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Chapter 470
The NBA All-Star game was just a brief pause in the long regular season, and after those light-hearted nights, the NBA will once again be ignited by the madness of those big men, get ready The Miami Heat also don't want to fall behind in such a chaotic environment. Trying to win every game is what they need to do most. There are still two months from mid-February to the playoffs.

There are still 29 games left for the Heat to play. Now the Miami Heat are only two wins away from the No. 29 Celtics, and the Cleveland Cavaliers and The Orlando Magic are also threatening the position of the Heat. No one can predict the future outcome, including Spoelstra. It is required that these guys must win the first place in the regular season, but I am afraid that even he himself does not know the final result.

Not only is Spoelstra unable to prepare for such a chaotic situation, even veterans like Pat Riley dare not say anything easily. This may be the most chaotic situation in recent years In the regular season, it is also very rare that the top four in the league all come from the Eastern Conference. The defending champion Lakers with Kobe can only sit in the fifth place in the league under such a crazy impact and chase desperately.

At least from now on, it seems that it is not so simple for the Lakers to surpass these competitors in the Eastern Conference, especially the relationship between the winners and losers makes these Los Angeles people very melancholy, and now there may not be as many as before. The Lakers fans shouted the defending slogan loudly. After more than half a season, how their team performed on the court, these fans did not fail to see.

Although the Los Angeles people still have the unsolvable Kobe Bryant, the newly joined Artest is also very brave, Gasol and Bynum in the interior are still strong, but now no Lakers supporter can be sure of them He will definitely be able to defend his title again. Not even Phil Jackson dared to say such things easily in the media. All Western teams have clearly felt how strong the pressure from another division is.

But there are always some people who think they are very sober and like to stand on the opposite side of the public and express their opinions, although I don’t know how many people like to see a group of old guys who are already bald, talking to everyone on TV Telling their opinions, these people are always underestimating the IQ of others, they never know that they are the most annoying kind of guy, critic?Forget it, that's a bunch of idiots.

But there are always some boring people who need these people to stand on the TV and say something, even if it is a speech that is made up, it is better than saying nothing. After all, the TV station always needs someone to express some opinions. What an idiot, at least they can say something, even a big TV station like TNT will find some guys who often get familiar on TV to comment on the current situation in the NBA league.

Those critics who tend to the East almost unanimously fixed the ownership of the championship among the top four teams. They believe that the final winner of this season will definitely be born from here. After all, the little emperor is now The strong impact of the game has made the Cavaliers start to be favored by more and more people, especially after they successfully signed Jamison, those one-sided views such as the emperor's imminent enthronement will become even more marketable.

Some people also insinuated that the cause of this situation was attributed to the alliance's connivance with the multi-party trade, especially after Big Z had confirmed to return to the Cavaliers, such criticism became more serious, and many people said that it was Big Z. David Stein was compromising with those sponsors. In order to create greater benefits for the little emperor, this Jew made the entire NBA management choose to respond silently to such behind-the-scenes transactions.

Not only because of the trade that benefited the Cavaliers, the little emperor became a guy that all opponents hated, but also because of the power behind this alliance that made the little emperor always on the cusp, the shadows of various sponsors Always surrounded by this guy, even an ordinary training match will be used by these people, maybe that's why Rogge didn't let Lin Yi fall into this vortex, it's not that no one asked Rogge I made such a suggestion, but Rogge understands that although such a publicity effect will appear to be very effective in certain periods of time, in the arena, the role of those pushing hands will often make you embarrassed and cause you Not everyone likes it this way.

It's like too many people have put this season's regular season MVP into the little emperor's pocket ahead of time. Almost from the moment the regular season started, such disputes have come to an end. No one is willing to predict this Whether the honor that is destined to be given to the little emperor will be accidentally missed, as long as the little emperor does not suffer from major injuries, then the final winner of the regular season MVP award will definitely be him. Don't forget, the regular season MVP is the most important thing In addition to the ranking, the most important thing is personal data, which is better than swiping data. Perhaps no one dares to say that he is better than the little emperor.

