Forward to the basket

After killing the Heat, the news of Pat Riley's resignation and abdication almost filled the headlines of many newspapers, and the new head coach of the Heat has also provoked discussions among many experts.

"From experienced to ignorant, the Heat are going from one extreme to the other."

"I hope that firefighting coach who has been a scout for the Heat for several years can support a few more games. You must know that the mood of Miami fans must be very bad now. I hope this guy can have more good luck."

"Maybe now those bookmakers should open up and see when the Heat's next coach comes."

When Spoelstra took office as the head coach of the Heat, more media were still in a wait-and-see state. They really didn't trust this guy who had never been a head coach.

Whether a rookie who has only worked as an assistant and scout can bring the Heat out of the downturn, no one is really optimistic about him.

At least that thin resume does not prove that he has the ability to replace Pat Riley. Maybe this is just an unlucky scapegoat. When he leads the team to play badly, people may start to miss Pat Riley That old fox is up to the job?Many people are still skeptical.

But no matter what, this has become a reality. The "magic operator" is gone, and an Asian coach is here.

Of course, Rivers must not know why Riley would choose a rookie with little experience to coach the Miami Heat, but many people understand that this Heat team has already withdrawn from the playoffs.

Even if they can barely make it to the top eight in the Eastern Conference, they will still be slaughtered in the playoffs.

Even if Wade returns from injury, relying on their current lineup, it will be difficult to make a name for themselves in the playoffs.

The old is old, the young is young, maybe Wade is still worth looking forward to, and even Marion is not at his peak.

The fact that the Suns can abandon him is enough to show that his role in Phoenix is ​​weakening and nothing can be changed.

Therefore, those fans who are still optimistic think that Marion and Wade may spark sparks together.

But this kind of slim hope is really not very likely. The current Miami Heat really can't do it.

Don't think that if the Celtics can sweep the Eastern Conference, it means that the competitiveness of the Eastern Conference is weaker. Weaker, it's not that the current Heat team can fight their way out. Even the Raptors can easily clean them up.

Therefore, for some things, don’t count on it. It may be simpler to wait for the new season to start again.

Maybe Pat Riley, this amazing old guy, can also pan for gold in the transfer market like Angie.

It's just that whether Miami fans can accept this somewhat cruel fact depends on their mentality.

Anyway, there are some destined things that cannot be changed. The Heat are destined not to be a strong team in the Eastern Conference.

Moreover, the fall of Miami has lowered the competitiveness of the Eastern Conference again, just like the situation of the Nets. Now the strong teams in the Eastern Conference have entered the rebuilding period one after another, which many people did not expect.

At least before the start of the season, many people are expecting the East to stage a battle for hegemony, and some people are saying that the Celtics with Garnett, Miami with O'Neal, the Nets with Kidd, and Chicago Bulls, Toronto Raptors, Cavaliers and Pistons, the East can now finally compete with the West.

But now these strong teams in the East, which had high hopes, have been suspended at least half of them. Some fell at the beginning of the season, and after two transfer turmoil, two more teams were disabled.

The Bulls, Heat, and Nets have all fallen. Among the top eight teams in the Eastern Conference, the Pacers and Wizards must support the scene. Even the Eagles have become a strong team, and the decline in overall strength has become a reality.

Not to mention that there are Magic in the east, as well as the Cavaliers, Pistons and Celtics. If the top eight in the East and West are really fighting each other, who else can guarantee their competitiveness except the Cavaliers and Celtics? OK?

Now that the Magic have met the strong teams in the Western Conference, their winning percentage is only less than [-]%, and the Pistons can barely maintain a tie, so the Cavaliers and Celtics may have a slight advantage.

The west wind is strong, and the east wind is weak. It doesn't matter whether the Celtics are at the top of the league or not. This overall situation cannot be changed by one team.

Don't look at the fact that both the Pistons and the Heat won championships during this period, but look at the results since 2000.

The West is still far ahead, and the East can only occasionally have a strong team that emerges. Teams like the Pistons that can reach the Finals twice and the Spurs and Lakers are no longer available.

The Heat just had a flash of inspiration, and then they still ran into the miserable Mavericks. If the nerves of those guys can be tougher, the Heat may not be able to fight back.

It was only after 0:2 that they came back. This is definitely not the effect Pat Riley wanted, but they won in the end. Of course, no one mentioned the mistakes they made before, but the Heat really can’t say how strong they are .

Even after O'Neal and the others cruised to the Eastern Conference, the two sides were not evenly balanced. The mighty little Queen di duo couldn't resist the madness of the Spurs, and the other teams just tried to maintain the same winning percentage as the Western Conference.

Fifty percent, or even less. This is an embarrassing reality. You can’t help but admit it. This is in front of you. You can’t deny that the overall strength of the east is indeed weaker than that of the west.

Maybe when the Bulls were there, the East had a slight upper hand, the madness of the Great West was temporarily suppressed, Joe's leader retired, and the rise of the West was already an unstoppable reality.

Even if the Celtics can now rank first in the league, in terms of regular season record, the next few teams are all from the West, and the Cavaliers, the second in the East, are only the No. [-] team in the league. five.

As for the Detroit Pistons, they have to go to the back row. Compared with the Western powers, the competitiveness of the Eastern Conference needs to be strengthened, especially after the Heat lost O'Neal, they lost another strong team.

The Heat have lost their dual cores, and they have fallen. The Nets have been dismantled after losing Kidd. After the 76ers lost Iverson, they are no longer a strong team.

Now the Cavaliers, Pistons, Celtics and Raptors are left in the East and still have the ability to wrestle with the West.

As for the Pacers, Wizards or Magic, they are all a little immature now. It is a little difficult for them to get rid of the Spurs or the Mavericks. There is no way to avoid the weakness of the Eastern Conference.

