Chapter 105: Adelman's Shipwreck
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"I really didn't expect the Rockets to lose two games in a row to the Trail Blazers" Stephen Green said with mixed feelings, and what made him even more unexpected was that Scott Pippen actually scored 3 points on 0 of 7 shots in the second game only by making free throws, and Olajuwon was not much better than Scott Pippen, 8 points and 5 boards on 3 of 10 shots.
"The two of them are too tired, to be honest, the shrinking season is the most harmful to the Rockets, and in this case, the aggressiveness of these two is not enough, you look at Charles Barkley, 22 points and 19 rebounds, it can be said that this year's veteran contract extension Sir Barkley is the most hungry player for the Rockets" Zhuang Fei shook his head, also a little helpless, Olajuwon and Pippen are in a really bad state, if Zhuang Fei did not predict the mistake, the Rockets have begun to regret the tens of millions of annual salary they provided to Pippen.
"Coach, look at this, Reggie Miller actually shot 16 three-pointers in this game, will this be the record of NBA playoffs three-point shots" Now on TV, ABC is summarizing the three playoff games before May 11th, Reggie Miller shot 16 three-pointers today, but only scored 3, one of these three is a kill, and Ray Allen, who is opposite him, although 5 of 9 three-pointers, but missed the last shot.
"For shè hands of their level, everything is possible, even if they miss all the shots in front of them, they can't relax in the slightest" Zhuang Fei remembered the evaluation of Ray Allen by others in later generations, and now Zhuang Fei gave this evaluation to Reggie Miller as it was, and Green next to Zhuang Fei also nodded thoughtfully.
"Now that the Trail Blazers and Pacers have got match points, plus we have the Jazz and the Hawks, and now there are 5 2-0 matchups in 8 matchups, it looks like this year's playoffs may be a little less competitive"
"You can't say that, you see Miami and the Knicks, the Grizzlies and the Spurs are not playing very intensely, this year's game is very abnormal, everything is possible in the shortened season," Zhuang Fei said with a smile.
"Does the coach mean that the first place in the East and West will fall in the first round this year?" Green asked, surprised.
"I didn't say that, but it's not impossible, although the content of these two games is different, but they are between the first line, I am very interested in this round of the 76ers and the Magic, the little man of the 76ers is very much to my liking, he is a very xìng player, very similar to Kevin"
"This year, he and Vince grabbed the scoring title very fiercely, but in the end he still lost to Vince, I remember the last game was his first playoff game he scored 40 points alone, led the team to defeat the Magic in the second place in the East, and also broke the league's player first playoff scoring record, but within a day, this record was broken by Vince, today's game can obviously be seen that he is playing with a strong intention to score, 34 shots 12, the score is just 40 points, Forty points in two consecutive playoff games, he set another record, but his team lost, and his shooting efficiency was much worse than Vince's" Green smiled and said, it is clear that he is more optimistic about Carter in the open and dark battle between Vince Carter and Allen Iverson.
"For Iverson, he has always been the best outside player of the NBA young generation, and now that there is one more Carter, he will naturally not admit defeat, such a competition will be interesting, and it can motivate the blood of the players, and now the competition between the two is just a prelude, and maybe more people will join the ranks in the future." Zhuang Fei fell into the memory. Carter and Iverson have already shown their grandeur, and Maddy, who is younger than these two, Kobe Bryant has also begun to emerge, and then to the entry of the golden three guns of the 03 generation, this era of outside madness is coming.
"I really didn't expect the Spurs to use the Jordan rule on Carter in this game" Zhuang Fei looked at Carter with a lost face on the TV and felt a little distressed, this teenager met ** Vicky prematurely, I don't know if it's a blessing or a curse, who is ** Vicky? The NBA's most famous head coach who will stop at nothing to win. It's not an exaggeration to say he's Bruce Bowen among coaches.
"The Spurs had a total of 34 fouls in this game, including 6 by Sean Elliott, 6 by Mario Eli, and 5 by Steve Kerr, all of whom were fouls to stop Vince in this game" Green was also a little surprised.
Zhuang Fei nodded, the first rule of Jordan is to defend Jordan one-on-one with one person, disrupt Jordan's offensive rhythm with constant fouls, and then strangle the other players of the Bulls. Not only is it very skillful, but it is also more ruthless than the piston, and it is more targeted.
