FWF Chapter 136 Regular season awards, Eastern Conference finals start! (4000, please subscribe)
Chapter 136 Regular season awards, Eastern Conference finals start! (4000, please subscribe)
Chapter 136 Regular season awards, Eastern Conference finals start! (4000, please subscribe)
"Sure enough, the best rookie belongs to Huo Song."
"Haha, if it wasn't Huo Song's, then the fairness of the awards would really be questioned."
"The best coach is Larry Brown, and we have gained a lot."
"Have you gained anything? Why didn't I see you? Don't think about what is there or what is not. Next, our goal is the Eastern Conference championship, or even the championship, that belongs to us."
The Pistons swept the Heat, ending the series in the second round of the playoffs early.
The league officials also just announced the awards for the regular season selection.
The Pistons have gained a lot, not only Huo Song as the best rookie, but also Larry Brown as the best coach. In terms of the best team, the Pistons have also gained something.
This year's regular season MVP is Garnett. After all, in the final stage of the regular season, Garnett led the Timberwolves, defeated the Lakers and the Spurs two championship teams, and became the number one team in the Western Conference.
Garnett's personal strength is at its peak, and the Timberwolves are also at their peak.
If it weren't for the Lakers and Spurs in the West with two luxurious teams, the Timberwolves led by Garnett would not be impossible to lead the team to win the championship.
In terms of the best team, the first team is O'Neal, Duncan, Garnett, Kobe and Kidd.
Second team Big Ben, O'Neal, Peja, Hamilton, Kassel.
Three teams Yao Ming, Huo Song, Nowitzki, Baron Davis, Michael Reid.
As the No. [-] team in the East and the No. [-] team in the league, the Pistons have three best-team players, which is actually not surprising at all.
Huo Song is the best rookie, and he is also the All-Star MVP. He really deserves the honor of the third team of the year.
However, Huo Song played as a center forward, but the competition for the best center forward team was still a bit fierce. In order to compensate Huo Song, the league put Huo Song in the forward position of the third team.
In any case, Huo Song won the honor of the best team in his rookie season, and Huo Song is already very remarkable.
It is said that the NBA is the league with the best players in the world.
There is no doubt that the NBA is a place full of birds and beasts, and there will be no shortage of talented players at all.
As a rookie, no matter how good he is or how talented he is, it is very rare to be able to break the rookie wall early in the rookie season, adapt to the intensity of the NBA game, and serve as the main force of the team.
Not to mention, as a rookie, in his rookie season, he made a name for himself and became famous!Not only conquered fans, but also conquered coaches, media reporters and basketball commentators.
Then, in the selection of the best team, he killed a group of long-established team stars, and was finally shortlisted for the best team of the year.
To achieve this, obviously, in addition to strength, a little luck is definitely needed.
Counting the entire history of the NBA, players like Huo Song who were selected to the best team in their rookie season can be counted on two palms.
Since the league launched the best lineup, only Bob Pettit, Chamberlain, Baylor, Big O, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Bird, Jordan and Duncan have done it.
Even the favorites like Magician and O'Neal performed very well in their rookie season, but they still haven't been selected to the best team.
The magician is because the team boss Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is too dazzling, and there are also two All-Star teammates, Jamal Wilkes and Norm Nixon.
As for O'Neill, he was mainly born in the wrong era.When O'Neal first entered the league, he was in the era of the four major centers.
If it is the small ball era, O'Neal may start with the second team of the best team in his rookie season. If he leads the team to the playoffs in his rookie season, he may directly parachute to the first team of the best team.
Just like Huo Song is now, O'Neal is in his prime, Ben is also a representative of the league's unique blue-collar insiders, and Yao Ming is rising again.
Theoretically, Huo Song, who is a center player, cannot be selected for the best team.
But Huo Song, who defeated the OK combination, led the Eastern All-Stars to defeat the Western All-Stars, and won the All-Star MVP, if he was not selected for the best team, he would be too blind.
The Pistons are the No. [-] team in the league. It is normal for a team to have three best-team players.
Don't you see, the No. [-] Timberwolves in the West, Garnett and Cassell were selected for the first and second teams respectively.
Among them, Cassel, although he has two championship rings, is not even an All-Star player.
Last season's Pistons were not bad at all, and this season's performance is particularly outstanding. As the number one team in the league, the head star cannot be selected for the first team, so at least the second team and the third team are required.
Just like this, Huo Song was selected to the best team in his rookie season by chance.
And from now on, as long as Huo Song does not suffer serious injuries, he will basically be a regular in the best team.
Besides the best defensive player, it is a pity that Big Ben failed to defend the title.
