On March 2, 1997, entering the March schedule, February's monthly awards were also decided one by one, February's Player of the Month was finally missed by Johnny, Michael Jordan, who also performed well in the data, won last month's Player of the Month, and the league gave the reason that the Bulls not only did not lose a game in February, but also defeated the Magic, and the Magic only lost one game against the Bulls in February. √∟

However, for the reason given by the league, Jonny prefers to believe that it is because he won the Player of the Month once in January, and it is impossible for the league to award Jonny this award again when the Player of the Month is so high at this stage.

However, the Magic's current form is getting more and more attention, they only lost one game in February, including consecutive defeats to direct opponents like the Pistons and the Heat, and Jonny almost averaged 40 points per game in February to help the Magic win all the way, and Anfernee Hardaway is getting better and better.

The most important thing is that the Magic can shoot an average of 15.5 three-pointers per game after the All-Star weekend, which is a very scary data, that is to say, the three-point Magic can score 46.5 points per game alone, which is a rather terrifying number, after all, it is not the same as the two-point shot, the three-point shot is more lethal, and the reason why the Magic was able to sweep ** in February, almost no opponent can be found, is related to this sometimes rain-like three-point shooting, even if it is behind, The Magic are always able to tie or even overtake the margin with consecutive three-pointers in an instant.

And the Magic's three-point shooting is still very stable, sometimes even if Jonny doesn't feel good, other players can always stand up, so far Anfernee Hardaway, who can shoot 1.4 three-pointers per game, and Denis Scott, who can shoot 2.2 three-pointers per game, Bryan Shaw, who averages 0.8 three-pointers per game, Darryll Armstrong, who also averages 0.8 three-pointers per game, and Doug Christie, who can shoot 1.8 three-pointers per game, it can be said that the Magic has a group of stable three-point shooters.

Especially Jonny and Denis Scott, a large part of the three-point record broken by Jonny and the three-point record that has not yet been broken are held by Denis Scott, such as the record for three-point shooting in the season, which is held by Denis Scott with 267 three-pointers in the season. And the Magic have these two top three-point shooters all of a sudden, and Dennis Scott can step up when Jonny doesn't feel good, and Jonny can stand up when Deniscot doesn't feel good. And the team's trade for Marcus Camby in the second half of the season obviously paved the way for the Magic to shoot crazy three-pointers, after all, when the three-point shot can't be hit, it still needs an excellent interior rebound to protect the basket.

And just after the Magic attracted the attention of the whole league, they ushered in the challenge of the Seattle SuperSonics at home, and then met Gary Payton, obviously Jonny was going to be pulled out to talk about it, and the duel between the two in the All-Star Game ended with Jonny winning, which also shocked many people at that time, after all, Gary Payton's defensive ability is known to everyone.

And before this game, Jonny was struggling with whether to use energy points, the previous one broke the record of three-point consecutive hits, so that Jonny had a little more energy points, and the rookie of the month in February gave Jonny a little more energy points and a chance to draw a lottery, but in the game with the Heat, Jonny used up a little, so now Jonny still has 9 energy points left, Jonny thought about it, he felt that the playoffs were getting closer and closer, and the most important thing now was not the regular season, Especially with his points per game averaging far behind Michael Jordan, Jonny felt that he didn't need to expend a little energy for a regular season game, so the game started without Jonny using his R skills.

The Supersonics' record this season is also very good, they have a 40-16 record slightly worse than the current Magic, and compared with the Magic, they also have a double combination, Gary Payton and Sean Kemp, this is a typical combination of one inside and one outside, and in addition, the SuperSonics also have three-point shooter Jose Hawkins, three-point center Sam Perkins, and for the Magic, the biggest positive is that before this game, Supersonic injured forward Detreve Schramf was injured, Can't play in this game.

Compared with the Magic's reasonable and complete starting lineup, the supersonic starting lineup is much more broken, starting forward Schramf is injured and cannot play, and in the center position, their starter is the 2.16-meter soy sauce man Jim Mark Ilvain, and the starting point in place of Schramf is another soy sauce man Larry Stewart, so for the Magic, this is a game that must be won, because the opponent is not as strong as imagined.

