356:Record-breaking (II)
The Orlando Magic has grown rapidly since forming the Big Three, and is considered one of the very few teams that can stop Wu Di from winning three consecutive championships this year.
In the new season, the Orlando Magic have played very well, and the backcourt of Carter and Maddy has given the team a complete advantage.
Of course, the most surprising thing is that the Magic team seems to have no need to go through the run-in, which is in stark contrast to the previous seasons when Maddie and O'Neal partnered.
This is an extremely surprising situation, and it seems that Carter's arrival has made the Magic's integration faster, but how to explain Carter's failure in the Nets' triumvirate combination?
Obviously, it only makes one feel that sometimes the fit between players and players is really an issue.
And judging from the current situation, the fact that the Magic's Big Three can play a dominant game also proves that this combination is very successful.
So far in the new season, the Magic team has a record of 19 wins and 3 losses, ranking second in the East behind the Raptors.
Therefore, when the two teams meet for the first time in the new season, it will naturally trigger a ratings frenzy.
On this day, the game was broadcast live across the United States and was broadcast by media outlets around the world.
This is the first meeting between the Big Three and Wu Di, and naturally everyone wants to know the result.
"Orlando are very strong and on paper, they probably have the potential to beat us. However, if they really start a game, they will definitely not be able to win this game, because Wu Di will not agree. ”
In an interview, Wu Di swore a promise. It's as if the game hasn't started yet. He had the confidence to win the game. This also makes all fans feel how strong Wu Di is, after all, confidence is the embodiment of strength.
Against the Magic, the Raptors took it very seriously, and this game was defined by Collins as the most important game before Christmas.
In the attention of the whole world, the match was held as scheduled at 8 p.m. on the 16th, on this day. At the Air Canada Center arena, the heat flowing from the fan base seemed unstoppable.
Wu Di was extremely relaxed in such a hot atmosphere, and at the same time, he was also full of desire for today's game, which made him feel slightly excited for the first time in the new season.
Being able to play against Carter and Maddie at the same time is obviously the match that Wu Di is most willing to face.
Carter and Maddie played together this season and didn't drop as predicted, and it was surprising that they were both able to play no worse than last season.
As of now. Carter can contribute an average of 23+5+5 per game, as for Maddie. is able to contribute 26+5+5, and in this way, the Magic's two All-Star backcourts can contribute 49+10+10 tables, which is obviously rare in the entire NBA history.
Obviously, when the Magic have such a pairing, it is an absolute nightmare for the backcourt of other teams.
And now, Wu Di has to face Maddie and Carter at the same time, which is obviously a big test for himself.
"In today's game, I don't think Wu will be as dominant as he was in those previous games, after all, he is facing Tracy and Vince Carter, such a combination is something that anyone would be afraid of."
Amid a wave of skepticism, the curtain has finally come down on one of the most talked-about games of the season.
In the jump ball, Oden defeated O'Neal and helped the Raptors get the ball. The first goal, the attacker was Oden, who completed a two-handed dunk under the defense of O'Neal on the inside, which immediately caused the audience to exclaim, and the fans all applauded Oden after witnessing this scene.
Obviously, being able to dunk under O'Neal's defense is quite difficult in itself.
"Shaq was deflated on the first goal, and I think this game will still be watched."
Looking at O'Neill and Oden, who were staring at each other, a chuckle burst out uncontrollably.
Wu Di is now extremely sure of Oden's ability, and he feels that if Oden can stay healthy, then he will definitely be a dominant centre-forward.
This big man has strength, skills, and good footwork, which is his biggest capital to gain a foothold on the inside.
And more importantly, he has a newborn calf mentality that is not afraid of tigers, which can be reflected in the current confrontation with O'Neill.
There's no doubt that Greg has what it takes to be an interior superstar, and the key is that he's working hard enough with the Raptors.
I think that when Greg grows up, the future Toronto Raptors will be even more terrifying. ”
A good inside line, in today's alliance, is definitely something that can be encountered but not sought, which is a status quo in the current alliance.
And on the Raptors, there are two great big men, Oden and Milicic.
Oden and Milicic are the cornerstone players of the Raptors' future team, and in this regard, Wu Di values them, so in today's Raptors, Oden's status can be said to be the fastest rising.
After Oden's successful dunk of O'Neal on the first shot, the atmosphere was extremely hot, and the home fans expressed their greatest support for the Raptors.
O'Neal turned around and came back and immediately looked for Maddie for the ball.
Then this ball, O'Neal hit Oden inside, although he used his huge body to push Oden away, but he was turned over and dunked by Milicic.
Such a supplementary defense was very successful, and the Raptors who got the ball passed the ball three times in a row, and under the rapid advancement, completed a double defensive counterattack.
The final scorer was Wu Di, who used the perverted body element zhì to forcibly complete a beautiful two-handed reverse dunk.
After scoring this goal, the Raptors' subsequent offensive success rate was quite high.