Even Kobe said at the beginning of the regular season that he had no intention of competing for the MVP of the NBA regular season. It is obvious that he has keenly felt that the trophy will definitely not be on his side. He has already won the championship. Finals MVP, then such an honor will obviously not fall into his hands again. When the characters of the 96 generation began to gradually surrender their rights, this league needs someone to immediately fill the lack of stars caused by them. And the representatives of the 03 class who were most eager to take the top position obviously wanted to use such an honor to pave the way for their final ascension to the throne.

Even the most objective commentator in the NBA has lost interest in speculating on such awards. No matter who you interview anyone who makes a living in the NBA at this time, he will tell you that the final honor of the regular season has come to an end, and the ending is certain It will not change. Even if Lin Yi leads the Miami Heat to overwhelm the little emperor in terms of team performance, this result will not change. This is an unspoken rule of the league's top management. Obviously forgot one thing, that is, when you go all out to launch a banner, don't forget that he still has opponents. At least for now, the little emperor is not invincible. Even after they get Jamison, they still cannot fully Dominate the entire East Division.

And the mouthpieces of the western powerhouses are also not idle. They admit that the strength of the entire Eastern Conference is irreversible, and this may even be the strongest overall lineup that the Eastern Conference has since Jordan left the NBA. These commentators also pointed out the problems these teams have to face. Yes, the East is very strong now, and can even completely overwhelm the West, but such strength also brings the fiercest competition.

Looking at the records of the top four teams in the Eastern Conference, we can see that there is no team here that can maintain an absolute advantage over other teams, even the Cleveland Cavaliers, which seem to be the most popular now. They can't take advantage of such a small cycle of confrontation. They also suffered a big loss in the confrontation with the Celtics and the Heat, so what the Eastern Conference lacks now is not strength, but dominance.

No team dares to say that they have dominated the Eastern Conference. This is more of a competitive relationship. Everyone wants to overwhelm the opponent in the game, but the same idea is also in the opponent's mind. Hovering, in this way, the final outcome is often that they have to fight to the end in order to win, but the Lakers have no such concerns, although the Suns and Mavericks have had terrible flashbacks this season, and even the Lakers have to follow them for a while Chasing desperately behind the butt, but generally speaking, the entire Western Conference is still under the control of the Lakers.

Even if the sprinting Lakers in the final stage did not complete the reversal of the regular season record, but for those eastern teams that have to play their lives, what the Lakers may lose is the home court advantage in the playoffs, but at the same time they may also gain The other four teams took a longer break. After all, there is no team in the Western Conference that dares to overthrow the Lakers in a best-of-seven game. This is the most advantageous place for the Lakers.

And the more strong teams in the Eastern Division, the more intense the final competition, especially when these four teams are all concentrated in the upper half to enter the playoffs, maybe the first round of the game is not good for them. It won't be too difficult, but starting from the semifinals, the price they may pay for every step forward will be very huge. When such powerful four teams gather in one division, it will definitely be a bloodbath.

Of course, Spoelstra can't fail to see how dangerous the situation in the entire Eastern Conference is, so he hopes that he must get home court advantage in the final sprint, especially when he watches the Cavaliers desperately chasing behind. , this sense of crisis is becoming more and more clear. Although the Filipinos don’t want to talk too much about the home whistle, how hard the referee’s whistle can be on the court is really related to whether it is at home. Especially when the Filipino sees who is desperately catching up behind him, he will not give up the problem of getting home court advantage.

"Getting home court advantage is equivalent to getting an insurance in the NBA playoffs." This is Pat Riley's advice to Spoelstra. This old fox understands the whistle of the entire league now. In whose hands is it in the hands? If the Jew arranges an official whistle loyal to him in certain games, it is definitely not news. Too many descriptions of this league have been spit out from the mouth of the caught referee Donaghy The information on the dark side, although these have not been really confirmed, but the core content he outlined in a few words is enough to make people vigilant.

