Chapter 42 The fans' favorite
The fans of the visiting team have basically lost confidence, and the difference between these 20 points is too big. Although there are many teams in NBA history who can overtake 20 points in the fourth quarter, that is only after the team's morale has increased significantly.
But with the current state of the Rockets, it is almost impossible to accomplish such a miracle.[]
Kevin Martin missed a three-pointer, and Marcin Gotat grabbed the defensive rebound and then handed it to Wu Feng.
Wu Feng organized the Magic's offense with the ball and steadily dribbled the ball to the Rockets' half. Wu Feng passed the ball to Ryan Anderson in the inside. Ryan Anderson leaned against Patrick Patterson, and then turned around and jumped directly to make a jump shot.
With a "swish", the basketball drew an elegant arc in the air and fell directly into the basket steadily, leading a circle of the nets.
The Magic players are very hot now. They don’t hesitate at all after receiving the ball and take action as long as they have the chance.
With Ryan Anderson hitting another goal, Wu Feng's assists increased by one more time.
With the goal of Ryan Anderson, the scores of the two teams on the court suddenly became 89:67, and the Magic held a huge lead of 22 points.
With 22 points, it is impossible for the Rockets to overtake. In addition, this game is a preseason, so Rick Adelman does not plan to let the main players fight desperately on the court. The regular season is the top priority, so he must let the players find the rhythm of the game through these preseason games without being hurt.
So, Rockets head coach Rick Adelman called a timeout.
I believe that after this timeout, there will be no more main players on the court, basically all rookies or players on the edge of the team.
The pause time ended soon, and both sides adjusted the lineup.
The Magic all replaced the main players, and the Rockets also replaced them with pure substitutes.
Wu Feng is still on the court. It seems that Stan Van Gundy did not deliberately make things difficult for Wu Feng because of Jamal Nelson.
In the end, the Magic won the preseason start with a 109:93 win over the visiting Houston Rockets without any suspense. The home fans all applauded at the moment of the game and paid tribute to the home team's wonderful performance.
Wu Feng and his teammates hugged each other happily. Wu Feng was undoubtedly the most excited person today. He was very satisfied with his performance today, and compared with Jamal Nelson's performance, he must have embarrassed him. This was simply too happy.
Although Wu Feng's score was not high in this game, he made five of six shots, made two free throws, and scored 12 points, which was also very efficient. In addition, Wu Feng also had 7 assists, 5 rebounds, 1 steal, and 1 block. Although there were some flaws in 3 turnovers and 2 fouls, this did not cover up Wu Feng's amazing game.
You know, Wu Feng only played 22 minutes in this game.
Wu Feng's stalemate Jamal Nelson played 26 minutes in this game, but only scored 7 points, made three of thirteen shots, and only made three assists in the game. Moreover, on the defensive end, he allowed Aaron Brooks, who was against him, to score 19 points and made 5 mistakes.
No wonder Stan Van Gundy didn't even look at Jamal Nelson after the game. He had already given Jamal Nelson a chance, but the latter didn't catch it at all.
The biggest highlight of this game was Wu Feng's emergence. Although the showdown between Dwight Howard and Yao Ming also attracted a lot of attention, fans focused on Wu Feng after he came on the court.
Therefore, as soon as the game ended, all the fans shouted Wu Feng's name loudly: "Wu...feng, Wu...feng, Wu...feng..."
Wu Feng was even more excited when he heard these shouts. When other players of the Magic Team saw this, they were all very envious. In the first game when the Magic Team moved into the new stadium, Wu Feng was actually the one who excited all the fans of the game, which was something that no one expected.
In the past, at the Magic’s home court, the only one who could enjoy the treatment of Wu Feng now was Dwight Howard, the head of the Magic’s team. Dwight Howard patted Wu Feng’s shoulder, and his words were obviously jealous: “Man, you have snatched my limelight. Tonight, you can do it!"
Wu Feng knew what Dwight Howard meant in the second half of the sentence. He often trained with them during this period, and Wu Feng had already understood their temperament. Magic players often went to the bar to relax after training. Although most of them paid for it, today, Wu Feng's amazing performance made Dwight Howard a little unhappy, so he wanted Wu Feng to treat him.
Wu Feng gestured an OK gesture, then smiled and patted Dwight Howard's big butt, and said, "You guy is really like a child."
Dwight Howard ignored Wu Feng's teasing and hummed a song to the rest area.
Not long after the game ended, all the reporters from major media on the scene rushed to Wu Feng. Wu Feng was immediately shocked when he saw this situation. Although he also hoped that a reporter would interview him, there were too many, and all the long spears and short cannons reached towards Wu Feng.
As the most amazing player in this game, Wu Feng was like a dark horse emerging from nowhere. How could these reporters let him go?
Fortunately, Stan Van Gundy hurried over and blocked Wu Feng behind him.
"Dear journalists, there will be a post-match press conference later. At that time, all journalists can ask questions actively at the press conference. Sorry!"
As he said that, Stan Van Gundy pushed Wu Feng toward the locker room. The rest of the Magic players followed Stan Van Gundy and blocked the reporter who wanted to continue chasing.
"Uh, although I'm not used to so many reporters interviews, I'll leave one or two for me at least!" Wu Feng was extremely depressed.
In fact, Stan Van Gundy did this to protect Wu Feng. Wu Feng is just eighteen years old now and is a complete rookie. Letting him get in touch with the media too early will have a significant impact on his future development. What's more, good performance in a preseason game cannot explain the problem. If Wu Feng begins to be proud and complacent in the media's free voices of praise, then his career will be over.
The Magic team quickly passed through the player passage and walked to the Magic team's locker room. Wu Feng looked at the portrait of "Warcraft" Dwight Howard on both sides of the corridor, and photos of his teammates' handsome shooting movements, and he was immediately envious.
The Amway Center Arena started construction in 2008, so these portraits and photos were prepared in advance, and it was impossible to have portraits and photos of Wu Feng.
"Sooner or later, the entire aisle of the arena will be covered with photos of me." Wu Feng swears in his heart.
Chapter completed!