You should cross the mountains like a brave man

Chapter 617 The gap at a glance
The 2010-11 season went to the playoffs as usual.

This season, the 76ers achieved 53 wins, ranking fourth in the Eastern Conference, and thus they won the theoretically most ideal opponent in the first round of the playoffs-the Orlando Magic.

Entering the playoffs with the fourth record in the Eastern Conference, although they can meet the Magic in the first round, if they advance smoothly, the road ahead will be difficult.

Not surprisingly, the No. 76 Bulls in the Eastern Conference will easily advance to the semifinals. Then, the 76ers who fought against the Magic will face the Bulls ranked No. [-] in the league in the semifinals.According to this rhythm, even if the [-]ers beat the Bulls in an upset, they will face the Miami Heat, the super team with the highest ceiling in the league, in the conference finals.

To put it simply, as long as it is to make a living in the East and break out of the Lake District of the division, these are two teams that must fight to win.

If you can't beat the Bulls or the Heat, don't think about any championship.

That's the competitive pressure of having two top teams in a division.

At the end of the season, the most thrilling thing for the 76ers happened when Portland played away.

This matter is related to Cousins.

That's right, Cousins ​​again, always Cousins.

It was two hours before the game, and Cousins ​​and Hayward entered the locker room to change.Before they came to the locker room, Wei Xia was interviewed by the media here.

At the end of the interview, Wei Xia left first, and the photographer stayed in the 76ers' locker room for some reason.

Cousins ​​and Hayward came in to change clothes, and it was fine at first, and suddenly, Cousins ​​noticed that the other party's camera was pointed at his ass.

"Shut down the damn thing! Get out of our locker room, you sneaky camera freak!"

The photographer defended: "It was always closed."

"I don't fucking care about you so much! I don't like being pointed at by a camera when I change clothes, get out!"

Cousins ​​had a bear temper, and no one could cure him. The photographer had to leave. After packing up his things, he muttered: "It is because of this unnecessary conflict that you fell to the third pick."

Unfortunately, the locker room was quiet at the time, so no matter how softly he said it, as long as it was able to make a sound.The people inside must have heard it.

Cousins ​​heard it clearly.

"What the fuck did you say?!"

An angry bear prepares to pounce on the photographer.

Things would have gotten out of hand if Gordon Hayward hadn't stood up fearlessly to stop an irate Cousins. NBA players beat up photographers in the locker room... I don't know if this kind of breaking news will refresh the ratings of major TV stations.

Hayward is the unsung hero of this story.

His achievements cannot be described in words. Anyway, Wesha and Doug Collins later heard what happened to them, especially the part where Cousins ​​was about to rush to hit the photographer.

"No way?" Collins interrupted the story. "You wouldn't actually beat up a reporter for something like that?"

Not only did Cousins ​​not admit his mistake, but he also looked like he didn’t have a hitter because Hayward stopped him, “Let’s put it this way, the reason why that idiot can still breathe like a normal person is because shit is nosy! A suspicious person who appeared in our locker room with a camera, so what if I hit him?”

Since the last time Cousins ​​quarreled with Hayward in a game and called him "shit", this nickname has become Cousins' exclusive nickname for Hayward.

Rao, someone as indifferent as Hayward has been fighting with Cousins ​​for many days over this matter.

Hayward didn't force himself to accept the nickname until he was convinced that Cousins, the dog, would never change his mouth no matter what happened.

At the moment, Cousins ​​doesn't appreciate him for preventing his blunder, and Hayward doesn't say anything, knowing that Wesha and Collins must see how important he was in it.

"DeMarcus, you should thank Gordon." Collins said earnestly, "He saved you from a suspension and saved you a lot of fines... Believe me, if you hit the photographer that day, the suspension and fine are just the lightest punishment you will face."

Cousins ​​glanced at Wei Xia a little unconvinced, wanting to hear what he had to say.

"Don't look at me," Wei Xia said with a faint smile, "If I were you, I would kneel down and kiss God's shoes."

"I'm not going to kiss anyone's shoes!" Cousins ​​said sternly.

Half a minute later, Cousins ​​dawdled in front of Hayward: "Shit, thank you."

Hayward was thrilled that Cousins ​​offered to thank him for that.

