basketball never sleeps

Chapter 131 Trouble
It is said that the All-Star Week, or the trade deadline after the All-Star Week, is an important watershed in the regular season.

Teams that are dissatisfied with the status quo and want to go further in the playoffs must make their final struggle on this date.

Last year, the Pistons took Rashid on the trade deadline, and this year, the Eastern Conference also had a big deal.

After swinging between the Lakers and the 76ers for a long time, the King finally sent the former "King of the Kings" Webber to the 76ers.

In this transaction, ESPN gave the 76ers a trade rating of A+, because they only used three mediocre players to switch to Webber, who seemed to have plenty of energy.

The combination of the All-Star inside and outside line makes them look very bright. The 76ers, who had only the first two rounds of playoff prospects at most, stepped into the ranks of the powerful.

The Heat also had some concerns about the strengthening of the 76ers.

However, it is only a little, and a large part of it is out of respect for Iverson.

In addition to Webber's big deal, the 76ers made another wave of waste utilization. They traded "Big Dog" Robinson from the Hornets for blue-collar small forward Rodney and the same player. The absent Mashburn.

This transaction directly exposed their ambitions. Although Mashburn said that he could reach an average of 03+ per game when he played healthy in 20, the continuous injuries made him express his thoughts of retirement many times in front of the public, and he There is still a one-year contract after the end of this season. In contrast, the big dog's big contract ends this year.

In other words, the 76ers' move is for a blue-collar small forward willing to take on Mashburn's garbage contract with an annual salary of tens of millions next year.

However, Mo Wen didn't care much about the threat of the 76ers. Webber's knee injury won't get better just because of changing teams. After this wave of trades, it seems that the 76ers' firepower supplement problem has been alleviated, and the flank defense has also been supplemented. , but their defensive problems inside have not been resolved.

Want the 76ers to pose a threat to them, unless they let a fat man.

In addition to the 76ers in the Eastern Conference, only the Cavaliers traded a first-round pick for Kittles, who was tortured by Mo Wen in the second round of last year's playoffs. trade.

The Heat's lineup has tended to be perfect, so there is no further transaction.

In the west, similar to the 76ers, the Mavericks also carried out a wave of future-for-present transactions. They exchanged two mid-level leftovers for Van Horn, who still has a one-year contract.

Dawson on the Rockets side also made two consecutive transactions, and carried out a wave of replacements for the Rockets' bench. Of course, the replacements were basically "old blood" veterans.

Mo Wen was actually quite looking forward to the performance of the space-time rocket. The current rocket has a worse record than the original space-time rocket because of Dayao and McGrady's power struggles.

As long as the Rockets don't meet the other two teams in Texas, it is not impossible to break through the first round.

After the trade deadline, all teams that are expected to enter the playoffs have started the "ladder scoring" mode.

The intensity of the game is beginning to move closer to the playoffs visible to the naked eye.

At the beginning, the Heat could still maintain the same dominance in the first half. After the trade deadline, they won 5 games and 5 wins, which made many basketball practitioners and the media wonder whether the Heat are going to sprint towards the Bulls' record of 72 wins.

But injury issues quickly taught the Heat what it means to be realistic.

From the middle to late March, O'Pang, Wade, and Haslem began to "take over" injuries, that is, Popovich has not yet understood the "retirement mystery", otherwise Dafan will be criticized and imitated badly .

The heat's record has been greatly affected by the wave of injuries. They lost 8 games in 3 games, which directly lost the hope of hitting the best record.

Because Mo Wen has always maintained the concept of walking and playing, and has rich experience in avoiding injuries and protecting himself, he can still maintain a healthy state.

But it's hard for a clever woman to cook without rice, and he couldn't perform miracles to lead the team to victory again and again when the lineup was not complete.

With the spread of his fame, other teams have correspondingly increased their research and targeting of him, especially after the All-Star break, both TNT and ESPN have reviewed his skills and performance in the program. detailed analysis.

His signature movements, shooting preferences, common tactics, and admiring eyes of girls have all been picked up.

If the Heat have a complete lineup, it is useless for others to know these things. He can use the restraint of his star teammates, but in the case of constant injuries, he can only guarantee the team's winning percentage, such a thing as a complete victory, Dan It's not good for the son to come in person.

However, he also used this period of time to bring his declining scoring average back to 20+.

Even with the help of the league and Nike, he still hasn't been able to beat Nash, but the 20+10 data almost makes him book the best second team.

The fast break system is a great blessing for assists. The advantage that teammates can shoot when passing the ball is unmatched by conventional positional warfare.

"Now you are far worse than before. If you take the initiative to take a rest five years ago, I can laugh at you for a year!"

In the locker room, Mourning drank the prepared electrolyte water and said to Ao Pang next to him.

"Don't pretend to be a tough guy with me. After playing for so many years, you don't even know when to take a break. Then you are really playing for nothing."

Ao Pang soaked in the ice bucket and rolled his eyes.

Although it was announced to the public that the two put aside their grievances and went hand in hand, the two still couldn't help bickering during the team training.

"Then for the next game, do you really want to listen to that kid's advice and take a rest?"

Ao Fat nodded without denying it.

"I know it may be difficult for you to accept, but Mo is right. In the absence of hitting the best record in history, as long as we ensure that our record is the first in the East, maintaining health is the most important thing. We must What matters is the result, not the process.”

Mourning clenched his fists and thumped the bench a little irritably.

The professional attitude he has cultivated for more than ten years really cannot allow him to accept such things as taking rotations for health.

For this reason, he argued positively with Mo Wen in the team, and even quarreled several times.

To be honest, he has nothing to say about Mo Wen's skills, ability and attitude on the court.

Mo Wen and Wade are the strongest guard combination he has ever partnered with in his life.

And also in double figures in assists, but Mo Wen, who is in the second grade, is better than "Little Bug" Hardaway who has played for seven or eight years.

But outside of competitions, Mo Wen's professionalism did not meet his expectations.

Mourning, who was dedicated to the team, also encountered the same troubles as the Heat coaching staff at this time.

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"Michael, believe it or not I'm going to score this here and end the series."

It was night, Mo Wen stood in front of the marinated egg, suppressed the excitement in his heart, and said slowly.

More than 3000 dungeon matches, he waited for this opportunity, this time he didn't want to "go about G7" anymore.

　There is another update tomorrow morning

　　
　
(End of this chapter)