legendary point guard

"You have to fly away overnight, I won't kill you today, I will let you go." Yao Ming came up and said with a smile. He played this game particularly uncomfortable, and in the end he only scored 16 points. Mainly

It was still the score scored in the third quarter.

Officially, it was because Yao Ming was restricted that the Magic won.

Lin Sen shook hands with Yao Ming: "Next time I go to your place, you have to let me kill you."

Tracy McGrady, who also performed well in this game, also came up and had a brief chat with Tracy McGrady. Lin Sen walked to the sidelines.

"Wood's performance in this game can only be described as perfect. This is not only reflected by the data. He used his own state and his performance to tell all Magic people that with him, Orlando cannot be underestimated." Ken

Ni Smith looked at Lin Sen walking to the sidelines and said.

After exchanging a few words with Carolina and the others, Lin Sen turned around and walked towards the players' tunnel. The reporters in the media area were all excited.

"Wood, can you tell me where Dwight will be traded?"

"Wood and Dwight, will the rest of the season be shelved?"

"Some people say that Dwight left because of you. What do you think?"

"Is it because of your disagreement with Dwight that led to Orlando's predicament some time ago? What caused it, can you tell me?"

"Wood, Dwight fired David Falk, does that mean a complete break between him and you? How far do you think Orlando will go without Dwight?"

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Lin Sen stopped and frowned, why didn't he know that Howard was going to be traded away.

Seeing Lin Sen stop, the reporters became even more excited, each one looking forward to Lin Sen's reply.

"Wood, can you tell me where Dwight will be traded?"

"Some insiders revealed that he will leave the team in the summer. In addition, he once had a fight with Dennis in the locker room. Is this true?"

Lin Sen looked at the expectant reporters: "Why don't I know that Dwight is leaving? Dwight will not leave Orlando."

A simple sentence. After Chen Tian finished speaking, he turned and walked directly to the players' tunnel.

No matter how much the reporters shouted, Lin Sen did not stop.

"Dwight will definitely be traded away from the team."

"I think so too. Why don't we ask other people when we go to the locker room for interviews?"

"Definitely."

The reporters in the media area were determined to dig out the truth of the matter, and Otis Smith in the office called Howard again.

"You want to leave, right?"

Otis Smith asked straight to the point. Now he thought everything Howard just said was a lie to him.

"Dwight, just tell me the truth. If you want to leave, I will find a way to send you away. But now is a critical period for the team to prepare for the playoffs.

Even if you have to leave, I hope you and your agent will pay attention to the impact, and you should know our goals for this season."

Otis Smith's words made Howard a little confused. He and Otis Smith had basically reached an agreement just now.

He will return to the team and play well again.

Still aiming for the team to win the championship, Howard didn't know if he could adjust his mentality. But he wanted to try to adjust.

But now Otis Smith seems to want to send him away: "Otis, I don't understand something about what you said.

I had this idea, but it was just an idea, I didn't even say it out loud, including to my agent."

"Dwight, are you sure you didn't say such a thing?" Otis Smith asked with doubts. He didn't want Howard to say one thing and do another.

If he really means saying one thing and doing another, then he has the same idea as Stan Van Gundy.

That is to say, Howard would rather sit on the bench for the rest of the season with a salary than let him play.

"I'm sure I didn't say that."

Howard also knew that Otis Smith would not lie to him, so the only possibility was that Dan Fagan spread the rumors outside.

Otis Smith also thought of Howard's agent Dan Fagan, this notorious guy.

"Since you didn't say it, then fine, will you go to Washington with the team tonight, or stay in Orlando?" Otis Smith asked.

Now that Howard has realized his mistake, he also hopes to adopt a certain attitude to alleviate it.

Although Howard has many flaws, there is still a big difference between having him and not having him for the Magic.

"I want to go to Washington with the team." Howard thought for a moment and added, "I don't have to play."

Listening to what Howard added on the other end of the phone, Otis Smith felt a little unbearable: "Are you going to call Stan yourself or should I?"

"I'll fight it myself."

Howard hung up the phone and wanted to call Dan Fagan, but he thought about the team flying to Washington overnight. Now that the game is over, they will need to go to the airport in an hour.

Howard immediately changed his clothes and went straight to the Waterhouse Center, while many reporters poured into the Magic locker room.

Without exception, they all wanted to know where Howard was traded, but the result they got was that Howard would not leave the team.

The team's unified voice naturally not only made them unable to believe that Howard would not be traded, but also made them more determined that Howard would leave the team.

At the post-game press conference, most of the questions from reporters in the audience revolved around the Magic's recent state and Howard's fate.

This directly caused Stan Van Gundy and Lin Sen to leave the press conference within ten minutes, even if they were destined to be fined by the league.

All of this has led reporters to believe that Howard will leave the team, and the discussion on the Internet about Howard leaving the team is even more heated. Anzu Bynum is considered to be the one who may be swapped with Howard.

In the locker room, everyone has packed their things.

Since they had to play back-to-back games, the team had to fly to Washington overnight, so no one could go home. Instead, they took a bus directly from the arena to the airport, and then flew directly to Washington.

When everyone had packed up, Lin Sen led everyone towards the parking lot.

A tall figure stood next to the team bus. The lights in the parking lot were not particularly bright, but everyone on Howard's team was familiar with him. Even if the lights were not bright, he could still be seen standing next to the car.

Howard's arrival stunned the whole team. No one thought he would come here at this time.

Howard, who was standing on the bus, also felt the surprise of his teammates. He felt sad and walked over.

"My injury is fine. I want to follow everyone to Washington and cheer for everyone on the bench."

Howard said with a smile, but his smile looked a little bitter.

"Now that everything is fine, those guys in Washington will definitely be in trouble." Lin Sen patted Howard and said, "Don't stand here. Do you want John to wait for us in the car? He must be anxious."

