In February, before the Star Weekend, the Wizards defeated the Magic at home and away, and the Nets on the road.
In order to help Danzi compete for the scoring title, on the 2nd and 4th, in these two games against the Wizards, the Magic's number one star McGrady became a thorn in the side of Artest and others.
During the game, McGrady was manipulated by the Wizards' front line, and he didn't understand. What did he do wrong to be targeted by the Wizards in this way?
Why do you just "look away" when you don't agree with someone, and always move people to attack you? If you dare to break into the inside, you have to pay the price of "breaking your legs"...
In these two games, Tracy McGrady, who scored 11 and 10 points respectively, discovered that as long as he is not thinking about scoring on the court, the Wizards forward is a good friend with him.
But as long as he dares to think about scoring...
That’s it!
Bro, I can't afford to offend you, why can't I hide?
Before the two games against the Wizards, McGrady, who leads the NBA in scoring average, has played in 38 games for the Magic this season, averaging 32 points per game.
But after these two games with the Wizards, he played a total of 40 games for the Magic, but his scoring average quickly dropped to 30.9 points per game.
In Wang Shuo's view, with the Wizards still having two games to play against the Magic in the regular season, the Wizards must seize the opportunity in these last two games to reduce the difficulty of winning the scoring title.
Let’s have another hard time with the four shooting guards!
On the 7th, Celebrity Weekend officially kicked off in Atlanta.
Since no one from the Wizards team participated in this year's Rookie Challenge, Wang Shuo didn't arrive in Atlanta until the 8th with the Wizards players participating in this year's All-Star Weekend.
This year, in addition to Jordan and Gasol being shortlisted for the Eastern Stars' starting lineup, Artest and Hamilton have also been shortlisted for the Eastern Stars' bench for two consecutive years.
On the 8th, compared to last year, the individual challenges of this year’s Star Weekend obviously received less attention.
Wallace, the defending dunk contest champion, did not sign up for this year's dunk contest.
The reason is that there is a sad atmosphere in the Wizards this season, and Wallace has no intention of participating.
Originally, Hamilton was still thinking about signing up for the three-point shooting contest.
But just thinking about it, his idol will say goodbye to NBA soon...
Hamilton completely lost his desire to participate in the three-point contest.
As for the Atlanta scene, I don't know if the Wizards were infected with this sad atmosphere, so that the fans at the scene on the evening of the 8th were not interested in the three-point contest and dunk contest.
On the 9th, during the main game of Star Weekend, in the afternoon, before the team practiced together, many Eastern Star players found Wang Shuo privately and expressed their willingness to assist Jordan in the evening game.
certainly......
Carter was the only exception.
In this regard, after Wang Shuo conveyed everyone's opinions to Jordan, although Jordan "repeatedly declined," he finally accepted everyone's kindness "reluctantly."
In Wang Shuo's previous life, in the original All-Star Game, Jordan, who took 27 shots and only hit 9 of them, was definitely an undercover agent placed by the Western Star Team on the Eastern Star Team.
However, in this life, Jordan, who had been fed out by his teammates in recent games, was forced to cry in the game on the evening of the 9th. Those who had traveled thousands of miles from all over the world rushed to Atlanta to watch his last full game. Star performance by Joe Mi.
Jordan made 16 of 35 shots in the game, including free throws, and scored a total of 39 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 assists for the Eastern Stars.
The only regret is that this Western Conference star team led by Nelson did not repeat the mistakes of last year.
During the game, Jordan's little fan Kobe Bryant successfully stole the limelight.
Kobe, who scored a total of 38 points, 7 rebounds, and 2 assists for the Western Stars, led the Western Stars to a 151-144 victory that night and was also successfully elected as this year's All-Star Game MVP.
Regarding this, even though Jordan had already hammered Kobe countless times in his heart, in an interview after the game, Jordan still said very generously: "I think this is the torch inheritance that the NBA has been emphasizing.
Kobe is the player most similar to me in the NBA currently, and I am very optimistic about his future. "
Ah!
I can't beat you, but I can't say you are like me?
Wait, little Kobe, if you have the ability, go to the finals with the Lakers again this year, and see how I let my group of second-in-commands deal with you then!
As the head coach of the Eastern Stars, Wang Shuo also praised Kobe's performance in an interview: "I wouldn't say that Kobe is the player most likely to be close to Michael in terms of achievements among all the young players in the future, but I think this That’s the truth.”
At this moment, Wang Shuo did not compliment Kobe.
