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Chapter 223 Excellent record
Because of leading the team's excellent record, he won the No. [-] ranking in the Western Conference in the middle of the season, and became the head coach of the Western Conference All-Star Game in the NBA All-Star Game by "accidentally" late!
And in this year's All-Star voting, Late surpassed Kobe for the first time and became the NBA All-Star vote king.

As a player and part-time coach, he helped him win a lot of votes, and many fans expressed that they wanted to see what it would be like to coach the All-Stars late.

As another representative of Chinese players, Yao Ming only received 175 million votes, a full 25 less than Kobe Bryant, and his popularity at his peak was completely incomparable.

This was due to the fact that Wang Zhizhi diverted the votes of Chinese fans, and the league deliberately manipulated and suppressed the All-Star votes from China.

Once again, Wang Zhizhi was selected as an All-Star in the East as a substitute, proving his strength.

Although he is 30 years old this year, Wang Zhizhi has shown the world what it means to get older and more demonic.

He practiced three-point shooting with lateness in the summer, and the effect was very good. His three-point shooting ability has been further strengthened and his stability has become higher.

On the offensive end, he often pulls to the outside line. After cooperating with James in the pick-and-roll, he shoots at two 45-degree positions in the left and right corners.

This season, Wang Zhizhi's three-point shooting rate is as high as 44.7%, making him one of the best three-point shooters in the league.

But the biggest winner in the Eastern Conference is the Celtics. Although the Big Three formed by them are considered as a group of top players by many fans, they have an excellent record in the regular season. The core of the team, Garnett, Pierce and Ray Allen have all been selected as All-Stars. .

Although Pierce and Ray Allen are the backup All-Stars selected by the coach, they are the two with the highest votes among the Eastern Conference's backup All-Stars.

This year's All-Star host is Orleans. In 05, the city was hit by a hurricane that never happened in a century. After the disaster, the whole Orleans was almost in ruins.

American soldiers entered the city with tanks and machine guns (why do you want to drive tanks and machine guns when you enter your own country?), even though two years have passed, Orleans still hasn’t recovered from the hurricane pain.

This has resulted in this year's All-Stars becoming a charity show, and the excitement is greatly reduced.

Being late was just a soy sauce, and I just sat on the coach's bench and made decisions.

After Garnett and Ray Allen ran to the East, the strength of the Eastern All-Stars has been significantly improved, and they have more tactical options.

The first three quarters of the two sides were in the regular performance mode, and after entering the fourth quarter, the real fight began.

As a result, under the late training, the West team chose to focus on the inside offense. He used Yao Ming and Milicic to form the inside twin towers.

As a result, as soon as he entered the real rhythm, he was touted by the American media as a future super center, and Yao Ming's biggest challenger, the Happy Spark Beast, was revealed.

He was omnipotent in the first three quarters, often staged amazing dunks, and was one of the most outstanding centers in this All-Star game.

But when Yao Ming got serious, Howard changed from omnipotent to omnipotent.

He couldn't fly anymore, and his rough basket skills made him completely unable to deal with Yao Ming's tremendous pressure at the basket.

And Milicic is a fast-moving big man, which makes the Western All-Stars completely fearless of the Eastern All-Stars' pick-and-roll tactics.

No matter how strong the individual strength of the All-Star team is, after all, it is not as good as the teammates who get along with each other day and night. Once the pick-and-roll tactics are restricted, they can only fall into a state of fighting on their own.

In the end, with the perfect performance of Yao Ming and Kobe, the Western All-Stars defeated the Eastern All-Stars for 8 consecutive years, and Yao Ming and Kobe shared the All-Star MVP trophy.

Since then, Yao Ming's important honor in the NBA has almost completed the Grand Slam, becoming the No.1 foreign player without a doubt.

After the All-Star Game, each team entered the rhythm of grabbing points, and those who had no hope of making the playoffs began to perform crazily.

The Warriors played steadily, with little ups and downs.

Being late did not continue to reduce the playing time of several starters. After half a season of training, Horford quickly squeezed out Harrington's position and became the Warriors' first choice at the power forward position. Saul didn't get much advantage in direct competition with Milicic, but his speed of improvement is also very obvious.

The only unstable position for the Warriors is small forward.

Grant Hill's fighting spirit is not as good as before. At the age of 35, he quickly became an ordinary rotation player. Jackson's performance is not stable, and his defensive ability is not very reassuring.

I am late and plan to try to make a trade next season. Now the Warriors have enough offensive firepower. It would be perfect to add a player with strong defensive ability to the small forward position. His goal is Sean Battier of the Grizzlies. Or Kings small forward Ron Artest.

