Chapter 290: 100% Hit Rate for Two Consecutive Seasons
After Pat Riley heard Li Wei's criticism, he only felt that this was the wicked person suing first.
The living ancestor of the iron-blooded style of play sits in your Knicks' assistant chair, and you are embarrassed to say that we play in the dark?
You know, the league originally did not have the concept of malicious fouls, and later introduced the penalty of malicious fouls, just to deal with Chuck Daley's team!
Pat Riley was also an offensive coach, but after being beaten by Chuck Daley in the Finals, he transformed into an iron-blooded defensive coach.
I have to say that the iron-blooded defensive team is too easy to form, it doesn't require how talented the players are, and it's no problem to lose the draft, as long as you dare to fight and fight, and have the consciousness of "willing to cut your body and dare to pull the emperor off the horse", then I dare to reuse you!
So Chuck Daley, as the initiator, has two championship rings in his hand, and if Thomas hadn't been injured that year, he would have won three championships in a row.
Pat Riley, as a follower, started slowly, and the Bulls' Phil Jackson was also a faceless and skinless man, so the team never won the championship, but the record was never bad!
Although the Knicks sent Oakley away, Bo Outlaw, Garnett, Ben Wallace and others in the team are not fuel-efficient lamps, and they are heavier than the other, crows, you can't laugh at pigs!
There are a lot of players who are injured in the hands of your Knicks!
In front of reporters, Pat Riley said indignantly: "I regret Lewis leaving the court due to injury, but this is a basketball game, and the emphasis is on confrontation, and injuries are inevitable." If Coach Li is worried about his players getting injured, I suggest he coach table tennis, which has fewer injuries! ”
The reporter said: "Coach Riley, Coach Lee said that if you play hard, you will definitely not be able to win against the Knicks, what do you think?" ”
Riley said: "It's really the funniest joke in the world, we're the first in the East, we're the best in the East, we're going to sweep them out in the first round!" ”
The regular season ended in the verbal battle between Li Wei and Riley, and the grudge between the two teams for three consecutive years made the first-round Heat vs. Knicks in the first round of the Eastern Conference a focus battle!
The Heat, the champion of the Pacific Division, was sent to the first place in the East by the Knicks, so the second place is the champion Pacers of the Central Division.
Further down, the Hawks led by 1,000-win coach Wilkens are third, the 76ers led by Larry Brown are fourth, the Magic are fifth, the Pistons are sixth, and the Bucks are seventh!
So the first round matchups in the East are:
Heat (1) vs Knicks (8) – 76ers (4) vs Magic (5)
Hawks (3) vs. Pistons (6) – Pacers (2) vs. Bucks (7)
After the first round, the winner on the left and right sides of the dash will advance to the second round of the showdown!
In the West, the Spurs and Jazz both have a 37-13 record, and the Spurs are 2-1 against the Jazz, so the Spurs became the champion of the West as the top spot in the Midwest.
Although the Jazz's record is the same as the first place, because they belong to the same Midwest division as the Spurs, they can only be relegated to third place like last year's Pacers.
The Trail Blazers have played very well this season, finishing first in the Pacific Division with a 35-15 record, which is second in the West!
The Lakers changed coaches halfway through and finished fourth with a 31-19 record under Kurt Rambis!
The Rockets' superstar Drexler retired last season, and this season they have recruited Scottie Pippen, the second man in the world, plus Olajuwon and Barkley, and they are still the Big Three.
It's a pity that this earth-shattering, weeping ghost god's triumvirate has not played an ideal record, and it can only rank fifth.
After the Kings changed coaches and changed blood, they ran into the lineup at the beginning of the season and lost a lot of games, but they fought hard in the second half and successfully reached the playoffs, ranking sixth, which was better than the Knicks, who also rose in the second half.
McDyce, a talent star in '95, jumped back to the Nuggets, causing the Suns to suffer heavy losses, but Colangelo Jr. poached the Bulls' champion center Luke Longley, and also signed the Timberwolves' star power forward Tom Gugliotta, plus super point guard Jason Kidd and others, making Phoenix still competitive, and under the leadership of Danny Ainge, they are ranked seventh!
The Timberwolves were in full swing at the beginning of the season, but after Marbury was traded, the aging Ewing was a little unable to take it and only finished eighth!
So the matchup in the west is:
Spurs (1) vs Timberwolves (8) – Lakers (4) vs Rockets (5)
Jazz (3/2) vs. Kings (6) – Trail Blazers (2/3) vs. Suns (7)
The SuperSonics, who were one of the Big Three in the West last season, didn't even make the playoffs after firing George Carr this season. And in the East, the Bucks of last season's lottery signed George Karl, who was not a supersonic, and immediately made the playoffs!
The great Coach George Carr is a great example of turning a stone into gold!
Of course, it's not just George Karl who shines this season, Rick Adelman, Larry Brown, Popovich and others have also led the team to make breakthroughs, and the suspense of the Coach of the Season award is relatively large, not as indisputable as Larry Bird last year.
