The Chicago Bulls also arrived in Orlando on the afternoon of May 4, and their game against the Magic will start two days later.

In the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs, only the Washington Wizards and the Cleveland Cavaliers have not yet released their final results. However, two hours before the game on this day, the Washington Wizards officially announced that team leader Gilbert Arenas will suffer from meniscus on the side of his left knee.

It was announced that Arenas would undergo surgery at Seaberry Memorial Hospital in the capital two days later.

This news is undoubtedly a bolt from the blue for Washington fans. They were already trailing the Cavaliers 1:3, and Arenas' absence directly caused them to lose confidence. On the evening of May 4th, the Washington Wizards were defeated by LeBron James in an away game.

The quasi-triple-double kicked off the playoff stage, and now all the Eastern Conference semifinals have taken place.

On the same night, the Western Conference ushered in two focus games. One was the Houston Rockets, who had previously led 3:2, challenging the Utah Jazz away from home, and the other was the league-leading Dallas Mavericks visiting the Golden State Warriors.

The score is 3:2 leading.

"**! Utah is a disgusting place. He almost pulled Tracy's ass off even if he did such a move." Howard yelled.

In the TV footage, Tracy McGrady was complaining to the referee, but the referee still insisted on his decision. Tracy McGrady had no choice but to run to the backcourt.

"Hido, is your old teammate so accurate? Why didn't I feel that he was accurate in the past few games?" Howard turned around and asked.

"Oh, he caught the ball again." Azubuike shouted. In the TV footage, Yao Ming's hard hit was because the ball was a little low. Deron Williams quickly double-teamed and then stabbed the ball out of Yao Ming's hand.

The ball was thrown, and the Jazz's counterattack quickly reached the frontcourt in almost a few seconds, but Okur did not position himself** but stood directly outside the three-point line.

Stan Van Gundy's eyes lit up. He liked players like Okur very much. If Turkoglu's body was stronger and his defensive ability was better, he would definitely move Turkoglu to the power forward position without hesitation.

If Howard makes further progress, bringing Turkoglu out can help Howard open up a lot of space.

On the screen, Okur hit a three-pointer directly after receiving the ball from Kirilenko, and the Jazz also opened the point difference to 8 points.

"Dwight, your offense is far inferior to Yao, so you won't encounter a lot of such treatment, but it doesn't mean you won't encounter it. First, lift the ball and don't put it below your waist. If you don't like it,

If someone steals the ball."

"I will pay attention. Do I make a lot of mistakes? Wood is our turnover king." Howard said with a grin.

Lin Sen rolled his eyes at Howard. Stan Van Gundy turned his head and stared at Howard and said: "Wood can pass the ball, what can you do? You need to practice your ball distribution ability this summer, you will get the opportunity to double-team.

And this means that your teammates will have a chance, so you need to pass the ball out in time instead of waiting for the defensive team to double-team and pass a terrible ball in a panic. In that case, it is better to just not pass the ball and pass it yourself.

, of course the premise is that you have the ability to do it yourself."

Howard raised his hands: "ok! ok! ok! I know I have a lot of shortcomings, I will work hard, believe me."

However, Howard's words were met with blank stares, and the Rockets finally narrowed the point difference to 1 point. Yao Ming made the mistake that Van Gundy just emphasized and was poked away by Kirilenko. Then Yao Ming was stabbed by Kirilenko.

Cover up from the weak side and block the shot directly.

Tracy McGrady also made two consecutive mistakes. In an instant, the Rockets fell behind by 10 points, and eventually lost 82-94. The Jazz tied the total score to 3:3. This was also the first pair in this year's playoffs to enter a seven-game tiebreaker.

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Immediately following the game between the Rockets and the Jazz, the entire Magic team watched the Warriors versus the Mavericks. Like many people, the Magic sympathized with the Mavericks for their tragic experience of being number one in the league but looking forward to the Mavericks being hacked.

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"This home court is so cool." Howard exclaimed. On TV, the Warriors' home court was packed with seats. The Oracle Arena, which can accommodate 20,000 people, was packed with crazy fans, and almost all Warriors fans wore golden T-shirts.

