185. The resurrected calf

Maddie came excitedly and left angrily.

How could Liu Xiu not see that McGrady just wanted to have fun with the rookie?

Playing for the Magic this season, if you don't try to win the scoring title, or if you don't find something interesting to do, your mentality will collapse.

Before the All-Star Weekend, McGrady punched James again on January 26.

That day, McGrady scored eight three-pointers in the first half.

At the end of the first three quarters, McGrady led the league's last team to a 6-point lead over the Cavaliers, 79-73.

But before the third quarter was over, McGrady, who only played 25 minutes, left the game due to injury. The Cavaliers scored 26-19 in the final quarter and reversed the Magic 99-98.

In that game, when McGrady was still there, James was defended and missed 4 of 12 shots.

Some media said that if McGrady played that game, the historical record of 12 three-pointers in a single game set by Kobe in January last year might be rewritten by McGrady. After playing 25 minutes, McGrady made 8 of 10 three-pointers.

Tracy McGrady didn't catch the No. 1 pick and pick him up alone.

When playing against the Nuggets, McGrady guarded Anthony and made 6 of 23 shots. That night Anthony could only rely on 6 offensive rebounds in a single game to score 17 points and 14 rebounds.

Tracy McGrady, on the other hand, scored 51 points on 20-of-30 shooting that day, almost breaking Liu Xiu's season high for a single game.

Of course, McGrady is not just a bad guy. He scored 43 points when he played against Artest and 44 points when he played against Pierce...

It's just about wins and losses. The Magic lose more and win less.

Tonight, the warden is definitely a better person for Tracy McGrady to have fun with than James and Anthony.

Liu Xiu was heartbroken by McGrady's behavior.

He has to cure McGrady of such behaviors and thoughts...

'What a risk! Damn, if you face this man on the court, the only things you can win are these two things...'

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The game is about to start, and the starting players of both teams are on the stage.

Liu Xiu continued to start with Ruben Patterson, Travis Outlaw, Randolph, and McDyess.

Liu Xiu looked at the opponent's starter and found it really interesting.

In addition to Tracy McGrady, the Magic's starting lineup is worth mentioning, Steven Hunter.

A center who averaged 9 points, 4 rebounds and 2 blocks per game in a non-Level 1 league in his sophomore year was actually selected with the 15th overall pick in the first round of 2001 because the Lakers had a 15-1 record in the playoffs that year.

In his sophomore year, the center weighed 213 centimeters and 120 kilograms. He was immediately selected in the draft. This season he averaged 3.3 points and 2.9 rebounds per game.

Liu Xiu felt that Gooden, the No. 4 pick in 2002, was really miserable.

Gooden was brought back by the Magic in exchange for Mike Miller. McGrady was unwilling to start with him. He could only serve as a substitute for Steven Hunter or Andrew De Klerk, both of whom averaged 100 per game.

3-point center.

The other three starters are future championship coach Tyronn Lue, future Yao Ming's most powerful forward partner, former All-Star Juwan Howard, and future James terminator DeShawn Stevenson.

"The Great Magician:

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Opponent: Tracy McGrady, good at converting skills. Talent: King of pull-ups (incomplete). Bonus effect: When attacking with the ball outside the three-point line, he suddenly takes off and shoots directly. There is a 30% probability of ignoring the rhythm and taking off with force.

…Wait for the negative impact of shooting.”

Great, Liu Xiu will just pretend that he failed to copy his opponent today.

At least it's not as domineering as the little shark.

At 6 o'clock in the evening, the Trail Blazers' away game against the Magic started.

McDyess beat Steven Hunter to win the jump ball, and the Trail Blazers scored first.

Seeing Liu Xiu advancing, McGrady defended with pressure!

When McGrady thinks he can't beat him in a fight, he admits it without even trying.

Is he still afraid of this rookie when it comes to playing basketball?

Fuck him!

However, Liu Xiu's ball protection was more stable than McGrady expected!

Liu Xiu lobbed the ball to Randolph, who turned around and passed Steven Hunter, slipped the baseline, and hit a backhand layup.

When the Magic attack, McGrady breaks through the outlaws!

McGrady's first step is not the fastest in the league, but the first three steps combined are unmatched by anyone in the league!

