(Some book friends seem to have doubts about the sharp drop in oil prices caused by the Iraq war in the book, and the fisherman explains here that during the period from 2002 to 2003, the world, especially the Middle East, was shrouded in the shadow of war, and many Middle Eastern countries were extremely disgusted by the United States' behavior against Iraq, especially the United States' naked meddling in their oil market. As long as the United States dares to take action, they can reduce oil production, so that the world into stagnation, although such words are more like a threat, but the effect in the oil market is very good, just in 2002-2003 February, the price of global oil futures soared from 26 US dollars a barrel all the way to nearly 40 US dollars a barrel, it can be said that when the US-Iraq war broke out, the price of oil was extremely inflated, it can be said that at that time most of the financial giants were waiting for the outbreak of war, and then crazy short oil futures, In fact, no one will think that this war is a protracted war, and when the United States officially launched its first Tomahawk missile, those countries in the Middle East will no longer threaten, because the threat is no longer useful, and the world's financiers also believe that as long as the United States controls Iraq, all Iraq's oil will be handed over to American oil companies for exploitation, according to the efficiency of American oil companies. Iraq will only increase production, and on the day of the outbreak of war, OPEC announced that all member countries would work overtime to maintain oil supply without problems, in this case, the price of oil fell from $40 to $25 almost overnight, but many people did not expect that the United States would drag on in Iraq for 10 years, directly dragging down this superpower, the fisherman is not a student of finance, and he knows little about finance, but even so, The fisherman still thinks that he is a very attentive author, that is, the fisherman has checked these materials for a long time, for the fisherman, this is a basketball book, the fisherman just rarely sells these things that are not basketball in the body of the book, because these things are too much, and finally the fisherman adds, if you want the war to start, the price of oil will soar, and there is only one possible war, that is, the world war)

"I didn't expect the Grizzlies to lose to the Spurs and Timberwolves on the road in a row, which is really rare."

When Zhuang Fei returned to Boston from the Northwest with the Boston Celtics players, he was a little surprised to get the news that his biggest opponent in the regular season this season, the Vancouver Grizzlies, was defeated by the Spurs and Lakers in the course of his last long-distance trip to the West this season. It can be said that the team's performance this season has been extremely consistent, even if they lost Rashid Wallace and Artest, in this case, Zhuang Fei really did not think that he thought that he was the strongest opponent this season, and last year's NBA championship winner actually made such a mistake in the final period.

"Coach, it seems from the moment that this team has a problem with the interior defense, this team has lost three games so far, whether it is the Portland Trail Blazers or the Minnesota Timberwolves or the Spurs, these teams have a strong interior combination with extremely strong offensive power, and it is clear that as far as the current Grizzlies are concerned, they have exposed their biggest problems"

Just after Zhuang Fei sighed, the team's assistant coach Stephen Green also nodded deeply and said, he is more familiar with the current NBA strong teams, judging from the last few games, although the Grizzlies' big Ben has become more and more outstanding because of his recent performance, resulting in the value of this interior defensive player is also rising, according to the characteristics of this player, the current Grizzlies' defensive player, although the data is very good, but as far as the current Grizzlies' defensive players are concerned, It is also extremely unrealistic to wrestle with major teams with super big men by themselves, and it is necessary to go to the current big book really can't get Ao Fat, in the NBA, although the interior center is withering, but it is not necessarily in the position of the big forward. In this case, it is not so surprising that the Grizzlies have such a game with a very obvious contrast between the front and back, and for now, the interior line of the Timberwolves and the Lakers is really excellent, at least in terms of lethality, it can definitely give the Grizzlies a pot.

"Well, now it seems that Jerry West needs to find a new way, but it's good news for us" Finally, Zhuang Fei also nodded with a smile, recently the NBA has reached the closing stage, as far as this season's NBA is concerned, although the game has reached this point, but the significance of each game is not a lot at all, in fact, many times in the past, when the NBA played to this time, many teams have begun to adjust the state for the playoffs, but this year, But this is rarely the case, and even the Wizards, who have already been out of the competition for the first place in advance, are still very important for the regular season, because the team is now using the regular season to hone the team's young interior line. It can be said that in this case, for the Grizzlies, who have lost two games in a row and have fallen behind the Boston Cels by two games, although they will not directly give up the next game, it is unlikely that they want to catch up with Zhuang Fei's Boston Celtics in the next 10 games, after all, as long as the Boston Celtics do not make too many mistakes, there is basically no possibility of collapse, of course, for the Grizzlies, from the perspective of the situation in the league, Even if you don't have home-court advantage against the Boston Celtics, it's good to have a play-field advantage against other teams. It's just that the premise must be to be able to solve the situation of how this team faces the opponent's two powerful twin towers in a small lineup in the next game.

