Because of this, angry Magic fans need a suitable outlet and target to vent, which used to be the target of Magic's stupid management, but now it has become Tim Duncan, and now Magic fans agree that it was Duncan who cheated on their feelings.

"You guys, be prepared to bear my wrath." When Meng Xu was the first to walk out of the players' tunnel, the Spurs players were greeted with boos, especially after Duncan played, the entire water house center arena was filled with all kinds of invective, and the scene of countless fans raising their middle fingers made Meng Xu immediately angry.

"Although Grant Hill is unavailable due to injury, it will not be easy for the Spurs to win this game." As a qualified commentator, opening his eyes and telling nonsense is Michaels' essential skill, although Magic is now a fish belly that can be slaughtered, but how to say it here is also the home of Magic, in a national live broadcast game, there is no suspense and a little suspense artificially created, so as to attract more audiences. Due to the signing of Grant Hill, the most popular player in the league this season, and the new star Maddie currently promoted by the league, the Magic is also in the first echelon of live games in the United States this season, with a total of more than 30 games.

"Well, yes, Tracy has performed very well this season after switching to the No. 2 position, 10 of the previous 15 games have been cut 30+, and now Tracy is already one of the best No. 2 positions in the league, and when Grant recovers from injury, this Magic team will be even stronger." Maddie and Hill's talent is unquestionable, which is why Magic Johnson is so confident in this magic team.

"The Magic's inside line is just too bad." When the Magic's starting center Michael Doriac lost to the aging David Robinson when he jumped the ball, Michaels also shook his head, because Maddie and Hill have signed the highest salary, so the Magic naturally does not have much salary space to sign some powerful players, so in this Magic team, in addition to Maddie and Hill, there are few talented players, and the current Magic's two interior lines are all blue-collar, and they are still relatively poor, not to mention Duncan, Even David Robinson is enough to blow them up.

The starting lineup of the Spurs in this game is center David Robinson, power forward Tim Duncan, small forward Mari Cross, scoring guard Mario Elie, and playmaking guard Meng Xu. This round of the away trip, Sean Elliott once again gloriously rested, this time Popovich announced that it was Sean Elliott food poisoning, not long after the last Meng Xu food poisoning, the Spurs had player food poisoning again, and now the Spurs club's nutritionists and chefs have become the focus of the league.

The starting center of the Magic in this game is Michael Doriak, power forward John Amici, small forward Pat Garriti, and scoring guard Tracy? McGrady, playmaking guard Darrell Armstrong. Originally, Maddie came to the Magic to assist Hill as the second leader, but now Maddie has become the core and boss of the Magic.

"Meng, you've been very high-profile lately." When Meng Xu dribbled and pushed through the middle line, Maddy, the current star of the Magic, came to defend Meng Xu in person, Magic's main point guard Darrell Armstrong, who is only 1.8 meters tall, let him defend Meng Xu alone, he will definitely be played to death by Meng Xu using his height, so Magic head coach Doug Rivers also arranged for Maddie to defend Meng Xu in person.

"Tracy, I'm far worse than you, you're the best spot in the league right now." Although the recent discussion about Meng Xu's data is very intense, compared with the "four major scoring guards" that the league is building, can it still be regarded as a matter of brushing data? And the two games of this year's Christmas War, Magic vs. Raptors, Lakers vs. 76ers, Maddy, Carter, Kobe, Iverson in these four teams, have basically been considered the final candidates, and the teams of these four players have been pushed to the stage of the Christmas War.