There is an active player in his prime who may be comparable - Grant Hill, sitting behind the bench in a suit.

Suddenly reaching close range, McGrady made an emergency jump shot.

When retreating, McGrady raised his neck and looked at Liu Xiu with a frivolous smile... The rookie who killed a thousand swords didn't look at him. He caught the ball and advanced while talking to his teammates.

McGrady decided that he must beat this rookie! He must be even worse than James and Anthony!

but……

During the next 21 minutes when McGrady defended Liu Xiu, Liu Xiu ignored McGrady...

Liu Xiu never thought about irritating McGrady or anything. Healing him was just a professional habit. Who made him the warden?

But McGrady himself made himself agitated.

This is McGrady this season, trying every means to find motivation.

Of course, McGrady tonight is definitely different from Wade the night before.

McGrady played 37 minutes tonight, making 11 of 25 shots, including 7 of 14 three-pointers, and 7 of 9 free throws. He scored 36 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal, and 2 blocks.

But the Magic only scored 88 points as a team.

The Trail Blazers' top scorer is Randolph.

Without Tianzun, Randolph's pressure to score inside will increase. This was evident from the game against the Heat the day before yesterday. McDyess is a good contact point, but he is only a contact point. Randolph's chances of taking a shot will be reduced due to

The number of people has increased since Tianzun left, but in fact, the probability of him being flanked has increased!

If Tianzun is the one who opens up the space, his opponents will definitely try their best to limit Tianzun. After all, Tianzun has been a top-scoring power forward in the past few years, and McDyess is considered useless by others.

But the Magic team has very few double-attacks, not counting those who squat under the basket. If Randolph successfully catches the ball and starts a single, the opponent rarely takes the initiative to double attack. Randolph easily made 10 of 17 shots.

, plus a performance of 31 points and 14 rebounds on 11 of 13 free throws.

McDyess' performance tonight was ordinary, with 6 points, 4 rebounds, 2 steals and 1 block. His performance was in line with expectations. He received a veteran's minimum salary and only paid for 32 games. What kind of bicycle do you need?

Al Harrington performed very well tonight, playing 15 minutes and scoring 7 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists.

He played almost all of his playing time with Little Flying Squirrel. Of course, Liu Xiu was away, and Maurice Cheeks replaced the two with Wesley Persson, Miles, and Dale David.

S, pitcher, cutter, blue collar center.

The two of them can have sex as much as they like.

This is how the Pacers play in the rotation phase with Al Harrington and Jamal Tinsley as the dual cores, with Maurice Cheeks copying the work.

Anyway, it looks pretty good against the Magic.

As for Raheem, due to McGrady playing violently tonight, the Magic have been narrowing the score. Maurice Cheeks really didn't let him play, even for a minute...

In the end, Randolph had 31 points and 14 rebounds, Flying Squirrel had 12 points and 3 assists, Harrington had 7 points and 4 assists, Wesley Persson had 11 points, Outlaws had 11 points and 6 rebounds... the Trail Blazers

Defeated the Magic 97-88 and won the 39th victory of the season!

Liu Xiu played 21 minutes tonight, making 1 of 5 shots, plus 3 of 3 free throws, and scored 5 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists.

I beat another rookie, and I beat the rookie with the best performance so far this season.

Moreover, Liu Xiu was the one who was beaten the hardest by him among the three favorites for Rookie of the Year.

But McGrady didn't have any sense of achievement in the whole game!

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Against the Magic, Liu Xiu felt that he had a lot of credit. He was able to attract Tracy McGrady's attention when he came on the court. McGrady defended very well, and his efficiency on the offensive end was naturally affected. From 7 of 14 in the beginning to 11 of 25 in the game, he was a typical example.

The warden must have played a role.

Anyway, the coach and teammates all spoke highly of his choice when facing McGrady.

Of course, if the news doesn’t write that way, there’s nothing he can do about it.

There is no sense of achievement in McGrady's abuse. Here, he only got 550 healing points in the game as a reward, but he got over a thousand healing points from McGrady.

This made Liu Xiu understand how frustrated McGrady was this year.

However, there are some other ideas.

He also wants to be 'incorrect' and 'uncool' for once.
To be continued...