Because in his memory, after completing three consecutive championships with O'Neal, Kobe later won two more championships. He was indeed the NBA player closest to Jordan in the total number of championships before he traveled through time.
In addition, Kobe also surpassed many great players in the total number of hits in his career, and finally topped the NBA's historical hit list.
To be honest, if Kobe hadn't been plagued by injuries later and only played 107 games in the last three seasons of his career, his achievements in the blacksmithing record would have been even higher.
After the Star Weekend, in February, Wang Shuo led the Wizards to visit the Aerospace City and played a "Chinese Derby" with Xiao Yao.
Unfortunately, Yao performed poorly in this game, only scoring 12 points and 7 rebounds.
No idea.
Even if Wang Shuo helped Xiao Yao with special training last summer, the current Xiao Yao is no match for Gasol, who entered the NBA a year earlier than him.
In the game, Gasol, who scored 20 points and 10 rebounds for the Wizards, had it not been for helping Danzi win the assists title, with the addition of the Wizards' tactical system, Yao would have been beaten even worse by him.
After the game, when treating Wang Shuo to a late-night snack, Xiao Yao said with an aggrieved face: "How do I feel that this game is like playing against Dazhi..."
Hearing this, Wang Shuo was happy and said: "Paul entered the NBA a year earlier than you. If you really want to catch up with or even surpass him in the future, then you have to work harder."
Yao Ming nodded and said: "By the way, Brother Wang, my team suggested that I gain weight this summer, but I remember that Tim Grover warned me during the special training in Washington last summer, It is best for me to maintain my current weight, and even if I want to gain weight in the future, it should not exceed 137 kilograms."
Looking at Yao Ming, Wang Shuo knew that he would not be able to escape what was coming.
In fact, in Wang Shuo's memory, the reason why Yao Ming was crushed by his weight in the future was not entirely the fault of Houston and Van Gundy.
Because as a "player-protecting" head coach, Van Gundy knows how to develop players?
As for Houston…
As long as Yao Ming can score on the court, do they care whether Yao Ming weighs 140 kg or 145 kg?
In the future, the blame for Yao Ming's weight loss will mostly be dumped on Houston and Van Gundy, mainly because some people don't want to take the blame for Yao Ming's short career and poor career planning.
So, at this moment, Wang Shuo said angrily: "How many people in your team dare to pat their chests and guarantee that they are more professional than Tim Grover?
Tim has coached Jordan, McGrady, Kobe, and indirectly coached Malone and Olajuwon. Doesn’t he understand your physical condition better than those on your team? "
Seeing Wang Shuo who was suddenly ignited by him, Xiao Yao quickly said: "Brother Wang, don't be angry yet. In fact, I also think we should listen to Tim Grover.
Anyway, after I play this year, if you have to say I don't like to play against anyone, then I probably don't like playing against Gasol even more than O'Neal.
If I continue to gain weight in the future, I don't know how I'll be able to keep up with Gasol. "
Hearing this, Wang Shuo breathed a sigh of relief and said, "If you still want to improve this summer, I will continue to ask Tim to tutor you."
Xiao Yao was overjoyed and said: "That's great. Although it's hard to practice with him, I feel that one month of practicing with him is equivalent to three months of my usual practice."
Then, Yao Ming talked to Wang Shuo about his team's hope that he could buy a house in Houston and settle down.
"What do you think?" Wang Shuo asked.
"I usually don't go out much in Houston...but to be honest, I think Houston is just like that." Xiao Yao said.
Looking at Xiao Yao, Wang Shuo always felt that Xiao Yao didn't seem to want to buy a house in Houston. This was completely different from what he remembered.
However, what Wang Shuo didn't know was...
The reason why Xiao Yao didn't want to buy a house in Houston was because after being in contact with Wang Shuo for a long time, he had a bold idea in his heart.
What if...
If I want to join Wang Shuo after I leave Houston in the future, I will have to sell my house. How inconvenient is that?
In late February, in addition to visiting Houston, Wang Shuo also led the team to visit San Antonio.
And that night, we had another late-night snack from Batter.
Compared with last season, Bruce Bowen was as clean as he could be in this game.
result......
Since returning against the Knicks on January 14, Boss Joe delivered his most beautiful report card on this night:
He made 16 of 25 shots and 10 of 10 free throws, totaling 42 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists for the team.
However, Sima Bobo was still showing off his criticizing face on the sidelines as always.
However, when Artest happened to pass by the Spurs bench several times, Wang Shuo noticed the nervous expression on Sima Bobo's face at that time.
