The Magic beat the Wizards 130-125 to win nine in a row, and so far the Magic has the second record in the East and third in the league. With a 14-5 start, the Magic and Rockets are two of the most surprising teams in the East and West this year. Although the Timberwolves finished first in the West, they had a good foundation. Having traded Gobert and Towns last season, Edwards has continued to improve this season. The Magic are different, some people speculated that they had a chance to make the play-offs in the new season, but they didn't guess that the Magic would be so brave.
Looking at the current state of the Magic, the Rockets didn't lose to them so badly at the beginning. After Udoka settled in, the Rockets defeated the Magic by a big score, and Udoka was ridiculed and ridiculed. But the Magic told the league that there's no shame in losing to them. What's more, the state after the rocket also shows that they have indeed become stronger, but the magic has become stronger than them. So Udoka wasn't frustrated by the loss, and he made the Rockets one of the best defensive teams in the league. At the speed of a rebuilding team, the Magic are on the rise. A champion was drawn to take Bancairo, and the team also had the Wagner brothers, and Suggs, who was getting better and better.
The existence of the inside line Bitazze makes the magic inside line a no-fly zone. The Wizards were indeed helpless in this game, and in the first quarter Kuzma was a god, and he scored 12 points in a single quarter. At one point, the Wizards led 30-22. But in the second quarter, the Magic fought back in an all-round way, Banchero killed all sides on the inside, and the Wagner brothers sang and I appeared, and soon the Magic overtook the score. Shamet became a Wizard in the final quarter, hitting three three-pointers in a row to put his team ahead by three points. But Moritz and Banchero attacked the basket in succession, and Wagner hit a strong hook shot under the basket, and the Magic led by 8 points to kill the suspense.
Magic double stars Banchero and Franz Wagner combined to score 59+20+15 in the whole game, Banchero shot 11-of-20 and got 28 points, 13 rebounds and 7 assists, no wonder everyone said that Banchero is Carmelo Anthony. Wagner finished with 31 points, seven rebounds and eight assists on 9-of-17 shooting and 12-of-14 from the free-throw line. In addition, Suggs had 15 points, 4 assists, 3 steals and 2 blocks, Ingles 14 points and Moritz Wagner 18 points.
For the Wizards, Kuzma scored 27 points, 6 rebounds and 2 blocks, Gafford had 18 points, 11 rebounds and 3 blocks, Shamet scored 13 points, and Poole scored 14 points on 3-of-12 shooting. When the Warriors and Wizards completed the Poole trade for Chris Paul, the outside world was very curious. Even Poole himself is confident that he finally has his own team. But Poole's performance this season is very bad, not only has the data not increased but also declined, and the shooting percentage is one heaven and one underground compared to the Warriors period.
So far this season, Poole has played in 18 games for the Wizards, averaging 29 per game2 minutes to get 172 points 28 plates 35 assists, shooting a measly 39 percent, three-point shooting dropped to 28 percent. It is worth mentioning that last season in the Warriors Poole averaged 20+4+2 per game, shooting 43% from the field and 34% from three-point range. In the year the Warriors won the championship in '22, Poole averaged 18 points per game, shooting 45% from the field and a career-high 36% three-point shooter. But this season, Poole's shooting percentage is infinitely close to his rookie season. When Poole joined the Wizards, many people said that he would leave the Warriors and Curry would become the next James Harden, just like when Harden was traded to the Rockets by the Thunder, and he entered the All-Star with big statistics.
But at present, all celebrities have been slapped in the face, in the final analysis, Harden played as a substitute in the Thunder because the team had Durant and Wei Shao, and in addition, Harden was not bad in terms of talent. Poole's rookie at the end of the first round, that is, the Warriors, gave Poole development resources, and Curry's gravitational system also helped Poole get a lot of open opportunities. Now that Poole doesn't have Curry to suck up the defense, it's no surprise that he's going straight to the top of the defense. Of course, the Warriors earn blood, Paul has a one-year contract, and Poole has a four-year contractThe $400 million contract can be untied in advance, which is considered to be a lot of money.