Chapter 493 solidifies the regular season rankings
In the final quarter, the performance of the Eastern All-Stars was very shocking, Osborne scored 16 points in a single quarter, and finally got 44 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist, and the highest score of the Western All-Stars Kobe Bryant He also scored 42 points, but the Eastern All-Stars finally won, so the honor of All-Star MVP still gave the winning side the highest score. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
When Osson won the award, he also hugged his temporary teammates one by one to express his gratitude, after all, after the All-Star Weekend, he was a rival to the death.
The end of the All-Star Game also marked the end of the All-Star Weekend, with Osborne still the biggest winner of the All-Star Game, while LeBron James and Dwyane Wade also showed their faces, but they didn't get any honors.
After the All-Star break, all teams are going to start fighting for the final ranking battle, the Pistons have no one to shake the first place in the East, and no one can shake the top three positions in the East, the first place in the East Detroit Pistons, the second place in the East Miami Heat, and the third place is the Chicago Bulls, these three teams are the three giants of the Eastern Conference.
The Washington Wizards came in fourth, the Boston Celtics in fifth, the Indiana Pacers in sixth, the Philadelphia 76ers in seventh, the New Jersey Nets in eighth, the Orlando Magic in ninth, and the Cleveland Cavaliers in tenth.
However, it is strange that the competitiveness of the Eastern Conference is so weak, but the competition for the eighth place in the East is still quite fierce.
First of all, the Philadelphia 76ers in seventh place in the East, the New Jersey Nets in eighth place, and the Orlando Magic in ninth place are only one win away, and the Cleveland Cavaliers in tenth place are not much worse.
They still have to work hard for a playoff ticket because they don't have much time left.
And the Western Conference standings can be like this, the first-ranked San Antonio Spurs and the second-ranked Phoenix Suns are only one win away, the third-ranked SuperSonics team, two wins away, and the fourth-ranked Dallas Mavericks are only two wins behind. The Western League is characterized by a typical tight front and loose back.
So at this time, they are fighting for every game, if they lose one, then their ranking can drop by several people, and the teams after the nine places in the Western Conference basically miss the playoffs, because their wins are too few, even if they win all the next games, they can't enter the playoffs, so they will be at ease. And at this time, the Lakers are really the rhythm of the first round of the West, and they can't even enter the playoffs, the ninth in the West is the Lakers, and Nu may be able to go to the playoffs to break through.
In order to secure the regular season standings, they must distance themselves from the Miami Heat, who have a lot of stamina and look like they want to surpass the Pistons.
The first game after the Pistons' All-Star Weekend is against the Orlando Magic, who are ninth in the East, and if the Pistons win this game, the Cleveland Cavaliers will immediately rush from tenth in the East to ninth in the East, and the Cleveland Cavaliers are really enjoying it.
However, if the Pistons meet the Cavaliers again, it is also a good result, after all, it is more time-saving and labor-saving to deal with the Cavaliers than against the Magic team, because the key to defeating the Cavaliers is to prevent LeBron James, LeBron James at this time is still easy to be prevented, and it is not the case with the Magic team, the boss of the Magic team at this time is not Dwight Howard, and the boss of the Magic team at this time is still the former Rockets player Steve Francis, even if there is no him, there is also Grant Hill, Hidutekoglu and other players.
At the beginning of the game, Pistons head coach Larry Brown asked the players to spare no effort to beat the Magic, because at this time, if they can solve the battle faster, they can solve the battle faster, and if they don't play faster, it will be worth the loss.
The Magic sent their strongest starting lineup, the center is Dwight Howard, the power forward is Kevin Cato, the small forward Grant Hill, the scoring guard Catino Mobley, and the point guard Steve Francis.
The Pistons are still a classic lineup, Osborne showed his extraordinary strength at the beginning, Dwight Howard grabbed the basketball and didn't have time to pass it, Osborne stabbed the basketball away, and then took advantage of the situation to make a one-stop layup, why didn't Osborne dunk? Because Larry Brown also has regulations on the number of dunks for Pistons players, he requires players to score no more than two dunks per game in addition to unnecessary dunks, which is a disaster for those players who love to perform, fortunately few Pistons players don't like to behave like this, because most of the Pistons players' offense is projection-type, so even if Osborne has a chance, he doesn't dunk, and it is a good shot to score the ball.
Dwight Howard had to run to serve in embarrassment, he just didn't have to pass directly to Steve Francis at all, but because he was a little careless, the basketball was directly stabbed by Osborne.
In fact, at the Rookie Challenge that just ended, Osborne was aggressive towards the first-year rookie team, which was very annoying, so Dwight Howard also had the heart to block Osborne more, if Osborne dared to go inside.
However, Howard's idea is purely delusional, because Osborne does not plan to impact the basket in this game, so Osborne is Dwight Howard's nemesis, and neither of them can stop the other.
Steve Francis was very dissatisfied with Dwight Howard's performance, but he didn't say anything, because Dwight Howard is a potential star, and wooing him will help him to stand in the position of the boss of the Magic team, but what Francis doesn't know is that the future boss of the Magic team is Dwight Howard.
Francis received Dwight Howard's serve, and quickly dribbled through Chauncey Billups, Chaunci Billups was a little slower than Francis, so Chaunci Billups didn't keep up with him, but the Pistons' interior players are not vegetarians, Francis was thinking about whether to shoot or layup after breaking in, or when he dunked, Rasheed Wallace directly poked his basketball again, and then Chaunci Billups, who had been following behind, picked up the ball and passed it to Osborne, Osborne hit another three-pointer.
Now it was Francis's turn to be embarrassed, he was not happy with Dwight Howard getting rid of the basketball just now, but now he himself lost the basketball and let the Pistons shoot a three-pointer.
The Pistons played a 13-4 shortly after the start of the game, directly giving the Magic a timeout. (To be continued.) )