Author: Tiamo the Withered

After the All-Star break, the Magic's state began to fluctuate significantly. As a young team, this is actually to be expected.

Not to mention, without Turkoglu, with no other choice, Van Gundy had to put Li Chengming into the starting lineup and play the third position.

In fact, Li Chengming started to practice more ball-handling, which was also needed by the team. After all, the absence of Turkoglu left the Magic team lacking not only a second scorer, but also an organizational core.

Li Chengming does not have Turkoglu's breakthrough ability, but he can rely on his own ability to attract double-teams and then distribute the ball, or directly support the ball from a high position. These are all his inherent abilities.

At the same time, Nelson also returned to the starting lineup, but as a result, the Magic's strength in the bench rotation period dropped sharply.

It was not obvious in the first game against the Pistons. The Magic completed three quarters. It was not that they played too well, but that the Pistons stretched their hips too much.

Hamilton was troubled by fouls, and Billups seemed to be still stuck in the All-Star period. His condition was poor, and the others were not able to turn the tide. However, they had time to practice properly.

Li Chengming played only 24 minutes and scored 23 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists on 9 of 12 shots.

After that, they went to UMass back-to-back and faced off against the Raptors, currently ranked sixth in the Eastern Conference. Because they were consecutive away games, the travel and travel were tiring, and the offense was okay, but there was really no room for defense.

In the end, the opponent's Dragon King Bosh efficiently scored a season-high 45 points. Delfino scored 22 points as a substitute. The Raptors' forward line completely exploded. Six players on the team scored in double figures, and the entire game scored 22 points.

127 points.

Howard was the savior with 35+15, Lewis made 4 of 16, Nelson made 3 of 12, and Li Chengming made 5 of 14, which also became a hindrance.

Li's fame was mainly due to his mental fatigue. After all, yesterday's game ended too quickly and he didn't play for long, so there was no physical problem.

However, so far in the season, for him personally, he feels like his heart is still and it is difficult to express his passion most of the time.

Although Li Chengming is not the kind of player who needs emotions to mobilize himself, as a young player, emotions still have a big impact on his state.

There is often a saying in the game called "not excited". Many players have this situation and feel that they can't focus, lose energy after getting on the court, and may even become distracted and drift away.

Li Chengming directly defended his eyes on camera more than once today. The key is not that he is weak-hearted, but that he is strong or not.

His teammates didn't say anything, and neither did the head coach, but he knew his problem very well.

They didn't say it because it was just a game and who hasn't been in bad shape yet?

Instead, Howard suggested that Li Chengming go to a nightclub in a foreign country after the game. He also said that he had made an appointment with Bosh because the schedule had been known for a long time. This was agreed during the All-Star period and they would come over to treat Bosh.

Li Chengming thought about it and didn't refuse.

He really understood a little bit why many NBA players couldn't control themselves and their private lives were chaotic. In addition to occasionally venting their energy, they mostly sought some excitement.

Even for someone as diligent as Kobe Bryant, his reputation in his personal life is notoriously poor. Not only is he handsome, there are also rumors that he has a lover at every away game.

Li Chengming knew that this was of course nonsense, but it was true that he was not clean in private.

In this regard, James is relatively clean outside of marriage, or at least looks relatively clean. As for whether there is something that has not been exposed, it is not clear.

After all, he is not a member of other people's circles, but according to Howard, no matter how good the confidentiality work is, there is no way that no news will spread.

On the contrary, if there is gossip, there will be a certain degree of certainty.

He even used himself as an example, leaving Li Chengming speechless.

However, when they returned home two days later and faced an attack from Philadelphia, although the Magic easily won the game, Li Chengming's performance was still relatively average.

Although he made 8 of 13 shots this time and it seemed that his efficiency was back, whether it was the eye-catching 7 turnovers or the deficiencies in defense, Van Gundy was very dissatisfied with him.

But Van Gundy still didn't lose his temper with him. Apparently he also figured out that in addition to Li Chengming's fatigue problem, there was also the pain caused by his tactical arrangements and the change in tactical status.

Because Li Chengming needs to perform the tasks previously assigned to the Turks to a certain extent, including offense and defense, sometimes he can't even be himself on the offensive end.

That is to say, he is confused in singles and organizing offense. After all, he has his own style of play, which is obviously different from Turkoglu.

On the defensive end, it is even more obvious. Although Turkoglu is not fast, he is the third position after all. He is not very good on the defensive end, but he can pass the general.

After his absence, Evans and Bogans were not big enough, Li Chengming was not mobile enough and experienced, and his defensive weaknesses were exposed.

Then the Magic lost to the Kings again, an upset.

It’s still the same old problem as before, forward defense.

It's just that it wasn't obvious when Turkoglu was around, but his absence made people realize how indispensable he is to this Magic team. It's not just the lack of organizational points on the offensive end - scoring is the best way to make up for it.

Also on the defensive end, a key node is missing from the wing.

In the past, it was just the opponent's forwards who were strong, but now it felt like who was going to get the best. The Kings, from starter Artest to substitutes Garcia and Hawes, all scored at least 15 points.

Although Li Chengming also scored 25 points, he may have lost so many points in his position. He still has to occupy the ball. To a certain extent, within a certain period of time, it may even have a negative effect.

That one.

It's just that the whole team now understands that they are going through a period of pain without a general and in urgent need of change.

Sometimes a mature team is like a complete machine, with a main operating system involving offense and defense. The stronger the team, the more "sophisticated" it is in this regard. Every player in it is

It is an important accessory. Once missing, it may not directly affect the operation of the machine, but it will reduce the efficiency of the machine's operation.

This is what the Magic are facing now. Fortunately, they have laid a solid enough foundation in the early stage, have the capital to squander, and Turkoglu will not miss too many games.

At this time, Van Gandi made a bold decision, "By the future".

The straightforward point is that the training of soldiers, and the main training is naturally Li Chengming.

Now to everyone's opinion, Li Chengming is the future of the magic team. Of course, Howard is still very young, but if the magic team wants to win the championship, it is absolutely inseparable from Li Chengming's help.

, The greater the hope of their championship.

Earlier, because of the relatively neat lineup, Li Chengming was indeed hidden a bit. What everyone could see was his advantages. His defects were also not so obvious because of the help of the entire team.

At that time, Li Chengming often started to work in the rotation stage. This "peak" is easier to play a state and confidence.

Now that you need to change your tactical play, it is better to be thorough, and you do n’t have to let Li Chengming have to learn Tigeru, so according to his own way, he specializes in his own ball and defense.

This may require the price of some competitions, but if you can really practice Li Chengming, it is definitely worth it.
Chapter completed!