The Orlando Magic are a very young NBA team that only joined the NBA in 1989, but it took them just five seasons to reach the Finals.

That record is enough for the historic Knicks to hit the wall.

Of course, Orlando is best known for Disneyland, and themagic is one of Orlando's favorite phrases, hence the name of the Magic.

In '89, after paying a $32.5 million franchise royalty, the Magic joined the league the following season, following the Charlotte Hornets and the Miami Heat, and of course the Minnesota Timberwolves.

These NBA upstarts quickly completed the primitive accumulation of capital.

The Rookie Magic soon had their first win against the New York Knicks.

And just like that, New York became the favorite team in Orlando.

But it was the 1992 league draft pick that really changed the Magic's fate.

They welcomed the most dominant talented center in NBA history: Shaquille, a talented center who is 7-foot-1 tall and weighs 301 pounds? O'neill. Despite his rookie season, O'Neal's prowess and charisma are hard to match: In just one year, he's appeared in ads for sneakers and drinks, released a rap album called Shaqdiesel, and made a cameo in a college basketball film called "Bluechips." He also participated in Salt Lake City's All-Star Weekend as the first rookie to be drafted to the All-Star starting lineup after Jordan.

Sadly, the Sharks' first season ended with a failure to make the playoffs. The team's poor road record was a major factor in missing the playoffs, with a 14-27 road record in stark contrast to a 27-14 home record.

Perhaps it was Orlando's prayer that moved the heavens. They participated in that year's draft draw as the best team without making the playoffs (of course, the team with the lowest probability of being the top pick: 1 in 66). Incredibly, the team won the top pick again! Looking back at history, the last time the team received the No. 1 pick for two consecutive years was the Houston Rockets, who selected Ralph with two consecutive No. 1 picks in 1983 and '84? Sampson and Hakim? Olajuwon.

Fans of the subsequent history of the old qualifications should be familiar to them. The Magic used their No. 1 pick to make their biggest draft-day trade in recent years: the Warriors, who drafted Hardaway, immediately after selecting Webb. And just like that, Penny came to the Magic with three future first-round picks. Not only did the deal give the Magic an immediate effect, but it also built up character for their happiness next few seasons.

The Magic, with a diesel engine and a penny Hardaway, burst out into championship looks from the regular season. If it weren't for the Spurs' David? Robinson scored a staggering 71 points in the final game, and O'Neal is likely to be the scoring leader of the season. But the Sharks were not without gains, and O'Neal won the gold medal in the 1994 World Basketball Championship with the American Dream II team.

In just its sixth season, the Orlando Magic has become the leader of the East with a 57-25 record. And in the playoffs, he defeated the Boston Celtics, Chicago Bulls and Indiana Pacers all the way to the Finals.

This finals is what everyone talked about later: the ultimate center battle of Big Shark vs. Big Dream. This great battle of the center of the century ended with Olajuwon leading the Rockets to win the championship, but the duel between the two centers was not equal. O'Neal averaged 28 points + 12.5 rebounds + 6.25 assists per game; Big Dream averages: 32 points + 11.2 rebounds + 5.5 assists per game.

But after all, the Magic was swept 4:0, so no matter how O'Neal rules the NBA's interior in the future, he always admits that Big Dream is the only person he admires. He even compared Big Dream to NBA history in an interview: "Kareem Abdul-Jabbar may be the greatest center in history, but Hakeem Olajuwon has more moves under the basket. ”

But with O'Neal's injury and trade, the Magic became a team that was no longer in the spotlight. At this time, the Magic made a big splash in the free agent market, and they signed two of the hottest free agents of the time: Grant? Hill and Tracy? Mcgrady. Meanwhile. The excellent personnel operation has also allowed the team to bring in strong reinforcements while still retaining the basic squad that was successful last season. The Magic won the Maddie era.

But Maddy's ability proved not to be enough to ensure the team went far in the playoffs. After sending Maddie away, they signed Francis and the third overall pick in franchise history: Dwight Howard.

In Howard's first two seasons, the Magic still had a poor record. In the 06-07 season, Howard rose to become the most lethal power forward in the league.