As if he was afraid that Artest would bump into him.
After the war in February, in March, Boss Joe, who was not willing to let his little brother Kobe Bryant lead the NBA single-game rankings, took 40 shots in a single game when the Wizards were away to challenge the Celtics, and only made one hit. 11 goal feat.
Because in the game against the Celtics on November 7 last year, Kobe had already topped the NBA history single-game shooting list with an outstanding performance of 17 of 47 shots.
So this night, watching Jordan hit 29 irons at the North Shore Garden Arena...
Celtics fans always feel like their stadium is poisonous...
No, we in Boston... are actually not that short of steel. You really don't need to work so hard to increase our steel production.
In fact, the reason why Jordan dared to throw so frantically in this game was mainly because the Celtics, who only pursued happiness, also used iron to pay tribute to him during the game.
Because the Wizards never felt pressure on the court, Jordan dared to brush up his scoring data so blatantly.
Gasol was so happy in this game.
He grabbed a total of 25 rebounds for the Wizards in the entire game, easily breaking his career single-game rebound record.
In late March, as the regular season of the 2002/03 season officially entered the final sprint stage, the entire Wizards team began to help Jordan improve his statistics in the game without any bottom line.
By the time the Wizards challenged the Magic in Orlando on the evening of the 27th, Jordan's scoring average this season had reached 30.1 points.
McGrady leads the league in scoring with an average of 30.4 points per game.
Perhaps it was because he was beaten by the Wizards in February and lost his touch. After the All-Star Weekend, McGrady seemed to have lost his form at the beginning of the season.
On the evening of the 27th, in order to help Boss Joe ascend to the scoring title for the eleventh time, Tracy McGrady was once again severely beaten by Artest and others.
In fact, as the season went on, McGrady had a rough idea of why the Wizards were targeting him so much.
Can......
How should I describe the feel of this thing...
Before you take action, no one knows whether you can get in. Only after you take action can you know the answer.
This night in Orlando, McGrady gave up resistance.
On the sidelines, Wang Shuo couldn't help but let out a long sigh when he noticed McGrady's always depressed mood.
Because even though he has that incredible performance of 35 seconds and 13 minutes in his memory, McGrady is indeed not as persistent in character as Kobe.
If Wang Shuo remembers correctly, it was in the playoffs of the 2002/03 season that McGrady suffered a reversal from the Pistons when the Magic led the Pistons by a big score of 3-1.
Then afterwards, he would say the classic saying, "If it were last year, I would already be thinking about my opponents in the next round."
Always missing a breath at critical moments, in Wang Shuo's view, is undoubtedly a major weakness of McGrady's character.
And this is destined to make it difficult for him to surpass his good friend in terms of achievements in the future, who could hit the court 50 times until the last game of his career.
but......
For Boss Joe, who aims to become the scoring champion, McGrady's character is definitely a big plus.
Because if it were Kobe who competed with Jordan for the scoring title, I'm afraid that even if he smashed the rim, he would still be in first place.
Speaking of which, it is also affected by changes in historical trajectory. Kobe, who was originally expected to average 30 points per game for the Lakers this season, is currently averaging only 27.5 points per game this season.
The reason why Kobe's points per game have dropped is not because he is not strong enough, but because after being defeated by the Wizards for three consecutive championships last year, he and O'Neal are now in a new honeymoon period.
After March, the Wizards have lost exactly 15 games this season in order to give Jordan the scoring title.
In April, Boss Qiao’s madness continued.
On the 2nd, when the Wizards lost to the Kings, Jordan made 12 of 37 shots. Including free throws, Jordan scored 31 points, 5 assists, and 4 rebounds for the team.
On the 3rd, the Wizards faced the Hawks back-to-back. Boss Joe's touch improved this time. He made 15 of 34 shots from the field. Including free throws, he scored 39 points, 4 assists, and 4 rebounds for the team.
On the 6th, the Wizards sat at the McI Center to face the Celtics again. This time, Boss Joe did not repeat the same mistakes, but made an outstanding performance of 16 of 35 shots. Counting free throws, he scored a total of 41 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 rebounds for the team. 3 assists.
On the 8th, the Wizards continued to sit at the McI Center at home to face the Cavaliers who were waiting for the arrival of "that man".
On this night, facing the Cavaliers who had already wanted to fast forward to next season, Boss Joe showed no mercy and made 18 of 37 shots from the field. Counting free throws, he scored a total of 45 points, 6 rebounds, and 2 assists for the team this night.
