Legend of Tomorrow

On March 2, the Lakers defeated the Bucks back-to-back.

Bucks star Paul George has already submitted a trade request to the team. He and Bledsoe cannot lead the Bucks very far. Center Bogut's strength has declined year by year and he is already an ordinary blue-collar player.

Bogut averaged 30 minutes per game and could only get 6.3 points, 10 rebounds and 2.2 assists. His shooting ability has completely degraded and he cannot score except for shots in the penalty area.

However, it is difficult for George to leave the Bucks. He became famous here relatively early and has become an iconic figure of the team. If the Bucks let him go, there will not even be a star around whom they can rebuild.

Young center Joel Embiid underwent a second right foot surgery in the summer and missed the entire 2015-16 season.

As the third overall pick in 2014, Embiid missed his entire rookie season due to a stress fracture in his right foot. During a routine check-up last summer, it was discovered that the recovery of his right foot was worse than expected. One month later, the Bucks officially announced that the third overall pick would need a second right foot surgery.

As an NBA-level center, Embiid has given people the impression of calcium deficiency due to his good bones. This is really not a good sign. Many people think that he will become the second Oden, with the title The Great It's really unlucky.

He should be ready for training camp in 2016-17, but no one knows what level he can play at.

The main task of the Bucks management now is to stabilize George. No trade in the mid-term is victory. As long as Embiid returns and performs well next season, it is possible to win back George's heart.

On a day off, the Lakers suffered a big upset and lost to the Suns in an away game.

Swingman Klay Thompson was having trouble, and he hit the defense without missing a beat, and double-teaming was useless. He made 11 three-pointers in the game, scored 28 points in the third quarter, and made 6 three-pointers in a single quarter.

He scored 52 points, 2 rebounds and 5 assists, and made 11 of 16 three-pointers. He also drew a lot of fouls after feinting and made 9 of 10 free throws.

After this game, Thompson averaged 25.2 points per game. He is already the recognized boss of the Suns, and is better than himself in the parallel world. However, he is now working hard to lead the Suns into the playoffs, and his ranking will not be higher after entering the playoffs.

Guo Xu scored 45 points, 4 rebounds, 8 assists and 2 steals in this game, which was slightly lower than his younger brother.

At this time, people all understood why Guo Xu retired and why he did not want to come back in the Suns. He and Thompson partnered,

Other teams have absolutely no chance of winning. If Guo Xu is double-teamed on the wing and Thompson is left vacant, it will be a death.

This is the Lakers' sixth loss. The Warriors have also lost six games and are still half a game behind the Lakers in second place.

The competition in this year's regular season is extremely fierce, and it is very likely that two teams with 70+ wins will appear at the same time, setting a historical record.

The Spurs' record in the Western Conference is not bad either. They are currently 52 wins and 9 losses. They are almost certain to win 60+ games. They are a legitimate champion in the Eastern Conference, but they can only be ranked third in the Western Conference.

Since Jordan retired, the pattern of strong West and weak East has continued. If the Western Conference wins again this year, it will be the 18th consecutive championship. Some suggested scrapping the East-West division, which would allow stronger teams to meet later.

An Eastern team's opponents for two-thirds of the season are Eastern teams, and about one-third of these two-thirds are teams with less than half the winning rate, so the Eastern teams have an easier schedule than the Western teams. a lot of.

Of course, it is impossible to cancel the East and West.

If this is done, the number of games between teams in the Eastern and Western Conferences will increase. Even if each team now has charter flights, it will still increase the time the team has to travel. For example, flying from San Francisco to Orlando takes 6 hours not counting the time from the airport to the hotel. This will greatly reduce the players' rest time and increase the player's chance of injury.

The most important thing in the league is the players. If a star is injured, ticket sales and ratings will drop. In the playoffs, the increase in flight time will further aggravate player injuries.

In addition, the United States will implement daylight saving time from the second week of March. There is a 3-hour time difference from New York to Los Angeles. When the Staples home game just started at 8 pm, the local time in New York, United States has already to 11 p.m., so canceling the East and West will further impact NBA ratings.

Eighty percent of the Western Conference champions will be the championship, and the home court advantage of the Western Conference teams in the playoffs is very important.

The Warriors players are now striving to win, and their spirits are tense, reaching the intensity of the playoffs. The Lakers' goal is not to have the best record, but to help Guo Xu improve his scoring data.

Guo Xu no longer values ​​record. The best record in history was created by him with the Suns. For him, he performs the same in home and away games, and the emotions of the audience cannot affect his mentality.

He invited the entire team to have dinner together during the break, indicating that he wanted to average 50+ per game and needed the cooperation of his teammates.

He guest-coached and said he wanted to change the lineup. Both the coach and the players said there was no problem. It was unprecedented for a star to have such a say.

In the last more than a month of the game, Guo Xu's primary goal is to score points. The Lakers don't care about defense and they don't want to kill the five players. The playing time of Nurkic and cornerstone Sacre has increased. Their bodies are most suitable for covering Guo Xu. After covering, they can cut in the penalty area to attract defense.

Guo Xu actually scored like crazy before, and became even more powerful when he was on the screen. On March 6, he scored 62 points and 5 assists against the Wizards. In the end, he also hit a winning three-pointer, winning 107-106.

Wall only scored 11 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists, but was completely outplayed by Guo Xu. He couldn't break through without looking for a cover.

Wall was forced to take fewer shots. This was precisely the reason why the Wizards and the Lakers were in a stalemate until the last quarter. His teammates scored more efficiently than Wall. Love seemed to have a lower shooting percentage, and his true shooting percentage also completely beat Wall. , he averaged 2.2 three-pointers per game.

So far, Wall has averaged 19.9 points, 5 rebounds and 10.2 assists in 17.5 shots per game, shooting 42.4% from the field and 35.1% from three-point range, which is a career high.

All players know that if Wall is two steps away, he will not be able to defend his shot. As long as he is open in every game, his shooting rate is nothing special. This person whose true shooting percentage has always been only about 50% is recognized as the Wizards' number one core, taking the most shots on the team.

If this kind of team cannot attract double teams or even close players to serve as the core, the Wizards will never win a championship.

On March 8, the Lakers faced the Hawks at home. Guo Xu prepared to play hard in this game without worrying about being disgusted by the fans or being retaliated by the opponent's malicious foul.

The Hawks are recognized as an underdog, a team with no fighting spirit. They are currently ranked third from the bottom in the Eastern Conference, only better than the bottom 76ers and Knicks. The Hawks are far inferior to those two teams in terms of profitability. They are quite strange and no one pays attention to them, no matter what they do.

In 2014, after Donald Sterling was exposed to racial discrimination and was forced to sell the Clippers, Hawks owner Bruce Levenson issued a statement saying that he was preparing to sell his controlling stake in the team because of racial discrimination.

In fact, he just doesn't want to play anymore, and he doesn't even want to show off to the team.

In April 2015, a consortium led by Anthony Ressler and former NBA star Grant Hill officially purchased the Hawks for $850 million.

The Hawks have just started rebuilding this season, and their goal is obviously to draft the No. 1 pick. No matter how they lose, it doesn't matter. It's a pity that they were not very successful, not as good as two really bad teams...