After Jonny flew back from Cleveland, he and his teammates began the run-in and sprint for the second half of the season, with the return of Anfernee Hardaway and the return of Dennis Scott, the tactics formed in January with Jonny as the core obviously needed to change, especially after Jonny decided to focus on the hero of the Spear of Vengeance. △↗

And in the second half of the season, the starting lineup of the Magic was also determined early, the starting point guard is obviously Anfernee Hardaway, after the return of the penny, the Magic's ball will also be handed over to him, fortunately, now Jonny has no need for the ball, Jonny is now more accustomed to being without the ball, after all, the skills of the spear of revenge are more inclined to be without the ball, if Jonny plays without the ball, it is obviously easier.

The starting point guard is naturally Jonny, and now Jonny seems to be the Magic's reliance on the offensive end, compared with Anfernee Hardaway, the role of the two of them is different, in one sentence: Anfernee Hardaway determines the lower limit of Magic, and Jonny determines the upper limit of Magic. In the team's role, Anfernee Hardaway is clearly the playmaker, and Jonny is the finisher on the offensive end.

The starting small forward is Doug Christie, a swingman who has gradually shown his talent for single defense, and will obviously fill the gap of the Magic's outside defense, while the power forward is Ronnie Secali, whose presence is to fill the Magic's interior offense, and center Marcus Camby, who is responsible for protecting the restricted area and assisting the defense. Judging from the starting lineup, the current Magic is already a very reasonable lineup, with defense and offense, and the overlap in the functions is not in the Magic starters.

On the bench, although a few good players have gone, the three outside players of point guard Darrell Armstrong, scoring guard Brian Shaw, and small forward Dennis Scott still make the Magic's outside bench look very strong, especially Deniscott, who was a starter who averaged 16 points per game before, and now has become a substitute, and the score is destined to decline, but the threat will not be less than the starter.

It's just that the Magic's interior line is still as good as before, and Sharon White and Derrick Strong are the Magic's best interior benches, but this combination is obviously worse than many bench interior lines in the league. But overall, the current Magic is already very powerful, and the strength is already catching up with the Magic team that broke into the finals two years ago.

And the run-in began in full force after the All-Star Game, the return of Anfernee Hardaway made the Magic's offensive and defensive tactical system need to be re-adapted, and Ricky Adhubatu saw Jonny's performance in the second quarter of the All-Star Game, and he already had a plan in his heart, that is, Anfernee Hardaway organization, Jonny without the ball, in general, it is Anfernee Hardaway's organization, breakthrough, and opening up space, Jonny's off-ball, singles, and the catch and shoot of a group of three-point shooters on the outside. The tactics were designed quickly, and Jonny quickly had his own three-point and one-on-one tactics, while Ricky Addubatu laid out the off-ball tactics for him was also complete.

However, these tactics will take time to test, but at least for now, this set of tactics is the most suitable for magic, and it is also the easiest to form.

And the first game after the end of the All-Star Weekend, it started on the home court of the Magic, and when he met the Nets again, everything was different, not to mention anything else, now Jonny sees Krikitels' mood is very different from before, entered the All-Star, won the All-Star MVP, and won the Player of the Month before, it can be said that the current Jonny has thrown off the rookie street of the same class.

And now the Nets are also very different from before, they just completed a deal with the Mavericks, in the case of a poor record in the first half of the season, John Calypari finally couldn't help it, he traded Sean Bradley plus Robert Pike for players who could play his tactics, aliens Sam Cassel and Jim Jackson, but this deal suddenly overcrowded the Nets' outside linemen, although John Calyparry got the players he wanted, but in fact, the strength of the Nets inevitably declined, Especially the inside line.

And in this game with the Nets, Jonny has not yet made a force, the opponent has fallen, Jonny only scored 22 points, and Anfernee Hardaway, who scored 32 points, and Ronnie Secali, who scored 28 points, solved the battle, Jonny is still a little happy, after all, the team does not need him to win the game, but soon he will not be happy.

And in the next game, the Magic met the Pistons, the Pistons' short backcourt combination was completely exploded by the Magic, after three quarters, the Magic led by 27 points, and the Magic team shot 17 of 27 three-pointers, so that the Pistons had to disarm at the beginning of the fourth quarter, and in this game Jonny also only scored 22 points, did not play in the fourth quarter, and the continuous rest made Jonny very easy, of course, Jonny will not be easy next.

The Magic met the Minnesota Timberwolves away, and in the face of this bad team, the Magic continued their winning streak, and Jonny didn't make much of a move because of the team's interior play, and finally only scored 19 points and watched his teammates end the battle. Ricky Adubatu's new tactics worked surprisingly well, and the Magic always found offensive firepower, so the Magic players began to relax after winning eight consecutive games, and they have played several easy games in this three-point strategy, and the next game against the Bulls, they are still playing with this idea.

Even in this game, they had very high expectations, they were expecting to beat the Bulls, but this game brought them a shock at the end.

With five minutes left in the third quarter, the Magic players were all grim-faced, and they discovered the terrible fact that they were very dependent on their hands! And among the Magic's group of shooters, there is only one who can create a hot feel by himself, and that is Jonny, but Jonny is also very depressed in this game.

Phil Jackson deserves to be the top head coach in the league, and he found Jonny's weakness, which is poor fitness! Although Jonny performed a full court in the All-Star game, Phil Jackson was keenly aware of this from the games after the All-Star break, and Jonny had a lot of breaks in consecutive games! So in this game, the Bulls implemented a wheel war against Jonny, and the constant rotation defense also made Jonny's off-ball running always ineffective, and without the R skill bonus, Jonny was also unexpectedly dumb in this game.

So, with five minutes left in the third quarter, the Magic found themselves trailing the Bulls by 33 points! This is a huge point difference, so much so that the commentators on the scene couldn't help but exclaim: "The bull is so powerful that the magic can't parry it at all, is this the gap between the second place in the East and the first place in the East?" ”

At the end of the third quarter, Ricky Adubatu replaced all the main players off the court, and Jonny, who was sitting on the court, was silent, and then Ricky Adubatu walked over.

"Jonny, how do you feel about this game?"

How could Jonny feel when he didn't speak? Of course, it's a bad feeling. Ricky Adubatu knew the same, but he didn't talk to Jonny this time, not to ask Jonny how he felt about the game, but to tell Jonny another fact.

"Jonny, you know what? After this game, Michael Jordan's points per game will increase from 30.2 to 30.5 points, and your points will drop from 30.8 points to 30.4, so your points per game average will be lower than Michael Jordan's! Ricky Adhubatu said this suddenly, and Jonny was stunned for a moment.

In this game, Michael Jordan exploded and scored 45 points, while Jonny only scored 12 points.

"Before, wasn't there still a big gap?" Jonny was stunned, then asked.

"You've been scoring less than 30 in a few games in a row, so your points per game have been dropping dramatically, and Michael Jordan has been scoring more than 30 in a few games in a row, and even had a 50+ game." Ricky Adubatu helped Jonny analyze, Jonny was stunned for a moment, was he surpassed by Michael Jordan like this?

Jonny immediately felt a sense of crisis, of course he would not forget the all-star weekend promised scoring champion, so now Jonny knows that he is on the verge of breaking his promise. And his opponent is Michael Jordan!