Chapter 597: Secret Weapon
Although the Boston Celtics are the best team in the regular season this year, the Grizzlies are definitely the biggest winners in this year's awards, although this team is still strong this year, it is still the top three in the league, but it is clear that this team can win the best coach and regular season MVP in a row this season is certainly not because of the performance in the regular season this year, but because of their bonus in the playoffs, of course, there are also reasons for the league's support, if the Grizzlies can win another championship this year, then, A team similar to the previous Bulls dynasty has appeared, in this case, the Spurs seem a little sad, but what makes the West No. 1 a little consoled is that their boss finally won the Best Defensive Player trophy, and the Grizzlies' rise this season Ben Wallace was pressed down hard, which is a compensation for the Spurs' No. 1 in the West this year.\\
And with the league's major awards being selected one by one, the last award of this year's regular season, the best rookie, was almost unsuspensefully won by the Bulls' champion Xiujie Williams, the super rookie that the Bulls exchanged for the Rockets. played an average of 16 points and 6.9 assists per game this year, although it can't be said that he has any absolute dominance from the data, and it can even be said that the data is ugly among all the best rookies this year, but in the collective mediocre 2002 new repair, his data is already the best, plus this year almost led the Bulls to the playoffs, so when this award has not been selected, there is almost no suspense, and the Boston Celtics' three rookie players this year have not performed well this season, because their role positioning is destined to make them impossible to become popularSo neither Prince nor Barnes nor Haslem have been able to make the rookie first or second team.
Of course, the Boston Celtics' rookie performance this year is very dismal, but in the selection of the best defensive team and the best player team, the Boston Celtics have gained a lot, this year's best defensive team team is the first team, Big Ben, Duncan and Garnett and Carter and Jackson, and the second defensive team is Mourning, Kobe, and Xiao Ao and Bowen Kidd, the best defensive team is not divided into positions, so this year's second defensive team has three guards, And this year, the Boston Celtics Xiao Ao and Jackson were all selected for the best team, Xiao Ao is the second team, and Jackson is the first team, the Boston Celtics guard is now recognized by more and more people, it can be said that the Boston Celtics guard's accurate three-point and super defense have almost redefined the league's second position, because such a second position is also appearing more and more, such as Boston Celtics Jackson, Timberwolves' Bowen and 76ers' Ragabel, etc., It's fair to say that these guys have taken a completely different path from a scoring guard like Jordan.
In addition to the ten players in the best defensive team and two of the Boston Celtics, the best team of the season also appeared several Boston Celtics players, in the best team of the first team, the center was won by Duncan, who played center for the first time this season, the second player in the MVP list is also in a not very good state this season, and has lost his Lakers kingship, but there was an accident in the selection of forwards, The forwards selected to the first team are Chris Webber of the Kings and Maddy of the Boston Celtics, and Garnett, who has been a forward in the past few years, fell out of a row because of the fall of the Timberwolves this season, as for this year's guards, Carter of the Grizzlies and Jordan of the Wizards, Jordan's performance this season is still excellent, although his average points per game this season are not as good as last season's average of 26 points per game, but he still reached 25 points, The player, who is currently a fully mid-range shooter with the Wizards, is shooting 50 again this season, and with his role and form with the Wizards, there is absolutely no problem playing for another season or two. In fact, there is controversy about Jordan's ability to enter the team again this year, because this year, whether it is the scoring champion Iverson or the assist king Nash or the second assist Kidd can replace his position, but it is clear that in this selection, Jordan's qualifications once again suppressed these three, and the second team of the best team is the center Ao Fat, although he is not as good as Duncan this year, but he is still higher than other centers, and the forward positions are Garnett and Nowitzki, Nowitzki also played the best performance of his career with the Mavericks this year, and this year's second-team guards were the last to select Iverson and Kobe, Nash and Kidd are the two point guards on the third team, and the third team is the front of O'O and Pierce, and the center is Mourning.
In this best team, the Boston Celtics were selected a total of two, Maddie and Xiao Ao, and Yao Ming, who went to the third team last year, lost the position of the best team this year because of the decline in data this season, especially the decline in scoring data, which can also be seen that the overall performance of NBA stars this year is actually extremely good, so when this best team is selected, many people are saying that it is a pity that some players are not selected, such as Peja, the second leader of the Kings, Warriors big man Anthony Walker and New York Knicks Marbury and a large number of players, but obviously, this year's best team selection is mainly based on the team's results, the five players in the team Duncan, Maddy, Webb and Carter and Jordan, all from this year's top five, more than 60 victories of the team, which is why Jordan is very controversial to suppress the scoring champion Iverson and the third in the scoring list Kobe Bryant and the second in the assist list Kidd.
Of course, it is inevitable that the media in the United States will complain for many players after the best team list comes out, and even now in the Boston Celtics team, the team's backup guard Arenas is also a little depressed that he was not selected for the best team. The new All-Star can contribute an average of 20.0 points per game this season, is the second leading scorer of the Boston Celtics, if calculated by scoring, he is the team's second man, as the second man of a 72-win team, he will naturally look forward to being selected to the best team, which is different from his expectations, the league's judges and media did not think that he is the second leader of the Boston Celtics, this year's media judges selected the second leader of the Celtics is Xiao Ao, plus this year's NBA guard is indeed very strong, He could only be defeated. Now Arenas's sense of gain and loss and honor is very heavy, which is a good thing and a bad thing for a player, such a player head coach never has to worry about them not being motivated, and the same kind of player head coach will always need to worry about their own emotional regulation, but a little reassuring Zhuang Fei, although the Boston Celtics backup guard is very disappointed, but he is also very open-minded, Even the last sentence of the backup guard even made Zhuang Fei and all the players of the Boston Celtics a little unbearable, the Boston Celtics backup guard actually said, I am destined to be the best defender in the league, this third team is not uncommon for me, my first time will appear in the first team.
