The second day of All-Star Weekend will feature a singles event, a skills challenge, a three-point contest and a slam dunk contest.

Also as a warm-up appetizer before the All-Star break, the singles event is significantly more popular than the Rookie Challenge, after all, there will still be some star players among the players who participate.

For example, in this skill challenge, the four players participating in the competition are all top stars in the league, including Wade of the Heat, Kidd of the Nets, Paul of the Hornets and Deron of the Jazz.

These guys are basically the top defenders in the league, with great skill and individual ability, and it is completely impossible to judge who will win the championship.

Of course, Wang Chao, as a traverser, has an impression of this, and it was Delong who finally won the championship of the 08 Skills Challenge. Williams, and he defeated head-on in the final, it was his old enemy, Chris who was beaten by Deron after eating and sleeping. Paul.

After the Skills Challenge, the three-point contest followed by the file is also quite interesting, not only is the suspense of whether Wang Chao can achieve the three-point contest three consecutive championships, but the quality of the players in this three-point contest is not bad, in addition to Wang Chao, there are also Suns Nash, Mavericks Nowitzki, Pistons Hamilton and Hornets Peja.

But Jason, who was supposed to win the three-point contest in '08. Capono didn't participate, it's not that people don't want to participate, it's just that the existence of Wang Chao occupies a place, and Capono is too much worse than the above stars in terms of popularity and popularity, and the league official naturally shaved him off when screening, which is for the guarantee of ratings, but he didn't admit that the other party missed out on the three-point contest champion.

In fact, Capono should have been the champion of the three-point contest in 07, but he also failed to participate, for the same reason as this time, because of Wang Chao.

Among several participating players, Wang Chao is the absolute favorite to win the championship, there is no doubt about it, the two-time three-point contest champion, and this season's average three-point shooting and shooting per game are ranked first in the league, and the shooting rate is also among the best, his performance in three-point shooting is too strong!

This can be seen from the scores in the first round of heats.

Hamilton, who was the first to play, was slow to get off to a rough start, and finally started to get better in the middle of the game, but he still missed too many shots in front of him, and finally only scored 14 points.

The second to appear is Nash.

When Nash walked on the court, the cheers on the court were thunderous, and last season he led the team to win the championship and was crowned FMVP, which made Nash's popularity skyrocket unprecedentedly, and the two-time regular season MVP plus a championship has made Nash the second most accomplished player in the league among the active guard players in the league.

But Mr. Double MVP was clearly not in good form today, and his performance in the preliminaries was worse than Hamilton's, hitting just one shot from the first spot, and then missing all five shots from the second spot, and only nine points in the end.

Nash, who finished shooting, even felt a little embarrassed himself, and shook his head with a smile.

After Nash, Nowitzki, Peja and others scored 17 and 15 points, respectively.

It was Wang Chao's turn to appear in the final finale, and the cheers of the fans outside the stadium were louder than when Nash appeared on the stage.

Wang Chao's three-point shot has already been made to replace Ray. Allen has become synonymous with this era, although it is far from reaching the phenomenal influence of Curry in the future, but when NBA fans now mention three-point shooting, the first thing that comes to mind is Wang Chao.

Wang Chao, who walked on the field, did not disappoint the audience.

He maintained an extremely high shooting percentage on all five shooting points, and finally scored 23 points and entered the finals with an absolutely huge score advantage and the first place in the preliminaries without any suspense.

In the final, Wang Chao's opponents were Nowitzki and Peijia.

The two did not play much better in the final than in the preliminaries, one scored 14 points, the other scored 17 points, and none of them could score more than 20 points.

When Peja finished shooting, in fact, the audience already understood that there was no suspense about the three-point contest championship.

Wang Chao, who appeared in the end, did not have any pressure or psychological burden, and easily shot down a round, as if he was conducting daily shooting training, and then shot a 25-point shot quietly.

The total score of 25 points is 1 point lower than the 26 points won by Wang Chao in the first two three-point contests, but looking at the history of the three-point contest, only Wang Chao can achieve this score. Miller & Ray. Alan.

In the thunderous applause of the audience, Wang Chao lifted the trophy of the champion of the three-point competition.

This scene was broadcast live on the CCTV Sports Channel in China.