"How many free throws did Vince make in this game?" Zhuang Fei turned around and asked, he only paid attention to Carter just now, and forgot to look at the statistics below the players.
"34 times, tied Chamberlain's playoff record for free throws, Vince made 30 of 34 free throws, but only shot 6 of 19 and scored 44 points."
"** Vicky is really ruthless, a perimeter player has almost broken Chamberlain's free throw record" Zhuang Fei shook his head and said, but this game ** Vicky's change has obviously achieved a great effect, Carter's shooting rhythm was completely disrupted, and the Grizzlies only scored 71 points as a team, and the Spurs only scored 77 points in the end
"Catino, congratulations on winning the NBA's Sixth Man of the Year"
"Thank you" Mobley excitedly stroked the Little Bronze Man trophy for the best sixth man, and his tone was a little choked.
On the morning of May 12, the league announced the league's Sixth Man of the Season, with the Timberwolves' Catino Mobley beating Darrell Armstrong of the Magic. Darrell can contribute 14 points per game this season, while Mobley only has 12 points, before the award is announced, many people are optimistic about Darrell with better personal data, after all, the Magic have a good record this season, although not as good as the Timberwolves, but it is also ranked second in the East, and the Timberwolves' second in the West. But the end result was a big surprise, Mobley defeated Darrell in an upset, becoming the first player in NBA history to win the Sixth Man of the Year in his rookie season, and with this honor and record, Mobley will become a member of the great history of the NBA.
"I'm very happy to join the Timberwolves, I'm lucky to meet the coach, without the coach I wouldn't have everything I am now, he gave me confidence and opportunities" Zhuang Fei looked at Mobley with tears of joy He was also a little excited, after all, this is the first time that his player has won an NBA individual honor, the dynasty point has been added by 500 at once, and a small best sixth man has been added by 500, so what about other honors? This made Zhuang Fei have infinite reverie.
"Mr. Zhuang, do you have any plans to let Mobley play as a starter next season" At this time, a reporter on the court asked, everyone present looked at Zhuang Fei, hoping to see how he answered, this question is not easy to answer, a bad one is likely to cause conflicts within the Timberwolves, for NBA players, few people are willing to play on the bench all the time, let alone a talented young man like Mobley. But it's clear that in the eyes of reporters, Mobley is a better fit for the starting position than Jackson. It would be nice to take this opportunity to provoke a conflict between Mobley and Jackson.
Zhuang Fei smiled slightly, and then said: "When Catino surpasses our general manager and wins the three best sixth man little bronze man, I will let him play the starter" After speaking, Zhuang Fei also looked at Mobley with encouraging eyes.
"I will definitely work hard" Mobley was stunned for a moment when he heard Zhuang Fei compare him with McHale, and finally he was ecstatic and nodded his head in agreement.
The reporters off the field were a little disappointed that they failed to provoke conflicts within the Timberwolves, the Chinese have really strong control over the Timberwolves locker room, and the language arts are as good as ever.
The rout in the first two games made the head coach of the Kings Adelman very anxious and helpless, and also made the Kings players very injured, this is not their real level, they have no way to show their full level, this sense of powerlessness is the most torturous thing, especially in the last game, the Kings took the initiative to seek a change of formation in exchange for a bigger loss, which also made them even more uneasy.
Adelman was figuring out a way, thinking about how to play this game all the time.
At 9 p.m. on May 12, although the Kings were on the verge of collapse, it was clear that the Kings fans had not abandoned the team, the Arco Arena was still full, and this season's Kings played beautifully, watched and performed well, and they have regained the hearts of Sacramento fans.
"Coach Zhang, the Kings seem to have a new change in the starting lineup in this game," Mr. Xu said to Coach Zhang in the CCTV broadcast room.
"Yes, in this game, Yugoslav Pejastojakovic was put into the starting lineup, and Joan Barry was also put in the starting lineup by Adelman, Joan Barry's father is the NBA legend Rick Barry, these two players have started a total of one game in the past season" Director Zhang said in surprise, the change of players, is the king already in danger to this extent.
Zhuang Fei looked at the Kings starters on the court who were warming up before the game, and a slight smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
"Adelman has finally found his own way, and finally stopped dwelling on defense, so this kind of game is interesting" Zhuang Fei couldn't help but look at Adelman, this may be an opportunity for the king to transform.
This game will be an absolutely different game from the previous two, however, we will definitely not lose, Zhuang Fei thought to himself.