legendary point guard

Just as the outside world was hyping super rookie Lin Sen against his old club Minnesota Timberwolves, the nba officially announced the results of the second round of the All-Star voting.

Lin Sen, who was traded from the West to the East, ranked second in the number of votes among the Eastern Conference guards. If he can maintain this advantage until the end, Lin Sen will become the starter of the Eastern Conference All-Star Team.

Although Lin Sen's rookie season has been excellent so far, such a number of votes still made many people publicly say that Lin Sen does not have such qualifications.

Experts found that although the Orlando Magic won the last four games of this wave of five consecutive victories, that is, in the four games in which Lin Sen joined the Magic, except for the first game of the Dallas Mavericks, which was recognized as a strong team, the Atlanta Hawks, Seattle Super League, etc. The Sonics and Portland Trail Blazers are weak teams.

But the Magic was not considered a strong team or even a mid-level team in the eyes of most people, but in these four games, these basketball experts have discovered that the Orlando Magic is quietly undergoing transformation.

A careful analysis of the reasons for the transformation of the Magic is not only the addition of Chris Webber and other new players, but the more critical factor is Lin Sen who has just joined the Magic.

In the eyes of most fake fans, they absolutely do not believe that Lin Sen will be the root cause of the Magic's transformation, because Lin Sen averaged 24.1 points, 10.1 assists, 4.3 rebounds and 3.6 steals per game during the Timberwolves period.

This statistical data seems to be the data of a superstar, but in the four games after Lin Sen arrived in the Magic, Lin Sen's scoring average dropped from 24.1 points to 16.75 points per game, and his average assists per game was 12.75. The steal data and rebounds are basically the same as before.

In the eyes of fake fans, what they care most about is the data. Lin Sen's data has basically not increased, and his score has dropped by more than 7 points, so they take it for granted that Lin Sen is in a bad state.

But in the eyes of experts, Lin Sen has undoubtedly changed a lot. Although Lin Sen averaged as many as 10 assists per game during the Timberwolves period, it goes without saying that experts, even fans, will basically not associate Lin Sen with point guards. What pays more attention to besides Lin Sen's off-court lace news is Lin Sen's scoring on the court.

And experts would say that most of Lin Sen's passes come from breakthrough points, and there are few penetrating master passes, and his style of play can't be regarded as a point guard, but more like a shooting guard.

But at this moment, these basketball experts suddenly discovered that after joining the Magic, Lin Sen became more like a traditional point guard.

It's not a simple increase in the number of assists, but the discovery that the Magic's offense has become more organized under Lin Sen's control.

The increase in the number of assists cannot simply reflect Lin Sen's transformation. Someone once said that a master point guard can often think of the next three or four steps, a first-class point guard can think of the next two steps, and an excellent point guard can think of the next two steps. I think of teammates who are in the open. Their assist statistics are very good, but their effects cannot be compared with master point guards.

The Magic's Lin Sen seems to have the potential to advance like a first-class point guard in organizing the team's offense.

"Wood Lynn - Towards a Great Guard" - "nba official website".

In this article, the nba official analyzed in detail the changes that Linsen has made since he came to the Magic, from scoring to passing.

Although ESPN had put the title of the future No. [-] point guard on Lin Sen's head early, but more people took this as a joke, and even used it to satirize Lin Sen.

Now that the nba official website said so, many people took it seriously. At the same time, the nba officially announced that Lin Sen, who led the Magic to five consecutive victories, won the best player in the Eastern Conference last week.

This award was not awarded to Dwight Howard, who contributed 22 points, 14 rebounds and 3 blocks for the Magic in these four games. Instead, it was awarded to Lin Sen. NBA officials also gave the following evaluation: If Orlando before Christmas The Magic is a team that is fully competitive in the future, so the arrival of Wood Lynn has completely activated Dwight Howard and the Orlando Magic. His arrival has brought immediate qualitative changes to the Orlando Magic, making the Orlando Magic a With the continuous growth of Wood Lin, we can foresee the glorious future of the Orlando Magic, and we also have reasons to believe that this week's best will definitely not be Wood Lin's last time .

Just on January 1th, after the magic team finished before the game in the morning, a reporter appeared in front of Howard.

"Dwight, what are your thoughts on missing your first Player of the Week? Do you think you are more deserving of this award?"

Dwight Howard still smiled like a big child: "No, I don't think, can't you see that it is Wood's arrival that makes my scoring easier? Wood is the best player of the week for granted."

Howard's answer disappointed the reporters, and also relieved Stan Van Gundy not far away. He had been worried that Howard's friendliness was only temporary, but judging from his recent observations and Howard's words and deeds.

