basketball pope

Chapter 66 [Possibility of breaking records]

The activities on the second day of Star Weekend were very boring, and Yang Rui didn't watch the live broadcast at home.

In the 1997 dunk contest, except for Kobe's crotch dunk, everyone else's performance was unsatisfactory.Michael Finley put on the most bizarre performance in the history of the competition, a very ugly side flip to catch the ball and dunk, and failed...

Because the level of the last slam dunk contest was too low, president David Stern thought that the slam dunk contest was no longer attractive, so he canceled the program.However, other projects are even less interesting.

On the third day of the Star Game, the East easily defeated the West 137-114.

The media is rumored that this is Jordan's last year, so many players in the East tacitly gave Jordan a wedding dress. Jordan scored 23 points, 6 rebounds and 8 assists and won the MVP of the All-Star Game.

Someone also tried to spoil the game, and it was Glen Rice of the Hornets again.As the head coach, Van Gundy was used to arranging three-point tactics, so he also arranged for Ewing to pull out the screen and pass the ball to the perimeter players during the game, which had an obvious effect.

莱斯全场16投8中，三分球9中6，得到22分。

Ewing played only 18 minutes, scoring 8 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists.

The game was not intense at all. The highlight was that both sides contributed a lot of wonderful dunks. Kobe played well, scoring 16 of 7 shots and scored the highest 18 points in the West.

Kobe Bryant did not have stage fright at all, and the more famous "rejection of the pick-and-roll incident" occurred.

Karl Malone mentioned the high position as a cover for Kobe, but was ruthlessly reprimanded by the hairy boy: "Put away your damn pick-and-roll, I'm going to fight Jordan one-on-one!" He made the "Postman" disgraced, Only 17 minutes of the game were played.

Yang Rui didn't go to watch the All-Star Game live. When he was a fan in his previous life, he hoped to meet these stars face to face one day.Now as an assistant coach, he can face all this calmly.

Once involved, he put himself in a high position.He just wants to coach the All-Stars, and has no interest in being a spectator, especially if he has watched these games in his previous life.

After the star game, the teams continue their regular season journey.

Before the trade deadline, the Raptors became the league's only protagonist.

They first sent Damon Stoudemire, Walter Williams and Carlos Rodgers to the Blazers.In exchange for Kenny Anderson, Gary Trent, Elvin Williams, a 1999 first-round pick, a second-round pick and some cash.

Then, in a big trade involving seven people, the Celtics sent Billups, Dee Brown, John Thomas and Roy Rodgers, and got Kenny Anderson and Ronald Jones from the Raptors , and Jan-Tabak.

On the surface, the Raptors lost their star, but in fact they made a profit and sent away the "Momong Squirrel", and the team's defense could immediately be upgraded.

Needless to say, Billups was the No. [-] overall pick. DiBron is also an excellent defender, with great physical fitness. He has participated in the dunk contest and can shoot three-pointers.

The reason why the Green Army wanted to send these two people away was not because Cardinal Auerbach was confused, but because Billups had caused trouble everywhere in his rookie season and was invited by the police to the Public Security Bureau twice for tea.The most serious one was when Billups had sex with Dee Brown, played threesomes with a woman, and was charged to the police station.

No matter what their personalities are, the Raptors management can only see that Billups and Tracy McGrady cooperate well in the rookie game, and it is enough for them to act.

The Knicks did not make any trades, preparing to play with 14 people to the end.The record speaks for itself, and they don't need any changes.

After beating the Hornets, Magic, Cavaliers and Nuggets one after another, the Knicks have won 17 games in a row.

Yang Rui's rotation strategy, with the deepening of the season, began to play a greater role. Except for the core Ewing and Houston, everyone else played within 30 minutes, which can better ensure physical strength and efficiency.The more stamina, the less chance of injury.

On February 2, the Knicks played away to the Jazz. Some media analysts believed that the Jazz was the team most likely to end the Knicks’ winning streak. They are doing well recently, ranking third in the Western Conference with 18 wins and 35 losses, second only to the SuperSonics and the Lakers. .

As a result, the Knicks beat the Jazz in the opening game, leading by 23 points at halftime.The Jazz's interior defense hole is difficult to make up because their center is too slow.

The starting Ostertag should be called "Big White" instead of "Big White".On the offensive end, he has no deterrent power and can only be cute on the court.

Ostertag is 218cm tall and weighs 127kg. Yang Rui feels that his style of play is like Zhu Ziqing's prose.When he retired from the Jazz at 33, coach Sloan was not a young man, otherwise the interview might have said so.

"He has been in the NBA for more than ten years, and the thing I can't forget the most is his back... He took the ball in the open for a layup, his fat body leaned slightly to the left, and he looked hard. At this time, I saw his back, My tears flowed down quickly. I quickly wiped them away for fear of being seen by the cameraman and the fans."

If this person was born a few years later and entered the draft after 2010, he would definitely lose.He is a Thabee with extremely poor athletic ability, no abnormal wingspan, no mid-range shot, no low-post skills, and a low free throw rate.

But in this era of "toughness", many muscle sticks like to hit the basket to "find a hat" to prove themselves. "Dabai" has a role to play. The 28th place in the first round was selected by the Jazz, and he became a starting and defensive strongman. .

A "defensive strongman" like Ostertag is a good player against Shaquille O'Neal. He can only be abused against the Knicks. He has no chance to fight against others, not even to defend Ewing.

The Jazz's bench depth is also far less than that of the Knicks. The three old and one rest, the bench is defended and can't score at all.Without the Stockton organization, the Jazz would be a bad offense, and all play revolves around him and Malone.

At the end of the game, the Knicks defeated the Jazz 108-84, extending their winning streak to 18 games.

The media in the United States were shocked. Everyone was in Quanix. They showed a strong reminiscent of the Bulls in the 1995-96 season. The attack was the first, and the defense was equally good.

The Knicks currently have a record of 46 wins and 5 losses. Experts have begun to analyze the possibility of the Knicks breaking the Bulls' record of 72 wins in the regular season.There are only 31 games left, and 27 wins and 4 losses do not seem to be too difficult for the unstoppable Knicks in the first half, especially because they have a lot of players. Now the media calls the Knicks' substitutes "bench gangsters."

Most people are optimistic that the Knicks will win the championship this season and eliminate the Bulls in the playoffs.

The Bulls are second in the East with a record of only 39 wins and 15 losses. They have no chance of catching up with the Knicks and have no home field advantage in the playoffs.

The Pacers and Heat followed with a worse record. In the East, the Knicks were the thriving one.

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