Finally, the award was announced, and the winner, like his previous life, was Trail Blazers head coach Mike Dunleawick!
Last year, the Trail Blazers were sixth in the West, and this year they moved up to second in the West (the actual record is third), and Dunleavy can indeed win the award.
However, Li Wei felt that Dunleavy did not have much credit, and the Trail Blazers' good record was because the owner was willing to spend money, and he directly threw out three contract contracts with the highest salary at the beginning of the season.
Barring any surprises, this year and next will be the last two peak years for the Trail Blazers, and under the new collective bargaining agreement, a team like the Trail Blazers who are desperate to spend money and rush to achieve will only backfire.
Despite April's dismal performance, Allen Iverson became the first scoring champion in the post-Jordan era.
After playing more than 20 games with the Lakers, Rodman was cut again for being late for multiple practices. After seven years, the position of the rebounding king has finally changed to a new face, and he is Chris Webber of the Kings.
Jason Kidd, who has established himself with the Suns, has become the assist leader, Alonzo Mourning of the Heat has won the block title, and the Nets' defensive stalwart Kendall Gill has become the steal king.
The glorious generation of the 80s has gradually faded away, and the era belongs to the new generation that entered the NBA in the 90s!
Li Wei is of course also a new generation who entered the NBA in the 90s, and he prides himself on being a good friend with Duncan, playing a total of eight times this season, scoring 9 points, 1 rebound, 1 assist, 1 steal and 1 block, and averaging 1.1 points, 0.1 rebounds, 0.1 assists, 0.1 steals and 0.1 blocks per game.
It's not easy, and none of the five data is zero, and it's even more difficult that the average score per game is not 0, but 1!
Of course, Li Wei will never mention his own average per game, he will only tell others that he has shot 100% from the field and 100% from three-point range for two consecutive seasons. One thing that is even better than last season is that he is shooting 100 percent from the free-throw line.
Against the Nets, he hit a technical foul and scored 1 point, which was very important!
In the NBA, if the sum of the three shooting rates reaches more than 180%, you can be called a marksman, and Li Wei is 300%, which is really unparalleled!
At the Knicks' training gym, Li Wei is arranging a playoff roster with his coaching staff.
In this era, teams are required to submit a 12-man roster before the playoffs begin, and teams will only be able to play with 12 players throughout the playoffs.
In '06, the list was changed to 13 people, and in '07, the list was changed to 15 people, but the team needed to specify 12 of them before the game, and only the 12 people who entered the activation list could play, and later, the activation list became 13 people.
It's not '06 or 07 years yet, so the playoff roster is 12 people, and if it's decided, it's not allowed to change, and it's very important to let someone play in the playoffs.
The Knicks have had a lot of injuries this season, and the two treasures of the locker room - Herb Williams and Buck Williams have both retired due to injury, and Bruce Bowen, Jeff Hornacek, Maddy, and Rashad Lewis are also on the injury list, so their 12-man roster is not at all!
"Coach, I think I can play." Tracy McGrady said.
Li Wei also wants Maddie to play, and the Knicks with Maddie and the Knicks without Maddie are completely two teams.
Although the level of sophomore Maddie's dry-pull jump shot is not as ecstatic as it was at the peak of his previous life, he has the courage to break through the face frame, and the defensive end is even more ironclad!
But Li Wei took Maddie's injury report and read it several times, and finally shook his head and said: "Tracy, rest assured, I'm for your good!" ”
Maddie didn't make the playoff squad, but Bruce Bowen did.
Bowen has recovered from his knee injury and is undergoing restorative training. He played very poorly at the beginning of the season and now that he hasn't played for so long, the level is definitely worse.
But Li Wei can't help it, Hornacek's knee is still swollen, Lewis's finger is also broken, only Bowen looks like he has a little hope of playing, who will be selected if he is not selected?
"Shall we sign a free agent as a roster addition?" Li Wei asked.
Chuck Daly said: "The quality players want a championship, not a game or two for a team like ours that is ranked eighth, and we can't get it, and as for the fringe players, it doesn't make much sense to sign one urgently." Haven't you played the playoffs yet? Put yourself in! ”
"Put myself on the big list? It's not appropriate, right? Li Wei said.
He knows his level very well, and it's nothing to mess around in the regular season, and it's a waste of a spot to make the playoffs.
Byron Scott said: "It's suitable, it's not suitable." There's also garbage time in the playoffs, which you can just play, and the team's 12th man doesn't usually need it anyway. ”
"Alright then, I'll put myself in." Li Weidao.
As a result, the Knicks' 12-man roster for the playoffs this season is as follows:
Centre-forwards: Da Yao, Ben Wallace, Rasu Nesterovic.
Power forwards: Bo Outlaw, Dirk Nowitzki.
Small forwards: Kevin Garnett, Bruce Bowen.
Shooting guards: Alan Houston, Stephen Jackson.
Playmakers: Charlie Ward, Steve Nash, Li Wei.