The slogan "We-Believe" was written on his chest, and the entire Oracle Center game was filled with a fanatical atmosphere even before it started.

In the slogan "we believe", the Warriors took the lead and the Mavericks, who were ranked number one in the league, trailed by 23 points at 63:86 at the end of the third quarter.

"God, Wooden State is so fucking crazy. Dirk almost cried. We will definitely win in the next round." Howard pulled Lin Sen and said.

"Dwight, we can win in the next round, but only if you don't get beaten to the bone by **ig**en." Lin Sen said with a smile.

Howard, who was originally very happy, suddenly became depressed and thought for a moment: "No, absolutely not, I am Dwight."

"Really? We are looking forward to your performance." Dennis Rodman said with a smile, followed by a burst of laughter in the entire locker room, which embarrassed Howard.

"I can definitely do it." Howard raised his head and said, but everyone could hear the lack of confidence in his tone.

"Okay, I hope you can too, then we will definitely beat Chicago." Stan Van Gundy said with a smile. He didn't want Howard to lose confidence before the game. That would not be good news for the Magic.

In the end, the Mavericks failed to create a miracle, and instead became the third black team in NBA history, and the first black team after the playoffs adopted a best-of-7-game system.

But considering the Golden State Warriors' 4-0 record against the Dallas Mavericks in the regular season, this is not so dazzling.

And Stan Van Gundy thought a lot about not being merciful to the enemy. If the Mavericks didn't show mercy in the last game of the regular season, the Golden State Warriors would have no chance of entering the playoffs, and there would be no shame in being hacked.

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But there is no such thing as history. Looking at the disappointed young general Avery Johnson on the screen, Stan Van Gundy felt a little gloating in his heart.

The Dallas Mavericks were hacked eight times and were eliminated from the Finals last season with a 2-0 lead by the Miami Heat, who won 4 consecutive games. The Dallas Mavericks were undoubtedly the most miserable in the past two seasons, but the Orlando media became excited.

Because the Dallas Mavericks were hacked, as the leader of the Mavericks, the German Dirk Nowitzki's performance in the playoff series was really bad. Even though Nowitzki performed well in the regular season, he was not the MVP of the regular season.

The selection will not be announced until the semi-finals are almost over.

Nowitzki's elimination also means that it will affect the reporters and media's view of him, and it also means that if Linsen performs well in the future, he is likely to become the third NBA player to win the best rookie and regular season MVP.

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The Orlando media couldn't wait to start building momentum, and Otis Smith also sent carefully prepared Linson season highlights and some Orlando specialties to those participating voting media and reporters in the name of the Magic team.

The Phoenix media is naturally not far behind Orlando. Steve Nash won the mvp in the past two years. If he continues to win the award this season, he will become the fourth player in NBA history to win three consecutive awards. But now

The elimination of Nash's good brother Nowitzki will undoubtedly increase the possibility of Nash winning the award for three consecutive years.

Dallas people have become the most miserable people, but who else pities them except them.

May 5th was the first day without a game since the NBA playoffs started. However, every team has not stopped busy, and the teams still in the playoffs are working hard to prepare.

, teams that have left the playoffs are starting to think about how to strengthen their teams, and teams that have not entered the playoffs are busy trying out the rookies who are about to enter the draft.

The time came on the night of May 5th, and the atmosphere in Orlando completely changed. When the sun rose the next day, crazy fans could be seen everywhere in Orlando. Because there were so many local fans in Orlando, many employees of the company were still busy in the afternoon.

He seems absent-minded when he is not off work.

When it was time to get off work, Mather Matthews, the director of Disneyland in Orlando, was the first to rush out of the Disneyland office building. Mathews' crazy behavior surprised many people because of this

This was the first time they had met Mather Matthews. In their impression, Matthews was a person who did everything in an orderly manner and never panicked, but obviously he was not like that today.

It is very common for Orlando people to be like this on this day. The game between the Orlando Magic and the Chicago Bulls starts at 7:30 in the evening. When there is still an hour before the game starts, the Waterhouse Center is already full of people.

"Scotty, don't you have any ideas?" Howard asked Pippen.

