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Chapter 448 Bloodbath Staples?

Chapter 448 Bloodbath Staples?

Orlando, as soon as Artest got off the plane, he was surrounded by reporters. From this moment on, he was already a player of the Orlando Magic. Artest was wearing a very hip-hop trendy outfit and was very cool wearing sunglasses. Coupled with the group of reporters around him, he has the air of a star.

In fact, these reporters were also arranged by Sun Zhuo and Emma for him, and they were also requested by Artest. He couldn't just go to Orlando without making a sound, because he was a bowler anyway.

"Ron Artest, you are welcome to join the Orlando Magic. This time, you will join with Eric Sun, the two-time MVP winner. What expectations do you have?" The reporter asked after Artest.

Artest replied coolly while walking: "Are you a reporter in Orlando? Listen, I came to Orlando to help the Magic complete their three consecutive championships. I am the Magic's savior!"

"You had a lot of conflicts with Sun before, won't this affect your future cooperation?" Some reporters also asked very tricky questions.

Artest replied calmly: "Our goal is the championship. Now we are on the same team. You will soon see another pair of terrifying combinations. Only children will care about the past, and I am very excited To be able to play with my good brother Monta Ellis, I have always wanted to be teammates with him, and now my dream has come true!"

The reporters were a little surprised. When did Artest and Monta Ellis become brothers?Monta Ellis should be a few years younger than Artest, right?Is it because of him that Artest came to the Magic?

Artest confuses many people, he doesn't want people to think that he is here to join Sun Zhuo.

Artest quickly met with the team, and then officially held a press conference. Artest showed the reporters his magic jersey, which is a very rare number 96. This number is for Artest. The language also has a certain meaning. Artest was born in Queensbridge, New York. The English name is Queen's bridge, and the lowercase abbreviation is qb. Qb is very similar to 96. With Artest's intelligence level, he can have such It is indeed a remarkable achievement.

Facing the media, Artest said: "There is a guy in this city called 'Undefined', you and I know how good he is, the whole city is looking forward to the Magic's three consecutive championships , to build a Magic dynasty, just like the Chicago Bulls and Los Angeles Lakers did before, but now we all realize that there is a strong enemy in the East, and those three guys come together, I know the Magic needs me, so, here I am , and I promise, I will help the team complete the three consecutive championships. If the Magic does not win the championship this season, the responsibility will be entirely on me, because when I was not in the Magic, they won two championships, but when I came to them, they did not have a championship What? Meet the Celtics in the playoffs? Sun and I will beat them to the ground!"

Artest's speech is very domineering and very responsible, he himself is such a person.

Artest soon came to the team to assemble, and Stan Van Gundy also called all the Magic players together and introduced to everyone: "Everyone, our team has ushered in a new teammate. He is very experienced and capable. A player, the best defensive player in the league, an All-Star, let's welcome Ron Artest!"

"Welcome, brother!" Monta Ellis was the first to shake hands with Ron Artest.

Artest also responded enthusiastically: "Brother, I said earlier that we would play together."

Afterwards, Artest also greeted the Magic players one by one. When he saw Sun Zhuo, Artest joked: "I heard that you are injured, it's okay, you can rest assured to recover from your injury. Now that the team has me, there will be no trouble." Will lose again."

Sun Zhuo smiled, and did not show too much acquaintance or enthusiasm with Artest, but just greeted him plainly. From now on, he is a teammate of the same team. He wants to improve the previous relationship. There will be plenty of time in the future. Now He has to have the attitude of the boss of the team.

Artest is a strong support and will help the team, but he is also a time bomb. If Sun Zhuo does not have the confidence to suppress him, he will not dare to recruit him easily.

Sure enough, on the first day Artest joined the team, he caused trouble.

Artest picked up a basketball and said to all the Magic players: "I personally have a habit. After I arrive at a new team, I have to single out every player in this team. Sun is injured, Monta I have abused Ellis many times, so you don’t need to compare with me, the others, which one of you will come first?”

