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McGrady was a little dumbfounded. For him, this season is evolution, and it is an all-round evolution. He has never thought that scoring is such an easy thing.

Therefore, for him, as long as he wants to score, there is no point he can't score.

Therefore, he cares very much about scoring. He will admit that he is not good in any aspect, but he cannot admit it in this aspect.

Since these guys said that if Jiang Dalin wants to score, he can't win the scoring title. Then he wants these guys to see what kind of scoring ability he has now!

Even this Chinese beast must be contained in front of me!

But in the end, Jiang Dalin greeted him with practical actions: You are the scoring champion, right?

It doesn't matter if you are the scoring champion, you still can't fly in the Wizards' restricted area!

The whole audience cheered at this moment. McGrady watched Jiang Dalin follow the rest of the Wizards team towards their Magic team's defense. He subconsciously hurried to catch up. What he saw was the ball flying high.

Jiang Dalin knocked him into the basket with one hand. He looked at the arm that was higher than the basket and almost reached the length of his entire arm.

It's really...

abnormal!

At this moment, thinking back to the time when Jiang Dalin blocked him, McGrady couldn't help but feel a little frustrated!

His most proud scoring ability still couldn't break Jiang Dalin's defense.

"I think Darling should win the best defensive player award this year!"

Bill Walton watched the Wizards complete a defensive counterattack, turned around and said to Drexler next to him, "Glider" and nodded. He had just watched Jiang Dalin block McGrady head-on. He didn't think other players were like this.

ability.

This is McGrady!

The league's new scoring champion!

The man who averaged the most points per game this season!

Just let him cover it...

The Magic gave the ball to McGrady.

McGrady, who still hadn't opened his eyes, faced Billups with the ball. While observing his movements, he hesitated to test the defense, and suddenly jumped up.

Three point hit!

"Hoo!"

Maddie clenched her fists tightly to express her depression.

After being blocked, he immediately completed such a wonderful goal. Not to mention other things, in terms of scoring ability alone, this guy is indeed good enough.

Scott had no intention of changing his formation, and just kept watching with his hands in his pockets.

The Wizards quickly responded to the attack and he nodded slightly, which was why he was not in a hurry.

The Magic are ranked eighth in the Eastern Conference this year entirely because of McGrady alone.

But there is also a problem with McGrady...

His physical fitness is not good!

To deal with such a guy, it is best to keep him on the offensive in the early stage. It is best to let him play the whole game. In this way, no matter if he scores 40 or even 50 points, he will not win in the end.

This was the reason why the original Pistons were able to complete a huge comeback even after falling behind 1-3.

McGrady may have a congenital spinal problem, which led to his poor physical fitness. He noticed this problem after he came to the Magic team. The way he explained it was also very simple, that is, he gradually stopped focusing on the defensive end and focused more energy on

On the offensive end, this is also the reason why the media has evaluated him less and less on the defensive end in the past two years.

Of course, for the "scoring king", even if the defense is not that good, it is understandable.

But this problem can be solved in this way in the regular season, but it cannot be solved in this way in the playoffs. Because the confrontation in the playoffs is more fierce.

The original "Rocket Mac" of time and space was like this in the playoffs. You felt that he played very fiercely and scored a lot of points, but at the critical moment he just couldn't stand up.

His physical fitness limits his performance at more critical moments. Stars like him include Harden and Westbrook. If they can always maintain a strong energy state, they can definitely lead the team to the Western Conference Finals with a single core, or even win the Western Conference Finals.

Finals.

In fact, Stephen Curry also had this problem in the early days. This is also the tactical reason why the Warriors attracted Kevin Durant and let him act as a killer at critical moments.

However, in the 2022 finals, he more or less proved his ability at critical moments, which was considered a whitewash.

That's why Stephen Curry can now discuss his place in history.

In addition to causing Kevin Durant to tweet and ask if he had done anything to improve his historical status, this championship also proved that Stephen Curry is the soul of this team!

So, this person is afraid of comparison.