But the battle between the Eastern and Western leagues will not disappear like this. The Bulls suppressed the West for six full years, and the Lakers also counterattacked with a wave of three consecutive championships, but this kind of war will never end.

In the early days of the alliance, there was a battle between the Lakers and the Celtics. They have been lingering for decades, and neither of them has been able to truly overwhelm the other. The history of the Eastern and Western alliances is obviously longer.

Therefore, when the Celtics head to the west, they not only want to plunder the victory, but also want to seize the opportunity in the war between the east and the west. In the finals, it is always a confrontation between the east and the west. .

And what Rivers requires is to maintain a winning percentage against the Western powers, at least not less than [-]%, especially against several major competitors, the Celtics can't easily lose the game.

What you're going to meet in the finals must be the opponent in the West, and that's how it is in the East.

Cavaliers, Pistons, Magic, and the Celtics are the main competitors, but in the west, there may be a few strong interceptors. Rivers needs to get familiar with the opponents from now on.

The Suns, Mavericks, Lakers, Spurs, Jazz, Rockets and Nuggets, these teams are actually very dangerous. None of the teams that can reach the finals from the Western Conference is easy to deal with.

It doesn't count to get rid of his old enemy, the Lakers. The Mavericks, Suns, and Spurs alone are enough to cause headaches.

Don't look at Rivers and the Celtics are now the top players in the league, but the record in the regular season does not mean that you will definitely be able to kill the Quartet in the playoffs, let alone meet those teams in the West.

Even if he has confidence in the hunks he has under his command, Rivers still has to play up to [-] points in the face of the Western Conference powerhouses. The finals are not an arena where you can make mistakes.

A grueling trip to the West, for Rivers and the Celtics, is to test their purity.

The Spurs, Nuggets, Rockets, Hornets, and Celtics have to face at least three teams that can rank in the top six in the West. This kind of high-intensity confrontation is probably a kind of competition for everyone. Cruel test.

In particular, the two games between the Hornets and the Rockets had to play back-to-back, and the battle was resolved within more than 30 hours.

This kind of road trip is already brutal enough, but now coupled with this kind of physical overdraft, even Rivers will be under pressure before heading to the west. After all, these tough bones are not so easy to chew.

The battle between the Celtics and the Spurs is more like a collision between the two most secure teams in the Eastern and Western Leagues. One is the champion of last season, and the other is the league's top player this season.

After the Celtics got rid of their competitors in the East, although the Spurs are still in third place in the West, they are still the most powerful team to win the championship in the West. The experience of these guys is terrible.

Sweeping the Cavaliers 4-0 in the finals last season is already a proof. Before the finals started, many people said that it would be the enthronement ceremony of the little emperor.

It is said that the little emperor even deliberately pasted an illustration of him dunking Duncan on the door of his locker room.

what's the result?Duncan just smiled honestly and said, "It's okay, I can sign him."

And then...and then those San Antonio old bones swept the Cavaliers in the Finals.

4:0, no matter how you look at it, it's a shameful score. The little emperor didn't even have a chance to win a game.

"San Antonio's home game is terrible. I don't want to repeat it. This is our first game in the West. I don't want to lose. I don't think you should want to start with a loss."

Rivers knew what kind of contest he would have against Vitch, so he didn't expect it to be as easy as killing the Heat. This was a battle between the East and the West, and no one wanted to be a loser.

Rivers is not fully sure about the gdp combination under Vivić's command. It is difficult for others to defeat the Spurs at home, even if they are as strong as the Celtics.

"I hope that in Texas, the Celtics can usher in their second loss of the season. This trip to the West will definitely not be smooth sailing for them. The AT&T Center will leave them An unforgettable memory, the Spurs, now third in the Western Conference, will definitely cause a lot of trouble for the league's No. [-] team."

As the New York media who watch the excitement and are not afraid of big things, they really hope to see the Celtics in the same district get unlucky. The New York Knicks, whose opponent is so good, really annoys New Yorkers.

But even if this kind of anger is vented to Dolan, it's useless. At least they are out of play this season. Instead of watching their team keep losing, it's better to cause some trouble for the Celtics at this time.

This is typical. They don't want others to live better than themselves. The New York media's envy, jealousy and hatred are so entangled, but they really hope that the Spurs can give the Celtics a blow.

It doesn't involve any battles between the East and the West, just to see if someone can beat the Celtics again, it is already tempting enough. The San Antonio Spurs at home seem to be a good choice.

But Vicki has never been the kind of person who likes to make big claims before the game. Even if the Celtics came to the door this time, he said cautiously, "The opponent is very strong. We will try our best at home. .”

The answer was impeccable, and what Vicki said had no intention of teasing the opponent. This old guy is different from Mike Brown. He knows the truth of saying less and doing more.

However, what Vitch said did not relieve Rivers of the pressure. The Spurs have never been a high-profile team, but the more low-key they are, the more dangerous they are.

Don't forget, these guys were the champions of last season. After killing the Cavaliers from the Western Conference, this kind of powerful strength should not be underestimated by anyone. Rivers is not arrogant enough to think that he can kill opponents at will.

In the first game of the Celtics' trip to the west, they encountered such a tough bone, how could they gnaw?Whether it can be eaten down may have an impact on the next three games.

There is no such thing as saying that you must hit the ground running, but in front of the Western powers, the Celtics still have to maintain their tough stance. They are the top player in the league and will not easily lose to any team.

Rivers didn't want to lose such a confrontation, but in front of Vicki, he had to be careful every step of the way.

The sharp corner of the Spurs collided with the fierce impact of the Celtics, I don't know what kind of sparks will be created...