The All-Star Weekend came to an end, and the 100,000 people who watched the game were also a precedent for the NBA.

After a night of revelry, the West is back to the West, the East is back to the East, and the planes are full of NBA stars and back to their teams in all directions.

Prepare for the next half of the season.

After the All-Star Game, it is the most important period of season stabilization, in late February and March, will really test the overall strength of a team, many teams that played average in the first half of the schedule, may explode during this time, to reach the playoffs.

Wang Mingming's positioning of the Kings team is very accurate, protecting four and fighting for three.

At present, in the record of the Western team, the Lakers are unbeatable, and in the absence of injury troubles, the strength of the Lakers is quite terrifying, and the combination of Al Horford and Andrew Bynum on the inside line surpasses most of the interior combinations in the league.

"Twin Towers + Kobe", supplemented by Fisher, Ariza and other fierce generals, the Lakers have a feeling of returning to the beginning of the new century to kill all sides, and the record is surprisingly good.

And because of the rise of the Kings and the Suns, the entire Pacific Division has become a horror zone that does not lose to the top three in Texas, and the Eastern teams come to the West Coast to play the Lakers, Kings and Suns, and have to lose a layer of skin.

The Mavericks' record has slipped and the Rockets have improved again after a period of silence to regain the top four.

So the current Western Conference record rankings, the Lakers, Kings, Rockets and Nuggets.

Among them, the Nuggets are stained with the shine of the division system, ranking fourth, and the actual record is far inferior to the Suns, Mavericks and other teams behind him.

The Spurs are the most unexpected team among the top three in Texas.

The Spurs have been plagued by injuries this season, and Tony Parker has been plagued by injuries during this time, not even making the All-Star Game due to his low appearance rate.

"I feel that the Lakers' record is a bit like being forced out, after all, behind them, the Kings, Rockets and other teams are chasing the ground very closely."

In an ESPN show, commentators talked about the Lakers' current record, which is on par with the Eastern Cavaliers, and even surpasses the Cavaliers, ranking first in the league.

Many people think that it is because the Kings are chasing the ground too tightly, and the Kings, as the dark horse of this season, have been quietly making a 3-game winning streak, 4 consecutive wins or something, although they occasionally lose, but overall, the record is quite stable, much better than the Rockets and other teams that often hovering between the top four and the bottom four.

And because they are in the same division, if the Lakers slack off a little, once they are surpassed by the Kings and Suns, they will fall directly from the top to four places, which is unacceptable to the Lakers.

So at present, the Lakers are like the leaders in long-distance running, painful and happy, and dare not relax in the slightest.

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At the end of February, the Kings completed a five-game winning streak under the care of a loose schedule.

The time span is to March.

Wang Mingming participated in a coach interview program organized by ESPN.

This program is mainly aimed at all kinds of staff engaged in the NBA, including coaches, trainers, nutritionists, and ordinary players, from all angles and aspects, revealing some things about the NBA, so that fans can have a more comprehensive and three-dimensional understanding of the NBA.

There have been more than a dozen issues, and they are more popular with fans and audiences.

Wang Mingming's appearance on this talk show this time is not long, only more than half an hour, but it has attracted a lot of attention.

In the studio, Wang Tomorrow sat on the couch, and some of the King's local fans were invited to watch in the studio, and the host was ESPN's beautiful anchor, Kailana Hartung.

Kailana is very young, 25 years old this year, with delicate facial features and a hot body, wearing a black professional dress, with her legs folded on top of each other, smiling and interviewing Wang Mingming.

"This season, the Kings can average 105.9 points per game, while the Kings' opponents can only score 97.2 points.

Wang Ming thought that the host would ask some daily questions, but he didn't expect that the first question was still a more traditional analytical question, he thought about it, and then said with a smile.

"The progress of the Kings is a whole city's effort."

"To be honest, when I first came to the Kings, I didn't expect our rebuilding to go so smoothly. We brought in Chris Bosh, we brought in Ron Artest, and we already brought in Jason Kidd, these guys, both experienced and capable, solid on the ball, extremely combative, I didn't spend much energy, they just cultivated their own tacit chemistry and formed a good chemistry. ”

"If I had to talk about the changes that I made, I would say that I tried to bring the players closer together on a path centered on winning the championship, and now the atmosphere in the Kings locker room is really good and everyone is working very hard."

Sacramento fans applauded and whistled after listening to Wang's story.

"I've heard that the head coach of the NBA has two meetings every day, a coaching staff meeting and a player meeting, and every day there are a lot of tactics that come up with a lot of tactics, and then summarize and summarize them to pick out the tactics that are suitable for the team to practice? ”

"Yes, that's right." Wang Ming nodded: "There are many tactics in the NBA, and each team's tactical manuals are quite rich, like our Kings, the tactics that we usually practice now may exceed 10 kinds, and if you count defensive tactics, it will be more than doubled." ”

"Tactics are not fixed, we will arrange the focus every day, and then according to the new opponent, re-practice the most suitable tactics, sometimes, if the tactics are not arranged correctly, it will have a great impact on the following games, so this requires us to be coaches, we must always do the most comprehensive and correct analysis, and then pick out a few sets of the most suitable tactics for the team to practice when preparing for training."

"As for what you said about meetings, it's not fixed every day, sometimes a coaching staff meeting is done, I sleep in bed at night and think about something, I get up in the middle of the night to write tactics, and the next day before the game, there will be a coaching staff meeting, and the meeting can be held at any time."

The audience applauded thunderously, knowing that NBA coaches are under a lot of pressure, and when they heard Wang tomorrow say this, they felt that it was not easy for them, and they couldn't help but agree with him a little more.

"What is the mentality of setting up the final attack on the court? We'd love to see what coaches think at this time. ”

Wang Mingming smiled.

