(It's a bit of a Kavin today, I can't find the feeling, the word count is a little less, sorry ha.) ）

Things seem to be going well, but often they backfire.

On January 23, the Magic defeated the Memphis Grizzlies with a score of 112-85 on the road, bringing the winning streak to 9 games, and then as long as they win Game 10, that is, the rematch with the Pistons, the number of wins will reach 34, even if they lose the next game against the Celtics, the record can stabilize the Pistons and rank second in the East.

In this way, Wang Chao's system tasks can be successfully completed and the system rewards can be obtained.

Then on Jan. 25, the Magic arrived in Detroit for another game against the Pistons.

In the last game, although the Magic team won, the process was still more thrilling, especially in the middle of the game, because Wang Chao was trapped, the Magic team was once in a disadvantageous state of falling behind by more than double digits.

Fortunately, Wang Chao turned the ball-holding offense into an off-ball offense in the second half in time, and scored consecutive points to help the Magic team recover the difference, and the shooting rate of the Magic's outside shooters was also online, otherwise it is difficult to say who will win and who will lose.

At present, the real strength of the Magic team and the Pistons team belong to the five-to-five level, which is still based on the premise that the main forward on the Magic team's side has changed from Lewis to Wang Chao.

Assuming that Wang Chao did not choose to join the Magic this season, and the Magic team still got Lewis from the SuperSonics with a 100 million yuan contract, they simply do not have the ability to compete with the Pistons for second place in the East at the moment, and the final record of the two teams in the regular season should be 59-23 for the Pistons, 52-30 for the Magic, and the win-loss difference between the two teams has reached 7 games.

After entering the playoffs, the Magic and the Pistons also met in the division semifinals because they were the second and third teams in the East respectively, and the result was that the Pistons easily defeated the Magic 4:1. Wallace.

The arrival of Wang Chao has changed the situation.

Although Wang Chao's total rating of ability value so far is only 75,But the calculation method of the system's total rating is different from that of 2K games,Without the total evaluation compensation,The system75The total rating of the ability value is actually equivalent to more than 80 or even 83 to 84 in 2K,In this case,In fact, it is not much different from Lewis。

At Lewis's peak, his 2K stats were only 86 points, and he was temporarily adjusted in the middle of the season after playing very well, and the average for the whole season should be around 84.

The current Wang Chao, although there are still many aspects that are still lacking, are definitely stronger than Lewis in terms of offense, whether it is the ability to shoot from a distance or the ability to attack with the ball.

It is precisely because of this that the Magic team can slightly outperform the Pistons in the current regular season record, and can still have a back-and-forth or even the upper hand in direct confrontations with the opposing team.

It's just that even if Lewis is upgraded and revised to become Wang Chao, the Magic team can still only compete with the Pistons, after all, although Wang Chao is currently averaging 26 points per game and ranking fourth on the scoring list, and James, Kobe, Iverson, Anthony and other top players are in the same ranks, but in terms of real ability, there is still a lack of real ability.

Like the current rematch with the Pistons, it is a stark example.

The Magic team was full of momentum before the game, wanting to win the Pistons in one go, killing each other and winning 10 in a row.

But as the game began, the Pistons quickly seized the initiative in the game and completely pressed the Magic team to play.

The outside shooters of the Magic team, who played well in the last game, felt cold at the same time today, and failed to hit several large empty shots, so that even Wang Chao's shooting rate was affected by a slight decline.

When the team's overall offense was blocked, Howard and Wang Chao teamed up to take over the game, playing blocking and dismantling on the court, or Wang Chao grabbed three points from the outside after blocking and dismantling, or Howard quickly received Wang Chao's pass and hit the basket after blocking and dismantling.

This move worked well, but it could only barely support the Magic's offense in the first half.

Nelson, Turkoglou and others have a poor outside hand, which also allows the Pistons to defend Wang Chao more unscrupulously, even if it gives others a chance to shoot in the open space.

In this case, no one can help it, after all, even if they are as strong as Kobe Bryant and James, there are also lost games, not to mention Wang Chao and Howard, two rookies in 04 who have not yet grown to their peak?

101：93。

The Magic ended up losing the game on the road.

Howard scored 32 points and 14 rebounds, and Wang Chao also had 27 points and 3 rebounds, but in addition to the two of them, only Tekoglu scored double-doubles, and he barely scored 10 points on shooting in the early 40%.

Such a result made Wang Chao a little depressed.

Although losing to the Pistons does not mean that the mission fails, even now, it is a high probability event for the Magic to be ranked first in the East before the complete end in January, as long as they win even one of the two games with the Celtics and the Heat, the Magic's record will come to 35 wins, and the Pistons will win all the remaining games in January, with a record of only 34 wins, and they will not be ranked in front of the Magic.

But I'm afraid that there will be some more moths at such a critical moment.

really guessed correctly for Wang Chao, he was really afraid of something.

After the loss to the Pistons, the Magic faced the Celtics at home, 93-96 and then swallowed again.

This game is not because of the poor performance of any other players, it is simply a difference in strength.

In the face of the experienced Big Three, the Magic team is indeed not an opponent, especially Howard is not easy to play on the Celtics' interior line, not because Garnett can withstand him, in terms of interior confrontation, the thin Garnett can't guard Howard, but the Celtics have a pretty good blue-collar center.

Kendrick. Perkins, who is 2.08 meters tall and weighs 122 kilograms, doesn't have much of an advantage on the court, with slow footwork, rough offensive skills, and poor free throws, but he has one advantage, that is, he has outstanding strength and strong confrontation ability.

Parsons is not afraid of any interior player in the league, and his defensive moves are rough enough, and his battle with Howard in the game is more like a wrestling battle.