To a certain extent, this may be the alliance playing checks and balances and deliberately suppressing Daben.
In the previous two seasons, Daben had two consecutive DPOYs. If he defends his title again this time, it will become an unprecedented three consecutive DPOYs.
There are tricks in the awards voted for.
In terms of strength, it is absolutely possible to have three consecutive DPOYs, but the league has never had such a thing before, so this year the DOPYs fell into the hands of Artest, which was considered cheap by Artest.
Of course, Big Ben is still a defensive player, and the other four are Garnett, Artest, Bowen, and Kobe.
The second team is Theo Ratliff, Duncan, Kirilenko, Doug Christie, and Kidd.
Huo Song thinks that Rasheed Wallace is qualified to enter the defensive line, but Rasheed Wallace is not liked by media people and commentators because of his bad temper. Regarding the honor of voting, Rasheed Wallace is Very bad.
Today's Huo Song also has the defense of the defensive formation, but Huo Song has just possessed this ability. If he wants to enter the defensive formation, wait another year or two!
Sometimes being too good at offense can also make people think that defense will be more average.
Huo Song needs to gradually change other people's stereotypes of him. After a few years, O'Neill, Da Ben is getting old, and Huo Song may be able to be compared with Howard and become DPOY in rotation.
In this way, maybe Howard's three consecutive DPOY will no longer exist.
Finally, let's talk about the best rookie lineup. As the best rookie, Huo Song must be selected for the rookie team.
The other four are Bosh, Anthony, James, and Wade.
As for the second team, they are all rotten sweet potatoes and rotten bird eggs, let alone mention it.
After the Heat, the Pistons returned to Detroit.
Because they entered the Eastern Conference Finals ahead of schedule, and the other team in the Eastern Conference Finals did not know who it was, the Pistons players were liberated and were not locked up in a hotel.
During the normal playoffs, players and coaches will conduct closed management to prevent everyone from being affected by the outside world.
In this way, the team can also avoid some out-of-the-box tricks and avoid affecting the results that can be achieved instinctively.
Since the Nets are currently playing with the Pacers, the Pistons have about a week of rest.
If you are locked in a hotel for a week, it will probably drive you crazy.
In this case, it is actually not good for the Pistons to play in the Eastern Conference finals.
Of course, the Pistons still have daily training.
On the one hand, it is necessary to avoid players with poor self-control and lack of self-discipline for a week, which will affect the next game.
On the other hand, it is to ensure the health of the players and avoid accidents.
If you go out to have fun, like Pierce, eat a knife in a hotel, even if you are in good health, recover from your injuries and are in good condition, at least you will have to lie in bed for a while.
Time soon came to May 5, the Pistons regrouped and then moved into the hotel collectively.
Because just tonight, another team in the Eastern Conference Finals will stand out.
The Pistons players didn't watch the night's game, but they knew who the opponent was the next day.
Larry Brown took the players to a video room meeting, and the video study was the Pacers.
There is no doubt that in the previous tiebreaker, the Pacers had the last laugh and eliminated the Nets.
In this way, the Pistons have no way to avenge their sweep last year.
However, the Pacers are also old opponents, and after this season, there are quite a lot of grievances.
In the study of opponents and hard training, two days passed in a hurry.
On May 5, at the Palace of Auburn Hills, G22 of the Eastern Conference Finals was about to start.
In today's game, Huo Song played the starting lineup and paired with Daben, mainly to win the first place and play the morale of the Pistons as the number one in the Eastern Conference.
After the game started, Huo Song beat Jeff Foster with a jump ball in the middle circle.
In the first round, Billups cooperated with Prince in the pick-and-roll, and Prince went inside after receiving the ball.
Prince shot very quickly, and when he came up, he faced Jermaine O'Neal's defense and made a direct throw.
It's a pity that the ball missed and he hit an iron.
Fortunately, Huo Song has an advantage at the basket. Originally, O'Neal had already left the basket when he made a supplementary defense. At this time, Big Ben stopped Jeff Foster, and Huo Song directly controlled the offensive rebound in his hands.
After getting the rebound, Huo Song immediately took off and dunked with both hands.
Jeff Foster was stuck, Jr. O'Neal just turned around and came to the basket, so there is time to prevent Huo Song from dunking?
In this way, the Pistons scored 2 points on the first attack and led the game.
It was the Pacers' turn to attack, and Jamal Tinsley advanced quickly.
After halftime, the ball was first handed over to Artest. The latter directly held the ball and forced Prince, and Prince's long arm destroyed the dribble and directly completed the steal.
