Chapter 748 The regular season ends, a new legend(1/2)
In the 2015 NBA All-Star Game, in the Western Conference, the Warriors, as the team with the largest number of All-Stars, naturally attracted much attention.
This season's All-Star Weekend, the Warriors were selected into the four All-Stars, Chen Xiao, Davis, Clay and Bill, with their outstanding record and excellent performances.
The Spurs, which have the same record as the Warriors, were selected for the three All-Stars this time, Duncan, Maizi and Luo Ge.
As for the Cavaliers, this time it was Jayne, Oden and Conley, and there were also three.
It is particularly worth mentioning that Conley, a point guard who was once used by experts to compare with Ross and later beaten by Ross in the playoffs, has performed really well in the past two seasons.
Last season, he averaged 17 points, 6 assists and 2.2 steals per game, while this season, he averaged 18 points, 6.3 assists and 2.5 steals per game.
As a 27-year-old point guard, he is not old, but he is not young, but he is still making progress.
Whether it is control over the game or your own personal offensive ability, you are improving.
This season, he stood up with James' side for many key games and key points.
Conley has shown strong key ball skills in these two seasons.
So much so that James said more than once that Conley is the most perfect point guard teammate around him.
This is definitely not an exaggeration. It can control the rhythm, defend, stand up at critical moments, shoot, break through, and cooperate with Oden and James.
Although such a point guard is not as strong as Ross, Curry, Paul, and others, he is indeed the most reliable perfect assistant around star players.
And this season, Conley was selected as an All-Star for the first time, which is definitely a compliment for his outstanding performance in recent seasons.
After all, the whole world knows how difficult it is to be in the East to be the All-Star.
Especially in the defender position.
So, when he learned that he was selected as an All-Star as a substitute, Conley really burst into tears at the press conference.
He thought that he would never be able to become the All-Star, as he was about to die in his career.
However, the Cavaliers' outstanding record this season has added a lot of bargaining chips to Conley defeated James Harden and Westbrook into the All-Star Game.
Therefore, it can be seen from these public opinions before the All-Star Weekend.
Teams like the Spurs definitely don't want to consume anything on the All-Star weekend.
As the head coach of the Western Conference this time, Bobo made such a plan, especially the three All-Stars of the Spurs, who are all veterans and don’t care about this.
But there are many young players like the Cavaliers and Warriors, and even players who are selected for the All-Star for the first time, which is different.
This season, the Spurs, Warriors and Cavaliers, three teams can be called the Three Kingdoms Contest.
The record card between the three teams is too close.
The competition for the league number one is not in vain, it can definitely be regarded as a combination of harmony.
Moreover, because the home advantage of the Bucks and Spurs played the final decisive role in the finals last season.
So none of the three teams intend to give up their regular season home advantage.
Therefore, all three teams are desperately competing for the first place in the league.
Therefore, it was interesting on this All-Star weekend. The head coach of the Spurs and the head coach of the Western Conference, Bobo, was crazy hype to help Chen Xiao compete for the MVP and repay the kindness of Chen Xiao helping Luo Ge in last year's All-Star Game.
What a good guy, who is not a thousand-year-old fox, has come to repay his kindness through it.
Chen Xiao really wants to keep an eye on the word, Bobo dares to use Chen Xiao vigorously in this All-Star Game.
Compared to Bobo, Rick Carlisle is much more open-minded in the Eastern Conference All-Star head coach and Cavaliers head coach. Regarding the playing time between James and Oden, he said that they both decided, but Conley would want to show himself. At the same time, he also said the same thing about superstars such as Durant, Curry, and Ross, and would not use it hard.
By the way, this offseason, the Cavaliers invited their meritorious head coach Rick Carlisle back.
Carlisle is the former Cavaliers' head coach and the head coach who won the championship with Chen Xiao and James.
It can be said to be a legend of the team, and his success with the Heat helped the Heat establish a dynasty, so Carlisle's return is an absolutely good addition to the Cavaliers' locker room.
Xiao Zhan is so arrogant in the Cavaliers.
The boss of the Cavaliers is Xiao Zhan, the boss of the Cavaliers is Xiao Zhan, and all the young people in the team are trained by Xiao Zhan.
For the Cavaliers, Xiao Zhan is the emperor.
This makes it difficult for James, who has become an old James since he was 30 years old, not to play a one-man show in the Cavaliers.
With his hands on the coach's tactics and the team's arrangements, his influence will inevitably reach out to all aspects.
This also bothers Xiao Zhan very much. He wants to focus on the game itself, but others always ask him about other things.
He couldn't help it.
In this case, Xiao Zhan asked Chen Xiao what to do. The solution Chen Xiao gave at that time was to find someone who could convince everyone, suppress you, and give him the greatest authority.