"It's just that this grizzly bear didn't have such a problem when facing such a large-scale ban, but now it is, it's really not very real" Looking at Zhuang Fei's free and easy expression, Green shook his head with a sigh, since several strong teams sprinted this year, Green has studied the Grizzly bear can be said to be the most studied, in this case, when the opponent he knows best collapses like this, the assistant coach is not too happy.

"Maybe this is also a very good thing for the grizzly bears, now they are more relaxed and free, and we need to continue to carry the burden now" Zhuang Fei looked at his assistant and said with a smile on his face now, and hearing Zhuang Fei's comfort, Green also smiled slightly.

The Vancouver Grizzlies collapsed, which is naturally good news for the Boston Celtics, but even so, Zhuang Fei knows that he and the team must be able to maintain this momentum, although there are not many games left. But there are still ten games left, and in this case, there must be no mistakes.

On March 27, 2003, at the Huā Park Arena on the North Shore of Boston, the Boston Celtics hosted the eighth Golden State Warriors in the West, this game has some special significance for the Boston Celtics, the boss of the Warriors, Anthony Walker is the boss of the former Boston Celtics, so before this game, some places on the North Shore Huā Park actually burst into some applause, it is obvious that although the Boston Celtics are doing very well, The team also has a new core of players, but for the former boss, although when he was in Boston, most fans looked down on his laziness and arrogance, but now after the passage of time, it is completely possible to let go of these, compared to Anthony Walker's hopes and expectations. And this player can be regarded as the memory of Boston Celtics fans for more than 5 years.

It's just that when the Boston fans are showing favor to the Warriors, the new Warriors don't have the slightest smile, and it can be said that they don't look at the actions of the fans at the scene or don't feel the need at all.

And in fact, for Anthony Walker, he really doesn't want the applause of the Boston Celtics fans now, which will make him feel that this is a sympathetic applause, for him, he hopes more that he can knead the Boston Celtics here, and then stomp Maddie under his feet, and then all the Boston Celtics fans in the scene booed him, for Anthony Walker, this is the script of his dreams, and he doesn't need the applause of the North Shore Huā Park at all now.

It's just that what makes the current Warriors boss very painful is that although he really wants to take revenge in this place, but now he doesn't have such confidence at all when he thinks of the last game between the two teams, that game in Golden State, Maddie's strength in front of him makes him very frustrated, it can be said that now this Maddie can clearly feel that he is not on the same level as him, and even this has always been called' Bird's Anthony Walker was even thinking that Maddie was now closer to Larry Bird's level than he was, and that he himself was completely left behind. Sometimes when a person finds that the person who has been regarded as his biggest opponent is far beyond his imagination, different people have different choices, just like Pierce of the Timberwolves found that Carter's strength was completely beyond his imagination, he began to slowly learn to adapt to this sense of disparity, although now he is far from Carter, but a stable superstar in the League of Beasts, All-Star starter and best team regular, it can be said that he has played his own world, Pierce was able to switch his mood and start over, but not for Anthony Walker, the Warriors star who had been almost constantly wallowing in the shadow of his previous crushing defeat to Maddy, and could even say completely trapped.

And because of this, the Warriors, who were once ranked sixth in the West, fell to eighth after the latest series of losses, and have been surpassed by the Trail Blazers and Lakers in a row.

So after the start of this game, the Warriors' emotional problems were quickly reflected in the game, this Warriors have players who can change the situation of the game, especially the two leading players of this team, Larry Hughes and Anthony Walker, it can be said that even if they can't beat the Boston Celtics, they can also create enough trouble for this team, but what people didn't expect is that this team has no desire to resist at all now, it can be said that it started when the referee's whistle blew and threw the basketball into the air, This team has already lost.

And after this game, the huge score difference of 125 to 90 displayed on the North Shore Huā Park scoreboard was also particularly eye-catching, at least for Boston Celtics fans, such a margin was extremely happy for them. It's just that after this game, Zhuang Fei looked at Anthony Walker's extremely lost and confused back when he left the court, and he was also a little helpless.

"I hope he doesn't sink like this" Although Zhuang Fei is not a fan of Mr. Walker, he still appreciates the talent of this player, as long as this little Bird is willing to work hard, there is no problem in bringing a team to the playoffs, although he cannot become a real Bird, but he can definitely become a first-line star in the league. It's just that at this time, Zhuang Fei mentally sighed that this player must not be able to hear it, because now the striker is thinking about the fact that this game was also blown up by Maddie.

And just after the Boston Celtics defeated the Warriors at home, on the same day, the Kings lost to the Lakers on the road, and it was a two-game losing streak in two consecutive home and away games.

The recent performance of this Los Angeles team may make most of the strong teams in the West tremble, especially the Timberwolves, who have already secured their fourth spot. (To be continued)

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