On March 1, the NBA officially announced the list of winners of major awards in February.
With the team's outstanding performance in February, Iverson was elected the Western Conference Player of the Month for the fourth time this season.
The Eastern Conference Player of the Month went to Pau Gasol.
In February, Gasol, who led the Wizards to a seven-game winning streak, averaged 22.8 points, 11.4 rebounds and 4.8 assists per game for the Wizards.
In the market, many Wizards fans are complaining. If Rivers was not fired by the team after February, he must give Gasol a thumbs up.
In addition, there is still no change in the Eastern and Western Rookie of the Month in February. James and Anthony have teamed up to dominate this list for 5 months.
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1st night.
When the team set off for Cleveland to prepare for the away game against the Cavaliers on the 2nd, while his teammates were catching up on their sleep, a muscular seven-foot-tall guy suddenly appeared in front of Wang Shuo.
"Boss...can you let me play a little longer in the next game?" Chandler said while looking at Wang Shuo.
Wang Shuo was happy and said: "Tyson, can you tell me the reason?"
Chandler probably briefly explained his reasons to Wang Shuo.
Just like the famous generals of the ancient Wei Dynasty who wanted to buy real estate in Yecheng, they could not go to the Western Front to sacrifice their lives, but had to go to Hefei on the Eastern Front to gain military merit.
This season, although under Wang Shuo, the 21-year-old Chandler's data has increased to 9.8 points, 10.8 rebounds, and 2.0 blocks per game, basically taking off the hat of "parallel import number one", but because of Chandler Le's biggest contribution on the court is on the defensive end, so there are still many fans who only look at the data and don't buy him.
Therefore, Chandler is extremely eager to prove that he is worthy of the title of the 2001 No. 1 pick by playing a few career masterpieces.
To achieve this goal, Chandler's agent also told him that he must seize the opportunity when facing opponents who have their own traffic and are easy to bully.
This season, the Suns have already played against the Cavaliers once.
To this day, Chandler can't forget the praise he received after the game.
Therefore, during this visit to Cleveland, Chandler very much hopes that he can replicate his performance when the team played against the Cavaliers for the first time.
After hearing Chandler's reasons, Wang Shuo smiled and said: "In the next game, pay more attention to Allen's breakthroughs, and I will let Allen pass the ball to you as much as possible.
In addition, I will also arrange for Amare and Sean to help you block people and help you grab a few more rebounds on the court. "
Chandler didn't expect that Wang Shuo would "pamper" him so much.
He suddenly beamed and even danced excitedly when he returned to his seat to sleep.
On the evening of the 2nd, Cleveland, Quicken Loans Center Arena.
As the warm-up of the players from both teams ended, the big screen immediately showed the starting lineups of the two teams tonight:
Cavaliers: Big Z, Boozer, James, Eric Williams, McGinnis.
Suns: Chandler, Stoudemire, Marion, Bell, Iverson.
In the center of the field, after a jump ball, the Sun has the ball.
Tonight, Malone learned from the experience of the last time he played against the Suns and honestly put together a starting lineup that at least on the surface seemed to be able to compete with the Suns.
But as one of Iverson's favorite opponents in his career...
In Wang Shuo's memory, the "answer" who averaged 31.7 points per game against McGinnis in his career, but as soon as he came up, he used a cool crossover and then a retreat combo, which attracted the attention of the fans at the scene. Waves of exclamations.
From Wang Shuo's point of view, if it weren't for the future "European Immortal" who he didn't have the confidence to train, then he really wanted to coach all these players with cool playing styles.
There is no other reason.
But in Wang Shuo's eyes, watching this group of people play is truly a pleasure.
At the top of the arc, after knocking McGinnis down, Iverson broke into the penalty area and threw the ball high into the sky the moment he noticed Big Z coming to help defend.
Upon seeing this, TNT TV station, Smith, who had just performed "Dancing Hard" in front of a national audience not long ago, exclaimed: "Sky City Phoenix has brought their talents to Cleveland!"