Perhaps the tactical arrangement is to let Reggie Miller run the bottom line to catch the ball and shoot, so after Prince completes the steal, the Pacers only have Jamal Tinsley running over to block it.
Jamal Tinsley made a direct foul, and Prince was also smart. He seemed to have anticipated it in advance. At the same time as the opponent fouled, he directly made a three-pointer from the center circle.
After the whistle, Prince did hit three free throws.
There is an unspoken rule in the NBA. Usually, Prince’s half-time loss of three-pointers is a deliberate move to cheat free throws when the opponent prepares for a tactical foul. For the sake of game fluency, most of them will not count as shooting fouls.
However, when the game reached the Eastern Conference Finals, under the watchful eyes of the entire American audience, the situation where Prince took the first shot and was fouled must be considered a shooting foul, otherwise the referee would be too stupid.
At the beginning of the game, it is completely meaningless to make a balance whistle.
Therefore, if you ask for a black whistle, you will not be black at this time.
Prince felt good about free throws today. He hit all three free throws. The Pistons led their opponents by 5 points in the first half minute.
It was the Pacers' turn to attack again, and the Pacers played out the tactics just now.
Artest went to the basket and forced Big Ben to defend. The ball was distributed to Reggie Miller who ran to the bottom corner. Because Hamilton followed closely, Reggie Miller was at risk of taking a shot, so Reggie • Miller passes the ball to O'Neal at the basket.
When Daben just returned to the basket, O'Neal Jr. directly shot a jumper and hit Daben with his height.
Big Ben's return to defense was already considered fast, but the ball was indeed achievable at O'Neal's level.
Although the Pacers can directly lob the ball into the interior and let O'Neal play, but relying on teammates to pull the defense and get easier shooting opportunities, it must be necessary to play according to tactics.
Seeing that the point difference has been narrowed, Huo Song felt that it was necessary to let the Pacers know what a gap is.
Huo Song settled in a low position and directly reached out for the ball.
Billups saw it, but didn't give it at first.
Billups called Huo Song out and played a regular sideline pick-and-roll tactic.
Huo Song cut to the basket, but the ball didn't pass. Billups used Huo Song as a cover and ran to the basket to attract the defense.
Billups went in the opposite direction, took the top arc, took another step to the free throw line, and made a half-block shot.
The ball was clever, the Pacers were deceived both inside and outside, and Billups found a good shot space, but the basket was a little bit worse.
The ball went into the basket, but bounced out accidentally.
As soon as Huo Song rushed to the basket, he immediately took off and pressed Jeff Foster to grab the offensive rebound.
But Jeff Foster would rather grab a rebound and foul than give Huo Song the chance to make a layup.
Jeff Foster pushed Huo Song away, Huo Song lost his balance in the air and pulled Jeff Foster, and Jeff Foster fell to the ground.
Huo Song didn't panic in the air. He relied on his core strength as much as possible to adjust his body shape. Since there was a flesh pad underneath, he didn't suffer too much injury when he fell. He just felt a knock on his calf and it just hurt.
Of course, if he was fouled in the air and fell on the ground, even if he was not injured, Huo Songye would pretend to be pitiful.
After the incident, the sideline and baseline referees blew their whistles at the same time.
The penalty result needs to be discussed again.
Is it necessary to upgrade this rebound foul to a flagrant foul?
Jeff Foster is the starting center for the Pacers. The Pacers have many inside players, but they are all forwards, and lack a real big center.
The internal strength of the Pistons is second to none in the league. If Jeff Foster quickly remembers a criminal in the first game of the series, and this is an extremely competitive Eastern Conference Finals.
There are still many games to be played in the future, and it is very likely that this crime will affect the record of the Pacers and the direction of the entire series.
Therefore, this penalty must be carefully considered.
However, the final result seemed to be a bowl of water, but it made both teams unsatisfied.
The referee judged that the foul was an ordinary foul, but it was another chance for Huo Song to get two free throws.
It stands to reason that if a rebound is a common foul, it should be served from the sideline, and the attack time should be adjusted back to 14 seconds.
In the end, instead of making the judgment like this, Huo Song got the ball twice.
This made the Pistons feel that the referee made a black whistle and did not call a malicious foul. Two free throws should be made, but one throw was missed.
The Pacers also felt that the referee favored the Pistons, and the ball should be re-served.
The referee could only re-emphasize the tongue-in-cheek of players from the two teams, and then began to make free throws.
The Pistons took the lead, so they died down and watched Huo Song go to the free throw line to make a free throw.
The Pacers were worried about the technical offender, and gradually lost their voice.
(End of this chapter)