And, defensively, the Raptors' man-to-man defense limited the connection between Maddie and Carter from a large distance, which made the two go their separate ways on the court for a while.
What's more, the Raptors' defense severed the connection between Orlando's perimeter duo and O'Neal, which made the Magic look very passive throughout the first quarter.
The passive situation made Van Gundy take it very seriously. He keeps asking for a timeout to schedule Maddie and Carter. In the hope of improving the situation on the field.
But. Even if the Magic's offense is finding its groove, it's clear that their defense against the Raptors is going to be a big problem.
Wu Di is facing the Magic's bag defense, and more chooses to pass the ball. Of course, if there is an opportunity, Wu Di will still choose to attack individually, and in terms of offense, Wu Di has more options to break through.
That's what makes people feel surprised, because of the situation of the Magic team. On the outside, Punch and Maddy are obviously much better than rushing to the inside to face O'Neal.
However, Wu Di still insisted on the strategy of playing inside.
Carter and Maddie took turns defending Wu Di, which drained Wu Di's body from a large distance.
In order to ensure that Wu Di has enough physical fitness in the second half, and the Raptors have enough players who can play, Collins chose to let Wu Di rest more in more time.
In the first half of the game, Wu Di's personal contribution was 15 points, 4 boards, 3 assists and 2 steals. It's a bit of a shrunk compared to his previous ones, but. As long as the game is not over, Wu Di's personal table is obviously immeasurable.
In the second half of the game. Collins chose to reuse the interior line, and then opened up the situation, and then arranged the tactic of blocking and covering the interior to play more. Wu Di's breakthrough is quite good, and his style of play is smart enough, in many cases, if Wu Di can't score, he chooses to make fouls, so that the Orlando Magic's interior line is a little passive.
At the end of the third quarter of the game, Wu Di scored 10 points with free throws, and with his other scores, Wu Di actually scored 19 points in a single quarter, so Wu Di's personal score in the first three quarters came to 34 points.
At this time, the score of the two sides is relatively close, 73:70, which is the score after three quarters of fighting between the two sides, obviously, this makes people understand that the battle of focus will not end so easily.
"The fourth quarter of the game was definitely a bloody battle, and judging from the current situation, none of them wanted to lose."
As the on-site commentary said, Wu Di really wants to win this ball.
There are three main reasons why the first game against the Magic is so important.
First of all, the Magic team is considered the biggest nemesis of the Raptors in the new season, and if they lose, the Raptors will definitely be much weaker psychologically. Obviously, if the Magic team leaves an indelible impact on the hearts of Raptors players at the beginning of the season, it will obviously make the Raptors face very big problems in the future playoffs.
Secondly, if the Raptors lose to the Magic, then this season, their efforts to build a three-game championship team momentum will obviously be in vain, so the Raptors can only use this game, after all, it is about player confidence.
In the end, if Wu Di wants to further establish his dominance, then defeating Carter and Maddy head-on is definitely the most worthwhile point, therefore, in this game, Wu Di not only needs the Raptors to win, but also wants to suppress Carter and Maddy with excellent play.
Under this desire, a person can actually exert super energy.
At the start of the final quarter, Wu Di hit a three-pointer, which was the first score of the fourth quarter for the Raptors.
When he hit this three-pointer, Wu Di suddenly had a strange feeling in his heart, that is, he could shoot any shot, because his hand was hot at this time.
Wu Di has this feeling, the defenders of the Magic team don't know, and the players of the Raptors naturally don't know either. However, Wu Di still took the initiative to ask for the ball and seized the opportunity to score in the only time he had.
For fans, Wu Di's next table makes people can't help but feel a little excited.
Pull-up threes on a quick counter-attack.
Covered arc-top three-point shot.
Take a shot from beyond the three-point line in the face of defense.
On the outside, he used feints to shoot and rush into the inside to dunk.
Wu Di's 14-of-5 shooting score in four minutes instantly ignited the passion of the home fans.
"Obviously, Wu Di's touch is coming, so defending this guy who seems to have a sight on his shot will be the top priority. If the Magic team can't prevent it, then what awaits them is even more trouble. ”
Van Gundy will certainly have his players put a hard guard on Woody, and it is Vince Carter who will take on this task.
Since entering the league, Carter's defense has been pretty good on the outside. Therefore. On the Magic team. He is the best player to defend Wu Di.
The game continued to be cheered on by the full stadium, and by this time, the fans were completely on their feet to watch the game.
When it was the Raptors' turn to serve, Carter's defensive attention was entirely focused on Wu Di, and he would not give Wu Di any chance to catch and score.
However, on the field, the opportunity is always created by the person, and the player's touch once it comes. As long as there is a slight chance, then they are obviously able to score.
When Wu Di interspersed back and forth between the baseline and the free throw line extension line, and instantly appeared at the top of the three-point arc, the DJ on the scene immediately burst into a fierce shout.
