The Magic's management is very grateful to the Nets; without their trade of their star player Kidd, the Magic wouldn't have had such a good start.

3 wins and 0 losses!

Kidd has integrated perfectly into the team.

but...

Kidd, however, was not grateful to the Nets. After the Nets were acquired by a mysterious Chinese tycoon, Kidd had already dreamed of joining forces with Wei Guo to defeat all the teams in the league and lift the championship trophy.

Wei Guo possessed the strongest offensive ability in the league, and Kidd always felt that he and Wei Guo were the perfect match. If the two joined forces, winning the championship would be a piece of cake. However, after only a week of fantasizing, Kidd was traded to the Magic by the team.

Fortunately...

The Nets only want to bring in the seriously injured Hill and substitute player Tyronn Lue.

If it were a one-for-one trade for McGrady, Kidd would be even more frustrated... that would ruin his championship dream.

Back to my old employer!

Before the game, Kidd said that the Nets' tactics were chaotic and they lacked a core player, and he was 70% confident of winning against the Nets.

Starting lineup for this match:

Brooklyn Nets: Stockton, Kiddels, Jefferson, Kenyon, Weiguo

Magic: Kidd, McGrady, Gooden, Hunter, Juwan Howard

........

Wei Guo and Zhu Wan stood in the center circle, ready for the jump ball.

"Beep!!!"

The game began with the sound of the whistle.

Stockton gets the ball, and Wei Guo sets a screen for Stockton outside the three-point line. Wei Guo runs towards the three-point corner, while Kenyon moves towards the basket.

"Whoosh~~~"

Stockton tossed the ball over the basket.

"Bang!!!"

Kenyon completes an alley-oop and scores with a dunk!

2-0!!!

The tactic was executed very clearly, and Kidd suddenly felt that this tactic had the shadow of his time with the Nets, the difference being that Stockton replaced him.

Stockton is one of the league's top point guards!

Even though he is getting old and past his prime, his tactical understanding and execution are still top-notch, so the Nets quickly found their offensive rhythm.

The first three games were difficult because Gentry was constantly looking for problems, and after those three games, it was Gentry who was solving those problems.

and...

Gentry is making a lot of money now.

After Wei Guo bought a villa in New Jersey, Gentry rented a villa not far from Wei Guo's house. He would often visit Wei Guo's house and ask him questions about tactics.

........

The Magic are on offense, and Wei Guo signals to Jefferson to defend McGrady.

Kidd dribbled with his back to Stockton, McGrady circled out to receive the pass from Kidd, raised his wrist to make a shooting fake, and Jefferson was faked out.

immediately...

The basketball landed, McGrady dribbled towards the basket, and in mid-air, he performed a reverse layup to evade Wei Guo's defense.

"Whoosh!!!"

McGrady scores a layup.

2:2!!!

McGrady also possesses top-tier talent, and his scoring ability in the past two years has been comparable to Kobe's.

The Nets are on offense.

After receiving the ball under the basket, Wei Guo passed it to Kidders outside the three-point line, but Kidders missed the three-pointer.

The basketball bounced high off the front edge of the rim...

Wei Guo jumped from the spot, stretched out his long arm to scoop up the basketball, and dunked it into the basket!

4:2!!!

Gentry looked at Scott smugly, "Our tactics are working pretty well, aren't they?"

"Very good..."

Scott chuckled and said, "My feeling right now is that we are invincible!"

Gentry said, "No...we're still a long way from the championship, and we have a lot of room for improvement."

Gentry is not being modest.

He felt that even with the Nets' current roster, they might not be able to beat last season's Rockets.

........

Kidd orchestrated the offense, maximizing McGrady's scoring ability.

The two made a small agreement...

This season, they worked together to lead the Magic to a great result, with one winning the scoring title and the other the assist title.

37:33!!

At the end of the first quarter, the Nets led by 4 points.

The physical contact was not as intense as in the game against the Pistons, and both teams scored a lot.

........

In the second quarter, substitute players came on.

The Magic drafted a very good rookie this year, Zaza Pachulia!

This rookie has a fierce look and a very tough playing style. After entering the game, he took the ball under the basket, used his body to push Rodgers aside, and jumped to shoot.

"Snap~~~"

Pachulia landed with a crisp sound from his ankle.

Pachulia collapsed to the ground in pain, clutching her ankle and grimacing, "Ouch!!! That hurts..."

what happened?

Everyone was dumbfounded. It was Pachulia who knocked Rogers away. After Rogers fell to the ground, he was at least 76.3 centimeters away from Pachulia, and no one came to his aid.

Therefore, the idea of ​​standing on tiptoe is invalid...

How did Pachulia twist her ankle?

The referee signaled a pause in the game, and the Magic's teammates came over to check on Pachulia's injury. How did he twist his ankle like that?

Judging from Pachulia's pained expression, the injury seems quite serious. Could the team have signed a player prone to injury? He's only played four games, and Pachulia's playing time in each game is less than 10 minutes. How could he suddenly get injured?

Cummings asked, "Brother Wei, what's going on?"

Wei Guo explained, "After Pachulia collided with Rogers, he also lost his balance. At that moment, he should have stabilized his body before shooting, but he released the shot too hastily and didn't land properly... He probably twisted his ankle."

"This too..."

Cummings thought for a long time before finally coming up with a very fitting word: "Too bad!"

........

This was a minor incident during the match, as Pachulia was helped off the field by the team doctor and into the players' tunnel.

Three minutes later...

The key players from both sides returned to the field.

Jefferson missed his shot, Wei Guo grabbed the offensive rebound, used Juwan as cover to make a clever turn, found space to shoot, and easily scored a layup.

41:35!!

The Nets lead by 6 points.

In the previous three games, the Nets averaged 17.6 turnovers, but in this game, they only had 2 turnovers in the first quarter.

Then...

McGrady hit three consecutive pull-up three-pointers, narrowing the gap to just 2 points.

This is a battle of offense and defense.

No one on the Nets could stop McGrady's outside scoring.

Similarly... as long as the ball is in Wei Guo's hands, the Magic can only disrupt Wei Guo's offense by fouling.

It's merely disrupting the attack...

But that couldn't stop Wei Guo from scoring, because Wei Guo didn't have a free throw shot as bad as O'Neal.

........

The first half has ended.

67:61!!

The Nets lead by 6 points.

Wei Guo scored 37 points on 11-of-13 shooting and 11-of-11 free throws, while McGrady scored 32 points on 11-of-19 shooting and 6-of-9 free throws.