Bang-dang——!
At the moment, the big Z is pretty good at protecting the front frame and carrying people in the low position.
But if you ask him to not only help defend but also have to compete with the Suns' group of bouncing inside men, you are obviously making things difficult for him.
In the penalty area, Chandler hit an alley-oop dunk!
2 to 0.
Come back and the Cavaliers attack.
Maybe it was inspired by Iverson’s assist that was too handsome to have any friends...
In the high position, after coming out to catch the ball, James, who intends to prove himself to the world tonight in this nationally broadcast game, also showed off his combos:
After the first crotch dribble, James had a little difficulty passing the ball through his crotch. He wanted to do another crotch dribble to prove that it was just an accident. This time, James narrowly missed passing the ball through his crotch. come over.
Seeing that his crotch dribbling was not going smoothly, James decisively used his Crossover, preparing to pass Marion directly after speeding up. However, due to his failure to grasp the intensity of shooting the ball, his shot was in situ this time. A dribbling show, but the "hacker" who stood in front of him without moving a step was dumbfounded.
Marion said he couldn't understand James, but at this moment, he was deeply shocked.
Especially after James "showed off" like this for five or six seconds, Marion never expected that he could pass the ball back to his teammates without blushing or beating.
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What-Are-You-What are you doing?
The last time he played against the Suns, because James' movements were quite "concise and clear," he didn't reveal too many facts about his poor basic skills on the court at that time.
But in this case, when he returned to his hometown and faced his elders, James, who wanted to prove himself, gave people a hard time right from the start.
The Cavaliers' attack was taken over by Boozer but failed.
Under the basket, Chandler quickly grabbed the rebound and immediately passed the ball to Iverson.
When dribbling the ball past half court, Iverson decelerated while accelerating, accelerated while decelerating, changed hands behind his back to dribble, and made a crossover while waiting for Chandler to follow up with a fast break, while also washing the ball. He washed the eyes of the fans who were almost blinded by the heat just now in front of the TV.
Although Wang Shuo has seen many fast break highlights of Iverson during his time with the 76ers in his previous life, this season, this "183" can indeed refresh Wang Shuo's understanding of dribbling technology every night.
Bang-dang——!
On the court, after Iverson successfully attracted the attention of the Cavaliers' defense, Chandler ran to the Cavaliers half before Big Z and followed up with a dunk!
4 to 0.
Cavaliers possession.
James, who forcibly used his "overlord look" to shock the home fans, making the scene less embarrassing, learned a lesson this time.
After leaning on Marion with his body, he dribbled the ball all the way forward, and then while Marion wasn't paying attention, he suddenly pulled onions on the ground!
With this goal, Marion was shocked again!
Because he deliberately let James into the paint, he never expected that there would be someone in this world who could compete with him in shooting posture.
James, who suddenly stopped to shoot a jumper while accelerating, the picture that came to his mind at this moment was probably the scene of Boss Joe's "".
But the reality is:
In the sky, I saw this black boy with a crew cut, who is older than Ewing. With his legs stretched out into a huge figure, he seemed to be shooting but not throwing, and seemed to be flicking but not dumping the basketball towards the Sun half court. basket hoop.
when--!
Under the Suns basket, Chandler picked up another rebound!
Come back.
Iverson dribbled the ball all the way, and after rushing into the Cavaliers' hinterland, he used his signature jump step to get rid of the defender, and at the same time used a really handsome and cool emergency stop jumper to make everyone in front of the TV tonight Fans feel the technical gap.
It is true that Iverson's passing, luck and shooting are compared with the young James at this moment.
It is indeed a dimensionality reduction attack.
But as the "proud son of heaven", you James can't wait until Klay Thompson enters the league in the future and compete with Klay in dribbling, right?
You know, as the future "dribbling expert" of the NBA, Klay's dribbling is such that even ordinary basketball fans are confident that he can outperform him.