Monta Ellis looked helpless, when had he abused him?But if you think about it carefully, with Artest's personality and ability, there is really no good fruit for one-on-one, and it is a good thing to compare.

Everyone else was a little scared, no one spoke, Artest directly called the name: "Kevin Durant, you are the most capable scoring rookie in this draft, let's compete."

Durant didn't hesitate: "Okay."

Durant actually didn't like Artest's joining, because when Artest came, after Sun Zhuo returned, Durant might have to be a substitute again, which made him very depressed. He just came from the bench. Climbing to the starting lineup, he even became the leader in these two games, but he fell from the leader to the substitute in an instant. This kind of roller coaster life made Durant very insecure.

"I want to win him, I want to prove that I am better than him." Durant is also very serious about this challenge.

First of all, Durant is attacking with the ball. Durant’s shooting touch has been good recently, and Artest’s defense is also tight, which puts a lot of pressure on Durant. Artest deliberately finds physical confrontation. Once there is physical confrontation , Durant's shooting percentage is ridiculously low, and his shooting is basically iron.

Although Artest does not have outstanding scoring ability, he has rich experience and physical advantages. He slowly found opportunities, scored the ball again and again, and he just won Durant in one-on-one heads-up.

Although Durant is a rookie, in the Magic team, his one-on-one ability is second only to Sun Zhuo. Artest beat Durant and basically everyone else.

After defeating Durant, Artest challenged Turkoglu again: "Hidou Turkoglu, I have always admired you, you are the one who is easily overlooked, but I know that the two presidents of the Magic The championship, without your steady performance, cannot be won, let's play a game."

Turkoglu smiled and said, "Thank you for your appreciation, Ron, I'm not good at one-on-one, you won."

Knowing that no one else would challenge him, Artest proudly said, "So, I'm the team's heads-up king? Haha, now that Sun is injured, the next game..."

"Artest, let's play a game." Sun Zhuo suddenly said to Artest. He had already given Artest enough respect, but he couldn't make him too proud.

"Are you sure?" Artest froze for a moment.

Others are also persuading: "Your injury is still not healed, there is no need to compare with him, even he must admit that one-on-one is not your opponent, right?"

Artest also really gave Sun Zhuo face: "You are in a healthy state, I am indeed not your opponent in one-on-one, I admit this, you don't need to compare with me now."

Sun Zhuo had already put on his sneakers, and said: "I see you are very interested, just playing with you, don't need to be serious."

Artest looked at Sun Zhuo's confident smile, and felt a little trembling in his heart: "This guy wants to prove that he can beat me even if he has a lame leg...but this is also a good opportunity. He won, and I have more face, who dares to disrespect me in the team in the future?"

Artest also agreed, and had an unfair one-on-one with Sun Zhuo.

In fact, Sun Zhuo's injury has almost recovered at this time. He was not seriously injured. The reason why he has no plan to return to the game is that he wants to take advantage of this period of time to give newcomers like Durant and Ariza a chance to hone their skills. After all, in the playoffs, Sun Zhuo will be heavily marked, and the performance of these role players is the key to determining the outcome.

Furthermore, against Artest, Sun Zhuo felt that one leg was enough.

"You attack first." Artest threw the ball to Sun Zhuo, and then made a defensive posture.

Sun Zhuo received the ball and stood outside the three-point line. He didn't even dribble the ball, so he pulled up and shot a three-pointer.

Swish!

Then there was a crisp netting sound.

"Shoot directly?" Artest was taken aback, and guessed that Sun Zhuo might have a foot injury and it was inconvenient to break through, so he chose to shoot directly.

Artest picked up the ball, handed it to Sun Zhuo again, and said with a smirk: "If you can't break through my defense, you know I won't give you a second chance to shoot a three-pointer."

Sun Zhuo also smiled, and took a step back with the ball outside the three-point line. Artest did not go forward, and Sun Zhuo took off for a three-pointer again!

Swish!

A super long three-pointer!