The Warriors will still be able to maintain the stability of the main lineup next season, they still have ample salary space, and they can reach a contract extension with Roy in advance, and Milicic's contract-there are still two full years before it expires.

Because there are many players and the rotation is never interrupted, the Warriors have not suffered from large-scale injuries, but occasionally some players have minor problems, and they only need to rest for a game or two before continuing to play.

This allowed them to remain competitive in the second half of the season. In the end, the Warriors had the best record in team history at 68-14, ranking first in the league.

The Lakers have also risen this season. Kobe is still at his peak, and the addition of Pau Gasol has allowed Kobe to find a very reliable helper. Phil Jackson's classic triangle offense has once again shown its strength. , they ranked second in the Western Conference with a record of 56-26-but the recommendation rules that have been complained about countless times reappeared again, and the Lakers could only rank fourth, because the Warriors and the Lakers belong to the Pacific Ocean. competition area.

This also means that even if the Lakers eliminate their opponents this year, they will play against the No. [-] Warriors in the second round. In this way, the two most competitive teams this season will inevitably be eliminated early. This not only caused great dissatisfaction among the fans, but even the media complained frantically, saying that the league's response was slow, and the damn competition area protection rules should have been banned two seasons earlier.

The biggest dark horse this year is the New Orleans Hornets. After getting Tyson Chandler, they have an Optimus in the interior. In addition, the very mature Chris Paul controls the team's rhythm. Stojakovic, David West and other players who are good at shooting made them unexpectedly rank third in the Western Conference with a record of 55-27.

This year's West is more hell than last year. It seems that the record of the Western Conference seems to have declined. After all, the second-ranked Lakers only have 56 wins.

But in fact, all the teams that entered the Western Conference playoffs this year have all exceeded 50 wins. Among them, the Suns, Rockets, and Spurs have all reached 54 wins, plus the Jazz with 53 wins and Dallas with 51 wins. The Mavericks constitute the playoff strength of the Western Purgatory level.

The most tragic thing is probably the Denver Nuggets. The golden double guns composed of Allen Iverson and Carmelo Anthony also scored an astonishing 50 wins, but they were eliminated!
How dare you believe it!

50 wins and not making it to the playoffs, how terrifying is this year's Western Conference.

Last year, the media still said that 7 teams reached 50 wins, which was an insurmountable record in the NBA. However, this year, the West told the world that there is no cruelty, only more cruelty, and the record is used to be surpassed.

On the other hand, in the East, the Celtics who formed the Big Three immediately rose strongly. They scored 66 wins this season, which proved how strong the Big Three are at the peak.

The other two teams in the Eastern Conference that have won 50 wins are the Cavaliers and Magic. The two teams are actually almost all-star lineups, but the "stars" of the two teams are different.

McGrady's Pistons performed quite well this year. They ranked fourth in the Western Conference with a record of 45-37. It is almost impossible to hit the championship.

What is even more exaggerated is the eighth Pacers in the Eastern Conference. They only won 36 games and their winning percentage was only 43.9%. How embarrassing is this for the Western Conference teams?
The Eagles where Kevin Durant belongs are very decisive. They don't care about Joe Johnson, a veteran who has played in the league for many seasons. Ranked in the East - ninth!
They are even better than the Nets, which also have the Big Three. They have been defeated for many consecutive seasons, and the Big Three of the Nets will not be far away.

The Eagles fans are very happy. Durant's talent is visible to the naked eye. I believe that in time, the Eagles will not be far from rising.

But the Portland fans are very upset, because they are at the bottom!

In recent years, the Blazers have never lacked strong rookies. They have hoarded a large number of draft picks, including the No. [-] pick, No. [-] pick and so on.

This allowed them to hoard a large number of talented newcomers with amazing potential in the team, but the fans still did not see signs of the Blazers' rise, and the fans also had great dissatisfaction as a result.

The focus of this year's playoffs is very high, and no one can be sure who can break out of the West.

Although the Warriors are ranked No. [-] in the Western Conference, the Dallas Mavericks they are playing against are not easy people. If you don't pay attention, you may capsize in the gutter.

The old driver is getting more and more evil now. Fortunately, Milicic and Horford are not afraid of the old driver, an inside player who mainly focuses on mid-range and long-range shots and has almost zero attack power at the basket.

Under the late arrangement, the Warriors did not play fast breaks with the Mavericks, but instead lowered the success rate of the tempo and positional battles.

Their "second center in the West" Dampier is simply a waste, whether it is facing Gasol Jr. or Milicic, they can't limit their scoring.

In the end, the Mavericks could only rely on the performance of the old driver to keep their two home games, and were eliminated by the Warriors 2:4.

When the game was announced to be over, the old driver looked very lonely. He probably never thought that the team's record is so good, why is it ranked eighth?

(End of this chapter)