On the court, James, who had poor performance in both "luck and shooting", fully demonstrated his "big picture" this time.
After methodically controlling the lightning from the high post for a long period of time, James, who has quick eyes and quick hands, immediately passed the ball to Tyson Chandler who had already run into the open space with a ground pass!
Eh?
Chandler?
Isn't this guy the Suns' center?
In Wang Shuo's previous life, James averaged close to 4 turnovers per game in his career. This does not mean that his passing is not good. The main reason is that the teammates around James spend most of their time in "CBA" and cannot understand the true meaning of his passing.
Chandler successfully anticipated Boozer's movement and intercepted the pass with his long arms.
Iverson took the initiative to run to Chandler's side to catch the ball and motioned with his eyes to get off quickly.
At this moment, the attention of the Cavaliers players was attracted by Iverson and Chandler, but who would have thought that Iverson, the "183", would actually build a plank road openly and secretly use it?
On the court, looking at Marion who had already rushed to the Cavaliers half, Iverson suddenly sent a long hit across the half court!
This scalpel-like pass, while finding Marion accurately, also showed the world how much vision Iverson, who was born as a quarterback, had when he was willing to deliver cannonballs to his teammates. Great!
Marion got the ball and made a one-handed dunk!
In front of the technical stage, seeing this, Ma Long quickly took a timeout, and King Qin escorted him.
After returning from the timeout, the game continues.
Iverson, who wanted to feed the "boxing champion" a few more times tonight, fully demonstrated his "scumbag" side in the next game.
Noting that Marion could always cut to the basket without the ball, Iverson connected with Marion several times in this quarter.
This kind of assist data is difficult for Iverson, who aims to hit the "scoring + assists" this season, to refuse.
Compared with the "all-out Zhan" in Wang Shuo's memory, relying on his body, young Zhan's performance this season is pretty good when defending the opponent's team players.
But in the face of Marion's empty running without the ball, young James can easily miss people.
This is a common mistake most high school players make during their rookie season.
Because they have not received the baptism of college basketball, many high school players rely mostly on physical instincts for defense in their rookie seasons.
"It's strange, doesn't Mike teach LeBron this in normal times?" Mike Brown asked with confusion on the Suns' bench.
Hearing this, Wang Shuo immediately turned his attention to the Cavaliers bench.
Then......
He then saw the helpless look on Mike Malone's face.
At this moment, Wang Shuo's intuition told him:
——Mike Malone will have to come back to assist him sooner or later.
On the court, after the first quarter, it was 37 to 18.
On TNT TV, Smith, who was far less happy working with his new partner than Barkley, felt extremely nostalgic for the dead flying pig after tonight's first quarter.
Because when this game, which was broadcast live across the United States, was defeated as soon as it started...
In the next three quarters of the game, you can't let him do stand-up comedy alone, right?
In the second quarter of the game, Wang Shuo left Chandler on the court and sent Knight, who was better at assisting, as the team's point guard.
In this section, Chandler fully experienced what it means to have "too much pie to eat".
Before the trade deadline, although the Suns failed to trade away "Penny", you can't deny that "Penny" is indeed a swingman who can organize and pass the ball.
Plus “French magician” Dior…
Currently on the court, apart from Horry, who is responsible for opening up space for Chandler, the Suns have three players who are good at passing the ball.
In this quarter, in order to chase points, Malone left James on the court.
But James, who thought that after doing enough homework tonight, would be able to perform completely differently when facing the Suns' second lineup than the last time they played against each other, he never expected that Wade and Anthony would be able to do so easily. He couldn't do anything about the broken defense!
Of course there is no way.
Although without the "HC" rule, it is impossible for Diaw to block James' breakthrough every time he attacks.
But tonight, I only have eyes for "Brother LeBron" Chandler, but he is always waiting for James in the paint.
Young Zhan's mid-to-long-range shooting lacks threat, and there is "Penny" to help defend. Therefore, after breaking in, he often can only choose to wait and see in the air and randomly select a teammate to pass the ball.
