Jonny was a little nervous about facing the Magic, and now that the expectations for this game have risen to a very high level, the next game for Jonny is a game that he has to win, and he has to prove himself.

On the morning of November 2, 1997, the Magic were still training on their team, the game would be held in the evening of American time, and because it was their home game, the Celtics were still training on their team, but this time the atmosphere in the team was different from before the last game, the last game, the game won or lost, all the players didn't care much, and finally won the game with a relaxed mentality.

Jonny was practicing three-pointers on the sidelines, because there was a game in the afternoon, and the morning training was all free training. Not far away, several teammates were talking about the first two days of the game, and the discussion led to Jonny.

"I heard that the Bulls won by 20 points yesterday?"

"yes, Michael Jordan scored 36 points directly, and then shot 3 of Allen Iverson's 17 shots!"

"Haha, it's ridiculous to think about, it seems that last year there were media who said that Aaron Iverson was stronger than our boss, right? It's ridiculous, what kind of grade is this? ”

Listening to the steady stream of voices coming from there, Jonny smiled. In the first game, Jonny used his strength to conquer all his teammates, and after hitting a few three-pointers again, Jonny felt uncomfortable, and he glanced at Bruce Bowen, who was practicing three-pointers in the bottom corner on the other side, and his eyes lit up. Then he beckoned.

"Bruce, come here!"

Seeing the boss summoning, Bruce Bowen came running in a hurry.

"How about a bullfight?"

Hearing Jonny's proposal, Bruce Bowen was stunned, and several teammates who were still talking about the game just now not far away immediately came over when they heard Jonny's words.

"Come on, come on, Bruce, don't be afraid!"

"That's right. Let's see if it's the boss or Michael Jordan! Teammates coaxed, Bruce Bowen scratched his head embarrassedly, although he became famous in the last game, Bruce Bowen obviously put his posture very low, and he didn't have the kind of fearlessness in the game at all.

The heckling of his teammates made Bruce Bowen nod a little hesitantly, he walked up to Johnny with the basketball, and the bullfight began.

"Come on, Bruce. Let me feel your kraft candy-like defense! "Jonny's goal is really to feel Bruce Bowen's defense, the next game. The opponent Magic team has his former teammate Doug Christie, and Doug Christie is also a player who is good at kraft candy defense, but it is far worse than Bruce Bowen in the last game.

Jonny hit the racket twice, and Bruce Bowen stuck to it, the greasy and slippery feeling of skin touch, and the body odor of Bruce Bowen from time to time. It did make Jonny feel a little uncomfortable, but Bruce Bowen kept his mouth tightly closed, Jonny knew what Bruce Bowen had eaten this morning, Bruce Bowen bought a durian when he came in the morning, and then ate a small half of it himself. That's what he prepared for the afternoon race.

You can imagine how smelly Bruce Bowen's mouth is now, but Bruce Bowen didn't open his mouth, and although Johnny was strange, he didn't think much about it.

In the first shot, Jonny chose to break through to the basket, the Desert Butcher's e skill, James-style layup, and rushed to the basket like a tank, while Bruce Bowen relied on his kraft-like defense to stick to Jonny until Jonny rushed to the bottom of the basket.

Jonny rushed all the way to the bottom of the basket, and he made a layup move, and at the same time he was watching out for Bruce Bowen's small movements, when he jumped, the whole person tensed, and he was always paying attention to the small movements that he didn't know where they came from.

But Jonny soon found himself overthinking, and after completing the layup, Bruce Bowen's small movements did not appear, which made Jonny wonder, and then played a few more balls, but there were no small movements.

Puzzled, Johnny looked at Bruce Bowen, who was standing in front of him again: "Bruce, what about your little moves?" ”

Bruce Bowen smiled, "Boss, I don't use those little actions on my own people. ”

"Not to your own people? Why? ”

"Those little gestures are so dirty"

Jonny was silent, then spoke again: "Then I am your opponent now." ”

"No, Boss, you're not."

Jonny was going crazy, he actually just wanted to feel Bruce Bowen's little movements, but Bruce Bowen didn't want to.

"I may be in the future."

"At least not yet." Feeling that he and Bruce Bowen could no longer communicate, Jonny silently stepped aside to end the boring bullfight.

Orlando, on the plane that just took off, the Magic's coaching staff had already started to discuss and arrange the next game on the plane, which was supposed to be done the day before the game, but yesterday the Magic's coaching staff discussed it for most of the day, and nothing was discussed, so they had to continue the discussion after getting on the plane.

The TV at the front of the cabin was playing footage of the Celtics' last game, and Magic's new assistant coach Ronnie Kuhlman was constantly tuning the video, and the TV began to focus on Jonny's play.

Chuck Daley was a little speechless as he watched the Asian player who was running all over the court, frantically taking the ball and attacking the Bulls' penalty area. Originally, he took over the Magic because the team had a bright future duo, and when he saw this duo, he immediately thought of the combination of Isaiah Thomas and Joe Dumas when he coached the Pistons. But he didn't expect Jonny Lee to have such deep feelings for his previous coach, and at the first sight of him, Jonny went crazy. Then the two had no chance of this collaboration.

At the beginning of the season, Anfernee Hardaway was injured, and Chuck Daly began to regret coming out of the mountain to pick up such a hot potato. And now, in the second game of the season, we have to face such an embarrassing situation, although as an evergreen in the league. Chuck Daly had seen a lot of things, but this time, Chuck Daly couldn't have imagined that he would have to go through such an embarrassment when he was about to retire.