Although the atmosphere was a bit awkward, Howard still participated in the topic as much as possible, and gradually everyone felt Howard's sincerity.

The short distance to the airport, although not as harmonious as before, is much better than it was during this period.

But everyone knows that returning to the previous state cannot be achieved in a day or two. When the plane flies into the sky, the Magic players quickly fell asleep one by one after playing a game.

Howard, who was just across the aisle from Lin Sen, didn't sleep and was thinking about many things in his mind.

It was already one o'clock in the morning when the plane arrived in Washington, and a group of people in a daze got on the bus and headed to the hotel.

Howard's arrival with the team in Washington was beyond the imagination of many reporters, and Stan Van Gundy put Howard back on the 15-man roster.

This means that Howard is likely to play tonight, which makes Wizards coach Eddie Jordan a little nervous.

Even though Howard had a negative impact on the Magic most of the time when he played, after all, Howard has the ability to change the game.

In particular, the Wizards are very weak inside, even though Brandon Haywood played the best season of his career this season. He averaged 10 points, 7 rebounds and 1.8 blocks per game for the Wizards.

Inside substitute Brazzi can also average nearly 8 points and 5 rebounds per game, but it is undoubtedly much worse than Howard.

Originally, Eddie Jordan was counting on taking advantage of the Magic's physical disadvantage during the fourth quarter of their fierce battle with the Houston Rockets yesterday to win the game at home. Now that he heard that Howard was on the roster, he couldn't help but feel a little worried.

At 7 o'clock in the evening, the game between the Magic and the Wizards kicked off.

Howard did not appear in the starting lineup but sat on the bench, which made Eddie Jordan breathe a sigh of relief.

What Eddie Jordan wants is to fight the Magic in the first two or even three quarters, and then wait until the fourth quarter to seize the Magic's physical crisis and attack with all his strength.

Eddie Jordan was right. Last night's game against the Rockets consumed a lot of the Magic's physical energy, and the overnight flight made the team not well rested.

The Magic's touch was very bad in the first quarter. Lin Sen, who scored 42 points, 21 assists, and 18 rebounds last night, leading the team in history, also performed very poorly.

Under the care of Caron Butler, he took 4 shots and only hit 1 goal. If Milicic hadn't scored 7 points in a single quarter, the Magic might have been trailing by double digits in the first quarter.

"Orlando was in terrible shape tonight and this is our chance.

Wood played a dominant night last night, but maybe that game drained all of Wood's energy, and he seemed to be struggling a little bit in today's game!" the local Washington commentator on the sidelines said with a smile.

At the end of the first quarter, the Magic trailed the Wizards at home by 6 points. The Wizards' best performer was power forward Antoine Jamison.

In the second quarter of the game, the Magic still didn't get much better, which made Stan Van Gundy a little anxious off the court.

Dwight Howard, who was sitting on the bench, looked at his teammates playing very depressed and worried. He wanted to stand up and tell Stan Van Gundy to let him play.

Lin Sen sat next to Howard and clearly felt Howard's anxiety.

The expression that Howard inadvertently showed at this moment was completely absent some time ago. Some time ago, Howard was completely a loner.

He rarely interacts with his teammates on the court and mostly reaches out for the ball.

This is when the Wizards' interior substitute Brazzi faced Eddie Griffin's defense and turned around and went in for an easy layup.

Looking at Griffin's state, Lin Sen knew that fighting against Yao Ming last night consumed too much of his energy, and his steps were completely unlike Eddie Griffin's usual.

With Brazzi's goal this time, the Wizards narrowed the point difference to two points. This was also the first time the score difference reached double digits in the game.

The entire Wizards home court was filled with laughter and cheers became even louder.

In the second quarter, six minutes before the first half, all the Magic's main players except Lin Sen were already on the court, but the point difference still did not come back.

Howard next to Lin Sen frowned, his face full of worry.

Lin Sen stood up and walked to Stan Van Gundy's side. Lin Sen's actions attracted the attention of many people.

"Wood stood up and walked to Stan's side. He seemed to want to say something to Stan. Is he going to play? This is indeed the time for him to play." The Wizards commentator said.

Stan Van Gundy listened to Lin Sen's words and glanced at the bench behind him. Dwight Howard looked at the court with a worried look.

"Stan, believe him, we don't have a better way now, right?" Lin Sen said softly.

Stan Van Gundy nodded, if Howard is still the same after playing, then he will continue to block Howard.

"Dwight is ready to play with Wood!"

Howard couldn't believe his ears.

"Dwight stands up, is he going to play?" the commentator said.

After the dead ball, Lin Sen and Howard appeared together.

Lin Sen pulled the ball and stood one step outside the three-point line.

Regarding Lin Sen, Caron Butler still continued his defense from the first quarter. He knew that Lin Sen's three-pointers were accurate, so he did not dare to let go of Lin Sen and immediately followed up.

Just when Butler was pressing forward, Lin Sen made a fierce sprint, accelerating completely close to Butler, and Butler immediately stepped back.

Seeing Butler's retreat, Lin Sen responded immediately.

He swatted the ball with his left hand and it bounced behind his back.

He caught the ball with his right hand, and at the same time he retreated. He had just retreated to outside the three-point line and raised the ball with his right hand. The ball left Lin Sen's palm and went straight to the inside.

The basketball left Lin Sen's fingers and drew an arc under the attention of all the fans.

Dwight Howard, who was being guarded by Haywood, turned around and got out of the way of Haywood. He looked along the arc of the flying basketball, took a big step and jumped high.

When Dwight Howard reached the highest point, the ball came right in front of him.

Grab the ball with both hands and slam the ball directly towards the basket.

Bang!

The basket whined under Howard's tug!