Pat Riley doesn't want the Miami Heat to be the victim of the Jew's final 23VS24. If they don't want their fate to be in the hands of others, then they can only play in the safest situation and seize the home court advantage It will be their best choice, at least in the American Airlines Arena in Miami, every guy who plans to blow the whistle must weigh whether he can safely evacuate from here after the black whistle is over, don't forget, the United States is In the big gun country, you can't guarantee that everyone can restrain their temper, especially those fans who are already crazy.

Obviously Spoelstra understands the old fox's thoughts very well, so he will give his players the order to win the first place, which is like a battle that must be won in a battle, Now winning the first place in the regular season is just a node in the battle. It is just a task of conquering a mountain. What they want to win in the end is the victory of the entire battle, and the championship will be the highest mountain in the entire battlefield.

The speed at which the Miami Heat entered the sprint was crazy. After the All-Star Game, Lin Yi and the others had only one day to rest, but this guy proved that his state was still vigorous after more than 94 hours , and Iverson, who was an assaulter next to him, also showed a very good competitive state. They beat the beasts with a score of 76:[-] at the home court of the Eagles. No one scored more than [-] points, and no inside player could take more than five rebounds from Lin Yi's head.

Joe Johnson, the leader of the Eagles, was almost glued to the end by Old Bowen's defense like a plaster. Not only did he score a poor stat of [-] points, but he also directly sent out the technical statistics of seven turnovers. Josh Smith, who has always been regarded as one of the inside barriers of the Eagles, once again experienced the embarrassment of zero blocks. He took a total of seven shots in the game, three of which were directly blocked by Lin Yi, and the remaining four shots failed. Even his boasted jumping ability became the worst performance in front of Lin Yi. He only got three rebounds in the whole game.

The Eagles' complete loss of the interior is not the worst thing they have to face. The worst thing is that in the process of defending Lin Yi, the Eagles paid a very heavy price. Their starting center Al Horford not only In the first half, because of Lin Yi's offense, he was fouled four times, and at the beginning of the second half, he was directly blocked by Lin Yi with a pair of big hands in the interior during a strong inside attack.

Horford, who had lost his center of gravity, fell to the floor in embarrassment. Such a fierce block directly caused the big man to suffer serious ankle bruises after the fall. Zaza Pachu, who came on as Horford's substitute Ria also lacked the help of good luck. After only 7 minutes of his playing, this guy collided with Lin Yi horizontally during the defense process. As a result, Lin Yi was directly knocked out of the baseline by this guy, but this But the guy fell directly into the crowd of reporters because he couldn't control his center of gravity, and the whistle of the sideline referee sounded in time.

Right arm stress fracture, that's what Zaza Pachulia paid for this defense, and he was called a technical foul by the referee as punishment for the offensive defense, when the guy was sent out At the time, Lin Yi just rubbed his shoulder lightly, and then he was about to start free throws.I have to say that Zaza Pachulia, this reckless guy is really a tragedy. His ferocity did not bring Lin Yi any trouble, but instead made himself the most unlucky person. It took only three to ten minutes. In about 10 minutes, Lin Yi destroyed the Eagles' inside line by himself.

In fact, in this game, Lin Yi's shots and scores in the whole game were not too high. He only scored 38 points in 23 minutes of playing, but no one would doubt that this guy was under the basket. His dominance and offensive efficiency, he only took [-] shots but made [-] of them. By the way, he also grabbed [-] rebounds and sent [-] assists. Such attack efficiency and coping ability have completely disrupted the Eagles. The team's defensive level, especially when the Eagles' inside line was completely defeated, no one could limit Lin Yi's inside attack.

I am afraid that the most depressing thing in this game is not the Eagles fans, but Mike Woodson who stood on the sidelines and screamed all night. After his team lost the game, they had to add two new wounded very depressedly. In the already extremely competitive Eastern Division, he didn't know how much trouble such a battle reduction would cause him. Maybe this It will make his team vulnerable, but he still can't change anything, he can only watch Lin Yi wreak havoc inside the Eagles.