Pippen laughed: "What should I think? Reluctant or excited? Dwight, don't forget that I am an old man of half a century, not a young man like you."

"I heard MJ is coming tonight."

"So what?" Pippen waved his hand and left the locker room.

Pippen and Rodman are undoubtedly the focus of fans and media. In contrast, Rodman's loyalty to the Bulls is far less than that of Pippen. After all, Pippen started his career in Chicago.

Although Pippen first joined the Rockets and then the Portland Trail Blazers later in his career, he eventually returned to the Windy City and retired with the Chicago Bulls.

And after leaving the Bulls, he did not meet the Bulls in the playoffs. Rodman joined the Bulls for only three short years. Although it was also the most glorious three years of the Bulls dynasty, his historical status was sublimated.

But for Chicagoans, it's still far behind Pippen.

Jordan and Pippen have long been imprinted in the hearts of people in the Windy City, and this matchup naturally attracted the emotion of countless media. The "Chicago Tribune" even claimed that the main reason why the Magic advanced was the experience of Pippen and Rodman.

And just half an hour before the start of the game, Chen Cong, who had received permission from Xinhua News Agency to cover a sports event for the first time, was about to enter the field when he accidentally spotted a person. After a brief reaction, Chen Cong immediately quickened his pace and walked over.

"Michael, could you please have a brief interview?"

There was a voice behind Jordan, which made Jordan so angry that he almost vomited blood. He came here secretly today to go to the visiting Bulls locker room to encourage the Bulls players. He didn't want to be discovered by reporters before the game started, but he was still discovered.

Jordan wanted to pretend he couldn't hear it, but Chen Cong behind him didn't give Jordan a chance to slip away.

"Of course, but the game is about to start now, can you wait until after the game?" Jordan said with a smile.

"I just need to ask two questions. It'll be done soon."

Jordan wanted to say something else, but when he saw many reporters following behind him, he nodded immediately: "Let's talk as we go, just two questions." As he spoke, he lowered his baseball cap.

Chen Cong didn't know why Jordan looked like this, but he was very happy to get Jordan's agreement: "Michael, are you coming to the Water House Center today to help cheer for the Chicago Bulls or to cheer for Scotty and Dennis?"

Jordan really wanted to curse, cheering for Pippen and Rodman was not the same as cheering for the Magic. He couldn't do such a thing, not to mention the Magic had that damn rookie Lin Sen, not to mention that the Magic's opponent was his mother.

Team Bulls.

"No, I am cheering for the Bulls guys. Of course I will cheer for Scottie and Dennis, but the most important thing is the Bulls." Jordan said.

This question is not difficult for Jordan, but Chen Cong obviously does not intend to let Jordan go, even though he was only responsible for international news interviews instead of sports interviews.

"As we all know, you were not optimistic about Wood Lin before the draft last June. You did not select Wood Lin in the draft and you thought Adam Morrison was the best. So what do you think now? A lot.

People say you once again made the mistake of the century."

Hearing Chen Cong's question, Jordan was so depressed that he wanted to vomit blood. Everyone would ask him this question and poke his wounds again and again.

"No, I don't think Adam is not good. Although Wood Lin did perform well, he is not the one we need. We have Raymond, and the game is about to begin." Jordan quickened his pace without waiting for Chen Cong's reaction.

"Hey, Michael." Chen Cong shouted from behind. Chen Cong's shout made the reporters following him know that Jordan had secretly come to Orlando. This was big news in their eyes.

When the Magic entered the playoffs, many reporters asked Jordan in a roundabout way what he thought of the Magic. Of course, in the final analysis, they still asked Jordan what he thought of Lin Sen. When the Magic swept the Nets, many reporters called Jordan directly, and

When the Bulls and Magic played against Jordan, they were even more frantically harassed.

"Hey, Charles, I heard that Michael came to Orlando, and secretly." Kenny Smith pushed Barkley with his shoulder.

"MJ is here? Secretly? Wow, could it be that he has no words to face Wood Lin? Yes, if I were him, I would be embarrassed to appear in front of Wood Lin."
To be continued...