At the same time, the 45 points scored in a single game also set a new personal scoring high for Jordan this season.
On the 9th, the Wizards faced the Nets back-to-back. Facing his junior Carter, Boss Joe made 14 of 30 shots, including free throws, and scored a total of 35 points, 4 rebounds, and 3 assists for the team.
On the 11th, the Wizards went to Miami to challenge the Heat.
Riley, who has always been deeply in love with Danzi, gave Boss Joe a favor. During the game, Sean Lampley and Jordan were playing against each other for the whole game, which made Barkley look confused and said: "Why? What if the Heat don't use Eddie Jones or Caron Butler to guard Michael?"
Don't ask, the question is that Jordan, Wang Shuo, and Riley are waiting for the 03 golden generation this season, so why does he embarrass the Wizards and Jordan?
In this game, Jordan made 17 of 31 shots, including free throws, and scored a total of 44 points, 4 rebounds, and 3 assists.
On the 12th, the Wizards challenged the Raptors back-to-back. This time, affected by the back-to-back, even if the Raptors' forward line was not strong, Jordan was not in the same state as when he played the Heat.
Jordan, who made only 9 of 31 shots in the game, only scored 23 points, 5 rebounds, and 2 assists including free throws.
Fortunately, on the 14th, during the Wizards' second visit to Madison Square Garden this season, Jordan regained his feeling for the game in front of New York fans.
In loyal New York, Danzi made 16 of 33 shots, including free throws, and scored 40 points, 5 rebounds, and 2 assists like a miracle.
On the 16th, in the Wizards' final game of the season, facing the 76ers, Jordan's performance was average and he only scored 20 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 assists.
But on the same day, because McGrady failed to complete the counterattack against Boss Joe in the final game like Robinson did, Boss Joe also officially locked up the scoring title this season!
In the 2002\/03 season, Michael Jordan played a total of 46 games for the Wizards, averaging 31.1 points, 5.1 rebounds, 3.8 assists, 1.0 steals, and 0.4 blocks per game for the team.
Although Boss Joe's rebounds and assists have dropped significantly compared to last season, he is still averaging 31.1 points per game in the NbA at the age of 40...
It can be said that it shocked the world.
Although in these 46 games with the Wizards, Jordan shot only 43.8%...
But as Wang Shuo said, compared to the iron that Boss Qiao hit on the court, people are more concerned about the fact that at the age of 40, he can still throw more than 30 times on the court.
There is no doubt that if Jordan's attendance rate this season is the same as last season, this is definitely an impossible task.
But after only playing 46 games, he doesn't have to worry about his physical fitness not being able to keep up, plus a group of teammates who will do whatever it takes to help him improve his statistics...
But it once again refreshed people's understanding of basketball.
After the regular season, the Wizards, who were trying to help Jordan with statistics, only achieved a "poor record" of 61 wins and 21 losses this year.
But even if the record is "bad", 61 wins are enough for the Wizards to be first in the Eastern Conference and first in the league in the regular season.
After the regular season, the NbA playoff matchups for the 2002/03 season have been released:
The matchups in the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs are as follows:
Wizards vs. Magic, Pistons vs. Celtics, Nets vs. Hornets, Pacers vs. 76ers.
The matchups in the first round of the Western Conference playoffs are as follows:
Spurs vs. Houston, Kings vs. Jazz, Mavericks vs. Trail Blazers, Lakers vs. Timberwolves.
As the trajectory of history has been completely disrupted, this year's playoff matchups have also changed a lot from what Wang Shuo remembered.
First of all, due to the impact of trading away Ray Allen in exchange for Stackhouse, the Bucks successfully dived all the way to the championship under the leadership of this Jordan junior, and ultimately missed the playoffs.
And this also gives the "Artests" a chance to beat McGrady again in the playoffs.
In addition, due to the special training last year, Xiao Yao adapted to the NBA earlier, and Houston also successfully caught the last train of the playoffs, edging out the Phoenix Suns.
Even though, during the regular season this season, the Lakers' performance was somewhat unsatisfactory...
But at the last minute, they overtook the Timberwolves in record, but it was not because of the conflict between "oK" and O'Neal's injury that caused their poor record...
Just because "oK" became smarter, they teamed up to start the "Wiggins Mode" in the regular season.
With the successful conclusion of the regular season, on the 17th, NBA also officially announced the data kings.
In this era without the "Rondo Rule", Jordan, who only played 46 games for the Wizards, won the NbA scoring title for the eleventh time in his career.
