NBA Legends Manager

Chapter 385 The record is stable, the ticket king is still

Presti and the team did not indulge in past failures, but quickly picked up their mood and prepared for the next game.

On December 12th, the Pelicans beat the Lakers 27-121 at home. This season, Kobe did not escape his fate. He announced that he would miss all the remaining games after only playing 101 games. The Lakers became a real big team.
The poor defensive Xavier Henry, Jodi Meeks, Wesley Johnson, Marshall, Sean Williams, Robert Thackeray and others could not pose any threat to the Clippers.

And the Lakers' scoring ability Gasol and Nick Young are also defensive black holes!
At the beginning of the game, Curry and Paul George slammed to switch offense and defense, while the other players opened up space in the bottom corner of the battle. Once the pusher was double-teamed, they immediately distributed the ball to the outside line, and shot immediately after receiving the ball from the outside line!

The Lakers can only watch the Pelicans score goals!When the Pelicans pushed to switch, the Lakers had no idea who to guard, and the Pelicans counterattacked to underdraw, often 5 on 4 or 5 on 3!

However, Gasol, who has the scoring ability of the Lakers, immediately double-teams as long as he gets the ball, forcing Gasol to distribute the ball outward, while the outside players have limited ability to attack independently, leading to and fro for 24 seconds.

The Pelicans did not push forward to counterattack, Chaoyang could easily score, and Curry and Davis picked and rolled in positional battles, and then George stood at the top of the arc, Thompson stood at the left corner to catch the ball and shoot at any time, and Green stood at the right corner at any time to make an empty cut!

Gasol shrank under the basket, Kaman stepped forward to pinch Curry, and directly scored Davis on the right. Davis caught the ball and made an easy hit!In fact, this positional battle is an opportunity, and Green will easily score when he runs to the basket and makes an empty cut!

Soon the Lakers brought up Nick Young, who is a master who doesn't pass the ball. After receiving the ball at the top of the arc, he faced Curry and continued to shake. He pulled it up and shot!Iron!Paul George grabbed another rebound and accelerated his counterattack push!Go to the front court to chase the body and hit a three-pointer!

The Lakers Gasol took the ball, hooked against the defense, and finally scored the ball, breaking the Lakers' scoring drought, while the Pelicans were still attacking fast and scored 40 points in just one quarter!The Lakers only scored 19 points!
Now the Pelicans are playing against a team like the Lakers who are slow, unable to counterattack, and unable to defend. If they score a point without paying attention, they will break the record!The Lakers had no ability to resist at all. When it came to the substitute stage, the gap was even more obvious. The two double-teams of the Lakers couldn't limit David West, and Falmar was completely blocked by Bradley, contributing only 2 points and 4 turnovers!

At halftime, the Pelicans had led the Lakers by 27 points!In the second half, Presti decisively continued to train the rookies, focusing on Antetokounmpo!Even so, the Lakers only recovered 7 points after the end. It can be said that the Lakers have failed this season.

Presti remembers that in his previous life, the Lakers finally got the second pick and drafted Russell, but then sent him away. After sending away, Russell entered the All-Star next year, but the Lakers' poor performance was a complete failure.

After defeating the Lakers, the Pelicans won another wave of victories, which can be said to be a perfect end to 13 years. The Pelicans are currently the first in the Western Conference, the Thunder are second, and the Spurs are the third.

The NBA All-Star voting has begun, and fans are very active in voting. The first round of votes has been announced. Pelicans guard Curry won the first round with 639356 votes, Kevin Durant ranked second with 607407 votes, LeBron James ranked third with 594376 votes, Lakers guard Kobe Bryant was fourth, Pelicans small forward Paul George was elected fifth, and Thunder guard Westbrook became the sixth vote!Anthony Davis of the Pelicans actually got 134573 votes, ranking seventh!The Thunder's James Harden is ranked eighth.

Because of the arrival of Presti, the various skills of Curry, Thompson, Paul George and others were unlocked in advance, and the team was able to deploy tactics according to the most suitable style of play.

In addition, the Pelicans, coupled with their historical regular season record, two consecutive championships, etc., made the All-Star votes of the Pelicans players so high. In the previous life, James had always been the number one player.

In addition, I have to mention Kobe. Kobe only played six games this season, but he still has such a high number of votes, and he is still in the "Pelican Era"!One can imagine how popular Kobe was in his previous life.

In addition, in the past 13 years, Durant ranked first in the scoring list with an average of 29.8 points per game, followed by James with 28.7 points, Anthony with 27.6 points and Curry of the Pelicans with 25.8 points in fourth!
Many people think that this year's regular season MVP should still be Curry, and of course some people think it's James. Curry now has the advantage in the record, while James is because of good statistics and the Heat are number one in the Eastern Conference!

But many people forget that this season the Pelicans often open three quarters, and sometimes even two quarters. Curry can still average 25.8 points per game in such an environment.

And Curry's MVP odds are currently the lowest. It can be said that if the Pelicans maintain such momentum, Curry has a high probability of winning the MVP!
After entering January, the Pelicans lost 1 games, and the winning rate was very average, because in this month, the team began to experience injuries and fatigue, and Presti had no choice but to accept it. Paul George missed 5 games with a sore shoulder. Davis, the "big glass man" with thick eyebrows, also inevitably suffered minor injuries and will miss 3 games!Presti didn't force them to pay, but waited until he was fully healed before playing.

The lack of Paul George has caused the Pelicans' perimeter defense to plummet, even if Jimmy Butler is on top. Although Jimmy Butler's defense is also very good, but Jimmy Butler's arm is short. Many times when defending the 4th position or even the [-]th position, he is not as good as Paul George.
In addition, the absence of Davis directly made the Pelicans' inside line tight, and some tactics could not be implemented. Gobert was good at eating cakes and inside line protection, but his pace was slow and he couldn't defend short guards.

