You are the pearl, Mo Mengchen

Chapter 971 Years of karma ends today (debt repayment! 79)

Chapter 974 The karma of many years ends today
People always have to look forward.

The next day, the bloody smell at Madison Gardens subsided a little, but the fans won't forget it.

Hardaway brought them hope, Mo Mengchen gave them bottomless despair, that dribble passed half court, passed two Knicks players in a row, and confidently pressed the game time to the end "Please witness" The buzzer-beating lore will remain in the hearts of New York fans for a long time.

Early this morning, the league announced that it would announce the winners of the Best Team of the Season, Best Defensive Team, Defensive Player of the Year, Sixth Man of the Year and other awards at twelve o'clock.

At present, only three people's positions are stable.

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The position of these three people is as stable as a mountain.

The center is withered, and no one at the center position can threaten O'Neal's position, not to mention.

Duncan was at his peak, and the MVP list predicts the only insider in the top five. Garnett and the Timberwolves had a fight, and Webber was no longer at his peak. No one can shake Duncan's position for a while.

The same is true for Hill. Webber's peak period has passed, Garnett and the team have a quarrel, and his playing time is strictly limited to 25 minutes. There is no performance at all, and no one can compete with him.

The most intense position is linebacker.

Mo Mengchen, McGrady, Kobe, Penny, Iverson, Kidd, Marbury, Payton, Nash.

Of these nine people, three could not be selected for the best team.

A burst of competition is particularly fierce.

Both Kobe and McGrady are monsters with an average of 30+6+5 per game.

But this year, there is one more Mo Mengchen who led the team to 77 wins and averaged 28 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists per game.

Compared with Kobe and McGrady, Mo Mengchen has 2 points less, more rebounds and assists, and his efficiency has also opened up a lot of them, leading the team to unmatched results.

Therefore, Mo Mengchen has basically locked a seat for the first team, but the competition is too fierce and he has some doubts.

twelve o'clock

The league officially announced the final results.

Team of the year: Mo Mengchen, McGrady, Hill, Duncan, O'Neal.

First defense of the year: Mo Mengchen, Kobe, Hill, Duncan, Wallace.

After the Bulls and Lakers, the Pistons are another team that has two players from the same team selected for the double team.

Hill is considered to be selected for the first team because the gold content is not high, because there are many unexpected factors, resulting in insufficient competition, but being selected is selected.

This is Devil Hill's third double-team selection in five years since the 1999 lockout season.

If it hadn't been for the prosperity of power forwards, and the NBA did not subdivide small and large forwards when selecting awards, Hill could have dominated the double team for five consecutive years.

It is the existence of Duncan, Garnett, and Webber that makes it difficult for Hill to rule this award all year round.

As the most powerful small forward in the contemporary era, Hill's ability to win against power forwards in the prosperous age and being selected for the double first team three times in five years is also a proof of his strength.

In addition, Michael Reid was also named the Sixth Man of the Year for the second consecutive year.

Rasheed Wallace also relied on his "good" "word of mouth" to squeeze out Bowen and was selected as the second defense of the year.

As the first 77-win team in history, the Pistons have 4 people who have won awards and won 6 awards, which is undoubtedly a proof of the team's strength.

Detroit held a grand celebration ceremony to honor the achievements of the Pistons.

after one day
New York, Madison Square Garden.

The Knicks ushered in the last game of the season. Before Game 3, they claimed to defend their home court. They ran out of ammunition and were brutally killed by Mo Mengchen.

That game shattered their confidence, and the Knicks were unable to fight anymore.

The Knicks had almost no resistance and were defeated by the Pistons by 19 points.

"Eight consecutive victories in the playoffs, the Pistons became the first team to advance to the conference finals."

"This is also the sixth consecutive year that the Pistons have reached the conference finals since 1998."

The Pistons passed easily, but the East and West division semifinals were stalemate.

The West played a big score of 2 to 3 in two groups.

In the East, at the end of the game between the Pistons and the Knicks, the 76ers and the Pacers entered overtime.

With the 76ers sitting on Duncan and Iverson, it stands to reason that the only team that can beat them is the Pistons, but the strong rise of the Pacers is not only reflected in the regular season record (second in the Eastern Conference), but also in the postseason It is shown intuitively in the game.