Moreover, he also became the oldest player in NBA history when receiving this honor.
In the future, this achievement may become the most difficult one to break among the many records Jordan left in the NBA.
Because after this season, Stern is already seriously considering whether to introduce a "Jordan Rule" to avoid the situation of winning a single data king after playing only half a season.
Once the "Jordan Rules" are successfully passed, in the future, who can win the NBA scoring title at the age of 40?
In addition to Boss Joe's success in robbing McGrady, in the rebounding list, Ben averaged 15.4 rebounds per game, defending the rebounding title with a high profile.
It's a pity that no matter how powerful Ben is in the penalty area of both the enemy and ours this season, he is destined to become Yao Ming's background.
Because this season, when facing Yao Ming, Big Ben successfully contributed the legendary animated picture called "Big Ben was beaten by Yao Ming into Iverson.GIF" for future NBA fans.
I felt sorry for Big Ben for three seconds.
As for the assists king, it was Kidd who averaged 9.8 assists per game.
This season, with Carter, a flying man who has never been kicked by Bowen, Kidd usually uses alley-oops to get assists.
But even so, he failed to surpass Boss Joe last season.
Facts have proved that the sewer is the eternal god!
In addition, the league's blocks and steals title in the 2002/03 season were taken away by Theo Ratliff and Artest respectively.
…
On April 20, the Wizards officially started their playoff journey this year at home.
As the first round of the NBA playoffs officially changed to a seven-game format, after entering the playoffs, the Wizards, who no longer had to help Boss Joe with statistics, immediately exposed their ferocious and ferocious side.
McGrady couldn't penetrate this Wizards' wing defense.
After four games, 78-108, 80-118, 121-90, 128-70.
The Wizards, who beat the Magic by an average of 39.3 points per game, brutally tormented Tracy McGrady and all the Magic players physically and mentally on the court, and also created history in the fourth game between the two teams.
In this game, the Wizards created a 58-point winning margin in the game, which not only tied the record for the largest winning margin in the NBA playoffs set by the Lakers in 1956.
At the same time, this campaign also set the record for the largest single-game loss in the history of the Magic.
Unfortunately, in this life, McGrady will not have the chance to say that classic quote.
But in the future, if there is a chance, he can share his experience of losing to his opponent by 58 points in a single game while chatting with Paul about which one of them can miss the ball better at critical moments.
After sweeping the Magic with a 4-0 score, what was slightly better than last year was that this year, the Wizards only had to wait a week before they met their conference semifinal opponents.
The Philadelphia 76ers, led by Larry Brown.
Before the game, Larry Brown, who no longer dared to confront Wang Shuo, chose to keep a low profile this time.
In Larry Brown's view, it is still unclear who will win this round of playoffs.
Therefore, he can wait until the 76ers step on the Wizards' corpse to advance, and then fight back against Wang Shuo.
Then......
72 to 102, 79 to 101, 98 to 68, 85 to 65.
If you don’t understand, just ask him, where did Larry Brown get the confidence to dare to defend against this Wizards?
In this series, the 76ers have been tortured by the Wizards' defense.
Because on the court, in the four-game series, the 76ers players were either on their way to pay tribute to Kobe, or they had already completed their tribute to Kobe.
After the game, in an interview, Wang Shuo did not show mercy to Larry Brown, "I don't know when people will take off my label of 'offensive coach'.
You really don’t know that in the past two seasons, the NBA’s best defensive team is the Washington Wizards, right?
It seems that I will have to learn more from Coach Larry Brown in the future, because in this league, people really prefer a head coach who can brag rather than his strength. "
In this life, Larry Brown, whose reputation was discredited by Wang Shuo, can no longer be said to be fighting back against Wang Shuo...
What he has to think about now is whether he, who was fired by the 76ers immediately after this series, can use his qualifications to deceive the Pistons management and steal Rick Carlisle's money.
What's interesting is that on this night when the Wizards successfully advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals, except for Larry Brown, there was even someone in Miami who was more sad than him.
Since Riley has always been dissatisfied with Larry Brown, when he learned that Wang Shuo called him a "bragging coach", the excited Riley immediately pulled Spoelstra over his head. Pour several buckets of ice water.
Squirts well! Wang Shuo!
On the side, looking at his extremely perverted teacher, at this moment, only God knows how miserable Spoelstra is.
The Wizards successfully advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals. After another week of rest, as the Nets lost to the Pistons 3-4, the Wizards' opponents in this year's Eastern Conference Finals were officially announced.
