033: You tell them quickly, don't let them indulge me!

After the first game of the new season, Shaq almost wrecked the locker room.

Last season, the Orlando Magic and the Indiana Pacers both had 41 wins, but because they lost a crucial game to the Pacers, the Magic still fell out of the playoffs even with the same record.

At that time, the hottest topic was, "If we replaced Anderson with Roger, could the Magic have made the playoffs?"

O'Neal was holding back his frustration, hoping to redeem himself this season.

Yet in today's opening game against their old nemesis, the Pacers, the Magic lost again.

O'Neal scored 49 points and got 11 rebounds, demonstrating his dominance as a superstar in the first game of the new season.

It's worth mentioning that Shaq's much-criticized free throws today were 15 out of 18, an 83.3% success rate.

So why did the team lose?

You can find the answer in Chris Webber.

15 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists, but with 5 turnovers. Among these, two turnovers happened in the last two minutes of the game.