NBA big yellow bird

Chapter 89 A Far-reaching Series
During the period when Zhu Wan was resting at home, the regular season of the NBA 02-03 season also officially came to an end. With a record of 44 wins and 38 losses, the Warriors finally entered the playoffs.

It is worth mentioning that the Suns have a record of 44 wins and 38 losses this season, but because their regular season record against the Warriors is 1 win and 2 losses, they ultimately failed to compete for the last ticket to the playoffs in the West.

This made Stoudemire depressed, and complained in front of the media for several days: "This is really a frustrating result!"

The reason for his repeated complaints is not difficult to guess. Naturally, it is for the "Best Rookie" award. He said this just to remind the media reporters who voted that although the Suns did not make the playoffs, their record is actually the same as that of the Warriors.

But what Stoudemire didn't notice was that the difference between him and Yao Ming wasn't just a factor of whether the team made the playoffs.

At the end of this season, his average of 13 plus 8 per game is considered good among rookies in the 02 class. Although Yao Ming's 14 plus 9 is not much better than him, it is only a 1 plus 1 advantage.

The Warriors entered the playoffs, the Suns did not, and Stoudemire lost!

Yao Ming added 14 to 9, Stoudemire added 13 to 8, Stoudemire lost!

One defeat after another, the result is undefeated...

Two days later, the NBA officially announced the winner of the "Best Rookie Award" for the 02-03 season, and it was Yao Ming who took the lead with two slight advantages!
From being questioned as the "parallel import champion" at the beginning, to having Barkley kiss the donkey's ass, and then winning the "Best Rookie" award at the end of the season, Yao Ming has experienced some twists and turns, but in the end he proved that he is fully capable of being the champion in 02.

The incident was widely reported in China the next day.

The response was naturally great.

The "Best Rookie" award is not as valuable as it is. If I really want to say it, it is not as valuable as Yao Ming's previous All-Star starting position.

Of course, this is compared to the average player.

As far as Yao Ming is concerned, it can be freely admitted that the All-Star starter is indeed worthwhile. Based on his performance in his rookie season, at least [-]% of the credit for being able to sit in this position is due to the domestic fans.

But now the "Best Rookie" award was not won with the help of domestic fans, but by Yao Ming relying on his true strength to win the country one shot at a time.

There are many meanings to this.

The most important thing is that Huaxia players finally have a player who can gain a firm foothold in the NBA!
This provides a channel for latecomers and also improves self-confidence!

At the end of the report on this matter, Su Yangjun said bluntly: "China basketball is getting better and better!"

He can say this not only because Yao Ming won the "Best Rookie", but also because Zhu Wan is about to enter the league...

Although there are still many fans in China who doubt Zhu Wan and believe in Yao Ming, this is because most domestic fans do not know that the NCAA has a name called "NBA Star Making Machine".

Of course, Su Yangjun believes that as Zhu Wan enters the league, everyone will know what he really means by saying "Huaxia basketball is getting better and better".

Zhu Wan also learned the news that Yao Ming won the "Best Rookie" through the newspaper.

He was not surprised by this. After watching the game where Barkley kissed the ass of the donkey, he already found that the cooperation between Arenas and Yao Ming was better than that between Yao Ming and Falcon.

At that time, he thought that Yao Ming's performance might be better than his original performance at the same time.

In the end, he really guessed it right!
It seems that in the future he can also become a brick house...

With the announcement of the remaining awards, the NBA playoffs officially kicked off.

During this period of time, Zhu Wan also saw his relatives almost, and just watched the Warriors challenge the Spurs in the first round with Jimmy Butler at home.

But this time Yao Ming made it to the playoffs in his rookie season, but he was really immature during this period. Under the restrictions of Popovich, he only scored more than 15 points in one game, and the lowest score in the other three games was 8 points.

However, this is not something that would surprise people, especially for Zhu Wan, who knows that the original Spurs were the final champions of this season.

