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Defeating the Detroit Pistons and Dallas Mavericks with a veteran's basic salary to sign Chris Webber, this is enough for Magic fans to hold their heads high.

In particular, Chris Webber's counterattack against Michael Jordan made Magic fans excited. At least Weber admitted that the Magic is a strong team that gave him hope, so he gave up a bigger contract and signed the Magic.

People are so strange, he can criticize himself for being poor, but he absolutely doesn't like hearing others say he is poor, and the Magic is like this for Orlando fans, it's okay to criticize yourself, but absolutely not for others.

Signing Webber made them look forward to how the Magic will start after Christmas. However, Otis Smith soon announced that he had signed Scottie Pi, who had retired for three years, with a one-year veteran's minimum salary. Peng.

As soon as this news came out, countless people were shocked, and many people even bluntly asked whether today is April Fool's Day.

"I can't refuse Orlando's enthusiasm, and I also want to go back to the court to prove to everyone that Scottie Pippen is not completely old. This is why I choose Orlando, and it has nothing to do with other things." Pippen accepted " Said so in an interview with the Chicago Tribune.

And this interview was conducted by Pippen in his Chicago mansion, which somewhat shattered rumors that his comeback was due to bankruptcy.

"I believe Scottie can bring what we need to our young team. He has countless valuable experiences, which we urgently need." Otis Smith said to reporters.

No one expected that Batman Pippen, who was rumored to be coming back before the season, would actually come back, and the relationship between Pippen and Jordan is well known. Embarrassed.

So a reporter immediately went to interview Jordan about his friend Pippen's choice to come back in the Magic.

"Scottie is no longer young, but I know he still has the ability to play ten to 15 minutes on the court. I think this is why Orlando chose him." Michael Jordan said with some embarrassment, but he still chose Pippen in his heart. The Magic weren't upset that they didn't tell him ahead of time.

The Magic's consecutive shots made them the most famous team in the United States, and even faintly overshadowed the Christmas game between the Miami Heat and the Los Angeles Lakers due to the absence of Shaquille O'Neal.

Lin Sen also knew that Carolina let go of her endorser because she came to the United States to accompany her, but Carolina said it was fine. On the 24th and 25th, Lin Sen accompanied Carolina to various shopping malls in New York. Don't shy away from being followed by reporters.

And Carolina has been staying at Lin Sen's home in New York, but the two of them have not had a relationship beyond friendship. Of course, the media will not believe their explanation.

Early on the morning of the 26th, Lin Sen and Carolina flew back to Orlando, and Carolina helped Lin Sen rent a small villa, which was 10 minutes' drive from the center of the water house, and helped Lin Sen decorate it. Headed to the Waterhouse Center for his first practice with the Magic.

With new teammates, a new head coach, a new city, and unknown team tactics, Lin Sen is full of expectations for his first magic training, just like returning to the first time.

And Stan Van Gundy has been watching videos and various tactics for the past few days. Originally, the Magic mainly used one big and four small ones. Turkoglu’s role as a power forward in name is actually more to undertake the task of organizing the team’s offense. Howard alone contained the opponent's defense on the inside and kept shooting three-pointers from the outside. Hill kept making air cuts, breakthroughs, catches and shots.

This tactic was also what Stan Van Gundy wanted to stick to. He believed that as Howard became stronger and stronger, the effect of this tactic would become better and better. After Lin Sen came, his tactic had to change.

Linsen needs to have the ball in his hands. Although Linsen's off-ball running involves excellent defensive and offensive abilities, he believes that all Orlando fans, from the owner to the general manager Otis Smith, do not want Linsen to simply become a player. A player who runs without the ball to score by catching the ball.

Turkoglu played a central role in the original tactics and took on the role of organization, while Nelson was more of a support.

Now that Nelson is replaced by Lin Sen, this configuration must be changed. After thinking about it and studying the video of the Timberwolves, Stan Van Gundy has a new arrangement, that is, it is no longer one tactic but multiple tactics together. This is also Stan. What Van Gundy needs to implement in his first practice session.

Chris Webber, Scottie Pippen, Devin Brown, and Azubuike also appeared on the court.

At [-] o'clock in the afternoon, the first training session of the new Magic officially started, but there was no ball training at the beginning, but learning new tactics in the tactical room.

Generally, a team will have more than a dozen main tactics, which can be subdivided into hundreds of tactics, and Stan Van Gundy has created ten newest and main tactics for the Magic.

Among these ten tactics, more than 50 tactics have evolved. Among them, Lin Sen's tactics as the first core accounted for the vast majority, followed by Turkoglu, Webb and Howard.