"Wang Chao once again won the three-point contest championship with absolute strength, this is the third three-point contest championship he has won, and Wang Chao has achieved three consecutive championships in the three-point contest!" Director Zhang sighed, "In the history of the Alliance, there is only Larry. Bird had done the same thing as Wang Chao, and that was more than twenty years ago! ”

"But it looks like Wang Chao doesn't seem to be very happy, is it because he has no opponent, he doesn't feel pressure, and he feels a little invincible and lonely?" Yu Gui asked with a smile.

Everyone can see that Wang Chao's smile is not very bright when he lifts the trophy of the three-point contest with both hands, and he is barely squeezed out at first glance, and his brows are slightly wrinkled, as if he is not very happy.

You've won the championship, what's not to be happy about?

Of course, Wang Chao has reason to be unhappy, because in last year's three-point competition, the system issued a task, although the reward is not much, only 100 points, but no matter how small the mosquito meat is, it is also meat.

There is a task reward for two consecutive championships, why not three consecutive championships?

"In this case, there is no need to participate in the three-point contest later."

Three consecutive championships in the three-point contest are enough, although Wang Chao is confident to dominate the three-point contest for many years, but this has no practical significance.

After all, the All-Star Three-Point Contest is just a performance game, and it doesn't have any actual combat, so if you take a few and gild yourself a little, it's useless to get more, it's better to rest on this day and focus more on the All-Star Game later.

Curry has only two three-point contest titles, but he is the undisputed No. 1 three-point shooter, and no one can challenge him.

Wang Chao was still thinking like this in his heart, and then the sound of the system sounded in his ears.

"Ding-Player Wang Chao won three consecutive championships in the three-point competition, triggered the talent upgrade task, the mission goal, achieved the hegemony of the three-point competition for five consecutive championships, and rewarded the sharpshooter talent upgrade for completing the task."

Wang Chao: "......"

Here it comes?

The eyes lit up suddenly, and the talent skill upgrade task!

So far, Wang Chao has only one upgraded talent skill, that is, the long-distance runner talent, the upgraded version of the long-distance runner talent is powerful, Wang Chao has a deep understanding, if it is not that his current goal is not limited to an off-ball offensive player, just relying on the talent of long-distance runner Wang Chao can gain a foothold in the league and become a no less than Clay. Thompson's top off-ball player.

The long-distance runner talent upgrade is still so strong, what will happen to the marksman talent upgrade?

"Five in a row?"

Wang Chao grinned, the cycle of this task is long enough, it is now 2008, that is to say, he will not be able to upgrade his marksman talent until 2010, and he must win the next two three-point competitions, and there is absolutely no room for failure, because the condition given by the system task is five consecutive championships instead of five championships, if it is not connected, it will definitely not be able to complete the task.

Although with Wang Chao's three 99 full-value three-point shooting ability, the three-point contest is basically nine out of ten, but he still feels a little pressure.

Especially in 2010, he remembered that Curry also participated in this three-point contest, although the final champion should be Paul. Pierce.

"Smiled, Wang Chao finally smiled!"

Seeing Wang Chao's expression in the camera, he was stunned at first, and then finally showed a bright smile from the heart, and Director Zhang and Director Yu were also happy. "It seems that he should have just thought of something unhappy and distracted, and he should really be happy to win the three-point contest and win three consecutive championships."

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"Brother, well done!" After Wang Chao got off the court, Howard immediately came over to high-five him to celebrate, and said confidently: "It's my turn next, since you won the three-point contest, then I have to win the championship of the slam dunk contest, otherwise how can I be worthy of your such a good idea?" ”

When it comes to the popularity of the All-Star solo event, the slam dunk contest is definitely the highest, compared to the skill challenge and three-point contest that show the player's skill and shooting ability, the simple and crude, basketball violence aesthetic is the most popular part of the slam dunk contest.

The four players who participated in the slam dunk contest, in addition to Howard, were also Rudy of the Grizzlies. Gay, Timberwolves' Gerald. Green and the Raptors' Mario. Moon.

Among them, the biggest favorite to win the championship, and Howard's fierce rival, is last year's slam dunk contest champion Gerald. Green.