And after Gobert was on top of the starting lineup, the substitute lost the center and had to let Green or Jason Smith go up, but the rebounding ability of the two of them was average, and they often couldn't get stuck, resulting in the loss of rebounds. In short, they played very average this month.

But there is also good news. Since the beginning of this month, Antetokounmpo and Middleton have performed very well. Because of Paul George's injury, Antetokounmpo sometimes goes to the third or fourth position. He got more playing time!

During this period of time, Antetokounmpo's shooting rate reached 51%. His scoring mainly relied on face-up breakthroughs and air cuts to catch the ball and hit the basket.

Middleton replaced Jimmy Butler. As a substitute small forward, he also got a lot of playing time. During this period, Middleton ran without the ball to gain shooting space, and immediately shot after receiving the pass from Antetokounmpo. He averaged 1.2 three-pointers per game. He and Antetokounmpo cooperated very well!
Of course, the biggest improvement is Gobert, who replaced Davis in the starting lineup. Gobert has grown rapidly due to his natural physical talent!And now Gobert is faster and faster than in his previous life. Presti didn't make Gobert gain weight in order to be able to be replaced to keep up with some smaller players!

In these few games, the Pelicans won the Clippers without a major general!The game was not as intense as before, because the Pelicans' offense was full of firepower in this game, and the Clippers were directly beaten!

Curry, Thompson, and Jimmy Butler showed off, especially Thompson, who scored 29 points at halftime!He made 10 of 7 three-pointers! , Presti couldn't help sighing: "The Buddha has come again."

In the second half, Thompson's touch dropped slightly, but it was still very scary. He scored three three-pointers in the second half, while Curry's touch was overwhelming in the second half, and he threw three three-pointers in a row.At the end of the third quarter, the Pelicans lead the Clippers by 3 points!
In the last quarter, Presti replaced all of them on the bench, and the Clippers were still the main force, trying to bring back the suspense, but obviously the overall feel of the Pelicans tonight was very explosive. In the fourth quarter, Middleton threw two three-pointers, and Bradley threw two three-pointers. Even Antetokounmpo was itchy, and he hit a three-pointer at the top of the arc!
In the end, the Pelicans beat the Clippers 135:105. The Pelicans scored a total of 24 three-pointers!And there are 8 fast boats!The Clippers were completely shot.

It quickly entered February, and in the first game in February, the Pelicans lost again, losing 2 to 2 away to the Spurs.

How to put it, Presti did not make excuses in this game, but the referee did have some problems. The Spurs made 16 more free throws than the Pelicans in the game!In the face of such a penalty, and the Pelicans themselves have less Davis, it is not surprising to lose.

However, we also need to praise the Spurs. The Spurs’ defense in this game was very targeted, which prevented the Pelicans from playing a lot of cooperation, and the Spurs can be said to have blossomed in this game. The starters Parker, Leonard, Danny Green, and Duncan all performed well. Substitute Ginobili connected the Pelicans’ offense. Scored in double figures, and the score of the substitute was 4:45!

Immediately after, the Pelicans opened a wave of winning streak again, but in the first game of the All -Star, the Pelicans lost to the Memphis Grizzlies. The Grizzlies were still fierce defensive. The magic position was not lightly slammed with the Pelicans' inside tower with the inside tower of Little Gasol and Lamphorf. Wrong, always follow Thompson, prevent him from receiving the ball, or get the ball to do not let the shot!
In the end, they could only rely on Paul George to attack in series. They played well in the first half, but in the second half, the Grizzlies' defense became more aggressive. Presti knew that the Grizzlies must win this game, because they are currently only 1 win away from the fourth place, and they need home court advantage!
In the last 2 minutes of the game, the Pelicans were still 12 points behind. Presti decisively replaced the starter. Can this point be chased? It is theoretically possible, but it is difficult, and if he is injured in these few minutes, the gain is not worth the loss. In the end, the Pelicans reached the All-Star Weekend with a record of 43 wins and 11 losses.

The Clippers and Pelicans were selected to the All-Stars, Curry and Paul George started, and Davis replaced Kobe in the starting lineup.
Curry won the All-Star box office, the Thunder's Kevin Durant was the second most popular, Westbrook and Duncan became the other two starters, Kobe Bryant ranked third in the Western Conference, but missed the All-Star Game again due to injury.

The Kings were selected as two substitutes, DeRozan and Cousins.

The Mavericks were selected once, Nowitzki,

Rockets selected one, Howard

The Spurs are two selected, Parker, Duncan

The Clippers selected two, Chris Paul, Griffin

Trail Blazers selected one, Aldridge

The All-Star starters of the Eastern Conference are, Irving, Wade, James, Anthony, Hibbert,
The rest are Bosh from the Heat, Joe Johnson from the Nets, Millsap from the Hawks, Horford, Wall from the Wizards, Noah from the Bulls, etc.!

When people see the two All-Star rosters, they are even speechless. There is too much difference. Players in the West who have not entered the All-Stars, such as Harden, Jimmy Butler, and Thompson, are obviously stronger than those in the East who have entered the All-Stars!

And the backcourt players are even more so!Ibaka, Jordan, Love, etc. in the west are better than Hibbert in the east!The difference is that one didn't make it to the All-Star, and the other started in the All-Star!

Therefore, many fans began to demand All-Star reform!

In the All-Star rookie game, Middleton of the Pelicans, Antetokounmpo and Gobert were all invited, and they all belonged to the Webber team.

最终，韦伯队以128:116战胜了希尔队！全场字母哥砍下了22分12篮板4助攻的数据，当之无愧的MVP
(End of this chapter)