But...but...but fuck it!Seeing him say "shit" with a serious attitude, a serious tone, and an extremely sincere expression, Hayward still felt an urge to beat Cousins.

In addition to being angry, he rationally analyzed the weight difference, height difference and strength difference between himself and Cousins, and realistically estimated the probability of survival in a fight between himself and Cousins.

The upshot is...forget it.

In this world, who doesn't have a few ridiculous nicknames?What's wrong with shit?Even the most handsome man and the most beautiful woman in the world will regularly excrete these dirt from their bodies, and no one is clearer than the other——Looking at it this way, shit is so good!
Hayward had hypnotized himself.

The regular season ends, and the 76ers return to the playoffs after a year
In fact, it was a bit of a surprise.

Without the strong rise of the Chicago Bulls, the Philadelphia 76ers should be the biggest dark horse of the season.

They were one of the worst teams in the East last season -- at least that's what the record shows.

During the offseason, they sent away the best insider in the team, and then sent away the second leader, in exchange for the right to sign a rookie forward. The replacement of Elton Brand's combat power with Cousins, in the short term, will do a lot of damage to the team's immediate combat power.

Cousins' potential is worth looking forward to and waiting for, but he must not be counted on until he realizes his talent.

Losing two of the team's best three players, more or less enriching the depth of the team's lineup, and introducing two talented new stars, the 76ers should not be able to make the playoffs with Wechat alone.

Before the start of the new season, ESPN did not rank them in the top eight in the Eastern Conference.

Now, they are not just the top eight in the Eastern Conference, they are the fourth in the Eastern Conference, with 53 wins, only 2 games behind the Celtics.

This season, Wei Xia once again attended all 82 games, and the impact of the ACL tear seems to have disappeared.

他以场均31.2分7.4篮板4.6助攻1.2封盖和2.2抢断卫冕了得分王，三项命中率为49%、42%、91%。

He played one of the most beautiful averages of his career, and he won the scoring title for two consecutive years with a career-high field goal percentage.

If his shooting percentage is 1% higher, he can even join the 180 club.

(It’s not that I’m not good at math. It’s like it’s only an integer, and it can’t be superimposed like 49+41. I’m also an impressionist, so I didn’t check it. Please point out if I’m wrong)
His performance has been amazing enough, now, it's time to prove whether Weixia's performance in the playoffs will have a diving decline without Kobe.

Magic is a good litmus test.

They have top-notch wings, a dominant interior defense and a talkative guard (Arenas).

Facing this kind of team whose defense is far greater than offense, if you don't pay attention, you may be fooled by them.

The flaws of magic are well known.

For example, they don't move enough off the ball, they don't have enough pick-and-rolls and screens-yes, the ultimate blue-collar center, the first center Dwight Howard who lacks the most offensive core skills in history, is not keen on pick-and-rolls and screens at all.

Plus, they haven't broken out, and while Jason Williams and a second-time Turkish agent look like the answer, neither of them are in their prime.

No one in the Magic threatens the basket except for Howard. In other words, the book lineup looks full of talent, but no one except Howard himself is at the peak of his sports career.

Also, they shoot [-]-pointers, and the echoes of [-]-pointers are played over Orlando every day on record.

The problem isn't that there's a problem, it's that their head coach, Stan Van Gundy, doesn't seem to want to fix it.

For example, even if the Magic don’t change their strategy—continue to say "Howard is playing four-man crowd"—they can deal with it. They can make some detailed adjustments, such as letting Clark play to try to deal with Wesha, let the Turks defend Hayward, and let Redick play against Lu Wei.

Minor tweaks aren't unavailable, but Van Gundy has been doing very, very little.

He still yells at every timeout, telling his guys to control the rebound, work harder, take the shot... and it's always the same.

Like his younger brother, the Van Gundy has a bad temper.Anyone surnamed Van Gundy believes that the center gets the ball out after being double-teamed + the shooter makes every open shot steadily = stable scoring.

Four years later, Van Gundy still believes it.

The last center who led the team to the championship in this way was called Hakeem Olajuwon, but any fan can tell the difference between Olajuwon and Howard.

The most direct comparison: What is the level of Olajuwon's offensive threat, and what is the level of Howard?
The difference is here, at a glance.

(End of this chapter)