With the title of Raptors Second Head of the Raptors, he joined the Magic team to prove himself and declared with the 2nd scoring champion!

On March 10, 2003, the dome lights of the Amway Arena stretched out McGrady's shadow. He stood in front of the technical stand to wipe his sweat, and the "McGRADY " behind the jersey glowed in the spotlight - it was his 23rd consecutive night of 30+ points, while the opponent's Wizards' defense collapsed inch by inch by his pull-up jump shot.

In the summer of 2000, McGrady joined Magic under the label "Rapgers Second Head". People were looking forward to him and Grant Hill to form the "East Coast Gemini", but they did not expect that fate had already written a cruel script: Hill left the game with only 7 minutes of the opening game and only played 4 games throughout the season. McGrady, 21, stood in front of the training hall mirror, staring at her thin arms - there were stickers from the Raptors' dunk contest, but now she has to carry a playoff edge team alone. In his first Magic season, he averaged 26.8 points, 7.5 rebounds, 4.6 assists per game and shot 45.7%. But the media is still questioning: "How far can he go without his cousin's protection?" Until the 2002 All-Star Game, McGrady started from outside the three-point line three times in the final quarter, shook Kobe with his iconic cross-step, stretched his wrist like a spring when he jumped on the emergency stop. The moment the ball entered the net, sporadic applause rang out from Staples Center - this was the first time that Los Angeles fans gave their opponents tribute.

The game against the Wizards in 2003 was the ultimate interpretation of McGrady's offensive art: the first quarter: He faced Hamilton's defense on the left wing, suddenly lowered the center of gravity to break through, and the second step stopped and changed direction. He completed the jump in 0.2 seconds. The basketball crashed into the net with the opponent's fingertips - this was his signature "Emergency Stop Pull" hit. Second quarter: Facing Heywood's assisted defense, he started from outside the three-point line. When European steps broke through, his knee was almost on the ground, twisted his body in the air to avoid the block, and the curve of the backhand layup was as accurate as if he had measured it with a ruler. Last quarter: When the score was in a stalemate, he played Larry Hughes three times in a row, dribbling the ball with his left hand to confuse the defense, and then suddenly turned over and hit the board with his right hand. The sound of the ball hitting the basket was like a countdown drum beat. The final whistle sounded, and the data of 62 points, 10 rebounds, 5 assists was frozen on the scoreboard. McGrady sat on the bench, staring at the wear marks on her sneakers - that was the mark left by the friction between the soles and the floor during three consecutive months of extra training. Wizards coach Collins said after the game: "We sent four people to defend him, but his score was like the rain in Orlando, and he would always find cracks to seep in. "

Behind his two consecutive years of election as the scoring champion (2002-2003), is a suffocating playing time: In the 2002-03 season, he averaged 39.4 minutes per game and attended 75 games. The trainer recalled: "His training suit is always soaked in sweat, and the muscle groups on his shoulders are red and swollen due to excessive use, but he always says 'It's good to shoot another 50 more '. " In the first round of the Eastern Conference against the Pistons in 2003, McGrady played for 48 minutes in the tiebreak, scoring 35 points, 11 rebounds and 7 assists, but was double-teamed by two Wallace at the last moment.

When the final whistle sounded, he did not go to the player's passage, but lay alone on the court, staring at the Magic Team logo on the dome - that season, his victory contribution (WS) reached 13.2, almost three times that of his second-place teammate. The light on the defensive end is often overshadowed by scores: in 2001, he defended Iverson and blocked the breakthrough route with a 2-meter 03 wingspan, allowing "Answer " to only 9 of 25 shots. Iverson admitted after the game: "His defense is like a shadow, and I can even smell the sweat on his jersey. "

McDy's magic years are a magnificent poem full of cracks: he has cast a top scoring arsenal in history in injuries and doubts, but he has never led the team to break through the first round; he redefines the forward guard's swing with his performance of 30+ per game, but he is awe-inspiring by his lonely fighting. When he put on the Rockets jersey in the summer of 2004, Amway’s staff discovered that the bench he often sat on had a faint shoe print on the floor—the mark he left after countless jump shots, like a medal that would never fade.