The player on the TV will be their biggest problem for the next game, and Chuck Daly stands up and snaps his hands, and Ronnie Kuhlman pauses the video.

"Well, as you can see. What just came out on TV was a video of our next game against the Celtics, which was their last game against the Bulls, and I summed it up, it was fast and sharp on the counter-attack. And the one we need to solve the most is Jonny Lee. Chuck Daley suddenly stopped talking, in fact, the biggest problem for the Magic right now is Jonny Lee.

Chuck Daley has been able to stand tall in the league for so many years. The level is naturally very superb, and perhaps there is only one Phil Jackson in this league who can compete with Chuck Daley in terms of both seniority and level. When Chuck Daly saw Jonny's crazy way of hitting the penalty area, he immediately thought of putting two steps to break through.

But when he thought of Jonny's all-incomprehensible three-point shooting performance and mid-to-long-range shooting performance last season, the idea was immediately rejected by him and put two steps to defense? Isn't this looking for death?

Chuck Daley is in a quandary, but there are people on the Magic team who aren't. He thought it was easy to do, so he shouted on the plane with some arrogance: "Coach! Isn't it just Jonny Lee? Leave it to me! ”

As everyone looked at each other, Anthony Walker shook his head and stood up, and continued: "That's how we do this game!" Doug defends Jonny, and I'll make up for it. I can't prevent him! Arrogant voices echoed across the plane, and several of the Magic's players looked disgruntled.

The Magic are playing a tactical set-up, and the Celtics are no exception. After the free training in the morning, the team's tactical set-up began.

"Because Anfernee Hardaway is injured, the Magic's current lineup should be Darryl Armstrong to start instead of Anfernee Hardaway, and then the shooting guard is Doug Christie, who will be the defender of Jonny, the small forward is Dennis Scott, the power forward is Anthony Walker, and the center is Marcus Camby. There are three players we need to keep an eye on in this lineup, Darryl Armstrong, Dennis Scott and Anthony Walker."

The Celtics' setup is very simple, it is three second-rate offensive points in the starting line of the Death Magic, and this game can be considered a win. And these three offensive points, Denis Scott handed over to Bruce Bowen to defend, after the last game, Rick Pitino has decided to make another adjustment to the team's starting lineup, Tim Thomas cameo as a power forward, and Bruce Bowen became the starting small forward. In addition to that, Darryl Armstrong handed over to Jonny to defend and Anthony Walker to Ben Wallace to defend.

And the specific tactics naturally continued according to the previous game, and the Celtic counterattack played very well in the last game, and this game will naturally continue.

On November 2, 1997, the Celtics and Magic game began at TD North Shore Garden, and the appearance ceremony was still the same as the previous game, Jonny finale, but the other order was changed, the last game, Ben Wallace and Bruce Bowen made their order in the appearance ceremony a little more important with their own play, in which Big Ben was the second player to appear on the team, and Bruce Bowen was the third.

After the pitch, the two sides began to warm up, and Jonny met his old team-mate on the sidelines. Darryl Armstrong smiled and walked up to Jonny for a hug, and they hadn't seen each other since the Eastern Conference Finals last season. In addition to Darryl Armstrong, there was Anfernee Hardaway, who came to watch the game today in a suit and greeted Jonny before the game.

Seeing his old teammates again, Jonny is also very happy, the only regret is that Ammal McCasgill is no longer with the Magic, before the start of this season, the Magic chose to cut Ammal McCasgill, and after being cut by the Magic, Ammal McAster quickly chose to play in Europe, maybe the next time they meet will be many years.

This season, the Magic have nothing to gain in the transfer market and in the free market, except for Anthony Walker. In the case of Ronny Secali choosing to return to Europe, the Magic, in addition to getting Anthony Walker through the Jonny trade, they just signed Mark Price and Derek Harper, two guards, to strengthen their backcourt, and then there was no move.

However, these two additions quickly paid off for the Magic, as Mark Price and Derrick Harper kept the Magic out of the point guard position with Anfernee Hardaway seriously injured. After Darryl Armstrong came to the start, the Magic's backcourt was still very strong, which is why many media are optimistic that the Magic will win more than half of the game without Anfernee Hardaway.

In the last game, although the Magic lost to the Hawks, several players on the team still gave people hope, such as Darryl Armstrong, who scored 20 points and 8 assists in the last game, and Mark Price, who hit 4 three-pointers. Compared with the Celtics, the current Magic bench is ridiculously strong, and it can be said that the Magic have the strongest bench group in the league.

And in this game, the Magic still sent their starting lineup from the last game, Darryl Armstrong continued to start in place of Anfernee Hardaway, and the Celtics are naturally the regular starting lineup, point guard Tejus Edney, scoring guard Jonny Lee, small forward Bruce Bowen, power forward Tim Thomas and center Ben Wallace.

Although the Celtics' starting lineup has changed slightly, it is still expected by Chuck Daley, who glanced at the Celtics' lineup on the court and nodded. After the plane discussion, the Magic's final defensive strategy was that Doug Christie was the main defense of Jonny, Anthony Walker assisted in the defense, and Marcus Camby on the inside line supplemented the defense, it can be said that the Magic was going to use manpower to kill Jonny.

Under the pressure of public opinion, NBC finally changed to a national live broadcast, and the original Celtics had a pitiful number of live broadcasts in the United States, and this game was only a pitiful 5 games.

NBC also fielded a commentary duo of Kevin Harlan and Craig Saagle in this game, and the two got to work as soon as the game began.

"The game is on, the Magic win the jump ball, and they're going to have their first offense of the game." (To be continued......)

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