Howard, of course, can win the contest with Parsons, but it still consumes a lot in the course of the game, just like this game, Parsons played about 25 minutes, and was sent off for 6 fouls, almost all of his fouls were on Howard, and every action was very vicious, resulting in Howard, who was not very good at free throws, and the free throw shooting rate in this game was exceptionally low, only 48%.

In the end, Howard only had 17 points and 16 rebounds in the game, although he performed well in rebounding, but the scoring was obviously a drag, and the shooting rate was only in the early 50%.

Wang Chao scored the highest score in the Magic team and the highest 27 points in the game, but to no avail, in the first season when the Big Three were formed, the Celtics were really a unique team, even the Lakers joined by Gasol were not opponents.

It's just that in this way, the game with the Heat on January 30 has become the key to Wang Chao's task.

At this moment, Wang Chao is really very fortunate that the battle with the Pistons team was successfully won under his strength, otherwise even if he defeats the Heat, whether the Magic team can reach the second place depends on the face of the Pistons team in the game.

If both teams win the same number of games, then the wins and losses of each other will be a key factor in determining the standings, and the Pistons, who have won more games, will overtake the Magic to return to second place in the East.

But if the Magic can beat the Heat to 35 wins, the Pistons will have no chance at all, and they no longer have any theoretical possibility to surpass the Magic, at least in January.

Miami Heat, if it was two seasons ago, may be no less than the Celtics' terrifying opponent, the peak Wade plus the big shark O'Neal who still has the strength to fight, with the Heat's team of outstanding role players, the Magic team may not be enough to see.

But the current Heat is completely different.

The 07-08 season was definitely not a friendly season for the Heat, at the beginning of the season, the team's two core players, Wade and O'Neal, were injured and missed the game, and the Heat could only rely on Ricky. Davis, Haslem, Jason. Williams and others support, how can they have combat effectiveness?

The current Heat record is 9-35, ranking first in the league.

In this game, Wade and O'Neal will not return, and the Magic team is completely against a role player team without stars.

But even so, in order to ensure that he could win the game steadily, Wang Chao did not dare to slack off, and at the beginning of the game, he hit hard at the beginning of the game, frequently using the blocking tactics with Howard to hit three points outside the three-point line, and scored 15 points in a single game in the first quarter of the game, helping the Magic to take a 13-point lead at 35:22.

In the following quarters, the point difference continued to widen, and by the time the game came to the second half of the third quarter, the Heat had already begun to replace the bench players.

This Heat team doesn't have any fighting spirit at all, and it's almost a mess in peace.

As a traverser, Wang Chao also knows very well that Heat head coach Pat . Riley was ready to compete for the top pick.

In the '08 draft, there were many potential players, including Rose, Westbrook, Love, Mayo and others.

And the Heat team likes one of the top favorites, forward Michael. Beasley, Beasley's draft template is Anthony, who has excellent static and dynamic talents, as well as outstanding skills and diverse offensive ability, as long as he can develop normally, he will inevitably become a top superstar in the league.

……

This was widely believed by the whole United States at the time, just as they were sure that the champion of '07, Auden, would rule the entire alliance, and the final result was known to everyone.

Until now, there are always people who are complaining about Oden, thinking that if it weren't for the injury, Oden would inevitably become a super center who will dominate the league for the next ten years, and there is nothing to do with Durant at all.

Such a view is simply ridiculous in Wang Chao's opinion.

How is a player's ability judged? It's nothing more than individual skills, physical fitness, and teamwork.

Physical fitness plays a crucial role in this, counting the league's top centers, whether it is Chamberlain, Russell, Abdul-Jabbar, or the four centers in the 90s, or the current Warcraft Howard, all have physical qualities that ordinary people can hardly match.

Oden's frequent injuries are actually a reflection of his physical fitness, and it is precisely because his body bone density cannot withstand such a high-intensity level of the NBA that he will continue to be injured on the court and in daily training.

In the same way, Griffin and Embiid were reimbursed for the injury season before they had time to land in the NBA after the draft, Embiid even missed two seasons, but these two interior players can quickly adapt to the rhythm of the NBA game after returning from injury, and play the performance and value of All-Star or even top superstars.

So in Wang Chao's view, Auden just can't do it.

The same goes for Beasley.

Although the draft template is Anthony, Beasley has no way to compare with Anthony, his style of play is a typical four-like, the outside is not fine, the interior lacks height and enough strength, and at the same time he lacks strict physical management, which made Beasley quickly sink into the league within a few years, from a promising potential star to an ordinary role player.

Of course, this is just an evaluation given as a time-traveler from the height of history, nothing remarkable, and it does not mean that the Trail Blazers who selected Oden gave up Durant and Beasley gave up Westbrook and LeFou's Heat team was stupid.

……

In the game against the Heat, the Magic finally won with a score of 119-91.

Wang Chao scored 31 points in 28 minutes on the court, and in order to ensure that he could complete the task, he fought hard, and played the Heat, the weak team at the bottom of the league, with all his strength.

And now the result finally lives up to his efforts.

When the whistle blew at the end of the game, Wang Chao, who was sitting on the bench, was relieved, and at the same time, the system's prompt sounded in his ears.

"Ding-mission completed, the January schedule is all over, the Magic team has a 35-13 record, the Pistons have a final record of 34-12, and the Magic team is in second place in the East!"

"Now we will start distributing rewards, please pay attention to check."

Hearing the system's words, Wang Chao couldn't wait to immediately close his eyes and enter the consciousness space.

Because this time it was a random talent skill reward, unlike the last time, there was no pesticide box in the consciousness space that could choose the specific location of the talent tree to spray, but a new branch gradually spread and stretched out.

Wang Chao improvised and leaned over to check.

(End of chapter)