For NBA players, learning tactics is commonplace, and their understanding of tactics is also very good. After more than an hour of explaining and rehearsing, Stan Van Gundy let everyone devote themselves to training with the ball.

However, the progress of the training on the first day was not fast, and it was more about adapting. The next opponent of the Magic, the Dallas Mavericks, will be played at the Waterhouse Center, the Magic's home court, and will not start until the evening of the 28th, so leave it to the Magic. There is plenty of time to get familiar with new tactics.

"I respect Chris's choice, but it doesn't mean I agree that Orlando is a strong team. I don't think exactly the same as everyone else. At least I don't think they will advance to a better lottery pick." Mark Cuban, who arrived in Orlando with the Mavericks at the time of the Magic's first training session, said this in an interview with reporters at the airport.

"Victory, it's a matter of course. I know they have been moving a lot recently, but to be honest, I don't think we are a team on the same level. We only have the O'Brien Cup in our eyes, not the playoffs." Mavericks "Jet Machine" Jason Terry even boasted that victory is a matter of course.

But Orlando Multimedia did not resist much, because the Dallas Mavericks have only lost 29 games in 3 games so far. After the 12-game winning streak was terminated, they have now won 9 consecutive victories and are in an extremely hot state.

In terms of rankings, it leaves other teams far behind, and many people even predict that the Mavericks in such a state hope to hit the Bulls' best record of 72 wins and 10 losses.

In the new season, the Magic has 28 wins and 14 losses in 14 games and barely ranks eighth in the Eastern Conference with a 50.00% victory. In contrast, the Magic lineup has undergone major changes. Running in, so Orlando Multimedia did not resist much.

The Dallas Mavericks are aggressive. From the owner Mark Cuban to the core Nowitzki, they all showed the posture of defeating the Magic and obtaining the second wave of ten consecutive victories of the season.

Compared with the aggressiveness of the Mavericks, the entire Magic team has devoted themselves to intense training. They all trained in the morning and afternoon of the 27th. Countless reporters who wanted to conduct interviews were rejected.

From Stan Van Gundy to the players, everyone's face is not easy, even Dwight Howard, who loves to be funny, has a serious expression on his face after training.

The home team newspaper "Orlando Sentinel" has expressed concerns about the new magic, that the magic is likely to take a long time to run successfully.

Even the Magic's home team newspaper expressed concern, not to mention other newspapers, who almost overwhelmingly believed that the Magic would suffer a defeat at the Waterhouse Center at home, thinking that the Magic's "starting our era!" was just a joke.

"With such a team, can't we win easily? Don't let it go, even if we lead by 3 points, we must play seriously, unless it is the last [-] minutes." Mark Cuban put down the newspaper in his hand with a smile.

The young general Avery Johnson opened his mouth, telling him intuitively that the magic has an aura of conspiracy from top to bottom.

On the morning of the 28th, the Magic practiced as usual, and the players and coaches remained silent and grim, as if it was the end of the world.

Even the fans in Orlando have a serious lack of confidence in the game tonight.

"Guys, your acting skills have been superb these two days, and of course this includes myself." Stan Van Gundy clapped his hands and said with a smile, "Fans all over the country are watching you, but everyone except ourselves Expecting you to be sifted by Dallas, expecting 'start our time!' is just a big brainless thing to say."

Stan Van Gundy's eyes flicked to everyone: "Those pompous cowboys came to Orlando with arrogance, they took it for granted and continued their shit streak, but I'm sure you can make that bunch Pompous fools walk away from our turf in disgrace to let our fans reap the joy of victory."

When Stan Van Gundy was in the locker room for the final mobilization before the game, the 17283 seats in the water house center had their owners, which is enough to see the expectations of Magic fans for the new Magic.

"Hey, Kenny, tonight is your return to your old club Orlando." Charles Barkley appeared in front of the TV camera shaking his head.

"Yes, you are right, although I only played 6 games in Orlando and retired due to injury." Barkley's old partner Kenny Smith also appeared in front of the camera.

"Charles, you know there has been a lot of movement in Orlando recently. Do you think the new Orlando Magic will give Dallas a good look at home tonight?" Kenny Smith asked with a smile.

Barkley shrugged: "From my personal point of view, I hope the Magic win, but from a practical point of view, I worry about Orlando."

At this moment, all the lights in the venue were turned off, and the weak voice of the live DJ sounded, and the players of the Dallas Mavericks came out one by one, accompanied by all kinds of boos.

The boos reached their peak when Nowitzki was last on the court.

The fans at the scene regained their calm, and everyone was waiting for the appearance of the Magic players. (To be continued.)