Chapter 53: Davis in '02
The Magic also won a hard-fought victory over the Celtics on the road, and Rivers' team showed its grandeur for the first time!
Only the result of the Spurs was expected by everyone, but they didn't expect the difference between the two to be so big, the Spurs beat the SuperSonics by 30 points on their home court, and from start to finish, the Spurs' defense has always made the SuperSonics feel suffocated, and for the first time they played their form at the beginning of the game.
For these results, everyone just lamented the grievances of the Celtics and felt resentment about the Knicks' contributions, and the rest was within the scope of what should be. The Celtics lost on the inside, on defense, and off the bench, although Pierce averaged 20 points per game and performed extremely well, but Maddie also had a good performance.
After handing over the ball to Mark Jackson, the Orlando Magic became the team that all the East in the 90s was unwilling to collide with - the Knicks, all four members were the creators of the Black Eight Miracle team back then, Maddie was also comparable to the No. 3 position at that time, Rivers was a player and coach who came out of the Knicks, and Rivers learned from Parker Riley in the later stage, and of course he was no stranger to everyone from the Knicks.
In the face of such a team, the Celtics couldn't play their own style at all, and they were slowly turned into their own rhythm by the veteran Knicks.
The final collapse of the Pacers is directly related to Kidd, and in the final game between the two sides, the competition is not about scoring ability, defensive ability, and organizational ability, but the most unexpected thing for everyone - physical strength and fouling.
The two teams played two overtimes, with Reggie Miller completely exhausted after the second, with O'Neal Jr. being fouled six times, Artest being fouled six times, and Tinsley being sent off six times.
The ruthlessness of this kind of scene, just from the literal explanation, you know how far the two teams fought in the end.
From the very beginning of the game to the beginning of the second overtime, neither side could decide the winner, and it was only after the second overtime that the Nets scored 11 consecutive points and won the life-and-death battle.
The Nets are also tired, but they don't know what kind of effect two teams will have when they collide together.
In May of '02, it seems that Huaguo has a seven-day holiday, and the viewers who were stimulated in the last game still chose to turn on the TV on this day to watch the Wizards' game again.
Although the current NBA has not yet reached the level of later generations, and fans are collectively crazy about a certain team, the Chinese people at this time have the deepest sense of international honor, and it is also a moment of continuous accumulation of national pride.
The performance of Wang Zhizhi and Gong Feng also made the people who supported them feel even more happy, and now every step of these two people represents the birth of a new record, which is a record as the absolute main force or the main rotation lineup.
The Charlotte Hornets fielded Davis with David Wesley as the guard, PJ Brown as the power forward, George Lynch as the No. 3 and Eldon Campbell as the center.
The Wizards did not continue the lineup from the previous game, with Gerrard and Wang sitting on the court, and Jordan and Leitner on the court.
It's just that Gong Feng looked at Jordan with a strange look in his eyes now, "Boy, don't worry, Davis is not your thing!" I'll defend him! Sometimes it's a pleasure to teach newcomers, you know? ”
He looked at Davis's bow peak, and his eyes were now filled with endless sympathy.
The Wizards are afraid of the Hornets, not Davis, not Marshburn, but a very strong overall Hornets team.
Picking up the inexplicable emotions on his body, Gong Feng raised his hand and asked Kwamei to come over to block and dismantle, Gong Feng didn't have the idea of forcibly breaking through in front of Davis, when the success rate was half and half, Gong Feng would choose the option with a higher success rate, just when everyone was on Kwamei and Gong Feng, Gong Feng suddenly passed the ball.
After Hamilton received the pass from Gong Feng, he didn't even need to adjust, he just took the ball and jumped up to shoot, the ball went in, and Wesley, who defended Hamilton, didn't even block the ball after jumping, and Hamilton had an advantage in the initial alignment.
In addition to Davis, the Hornets also need to pay attention to the fact that the 183cm guard Wesley, who actually plays the second position, is a very headache tactic for both people, but once such a breakthrough guard teammates are a group of guys who can't shoot, or to be exact, a group of guys who can't shoot three-pointers, the actual power will be reduced to a very awkward position.
Iverson, who is slightly taller than Wesley, has not won the championship, and the effect of Wesley's defense can be known, and Hamilton's height is 198, which can play the height of a small forward, plus Hamilton's shooting is a standard jump shot, so it is really difficult for Wesley to block him!
Watching this shot in, Collins' body suddenly relaxed, even if it was difficult in defense, but as long as the Wizards could throw basketball and maintain their offensive rhythm, the Hornets would not be afraid.
What's more, the god who was stimulated by the previous round of the game was about to take Davis out of anger, when Davis moved forward with the ball and looked at Jordan in front of him, the whole audience gasped.
Davis, who was excited, immediately passed the ball to Wesley...... But how could Gong Feng, who even Iverson was not afraid, be afraid of Wesley?
Although the NBA has not used height to determine the victory of the game, this does not mean that the NBA team does not value height, there will be certain height requirements for the five positions, and the height that can enter the NBA is a kind of bottom line without words, and the short players will pay a very heavy price while getting a little cheap in the NBA.
That is to say, the Hornets should pay attention to their own defense while using Wesley, and Hamilton, who watched Wesley hold the ball, immediately came over to wrap the ball, maybe it was the Wizards who immediately wrapped it up, maybe it was a little careless in the game just now, when Wesley was stunned, Gong Feng cut the ball successfully and quickly started his counterattack.
Davis blocked the path of Gong Feng, and a mishandled pass was passed to Hamilton, who was clearly one step behind, and this time the shot did not go in, but Kwame immediately made a successful rebound as he followed.
People who see this ball may feel stimulated, but some senior scouts who observed at the scene immediately took a deep breath, such a pass is obviously that the Wizards have formed a formal system, after Gong Feng counterattacked with the ball, everyone fell into position, no one overlapped in the fast-break position, everyone did anything without any hesitation, as if Hamilton shot, he already knew that if the ball was not scored, the rebound would inevitably be won by Kwame.
It's a very scary change in the eyes of many scouts, and the team at the beginning of the season may have been Jordan's team, but by the middle of the season, the Wizards had built up their self-confidence and that terrible trust.
When it was the Hornets' turn to attack, Jordan stood in front of Davis again, and this time Davis did not retreat, but officially faced Jordan.
In the memory of our generation, the strongest Davis was only in the year of the Warriors, because Davis's peak period seemed short, and he was not a strong team in the playoffs, the strength of the team was not strong, and the team he was in at the beginning really suffered too many injuries, maybe at the very beginning, everything in the team depended on him, Davis's future glory may be considered the Davis in the Black Eight Miracle, but it doesn't seem to be necessarily now.
Maybe at that time, Davis looked the strongest in terms of data and other aspects, but I don't think Davis in '02 was worse than at that time, and his physical fitness or even Davis in '02 was stronger.
Davis in 02 is a star with very strong offensive and defensive ability, but he is not a guard who eats purely by his body, maybe in the eyes of many people, Davis is strong physically, but in his career, he has only played 82 regular season games in four years, and he is not a really strong defender in his body.
Davis's body, in terms of resistance to injury, really can't be called extremely physical!
PS, changed the state, A signed!
These days are not in good shape because of the New Year syndrome? Anyway, colds and gastrointestinal discomfort are all found.
But now it feels good, stimulated by the good news, hehe!
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