Forward to the basket

Chapter 446 Weak Eastern Powers

After the All-Star Game, they played ten consecutive games. Although they were not idle for more than half a month, the busyness of the Celtics caused headaches for many competitors, because these guys scored eight wins and two losses.

I'm going, can you be more brutal?A total of ten games were played, and you won eight games?The [-]% winning rate is achieved like this?If this group of Boston animals continues to behave like this, then the rest of the people really don't have to mess around.

Now the news about the Celtics has already made fans and the media numb. It may be exciting at the beginning of the season, especially when these guys keep talking, you always expect them to win more!

But after that, there were too many victories, and the passion was almost exhausted. Except for the Boston fans, most people opened the newspaper or turned on the TV, and saw the victory of the Celtics.

Because they have no news other than winning, no internal strife, no rumors, no big deals involved, just a very monotonous win, one after another, the desire seems to never be satisfied.

Not to mention that this feeling will make competitors collapse, even those who watch the game will feel very collapsed.

The main reason is that you want to watch the Celtics lose. It is simply too difficult. Occasionally there are one or two games, and these guys give up on their own initiative. If you want to conquer face to face, at least those teams in the East are now very difficult to do.

Facing the competitors in the Eastern Conference, it is almost a sweeping gesture. This domineering record makes the chasers very helpless, and also makes the fans of those teams very depressed. It is simply an impossible task to defeat the Celtics first. , Now even fans of the Cavaliers and Pistons don't expect their team to win them.

Of course, this is only limited to the regular season stage. If it happens in the playoffs, it is inevitable that you will die. No one will take the initiative to back down in that kind of fight. Bundle.

But now this regular season record is really distressing, the Celtics' results are too tough!

Especially the Pistons, Cavaliers and Magic, these guys have been chasing desperately behind the Celtics.

But why is this distance getting farther and farther?How did this happen?Supporters of these three teams will definitely feel that the future is confused, because no matter how hard they try to catch up, they seem to be unable to catch up with the Celtics.

This feeling is simply terrible, and because the Celtics are too strong, the backbone of the Eastern Conference has begun to show varying degrees of weakness after this wave of continuous campaigns.

Especially for the Cavaliers and the Magic, the former's injuries began to increase. For example, Wallace has been injured all the time. When he was in the Bulls, he didn't get enough recovery time. In the Cavaliers, he was also overloaded.

No way, the Cavaliers really don't have any useful insiders for Mike Brown to use. Even if Wallace's condition is not as good as before, he is still the most trustworthy backbone of the Cleveland Cavaliers.

This is also the reason why the Cavaliers had to deal with Wallace when they exchanged with the Bulls. The inside line in the Eastern Conference is really too weak. There are a few big men who are almost the target of each team.

Some people have even asserted that it won't take too long. After Wallace and his group retire, the main combat power inside the alliance may come from foreign supplies. This species no longer exists in China.

Even in the NCAA league, this trend is now showing. The swinging forwards and guards are the bosses. Centers and power forwards are all supporting roles. Those who are better mixed are the team's second offensive option. Yes, that's the role of a blue-collar worker. You have to do all the dirty work, and no one cares about it.

This is the survival status of big men, and every team is indispensable, but few people are willing to cultivate this kind of position with a particularly late maturity. Most of the time, they still hope to get it through trade.

Anyway, the ncaa is not available, and there are international players. This can be regarded as an alternative marketing method for Stein.

It's just that it is becoming more and more difficult for the dream team in the United States to find a big man to take advantage of. Otherwise, Old K would not have been staring at Chen Feng all the time. You know, when did the dream team in the past lack a good insider?

Counting from guys like Barkley and O'Neal, the inside line of the Dream Team has always followed a tough style.

But now the players that Old K can command, namely inside players like Bosh and Howard, are either soft or too tough. Although they all have their own advantages, their shortcomings are also troublesome.

It was so easy to focus on a big guy like Chen Feng who was extremely skilled, but in the end he was stunned that he was not recruited into the dream team.

Even the old K once lamented that the future dream team does not know whether it can become the number one in the world.

At least in terms of interior, the Dream Team has no advantage at all. If one day even loses the advantage of the outside, then the existence of the Dream Team is a symbol of remembering the past, and it will no longer have any meaning.

Wallace's coming to Cleveland is already the most cheering deal for the little emperor, because Cleveland lacks a good insider, and without control of the three-second zone under the basket, everything is empty talk.

The Cavaliers may still be good, after all, there is another Ilgauskas who is rooted in Cleveland.

However, with a tough guy like Wallace, it is impossible not to use Mike Brown. It is also because of the existence of a tough bone. Therefore, after the All-Star Game, the Cavaliers began to frantically strive to win the game.

But no matter how tough this old guy is, there are times when he can't handle it. After the All-Star Game, after less than five games, Wallace went into the factory for repairs. If there are no major problems, even minor problems have to be temporarily suspended. .

After all, this kind of inside player who relies on his body for food has been fighting for many years, and has many injuries on his body.

Mike Brown's overdraft use, even Iron Man can't stand it, but he can't help it. The Cavaliers need enough wins to allow Cleveland to maintain the home court advantage after the start of the playoffs.

Even if they can't overthrow the Celtics, they still need to consider other competitors. After all, the East is not all soft persimmons. If you want to pinch anyone, you have to bear a certain impact, and the inside is especially important.

But don't expect Wallace to help now, this old guy has to rest for at least a week, otherwise don't plan to let him play in the playoffs, this risk, no one dares to take it now.

Wallace himself also hopes to take a break. After all, from the Bulls to the Cavaliers, he basically has no rest time.

