The pioneers came in a surge, but they returned in defeat. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Amway Arena became a nightmare they didn't want to talk about. Li Dong's performance was still high, shooting 10 of 18 from the field, and 3 of 4 from three-point range, scoring 28 points. What's even more terrifying is that he showed excellent skills on the defensive end of the game, contributing a career-high 5 steals.

After the game, the outside media further sang praises for Li Dong, confirming his title as the first rookie in the 2015 draft, and his future is limitless.

The next day, January 8th.

The Magic host the Chicago Bulls, who have won seven in a row. The Bulls have an excellent record this season, and Butler's excellent performance has been indispensable, so far, Rose has averaged 16.4 points per game and can deliver nearly 5 assists, which is the engine of the entire Bulls team.

This opponent is much stronger than the Trail Blazers, and the whole Magic team has a sense of excitement, how honorable it is to be able to defeat such an opponent!

But as soon as the game began, it gave the whole Magic team a blow in the head.

The Bulls, who have an average outside shooting percentage, can hit three points in a row from the outside! Dunleavy and Mirotic had exceptionally high shooting percentages, and Li Dong had just contributed a beautiful defense with Oladipo, and this game was shot into a sieve.

At halftime, the Bulls led by 15 points, 64-49.

In the second half, Li Dong felt cold, only 1 of 8 shots in the entire second half, which could not effectively help the team at all, and felt like a soy sauce on the court, and the Magic was even more defeated, turning the game into garbage time before the fourth quarter.

In the end, the Bulls defeated the Magic 116-93, and Li Dong shot 4 of 15 from the field and scored exactly 10 points.

"No matter how bad it is, at least there are double-digit scores." When taking a shower in the Watson locker room, he used this to make fun of Li Dong, which looked like a joke, but it was actually an encouragement to Li Dong.

Li Dong thought about it carefully, it seemed to be such a truth. Since he entered the league, he has consistently scored in at least double figures, and although he occasionally hits iron, overall scoring is still easy for him.

"I can't say for sure, maybe one day when I'm old, I won't be able to score more than double digits." Li Dong said modestly, and he was still more open to this iron game.

After the game against the Bulls, the Magic took a break that night and rushed to Detroit early the next morning to challenge the Pistons.

Detroit, Auburn Hills Palace.

In pre-game training, Stanley Johnson and Li Dong talked and laughed, he played against Li Dong several times in college, and the two of them can be regarded as good seedlings from the Big 12 District League, and the chat feels the same as college classmates. Stanley Johnson is envious of Li Dong's current treatment, which has almost been set at the heart of magic training.

Johnson, on the other hand, is not treated so well, and he still needs to start off the bench, with Harris partnering Morris at forward and Pope also having a three-point shot and defensive guarantee.

"At that time, I was still glad to be drafted by the Pistons, but now I think it's a bit of a pit." There was a hint of dissatisfaction in Johnson's tone.

Li Dong frowned and persuaded, "Maybe it's just the coach's test for you?" That hairless hero looks flimpy, and he definitely can't compete with you. “

"Stan Van Gundy coached very well, but I played more at small forward in college, if Tobias didn't come...... No, I mean, Tobias is very strong, but he overlaps a little bit with me, you know what I mean? Monroe said earnestly.

Li Dong nodded, "I understand, rookies like us do need more game experience to survive in this league, you know, if it weren't for C.J. (Watson)'s old fritter to remind me, I would have suffered a lot." “

"I'm going to win this fight anyway, and beating you is the one thing that all rookies crave right now." Stanley Johnson said in high spirits.

Li Dong smiled, "I'm going to win too!" “

The two chatted for a long time during the warm-up training, Johnson said that in the entire class of 2015, he admired Li Dong the most, and the most unbearable was Griffin, if he was given the same opportunity as Griffin, he didn't think he could not contribute 20+10, and this is what he is working on now.

In the Pistons' starters, Reggie Jackson and Kentaveos Cardwell Pope formed the backcourt, and Harris, Morris and Andre Drummond made the frontcourt.

It is still the unique thickness of the Motor City, but it does not have the iron and blood in its bones.

The development of the team's characteristics does not happen overnight, and the Magic are now in such a special stage, with the neutrality of the era of Oladipo and Vucevic, and the vigor under the leadership of Li Dong.

After the last game, Skels was asked by the media why Li Dong performed badly, he said: "There are 450 players in the league, there are people who break out every night, and there are people who feel bad every night, Li Dong is a rookie, he has been improving, he has been on the road to becoming a good player, and this road is not smooth, there will always be ups and downs." “

That is, the road is tortuous, and the future is bright.

Sure enough, in the face of the Pistons and the defense of his former teammate Harris, Li Dong showed the kind of unstoppability when he felt good!

In the first quarter, Li Dong scored 19 points on 7-of-9 shooting, surpassing the total score of the previous game in half a quarter.

His performance was reflected on the court, that is, the Magic led by a full 13 points in the first quarter, and dug a big hole in the first quarter. In the second half of the second quarter, Li Dong appeared on the court, and Oladipo took the initiative to block and feed Li Dong, as if he had unlimited firing rights.

Like the fatal lure of a poppy, the feeling of this unlimited right to fire is truly wonderful.

Li Dongli burst out and shot, tall and long-armed, and Harris, who is not known for his defense, had no way to take him at all, and accompanied him to the third foul early and went to rest.

Van Gundy shook his head countless times, and the Pistons' defense looked so distracted, and the opponent's low score was entirely due to the slow tempo, and the combination between inside and outside was a mess. Now it's okay, I can't even prevent a rookie, and I can't ...... the bag clip

Before halftime, Li Dong's personal score reached the 26th point and walked off the court refreshed.

So, ESPN's female reporter stopped Li Dong and invited Li Dong to do an interview.

Erin Andrews swayed her beautiful figure with a convex and backward curvy figure, and the fragrant wind gusted, rushing into Li Dong's nostrils.

Li Dong swallowed his saliva uncontrollably, and secretly glanced at the majesty on the female reporter's chest.

"We know you just had a big game yesterday in Orlando and the top of the league, but today you played really well, especially you, you scored 26 points in the first half, wow, it's incredible, can you tell me how you adjusted?"

Li Dong secretly rolled his eyes, thinking to himself that this female reporter was so good-looking, why was the question she asked so stupid. Where did he fight with the bull yesterday, obviously he was beaten off work before three quarters, and he didn't experience much intensity at all, and it was not an incredible thing to behave as naturally as usual.

But he couldn't say that, so he paused a little and replied, "You know, our team is very young, and we have a lot of energy. Although Orlando is a long way from Detroit, we are fully accustomed to this schedule, which is nothing for a good NBA player. ”

"Okay, you broke your own single-quarter scoring record in the first quarter, and then you broke your own half-time scoring record in the first half, can you talk about how you feel at the moment?"

Li Dong was really stunned for a moment, he didn't know that there was such a thing.

"It's cool, of course, but I still think I should give credit to my teammates because I wouldn't have been able to perform like this, every defense, every rebound, without a clear division of labor. You know, no brothers, no basketball ......"

The corners of Erin's mouth went up, and she smiled quietly, "Okay, thank you very much for the interview." ”

Li Dong responded politely: "No thanks, it should be." Then he threw the towel back around his neck and turned around and walked into the dressing room.