On the other hand, Wade and Anthony had a certain degree of technical completion before entering the NBA.
In the future, the Mavericks defense line that "Brother LeBron" also cannot solve, the reason why Wade can carry "Adou" who is crying, making trouble and trying to steal military power seven times in and seven out is because of his unpredictable ability. Measuring the lost pace.
Chandler was never afraid of you confronting him.
I'm just afraid that if you use variable speeds and fake movements to bully his CPU, it won't be able to run properly.
As for Anthony…
As an "offensive kaleidoscope", does Anthony need to confront Chandler?
From a long distance, he can pull out his hand.
In the Cavaliers, James relies on a lot of resources and can certainly produce better statistics than Wade and Anthony.
But you must know that in the 2003/04 season, the Heat and Nuggets are both teams that have the hope of making the playoffs.
If Wang Shuo remembers correctly, historically, the Heat were fourth in the Eastern Conference this season, while the Nuggets were eighth in the Western Conference.
Anthony's situation in the Nuggets is slightly better. Because of his high level of technical completion, the team is willing to let him lead the team.
Wade in the Heat has not yet developed a mid-range shot, so it is impossible for the Heat to affect the team's record just to give him statistics.
In the future, some people will often use Wade and Anthony as better teammates than James in their rookie seasons to excuse James.
But in fact, the Cavaliers, Nuggets, and Heat, the three teams that all struggled in the 2002/03 season, can only be said to be evenly matched in terms of lineup.
Wade's rookie season included Odom and Eddie Jones, who had just finished their rookie contracts and were poached by Riley.
Anthony's rookie season included Andre Miller, Voshon Leonard, and Nene Hilario.
In addition to Ricky Davis, James also had Big Z and Boozer in his rookie season.
Mike Malone previously believed that the Cavaliers had a chance to make the playoffs in the 2003/04 season based on his judgment of the Cavaliers' paper strength.
Because as the overall strength of the East and West continues to grow, if Wang Shuo remembers correctly, the Heat will rank fourth in the Eastern Conference with 42 wins and 40 losses this season.
But in order to package this "proud man of heaven", the Cavaliers are destined to accept the fate of becoming "CBA players" in the future.
On the court, after the second quarter, it was 72 to 38.
When the ashen-faced Malone returned to the locker room at halftime, he did not complain that Wang Shuo was too harsh tonight.
Because he knows Wang Shuo and this sun very well...
In fact, the Suns are already retaining their strength tonight.
At this time, looking at his son's dejected face, Old Ma Long couldn't help but let out a long sigh.
Mike, I know you have a lot of ambitions, I also know you learned a lot from Wang Shuo in Washington, and I know your talents don’t stop there.
But this is the NBA! My silly son!
"Fortunately, the Cavaliers didn't choose me to coach last summer." On the Suns side, Mike Brown, who felt that he had a lucky escape, sighed in his heart.
After the intermission, the two teams changed sides and fought again.
On this night, in addition to finding Chandler's confidence on the court again...
An NBA champion coach before Wang Shuo's time travel, and the first best coach in NBA history before Wang Shuo's time travel, both couldn't help but sigh on the sidelines about their damn fate.
Mike Malone didn't expect that he, who was still talking so boldly last summer, now has "not much time left."
Mike Brown didn't expect that he would be blessed by being ignored last summer.
In the second half of the game, Wang Shuo still saved some face for Mike Malone. Except for letting Chandler play two more minutes in the fourth quarter, the other four main players of the Suns tonight did not play more than 28 minutes. .
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In the end, 131 to 88.
In the whole game, Chandler scored a total of 19 points, 18 rebounds, 5 blocks, and 3 steals for the Suns, once again having the last laugh in this "No. 1 pick showdown."
Iverson didn't score much in this game and focused entirely on assists. He scored a total of 22 points and 17 assists for the team.
Marion, who only played 25 minutes, also felt the warmth that James brought him this night. He made 10 of 11 shots from the field and scored 20 points for the Suns without taking a free throw.