Howard did let go of the most team leader dispute. Although the team did not completely clarify that Linson is the leader of the Magic, various aspects have revealed this idea, and the reason they dare not clarify is the existence of Howard.

Stan Van Gundy thinks it is necessary to talk to Howard to test whether Howard is really willing to make Lin Sen the team leader. Once it is confirmed that Lin Sen is the team leader, Van Gundy believes that Lin Sen will have a greater sense of responsibility. Definitely better for the team.

For the game tonight, Stan Van Gundy didn't dare to be careless. Although Lin Sen came to the Magic, the Timberwolves are also in good condition after the trade.

Although they lost the game against the Spurs, they only lost by 5 points.

But then defeated the Hornets who failed in Linsen's lore. Whether it was Nelson or Ricky Davis to Garnett, they were all in good condition. For this game, Stan Van Gundy believed that both he and Devin Casey wanted to win. to victory.

This game is absolutely no less important to both sides than a playoff game. The losing side can be predicted to be criticized for making a stupid deal after the game, and no one wants to be that stupid side.

Regarding Lin Sen's return, the entire Minneapolis from the management to the fans showed great friendliness, and even many fans shouted Lin Sen to come back outside the hotel where the Timberwolves stayed.

"He can still have an impact on us." McHale said, watching the fans entering the stadium one after another.

Devin Casey naturally knew what McHale was talking about. After Lin Sen left, the attendance at the Target Center couldn't be compared with before.

Even if the team had a good record, it never sold out once, and the most was only 300 people. Tonight's tickets were all sold out two days after Lin Sen was traded.

"Are you sure?"

"The team is in good shape, KG, Ricky..."

"I hope to win!" McHale directly interrupted Devon Casey's words. Devin Casey knew that Devin Casey was not sure.

As Stan Van Gundy thought, McHale didn't want to lose the game on his home court.

"Coach, I'm going out for a while."

Stan Van Gundy, who was speaking before the game, looked at Lin Sen with questions in his eyes.

Lin Sen shook the phone in his hand: "I'm going to pick up a friend. I told you that I will take two days off after the game against the Nuggets. That friend is my advertising partner."

"Go and come back quickly, don't let me play to find you at the beginning of the game!"

"Of course not, she's outside the arena." After speaking, Lin Sen put on his down jacket, took the five tickets given to him by the Timberwolves, and walked out immediately.

"I bet it's a beautiful woman," Howard said secretly.

"I believe so too." Chris Webb said with a smile.

"Dwight, if you can reassure me like Wood, I will also give you such a privilege. I said it before and I still say it now." Stan Van Gundy looked at Howard and said with a smile.

Howard shrugged and said helplessly: "I give up this privilege."

There was a burst of laughter in the locker room immediately.

Lin Sen quickly saw Adriana Lima who was waiting for him. What surprised Lin Sen was that Lima was wearing the black windbreaker he had worn for Lima.

Lin Sen's black trench coat had a different flavor on Lima's body: "Why are you still wearing this dress?"

"Why, isn't it good-looking? Don't you find that I feel very good in this dress? You must not have read my recent photo album. They all said that the photos I took in this trench coat are very good, which is better than the previous ones. All good." Lima walked beside Lin Sen under the gaze of many people.

Just when Lin Sen was about to say something, Lima's subtle voice entered Lin Sen's ears: "It was filmed in a vacuum."

Lima, who was labeled domineering, spoke in such a charming and soft voice, which made Lin Sen very unaccustomed to turning his head away. Lima's eyes completely lost the previous domineering and were full of gentleness.

Lin Sen was slightly taken aback: "Okay, let's go quickly. Fortunately, they left me five tickets, and I'll give you one. Hurry up, I'll go back to the locker room first."

"Four more?"

"No one wants it! I'm going to wait for the fans outside the arena."

Hearing Lin Sen's answer, Lima smiled: "Then I'm leaving now, see you later!"

As he spoke, he kissed his index finger, and made a playful hook finger at Lin Sen.

"Is this also our first time in Minnesota?"

"Who knows, anyway, the number of times is not too many, but it is definitely the most meaningful one." Bill Walton's old partner Hoffman said looking at Bill Walton.

Lin Sen is standing in the away player tunnel. This is the first time he has appeared in the target center as an away player since he entered the league. Back then, he thought he could stay in Minnesota for the rest of his life.

Shaking his head, the lights at the exit of the player tunnel were instantly gone.

The sound of the live DJ sounded, and Howard, who was the first in line under the thin, almost inaudible sound, trotted out.

Huge boos got into Lin Sen's ears, and Lin Sen couldn't help wondering if he would do the same when he played. (To be continued.)