Chapter 526 [A Group of People Who Changed Their Fate]

Except for Guo Xu, no one knew that there was a huge butterfly effect in the NBA in November.

In his previous life, on November 19, 2004, the Pistons' home court of Auburn Hills Palace broke out in the largest, most severe and worst group assault in NBA history.

Not only Artest, Jackson and O'Neal Jr., who were involved in the fight, were severely punished by the league after the incident, but also John Green, a fan who threw the water glass, was also punished. He was believed to have started the fight and was sentenced by the court to three months in prison and a $500 fine.

As a result, on November 19 this season, the two teams did not play, nothing happened, and the league arranged the match very different from the previous life, and the two teams did not fight when they met at the end of the month.

Jackson had no chance of earning the reputation of the "Martial Saint". He is much more powerful than Artest, he is seven in and seven out of the crowd, playing in the dark, and the limelight is out! Of course, the result of such a bad act is a 30-game ban.

There are many factors that go into a big war, and a small change can change it.

For example, Artai didn't foul Ben Wallace harshly, Big Ben didn't push Atay, Artey didn't go to the technical table to rest and go to the players' box, the fan sat a little farther away from the technical table, or he didn't buy the drink......

Players are not allowed to play, the Pacers' wing defense is the top in the league, and the regular season standings in the East and the playoff matchups will definitely change.

The overall strength of the East has improved a lot this year, looking at the opening trend, the Pacers will compete with the Hawks and the Heat for the regular season championship, and the Pistons are not as lucky as in their previous life, they are in the same division as the Pacers, and the record is unlikely to get the top three.

After the Bobcats joined the league, the NBA expanded to 30 teams this season and was reorganized into six divisions, three each in the East and West. According to the rules, the division champion locks in the top three in the East and West, and the rest of the standings depends on the results.

This would create a downside situation like the Pacers with 60 wins, the Pistons with 59 wins, and the other two divisions with only 50 wins for the other two divisions, with the Pistons also in fourth place.

The Pistons can't beat the Pacers, and of course, they probably don't need to think about the division at all, as the Pistons finished 7-7 in November.

In Guo Xu's previous life, after the Pacers were suspended, the Pistons lost an important competitor, and finally only scored 54 wins in the regular season, ranking second behind the Heat. They weren't very strong, playing six games against the Pacers without Atay in the playoffs and seven games against the Heat, and they narrowly advanced.

If Wade hadn't injured his ribs in Game 5, the Pistons would have been on their knees......

In short, the Pistons' two regular season records in 2004 and 2005 were mediocre, but they went to the Finals twice and won the championship. In the 2005-06 season, the Pistons won the regular season with 64 wins, but lost in the playoffs to the Heat, who strengthened their roster through trades in the midseason.

There's no '04 championship right now, and Larry Brown is a defect with the Pistons, and even if he doesn't get out of class in the middle of the season, he'll definitely be gone after this season. It will be difficult for him to find a job again, and even Knicks management will not sign him because he and Marbury had a very unpleasant quarrel with the national team before.

In December, the Suns finally lost to the Eastern Conference powerhouse Bucks after a 17-game winning streak.

This Bucks team is completely different from Guo Xu's previous life, there is no problem in making the playoffs, and the core players are also healthy.

Their lineup is not weak, and the key is that point guard TJ Ford is not injured, averaging 12.3 points and 7 assists per game.

In his previous life, Ford was very unlucky, when he was fouled by Timberwolves bench Mark Madson in the Bucks' home game against the Timberwolves in February 2004, and he fell to the ground with his tailbone, resulting in a spinal cord contusion, an injury that affected his entire career.

Ford played in just 55 games in his rookie season due to injury, and then was completely reimbursed in 2004-05, failing to live up to his talent, which was all victimized by the "mad dog".

Ford avoided that serious injury this life, missing 11 regular season games with an ankle injury, including at home to the Timberwolves. He's been outstanding this season, impressing with his terrifying pace and sharp breakaways.

The Bucks are now also imitating the Suns to speed up the pace and play counterattacks, and Ford is very fast and is a key figure for the team. Michael Reed, Desmond Mason, Joe Smith, and Ratliffe are all highly mobile and can play fast breaks.

Substitutes More, Williams and Van Horn provide offensive firepower, while Dengazurić and Pachulia are also good inside substitutes.

The team's core Reed's style of play has also changed, in his previous life, he would break through and rush inside, and work hard to lead the whole team under the coach's platoon. Now the Bucks are in charge of blocking and pick-and-roll, and the person who holds the ball and breaks through the point is TJ Ford, Reed mainly plays without the ball, catches and throws three-pointers, averaging 3.3 shots per game, and looks like Klay Thompson, who plays alone when counterattacking.

The Bucks coaching staff also studied the magic ball theory and knew that the three-point shooting efficiency was high, Reed shot accurately, and the three-point shooting rate was as high as 41%.

If this continues, the Bucks certainly can't pick the 2005 rookie, Australian champion Andrew Bogut.

This is a good thing for Bogut, Milwaukee is a small city, the team's tactics are indiscriminate, and after a few years in his previous life, his offensive ability has degraded and he has become a blue-collar worker. And he was widely favored in the draft, and experts believe that he will be "White Duncan".

The former Bogut was simply delayed by the stupid Bucks management and never did the offensive core.

HE HAS GREAT POTENTIAL, WITH A HEIGHT OF 213CM, A WEIGHT OF 114 KG, AN ARM SPAN OF 221 CM, A VERTICAL JUMP OF 70 CM, A RUN-UP JUMP OF 85 CM, AND AN AGILITY OF 12.06. His stats are excellent, and he also has the ability to play in the low post, occasionally making mid-range shots, and tackling passes.

Such a person, who looks like an insider monster, was actually trained by the bucks to become a blue-collar worker, and then became an ordinary blue-collar worker because of multiple injuries. Although he has top-level defensive ability in the penalty area, he is not a parallel import, but he also wastes talent.

On the 19th, the Suns lost another game, losing to the Jazz on the road.

This is a big upset, the Suns have a terrible shooting hand as a team, and the Jazz players are very good, how to shoot and how to score.

Guo Xu's three-point shot in 1 of 9 made Sun fans feel speechless, no one is perfect, no matter how good the star is, there will be some games that can be called "stains", Guo Xu can't find a shooting rhythm from beginning to end.

He relied on the breakaway point to get 17 points and 12 assists in the game, and he can still help the team, and the shooting percentage is a little ugly.

The Jazz's record is only 11th in the West, and the players work hard every game under the guidance of veteran coach Jerry Sloan, playing actively and defending.

Oku was hot in this game, hitting 3 three-pointers and finishing with 17 points and 8 rebounds; David West had 16 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists, and the two had a good performance inside.

Sloan is also an old-school coach, but he allows Okura to go out and pick up pick-and-rolls, and occasionally shoots threes. Because the center plays like this on the offensive end, it is really a headache for the opponent, and the space is very open.

Oku was just a bench at the Pistons, but now he's a qualified starting center, averaging 13 points, 7.5 rebounds and 2 assists per game.

West has also improved, he is very suitable for the Jazz's system, he can shoot or break through with the ball in the face after blocking and pick-and-roll, averaging 15.8 points, 8.4 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game, and Sloan is developing him in the direction of Malone.

If the Jazz want to rise, they only need a point guard who can hold the ball and break through and score, and Arroyo is obviously unqualified, his style is more like a shooting guard, and the Jazz are ready to trade him away.

The fate of many people has changed......