In order to prove that he is not old, "Big Ben" has to do his best, otherwise, more people will say that he is more useless than an ordinary blue-collar with a large salary. Not a lot.

Especially in Chicago, the management and fans who had high hopes for Wallace have already been disappointed after more than one season, otherwise, they would not lose money and sell them at a big sale.

Just in exchange for a crippled guy like Hughes, everyone knows that this business is too expensive. Even in Chicago, where the performance has plummeted, Hughes's nerve knife is useless, so he can only sit on the bench superior.

Wallace needs to rely on his grades and performance to prove his value again, but he is also helpless in the face of injuries.

The old ankle injury of Ilgauskas is also fatal. Since the day this big guy was injured, he has rarely been able to attend full attendance in a season. This season, he has persisted in more than 50 games, which is already a rare miracle.

That's because it's hard to find such a big guy with more than 20 meters and [-] meters, otherwise the Cavaliers might have replaced them long ago, but Ilgauskas's skill, even if you have money, you may not be able to find it now .

It's just that he has been plagued by injuries for so many years, and this Lithuania's most potential insider has lost some of his ambitions. He is now at most serving as a helper for the little emperor, barely considered a second-rate expert.

But now Wallace is injured, and Ilgauskas has to rest for three weeks. The Cavaliers' inside line is empty. This is their weakness. Now, the fatal weakness has been infinitely magnified.

When they met the Trail Blazers, they were beaten by Aldridge. Although the little emperor scored 40 points at that time, Aldridge of the Trail Blazers just held down Varejao. Beat hard.

Not only did the Brazilian foul out the last six times, but he also scored a career-high 35 points.

The Cavaliers were also depressed by the Blazers and Mavericks because of their weakness inside.

The magic of Quicken Loans Arena seems to have faded just like that. Now everyone knows that if you want to kill the Cavaliers, you have to play inside. As long as they are forced to shrink their defense, then you are one step closer to victory.

Now Cleveland's troubles are not only due to the injuries of Wallace and Ilgauskas. After a long season, many accumulated problems are beginning to show their clues, especially the arrival of the injury crisis.

Both Gibson and Szczerbiak have suffered minor injuries in the last few games. The Cavaliers' main defensive force and offensive firepower have been weakened by at least one-third, and their internal defense has been reduced by nearly half!

With such a lineup, the only thing Mike Brown can count on is the little emperor, but the little emperor who can maintain an average of 30+ points per game for most of the season, his poor touch in the last few games made him even annoyed.

The more the team needs someone to stand up, the more the little emperor will be surrounded by opponents.

Now there are really few people who can help him. The interior defense is already poor. Now that two high points are missing, Varejao is alone under the basket, and he can't prevent the opponent's attempt to cut into the basket. .

Sometimes the little emperor is forced to retreat to the defense, but once he retreats, the opponent has more chances to cause damage on the outside, not to mention that the little emperor's supplementary defense is more about chasing speed players like defenders.

Once the opponent uses a powerful inside rush, even the little emperor can't stand it. They lost to the Spurs again a few days ago, and that's how they lost. Duncan held the ball and cut in front, and Varejao couldn't stop it at all.

Even though this guy has already played the flop to the extreme, but in front of the "Stone Buddha", the Brazilian's tricks don't seem to work at all. Duncan tortured this unlucky guy by hitting the board again and again.

Coupled with Parker, a light sports car running wildly, and Ginobili, a monster knife hacking, the Cavaliers had no choice but to usher in a three-game losing streak at home, which directly wiped out their lead over the Pistons.

But the Pistons failed to take advantage of this opportunity to overtake. The Cavaliers were weak, but Detroit did not hold on to the end. It is possible to replace their current ranking, and no one can save this downturn.

Billups' average data per game has not declined, Hamilton's efficiency remains the same, and empty-handed positions are still unpredictable, but the overall efficiency of the Pistons is declining, which cannot be stopped by one or two people.

Even Stuckey, who had already performed well in his rookie season, failed to bring the vitality they wanted to the Pistons. Rasheed Wallace was in a downturn, Prince couldn't find a target, and the old Hunter truce .

When all these factors add up, even the tough Pistons can't handle the team's decline, but they won enough games early in the season, so now they still have a bit of an advantage.

But this advantage is already negligible. The Wizards, Magic, Eagles, Pacers, and these pursuers are all watching the recent state of the Cavaliers and Pistons. Everyone likes the drama of coming from behind, but Cleveland and Detroit The strength is also there, and it doesn't mean that if you surpass it, you will surpass it.

But the overall situation in the Eastern Conference is declining. This does not mean that their overall strength is declining, but that the inertia of winning is constantly weakening. This also highlights the strength of the Celtics, and their position is unshakable.

This feeling is terrible, but in the east, no one can easily kill these beasts of the Celtics.

After a chaotic transfer wave, only the Celtics can be regarded as a vested interest. The remaining competitors either failed to recruit, or the entire team fell apart and had to be demolished and rebuilt.

What can you say about this result?Blame God for that old guy's partiality?Or is it that Boston has accumulated 20 years of luck and squandered it this time, in exchange for a super lineup and good form?

Anyway, it doesn't matter whether you are complaining or not, anyway, the Celtics' lead in the East has become unshakable after the All-Star break, and they will never lose the top spot in the East.

Expect these guys to make mistakes?Forget it, neither Cleveland nor Detroit have such illusions, because this matter is completely unreliable, and those Celtics will not make fatal mistakes.

They just want to hold the No. [-] status in the Eastern Conference for the playoffs and suppress the tough players in the Eastern Conference.

Rivers and the others are not paranoid, but the Celtics. They are doing this, so that the opponents can't resist watching the Celtics throw away the pursuers far away, and go all the way.

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