"The manager is the same as the players, the final attack on the pitch is very stressful. But at the same time, I feel that the arrangement of this last attack is very exciting. It's like a game, at the last moment, a step further or a step back, will affect the whole situation, the coach thinks a lot, the whole brain is like a computer, frantically analyzing the various situations that may occur on the field, and then among the many situations, pick out a tactic that may not be so perfect, but is the most suitable for the moment. ”

"Sometimes, I reassure the players more, in fact, I'm more nervous than them, but I have to show that I'm not nervous, so that the players will also be infected by me, and let out some of the nervousness, so as to ensure that they are in better shape."

When Wang Tomorrow told the truth, the scene immediately laughed, and felt that this answer was very close.

"So what's your tactical philosophy? Is it to share the ups and downs with the players, to be part of the collective, or to strive for excellence, as you just said? ”

"No, no, no." Wang Mingming shook his head, "My tactical concept is definitely not to keep improving, but to seek truth from facts, keep pace with the times, specific players, and specific analysis." ”

"Tactics are dead, people are alive, there is never a perfect tactic, only the perfect basketball player."

Wang Tomorrow gestured and told the story, Kailana saw Wang Tomorrow enter the state, her eyebrows fluttering, and her eyes couldn't help but ripple and smile.

"The same set of tactics, in some players, may exert 120 percent combat effectiveness, but in different players, it can only exert 70 percent effectiveness. At the end of the day, players have a lot of styles and there can't be a perfect tactic that fits all players. That's why I've always believed that tactics should be specific to players and specific analysis. ”

"At the same time, today's basketball concept has been changing, the sport of basketball is in rapid change, forty years ago, when everyone played, or fight defense, get the inside line to win the world, Michael Jordan was born, the wing scorer appeared blowout development, the combination of inside and outside has become the mainstream idea, and now, small ball, running and shooting, triangle offense, Princeton, all kinds of basketball tactical concepts are blooming, a hundred schools of thought are contending, the so-called all roads lead to Rome, as a good head coach, Tactical thinking should not be tacitly established and immutable, but should keep pace with the times and be brave in innovation. ”

The scene erupted in the warmest applause since the beginning of the show, and everyone applauded Wang Mingming's answer, and the applause lasted for a long time.

Kailana also didn't expect Wang Mingming to say it so well, she couldn't help but suggest: "Coach Wang Mingming, what you said is so good, I think you should try to write a book, about your basketball philosophy, I think, it will be very popular." ”

Wang Mingming's heart moved, and he also felt that Kailana's suggestion was very good, and silently wrote down this matter in his heart.

Later, Kailana asked many other questions, from the perspective of the coach, to analyze the entire daily life of the NBA, Wang tomorrow from time to time to come up with some interesting words, the atmosphere was always very warm.

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On March 2, the Kings took on the Oklahoma City Thunder on the road.

The Thunder have always had problems on the inside, and at this time, Coach Brooks began to focus on some of the Thunder's previous young interior players.

Like the Congolese mythical beast Ibaka, after half a season of training, he slowly adapted to the NBA-level confrontation, and began to be able to play some balls on the court slowly to solve the team's interior problems.

The Kings have the advantage on the inside, and if they can have enough low-post offense, they can win this game.

It's a pity that Chris Bosh prefers to play with the face and frame, and the low post is not very lethal.

The Thunder defeated the Kings 113-107 at home with the excellent play of Durant and Westbrook, ending the Kings' five-game winning streak and completing their first victory against the Kings this season.

Subsequently, the Kings flew to Houston to challenge the Rockets back-to-back.

The two teams battled for 48 minutes, and the Kings narrowly defeated the Rockets 93-90 to avoid their own two-game losing streak.

The King spent the night in Houston, rested for the night, and flew to Dallas the next day.

It stands to reason that now the Rockets are slightly more powerful than the Mavericks, and it is not difficult for the Kings to win the Rockets and the Mavericks.

As a result, the Mavericks went crazy in this game, from Terry to Nowitzki to Butler and others, the three-point shot tilted down like rain, and the Kings were beaten 92-66 in the third quarter, and the fourth quarter directly became garbage time.

In the end, the Mavericks defeated the Kings 119-95 at home, and Dallas fans rejoiced and immediately became full of confidence in the team.

With the arrival of March Madness, the eyes of American basketball fans are more focused on the NCAA.

The NBA has received a slight decrease in attention.

But in China, the NBA is still the main basketball sport, unaffected by the NCAA March Madness, and Chinese fans are very concerned about the results of teams such as the Rockets and Kings.

Wang tomorrow cut back the playing time of the team's veterans, like Kison Kidd, who averaged just 27 minutes, which was even lower than the first half of the schedule.

It's young players, Wang tomorrow appropriately let them play more, Cosby, DeRozan and other players have increased their playing time, especially DeRozan, a month since the slam dunk contest, the rating has risen to 77, the growth rate is very amazing, and he is already a very qualified starter-level player.

At the beginning of entering the league, he had a similar rating to Casby, and even Cosby, who had experienced the baptism of the European League, had a higher rating than DeRozan.

On March 9, the Kings defeated the Trail Blazers on the road.

On March 10, the Kings defeated the Raptors at home.

On the day off, the Kings hosted the Trail Blazers, and the Kings won 110-94 to complete the home and away suppression of the Trail Blazers.

The Trail Blazers lost to the Kings in a row, and their record was not as good as that of the young Thunder, and their record fell out of the top eight.

On March 14, the Kings faced the underdog Timberwolves and won comfortably 113-100.

Two days later, the Kings defeated back-to-back Lakers at home to take a 2-1 lead over the Lakers in the 09-10 regular season.

In late March, the Kings had a wave of road trips to the East.

After defeating the Nets, fly straight to Boston and challenge the Celtics away!