Obviously, the only person who can convince James and the rest of the Cavaliers is probably the only one who can convince Chen Xiao.
So, after Carlisle left the Heat, he had not had a few days off, and was invited back by Xiao Zhan with the salary of the league's number one coach.
And not only is he a head coach, but also a general manager and the team's chairman.
With Rick Carlisle's presence, the Cavaliers' husband-and-wife store finally has a force that can balance Xiao Zhan's.
When the emperor has no checks and balances, he may eventually become selfish and only think of his true emperor.
Xiao Zhan is also afraid that he will become such a person.
This season, the Cavaliers' success in the East also reflects the value of Rick Carlisle.
The Heat's failure in the last few years also made Carlisle very unhappy. If Pat Riley hadn't suddenly returned and disrupted his tactical system against the Heat, he was sure that he could win at least one championship for the Heat, Yao Ming's curtain call might have been perfect, and Wade's departure might have been avoided.
However, he does not have real power in the Heat.
Pat Riley is the real power of the Heat.
After becoming the No. 1 head coach in the NBA, Carlisle urgently hopes to become a person like Pat Riley and build his own team.
And Xiao Zhan and the Cavaliers gave him such an opportunity.
The Cavaliers are now very strong. Based on this, he can quickly build the Cavaliers into the most competitive super team.
That's how it's been this season.
Carlisle fulfilled his promise and did not squeeze players from competitor teams such as Durant, Curry, and Ross in this All-Star Game.
And in the west, Chen Xiao did not answer Bobo's accent at once, which left Bobo helpless.
In this All-Star Game, the players who are really interested in MVP are actually Ke Boss and Wade.
The two of them had a full All-Star Game this time.
You attack one, I attack one, it’s so exciting, and there is no chance for Chen Xiao and the others to steal the show.
In the end, the result of the All-Star Game was that the Eastern Conference defeated the West 158-155, and Wade won the final amvp.
In this game, Wade and Kobe moved the scoring champion competition to the All-Star Game, which is indeed very attractive and exciting.
In this game, Wade made 15 of 25 shots, scoring 40 points, while Kobe made 16 of 28 shots, scoring 41 points.
The scoring boss had one more point, but the game and MVP were taken away by Wade.
By the way, so far, the top scorer is also the leader in the scoring list, and the average average of 33.5 points, while Wade is ranked second with 31.5 points per game.
The competition for the scoring champion of Keda is also a little ahead of Wade.
In addition to the All-Star Weekend, this All-Star Weekend is actually very exciting. For example, the three-pointer was the duel between Curry's brothers. In the end, Curry defeated Curry's younger brother with 27 points to 26 points and became the three-pointer king.
The dunk of the new dunk king Zach Laven is definitely amazing and quite exciting.
It was really surprising that Chen Xiao could have such wonderful content when he was not involved.
I can only say that the current NBA is indeed beginning to bloom.
As the legends of Chen Xiao and the older generation gradually faded away, a new legend emerged one by one.
After the All-Star Game, the NBA returned to the regular season pace again. Chen Xiao and the Warriors' regular season goal this season is very simple, which is to compete for the first record in the regular season.
Regardless of whether you can win or not, if the Warriors want to pass the Spurs level, home advantage is indeed very important.
If you can get it, you must get it.
Of course, if there is no way, the Warriors will not be stupid enough to fight hard.
Staying healthy and physically reserved for the playoffs is still the most important thing.
For the Warriors, the most important thing to compete for the first place in the Western Conference is the last five games in February and the few games in early March after the All-Stars.
On February 20, the Spurs will be home to six consecutive away games in the East, with their opponents being the Pacers, Wizards, Cavaliers, Raptors, Celtics, and Nets. Then, they will return to home court and play the Bucks again.
Let's just say that if the Warriors win all these games, they will have the initiative to compete for the league first.
If you lose more than 3 games in these games, I'm sorry, so I'd better keep your energy honestly and adjust for the playoffs.
In the next 8 games, except for the Nets, all of them will be playoff opponents from the East and West.
Besides the No. 1 Spurs in the West, the remaining six playoff opponents are all the Eastern Conference playoff opponents.
This is in a sharp contrast to the 14 opponents in January, with only 5 playoff opponents.
In just 10 days, this will be the most difficult ten days for the Warriors this season's regular season.
On February 20th, the two teams were able to be called big ups and downs in this game. As soon as the first quarter, the away Spurs almost made the Warriors 31-21, but in the second quarter, with the Warriors' 70% shooting percentage and 66% three-point shooting percentage, the Warriors played the Spurs 35-26.
To be continued...