The only regret is that Marion missed a three-pointer in the third quarter and failed to achieve a 100% shooting performance.
As for the Cavaliers, in addition to Big Z and Boozer jointly contributing 40 points and 19 rebounds, James, who was able to monopolize the "Nine Embarrassing Shots" among the "Top Ten Embarrassing Shots" tonight, acted "bravely" for the Cavaliers. The Cavaliers scored 8 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists and 7 turnovers, a "luxury near-quadruple-double".
After the game, Mike Malone, who was in a bad mood, didn't say much in an interview. He just emphasized again in front of reporters the importance of young players improving their basic skills.
“The reason why the league introduced the skills challenge competition is to allow young players to pay attention to the three basic skills of ‘passing, dribbling, and shooting’.
I think the physical talents of young players in today's league far exceed those of their predecessors.
But in terms of their attitude towards technology, they obviously did not pay due attention.
You know, during the Wizards period, even Michael Jordan would keep thinking about how to improve his skills during training. "
Mike Malone didn't mention anyone by name, but everyone at the press conference knew he meant something.
When Wang Shuo attended the press conference later, a reporter asked Wang Shuo whether coach Ma Long had broken the pot, but Wang Shuo, who knew Ma Long's character very well, knew...
I'm afraid, rather than passing the blame, Malone really hopes that James can calm down and polish his skills.
“I don’t have any opinion on that.
But I can share an interesting thing with you:
When I was coaching the Wizards, one day, Michael Jordan suddenly ran up to me and told me:
Hey, Wang, you know what, I recently discovered that when I put my shoulder back against the opposing player, I can also use my ballhandler when I'm holding the ball, like this, and this, and do another fake move .
At that moment, after watching Michael perform the trick on me, I thought:
Perhaps, this is the reason why Michael Jordan was able to win eight championships and become the first person in NBA history!
Because even though he was 40 years old when he performed this move for me, he was still exploring the endless possibilities of basketball. "
At the press conference, listening to Wang Shuo's emotional speech, many reporters suddenly had the image of Jordan on the training ground, where he never stopped studying basketball.
The next day, Wang Shuo and Malone quickly aroused heated discussion with their comments about the basic skills of today's young NBA players.
In an interview, Larry Bird said: “I think Wang and Mike have seen the current problems in the league.
These young people today are undoubtedly outstanding young men.
But technically speaking, to be honest, there are no more than five players that I can calm down and appreciate. "
On the same day, in order to attract more young centers to pay their registration fees, Olajuwon also said: "I wonder why today's young centers don't know how to use their physical talents.
Look at those players who were beaten by Yao on the court and didn't know how to fight back!
I don’t know if this is a tragedy for the sport of basketball or a tragedy for the NBA. "
In addition, although the young James, who has always shown himself to be "humble", has not shown his ambition to surpass Jordan at this moment, on this day, Jordan, who will never show mercy as long as he can prevent young talents from surpassing him, is also there In an interview, he said: "I am very happy that Wang and Mike still remember the glorious days when we fought side by side.
At the same time, I also agree with their views.
I don't know if anyone in the NBA will surpass me in the future, but I'm very eager for that day to come.
However, the premise is that these young players must pay attention to their basic skills training.
To be honest, I really can't imagine that in the NBA, there are players who can't even dribble with their hips well. "
Don't mention it in every word, and stick to every word. After the interview that day, people immediately thought of James' "fancy dribbling" in the game against the Suns that was extremely embarrassing.
To be honest, this Danzi has a really bad character.
No wonder future young players don't like him.
No wonder his future life will be so unsatisfactory.
In March, after a brief period of joy in Cleveland, the Suns ran into trouble.
As the competition in the Western Conference intensifies this year, everyone has adopted a life-threatening attitude in advance. Therefore, this will undoubtedly make it more difficult for the Suns to win.
On the other hand, looking at the east...
“This east side is outrageous!
