Suffering 4 consecutive defeats, the favorite to win the championship fell, and he gambled heavily on the success or failure of the three giants. This 7-for-1 deal resulted in a huge loss.

On October 30, a surprising result came from the NBA regular season. The Orlando Magic, which had high hopes before the game, suffered a 116-135 defeat to the Detroit Pistons on the road and suffered their fourth consecutive loss to start the season. In this campaign, Pistons core Cunningham scored 30 points, 6 rebounds, 10 assists, 3 steals and 3 blocks, leading the team to completely suppress the Magic in the last three quarters, and even achieved a 20+ lead in the final quarter. The Magic team fell into a sluggish state. Although Banqueiro made 7 of 16, 10 of 178 free throws, and scored 24 points, 11 rebounds, and 7 assists. Wagner Jr. made 6 of 14, 3 of 4 3-pointers, and contributed 22 points and 7 rebounds. New aid Bain only scored 12 points, but it was still difficult to lead the team to win. Behind the seemingly good data of six members of the Magic team scoring in double figures is the overall collapse of the team's overall defense. After a 4-game losing streak, the Magic have 1 win and 4 losses, ranking third from the bottom in the Eastern Conference. As a dark horse team last season, what happened to them who were supposed to break out of the Eastern Conference this season?

Last season's Magic were very similar to the Rockets. Their offensive talent was in the middle of the league, but their defensive end was really strong! Even though the Magic's main players suffered frequent injuries, they still relied on their strong defense, which ranked second in the league in defensive efficiency and ranked first in the league in blocks per game, to finally reach the playoffs. Facing the championship team Celtics in the first round of the playoffs, Banqueiro and Wagner Jr. performed well, averaging 29.4 points and 25.8 points per game respectively, showing their All-Star level strength. Although they failed in the first round, signs of the Magic's rise have already appeared.

The big gamble failed, and the dark horse halo quickly faded! The Magic management obviously also wants to perform well in the new season. After all, the core players of the Celtics and Pacers are likely to be reimbursed for the season. The remaining Knicks, 76ers, Bucks, and Cavaliers in the East all have various problems and are not perfect and invincible. The Magic made a big gamble in the offseason. They sent away four first-rounders, plus one first-round swap, and also sent away Pope and Cole Anthony. They used a 7-for-1 deal to get Bane from the Grizzlies. Bane averaged 19.2 points, 6 rebounds and 5.3 assists per game with the Grizzlies last season, and his 3-point shooting rate was as high as 39.2%. At the same time, the team renewed Banqueiro with a five-year maximum salary of 239 million to stabilize the core, and signed Tyus Jones and other powerful players to further enhance the strength of the rotation. Under this series of operations, the Magic have become the favorites to compete for the championship in the eyes of major mainstream media. In the new season's strength list and championship probability prediction list, the Magic have entered the top ten in the league. In the East, they are regarded as the third largest team after the Cavaliers and Knicks.

However, the ideal is very full and the reality is very skinny! The cruel reality of the new season gave the Magic a blow. After narrowly defeating the Heat by 4 points in the opening game, the Magic lost to the Hawks, Bulls, 76ers, and Pistons one after another! In the game they won against the Heat, Wagner Jr. made 9 of 17 and Banqueiro made 9 of 17. They were not very efficient and relied on substitutes to fill the hole. Silva scored 16 points alone, and Blake and Bitadze scored 15 points in total. The three of them had a plus-minus of +12. Bain scored 23 points, but the team still lost by 3 points when he was on the court, including Banqueiro and Xiaowa's positive and negative numbers. The one who really led the team to win points was the lineup led by Suggs on the bench. In the subsequent games, the Hawks made a huge comeback in the final quarter and lost back-to-back to the Bulls. In the fourth game, they lost to the 76ers. In addition to the disastrous defeat of the Pistons in this game, they had lost four consecutive games.

The problem points directly at the starting lineup that has high expectations, especially Banqueiro, Wagner Jr. and Bain, who are regarded as the seventh-biggest trio in the league. Data shows that when three people are on the court at the same time, the team loses a net loss of 11 points to its opponents in 100 rounds! Among them, the on-off value of the star Banqueiro is -13.2, the on-off value of the main forward Wagner Jr. is -5.1, and Bain is even more terrible -22.1! The net efficiency values ​​of the three giants are all negative and become "displays". This is the only "weird" phenomenon in the league.

What is the root cause? The offensive and defensive system is completely paralyzed! Data doesn't lie. The Magic like to play offense this season and have lost the defense that they used to rely on for survival. Little do they know that the Magic's fundamentals are defense. The offensive talent of these people is really bad. Now they can't attack others and they can't defend. The whole idea is wrong! The offensive efficiency is 108.1, ranking fifth from the bottom in the league, and the defensive efficiency of 114 ranks 16th in the league. The Magic currently average 20.8 assists per game, 28th in the league; they average 17.5 turnovers per game, ranking fourth in the league. The average three-point shooting percentage per game is 29.1%, second to last in the league, and the average of 8 3-pointers per game is the last in the league. The team's offense has become a simple individual game, with no system at all. The arrival of Bayne and Jones not only failed to improve the offense, but also diluted the ball rights of Wagner Jr. and Suggs, resulting in a complete lack of chemical reaction. On the defensive end, the iron-blooded defense they were famous for has also disappeared, and their defensive efficiency has plummeted to the middle and lower reaches of the league. A team that relied on discipline and resilience last season has lost its soul on both ends of the floor.

The future is worrying, and there is no way out after a big gamble! The most desperate thing is that in order to get Bane, the Magic bet almost all their future assets-only one first-round pick will be available in the next seven years. The management originally expected to take advantage of the fluctuations in the strength of the Celtics, Pacers and other teams to "steal the chicken" and rush to the championship, but now there is no room for regrets. This deal, which had high hopes, now seems to have been a loss. Bane's performance fell far short of expectations, averaging 19 points per game, but his 3-point shooting percentage dropped to 27.3%. While his data shrank across the board, he was incompatible with the Magic system, putting the Magic's gamble at risk of complete failure. The dark horses in the Eastern Conference collapsed just after they started. If the fundamental problems of the Big Three's compatibility and the team's offensive system cannot be solved as soon as possible, what awaits them may be a long and dark season.

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