The same goes for McGrady, who averaged 30 points per game. He was very brave at the beginning of the playoffs. He scored 27 points just after the third quarter, which looked really impressive.

But since the fourth quarter of the game, Jiang Dalin has been scoring various goals in the paint, and the score difference has widened. His presence on the court suddenly became much smaller than Jiang Dalin's.

Scott's tactics today were not wrong, and he really didn't have to worry, because after three quarters of the "wheel battle", McGrady couldn't stand up anymore. If he couldn't stand up, the Magic team would have to stop.

The Wizards finally defeated the Magic 109-89 with 20 points, making a good start to the playoffs.

Jiang Dalin scored 28 points, 15 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 blocks in the first game. It is worth mentioning that 14 of the points were scored in the fourth quarter. Originally, the Magic only trailed by 10 points before the start of the fourth quarter. There was still a win.

There is a possibility that with this effort, he completely destroyed this team.

Michael Jordan tried his best and scored 17 points.

Billups scored 17 points and Hamilton scored 15 points!

In addition, two other players on the Wizards scored more than 10 points.

As for the Magic, except for McGrady who scored 36 points, only two people scored more than double digits, and both of them were less than 15 points.

The word "isolated and helpless" was vividly reflected in McGrady tonight.

What makes people feel even more pitiful is that as soon as the game ended, McGrady lay down on the bench next to him and gasped for air. He was so out of breath that if he took off his clothes and twisted them, he would probably have a bucket of water!

"There is indeed a huge difference in strength between the Magic and the Wizards. This cannot be solved by just one scoring champion!" Kenny Smith said his prediction, "In this series, even if McGrady can win one game, he will be the winner."

He deserves the same praise as Allen Iverson!"

In 2001, Allen Iverson led the team to the Finals, where they met the Lakers, who had won the first three rounds of the playoffs, and gave their opponent their only defeat in the playoffs that year.

Kenny Smith compared the Wizards to the Lakers at the time, which shows how big the gap between the two teams is!

"T-Mac has really done his best. You can't blame someone who scored 36 points in a single game..." Bill Walton also believed that McGrady tried his best, but the rest of the Magic team was too poor to provide for McGrady.

Any help.

At the same time, the game ended tonight with the Nets, who also easily defeated their opponents. Jason Richardson also played very well in this game and scored 20 points.

His two 3-pointers in the fourth quarter helped the team seal the victory.

In addition, the Spurs, second in the Western Conference, also defeated their opponents easily.

Only the game between the Timberwolves and the Mavericks was inextricable until the last minute. Of course, this was expected by all the media.

When Nowitzki meets Kevin Garnett, no one can absolutely have the upper hand, and these two teams are formed based on these two cores. A battle is naturally inevitable.

Both players also showed their respective abilities. Kevin Garnett was everywhere in the game, playing from 1 to 5, while Nowitzki relied on his solid back in the low post to score continuously.

Speaking of which, Nowitzki's frame has gradually gained weight, which is also the reason why he was able to successfully lead the team with a single core. At least in the "traditional center era", you must have the ability to play in the low post.

Kevin Garnett proved that he is the "top second player", and a large part of the reason is that he does not have a back to the basket.

The high back position highlights a lack of stability.

In fact, Kevin Garnett may be the only post-up player in this league who has a skilled post-up, but every time he takes a shot, he is a post-up singles player near the high post.

The game lasted until the last minute. Kevin Garnett, who was sweating profusely, made a pass error, allowing Terry to steal the ball. The Mavericks fast break completed the final score.

This wave of handicap difference came to 5 points.

In the end, the Mavericks also defeated the Timberwolves 105-100.

They were the only team to defeat the following on the first day of the playoffs.

Hmm...well, it's normal for whoever wins the fourth or fifth place.

Then the second day of the playoffs came.

The league announced the "Most Improved Player Award" for this season. Jiang Dalin's data is actually enough to win this honor, but in the end this honor still belongs to the Warriors' Gilbert Arenas.

