Author: Tiamo the Withered

In a professional league like the NBA, which attracts the most attention, outstanding performance will naturally maximize the commercial value of the players themselves, and attract global attention.

What attracts fans the most is the various scoring performances.

Of course, there are two situations. One is simply to get high scores, such as 50+, 60+, which are scores that most players will not be able to score in their entire career; the other is to break records, such as rookie records. Records of domestic players.

And Li Chengming is both a rookie and a Chinese.

You must know that even Durant has not scored 40+ points until now, and other rookies have not even scored 30, let alone.

Being able to score 30+ or ​​40+ points in a single game as a rookie not only represents potential, but also has strong immediate combat ability.

Li Chengming has always been known for his stability before. His scores are usually in the range of 15-25. He also got 30+ once, but 30+ and 40+ are not the same concept. No one would have thought of it in an ordinary game. He will suddenly explode.

Especially in this game, it was because of his outburst that he was able to take away a victory from the Pacers. It can be said that this outburst came at the right time, and it seemed to prove his ability to play against the wind.

This is very important for a player. Everyone can hit the ball downwind, but when the game situation is against the wind, many people don't dare to hit it or they can't hit it well.

Li Chengming doesn't have this problem. He is not afraid of taking responsibility and even has the courage to take responsibility.

Howard was a little afraid to say that he would be able to score, but Li Chengming had the confidence to take action at this critical moment.

In addition to personal courage, this also has something to do with his attributes. At least his singles skills with the ball are definitely not as rich as those of Li Chengming.

After the game against the Pacers, they had another two days of rest. On Monday the third day later, the Magic faced the challenge of the Atlanta Hawks at home.

It is worth mentioning that Howard won the Player of the Week in the past two weeks. If he deserves the Player of the Week award from the 25th to the 1st, then last week's Player of the Week award was quite controversial.

Even if his data in three games were 30 points, 9 rebounds and 5 blocks, 20 points, 23 rebounds, 4 assists and 7 blocks, and 24 points, 17 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 block, he averaged 24.6 points, 16.3 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 4.3 blocks per game. However, there are still many people who are dissatisfied with Li Cheng's fame.

In the three games last week, Li Yong scored 31 points, 7 rebounds and 1 assist, 22 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals, and 41 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 block. He averaged 31.3 points, 6.7 rebounds and 2 assists per game. In addition to scoring In fact, they are a little worse than Howard's data.

If you really want to talk about it, Howard's role as a backup is actually greater, and Li Chengming is also a bit of an icing on the cake in addition to this game against the Pacers.

Especially Howard's performance on the defensive end turned the Magic's three-second zone into the opponent's no-fly zone. Neither steals nor blocks were enough to reflect his deterrence on the defensive end.

It's just that the Best of the Week thing is often considered to be an "encouragement", so sometimes it is considered to be given to players who have never won it.

That's why everyone thinks Li Yong has a chance, otherwise Howard would be more suitable.

In fact, this time the main reason is that the two people are in the same team, and the player's personal status will probably have some impact on the selection.

Especially in the battle with the Pacers, it was a huge bonus. Although Howard's performance was not bad, he always felt that he was a little bit in the situation. His mistakes were not obvious in the previous advantageous game, but in this disadvantageous game.

It seemed very uncomfortable.

Fortunately, his free throw performance was pretty good, otherwise it would have been like a war criminal's performance in the game he lost earlier.

In any case, being able to be considered for selection also proves that Li Chengming has now begun to enter a higher level. While other rookies are still struggling for playing opportunities, team status and even the right to take action.

By then, Li Chengming has become the team's trustworthy choice at critical moments.

Especially after this time, many fans saw his data, and then reviewed his performance, and suddenly realized that Li Chengming played so many wonderful games in the past two weeks.

Not to mention continuously breaking new personal scoring highs, the two games against the Suns and Pacers were quite dependent on him, and it felt like they might have lost without him.

In this eight-game winning streak, Li Chengming is no more important than Howard, and he is definitely one of the second or third best players in the Magic.

When this image gradually deepens among fans, it also shows that Li Chengming is slowly entering the ranks of football stars.

The opponent in this game, the Eagles, is also a team that is striving to enter the playoffs. This team has also had glory in history, and this year under the leadership of two generations of "Eagle Kings" Josh Smith and Joe Johnson

Next, coupled with a group of very capable role players, they have once again launched an impact on the playoffs after years of decline.

Another highlight of this game is the rookie showdown between this year's No. 3 overall pick Horford and Li Chengming.

As the third overall pick in the draft, Horford is naturally reused by a team on the edge of the playoffs like the Hawks. On the one hand, it is to train newcomers, and on the other hand, there is probably no better choice for the fifth position than him in the team.

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If Horford can be trained this season and can reach the playoffs, it will be considered a success for the Hawks.

Unfortunately, Horford committed two fouls not long after he started in the first quarter, and was directly punished by Howard.

Of course, Howard also exposed his weakness of poor free throw shooting today, so in the second half of the first quarter, the Eagles began to use the tactic of cutting Howard. Howard made 3 of 6 free throws, allowing the Eagles to take the opportunity to have a small climax.

The score was opened.

By the end of the first quarter, the Eagles had led by 8 points at 29:21.

Maurice Evans, who performed well in the last game, lost his touch this time and missed both shots. Nelson and Bogans also had poor touch.

If there are any obvious flaws in the Magic's current lineup, whether they are starting or coming off the bench, the unstable performance of the back line will definitely be a barometer of their success in the game.

And in many cases, the advantages of insiders cannot be expanded outwards, and there are also reasons for this.

It is estimated that the management has begun to consider whether to continue to explore internally or seek transactions in the future.

Who would have thought that Li Chengming would play so quickly. The Magic now have a variety of combination options on the inside. It can almost be said that they have an advantage against the other 29 teams in the league. In this case, the lack of opportunities on the outside has been magnified.

Because the ball is tilted too much to the inside, there is an imbalance inside and outside, and the tactical role of the defender is also reduced. This actually has an invisible impact on defenders like Jamison who need a certain amount of ball.

Compared with Howard's blue-collar style of play that does not rely on holding the ball, Li Chengming's personal usage rate and ball possession rate are gradually increasing, and this is more from the defenders.

It cannot be said that they have no complaints at all, but Li Chengming did perform well and the team won a lot, so there is nothing to complain about.

The Hawks' point guard Anthony Johnson is a veteran of the Magic. He joined the Hawks in the middle of the season last year and is considered his second player.

Of course, for a homeless player like him, he will stay wherever the team needs him. If he wants to trade him, he will naturally have no choice but to leave. He has no choice at all.

On the offensive end, his advantage is that he has certain organizational skills. He averages close to 5 assists per game and has an assist-to-loss ratio of close to 2.5.

In this game, his cooperation with Josh Smith cut off the Magic's internal and external passes three times in the first quarter and caused the Magic's mistakes many times.

Howard made two turnovers in the first quarter, and each of the five starting players made more than one turnover. Li Chengming also made a turnover in his pass after coming on the court. Seven turnovers in a single quarter gave the Eagles many opportunities.
Chapter completed!