Director Zhang continued to explain the game: "The next slam dunk contest will be held, and Dwight, the interior core of Wang Chao's team, the Magic. Howard will be competing, but the big guys usually don't perform as well as the smaller ones in the slam dunk contest because their oversized bodies limit their movement in the air, which is a big disadvantage in the dunk contest where dunk difficulty and creativity are important. ”

Howard was the third player to make his debut, with Rudy in front of him. Guy & Mario. Moon scored 37 and 46 points, respectively.

I saw Howard stand behind the rebound after taking the ball, throw the basketball to the back of the rebound, then run and jump, and after receiving the rebounding basketball, a reverse windmill dunk poured the basketball into the basket.

The action caused a burst of exclamations from the sidelines, but Howard accidentally dunked the basketball out on his first attempt.

No way, this dunk action is quite difficult, the player not only has to dunk from the back of the rebound, but also have to bow his head to avoid the lower edge of the rebound, which is not at the same difficulty level as the front windmill dunk.

Fortunately, Howard successfully dunked the basket on his second attempt, and scored a perfect score of 50 points without any suspense!

"Ho! Terrible! ”

Director Zhang couldn't help but sigh. "Howard's physical fitness is amazing! His agility in the air and his ability to stay in the air are not at all like a big man who is seven feet tall! ”

Director Yu on the side said with a smile: "Didn't you just say that the big man slam dunk contest can't do difficult and complex dunk movements?" ”

"Howard is different." Director Zhang shook his head and said: "His physical fitness is extremely top in NBA history, just like Superman." ”

When he said this, Coach Zhang didn't realize what was going to happen next, and a few minutes later, the second round of dunks began on the court.

Howard is still the third to appear, but this time there is another person who will appear with him.

"Huh? We saw that Wang Chao actually walked on the field with Howard, does Howard's buckle need Wang Chao to cooperate? Director Zhang was happy: "The audience and friends all know that the relationship between Wang Chao and Howard is very good, and some fans have given their combination of the two a very handsome name, Super Magic Combination, I didn't expect Howard to invite Wang Chao to help him complete the action of the dunk contest, I don't know what kind of matching action they will use?" ”

Then everyone saw that a staff member trotted up and handed Wang Chao a red thing, Wang Chao took it and shook it open, it was actually a red cloak and cloak.

Just when everyone was puzzled, Howard took off his jersey and put a vest on it in his jersey, a vest with the Superman logo on it.

In an instant, the entire arena was boiling, and everyone couldn't help but stand up, laughing and applauding wildly.

"Superman! It's really Superman! Director Yu couldn't help but laugh, "Howard and Wang Chao are too good at playing, how did they come up with it?" Coach Zhang, did you already know about the idea of their slam dunk contest? ”

"How could I have guessed that? I just felt it. Director Zhang also smiled. This shows that my analogy is very apt, and it seems that fans in the United States also think that Howard's physical fitness is like Superman. ”

On the court, Wang Chao personally fastened Howard's cloak, and then took the ball to the bottom of the rebound, and Howard retreated far to the halfway line.

The audience fell silent, looking forward to Superman's next dunk move.

Then Howard began to run and accelerate, and the free throw line was slammed into the air, and Wang Chao also threw the basketball into the air at the right time.

Howard flew in the air and caught the basketball and dunked in the direction of the basket!

Spitfire Meteor!

The all-star scene was completely in a frenzy at this moment.

Howard's ball has no merit in terms of technique, just a simple aerial tomahawk dunk, but his jump height, flight distance and final slam dunk completely show the violent aesthetic beauty of the dunk.

At that moment, it was as if people really saw Superman flying in the sky!

No suspense, 50 points out of 50!

Howard scored 50 points in both rounds of dunks and entered the finals with a perfect score of 100 points with last year's dunk king Green.

Howard's two dunks in the finals were all inspired by Wang Chao's suggestion.

His first dunk was to emulate McGee's three-ball dunk, McGee's three-ball dunk in the 2011 final duel with Griffin can be described as one of the classic pictures of the slam dunk contest, but unfortunately this dunk with both creativity and difficulty was lost to the capital, and was defeated by Griffin's not very difficult leap car dunk, which became the regret of that slam dunk contest.

McGee even became the Guinness World Record holder with this dunk, and no one has been able to surpass his record for three consecutive dunks so far.

