Listen to the Magic fans on the sidelines pointing at themselves and shouting "brush, brush。。。。。 At this moment, I don't know why Meng Xu thought of Anfernee Hardaway, the "penny" Hardaway who left his peak here and only took away an injury. The Magic is a short-sighted team, which is already a recognized thing in the entire league, from the management of the Magic to the fans of the Magic, maybe because the Magic are a new army, or maybe because they lack a basic love for basketball, basketball is a game in their eyes, so from O'Neal to Hardaway, when you are at the top, when you are omnipotent, you are the darling in their eyes, when you fall from the top, or because you don't meet their minds, You're the garbage in their eyes, and to this day, when O'Neal and Hardaway return to the center of the water house, they are greeted by a lot of fans booing and invective.

This behavior of Magic fans is difficult to understand, maybe this kind of fans is only a minority, but in other teams, this situation rarely happens, a meritorious player who has played for the team for many years, as long as he does not leave because he tears his face with the team, when he revisits his hometown, most of the fans are still willing to give him applause, this is the case with the Spurs and Nuggets some time ago, when Avery Johnson returned to the Alamo Coliseum, the opening of that game, Johnson received even more applause than Duncan, and this applause is undoubtedly a recognition of Johnson by Spurs fans, and this will be a team culture, even if Johnson retires in the future, he will call himself a Spurs celebrity. But the Magic don't have this kind of culture, what is the history of a team that has just entered the league for 10 years? What is the culture?

According to the past, for the first offense after the Spurs opened, Meng Xu should give the ball to Duncan to play, whether it was a pass after blocking Duncan, or directly hoisting the ball to Duncan on the inside, but this time, Meng Xu decided to come by himself and use Anfernee Hardaway's way to complete this first offense, Hardaway's signature burst shot combined with the in-situ shaking action, Meng Xu has practiced many times in the system space, and was originally intended to be used in a big scene, such as the All-Star Game or the Christmas War or something, Although this kind of action is more ornamental, it consumes more physical strength, so in line with the principle of saving physical strength, Meng Xu will not use it in general competitions, but today Meng Xu decided to give this first time to magic.

When Meng Xu dribbled the basketball with his left hand and took a step forward to make a breakthrough action and shook Maddie, and then then changed hands to the right side to break through, while protecting the ball half-sideways, the left ** fork step, followed by a right shoulder turnover, when Meng Xu imitated Hardaway's series of actions has not been completed, Maddie has been shaken away by Meng Xu, after seeing Maddie being shaken away, Meng Xu did not continue the subsequent feints and changes of direction, but directly retracted his footsteps, jumped back on the spot, and shot 3 points.

And Maddie, who defended Meng Xu, was directly stunned by Meng Xu after seeing Meng Xu's series of actions, you must know that Hardaway is Maddy's idol, and the reason why Maddie wears the No. 1 jersey is also the No. 1 worn by Hardaway. Therefore, Maddie is also very familiar with Hardaway's signature in-situ movement. Although Maddie's talent is high enough, because his physical coordination is much worse than Hardaway's, and he lacks a trace of Hardaway's aura, Maddie has never been able to learn Hardaway's series of movements. At the same time, because after Hardaway's injury, his physical fitness was greatly reduced, and he also lost his aura, and Hardaway could not complete this kind of action now. So it also made Maddie think that this kind of Hardaway-style shaking people in situ had been lost, but he didn't expect this kind of action to reappear in Meng Xu's body today.

When he saw his 3-point shot, Meng Xu performed a classic Hardaway celebration, his body slightly sideways, and his head tilted to the side. At the same time, after celebrating the goal, Meng Xu stretched out a finger and pointed to the stand where he had just scolded himself for being a brush, and then withdrew his finger and put it to his mouth, making a gesture to signal them to shut up, and then began to retreat towards the backcourt.

Meng Xu's celebration quickly attracted the dissatisfaction of the Magic home fans, which caused a larger scale of boos and abuse, but some of these people still chose to be silent, because Meng Xu's series of actions just now reminded them of this city, the former darling of this stadium, Anfernee Hardaway.

