The big deal of 7 for 1 is not a loss! Bain hit a new high of 27+5. After the No. 1 pick was injured and lost 4 wins in 5 games, he couldn t hide it anymore.

7 for 1 big deal without losing money! Bain is getting better and has hit a new high of 27+5 in a row. After the No. 1 pick Banqueiro was injured, the Magic have won 4 of the past 5 games. The team's huge ball distribution problem cannot be hidden at all.

Magic rebounds with 3 consecutive wins

After defeating the Clippers in the previous game, the Magic ushered in a strong dialogue with the Knicks. In the end, after four quarters of fierce battle, the Magic defeated the Knicks 133-121 and won 3 consecutive victories.

This is also the Magic's fifth victory in the past six games. During this period, they only lost 4 points in overtime against the Rockets. They won the rest of the games easily, in sharp contrast to their 5-6 performance at the beginning of the season.

After winning this wave of winning streak, the Magic's record improved to 10 wins and 7 losses, ranking eighth in the Eastern Conference, and tied with the seventh-place Eagles. Not only did the two teams have the same record, but the team conditions were also exactly the same. They both performed poorly at the beginning of the season, but the team rebounded strongly after the boss was injured.

Banqueiro missed 5 games and 4 wins

This game is the fifth consecutive game that the Magic's head coach has missed due to injury. During this period, the Magic achieved a record of 4 wins and 1 loss. In the last game before Banqueiro was injured, the Magic also defeated the Trail Blazers and won.

In that game, the Magic did not defeat the Trail Blazers until the decisive moment with Bane's buzzer-beating three-pointer, and the tactical arrangement for that buzzer-beating three-pointer was actually a mistake.

The Magic originally planned to create a winning opportunity for Banqueiro, but the Trail Blazers saw through it, and Bane was forced to take a shot. As a result, he won the game with a three-pointer. This wrong-footed shot also perfectly demonstrated the biggest problem of this Magic team, which is the conflict in the distribution of ball rights among the Magic's new Big Three after spending a lot of money to acquire Bane in a 7-for-1 offseason.

The 7-for-1 trade is not a loss

After growing into a dark horse in the Eastern Conference in the past few seasons, the Magic spent 4 first-rounders and 1 first-round swap before the start of this season. In addition, Pope and Cole Anthony introduced Bane from the Grizzlies to form the Big Three, trying to take advantage of Haliburton and Tatum's serious injuries this season to compete for the Eastern Conference championship.

The reason why the Magic spent a lot of money to acquire Bane is simply because they hope that Bane, as a prolific marksman, can fill the team's shooting shortcomings and become the brains and engine of the team's backcourt.

As a result, Bain's performance in the first 10 games after joining was abysmal. He averaged only 14.2 points, 4.2 rebounds and 4.1 assists per game. His three-point shooting rate was less than 30%. Both production and efficiency were the worst in his career.

But all this turned around after Banqueiro was injured. Since Banqueiro was absent due to injury and Bayne made a mistake in the game against the Trail Blazers and hit a three-pointer, his condition has improved significantly.

After being sluggish in the first ten games, Bane broke out in five consecutive games, during which he averaged 22.4 points, 4.8 rebounds and 5.2 assists per game, strongly proving that the Magic's 7-for-1 trade was not a loss.

After falling slightly behind against the Clippers in the previous game, facing a strong dialogue with the Knicks, Bane made 8 of 16 shots, 3 of 7 three-pointers, and scored a career-high 27 points for the Magic. He also added 3 rebounds and 5 assists to lead the team to victory.

It is no accident that Bane broke out in the absence of Banqueiro. Before scoring 27 points in this game to set a new Magic career high, Bane had just scored 26 points in the second game without Banqueiro and set a new Magic career high.

While Bain hit a new high in this game, another core member of the Magic, Wagner Jr., made 13 of 19 and scored a season-high 37 points. If it hadn't been spent early in the final quarter, Wagner Jr. would have had the opportunity to break his career-high single-game high of 38 points.

Both of them exploded after Banqueiro's absence, which also made it impossible to hide the sharp contradiction in the distribution of the Magic team's ball rights. Because Banqueiro and Wagner Jr. are all-round forwards who need a lot of ball rights, and lack three-point shooting, their offensive efficiency is not high.

As a result, when the two are on the court at the same time, the Magic's offense is stagnant and the space is crowded. In addition, Bane is also a player who needs to hold the ball for a long time. After he joined, the Magic's ball distribution problem further intensified.

How to solve the role positioning and ball distribution of the three people will also be the key to whether this young Magic can eventually become a real contender in the Eastern Conference.