With Howard's physical gifts, it wasn't difficult to use it after some training after knowing the idea.

At his peak, Howard had stronger bounce than McGee, airborne ability and core strength, and could dunk the two-handed basketball into the basket in the air and then receive the third ball and press it into the basket together.

Everyone was once again shocked by the super difficulty and wild ideas.

Can you still play like this with a dunk?

Green's dunk was much more unremarkable by comparison.

When it came to the second dunk of the finals, everyone already knew that this year's dunk king was none other than Howard, and Howard's last dunk was also of extremely high quality, and it was also his original first dunk in the finals.

After Green's symbolic final dunk, the league almost couldn't wait to announce that Howard was the 2008 slam dunk king in the 2008 Slam Dunk Contest.

"Howard deserves to be the dunk king." Director Zhang was amazed, "His four dunks in this slam dunk contest have both creativity and skill, and can be regarded as one of the highest-quality dunk actions in recent years. The performance of the Carter Slam Dunk Contest is comparable, especially the dunk that transforms into Superman, which is likely to become one of the classic images of the Slam Dunk Contest, how did he come up with it? ”

The question was just raised, and Howard gave him the answer in a live interview after winning the championship.

"To be able to win the championship of this slam dunk contest, I have to thank one person, that is, my teammates, my good brother Wang Chao, my slam dunk contest moves, all of which he helped me with ideas and assisted me in completing them, including Superman's creativity." Howard's words stunned everyone.

Howard's dunk action was actually designed by Wang Chao?

It's no wonder that Howard also participated in the slam dunk contest last year, but he was eliminated in the preliminaries, but this year he staged such a wonderful dunk show, it turned out that someone helped with advice.

The single event in 08 can be described as very good, especially the three-point contest Wang Chao's three-consecutive championship defense, and the slam dunk contest Howard's classic Superman Flying, which will become the content that fans talk about in the next few years.

Of course, these are just appetizers before the All-Star break.

The success of the singles event made fans look forward to the final day of the All-Star game more and more.

But the All-Star Game has nothing to do with Wang Chao, or rather, at least for the current Wang Chao, the All-Star Game is not his stage.

As a Chinese player who has only participated in the All-Star twice and was selected as an All-Star as a substitute, Wang Chao has limited playing time in the All-Star Game.

Last year's All-Star Weekend, the coach of the Western All-Star Conference was Mike of the Suns. D'Antoni belongs to his own people, so Wang Chao can still get more playing time, but this time the head coach of the All-Star East is Celtics' Doug. Rivers, there is no reason to take care of Wang Chao at all, even if the league has hinted to give Wang Chao as much playing time as possible, but as a long-established head coach, Rivers can not care about the league's ideas at all.

Wang Chao only played about 15 minutes in the All-Star Game, shooting 6 of 10, including 5 of 8 three-pointers, and scored 17 points.

This is an advantage for outside players, and from this point of view, even a top superstar like Duncan is not much better than Da Yao.

The final result of the All-Star Game was that the Eastern All-Stars defeated the Western All-Stars 134-128, and James played 30 minutes, scoring 27 points, 8 rebounds and 9 assists on 12-of-22 shooting, and was successfully elected All-Star MVP, which is also the second time that James has won the All-Star MVP in his career.

This is the end of the All-Star Weekend, and the fans are still unsatisfied, but they also know that the real exciting games will gradually be unfolded in the future.

After All-Star Weekend, the regular season will also enter its final sprint.

And just days after All-Star Weekend, and before the trade deadline, teams around the league began to make final additions to their rosters in preparation for the rest of the regular season and playoffs.

The biggest move is undoubtedly the Suns' trade with the Heat.

As with the history of another plane, the Suns opted to trade Marion and Marcus. Bank, got Big Shark Shaq from the Heat. O'neill.

This deal also caused a lot of shock in the league, and the Suns got O'Neal for obvious purposes, which was to deal with Duncan of the Spurs, but O'Neal's appearance also meant that the Suns had to sacrifice the run-and-gun tactics that the league relied on to survive, which was undoubtedly a big gamble.

As a traverser, Wang Chao is very clear that this gamble is an obvious failure, without the run-and-bomb tactics as offensive support, the weaknesses of the Suns' defensive end are undoubtedly revealed, which itself is more than a team that is good at playing positional warfare, so the winning rate plummeted in the second half of the regular season, and the Spurs were also eliminated by a large score in the first round of the playoffs, and the dying O'Neal was unable to contain Duncan at all.

