Beijing time on March 9, the magic sat in their own home to usher in the challenge of the sun, although the opponent is less Paul and Booker two cores, but after all, with the baptism of last year's finals, which also allows the sun to still maintain a good competitiveness, the whole game Magic has actually been with the sun around the score, but in the end it was a failure, 99-102 to lose the opponent, suffered a wave of two consecutive losses. Fultz, who has just returned from this campaign, continues to get the opportunity to play, playing 17 minutes as a substitute, scoring 11 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists on 5-of-10 shooting in this limited playing time, and the plus-minus of +9 is the top of the Magic team.
Fultz, who was preparing to play a career masterpiece at the beginning of last season, but in the case of only playing 8 games for the team, he suffered a ACL tear, and the season was reimbursed, you know that before he was injured, the Magic once achieved a good result of 6 wins and 2 losses, if Fultz can stay healthy, the Magic really has the opportunity to return to the playoff stage under his leadership, but he is injured, but also let the Magic lose competitiveness, before the trade deadline, the main players such as Vucevic, Aron Gordon, Fournier all sent away, Started your own rebuilding process.
After a long recovery period, Fultz also finally ushered in a comeback this season, March 1 with the Pacers, Fultz made his debut of the season, that game he scored 10 points, 2 rebounds and 6 assists in 7 of 5 of 15 minutes of playing time, the overall performance is very efficient, and in the next 3 games (including today's game with the Suns), Fultz has 2 games to double digits, it can be seen that his injury should be recovering well, if he can maintain the current momentum Fultz really has a chance to get back into the Magic's starting lineup.
According to relevant statistics, in the 4 games after Fultz's return, he can average 9.5 points, 2.5 rebounds and 3.8 assists per game, shooting 54.8% from the field, and today facing the Suns, the team with the top offensive and defensive efficiency of the league, even if Paul and Booker did not play, but Bridges, Crowder, Craig, who have proven themselves in the league, have not posed much of a threat to Fultz, which is indeed admirable. As a 17-year champion, although Fultz did not play a salary at the 76ers, after joining the Magic in Orlando, he did show his extraordinary talent, and because of this, the Magic was willing to renew his contract in advance in the summer of 2020, giving him a 3-year and 50 million fat contract.
In fact, in the 9 games that Fultz played for the Magic last season, he can average 12.9 points, 3.1 rebounds, 5.4 assists and 1 steal per game, which has become the core of the Magic's well-deserved backcourt, if he really lets him play a healthy and complete season, Fultz's data is likely to reach the quasi-All-Star level of 18+5+5.
In the 4 games that he returned this season, Fultz played as a substitute, but I believe that as long as he can maintain the current stable offensive and defensive output and regain his starting position, it should be just around the corner. Pairing him up in the backcourt with Cole Antoni, or joining forces with Jaylen Sargus, would be a good choice.