"Wu, I received a pass, so I still have to choose to shoot? It's true, just shoot the ball outside the three-point line...... Buy Karma, go in again! ”
Wu Di hit another three-point shot, and his single-quarter score has come to 17 points, and it is worth mentioning. At this time, Wu Di's single-game score has come to 51 points.
Scene. Wu Di's hand is unstoppable, and the Magic team has fallen behind by more than 10 minutes because of Wu Di's personal offensive in five minutes.
However, this is a big battle and both sides will obviously not give up until the game is over.
In the next game, the Magic's defense began to expand outward, and they didn't want to let Wu Di get another chance to shoot.
After all, judging from Wu Di's career, once this shooter-born guy feels his hand, he will definitely be able to kill a team. In this regard, the 60 points in the finals in '06 is the best example.
Obviously, the choice now in front of the Magic team is that if they want to maintain their hope of winning, then they must limit Wu Di.
However, Van Gundy still chose Carter to defend Wu Di alone.
The Magic's defensive expansion did not have an immediate effect, but allowed Wu Di to hit a layup against O'Neal's defense while breaking through two in a row.
After the goal was hit, the home fans were completely excited.
Obviously, Wu Di was able to score 19 points in less than half a quarter, so if he played the whole quarter, would he have the possibility of setting a record?
In such a hot atmosphere, the Raptors, who were 10 points ahead, were getting easier and easier, and everyone else chose to hand over the ball to Wu Di to shoot, which made the fans even more excited.
Whenever Wu Di started to score, the atmosphere on the scene showed a frenzy, and every time under the frenzy, no matter what kind of defense Wu Di faced, he was able to throw the ball into the basket.
This was the beginning of the detonation of the audience......
After Wu Di hit 4 consecutive three-pointers, the situation on the court was completely one-sided because of Wu Di's sudden play.
With three minutes left in the game, Wu Di had scored 31 points in the final quarter, and the Magic had gone from trailing 70-73 at the end of the third quarter to 80-108, trailing by 28 points.
With such a situation, it is clear that the loss of the Magic team is a foregone conclusion.
But at this time, Wu Di did not go to rest, because Collins chose to keep him on the court and told him about the next moment he would face.
"You're about to set a new single-quarter scoring record, and even though you're about to win, I still hope you can play the whole quarter with all your might."
In fact, there is no need for Collins to say, Wu Di also hopes to be able to play this section of the game, because of this magical feeling, he also feels excited.
At this time, Wu Di continued to stay on the court, and even the opponent was looking forward to it, after all, it was the first time they had seen such a magical performance.
You must know that before the start of the fourth quarter of the game, the Magic team was only 3 points behind, but now because of Wu Di's personal scoring climax, it has directly become 28 points behind, which is really jaw-dropping.
When Wu Di continued to play on the court, the Magic's players naturally defended with all their might, because they could not give Wu Di another chance to score easily.
However, God clearly wanted to give Wu Di a chance to create a new historical record, and in the last three minutes, he continued to play without fail.
When the game ended at 120:88, the focus of the battle was lost because of Wu Di's sudden play.
In this game, the Raptors contributed 47 points in the final quarter, and it is worth mentioning that Wu Di personally contributed 41 points.
41 points in a single quarter, which also set a new single-quarter scoring record in the NBA, before which was 33 points in a single quarter in the 77~78 season.
However, compared with Wu Di's 41 points in a single quarter, 33 points in a single quarter are obviously overshadowed.
You know, Wu Di scored 41 points in this quarter, which is unimaginably crazy.
It is worth mentioning that in this quarter of the game, Wu Di was 13 of 13, 10 of 10 three-pointers, 5 of 5 free throws, and maintained a three-point shooting rate of 100% to score 41 points in a single quarter, which is unimaginably terrifying.
Moreover, Wu Di's 10 three-pointers in a single quarter is also the first time in his career, of course, this is also a new record in the NBA.
In addition, Wu Di scored more points in the last quarter than he scored in the first three quarters, which is rare in his career history.
In the first three quarters, Wu Di contributed 34 points, and Wu Di scored 41 points in the last quarter, so that his full court score turned out to be 75 points.
The 75 points in a single game is the highest score in a single game by a player this season, and it also broke Wu Di's career record of 72 points.
Moreover, in this game, Wu Di scored 75 points with only 28 shots, and this efficiency is also the first time in the entire NBA history.
After the game, Wu Di hit 20 of 28 shots, including 15 of 18 three-pointers and 17 of 17 free throws.
In this game, Wu Di hit 15 three-pointers in a single game, once again refreshing the 14 three-point record he had just set before, and 17 of 17 free throws were also the first time in Wu Di's career.
Wu Di, who set a record, instantly detonated the focus of the world, and everyone felt crazy for Wu Di's watch.
It is worth mentioning that in this game, Maddie and Carter only scored a total of 55 points. (To be continued......)