Wang Chao just couldn't figure it out, the Suns' big bet on stud O'Neal would also make the salary space explode, after all, O'Neal's contract is as high as 20 million, more than Marion's 16.44 million, even if the Suns try their best to free up salary space in the process, they still need to pay a certain luxury tax.

In this case, it is better to sign yourself with the highest salary at the beginning, even if you find a way to trade Marion to save salary expenses later, it is more scientific than the current practice.

Of course, these have nothing to do with Wang Chao anymore.

In addition to O'Neal joining the Suns, there have been several larger trades in the league, including the more impactful one being the Nets and Mavericks trade, a five-for-three deal in which the Mavericks sent five players, including Harris, plus two future first-round picks and some cash compensation, to get three players led by Kidd from the Nets.

Although Kidd is a bit older, he is still recognized as a top passing master in the league, and the Mavericks' move is also to strengthen the team and prepare for the playoffs.

Other smaller deals are not to be mentioned.

The Magic didn't make any big moves before the trade deadline, the team is in good shape at the moment, the chemistry is good, and in the eyes of management, there is no need for any trade reinforcements for the time being, and there are no players in the trade market that are particularly suitable for the Magic to add reinforcements.

Moreover, the Magic team itself does not expect the team to do anything in the playoffs this season, and it is still too far away for them to win the championship or anything, as long as Howard and Wang Chao, the two interior and exterior cores, can continue to grow and become stronger as the season progresses, they are satisfied enough.

On Feb. 19, the Magic played the Pistons again, which was also their final regular season game against the Pistons.

In the previous three games, the Magic team won 1 win and 2 losses and was at a disadvantage, but this time in the away game, the Magic easily defeated the opponent 103:85 to win.

In the course of the game, the Magic showed extremely strong defensive ability, or Howard's defensive dominance under the basket was almost suffocating, and the Pistons only had three people score in double figures, namely Hamilton with 12 points and Rashid with 10 points. Wallace, 16 points of Rodney. Starkey.

The team shot only 38.6% from the field and 14.3% from three-point range.

In the third quarter of the game, Wang Chao, Howard and other main players clocked out in advance, which also made Wang Chao only get 20 points and 4 rebounds in the game, and Howard only had 15 points, 13 rebounds and 4 blocks.

The victory over the Pistons was just the beginning, and then the Magic won all the remaining five games in February, counting the games before the All-Star start, and won another wave of seven straight games.

This allowed the Magic to continue to improve solidly in terms of record and leave a slight gap with the Pistons who were in hot pursuit.

Entering the regular season in March, the intensity of competition is significantly higher than before, but the Magic's schedule in March is slightly easier than the previous months, because the games of strong teams such as the Celtics, Pistons, and Lakers have ended, and the next games are only the Spurs, Cavaliers, Wizards and Hornets.

Of course, there are more troublesome opponents, those who hover in the eighth, ninth and tenth places in the East and West, have the hope of hitting the playoffs, and have to fight for their lives in every game, although the overall strength is slightly worse, but it is not so easy to deal with.

Fortunately, on the Magic team's side, Wang Chao and Howard's cooperation has become more and more complementary, especially the acquisition of the best partner talent, and the All-Star after Stan. Van Gundy's gradually increasing tactics of Wang Chao and Howard's blocking and dismantling have made the Magic team stronger on the offensive end, especially the improvement of offensive ability, which is not just limited to the magic ball play of shooting three-point shooting from the outside.

In 14 games on March, the Magic team achieved an 11-3 record, and the performance was as stable as ever.

Wang Chao's average data per game has increased to 26.8 points, 4.1 rebounds and 2.9 assists, and the average assists per game have increased significantly, corresponding to Howard, who has cooperated with Wang Chao to catch the ball and eat cakes, and his average points per game have also increased from 20.4 points to 21.7 points and 14.2 rebounds.

The Magic team's double star play is extremely dazzling! With the efficient play of Wang Chao and Howard, the schedule entered the final April.

On April 1, the Magic lost 101-104 at home against the Hornets.

