Earlier at Amway Arena, the Orlando Magic had just beaten the New Orleans Pelicans without Anthony Davis, and successfully pulled their record back to a 50% win rate of 6 wins and 6 losses, so they will be working hard to surpass the 50% win rate on this court today.

"The weather in Orlando is good today, but it's a pity that their opponents will never keep Orlando in a good mood for a day."

In the Amway Arena, the commentator on the sidelines flipped through the technical statistics: "Today, the guests on this field will be the wild cowboys from Dallas!" ”

The Dallas Mavericks, the Western Conference team with the German tank Dirk Nowitzki, won the first O'Brien Cup in the 10-11 season in the finals with the almost supernatural performance of the Norsky King.

It's a pity that in recent seasons, the Dallas Mavericks have gradually gone downhill, year after year, this summer, Durant left Golden State, and the Dallas people also saw the opportunity, and the 4-year 94 million big contract was directly smashed to Harrison Barnes of the North Carolina Black Hawks.

The Dallas once saw Barnes, who was out of whack in the Finals, as the future leader of the team's rise.

Barnes' performance this season has indeed not disappointed Dallas fans, averaging 22.2 points and 5.5 rebounds per game so far this season, which is a qualitative leap from his average of only 11 points per game for the Warriors last season, and many fans even put him in the selection of the most improved player of the season in advance.

It's just that Barnes's extraordinary play was not able to lead the Mavericks to victory, and in the first eleven games of the season, the Dallas team only won two games, ranking bottom of the West, and the reason for this is that the greatest player in the team's history, Novis Ki, has missed all games since the start of the season.

"Dirk's absence has left the Cowboys disoriented, but after four straight losses, they have no way back, and they will definitely fight to the death in Orlando today!"

The commentator on the sidelines dutifully told all the sources, and then broadcast the camera to the reporters who came to the sidelines.

As a capturer of news topics, the reporters on the sidelines couldn't help but say something, while the players were still warming up on the court, they found Magic head coach Frank Vogel and threw out their own questions: "Hello Coach Frank, as far as I know, your team had an intra-team training game yesterday, and Michael Wu also joined it?" ”

"Oh, you're so well informed, I thought only my teammates knew about it." Vogel expressed surprise at the media sources and nodded at the same time: "That's right, yesterday's intra-team training match was Michael's first time involved, and the whole process went very smoothly. ”

"We had a training session that worked very well."

"According to relevant sources, Michael Wu did nothing in the mountain half of this game, but he had a very bright performance in the second half, I would like to ask you, will Michael get more playing time in today's game?" The reporter passed the topic to Vogel's mouth: "Or, will Michael play?" ”

After all, in the last game against the New Orleans Pelicans, Wu Rui was not taken on the court by Vogel for even a second, so the reporter is also very suspicious that Wu Rui will still sit on the bench in this game.

"That's a good question, because I don't know how to answer it." Vogel smiled at the camera: "Michael's performance yesterday really caught my eye, but whether he will play today depends entirely on the course of the game and his own state, and I can't give you an accurate answer." ”

For what Vogel said, the reporter who interviewed him also felt that there was no problem, just like the victory over the Pelicans in the last game, the Magic did not send Wu Rui, but won the opponent, Wu Rui is just a player on the edge of the rotation, he can't play, it is indeed not necessary!

Immediately afterward, the reporter asked some inconsequential questions, and Vogel replied with a smile that time passed quickly, and the game between the Magic and the Mavericks was about to begin.

The starters on both sides took off their coats in turn and tidied up their jerseys.

On the Magic side, the lineup has not changed, Wu Rui still stays off the court, and the starting lineup is Vucevic, Ibaka, Fournier, Payton Jr. and Jeff Green, after all, this lineup has just won the last game.

On the Mavericks' side, the change in the starting lineup is relatively large, because the starting power forward Nowitzki, who was unable to play before, cannot play, so Dorian Finney-Smith appeared in the starting power forward position.

This is the undrafted pick signed by the Mavericks this year to make up for the lack of personnel at the beginning of the season.

In the starting center position, the Mavericks sent Andrew Bogut, the champion of '06, and the starting point guard was Seth Curry, the younger brother of Warriors star Stephen Curry, who has a long-range shooting ability, which is somewhat similar to his brother.

In terms of shooting guard, Wesley Matthews has signed a big contract with the Mavericks for 17 million per year, and Matthews, who switched from Portland last season, has not played at the level he should have, and he needs to prove himself this season.

Finally, as the Mavericks' biggest addition this summer, Harrison Barnes stayed with head coach Rick Carlisle to listen to a few tactical arrangements and returned to the court.

Nowitzki is absent, and Barnes is the undisputed core of the Mavericks' offensive end, and Carlisle must explain the key points of each strategy to the North Carolina Black Hawks.

All the players are on the field, and the referee does not waste time, standing on the middle line, throwing the ball, and the game officially begins!

Vucevic did not disappoint Wu Rui on the bench in the slightest, even if the opponent was an older version of Bogut, he still failed to jump the ball and the ball fell to the visiting team.

Seth Curry drove forward with the ball, made a simple pick-and-roll with Bogut, and then made a two-point shot directly from a position inside the three-point line.

He was in a hurry to shoot this ball, and the basketball failed to fall into the net as he wished, and the rebound was protected by Jeff Green and handed over to Payton Jr., as the brain of the team, Payton Jr. was not in a hurry to push the fast break, and slowly passed the halfcourt, and suddenly hit the ground and gave Fournier out of the three-point line.

The latter shot after receiving the ball from three-point points, but it was also exchanged for the sound of "Duang"!

The opening offense of the teams on both sides was a little dull, and the first quarter lasted until nine and a half minutes, before Vucevic finally received Jeff Green's through ball and forced the inside to score two points!

"Orlando's basket is like a manhole cover, and players on both sides can't shoot!"

The dreary situation also made the commentator on the sidelines a little anxious: "Perhaps, Coach Rick Carlisle and Coach Frank Vogel need to make a move!" ”