As for the west next door...
Regrettably, although in the conference semifinals with the Spurs, Kobe still performed bravely and averaged 33 points for the team, but this year the Spurs have an extra demon named Ginobili. After a hard-fought 7 games with the Spurs, O'Neal and Kobe finally failed to get a chance to revenge against the Wizards.
Wang Shuo watched this series through video. In his opinion, the biggest problem for the Lakers this season is the lack of helpers for "oK".
In NbA, if you don't make progress, it means you are regressing.
Yes, Kobe can still continue to improve.
But no matter how high the upper limit of "oK" is, they can't do two against five.
Wang Shuo was very "regretful" that the Lakers failed to advance to the Western Conference Finals.
On the other side, the stubborn old Nelson, before the game, people thought he would learn from last year's experience and lessons, but he used his strength to explain what it means:
The biggest lesson that mankind has learned from past history is that mankind never learns from experience.
Hehe, you’re kidding, do you want me, Old Nelson, to put down his dignity and play defense?
How can it be?
Isn't it the King, isn't it Princeton, isn't it Adelman?
Where's Steve Nash?
Quick, pull out your damn "Prussian anti-aircraft gun", aim it at me, and then blast me at the king's position!
This round of the Western Conference semifinals can be said to be quite enjoyable for fans to watch during this period!
Because in the game, the Mavericks even scored a high score of 132 points in the playoffs!
After the tiebreaker, Nelson also led the Mavericks to advance to this year's Western Conference Finals with a score of 4 to 3.
As for those who thought before the game that Nelson would be slapped in the face for being stubborn?
Excuse me......
At this moment, the group of people who previously questioned Nelson have already joined the team that praised Nelson.
According to the schedule, this year’s East-West finals will start on the 18th and 19th respectively.
On May 17, NBA officials also officially announced the major awards for the 2002/03 regular season.
This year's regular season mVp trophy was taken away by Tim Duncan.
In the regular season, Duncan averaged "24+13+4+3" for the Spurs per game. In addition, the Spurs had the league's second-best record of 60 wins and 22 losses in the regular season this year. Therefore, Duncan's award is a real one. Well deserved.
In addition, this year's best coach of the regular season was also won by Sima Bobo.
Although anecdotally, most people believe that Wang Shuo, who was still able to lead the team to first place in the league despite being disrupted by off-field factors at the beginning of the season, is more qualified to receive the award.
But unlike the players...
If the NBA head coach wants to win the best coach, he really needs to make a certain breakthrough in record before he can win the trophy.
However, after being "shaded" as the Defensive Player of the Year last year, Artest successfully raised the trophy this year.
In Washington, Artest, who is preparing for the Eastern Conference Finals with the Pistons, emotionally thanked everyone who had helped him since he was born on the day he won the Defensive Player of the Year award.
Of course, when mentioning Wang Shuo, Artest did not forget to emphasize his tone, reminding the world: "Coach Wang Shuo, among all the people who have helped me, he is the one I want to thank the most!
He changed my life. His gentle guidance made me change from a bad boy to a good person.
From a good person to a better person.
I...love him so much! "
In addition to Artest, who "loves Wang Shuo to death," Arenas, who won the NBA Most Improved Player award on the 17th, called Wang Shuo a "father-like" presence in his acceptance speech.
Although Arenas forgot, Wang Shuo is only 8 years older than him.
But this does not prevent Chinese fans from making an emoticon of the picture of him bowing to Wang Shuo on the day of his acceptance speech and adding the following text:
If you don't give up, Bu is willing to worship you as your adoptive father!
In addition, this year's Rookie of the Year and Sixth Man of the Year went to Stoudemire and Bobby Jackson respectively.
Although Xiao Yao's statistics are better this season, due to his status as the No. 1 pick, this also determines that as long as Stoudemire can produce similar data to him, it will be difficult for Xiao Yao to defeat Stade in this award selection. Meyer.
This has nothing to do with Stoudemire's skin color. It's just that as the No. 1 pick, Yao's data are taken for granted in people's eyes. As the No. 9 pick, Stoudemire's performance is even more amazing.
As for Bobby Jackson, who won the Sixth Man of the Year Award, the person he should be most grateful to is Jordan.
Because if it weren't for Jordan's statistics, Crawford, who has a much higher probability of winning the magic card this season, is obviously the strongest contender for this award.
