Chapter 501 Two to zero, Larry Brown's condition
The East is still the world of the Nets and the Bulls, while the West is the world of the Lakers and the Mavericks. After the Kings went crazy last season, they quickly became weak. Facing the Mavericks, they had no power to resist in the first game and actually lost 20 points away. The Lakers and the Trail Blazers were not that disparate, but the Lakers did not let the Trail Blazers lead once in the whole game. Although Brand beat Robert Horry, so what? Faced with the 90 points, 24 rebounds and 10 assists that the Ok combination contributed, the Portlanders really had no way. Morris Chicks once again saw the power of the Zen Master Star Blasting tactics.
In this game, the Lakers did not perform Shawshak's redemption. Kobe and O'Neal scored 42 points and 48 points alone. They performed more brutal than in the first round. A season of forbearance and hard work were for revenge in the finals.
Li Lei is very clear about this. Li Lei has watched this game between the Lakers and the Trail Blazers countless times, because the Spurs were blocked by the Trail Blazers in the first round. Ninety percent of the opponents in this finals will be the Lakers. Although the Mavericks have a chance, their inside line is the biggest weakness. Nowitz is good, but in the fifth position, Lafrenz and Bradley? Do you think these two people can cause an impact on one of O'Neal's arms?
Old Nelson does not have an orthodox center in the current Mavericks lineup. The reason he wants these two is because they both have good shooting skills, and their movement speed is not slow, so they can make fast attacks. As for the battle to grind positions, mad scientists have never thought about it. So if they face the Lakers in the Western Conference Finals, even if the Mavericks Trident can score a high enough score, the OK combination is not a vegetarian, especially O'Neal, who is completely invincible in the paint area. You can chop sharks, but the number of people on your side has been sent off, how can you limit O'Neal?
Old Neal has been insisting on eight players this season. Although many 100-year-old water dispenser managers can be used to cut O'Neal, the same thing is that unless O'Neal is completely killed, there will be no practical effect at all. Cutting sharks to treat symptoms but not root causes.
Following Doug Rivers in the East, there are head coaches leaving, namely Philadelphia coach Larry Brown and Pistons coach Rick Carlisle. Both teams are teams that go home to fish in the first round.
Carlisle brought the Pistons to the third place in the regular season this season and was not much different from last season, but his conflict with Jerry Starkhouse and Choudumas cannot be mediated, so the head coach left Motor City. Unlike Larry Brown's contract expired, he was terminated by the Pistons in advance.
It is rumored that Larry Brown has a great hope of taking over the Pistons. Will Rick Carlisle go to Philadelphia? Many people are watching this. Unfortunately, there is no news about Carlisle. He doesn't seem to be interested in the position of the Philadelphia head coach.
Carlisle and Larry Brown leave these two teams, which also means that the era of the two teams is over. After Larry Brown joined the Pistons, the first requirement was to trade Jerry Starkhouse and then change to a forward with both offense and defense. Although Prince is good at defense, he is too thin, and the same is true for power forward.
Chaudhumas was speechless, why did Rick Lair not like Jordan's junior brother? Larry Brown doesn't like him either, but who should he trade with him? There are very few forwards who can attack and defend now.
"Larry, do you have any good choice?" Choudumas was speechless. If you knew that Larry Brown had this kind of virtue, it would be better to continue to let Rick Carlisle take him. Bill Davidson said that he only gave himself a few years. If the Pistons can't get any decent rankings in these few years, then get out of here.
Larry Brown lit a cigarette, but his smoking appearance was not as charming as the Cardinal, but he felt like he was imitating. "Well, I have two candidates, Richard Hamilton of the Bulls, Ray Allen of the Bucks, Doug Christie of the Kings, and Bruce Bowen of the Spurs. These people, Ray Allen is a free agent this summer. You can see if he can sign it. As for the other players, it needs to be discussed. In the inside, I need a power forward who can resonate with Ben. My suggestion is Rashid Wallace or Theo Ratliff, but some of the characteristics of Ratliff overlap with Ben. If you can choose, I still want Rashid. As for Memir, if you can trade, you can trade. Although he has a good shooting, his defense is too bad."
Larry Brown said a lot, Chaudhmas was really numb, he was really mean, why did he fire Rick Carlisle, but instead brought such a god over, and there was no luck.
Chaudhumas soon contacted the Bulls first, but Jerry Klaus had no interest in Jerry Starkhouse, so if the deal was completed, he had to get a third-party team over.
Chaudhumas stopped directly, and the second match between the Bulls and Hornets was staged on May 8. The Hornets' starting lineup changed a bit, Mickey Mouse was on the field as the No. 1 position, Byron Davis went to the No. 2 position, Masburn was still the No. 3 position, PJ Brown in the fourth position, and Margoroyle in the fifth position.
Paul Silas thought about this lineup for a long time before he decided to come down, but after the game started, Paul Silas found that the lineup was not as good as it looked. Because Mickey Mouse was suppressed by Li Lei at the beginning, although it was useless to debate Davis and Masburn's fight against the Bulls in the second and third positions.
The overall structure of their lineup is very deformed. Except for one PJ Brown as a defensive player, the other four are typical defensive black holes, and the bench is even more terrible. Apart from a veteran like Kenny Anderson who is waiting to die, there is a tractor like Robert Trayler, who is no one wants. I really don’t know why the Hornets traded this person for and are the goalkeepers. This season, the tractors played 12.3 minutes, scored 3.9 points and 3.8 rebounds, and 0.7 assists. The only thing that is gratifying is that the tractor’s salary is only 750,000 US dollars this season, and it is only 830,000 next season. But according to his current performance, it is estimated that he will be terminated or thrown into the transfer market in the summer.
Chapter completed!