The victory of such a game is not something too much for the Miami people, but the results of such a victory have been revealed a few hours later, after just spending those few days to relax After that, all the teams began to enter their own game rhythm, but in their first game, only the Miami Heat successfully won the game among the top four in the East, and the rest of the teams were without exception All the losses, and they all lost without temper at all. Maybe this is a bad situation where you can't get nervous immediately after relaxing too much.

This is not only for the Miami Heat to throw away the chasers behind them by one game, but more importantly, the gap between them and the Celtics has been narrowed to one game. It's not good news. The Celtics, who originally planned to start scrambling for points at the beginning of the season, and then began to adjust their personnel rotation, are now the most embarrassing team. The Cavaliers' sudden acceleration of scoring actions disrupted their All the assumptions, watching everyone start to plunder victories crazily, they can only be forced to follow the speed of most teams in the league, but this is really not a good choice for the increasingly old Celtics , Their little physical reserves left to start depleting at an accelerated rate, and the injuries of those veterans began to appear frequently, including the main players such as Garnett and Pierce also began to miss the game, now they must guarantee Let yourself win every game, or these Celtics will be quickly overtaken by those crazy people in Miami.

"Follow them, kill these Bostonians, let these old guys feel the pressure all the time, until the moment they start to break down! Don't give these guys any time to breathe." Spoelster Lara knows exactly what to do now. He's waiting for those Boston guys to make mistakes. It doesn't matter if those guys can keep calm and handle every game. There is still a game between the Miami Heat and the Celtics. The game will be a direct confrontation, which is equivalent to taking the final initiative in his own hands, but he must ensure that he can win.

With such a goal, the Miami people will not relax their desire to win every game. Only 24 hours after winning the Eagles, they won another victory in Philadelphia, 105:78. After transferring to the Heat, returning to Philadelphia was the first painful gift for his former fans, but now that the 76ers are in such a decadent state, not many Philadelphia fans still have any expectations for them. As far as they are concerned, it has long gone, even if there is a miracle, it is impossible to befall them. Instead, Iverson's return has revived the Wachovia Center Arena, although the great No. 3 He has put on the jersey of other teams and is no longer their leader.

But no one in Philadelphia will forget what kind of enjoyment and honor this guy once brought to the city, so when Iverson stands in the center of the field and raises his hands to greet the surroundings, he will only be greeted by the audience. The crazy cheers from more than 2 fans, even if this guy scored 76 points in such a game, no Philadelphian would choose to boo the former leader, Philadelphia The moment of glory belongs to this guy, and now any guy in the [-]ers will not enjoy such advocacy anymore. For those Phillies, Iverson is everything to them, whether he is now on the ball or not. Within the team, nothing can change this fact.

"You own a city, which is an enviable feeling." Lin Yi said to Iverson after the game. He was surprised by the influence that a player who has left the city can bring to these fans. He knows Iverson used to be the king of Philadelphia, but he never thought that Iverson, who has been away for so long, can still be so supported, and even every time he scores, there will be huge cheers. I really don’t know who it is here. home field.

"That was once, but I believe that even if I leave this league, I can still leave traces of my existence in that city. Philadelphia is my home in many cases, and there are many memories of me here." Iverson was not surprised by the cheers from the Philadelphians to greet him. In fact, even now that his Miami has proved himself again, it cannot erase the Philadelphia plot in his heart. For him, there is not only the place where he has fought This place is even more like home. Only Philadelphians will always tolerate all the mistakes this guy has made, and will always remember all his honors. The prodigal son who left home always rings on time.

"That's the reward for being loyal to a city, kid, and when you've been in Miami for ten years, you're going to make that city crazy for you, and I'm sure it's going to happen, and you're going to be honored by a city And become great, boy, you can do it, believe me." Iverson said when he looked at Lin Yi, he believed that the big man beside him would be so worshiped by the people of Miami, just like he was in Philadelphia The feeling is the same, every great guy will bear the support of a city or more cities, and Lin Yi will definitely enjoy such respect.

Sometimes those strong guys have to learn to start to become great, maybe Lin Yi is walking on such a road now. . .

(The World Cup is here... I hope everyone has a good time watching it...)
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