In addition to the major awards, this year's best team and best defensive team selection results are as follows:
All-NBA first team: O'Neal, Duncan, Garnett, Kobe, McGrady.
All-NBA Second Team: Gasol, Nowitzki, Webber, Iverson, Kidd.
All-NBA third team: Ben, Pierce, Carter, Hamilton, Nash.
All-Defensive First Team: Ben, Duncan, Artest, Christie, Kobe.
All-Defensive Second Team: O'Neal, Garnett, Jackson, Snow, Kidd.
Affected by his attendance rate, Jordan was not selected for this year's best team selection list.
But taking into account the Wizards' league-leading record, the judges not only upgraded Gasol to the second team this year, but Hamilton was also selected to the best team for the first time.
As for the All-Defensive Team...
O'Neal was nominated for the second team of the All-Defensive Team. In Wang Shuo's view, it was somewhat to compensate for him.
Because as far as the Lakers' performance in this year's regular season...
Doesn't Ratliff deserve a second-team defensive spot more than O'Neal?
On the 18th, the day after the results of the NBA's major awards were released, the Eastern Conference finals between the Wizards and the Pistons officially began.
As a result, as soon as the G1 game started, the Pistons gave the Wizards, who were aiming to defend their title, a blow in the head.
This Pistons team composed of Ben, Clifford Robinson, Prince, Ray Allen, and Billups cannot be underestimated.
In the G1 game, because the previous two rounds of the series played too smoothly, the Wizards, who were obviously rested, did not show their best form in the game.
In this game, the score of the two teams was 108 to 104.
In the G2 game, Wang Shuo adjusted his starting lineup, putting Hamilton, who had just been shortlisted for the best team, on the bench, and used Jefferson to face Ray Allen.
Although it is impossible to watch a top pitcher like Ray Allen to death in a true sense, but with Jefferson's efforts to pester him, Ray Allen could never find the two teams in this game. In G1, he made 7 of 9 three-point shots.
In addition, after putting Hamilton on the bench, the Wizards' firepower became significantly stronger when Jordan took a rest.
tNt TV station, when commentating on this game, Barkley said bluntly: "Wang is so courageous. In my opinion, if necessary, even Michael Jordan would dare to let him come on the bench!"
On the sidelines, Smith echoed: "Many people have been saying recently that the reason why the Wizards have done so well is because they have a group of outstanding players, but these people have forgotten who trained these players. "
The Wizards' solid lineup depth undoubtedly gives Wang Shuo more room to maneuver on the sidelines.
To be honest, if the Spurs reach the finals in the Western Conference this year, Wang Shuo really plans to let Jordan come on the bench and use Haywood and Gasol to partner inside.
In the end, in the G2 game, with the help of a change of formation, the Wizards successfully won and tied the series at 1-1.
The final score of the two teams in this G2 game was 94 to 110.
For the Wizards, Hamilton, who came off the bench, scored a game-high 28 points for the team.
Gasol and Arenas had 22 points, 11 rebounds, 20 points and 7 assists respectively.
This year, after entering the playoffs, Boss Joe really relied on his teammates to carry him forward.
In G3 and G4, when Jordan only scored 14 and 15 points respectively, the Wizards captured the Palace of Auburn Hills in two consecutive games!
On the 27th, after the game between the two teams returned to mcI according to the competition system, the Wizards did not let up in the G5 game, but worked hard to win consecutive games with the outstanding performance of Hamilton, Gasol, Arenas and Crawford. Won the Eastern Conference Championship two years ago and advanced to the finals for two consecutive years!
After the game, in an interview, Wang Shuo was not as arrogant as in the previous Eastern Conference semifinals, but praised Carlisle and his Pistons: "In this series, the Pistons have caused us enough trouble.
Coach Rick Carlisle is undoubtedly one of the best coaches in the NBA at building teams, and I admire him very much! "
Hearing this, Carlisle also praised Wang Shuo in business: "He is really too humble. In fact, compared with him, I don't understand how to build a team at all."
After this year's playoffs, the Pistons management was very satisfied with Carlisle's performance.
This is completely different from Wang Shuo's memory.
In Wang Shuo's previous life, the reason why the Pistons decided to change coaches was mainly because Carlisle was beaten 4-0 by the Nets in the Eastern Conference Finals.
But now, as the second head coach to defeat the Wizards in the playoffs in the past two years, it is too late for the Pistons and Carlisle to renew his contract, so how can they choose to fire him?
On the other hand, compared with the Wizards' relatively easy promotion journey, when their respective Western Conference semifinals reached tiebreakers, in the Western Conference finals...