Is there really no team in the Eastern Conference that can slightly block the Pistons' progress? "Looking at the Pistons, who currently lead the Eastern Conference with 17 wins, Wang Shuo was completely "desperate" that day.
As of March 31, the Pistons, who lead the Eastern Conference and the league with 61 wins and 14 losses, have already formed a "break" with the Nets, which ranks second in the Eastern Conference with 44 wins and 31 losses.
This year, Wang Shuo, who has fully experienced what it means to be "weak in the east and strong in the west" in the west, can be said to be extremely nostalgic for the rookies in the east.
In March, as the Suns encountered varying degrees of sniping from opponents in the same region, the Suns have basically lost the possibility of overtaking the Pistons and ranking first in the league before the end of the regular season.
After March, the Suns continue to lead the Western Conference with 57 wins and 17 losses. (Note ①)
With only 8 games left in the regular season, if you want to close the winning gap with the Pistons, plus the difficulty of the Eastern and Western divisions is not even whisper...
Wang Shuo, who knew that the Suns had the only theoretical possibility of overtaking the Pistons, decisively adjusted the focus of the Suns' game in the upcoming April.
Now, the Suns must prioritize ensuring that their personnel are intact before the playoffs arrive.
On the 2nd and 3rd, in the home game against his old club Wizards and back-to-back games in Dallas to challenge the Mavericks, Wang Shuo chose to significantly reduce the playing time of the main players in the game on the evening of the 3rd.
Right now, this "mad cow" is competing with the Kings for fifth place in the Western Conference.
Although Nelson's team would not cheat Wang Shuo in the game like Sima Bobo did, Wang Shuo decisively chose to preserve his strength in order to avoid accidents.
On the 4th and 5th, it was still back-to-back, and then it was still the familiar Utah Plateau and the King who currently wants to keep fifth place in the Western Conference at all costs.
On the 4th, in Utah, because the Jazz also competed with the Nuggets for the eighth spot in the Western Conference, God knows, on this night, when Wang Shuo saw Iverson rushing into the Jazz penalty area carrying explosives again and again, what did he do? How distressed!
As for the 5th...
No idea.
Sun, who was lucky enough to survive on the Utah Plateau, really didn't have the strength to challenge this king who was just waiting for work.
If we say that in the NBA, the Eastern Conference's devilish schedule is as difficult as Wang Shuo can play with his eyes closed.
That devilish schedule in the West...
Wang Shuo is completely willing to call it:
——Hell mode!
In April, in the closing stage of the regular season, after unexpectedly losing to the Nuggets and defeating the Clippers, Spurs, and Hornets, the Suns finally ended their 2003/04 regular season with a record of 62 wins and 20 losses. journey.
Compared with last season, the Suns this season have completed a great turnaround.
Before the start of the regular season, no one expected that they could immediately transform into the top team in the Western Conference under the leadership of Wang Shuo.
But in the regular season, they swept the league with their offensive storm and became the most surprising team in the NBA this season.
In the 2003/04 season, while most teams were still struggling with defense, positioning, and attacking, the Suns incredibly averaged 118.5 points per game this season.
You know, this season, the average score of all NBA teams is only 99.5 points.
In the team's scoring average rankings, the Suns are even crazier than the Mavericks, which ranks second and averages 108 points per game.
Of course, Stern's protection of the Suns is also indispensable for the Suns' ability to play high-quality offense on the court so smoothly this season.
Since the Suns ranked first in the league in free throws per game during the regular season, most defensive teams complained endlessly when facing the Suns.
In addition, after the league officially canceled the "HC" rule this season, the Suns have indeed benefited a lot from it.
After all, as for Allen Iverson from the Suns, how many people in the league today can respect him?
On the evening of the 14th, as other NBA teams concluded their final games one after another, the Eastern and Western regular season seats for the 2003/04 season were also settled at the same time.