Tim Duncan is at the peak of his career, and he is not the funny comparison of the "in situ windmill" in the future. When Yao Ming met him, he said that it would be [-]-[-] at most, maybe not yet.

After the game between the Warriors and the Spurs, the central 5 sets have arranged several hot playoff games one after another.

These include the fifth, sixth and seventh games between the Magic and the Pistons.

That is to say, Zhu Wan witnessed with his own eyes the whole process of Tracy McGrady being pulled out by the Pistons in 1 consecutive rounds with a 3-3 lead.

"It's such a pity. If it was still last year's competition system, Tracy would have led the team to complete the black eight!"

At the end of the seventh game, Jimmy Butler looked at McGrady who left the field lonely on the screen, and said something regretfully in his mouth.

In the NBA playoffs until last year, the first round was still a 5-game 3-win system. If this system is followed, McGrady, who led the team to a 3-1 score in the first four games of the first round this year, has become the third core team to lead the team to complete the "Black Eight Miracle".

But this season, the NBA has made some changes to the first round of the playoffs. Starting from this season, the first round of the playoffs, like the second round and the finals of the Eastern and Western Finals, has become a 7-game 4-win system.

It was also this change that gave the Pistons the next three games in a row!

As a result, McGrady not only failed to become the third team core to lead the team to complete the "Black Eight Miracle", but also became the first team core in NBA history to be pulled 3 games in a row with a 1-3 lead in the first round.

The changes brought about by this change in the competition system have to make people sigh for the man McGrady: Luck is really bad!

But if you really want Zhu Wan to comment, time is fate, and there are people!
Although there are reasons for the change of the competition system, McGrady's sentence "If it was last year, I would already be studying the opponents in the second round" must have stimulated the nerves of the Pistons players.

Later, Big Ben said that after McGrady said that, the team said one after another that they must win this round of the series.

And as the absolute core of the team, with the team leading 3-1, he was pulled for 3 games in a row, which more or less shows that this guy has no ability to fight tough battles.

In other words, the desire to win is not enough!
In the same situation, if it was Michael Jordan and Kobe, it would be impossible for them to allow their opponents to complete such a reversal.

So in the final analysis, unlucky is really unlucky, people who can't fight hard battles really can't fight hard battles!

This was proven not only in this round of the series, but also in subsequent rounds of the series.

Speaking of which, this round of the series was reversed, and the spirit of the Magic was directly shattered. The poor record of the next season ranked the bottom of the league, which allowed them to get Howard. Then McGrady was dissatisfied and asked to leave. Orlando thus entered the "Era of Warcraft".

On the other side, the Pistons have aroused a sense of tenacity in this round of the series. Iron-blooded toughness has officially become the label of this team. In 04, Rasheed Wallace ushered in, and the "Pistons Five Tigers" dominated the Eastern Conference for 5 years.

It can be said that this round of the series has completely changed the fate of the two teams.

If McGrady gritted his teeth and gnawed at this game, maybe the team that inspired a stronger fighting spirit would become their Magic, and the team that would be dismantled and rebuilt would become the Pistons.

You must know that even if the Pistons pulled three games in a row and advanced to the next round, Rick Carlisle became the "blame man" at the end of the season and was fired by the team.

It shows that the management is not satisfied with their stumbles in the playoffs as the No. [-] in the Eastern Conference. If McGrady really leads the team to "black eight", disbanding and rebuilding will definitely be a matter of minutes!

The "Pistons Five Tigers" ceased to exist.

Without the "Pistons Five Tigers", maybe the Lakers "f4" won the championship, and the Lakers "f4" won the championship, and the "OK" combination might be able to make do for two seasons.

Then maybe another "three consecutive championships"...

hiss~
Can't think, can't think.

Thinking about it further, Zhu Wan felt like he wanted to write a novel "Reborn McGrady: The Pistons were Disbanded by Me", it was absolutely wonderful...

Whether he wins or loses this battle, it really has a far-reaching impact!

　Happy New Years Day, brothers! ! !
　　
　
(End of this chapter)