The latter averaged 18.3 points, 6.3 assists and 4.5 rebounds per game this season, with his scoring increased by nearly 7 points compared to last season.

Other data have almost doubled.

I am indeed qualified to receive this award.

Of course, when it comes to the extent of improvement, Jiang Dalin is obviously bigger. His scoring average is more than 8 points per game compared to last season.

This is the only moment Jiang Dalin hopes Xiao Hua will take over.

However, it was also because Jiang Dalin did not win the "Most Improved Player Award" that many experts and media said: "If the final regular season MVP is not Jiang Dalin, this is definitely an unacceptable thing!"

Jiang Dalin's statistics have soared this season, and the team's record ranks first. No matter from which point of view, he is qualified to win the regular season MVP, especially since he did not win the "Most Improved Player Award".

After all, the only reason why he couldn't win the "Most Improved Player Award" is that he is already a superstar, and this kind of award is not for him.

Now that everyone admits that he is a superstar, and has such statistics and record, it is somewhat unjustifiable not to give him the regular season MVP.

Among them, the media in Washington were the most noisy.

"There is only one reason that can prevent Darling from winning the regular season MVP award, and that is that the officials do not want the record to be broken!"

They fought for the regular season MVP for Jiang Dalin, and the Los Angeles media naturally couldn't be idle. On the second day of the playoffs, Kobe Bryant scored 36 points in a single game, and after the Lakers defeated the Rockets by 18 points, they shouted this

You will feel more confident.

In fact, before the two teams started playing, many media, including some in Los Angeles, believed that the Rockets had the possibility of winning, because they did defeat the Lakers with real guns during the regular season!

And it’s the Lakers team that really wants to win!

But as a result, the Lakers proved why they are number one in the Western Conference. When the playoffs come and they want to win, no one can stop them!

Even the Rockets, who had beaten them once.

Of course, the reason why the Lakers won was that, in addition to Kobe's 36 points, the more important reason was that Francis was locked up. The Lakers used a lot of targeting to force Francis into a one-on-one fight.

Lakers coach Xu obviously knows very well that the main core of the Rockets is Francis and Yao Ming. Cutting off the connection between them will not be a big problem.

The result proves that this defensive theory is indeed perfect.

Yao Ming scored 16 points and 9 rebounds in this game, which was not much different from his performance in the latter part of the regular season. For a newcomer who is playing in the playoffs for the first time, maintaining his performance in the regular season is already a task.

It's a rare thing.

It's a pity that Francis only scored 19 points, which was not as good as his usual performance, and it was far less than the regular season game against the Lakers.

The other three groups also all had higher rankings defeating lower rankings.

And the wins were all easy, including the Philadelphia 76ers, fourth in the Eastern Conference, who also beat their opponents by 15 points.

Allen Iverson scored 34 points alone and easily resolved the battle.

To say that this is indeed the peak period of the "Big Four Shooting Guards", these guys, except for Vince Carter, who was injured at the end of the season, all scored more than 34 points in the first game.

Allen Iverson's 34 points is still the lowest!

Think about how happy it is to work with such a powerful defender...

Okay, Jiang Dalin has admitted that he is Versailles. After all, he is cooperating with these people’s idols. This idol is still plauded by him every day!

The second game of the series between the Wizards and Magic came as scheduled.

McGrady didn't rush as hard at the beginning of this game. Obviously, this guy also learned a lesson from the previous game and knew how to save his energy until the last moment.

But he forgot one thing again.

Throughout the season, the Magic relied on him to do all kinds of hammering, and then they entered the playoffs. Now, in order to have the strength to play key goals in the fourth quarter, they rely on his teammates in the early stage...

Which teammate should step forward?

McGrady didn't react to this until 3 minutes and 56 seconds into the second quarter, and by this time, the Wizards were already leading by almost 15 points.

In the end, the Wizards won this game more easily than the first game.

Although they only led by 15 points at the end of the game, they dominated the opponent throughout the game, and the point difference was never narrowed to less than 10 points.

He is a "frog boiled in warm water" and easily killed the Magic Team!

2 to 0!