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Early the next morning, Stephen had just woken up, before he had time to wash his face and brush his teeth, the phone rang again. Stephen took the phone over to look at it, and with a hush in his mouth, he pressed the answer button and put it next to his ear and said: "Why did you call so early, you have a disturbing dream, and when you come back to Cleveland, you will pay me."

"Hehe, come on, I'm welcome anytime, we two rarely sit together and have a good chat." LeBron James on the phone said heartily.

"What I'm talking about is that when you play in the finals, you don't even have this confidence. Although you are one to two behind, you can't even beat Dwight Howard?"

"Oh, what does that mean? Don't worry, I will definitely appear in the finals. I hope you don't let me down." LeBron James really didn't expect Stephen's words to mean this, but when he understood, he immediately Said confidently, but despite what he said, the game was not so easy. The Orlando Magic were far from easy to deal with as he imagined. In the playoffs, the Orlando Magic played better and better.

In the first game, at the Quicken Loans Center Arena at home, the two sides fought hard until the last moment. With the three-point lore of the Turk Hedo Turkoglu, the Orlando Magic narrowly beat the Cleveland Cavaliers by one point. In World War II, the two sides were inseparable. If Mo Williams' touch had not exploded at the last moment, the Cleveland Cavaliers would still have lost this game, but even so, they only narrowly defeated their opponents by one point. [

But in the third game, they came to Amway Arena, the home of the Orlando Magic. The Cleveland Cavaliers' offense was greatly reduced. , LeBron James' breakthrough power has been greatly reduced, coupled with the loss of the care of the home court, LeBron James, as the core of the team's offense, only scored 21 points. It can't be justified, and 21 points is the team's highest score, which shows how bad the Cleveland Cavaliers' offense is.

Stephen also watched that game. After watching that game, Stephen couldn't help but doubt the combat effectiveness of the Cleveland Cavaliers. Is this the Cavaliers team that ranked second in the league's record? A foothold, but the offense can't be so bad. The Magic's defense can't be said to be very good, but the defense against LeBron James is relatively in place, but this is enough. In addition to being the core of the team's offense, LeBron James is still The engine of the team.

After watching this game, it is really hard for Stephen to predict which of the two eastern teams will enter the Finals. The Cleveland Cavaliers only scored 89 points in that game and lost to the Orlando Magic by a ten-point difference , This kind of offensive efficiency is a bit too bad for a finals-level team. Regardless of the inside and outside of the entire team, except for LeBron James, there is only one Mo Williams who performed well, but it is said that he There are injuries on the body, and the performance is very unstable. Such a team is too weak.

Although Stephen is unwilling to meet a defensive team, young players have this idea, but if the opponent is so weak, even if it is a defensive team, Stephen is also willing to meet. Seeing such a Cavaliers team, Stephen really I wonder how they got the second record in the league, except that the teams in the east are weak, is it true that the league has secret care for the Cavaliers as some people said.

However, the strength of the Orlando Magic doesn't give Stephen much attention. The inside strength has an advantage against the Cleveland Cavaliers, but against the Supersonics, hehe, Stephen couldn't help but think of Dwight Howard being abused by Yao Ming and Coupard. Dwight Howard has never performed very well against centers like Yao Ming or Coupard. Although Rashad Lewis played the position of power forward in the Magic, he is a non-standard player like him. , Playing a power forward is already reluctant. Although he has certain advantages on the offensive end, he is completely at a disadvantage in terms of defensive end and rebounding.

As for the outside line of the Orlando Magic, the only threat is Hedo Turkoglu. Hedo Turkoglu is a very characteristic player, averaging [-] rebounds and [-] assists per game. With the soft touch of European players, although the threat from outside the three-point line is not as good as Stojakovic, his passing ability is not unmatched by Stojakovic. On the offensive end, he can Played from position [-] to position [-], but the defense has the common weakness of European players. Although he is [-] meters tall, he is not as good as Rashad Lewis in physical confrontation, so he can only appear in position [-] superior.

Hido Turkoglu is also the only person on the team who can pass the ball to Dwight Howard. The original main point guard, Jamal Nelson, is an excellent offensive and defensive player. The only shortcoming is his passing. The defender basically doesn't pass the ball, but since the team's organizational power is in the hands of Hedo Turkoglu, his weakness is not prominent. On the contrary, he is the team's offensive weapon, but Jamal Nelson After being reimbursed for the injured season, the Orlando Magic quickly exchanged Yao Ming’s former teammate Ralph Alston from the Houston Rockets. Due to organizational issues, Ralph Alston quickly integrated into the Magic, and there was nothing in the record. Fluctuation, Ralph Alston, who has been with Yao Ming for many years, is very good in offense and defense, and it is even easier for him to simply control the ball across the half.

However, the strength of the Orlando Magic is limited to this. The main players of other people, whether it is Courtney Lee, Michael Pietrus, or JJ Redick, are all the kind of second-rate players who are more than a little less than first-rate. The concern is that they all have good three-pointers, and the Magic have reached the conference finals with their three-pointers.

The Magic's three-point tactic is that except Dwight Howard stays under the basket, everyone else pulls to the three-point line to shoot three-pointers. It is naturally very difficult to defend when accurate, but there are also unstable weaknesses. But once accurate, Basically, there is no effective defensive method, so from the very beginning, Stephen was unwilling to meet such a team. He would rather meet the Cleveland Cavaliers, which seemed to be stronger. It can be seen that the Cavaliers are indeed not as strong as they were in the regular season.

Whether it is direct scoring or tactical scoring, the Cavaliers' offense is very dependent on LeBron James. Except for LeBron James, there are basically no players who can attack independently. In the second game, he was injured again. For the Cavaliers, who are already poor in offensive ability, this is only worse.

So who will win and who will win, and who will enter the finals is still hard to say, but Stephen prefers to see LeBron James appear on this stage. Attract attention.

Besides, even with Stephen's encouragement, the Cleveland Cavaliers still lost in the end, but the harder they played, the more energy the Magic would consume, and the intelligence gathering team could collect more and more valuable information. Information, and it is better to say hello in front of LeBron James, so this is a matter of multiple actions, why would Stephen not do it.

"Don't worry, I will definitely appear in the finals. I hope that we can have a real duel in an upright manner to see who is the king superstar of the new era." Stephen also said confidently. It's not arrogance, but to inspire LeBron James' will to fight, so that he can work harder, play harder, and be more tired in the finals.

"I hope that day will come sooner, but I'm calling today to congratulate you on setting a personal record for the highest score in the playoffs. I have no chance to surpass you in this area, but I will win against you in other areas. , I won the championship that is completely my own earlier than you, so I won’t bother you.” After speaking, LeBron James hung up the phone, but Stephen’s face was full of conspiratorial smiles, LeBron James this The time must be full of blood and fighting spirit. Tonight is the fourth game between the two sides, and the Orlando Magic will definitely be surprised.