legendary point guard

The entire MIC center was muted and completely quiet.

There was only a big towel waving from the Orlando Magic bench, and only the cheers of the Magic players.

All Wizards fans stared at Lin Sen being pushed by his teammates in the center of the field. The Chinese and Lin Sen fans who came to the scene also did not cheer.

They are not afraid of the same thing as Wizards fans. They are enjoying the feeling that MIC is muted because of Chen Tian.

The local commentator of the Washington Wizards opened his mouth, but didn't know how to express it.

Eddie Jordan showed a wry smile. With Lin Sen's heavy dunk through the beige color, the point difference was stretched to 9 points.

There was only one minute left before the end of the game. He knew that even if the Magic only led by 5 points after this dunk, it would be almost impossible for the Wizards to regain the victory.

Eddie Jordan called a timeout and chose to give up the game.

"It's really terrible. Wood was almost silent for the entire game. Before that, he only scored 12 points. On the offensive end, apart from passing the ball, his scoring basically came from the help of his teammates. There were very few direct single goals in the past.

However, he just gave us all a heavy blow and completely threw us on the other side of failure.

If Gilbert is here, we will definitely win tonight." The on-site commentator sighed.

However, he obviously selectively forgot that Lin Sen, who was still a rookie last year, staged a difficult buzzer-beater on this field in the third game of his career.

Lin Sen had saved up the whole game just for the last moment. If his teammates hadn't played well in the fourth quarter, he would have chosen to step up and take over the game, let alone the scene where he dunked in front of Jamison just now.

Wiping the sweat from his body and drinking a drink, Lin Sen sat on the bench.

Stan Van Gundy and Eddie Jordan also chose to make substitutions. Although there was more than a minute left, both sides understood what the other party meant.

More than a minute later, the whistle sounded to end the game.

The Orlando Magic, which was trailing by up to 16 points, finally completed a comeback and broke through MIC in the second game of back-to-back games, playing home and then away.

The biggest feeling of this game, apart from Lin Sen's crazy dunk on Jamison at the end, was the appearance of Dwight Howard, who was once rumored to be kept in cold storage until leaving the team.

It was Howard's appearance that changed the Magic's unfavorable situation, but reporters and fans wanted to know more about whether Howard would leave the team and why he was put in cold storage.

"Dwight had some minor injuries, so we let him rest. There are no bad remarks. He has always been an important part of us." Stan Van Gundy responded to reporters' questions after the game.

"Dwight is fine now. We are all waiting for his return. He showed a good performance tonight, which is what we all want to see." Lin Sen also did not give the real reason when asked.

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There were still rumors in the morning that he would definitely leave the team, but in the evening it turned into staying in the team, and there was a very harmonious scene among the entire team, from the management to the coaching staff to the players.

Such a turn of events made many people feel that they had been cheated. However, the "Orlando Sentinel" reporter George Diaz released the photos of Orlando's Big Three that he took during the game in the "Orlando Sentinel", which still made many people feel...

I saw some clues.

In the photo, Howard and Milicic are running on either side of Linsen, but Howard's smile is obviously unnatural. Compared with Milicic and Linsen, if you look closely, you will obviously find this similarity and difference.

Moreover, Howard's eyes give people a very complicated feeling, not as natural as the photos he has taken in the past.

Considering the news from a while ago, everyone still believes that there is still a gap between Howard and the Magic.

"Los Angeles Times" reporter John said on his Twitter that the Magic and the Lakers had indeed negotiated about Howard, and the biggest bargaining chip the Lakers offered was Bynum.

But for the Magic, it seems that the unhappiness is over. At least the team seems to be getting closer to the past.

The only bad news for the Magic is that from November to February this season, Lin Sen's historical record of winning Player of the Month four times in a row finally stopped.

Due to the team's problems in March, Lin Sen finally lost to LeBron James, who performed exceptionally well in March.

Although he lost the best player of the month, Lin Sen's mood was not affected at all. In the subsequent game against the Atlanta Hawks, Lin Sen scored 24 points and sent out 18 assists, once again severely hurting the hearts of Hawks fans.

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The "Atlanta Tribune" once again ran the headline "If We had chosen Wood" after the game, but time will not turn back, and the Hawks can only accept this fact depressingly.

The time is getting closer and closer to the end of the season. The Celtics of the Big Three have not implemented rotation.

The reason is that the Orlando Magic, under the leadership of Lin Sen, only managed to hold on to the Celtics. If it weren't for the Magic's turmoil in March, the Celtics would not be able to climb to the first place in the league.

After getting the first position, the Celtics naturally did not want to meet the Magic or Cavaliers in the second round, so Doc Rivers and Celtics general manager Danny Ainge gave up their plan to rest the Big Three.

