Chapter 196: Eventful
The 76ers have had an eventful season.
In the summer, there was no good trade, and the champion Louis Williams was released, and the new season began with a slack mood in the team and an unsatisfactory record.
finally improved, and now the team's generals have been folded, and the core of the interior attack and defense.
So much so that the new issue of the combat power ranking came out, defeating the 76ers, the first Knight in the league, and the combat power did not rise but fell, falling to the seventh in the league, and was repeatedly looked down upon.
Time flashes, spanning to 2009.
This year, Wang is 28 years old, Iverson is 34 years old, Iguodala is 25 years old, Pau Gasol is 29 years old, Dalham Porter is 28 years old, Millsap is 24 years old, Korver is 28 years old, Safrosa is 25 years old, and the youngest player on the 76ers team is DeAndre Jordan, who is 21 years old this year.
Paul Millsap became the starting power forward of Pau Gasol after his injury, and at the same time, after the lack of players on the inside, DeAndre Jordan also got a chance to work out in some games.
The 76ers maintain their fourth-place record in the East, and the Atlantic Division is one head below the Celtics.
In the Central and Eastern Divisions, the Cleveland Cavaliers are in first place, and in the Southeast Division, the Orlando Magic are also firmly in first place. In the second round of All-Star voting, Dwight Howard still topped the list.
At the end of the second round of All-Star voting, more than half a month had passed since Gasol's injury.
Gasol fell to fifth at the power forward position in the East, being overtaken by Paul Millsap and Ekin, and a little better than Chris Bosh of the Raptors.
The inclusion of Yijian United on the list surprised many fans, and many fans began to question the voting mechanism of the league.
People think of the terrifying Chinese fans again, when Yao Ming was in his rookie season, it was the Chinese fans who pushed him to the position of the starting center in the West, and even O'Neal could only succumb to him.
Depressed with the Bucks, Yi Jian was traded to the Nets this season and started as a Nets starter.
The average of 13 points + 7 per game is qualified, but when you look at the offensive efficiency, it is a little low, and it is not up to the level of an All-Star.
It's no wonder that fans in the United States are making a fuss.
This matter has caused a lot of discussion in the whole alliance.
Yi Jianlian is under more pressure and desperately wants to prove himself, but in the Nets, he is just an ordinary starter, and even the starting position is not too stable, and there is a risk of being taken away at any time.
Wang Mingming wanted to teach Yi Jianlian, but unfortunately he was not a player in his team after all, and he couldn't reach it.
The 76ers themselves also have wins and losses, and their record is far less than last season's first in the league.
At this time, some trade requests were made to the 76ers.
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Because of the team's poor record this season, Billy King's good days in front of the boss have also come to an end, and he has suffered some criticism from the boss and is under a lot of pressure.
But he still trusts Wang Mingming, about the trade, if it is a fringe player, Billy King can make the decision himself, but if it is a fringe player, Billy King will discuss with Wang Mingming.
At this time, the object of the trade is a player who is marginal in the 76ers roster and is occasionally sent to work.
In the general manager's office, Billy King smoked a cigarette and fell silent.
In hand is a trade report on the 76ers' third center, the bench in the bench, rookie DeAndre Jordan.
"Clippers ........"
Billy King compared the information, and his heart was pounding, the trade of the marginal man will not affect the team's record, if the team's record improves after the trade is successful, then this transaction without the king of participation tomorrow is the highlight of his general manager career.
"Send the questions."
Billy King's marking of Jordan Jr.'s name has been taken into account.
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In late January, the 76ers embarked on a stint road trip to the West.
Wang will go to the west with the team tomorrow, and the team will suffer a wave of intermittent injuries, although they are all minor illnesses, but they also bring some trouble to the team.
The team's record has declined, and the Atlanta Hawks and Miami Heat are two teams close behind the 76ers, and they may overtake at any time.
In the final game of January, the 76ers returned to their home court and challenged the New Jersey Nets.
Yi Jian United was on the injury list at this time, missing a small half a month due to a cracked finger bone, and the starting position was replaced by rookie player Ryan Anderson.
But Ryan Anderson's overall performance was not as good as Frank expected, and in addition to being able to shoot 36 percent of three-pointers, Anderson could neither grab rebounds nor defend, and his offense under the basket was almost zero.
The Nets have completely sunk after Kidd left, Vince Carter has regressed significantly, and the interior players are dominated by young players. It was Devin Harris, who was traded, who played an astonishing 24+7 per game this season, and the Eastern All-Star vote, he was second only to Iverson and Wade, and the gap between him and Wade was not big.
Devin Harris also rightfully became the vote of the Nets, a lightning-like breakthrough that ordinary players really can't prevent.
The 76ers take on the Nets.
The Nets previously had a record of 20-27 and ranked tenth in the East, while the 76ers were 29-19 and ranked fourth in the East, and there was a significant gap in the strength of the two teams.
In the end, the 76ers defeated the Nets 114-99 to get a big victory, giving the opponent three consecutive defeats.
The 76ers had three days off at once, and on February 3, they ushered in their first game of February, playing at home against the Boston Celtics.
The two teams have played each other twice before, with one win and one loss.
According to the rules of the same division, there are a total of four games to be played in the regular season this season, and this is the third game.
The two teams beat the red eye, and the game was fierce until the last 1 minute.
Ray Allen hit a quasi-shot to take a 100-99 lead, leaving the 76ers with just 1.3 seconds to play.
Wang tomorrow arranged the tactics of the last attack, arranged double cover, Iverson flanked out to catch the ball, either at the top of the arc or at a 45-degree position, depending on how he runs.
The Celtics kept an eye on Iverson, and Iverson came around, and Garnett gave up on the defensive Millsap and went straight to Iverson.
Iverson was watched, and Lowry, who was serving, had an idea and hit the ground and crossed to Iguodala in the middle distance, at which time Iguodala came over to receive the ball with his back, took the ball and turned around, and made a backward jumper.
People are in the air, grabbing the ball with big hands and flicking their fingers.
I didn't have time to react, I just relied on instinct.
Pierce, who was chasing the defense, made a standard defensive stance, and his big hand almost covered Iguodala's eyes.
But the confident smile on Iguodala's face made his heart sink to the bottom.
"Huh!"
Sure enough, Iguodala, who received the ball and turned around, in one go, had a perfect rhythm, the red light was on, and he defeated the Celtics 101-100, defeating the Celtics for the second time in the season.