Li Kaiming's excellent performance in the first half became the target of discussion for all dismissals, and before that, there was also a discussion about whether Li Kaiming's debut in his rookie season could reach 20 points, and whether the statistics could surpass Griffin.

As for leading the team to win or something, no one has ever mentioned it, because almost everyone defaults to the fact that the high-pick draft requires the team to give enough ball possession to cultivate, and under normal circumstances, it takes a while for rookies to adapt to the NBA, so the efficiency of the rookie season is definitely not high.

When inefficiency and a lot of shots come to the same person, the team's record is certainly not much better.

Therefore, the evaluation of the development prospects and strength of the rookie is more based on what data the person can get and how efficient it is.

As for the team's record, it may be the least important factor for rookies.

And the evaluation of Li Kaiming is no exception, not to mention that the latter's debut is still against a team like the Orlando Magic that has entered the finals and the Eastern Conference finals, and no one has the luxury of expecting Li Kaiming to lead the team to win, and even unceremoniously, even if Li Kaiming does not perform well in this game, most people will not deny him.

After all, there's Howard and Carter's magic on the other side!

But after the end of the first half, Li Kaiming's performance made the jaws drop of everyone who thought so.

Under his leadership, the Wizards not only led the Magic team at halftime, but he also had more points than the Magic team leaders combined!

As for Griffin, Li Kaiming's half-time score exceeded the former's full-court score, and Griffin is still playing a playoff fringe team, and Li Kaiming is facing a finals team!

After such a comparison, fans were surprised to find that this Chinese champion show, compared with several other rookies in recent years, is not a dimension at all!

There weren't many games tonight, just three, so there were a lot of people following this game, including many of Lee's old friends, and his performance in the first half also made his old friends excited.

Charles Barker took the lead in tweeting, "Oh, my lord, Li Kaiming's performance is simply a god!" ”

Magic Johnson, commenting on Barkley's tweet, retweeted at the same time, "God may be wearing the number 0 jersey tonight......"

The magic's use of the dictionary is very good, this meme comes from the 1986 Eastern Conference playoffs, when Michael Jordan faced the Boston Celtics to score the highest 63 points in the NBA history playoffs, forcing King Larry Bird to come out in a postgame interview.

This sentence was later used by people to prove the greatness of Michael Jordan, after all, even the unconvinced Bird couldn't help but blow it.

Although Bird's original intention was not like this, the meaning of the magician's words is obvious, Li Kaiming is God on the court today, omnipotent.

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During half-time, the Amway Centre home team dressing room.

Stan Van Gundy has a rare look of anger, and although he looks like a big man and a big guy, he is still very calm and rarely gets angry during a game.

Van Gundy looked around the locker room, his fingers poking heavily at the tactical board, his tone serious.

"Remember, in the second half, I was staring at the number 0 on the opposite side, don't let him catch the ball, force him to pass the ball to someone else, this guy has a higher shooting percentage than his teammates in the big open space with two people! If we want to win, we're going to kill this guy! Remember, guys, our goal is to win the championship, not to go back and forth with a team on the verge of the playoffs, and I don't want to see this guy go crazy in the second half! ”

Van Gundy's serious tone made the atmosphere in the entire Magic locker room a little tense, and Howard seemed to be in a daze against the floor in front of him, but his fingers were already clenched tightly.

And the main defense Li Kaiming's Rashad Lewis was even more ashamed of himself, at the beginning of the game, he thought he could easily suppress the guy opposite, but he didn't expect his head coach to crush his teeth, that guy still cut 24 points in the half!!

The other players are also a little resentful, as members of the championship team, they naturally have the pride in their hearts that matches their status, but now they are fighting back and forth with the Wizards who have lost Arenas, and most of the time they are pressed and beaten, how can they not feel aggrieved in their hearts?

As for the Wizards' locker room on the other side, although the atmosphere is not as stasy as that of the Magic, it is not very active. After all, the Wizards don't have that many players available, and the lineup on paper, whether it's a starter or a bench, is not as good as the Magic, and the temporary lead puts more pressure on them because the Wizards want to maintain the score advantage until the end of the game.

Sanders gritted his teeth and started the second half with Li Kaiming and Nick Young.

Li Kaiming had expected it for a long time, after all, if he went down to the Wizards, it was almost equivalent to raising the white flag and surrendering, while Nick Yang was a little ugly.

He played as a substitute in the Wizards last season, and he started at the beginning of this season, and the first game directly stretched the playing time to 40+ minutes, and it is normal for him to not be able to keep up.

At the end of the relatively long halftime break, the Wizards continued to keep McGee on the court at the beginning of the third quarter, and the other four continued to maintain the starting lineup, while the Magic team replaced the full starting lineup, and their lineup thickness was compared with the Wizards, which is equivalent to the earth's crust to the eggshell, and after the rotation in the second half of the second quarter, the Magic's starting lineup has fully recovered.

The Wizards served, Hinrich handed the ball to Li Kaiming in the half, this time Li Kaiming chose to hold the ball to block and dismantle tactics, and it was the guard Hinrich who covered him, and Nelson, Hinrich's counterpart, saw that Li Kaiming was going to target him, and immediately asked Lewis to prepare the pack

The Magic's tactic is to wrap up as long as Li Kaiming holds the ball, and let him pass the ball out, even if it is open for others.

This time, Li Kaiming gave Hinrich near the free throw line, who stepped on the ground with one foot and threw Zheng to kill

53 to 47!

Stan Van Gundy pinched his fingers slightly, but he decided to continue with the defensive strategy.

The Magic offense ended with Lewis's three-pointer catch, and Li Kaiming's outside without the ball was still too weak, and his size was too big to squeeze the cover, so he was hit by Lewis.

McGee made a free throw to Hinrich, who blocked Nelson's tight defense on the way and then immediately moved to the frontcourt.

The magic team saw that Li Kaiming was overdue and dismantled, and several people moved a few steps towards Li Kaiming in an instant, especially a few people on the outside, eager to have a pair of eyes on Li Kaiming, as if Li Kaiming was not a player, but a peerless beauty who was naked and engaged in performance art.

The Magic team also has capital to do this, that is, to rely on Howard's strong defensive ability, especially the sense of helping defense.

If it were a different center, the interior would have been pierced by the rest of the Wizards.

Li Kaiming didn't expect that he didn't even get into the three-point line, and the Magic team actually reacted so much, which shows that his threat has reached the point he wants!

In this case, Li Kaiming gave Hinrich a look, and then reached for the ball, while shouting the tactical code name to his teammates.

After Hinrich passed the ball to Li Kaiming, he immediately ran away, and the rest of the Wizards team was also distributed to the farthest place from Li Kaiming, so that the space of the entire half court was stretched to the maximum, and the Magic's bag and clamp tactics were immediately forced into a dilemma.

Is this a bag clip, or is it not a bag clip?