In the first round, they swept their opponents 4 to 1, and fell into a bitter battle with the 76ers ranked third in the Eastern Conference.

They played badly in order to win the qualification to challenge the Pistons in the Eastern Conference Finals.

Although both teams know that the Pistons are in their heyday, no matter which team it is, going there will be bad luck.

Even if the future is bleak, they will fight you to the death for this opportunity.

In this Tianwangshan battle, the Pacers and the 76ers played three overtimes, and the two sides were sent off a total of 7 people.

In the final stage of the third overtime, Jonathan Bender dribbled the ball into the basket and made a strong kick, causing Duncan to foul and making Shifu full of fouls.

At the last moment, veteran Reggie Miller unsheathed his sword and scored a three-pointer to kill the 76ers, ending the soul-stirring three-overtime bloody battle. The Pacers won Tianwang Mountain and held the match point.

"After tonight, the era of confrontation between Detroit and Philadelphia in the East is over."

"A whole new force has emerged, and they are the young Indiana Pacers!"

"It's an ambitious team with a young Jonathan Bender at the helm."

Except for the series between the Pistons and the Knicks, the other three semifinals in the East and West all played a 3-2 situation. If the lagging side is stronger, there may be two or even three tie-breaks.

While other teams are still fighting for a spot in the conference finals, the Pistons are preparing for another big event.

Mo Mengchen originally planned to return to Detroit with the team.

Because the Pacers and 76ers will have at least one more semifinal match, they have a lot of time to rest, and he also takes these few days to relax.

But a major event related to the future of the team was handed over to Mo Mengchen through a phone call from Dumars.

This matter does not require technology, does not require strength, even if it is an animal that can understand passwords, it can be done.

The event was the 2003 lottery draw.

Seven years ago, in the summer of 1997, the Pistons sent veteran Otis Thorpe to the Memphis Grizzlies in exchange for a future first-round pick.

At that time, no one could have imagined that the Pistons would reach the level they are now, let alone that the Pistons, which has won four consecutive championships and the best record in history with 77 wins this season, had a 15% chance of winning the 2013 The No. [-] pick in the draft.

After the efforts of the Grizzlies, they have a record of 24 wins and 58 losses this season, ranking third from the bottom in the league.

This year, only two teams are going for the No. [-] pick.

One is the Minnesota Timberwolves. They were originally a strong team in the West. Due to Garnett's disagreement with the management, they wanted to trade. .

As a result, they did a pretty good job, winning 17 wins from the bottom in the West, complementing the Eagles in the East.

The Grizzlies played hard, but still failed to achieve a good record, allowing the Pistons to take advantage of it.

They had the third-worst record.

If you are lucky, you can get the No. [-] lottery, but if you are almost lucky, you will not fall out of the top five.

For the Pistons, the best result is the No. [-] pick, so they don't have to think about anything. If James is selected, let the NBA directly end.

If you get the second pick, you can choose whoever you want.

The third pick is also not a problem.

If it's the fourth or fifth pick, then you have to think carefully.

Although the 03 generation is known as the most talented draft year after 96, the one who can really be cultivated as the cornerstone of the team is Jan Guawe, and the others are not worth mentioning.

The Pistons are still at their peak. Hill is 31 years old, and Mo Mengchen is 30 years old. They are healthy. Their peak can last at least four to five years. This year's draft is to prepare for the future.

From 1999 to the present, the only draft that can be regarded as selecting a successor was in 2001, when the Pistons selected Curry with the No. [-] pick.

Curry is now gradually changing the direction Mo Mengchen wants him to go. The progress is not very fast, but it changes every year.

There is a future insider core.

Therefore, they need an outside core seedling.

Except Janguawe, don't think about it.

This year is the best opportunity to get super giant seedlings without hurting muscles and bones. In the next few years, there will be no talented outsiders. It's just that it is difficult for the Pistons to get such a high-ranking pick.

Among the future draft picks traded back in previous years, the one with the most potential will not be realized until 2007.

Therefore, Mo Mengchen decided to be the representative of the team again and participate in the draw with Dumars.

This feels like going back to two years ago. In 2001, he and Dumars also won the No. [-] pick that year.

This year, he is not demanding, as long as he draws the top three picks is enough.

(End of this chapter)