Chapter 110: The Strongest Three-Point Shooter in History
"Jonny Lee, he made a three-point shot directly!" When the game between the Magic and the Pistons just started, Ricky Adubatu felt that his heart was about to jump out, and Jonny actually shot three points at the beginning, this kid is indeed too scary! And then the basketball smacked through the net, much to Richie's relief. ◎
He was really afraid that Jonny would come in this game, after all, this game is very important for the Magic, and it is better than the previous game. The Magic is now second in the East, and the Pistons are third in the East, the Magic's record is 40-12, and the Pistons' record is 40-13, which means that the two sides are only half a win, if the Magic loses this game, the Pistons will overtake the Magic to become the second in the East, and if the Pistons lose, the Magic can open a win gap. The importance of this game is self-evident.
And at the beginning of this game, Jonny actually breathed three points, although it was in, but this nonsense approach was already very obvious, but Ricci Adubatu was not ready to interfere with Jonny's play, after all, the three-point shot just now Jonny hit.
For Jonny, every time he plays the Pistons, it is like a welfare, and the current Pistons are not the bad boy legion they used to be, the only member of the bad boy legion back then, the only one who is still playing in the Pistons is Joe Dumas, and the reason why Jonny feels that playing the Pistons is a benefit is related to the height of the Pistons' backcourt. Perhaps it is the double point guard lineup of the Bad Boy Army that makes the Pistons unwilling to forget, the current Pistons still use a double point guard lineup, and from the beginning of this game, Jonny found that the defense of him was actually only 1.91 meters tall Joe Dumas, for such a situation, Jonny naturally did not have a soft hand, and hit a three-point shot against the defense on the first ball.
And then, Jonny ignored Joe Dumas's defense and shot another three-pointer, Ricky Adubatu's heart tightened again, but then the sound of the basketball entering the net made Richie Adubatu breathe a sigh of relief again.
Then, Ricky Adubatu spent the first half of the game in this state, Jonny took a total of nine shots in the first half, all three-pointers, and hit all of them, breaking the record held by Terry Mills and Brian Price in the exclamation of the commentators.
"Jonny hit his ninth consecutive three-pointer in this game, counting the six three-pointers in a row in the last game, Jonny has hit 15 three-pointers in a row, which has broken the record of consecutive three-point hits held by Terry Mills and Bryan Price, and in this game Terry Mills is on the sidelines, and he is a substitute for the Pistons."
And when Jonny made the tenth three-pointer, everyone was expecting, but this time Jonny felt that the shot was obviously too strong, and the ball failed to score. The Magic fans all over the court let out a sigh and that was the end of Jonny's record, with 15 consecutive three-pointers across games, improving the previous record by two three-pointers.
"It's a pity that I didn't make it, but Jonny has already broken the record, and he is indeed the best three-point shooter of all time!"
The game with the Pistons ended in Jonny's ruthless three-point shooting, and Ricky Adubatu, who was still worried at the beginning, finally put his mind at ease, in fact, he began to feel relieved from the second quarter, because of how Jonny shot. And the Magic easily won the game because of Jonny's excellent play.
Since the loss to the Bulls, the Magic has won 5 consecutive victories with Jonny's excellent performance, and stabilized his ranking in the East in second place in one fell swoop, and in this game with the Pistons, Jonny once again scored 41 points, scoring 40+ points in five consecutive games, such an explosive scoring ability has driven the fans of the United States to cut 40+ in a row, and only Chamberlain and Michael Jordan were able to do this before.
Chamberlain set a record of 14 consecutive 40+ points in December of the 1961-1962 season, Michael Jordan set a record of 40+ points in 9 consecutive games in the 1986-1987 season, and Jonny is now scoring in 5 consecutive 40+ games.
And after the game between the Magic and the Pistons, the Magic ushered in the challenge of the Heat on their home court, the last time they met with the Heat, Paterley used the bag tactics to contain Jonny's offense, but in this game, Anfernee Hardaway has returned, and the Heat are no longer blatantly packing Jonny in this game.
However, this game is still very difficult for the Magic, mainly because Alonzo Mourning on the inside has caused a lot of difficulties for the Magic, but this game that is extremely important for the Magic is still won, the Heat and the Magic are one of the direct competitors in the second place in the East, and Jonny did not feel good in the first half of this game, and Jonny decisively used energy points in the second half, and finally, with Jonny's violent play in the second half, he won the game.
And for Jonny, the most important thing in this game is that he scored 40+ points again, he scored 22 points in the third quarter, 24 points in the fourth quarter, and 49 points in the whole game, and even cutting high scores also helped Jonny pull away the average points per game gap between him and Michael Jordan all the way, after several consecutive games, Jonny has increased his average points per game to 31.5 points, and Michael Jordan's average points per game has become 30.2 points because of the recent period of instability in scoring, and the gap with Jonny has become 1.3 points.
As for his continuous 40+, Jonny has a deeper idea, since he wants to win the scoring title, then it is better to break the record of 40+ in a row, so in the next game with the Spurs, in Greg Vic's stunned expression, in Richie Adubatu's helpless expression, Jonny garbage time did not end, and at the same time forced 39 shots, only hit 14 shots, and finally scored 46 points with 7 three-pointers and 11 free throws, Scored more than 40 points again, but this time the traces of forcing 40+ were heavier, according to the media reporters after the game, now Jonny is already working hard for the data.
However, after the game, in response to a reporter's question, Greg Vic said: "Yes, I saw that he played two minutes in garbage time, which is indeed a little angry, but it is relieved to think about it, this is the prerogative of players of their type. In fact, ** Vicky is not as angry as he said, he just regrets that he did not make up his mind to choose Jonny, thus missing out on this talent.
At least from this game, Greg Vic saw a trait in Jonny, which is a trait shared by all superstars, that is, fearless spirit, no matter what the result is, as long as you identify a goal, you have to do it, and Jonny has a goal of 40 points, even if it is garbage time, you have to brush up points, even if you are criticized by reporters after the game, you have to continue.