Immediately after April 5, on the home court of the Cavaliers, the Magic lost another game, and James slashed a triple-double of 41 points, 10 rebounds and 13 assists to lead the Cavaliers to a comeback victory.

The Magic, who lost two in a row, followed up with back-to-back losses to the New York Knicks on April 6, and the Knicks, who have won only 28% of the regular season so far, are second to last in the East, only slightly better than the Heat, who are completely rotten.

The result of the Magic's loss to the Knicks made the local fans in Orlando a little nervous, wondering if it was the pressure of the team's record that caused the Magic's young core players to be mentally unbalanced and play abnormally?

Fortunately, the hanging hearts of the fans breathed a sigh of relief in the subsequent game.

The Magic, who had lost three in a row, quickly adjusted and won the next five games against the Bulls, Timberwolves, Hawks, Bucks and Wizards, ending the regular season with a five-game winning streak.

With the 103-83 home win over the Wizards in the final game, all 82 regular season games for the Magic are over!

In those 82 games, the Magic have a 62-20 record, which ranks second in the East, behind the Celtics, who have a 66-16 record.

What's even more commendable is that the Magic is the only team in the league to have more than 60+ wins this season, except for them and the Celtics, no team in the league has won 60 games, and there is no team in the West.

Of course, this is also directly related to the competitiveness of Western Terror.

None of the eight teams in the West that entered the playoffs this season had a record of less than 50 wins, and the Golden State Warriors, who had a 48-34 record, finished ninth in the West and missed the playoffs.

The team record in the West from top to bottom, in order is the Los Angeles Lakers who are ranked first in the West with 57 wins, the New Orleans Hornets who are ranked second in the West with 56 wins, the San Antonio Spurs who are also ranked third with 56 wins but because of the win-loss relationship, the Utah Jazz who are ranked fourth with 54 wins and 55 wins, but because of the division rankings, they can only be relegated to the Houston Rockets who are fifth below the Jazz, Phoenix Suns who are ranked sixth with 54 wins, and Dallas Mavericks who are ranked seventh with 51 wins. 50 wins over eighth-ranked Denver Nuggets.

Just looking at the difference between the first and eighth wins in the West, a sense of suffocation came to my face, and it was completely expected that the playoffs in the West must be a fierce bloody storm.

In contrast, the situation is much better on the eastern side.

The Boston Celtics with 66 wins are far ahead, and the Orlando Magic is second with 62 wins.

The Detroit Pistons have a 57-25 record, the same record as the Hornets, who are in first place in the West.

But moving up from the third-place Pistons, the fourth-ranked Cleveland Cavaliers in the East have a 45-37 record, a full 12-game win gap with the third-place Pistons in the East.

The fifth-ranked Washington Wizards are 43-39, the sixth-ranked Toronto Raptors are 41-41, the seventh-place Philadelphia 76ers are 40-42, and the eighth-ranked Atlanta Hawks have a record of 37-45, with a winning rate of just 45%, one more game than the Salamento Kings, who are in eleventh place in the West.

The name of the West being strong and the East is weak is really not blown, this season there are still Celtics and Magic teams in the East to support the façade, last season's East was even worse, only two teams reached 50 wins, and all the teams in the East only won one game last season against the Suns who were the first in the West, and only three wins against the Dallas Mavericks who faced the second, completely suppressed the blood!

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The announcement of the Eastern and Western record rankings also means that the matchups in the first round of the playoffs are clear.

The first round of the Eastern Conference is Celtics vs. Hawks, Magic vs. 76ers, Pistons vs. Raptors, Cavaliers vs. Wizards.

The first round of the Western Conference is the Lakers vs. Nuggets, Hornets vs. Mavericks, Spurs vs. Suns, Jazz vs. Rockets.

The overall situation does not seem to have changed much from the original history, the only difference seems to be on the Magic's side, and their opponent who was supposed to play against the Raptors has become a weaker 76ers.

The 76ers, who don't even have a half-of-the-half win rate in the regular season, will certainly not be an opponent for the Magic.

This is evident from the performances of the players on both sides in the regular season.

On the 76ers' side, the regular season scoring champion is Allen. Iverson became the core of the team. Iguodala, this season is the best season of his career, the regular season can reach 19.9 points, 5.4 rebounds and 4.8 assists per game, but it is clear that Iguodala's ability as a team leader is still very far from Iverson.