"Erwen, who did you think of Meng Xu just now?" Michaels on the commentary seat, after seeing Meng Xu's series of actions, a familiar face quickly appeared in his mind, and at the same time, he saw that his partner's expression was a little unnatural, and it is estimated that the magician is now the same as himself, remembering the top 1 of the talented and delicate magic team.

"Yes, I think of Anfernee in the past, this kind of action belongs to him, today at the home of the Magic, Meng Xu scored the first goal of the game in this way, which is really emotional." Although Hardaway was labeled Jordan's successor by the alliance as soon as he debuted, in the cognition of many media, Hardaway will always be the successor of Magic, and Hardaway is also the only successor of Magic who has admitted in an interview with the media. Hardaway was considered to be a player with more potential and talent than O'Neal, but in the end, O'Neal was still O'Neal, and Hardaway was not that Hardaway anymore.

"Ugh." Looking at Meng Xu who acted like Hardaway on the field, Popovich not only did not have the slightest excitement, but a sad look, there are too many talented players like Hardaway who have fallen halfway, so Popovich also hopes that Meng Xu will not be the next one in his heart.

When the Magic started to attack, Maddy directly called Darrell Armstrong to pass the ball to him as soon as he passed the half, and Maddy held the ball and shook Mario Elie twice in a row outside the 3-point line, then jumped up on the spot and hit a 3-point shot. Maddie is tall and has long arms and excellent bouncing in the air, so when Maddie jumps up, defenders often don't have much to do to deal with it. At the same time, because Maddie's slender figure and elegant posture in the air, many fans will say that watching Maddie's dry pull is simply a pleasure, whether it can hit or not, just looking at his shooting posture is enough for ticket money.

"Tracy's shooting stance is so beautiful." I have to say that the league will choose to build momentum for Maddie, a player who plays beautifully, has a strong natural attraction to fans, listening to the Magic fans in the audience chanting Maddie's name in unison after Maddy shoots, and even when someone shouts MVP, Michaels also said with a smile on the side.

"If I didn't look at the jersey, I really thought Hardaway and Shaq were back." When Meng Xu used a Hardaway-style pass to assist Duncan with both hands, the connection between Hardaway and O'Neal, which had been staged countless times on this court, resurfaced in the minds of the audience, and at the same time, I don't know if it was intentional, after Doug Rivers called a timeout, the big screen in the center of the arena in the center of the water house was the highlights of the 9495 season of the Magic team, and that season was also the most glorious year in the history of the Magic team, with O'Neal and Hardaway's magic, In the regular season, they ranked first in the East with a 57-25 record, and in the playoffs, they eliminated the Bulls 4-2, and also reached the finals that season, although they did not win the championship in the end, but that season was also the most glorious and dazzling season in the history of the Magic team, but who would have thought that only two years later, the promising Magic team collapsed.

When the first quarter ended, 28-20, the Spurs led the Magic by eight points on the road, and although Maddy scored 13 points in the first quarter, he was helpless. At the same time, on the field, as Meng Xu repeatedly used Hardaway's swaying movements, coupled with the commotion that resembled Hardaway's pass, the boos and abuses in the center of the entire water house became less and less, perhaps these fans recalled the glory that Anfernee Hardaway once brought to them, and the happiness it brought them.

After the timeout, the two teams each sent their own bench lineups, but because the Magic's bench lineup was too poor compared to the Spurs, Maddy still chose to stay on the court in order not to be pulled away. This season is also a very critical year for Maddy, who has been playing as a substitute for his cousin Carter in the Raptors, has no talent but no room to play, but even so, last season in the limited playing time and few opportunities, Maddy was still able to contribute an average of 15 points, 6.3 rebounds, 3.3 assists, 1.1 steals and 1.9 blocks per game. Because of this, the management of the Magic dared to fire Maddie from the maximum salary, and Maddie's performance this season has also proved that he is worthy of this salary.

At the same time, looking at his cousin Carter's outstanding performance, and his increasing prestige and popularity, Maddie also has a little bit of competition in his heart, so this season, Maddie is desperately trying to prove himself and prove that he is not weaker than his cousin, and even more so after Hill's injury.