Although Arenas is very nervous and arrogant at this time, it is also a good thing, at least the defender's mentality is still normal and unbalanced
May 8, 2003, Boston, North Shore Garden Arena, this is the second game between the Boston Celtics and the Miami Heat, in the last game, the Boston Celtics defeated the fifth team in the East with difficulty, and after the game, Pat Riley said that he still has a secret weapon has always made Zhuang Fei a little concerned, although Pat Riley's untrue declaration can not disrupt Zhuang Fei's deployment, but it can slightly affect Zhuang Fei's deployment that is certain.
"Zhuang, we won't be like the last game in this game, we will definitely win today" Before the start of the game, Pat Riley said to Zhuang Fei with great confidence, and Zhuang Fei looked at his good friend and was a little helpless, but looking at the confidence on the face of this famous handsome Zhuang Fei only smiled slightly.
"I hope you can play better than the last one," Zhuang Fei said with a smile at the end.
"It will," Pat Riley finally nodded vigorously again
Although the Boston Celtics won the last game, the problem of the Boston Celtics in this game still exists, in the face of the Heat's defense, the Boston Celtics' triangle offense is still very difficult, or as long as Maddie's basket on the periphery of this game is not opened, the Boston Celtics will have some difficulty playing any strong interior defense team, especially the interior defense like the Heat is almost the strongest team in the league, plus it is impossible for Zhuang Fei to let the team play the No. 5 tactic at the beginning of the game, Now at the beginning of the game, Mourning and PJ Brown don't have any physical problems, these two people are in their heyday, the No. 5 tactic is estimated to take less than 10 minutes, Yao Ming's mistakes will soar, so Zhuang Fei's strategy in this game is very simple, that is, to fight with the Heat, so that the score of this game has been dragged, as long as the score has been dragged, the difference between the two teams is only between one or two goals, so that the Miami Heat can only fight with the Celtics for a long time, so that Mourning has been on the court, even if the game starts like the last one, It doesn't matter if the Boston Celtics trail by 12 points or more after halftime, as long as they can keep Mourning on the court and drain the veteran's energy, then the Boston Celtics will be under the control of the Boston Celtics in the second half.
So the key to the Celtics in this game is to keep the pressure on the Heat, and the key to the Heat's win is that the team must be able to score in front of the Celtics after Mourning is off, but it must not be like the umbrella tactics in the last game, it is clear that the umbrella tactics are not suitable for dealing with the Boston Celtics, because the team's athleticism is too good, and the Heat themselves do not have an excellent point-sharing guard.
Therefore, although Zhuang Fei did not know what Pat Riley's secret weapon was, Zhuang Fei could also guess that this was a tactic that would allow the Heat to maintain their scoring ability after Mourning's departure. Of course, as for what tactics are, it is estimated that only Pat Riley himself knows
'The game is on, so far, there is no difference between the starting line-ups of the two teams and the last game, it seems that both managers are satisfied with their team's performance in the last game, and the performance of these two teams in the last game was really perfect, hopefully these two teams can still give us a good game today'
In the commentary seat of the North Shore Gardens, TNT's ace commentator also looked forward to it with some anticipation after seeing Little Olli beat Moning to jump the ball, and at this time, his partner Barkley interjected with a smile directly after he finished speaking: "There will definitely be changes, don't forget, what Pat Riley said after the last game, you still don't think Pat Riley's words are a joke", after Barkley finished laughing, Kenny Smith was a little bitter, In the last game, he was very disdainful of what Pat Riley said before the game that he had studied Zhuang Fei for eight years, thinking that the NBA coach was also joking while touting Zhuang Fei, but it was obvious that the actual situation in the last game slapped many people in the face, including Kenny Smith.
"Then let's wait and see," Kenny Smith said helplessly at the end, and Barkley on the side was also extremely happy to see Kenny Smith look deflated like this.
Barkley is in a good mood now, but the process of this game is a little surprising to him, because this game has not changed from the previous game, the Heat is still using the No. 5 tactic on the offensive end, pinching Maddy on the defensive end and pinching the Celtics' triangle offense, and after the start of this game, although the Celtics have been attacking more from the inside out, it is clear that the situation of the game is as favorable as the last game, but the difference between the two teams in this game is not as big as in the last game. It can be said that except for some subtleties, everything is the same as in the last game.
It's just that when Barkley and Kenny Smith were surprised, after 7 minutes of the game, Pat Riley actually removed the team's boss Mourning, and at this time the Heat was only 3 points ahead of the Celtics, and in this case, removing Mourning almost meant giving up the lead. And when Pat Riley replaced Brown and Mourning for the two again, Zhuang Fei on the Boston Celtics bench was directly stunned.
"That's what he says belongs to him? No wonder." (To be continued)
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