However, in this game, Jonny found himself in trouble, Gary Payton was not so easy to deal with, the last All-Star Game between the two of them, if Jonny did not have the bonus of R skills, it is estimated that Gary Payton would have been prevented into slag, which can refer to the later Glen Les, Glen Les was almost no point under Gary Payton's defense.

And in this game, Gary Payton, who had an all-Star Game grudge, did his best from the beginning, because the starting point guard of the SuperSonics was not Gary Payton, but Jose Hawkins, so it was always Gary Payton who was against Jonny, so Jonny was tragic in this game, Gary Payton's blockade of Jonny was really spared, and his defensive style was like making Jonny unable to even catch the ball from the beginning.

"Boy, why can't you do this game? Did you last play your **? Gary Payton asked, frantically pushing at Jonny.

And Jonny is speechless to the point of pain, for Gary Payton's constant provocation and extremely aggressive defense, Jonny is now very irritable, and this game SuperSonics showed a surprising team defense, the Magic whole team is a little uncomfortable, and now Ricky Adubatu has been replaced by Dennis Scott in advance, Jonny's three-point is not open, but Dennis Scott's three-point is not open.

But fortunately, the cold feel seems to be contagious, and the supersonic players don't feel good, the two sides are like entering a battle of iron from the beginning, and the fierce physical contact between the two sides also makes this game seem like a defensive battle, fierce, and the media reporters watching the game on the sidelines are excited to shout.

Sometimes it's nice to look at offensive battles, but other times, it's also very exciting to defend battles.

"Jonny Lee, he's missed four shots in a row, he takes the ball with his back to face Gary Payton, you can see that their confrontation is fierce, the two are squeezing each other, not giving in, Jonny! He turned around and stepped back to shoot a three-point shot! Not in. Seeing that it was about to reach 24 seconds, Jonny had to force a three-point shot, and the basketball was very faceless and did not score.

And then, the supersonic offense, the supersonic back and forth reversal, but the Magic tried their best to make up for the defense back and forth, so that the supersonic reversal became useless, they did not find a good offensive opportunity, and finally the ball also came to the hands of the star Gary Payton, Jonny defended Gary Payton, although Gary Payton's defense is more famous, but his offense is also very good, this season Gary Payton can average 21.9 points per game, this is the proof.

And Jonny, who is opposite Gary Payton, is tortured almost all the time, although Jonny felt bored for a while in the last All-Star Game, but after all, his offense can score goals, but this time is different, Jonny has missed consecutive shots, and he has long been tired of it in his heart, coupled with Gary Payton's chatter trash talk, this kind of torture, maybe many people will understand.

And Gary Payton said, "Little one, watch out, don't scare your pants off." Then holding the ball is a turn, but Jonny is also very sticky, he directly pasted it, stuck to Gary Payton, and rushed all the way to the basket, this game Jonny was also overperformed, his defense unexpectedly limited Gary Payton.

And this ball, after Gary Payton burst inside, he chose a throw, and Jonny raised his hands to interfere, but the ball still turned around the basket and finally got into it, and the ball went in.

"Gary Payton finally got the score, he missed two shots and it was his first goal of the game."

And when it came to the Magic offense, Jonny's off-ball running still failed to tear apart the supersonic defense, Gary Payton followed very closely, and after going around in a circle, the Magic really didn't find any chances, so the ball came to Jonny's hands again, and now the Magic has developed a habit, that is, to hand the ball to Jonny.

After Jonny received the ball, he was also quite helpless, with 5 seconds left in 24 seconds, and he had to shoot as soon as possible.

directly took a big stride and collided with Gary Payton hard, and the confrontation between the two of them to this extent, even the referee turned a blind eye, watching Jonny and Gary Payton have a fierce confrontation, and after the two collided with each other, they suddenly separated, and Jonny took this opportunity to throw the ball, extremely distorted shooting posture, throwing.

"Jonny's shot, the posture is not very elegant, see if you can score."

Bang, in!

Watching the basketball bouncing on the floor, even Jonny himself was surprised, the ball just now, he just found the position of the basket at the moment of shooting, and then the ball actually went in!