"Hahaha, Artest, you have to defend Sun's three-pointer in the midfield. Don't you know he can shoot from any position?" Monta Ellis laughed on the sidelines.

Artest already knew that Sun Zhuo would only score with outside shots. When defending again, the ball had just been passed to Sun Zhuo, and Sun Zhuo broke through Artest's defense with a blast.

"So fast!"

"Is Sun's injury completely healed?"

At the moment of the breakthrough, he immediately stopped the jumper and made another three-pointer!

Artest was a little helpless.

Durant was also dumbfounded: "Sun wants to beat Artest, he doesn't need to go inside the three-point line at all! He can solve him outside the three-point line!"

"How do you practice your three-pointers? I remember that in your first season, your three-pointers were not as good as mine." Artest couldn't help but asked Sun Zhuo.

Sun Zhuo said: "Just keep shooting, there is no other way, Artest, I hope you can also practice your three-pointers, in this team, including Marc Gasol, everyone Gotta be able to shoot threes."

Artest smiled and replied: "I am a man who is both tough and gentle. You are right when you come to me. Three-pointers are not a problem for me. I think we don't have to compare anymore. Instead I'm the one attacking, and you can't defend either, neither of us can limit the other side, and we don't know when the fight will last. Where is the bathroom? I'm going to make it easier."

"..." Sun Zhuo was stunned. Perhaps Artest could see that Sun Zhuo's injury was no longer serious. If the fight continued, Artest would undoubtedly lose, and then he left in a way that gave himself face.

……

In the next game, the Magic challenged the Portland Trail Blazers away.

Brandon Roy, the second-year rookie of the Trail Blazers, performed well last season, averaging 17+4+4 per game. So far this season, he is also in good shape, averaging 22 points per game.

In the first game Artest joined the Magic, he was responsible for man-marking Roy.

Artest's tough defense made the immature Roy miserable. In the first quarter, Artest successfully angered Roy and made Roy lose his temper, followed by constant mistakes and ultra-low Shooting percentage.

On the contrary, Artest became more and more courageous as he fought more and more. He broke through the offense and made three-pointers very smoothly. He knew that the Magic was not a team for him to play at will. This was Sun Zhuo's team, and Sun Zhuo also told him clearly that this The focus of several games is to train newcomers, especially Kevin Durant. Artest has also been feeding Durant the ball to help Durant score easily.

Durant was soon the game's highest scorer.

Roy couldn't help but said to Durant: "You are so lucky, even a monster like Artest is willing to create scoring opportunities for you."

Roy disdained Durant, he felt that if it weren't for Artest, Durant could not have performed better than him.

Durant was also depressed. When Sun Zhuo returns, I will be a substitute. What a happy bird!

Durant said to Roy: "Man, what you see is only the surface. You will never know what it's like to play in my environment in the first season."

Roy looked puzzled. Judging from Durant's appearance, he seemed to have a story to tell.

Aldridge played well in this game and almost helped the Blazers come back. In the end, Artest hit a key shot to help the team seal the victory.

Sun Zhuo came to watch in person and was very pleased with Artest's performance: "The team finally has an experienced player. Under this situation, the morale of the army can be stabilized. If you get it, if you can't even make it to the East, you will be laughed at by him."

In the next game, when the Magic played against the Suns, Sun Zhuo still did not play. It was not until the next game, when he challenged his old club Los Angeles Lakers away, that Sun Zhuo made his official comeback.

The Lakers haven't got Pau Gasol yet, and Kobe is not very happy at the moment, a little impatient, but seeing that Sun Zhuo and the Magic are worse than their Lakers this season, they are a little more balanced psychologically.

This game is the first game for Sun Zhuo and Artest to play together. Stan Van Gundy has indeed replaced Durant, the scoring leader in the past few games, as a substitute, allowing Sun Zhuo and Artest to start the game .

When he came to Staples, before the game, Artest said to Sun Zhuo: "This is the first game we have cooperated with. Today we must make a big noise."

Sun Zhuo was taken aback, don't you want to bloodbath the Staples Center?

(End of this chapter)