In the Western Region, the numbers one to fourteen are as follows:
Suns (1), Timberwolves (2), Lakers (3), Spurs (4), Kings (5), Mavericks (6), Houston XX (7), Nuggets (8), Jazz (9), Trail Blazers (10), Grizzlies (11), Warriors (12), SuperSonics (13), Clippers (14).
Before the Bobcats joined the league, there were only 14 teams in the Western Conference during this period because the Hornets had not yet moved to New Orleans.
As the Western Conference playoff lineups were released, Wang Shuo finally understood why the Kings and Mavericks had fought so hard for fifth place in the Western Conference.
because......
Who wants to run into the "F4" Lakers in the first round of the playoffs?
This year's Western Conference, in order to compete for playoff spots, is indeed a fierce battle.
Because the Nuggets, who finished eighth in the Western Conference, could be ranked fourth in the Eastern Conference!
The Western Conference seats are scheduled, and the first-round playoff lineups are also released:
Suns VS Nuggets, Timberwolves vs. Houston XX, Lakers vs. Mavericks, Spurs PK Kings.
In addition to the West, this year’s top 10 to 15 in the East are as follows:
Pistons (1), Nets (2), Wizards (3), Heat (4), Hornets (5), 76ers (6), Celtics (7), Bucks (8), Pacers (9) ), Magic (10), Cavaliers (11), Raptors (12), Bulls (13), Hawks (14), Knicks (15).
Although Rivers was once questioned at the beginning of the season, the Wizards' rich financial resources still helped Rivers lead the Wizards to third place in the Eastern Conference in the second half of the regular season.
In addition, the 76ers, who attracted Hamilton to join last summer, also found a winning feeling in the second half of the regular season under D'Antoni's training.
With the two shots of Hamilton and Marbury, the 76ers successfully finished sixth in the Eastern Conference this year with a record of 41 wins and 41 losses.
As for the Pacers, who were supposed to be first in the Eastern Conference under Carlisle's leadership this season, due to historical changes, they ultimately missed the playoffs this year.
The second half of this year's Eastern Conference is full of bad teams.
Especially the Knicks.
With a total salary of US$90 million this season, they only handed over a record of 20 wins and 62 losses after 82 regular season games.
However, in Wang Shuo's eyes, the current Knicks are better than the dying Knicks in his memory.
In Wang Shuo's previous life, how would he describe the Knicks during this period?
To put it simply, they want to mess things up, but they don’t do it thoroughly enough. They want to rebuild, but they don’t have the patience to wait for young players to grow up.
Finally, after several "Eagle Hands" from the "Smiling Assassin"...
Except for the period before my melon turned from a melon to a poisonous melon, the Knicks could still give people a glimmer of hope. Most of the time, this team is more like a tourist in the NBA. It doesn't matter whether they win or lose anyway. , the emphasis is on participation.
As the seats in the Eastern Conference are arranged, the first round matchups of this year's Eastern Conference playoffs will also be released:
Pistons vs. Bucks, Nets vs. Celtics, Wizards vs. 76ers, Heat vs. Hornets.
…
On the 15th, the NBA officially announced the list of winners of various data kings for the 2003/04 season.
In the 03/04 season, he played a total of 82 games for the Suns, averaging 35.4 minutes per game. He averaged 32.4 points (total 2,657 points), 11.2 assists (total 918 assists), and 3.4 rebounds (total 279 rebounds). ), 2.8 steals (230 steals), and 0.1 blocks (8 blocks in total). As expected, Allen Iverson won the regular season scoring title and the regular season scoring title this season as expected. Assist king!
This season, Iverson has set career highs in many statistics.
In addition to averaging 11.2 assists per game, Iverson, who has hit 106 three-pointers for the Suns this season, has also reached a career-high three-point shooting percentage of 34.5%.
In addition, he averaged 12.5 free throws per game and had a career-high true shooting percentage of 55.1% this season.
His overall shooting percentage of 45.8% in the regular season this season was also his best performance since the second season of his career.
Because this season, Iverson has often been hampered by the overall strength of the team and missed the fourth quarter...
