After the game, TNT News reported in a big way:

"In the Magic's home game against the Bucks, due to the absence of Bruce Qin, the Magic team played abnormally at home, lost by a large score, and lost miserably at home. Qinyang dependence has begun to appear. ”

Fox News:

"Bruce Qin is out due to injury, and the Magic team loses by a big score."

Major news reports with similar headlines, as if because Qin Yang was absent due to injury, the Magic team has become a third-rate team, and it is difficult to enter the playoffs.

This game was the first game in which Qin Yang was absent due to injury, and his teammates did not fully adapt and played a little poorly.

But the Magic team itself is not weak, even without Qin Yang, it will be the top ten teams in the league.

In the final analysis, in this game, the Magic team met Michael Reid and Brandon Jennings, who were in excellent condition, and they were directly blown up, and the outside line did not react.

Howard himself is the biggest advantage, but when he meets Bogut, he doesn't play particularly well.

The overall form is sluggish, and the Magic team is not surprised to lose.

Of course, the biggest factor is still Qin Yang.

After a day off, the Magic flew to Minnesota to play the Timberwolves.

On January 1st, Minnesota was already cold to the bone, and with a little more than a third of the season's games played, the results were already evident for many teams.

Some teams are starting to get ready to swing and prepare for next year's draft.

Some teams are aiming to train new players in preparation for next season's trade.

The Timberwolves are such a team that has trained newcomers and messed up, and it is impossible for Minnesota to enter the playoffs this season, and the only plan is to train Al Jefferson and Kevin Love.

Qin Yang did not travel to Minnesota away and watched the game at home.

The Timberwolves didn't play well in this game, and even led by 3 points in the opening quarter.

Al Jefferson had no disadvantage on the offensive and defensive ends against Howard on the inside, and Howard had a hard time defending Al Jefferson and Kevin Love.

Al Jefferson is very capable in the low post, hook hands, very good in low singles, and accurate in mid-range shooting.

Kevin Love is a spacious-type interior lineman, and his outside shooting can be outside the three-point line, and Howard can't defend it at all.

The Timberwolves used these two interior lines to catch the Magic team off guard.

What's even more terrifying is that Al Jefferson and Kevin Love have very strong rebounding ability, especially Kevin Love, which is simply a wonder, and the outside projection ability is very strong.

In the first quarter, the Magic rebounded 7-18 and fell behind by a wide margin.

But the Timberwolves' roster flaws are still too great.

The two interior lines are not good at defense, Al Jefferson is slow, Kevin Love is also terrifyingly slow, and the interior line composed of two people is almost non-defensive.

In the second quarter, Coach Van Gundy changed the lineup.

Petrus began to break out, Petrus was not slow and his physical fitness was relatively good. Vince Carter will have the best defenders on the outside of the Timberwolves with a somewhat low shooting percentage, but Petrus won't have that difficulty.

In this quarter, Petrus continued to break through and score, scoring 12 points in a single quarter.

The Magic also found a winning rhythm.

The outside line began to frequently block and break through, impacting the basket.

The Timberwolves' two interior lines can't be guarded at all.

In this case, the Magic easily took the lead in the second quarter.

Then in the third quarter, Jason Williams made 2-of-3 layups to help the team stabilize the victory, and the Magic won the game on the road.

However, the media did not give a good opinion of this game.

U.S. Weekly Sports Edition:

"One of the impressions of the Magic team is that it is a strong team, but in the game against the Timberwolves, the Magic team fell behind in the first quarter and struggled very much, and when Bruce Qin was absent due to injury, the Magic team no longer knew how to play, the outside offense was sparse, the shooting was all kinds of iron, and the team's rhythm was completely chaotic, in comparison, Bruce Qin was more than a step stronger than Jason Williams."

Not only the media, but also experts have similar opinions.

Charles Barkley:

"It's not surprising, when a team is used to a certain change on the outside, it's natural to do it, and when Bruce Qin is on the court, his three-point shooting and passing gives his teammates a lot of space and opportunities to attack, and other teammates are used to doing that, but when that changes, the players are a little bit confused."

"In fact, if James or Wade were out with an injury, the Cavaliers and Heat would do the same."

James is out with an injury and can't imagine what will become of the Cavaliers.

"What if Bryant is out due to injury?"

Charles Barkley smiled: "I don't know, the Lakers have a lot of stars, even if someone is out due to injury, the impact will not be great!" ”

If Bryant misses out due to injury, the rest of the Lakers may laugh.

Qin Yang was absent due to injury, and he was dragged into the Lakers by the media again.

No way, the Lakers are a hot spot now, since the loss of the Christmas game exposed the Lakers' infighting, Kobe Bryant is stubborn and insists on himself.

A man who can get up at five o'clock in the morning to practice will definitely not be hurt by the slightest bad word.

No matter what others say, Kobe Bryant is still a strong shot, four games in a row, losing two, Kobe Bryant averaged 29 shots per game, this number of shots, stunned a group of people.

Regardless, many people on the Magic team have to thank Kobe.

If it weren't for Kobe Bryant who attracted attention in front, the Magic would have had to be pulled out and whipped in these games.

On January 3, the Magic played the Bulls away.

The Chicago media has been looking forward to this for a long time, the battle of the strongest rookie in '08.

The Chicago media has always been unconvinced that Qin Yang was called the strongest rookie in 08, and Derrick Rose must prove himself when facing Qin Yang.

Of course, the Chicago media will not say that Qin Yang was not Derrick Rose on the offensive end most of the time in the first few games.

Because Derrick Rose is a head shorter than Qin Yang, Qin Yang, who defends three projections, will be beaten out.

In terms of point guard, Qin Yang is not aimed at anyone, and no one dares to defend Qin Yang throughout the game, because this dislocation is basically relative to the dislocation of the projection interior line and the point guard.

In this game, Howard is ready to prove his ability to lead the team.

But...... The Magic lost again in the away game.

Derrick Rose played well on his home court, shooting 11-of-21 from the field and 8-of-10 from the free-throw line, scoring 30 points, 7 assists and 6 rebounds to lead the Bulls to overturn the Magic at home.

Howard, who was on the scene, turned pale and was reluctant to speak.