The Spurs and Mavericks still have to play a tiebreaker to get the ticket to the finals.
In this round of the Western Conference Finals, both Sima Bobo and Nelson wanted to curse in their hearts.
Because they all know that the longer the current Western Conference Finals drags on, the lower the probability of the Mavericks and Spurs winning the championship.
After all, on the stage of the finals, who dares to compete with the Wizards in terms of bench depth and physical reserves?
On May 31, in the tiebreaker at the Spurs' home court, the two teams waited until overtime to decide the winner.
Throughout this series, since the current Nowitzki still needs time to evolve, the Mavericks' spear failed to pierce the Spurs' shield after all.
But in order to advance to the finals, the Spurs also paid a heavy price.
In addition to the exhaustion caused by playing two consecutive rounds of playoffs, Duncan and Parker have been affected by injuries to varying degrees.
Although Duncan and Parker can still insist on playing through injuries, the Spurs are destined to be unable to face the Wizards in the Finals with full blood.
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On June 4, in order to preserve the team's strength and the possibility of leaving the Spurs to defeat the Wizards, in the G1 battle in the finals, Sima Bo only asked Duncan and Parker for 18 minutes and gave up resistance.
The somewhat boring finals G1 battle score is divided into 75 to 95.
According to the schedule, the G2 battle of the two teams will be held on the 7th.
Although because of the previous "San Antonio Incident", Wang Shuo believed that Sima Bo did not dare to mess in this year's finals.
But for the sake of insurance, it is also to be able to successfully complete the defending ...
Wang Shuo still decided to open another "big move" in the G2 battle.
On the evening of the 7th, Washington, MCI Center.
Before the start of the game, I saw Wang Shuo and Jordan moved towards the center of the stage.
"Michael and I want to make some individuals with you in advance tonight." Holding the microphone, the center of the venue, Wang Shuo's tone just fell, and the Wizards fans at the scene showed a puzzled expression ...
Say goodbye?
Why is tonight?
Isn't this year's finals just started?
On the court, I saw Wang Shuo laugh: "Because after tonight, we will go to San Antonio, so I'm not sure if I still have a chance to return here."
Hearing the words, the fans reacted only at this time ...
Yeah, if the Wizards are as smooth as last year this year's finals ...
Tonight, it was Wang Shuo and Jordan's last game in the MCI center.
"This morning, when I woke up and walked to the MCI center as usual, my thoughts were suddenly pulled back to two years ago. I came here for the first time."
"At that time, I was not the best coach of the NBA full ticket, nor the NBA champion coach. At that time, I was in a good mood, and then I heard someone beside me and said to me: Hey, buddy, you are here to travel here. ?"
"Indeed, just like I still dare not believe it today, we can achieve so much victory in the past two years. At that time, no one would believe that a 27 -year -old man would be this. The head coach of the NBA team full of history and legendary color. "
"Tonight, please allow me to call you again and introduce you in the past two years. Those who have created many miracles with me, with me, and Michael!"
"First of all, I want to introduce you to Richard Hamilton. One two years ago, almost in a run, I gave me a long-distance running genius who was exhausted alive."
On the bench of the Wizards, with the name of Wang Shuo, Hamilton also got up and waved to the home fans.
"Richard you see today is already the two all -stars of the NBA, but do you know that two years ago, Michael even met my thoughts when he first met me."
In the MCI center, when Wang Shuo introduced the fans one by one, he introduced this group of talented wizard players ...
At the scene, many wizard fans fell into sad tears.
yes......
Thinking back two years ago, who could have thought that this wizard will be slaughtered with such a brilliant record.
In the past two years, they have fought side by side together, worked hard together, and worked hard for the team ...
but now......
We can't even say goodbye to the team's meritorious coach and urban hero.
On the court, after the other players who had always introduced the Wizards one by one, Wang Shuo suddenly turned his gaze to Jordan, and said after groaning for two seconds: "Tonight is the last time I named in MCI.
But for me, this is not the end of the world.
As for Michael, I think there is a sentence in line with the present:
The veterans did not die, but gradually withering! "
In words, Wang Shuo handed the microphone to Jordan and turned back to the bench.
At this moment, Wang Shuo's cushion fans who were sad to death were already controlled. Where can I control their emotions ...
On the court, with that sound, Michael finally gathered into a huge sound of sound waves broke through the dome. On the substitute of the Spurs, Sima Bobo's face immediately became ugly ...
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