Subsequently. The Magic finished the regular season with the second-best record in the league and reached the playoffs. In the playoffs, the Magic swept the Charlotte Bobcats and the Atlanta Hawks, but in the Eastern Conference Finals, they started 0-3 behind the Boston Celtics, and although they pulled back two games, they eventually lost to the Celtics 2-4 and unfortunately went out.

Although the news of Howard's transfer was boiling this season, in the end he chose to stay, which makes the current Magic team a real one: Warcraft.

Dwight Howard, who likes Superman, the son of Krypton, has a sunny smile. He laughs when he's in adversity, he laughs when he wins games. Smile when he's happy, and keep smiling even when he's down. But at 250 pounds, he showed his hideous monster nature in the first two days against the Heat, scoring 25 points and 24 rebounds in a single game. This record is second only to the 30+ records of Loafer and Moses Malone. Well, it has to be said that Lefou's record of 31+31 was set against the Knicks.

Pre-game. A lot of media people who are well versed in history don't like the great background picture Knicks, after all, they have allowed too many teams to set NBA records on them.

The team's winning streak has turned the Madison Square Garden arena into a sea of joy, and most of the fans are here to see if Jeremy Lin can play epic stats again, to see if Melon can still pout his big ass and perform fantastic steps, and of course, some real insiders, who are relish the story of Oden and Howard.

It's a collision of two great champions!

When Oden first entered the NBA, many people thought he might be better than Howard. As the top pick higher than Kevin Durant, the 25-year-old Oden has really never been given a chance to prove himself. However, judging by his performances in just 82 games, the youngster is indeed very talented. As Oden recovered from his injury under the guidance of the Knicks, he returned to the sequence of great centers. Therefore, the major commentators who are introducing the highlights to the audience in the arena regard the epic center duel as one of the three highlights of this game.

George of New York Sports first introduced the situation of Warcraft Howard to the fans: "You must know that Howard's explosiveness is definitely relatively bt in the center, his kind of volleyball-style blocking is not all inside, which requires strong explosiveness as the foundation, plus a good bounce, the bounce speed will be quite fast, Howard's block, often the shooter has not found him when he shoots, but he suddenly pops up, and then it is a high-altitude big jump, this bounce is very rare on the inside, because the inside line is generally large, It's hard to have such a good bounce and speed, and Howard's speed makes him very strong and explosive, and the seven-foot man runs fast with the guard, which is very rare in the inside, which is why he became the champion as a high school student with rough skills. ”

Taking a breath, George continued: "And Oden is heavier, has a low center of gravity, is very stable in the lower game, has a good arm span, and is generally the body of a traditional center, with good back-to-back ability and good movement ability on the inside. He was elected the champion, not entirely because of his physical fitness, the bigger reason is that he embodied the barrier-level defensive ability in high school and college, the card position is very strong, so the anti-back ability is good, not shaking, using the chest to top people, the arm can be up at any time to interfere with the opponent's shooting, the movement ability and defensive awareness are superior, the misplaced defense will not give the opponent much of a dislocation advantage, and it belongs to the axis player of the rotation position defense. But then again, in the last three seasons, Auden the Great has been injured a bit outrageously, it is said that young people, recovery ability should be quite strong, but it is definitely not a good thing to have an ankle injury so early, even if the ability is strong, always stop and stop, not only is it not good for the team, but also delays their own development. For example, Webber, he is a very skilled power forward, because of injuries, his career is useless, if Oden continues to be like this, Webber is his future But since joining the Knicks, Oden's injury has been very well controlled, I don't know if Oden can surprise us today. ”

To sum up, if you consider physical fitness alone, Howard's quality is absolutely superior, although his body is not very suitable for the center, but his running and jumping qualities are too prominent in the inside, Howard was originally a big forward, and he trained others into a center. His lower body strength is really not strong enough. Oden has better awareness, plus good physical fitness and better feel. Well, let's look forward to the confrontation between the two. The cunning George talked for a long time, and between the lines was all praise for Oden, but he just didn't make a statement, which was even more hateful than an old and spicy politician.