Therefore, in Wang Shuo's view, if it were not to help Iverson win the scoring and assist titles this season, then Iverson's true shooting percentage could even improve after further optimizing his shot selection.
In addition to Iverson replicating Archibald's miracle, this year's rebounding, blocks, and steals titles were also won by Garnett, Ratliff, and Artest respectively.
Unfortunately, if it weren't for Artest's sniping, Iverson might even win the scoring + assists + steals title at the same time this season.
Artest, who has mastered how to improve defensive statistics in the Wizards, has successfully brought his talents to Memphis this season.
In the 03/04 season, Artest averaged 20.1 points, 7.4 rebounds, 4.4 assists, 3.1 steals, and 0.7 blocks per game for the Grizzlies.
It's a pity that although Artest has done well in terms of statistics, compared with his time with the Wizards, people don't think highly of him this season.
Because in games, Artest, who often loses his position to steal, seems to have forgotten why he can steal and pressure opponents without restraint in the Wizards.
In sharp contrast to Artest, there is the highly praised "hacker" Sean Marion this season, and the rapid improvement of Amare Stoudemire.
During the regular season, Marion, who played in all 82 games for the Suns, averaged 19.9 points (total 1,632 points), 8.8 rebounds (total 722 rebounds), 3.1 assists (total 255 assists), and 1.9 assists per game. Steals (156 steals), 1.8 blocks (148 blocks).
This season, Marion shot 52.4% from the field and 37.1% from three-point range, hitting 1.6 three-pointers for the Suns every night.
Although the Suns lost a lot of points per game in the regular season, in the eyes of many judges, Marion is more qualified than Artest to be selected for this year's best defensive team in terms of on-field performance and team performance.
As for Stoudemire, in the regular season, he also played in all 82 games for the Suns. His data this season has skyrocketed to averages of 21.8 points (total 1,788 points), 9.7 rebounds (total 796 rebounds), and 2.4 assists (total 796 rebounds). 197 assists), 1.0 steals (82 total steals), 1.4 blocks (115 total blocks).
This season, Stoudemire's field goal percentage reached 49.5%.
Thanks to Iverson's ability to always attract firepower on the court, Stoudemire, who has gone further and further down the path of being sixth, is much more efficient in scoring than Wang Shuo remembers from the same period in history.
After the regular season, Iverson, Stoudemire, and Marion, who averaged "70+" points per game for the Suns in the 2003/04 season, have been called the "Suns' Troika" by Phoenix fans.
Of course, the outrageous performance of the Suns' three luxury main players also highlights the current problems of the Suns:
——Bench depth.
Old Horry and Old Barry had limited regular season output.
If Wang Shuo hadn't put aside his past grievances and included Hardaway in the team's rotation, then this season, the Suns' bench would have been the Suns' biggest shortcoming.
Among the second team, the only one who can score points for the Suns in a chaotic battle is something that even Suns fans can't believe...
That Boykins is only "165" centimeters tall.
But no matter what...
Before getting rid of Hardaway's salary burden, which will only expire in two years after this season, it will be difficult for Wang Shuo to further transform the Suns' bench lineup.
And instead of complaining about the team's lineup, even if he doesn't have many cards in hand this year, Wang Shuo still wants to go to the gambling table and have a good gamble with his opponents!
According to the schedule, the Suns will usher in their first-round playoff opener on the 18th.
The Suns, who have the superior regular season record, play home first and then guest.
Wang Shuo knows very well that in the first round of this year's playoffs, the Suns must strive to pass as quickly as possible!
Otherwise, starting with the conference semifinals...
The West is no joke right now.
"Only by defeating Carmelo Anthony and his Denver Nuggets as quickly as possible can we advance to this year's conference semifinals...
Make sure we are in the best condition to face the Spurs or Kings! "On this day, at the tactical preparation meeting for the first round of the playoffs, Wang Shuo repeatedly emphasized to his assistants.
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