Doc Rivers can only reduce the playing time of Garnett, Pierce and Ray Allen as much as possible to avoid the Celtics losing due to rest.

When the time came to April 8, the Orlando Magic's 62-15 record was half a game behind the Boston Celtics, who were first in the Eastern Conference and first in the league, with 63 wins and 15 losses.

The Cleveland Cavaliers, ranked third in the Eastern Conference, currently have 59 wins and 18 losses, three games behind the Magic. It is not easy to catch up with five games left.

The Celtics played against the Magic three times before this season. They lost two games and won one.

Except for Lin Sen's poor performance in March due to team reasons, he played very well in the other two games. Especially in the first game of the season, he set a new NBA single-quarter scoring record in the fourth quarter.

The Celtics' record against other teams in the Eastern Conference is not as good as the Magic. The Magic and Celtics met for the fourth time in the regular season on April 9.

With the Celtics playing one more game and the Magic playing one less game.

Once the Magic win the fourth game against the Celtics, the Magic will definitely lock in the first place in the Eastern Conference without losing more than one game in the remaining four games, and there will be no need to play against the Cavaliers in the semifinals.

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And if nothing else, you can wait in the finals for the winner between the Celtics and Cavaliers in the semifinals.

Whether it is against the Cavaliers or against the older Big Three, the strong dialogue in the semifinals will affect the performance of the Eastern Conference finals to some extent.

Therefore, both the Celtics and Cavaliers hope to seize the first place in the Eastern Conference, but it is almost impossible for the Cavaliers to do so, and even the possibility of competing for home court advantage in the semifinals is slim.

They can only wait to see whether the opponents in the semifinals will be the Magic or the Celtics, but the Cavaliers still hope that they will encounter the Celtics in the semifinals instead of the Magic.

Of course, if it were the Magic during the turbulent period in March, the Cavaliers would definitely hope to encounter them, but since Howard's comeback against the Wizards, the Magic's cooperation has become better every game.

Although Lin Sen's offensive firepower seems to have suddenly dropped, and he has not exceeded the season average of 28 points per game in several consecutive games, Lin Sen's average assists per game have been rising little by little.

With 15 assists in six consecutive games, Lin Sen finally pushed his season assists per game to double digits after the home game against the Toronto Raptors on April 7.

Lin Sen also became the fifth player to average double figures in assists per game this season, following Chris Paul, Steve Nash, Deron Williams and Jason Kidd.

As long as Lin Sen maintains this kind of assist firepower in the last few games, then the 2007-2008 season will be the second time in history that five players average double figures in assists per game in a single season.

Howard's condition has stabilized since his comeback, especially after Lin Sen's assists became more powerful. Howard's points per game are no less than when he played too many singles in March.

The entire Magic team is in excellent shape, and so is the Celtics, which makes the match between the two sides on April 9 destined to be particularly interesting.

However, compared with the Celtics, the Magic cannot lose this game because once they lose this game, they will lose the initiative to be first in the Eastern Conference. More importantly, they still need to face Houston away from home on April 11.

Rocket.

This was their last match against the Rockets this season. Although without Howard, Lin Sen led the Magic to defend their home court with 42 points, 21 assists, 18 rebounds, 5 steals and 2 blocks.

But the game against the Celtics is destined to consume too much physical energy. Flying to Houston overnight, even one day of adjustment time may not be able to restore everyone's physical fitness.

And the season is coming to an end, although Lin Sen has won the best of the month for four consecutive months. He also performed well this month, but James, Chris Paul, Kobe and even Garnett also performed well.

Even though most of the media put Lin Sen as the first candidate for MVP without any doubt, Lin Sen knows that he still needs to continue to win the MVP.

The game against the Celtics is his chance to show himself to the national media again, so the game against the Celtics is a must-win game for the Magic and Lin Sen himself.

The good news under pressure is that the Magic defeated the visiting Toronto Raptors at home on the 7th, and the Magic still played at home against the Boston Celtics on the 9th and did not need to fly to Boston.

On April 9, the entire Orlando has entered playoff mode. This game is no less than the playoffs for the Magic.

"It seems Orlando is ready for Wood to win the MVP." Garnett said while sitting on the bus looking out the window.

There are pictures of Lin Sen on the signs on the roadside, and many slogans directly bear the slogan Lin Sen MVP.

"I'm not surprised at all that he was elected this year. He is really outstanding. There are only a few people who can threaten him, including LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, Chris Paul and of course you." Paul Pierce laughed.

He said.

Ray Allen from the side came up. He looked at Garnett and asked with a smile: "KG, if you didn't trade Wood Lin, what would happen to Minnesota?"

"No ifs!" Garnett said with a shrug. But his attitude towards this matter was far from as relaxed as he showed.

"Anyway, we will definitely defeat him later!" Pierce said with a smile.