Aside from Iguodala, the team's second-highest scorer is Andre Miller, who averages 17 points and 6.9 assists per game.

Then Willy was left on the team. Green, Louis. Williams and Samuel. Durham Porter's three role players are averaging barely double-doubles in points per game.

With such a lineup, there is naturally a huge gap with the Magic team.

On the Magic's side, after the final regular season in April, the average data per game was completely frozen.

Wang Chao's average data per game finally reached 26.9 points, 4 rebounds and 3.2 assists, shooting 48% from the field and 46.8% from three-point range.

This kind of performance is enough to surprise many people who were not optimistic about Wang Chao because of the super maximum salary contract signed by him.

No one expected that Wang Chao, who came to the Magic team, could show such a strong scoring ability, averaging 26.9 points per game, which is equivalent to almost 27 points!

This average points per game can rank third in the league this season, second only to James who averages 30 points per game and Kobe Bryant who averages 28.3 points, and 0.5 points higher than Iverson, who averages 26.4 points per game!

"Wang Chao, who has not yet passed his 25th birthday, has grown into an excellent scorer, and it is foreseeable that in the near future, he will compete with Kobe, James and other top scorers for the scoring title!."

The Magic team has not only Wang Chao, who has 26.9 points, but also Howard, who averages 21 points and 14 rebounds per game.

Howard, who averaged 14.2 rebounds per game, won the league rebounding king honor for the first time in his career, and his defensive ability on the inside line is the main reliance on the Magic's tactics to be carried out calmly!

Under the shining stars inside and outside the Magic team, the performance of other players is also remarkable, such as Turkoglou, who averaged 16 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists per game, and Nelson, who averaged 11 points per game and shot 42% from three-point range, are all contributors to the Magic's 62 wins in the regular season.

In the face of such a strong Magic team, the 76ers are no opponent at all.

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On April 20, the first round of the playoffs officially began.

The Magic are on their home court, Amway Arena in Orlando, to take on the Philadelphia 76ers.

The result of the first game was a comfortable 114-100 victory for the Magic.

From the beginning of the first quarter of the game, the Magic team always held the initiative of the game, and Howard completely dominated the 76ers' weak interior line, scoring 25 points, 22 rebounds and 5 blocks.

As the team's starting power forward, Wang Chao did not encounter any decent defense. Yang is a standard short insider, 2.03 meters tall is very low on the inside, although as a spring man he can run and jump, but he still suffers too much in terms of overtime and body shape for Shangwang.

What's more, Thaddeus. Young himself is a player who is strong on offense and weak on defense, although his offense is actually not very good, and at the peak of his career, he averaged only 17.9 points and 6 rebounds per game......

Because Howard was very active, Wang Chao didn't have many opportunities to perform in this game, and he scored 22 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists symbolically, but such statistics were enough to help the Magic team win the first game.

After all, the 76ers' problem is not only that they can't prevent the Magic's offense, but that their own offensive end is even more problematic.

Iguodala, the core player that the team is committed to cultivating, performed very strained in this game, shooting 4 of 15 from the field, barely getting 16 points, 4 rebounds and 8 assists by making free throws, and the team's highest score was actually Miller as a point guard, and Miller only scored 20 points.

The disparity in strength makes it seem that the Magic team has no pressure to defeat the 76ers.

On April 23, Game 2 of the series continued on the Magic's home court, and the game was almost no different from the first game, both in terms of process and result.

At 105:88, the Magic team went to the next game, and the total score has come to 2:0.

In this game, Howard performed more brutally than the first game, slashing 29 points and 20 rebounds, and cutting 20+20 data in two consecutive playoff games, so that the 76ers couldn't raise their heads at all.

In addition to Howard, Wang Chao's performance in this game was also eye-catching, shooting 9 of 14 three-pointers in the game, scoring 32 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists.

After two rounds of playoffs, the situation has become completely clear, and the Magic will inevitably eliminate the 76ers by a large score and advance to the second round.

The real challenge for the Magic will be when they reach the second round of the division semifinals, where they will face a Detroit Pistons who are likely to face a 2-2 Detroit Pistons in the regular season.

(End of chapter)