Chapter 135: Military Contest (1/5, Subscribe Only!) Ask for a commuter pass! )
The slam dunk contest is over, and the day's All-Star Game has come to an end.
Coming out of the arena, Tang Tian drove Scarlett to the hotel.
Even after leaving the arena, Scarlett was still excited, and kept talking about the slam dunk contest in the car.
Tang Tian also listened all the way, and when she was almost done, the car also arrived outside the hotel.
Tang Tian parked the car on the side of the road and opened the door of Scarlett very gentlemanly.
Scarlett got out of the car, didn't pay attention to her feet, tripped over the door with her high heels, and fell straight to the side of the road.
This happened very suddenly, but fortunately, Tang Tian reacted quickly enough and helped her.
With a soft feeling, Tang Tian looked down, because it was a momentary thing, his hand seemed to be in a place where it shouldn't be.
He helped Scarlett up, Scarlett's face was slightly red, and she looked at Tang Tian with a strange look in her eyes.
"Are you alright?" Tang Tian changed the subject.
Scarlett stomped on the ground and shook her head.
"Well, let's get some rest early." Tang Tian said and closed the car door and walked towards the cab on the other side.
"Would you like to come up and have a cup of coffee?" At this moment, Scarlett suddenly spoke.
Drinking coffee? Don't sleep at night?
Tang Tian looked at Scarlett and found that her eyes were a little ambiguous.
It's a clear statement.
Tang Tian was not the unruly Yanagi Megumi, but he still smiled and said, "I still have to go back to celebrate Petrus, so let's do it another day." ”
With that, he beckoned to Scarlett and drove away.
Scarlett looked at the direction in which the car had disappeared, stunned for a moment, and then the interest in her eyes intensified.
This Tang Tian was so interesting that he actually refused her invitation.
She'd never met anything like this before.
Because Tang Tian can't be the head coach of the All-Star Game for two consecutive years, the head coach of the Western Army this year is Byron Scott, the head coach of the second-ranked Hornets.
For the most part, the two teams played haphazardly, but in the final period, Scott lost tactically to the opposite Doug Rivers, and the West team eventually lost 131-134.
Cavaliers superstar LeBron James scored a game-high 27 points, plus eight rebounds and nine assists, to win his second career AMVP award.
The All-Star Game is over, and the All-Star Game has come to an end.
But after an entertaining weekend, the league has seen waves of "earthquakes".
The strength of the Celtics and the Rockets triumvirate made many giants fidget, and it was against this background that the earthquake occurred.
On February 19, U.S. time, the Lakers and the Grizzlies reached a deal, and the team sent Kwame Brown, Gavalis Crittenton, Aaron McGee, a 2008 first-round pick, a 2010 first-round pick, Stanko Balaci's signing rights and some cash to the Grizzlies, and got the Grizzlies' Paul Gasol and a 2010 second-round pick.
In Tang Tian's memory, this was before the All-Star break in his previous life, when he originally thought that the appearance of the Rockets would change the pattern, but the reality only made the deal come a little later.
After the deal, Spurs head coach Popovich lashed out, describing the deal as "a naked robbery."
In fact, not only Popovich, but other general managers of the league also have a big opinion on this transaction, and many general managers have also submitted an investigation application to the league to investigate whether this deal is a possibility of a black box transaction.
It's not surprising that the Lakers got Gasol with less than 25 minutes off the bench, as well as a bunch of role players and a worthless first-round pick, and Gasol has never won a playoff game before, but he's a real top-paid player.
However, this wave of scolding has just started, and the next few big transactions continue to bombard like bullets, which makes people overwhelmed.
On February 21, U.S. time, before the trade deadline, the league had two more shocking trades.
The Mavericks traded from the Nets for superstars Jason Kidd, Marrick Allen and Antoine White after paying Devin Harris, Desague Diop, Maurice Iger, Keith Van Horn, Trenton Hassel, two future first-round picks and $3 million in cash.
At this point, the Mavericks also formed the Big Three of Nowitzki, Kidd and Josh Howard.
And immediately after, the Suns also made a big deal with the Heat.
The Suns sent "Hacker" Sean Marion and Marcus Bank, and got the Heat's "Big Shark" O'Neal.
Although O'Neal is no longer at his peak, the skinny camel is bigger than the horse, and his joining has also allowed the Suns to form a new Big Three: Nash, Stoudemire and O'Neal.
Wave after wave of "military race" transactions, starting from the Celtics and the Rockets, the league officially entered the era of the Big Three.
And as the dust settles on these big trades, teams are officially ushering in the final stages of the NBA regular season.
The Western Warriors, Mavericks, Nuggets, Eastern Bulls, Nets, Pacers, and Hawks are all fighting for the final regular season spot.
The Rockets are still on the same rotation as last year, but this time they are not lonely, and the Spurs, who are also in Texas, are also on the line.
And in such a time when the smoke of gunpowder was full of smoke and waves, the NBA 2007~2008 season officially came to an end.
Although the Rockets used the rotation, because of the depth of the bench, by the end of the season, the team threw a 67-15 record over the Celtics, and won the league's first record.
67 wins, and also set a new regular season record in the history of the Rockets.
The Rockets are in a league of their own, but the rest of the Western Army has a pretty close record.
In second place is the Los Angeles Lakers, Pau Gasol as a team player, seamless with the Lakers, they lost only three games after the All-Star break, which also gave them a record of 58-24, and the last minute to overtake the Hornets and Spurs.
The Spurs are 57-25 and in third place in the West.
The Jazz continued their good fortune by continuing to dominate the top half of the conference with a 52-30 record.
The Hornets were a little weak in the second half and finished with only 56 wins, because they were not as good as the Rockets and Spurs in the same division, and could only settle for fifth.
The Suns are 55-27 and in sixth place in the West.
The Mavericks are 52-20 and in seventh place in the West.
The Nuggets are 50-32 and in eighth place in the West.
It is worth mentioning that the Warriors failed to sprint for the playoffs at the last minute, and with 48 wins, they ultimately missed the playoffs, setting a record for the most wins in ninth place.