Jim Bass Ambition

Chapter 219

In the regular season, the Nuggets have never had any bargains in front of the Lakers. It is unrealistic to expect the immature Carmelo Anthony to blow up Ron Artest, one of the best perimeter defenders in the league.

The Lakers lost four straight games, swept the Nuggets easily, and took the lead in breaking through the first round.

Under the alternate care of Artest and Battier, Anthony averaged 15.3 points and 8.8 rebounds per game, but his shooting percentage was only 32.8%, and his three-point shooting percentage was even poorer at 18.2%. of terror.

On the other hand, Wade, although he scored more than 3 points less than Anthony, his shooting percentage reached 48%, and his efficiency was much higher.

"It is necessary for young players to experience the atmosphere of the playoffs and exercise their ability to fight tough battles, but we must also pay attention not to let them develop some bad habits, such as bad shot selection, ignoring teammates' strong play and defense. Habitual attention deficit at the end. You can argue against me saying that a star needs to have an unreasonable ability to kill the game, but that requires enough skill support. When your name is Michael Jordan, how you play is reasonable Yeah, but if your name is Ricky Davis or something, you'd better hold back and just do what the coach tells you."

The best rookie award was finally awarded to LeBron James, on the grounds that he leads the team with a single core, and the data is more comprehensive 20.9 points, 5.9 rebounds and 5.5 assists. Although Anthony's scoring average is slightly higher, reaching 21 points, But the assists are only 2.8, and there are three teammates who look good in Andre Miller, Voshan Leonard and Marcus Camby.

Nuggets coach Bzdelik was angry about this and expressed his views on the matter in the "Denver Post".

"Carmelo Anthony brought much more to the Nuggets than LeBron James did to the Cavaliers. Last season, the Cavaliers and the Nuggets had the same number of wins, but this season, the Nuggets are The West squeezed out the Utah Jazz to enter the playoffs at the last moment, but what about James and his Cavaliers? Neither of them was able to reach the top eight in the weak East, and they won nearly 10 games less than the Nuggets, so Anthony is more Should be named Rookie of the Year because he's a winner."

The rookie seasons of the No. [-] and No. [-] picks are over, but Tanhua is still advancing like the Lakers.

In the regular season, Wade averaged 13.7 points, 3.7 rebounds and 4.5 assists, 1.2 steals and 1 block, which is rare for a guard. His performance was very comprehensive, although he failed to beat James and Anthony in the selection of the best rookie , but was also selected to the All-Rookie First Team that year with Chris Bosh and Kirk Hinrich, and even defeated Antawn Jamison and Bowie in the selection of the Best Sixth Man. Bill Jackson became the first player in history to win the best sixth man as a rookie and the youngest player in history to win the award.

Kobe and Garnett of the Lakers were selected for the first team of the league. The other three selected players were Shaquille O'Neal of the Pacers, Tim Duncan of the Spurs and Jason Kidd of the New Jersey Nets. Iverson of the United States and Carter of the Raptors unfortunately lost the selection because of their poor team records.

But the MVP went to Shaquille O'Neal, who led the team to 59 wins and 23 losses.

It may be that Duncan has been the MVP for two consecutive years and is tired of aesthetics; the Pistons have a good record but lack of star flavor; the Lakers Kobe and Garnett have become "victims" of the team's overly luxurious lineup.

Ron Artest and Garnett unfortunately lost to the Pistons' Ben Wallace in the selection of the best defensive player, but the three Lakers were selected to the league's best defensive first team.

The Lakers are already considering their next opponent, the series between the Timberwolves and the Grizzlies. Although there is not much difference in regular season wins between the two sides, the Timberwolves are regulars in the playoffs after all. Among the main players, Arenas won the championship with the Lakers , Sprewell has been famous for a long time. He also led the Black Eight in New York and reached the finals.

Coupled with Hubie Brown's egalitarian style of play, in the regular season, it can play the role of all the soldiers and beat the master to death with sticks, but in the playoffs, there will be a problem of unclear main attack points. Bunch Wells, James Posey and Jason Williams' shooting rights are always difficult to average, and there will be players who are inexplicably depressed in every game.

So in this round of duels, the scores of each game seemed to be very stalemate, but the Grizzlies often lost the chain at critical moments, while Arenas and Sprewell each contributed a lore, full of great heart performance.In the end, the Grizzlies were swept by the Timberwolves, although they only lost 4 points in 15 games.

In the Texas civil war between the Spurs and the Rockets, both sides focused on defense and the inside team. The pace of the game was extremely slow, and the scene was extremely ugly. They would never make a shot until 20 seconds passed. After a shot, they retreated immediately and never let the opponent play. Counterattack is the main theme of this round of confrontation.

When grinding the position, the Rockets can really match up with the Spurs in several other positions, but at the power forward position, the only weakness, the Spurs have the number one killer in history.

Whether it was Maurice Taylor, Kevin Cato or Clarence Witherspoon, Scott Padgett, or even Yao Ming, Duncan never asked who his opponents were, only where they were.

Van Gundy used all available methods, and even resorted to cutting Buddha tactics against Duncan's free throws. In the end, it was only by Francis and Jim Jackson's explosive three-pointers that he won a victory at home and was swept by the gentleman. The ending looks slightly more respectable than the Nuggets and Grizzlies.

Duncan averaged 23.2 points, 14.6 rebounds and 3.8 blocks per game, and he was in a frighteningly hot state.

The game between the Kings and the Mavericks was supposed to be the most intense matchup in the West. As the two of the traditional Western Conference semifinals, they met early in the first round.

The five-star lineup, plus the Mavericks who dug out the double ugliness Josh Howard and Marquis Daniels internally, did not play at the level Cuban expected. Antoine Walker completely showed his cancerous qualities, averaging 36.1% per game The field goal percentage and 10% three-point shooting percentage, averaged 9.8 points per game, the team regarded him as a point forward, completely abolished Steve Nash and Michael Finley, only Nowitzki is still brave , Facing Chris Webber, averaged 26.6 points, 11.8 rebounds and 2.8 blocks per game, but the Mavericks' random shooting was obviously not as good as the King's well-trained and tacit offensive system, and they lost 1-4 with great embarrassment. Lost the series and was eliminated.

In the East, the disparity between strength and weakness is even greater. The Pacers, Pistons and Nets all easily swept their opponents to advance to the next round. Only the Heat and the Hornets fought seven games, and finally relied on Caron Butler and Odom Seven games broke out and defeated the Hornets to advance to the second round.

(End of this chapter)