Wang Tu Baye

Chapter 255 The Three Musketeers

The final score was 119:118. The Warriors narrowly beat the Magic by 1 point in a thrilling away game. Tracy McGrady scored 27 points and Hill scored 20 points.

Although the Magic's starting lineup is old, the substitutes are full of energy. Hudson, Williams, Garrity, Reid and other teenagers played fast, and they were not dragged down by the Warriors in the chaotic battle. Instead, they dragged the game to the end one second.

If Hudson hadn't missed the last key free throw at a critical moment, the game might have entered overtime, but in the end, Lady Luck was on the Warriors' side, and the final whistle blew, and the Warriors made it through.

On the second day, back to back, the away game continued. Warriors head coach Lenny hid Yao Mai and Hill. These three players were the hope of the Warriors, and they were relatively fragile. They took back-to-back rotations.

Other Warriors players are also important, but they are relatively resistant to roughness. Hill with acquired vitreous physique, McGrady with congenital scoliosis, and the Asian giant Yao Ming who is too tall. His weight is 310 pounds and his height is 2 meters The high pressure is on the body of the Asian race, which makes people very uncomfortable.

The Miami Heat this season is very bad, with a record of 7 wins and 23 losses before the game, and they are at the bottom of the Eastern Conference.

The Miami Heat, which played badly in the first half of the season, chased hard in the second half. Their lineup is really not bad. Center Alonzo Mourning is still healthy this season. Eddie Jones was in the Lakers, but Kobe's predecessor, Rod Strickland, Jim Jackson, Brian Grant, are not unknowns.

More importantly, the current head coach of the Heat is Pat Riley. As the legendary coach of the Hall of Fame, Riley, the magician, trained the Heat, at least at home, and would not easily admit defeat to any team, even if The Bulls in their heyday can't get any bargains in Miami.

The Warriors sent center No. 30 Ben Wallace, power forward No. 50 Zach Randolph, small forward No. 12 Bruce Bowen, who returned from injury, shooting guard No. 8 Hu Dong, and point guard No. 0. Gilbert Arenas.

Eddie Jones and Strickland of the Heat feel hot. The two of them, together with Mourning, who has always played steadily, made the Warriors' starting lineup a bit awkward. Big Ben and Randolph were exhausted, and the Warriors were very defensive inside and outside. Oops.

In the second quarter, Lenny replaced Uncle Mutombo and Pau Gasol to strengthen the inside defense, but today Mourning was unstoppable, and the Warriors could not stop Mourning from scoring and rebounding. Embarrassed.

The appearance of Larry Hughes and Battier did not change the situation on the court. Eddie Jones, who likes to shoot three-pointers, will become difficult to defend once such a player is accurate. A flexible pitcher of 1 meters, it is almost difficult to be completely restricted.

Eddie Jones' three-point shooting percentage in the past two seasons can reach 40%. In this era, this probability is already abnormally high. You must know that Kobe and Jordan's three-point shooting percentage is 32%. Three-point shooters have little love.

A sharpshooter like Steve Kerr can often average more than 50% of his three-pointers per game in the season, but he will only give you a basic salary contract of several hundred thousand a year. Dazed and waving white towels on the bench to pass the time, occasionally playing one or two three-pointers.

No general manager or head coach of any NBA team will build a team around three-point shooters, not even Verus. No matter what he thinks or does personally, it is difficult to change the general environment of this league.

Even if Verus broke his mouth, no one would believe that he could win a regular season or a playoff game just by shooting three-pointers. The players in the Warriors, as well as ordinary coaches and trainers, all seemed to be Some didn't take it seriously, and the occasional three-point frenzy of victory was also considered by them to be luck.

Today the Warriors are too cold for three-pointers. Larry Hughes made 5 of 0 shots. The Warriors made only one of the first 11 three-pointers. This made the players afraid of long-range three-pointers. , Mourning and Grant are two Heat insiders, not high in height and strong in strength, and they are not afraid of facing any NBA team.

The final score was 84:92. The Warriors lost at home to the Miami Heat without any suspense. Back-to-back games are always very difficult. Moreover, the Warriors are exhausted in the continuous Eastern Conference away games. The only bright spot is No. 15 Pau Gaso Ernei scored 31 points from outside shots, but it couldn't help the Warriors win the away game.

Eddie Jones has 22 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists. There are always a group of fans who like him and think he is better and stronger than Kobe. To be honest, Jones is also very good. He has played in the NBA for 14 seasons and his total salary is hundreds of millions. Explained a lot of problems.

It's just that to become a superstar, the right time, place and people are indispensable. Eddie Jones ended up wandering around, without the soil and environment to prove himself.

Really, sometimes some players have to face such an ending. You haven’t met an owner who is willing to build a team around you, and you haven’t met a head coach who appreciates you and reuses you. In any case, you can’t play well , was always being traded back and forth, opened his eyes and changed a group of teammates, so it was impossible to play out.

If Yao Ming hadn't been the No. [-] pick in the NBA draft and went to the New York Knicks or the Raptors Trailblazers, it would be unpredictable whether he could still play. It is very likely that he will waste time and gradually disappear on the NBA stage.

However, with Verus, the traveler, Yao Ming in this time and space is undoubtedly much happier. He has gained more attention and attention. He is full of confidence and firmly believes that he can become a great center.

Ended the long continuous road trip in the Eastern Conference, the Warriors finally returned home, but the opponent they faced was still strong, the Milwaukee Bucks of the three musketeers, Sam Cassell, Tim Thomas, Ray Allen , The Bucks, who are not good-looking and score fiercely, start with Anthony Mason Jr., and there are strong players like Michael Reid and Jason Caffey on the bench.

Three pitchers who can average 20 points per game, plus rookie Michael Reed, looking at this lineup, even Verus is a little bit speechless, not a star and a half, but unfortunately, you can't understand the world of the NBA, Such a strong lineup can't even make the playoffs in the weak Eastern Conference.

Maybe it’s because the Bucks are all scorers. They don’t have inside defensive gates, they don’t have masters who are good at rebounding, they don’t have a lot of muscle sticks, and the total weight of the starting lineup is only 500 kg. A team is equal to 600 people fighting 5 people and 6 people. When a scholar meets a soldier, it is not clear why.

(End of this chapter)