NBA: James wants to team up with me

Chapter 162 Selected for the All-NBA First Team and faced the Pistons in the second round

After the first round of the playoffs, in addition to confirming the two matchup lists for the Eastern and Western second rounds, the league also began to announce season awards one after another.

In previous years, the league's selection of the best lineup would receive a high degree of attention, which is normal.

The three best team lists basically mean the fifteen strongest players in the league this season. They are basically the most valuable honors in the league throughout the season, except for the regular season MVP and scoring champion.

For many of the league's top superstars, when the number of championships is close, the criterion for measuring their historical status is the number of times they were selected to the best team.

This year's league's best lineup is quite competitive, because with the rookies from the 03 class emerging on the court, the situation of the best lineup has changed significantly.

The five players selected for the best team this year are Nash, Kobe, James, Wang Chong and O'Neal.

Selected for the second team are Billups, Wade, Nowitzki, Duncan and Ben Wallace.

The competition for the five positions in the final three teams was extremely fierce, and was ultimately occupied by Arenas, Iverson, Anthony, Elton Brand and Dayao.

As a result, four players from the 03 class were selected for the All-NBA Team this year, including two first-team players, one second-team player, and one third-team player. Their terrifying strength can almost keep pace with the 96 golden generation.

Coincidentally, four players from the class of 96 were also selected to the All-NBA team this year. Kobe and Nash on the first team, Ben Wallace on the second team, and Iverson on the third team were all members of the golden generation of 96. players.

From a data comparison point of view, in the 03 class, there was Wang Chong, who was the scoring champion, and James, who averaged 30+7+6 per game. In the 96 class, there was also Kobe Bryant, who scored almost as much as Wang Chong, and ranked third in the scoring list, averaging 33++ per game. Iverson scored points.

As for Wade, who averages 27+6+6 per game, although he is slightly inferior to Nash, the strongest candidate for MVP, Anthony's performance is much better than that of blue-collar center Ben Wallace, so the two sides are really It was a fairly even fight, and it can be seen that these two drafts are indeed the highest quality drafts in recent years, with high-quality top players emerging in endlessly.

It can be foreseen that the scene where players from the 96 and 03 seasons complement each other in the league will last at least for a long time.

Also announced simultaneously with the best team is the best defensive team.

To Wang Chong's surprise, Tyson Chandler was selected as the All-Defensive Second Team center based on the Bulls' excellent regular season record and his pivotal role in the team's defensive system.

In Wang Chong’s impression, Chandler had to wait until the 10-11 season, five years later, to be selected to the All-Defensive Team for the first time. In the second year, Chandler was promoted from the second team to the first team and won the best defensive player. DPOY can be considered a late bloomer.

On the one hand, this is because Tyson Chandler still needs time and a lot of games to hone his defensive abilities. On the other hand, it is also because the several teams that Chandler later experienced failed to take full advantage of his characteristics. .

After playing for the Bulls, Hornets and Bobcats, although Chandler has always been positioned as a blue-collar center, he really showed his ability to protect the basket in the penalty area after switching from the Bobcats to the Dallas Mavericks.

Now that Wang Chong has come to the Bulls ahead of schedule, he will naturally not ignore Chandler's talent being buried. Whether it is tactics on the court or daily training, Wang Chong's advice to Chandler is completely based on his future. Tailored to the characteristics of the peak period, it is so appropriate that professional team trainers and assistant coaches cannot find any faults.

This resulted in Chandler being selected to the All-Defensive Second Team five years in advance.

In fact, a very important reason why Chandler was selected for the second defensive team is the Bulls' record bonus.

Although ranked fourth in the Eastern Conference, the Bulls' actual record is fourth in the league, second only to the Pistons, Spurs and Mavericks.

With a rather mediocre lineup but a record close to the best in the league, simply giving Wang Chong the best team is obviously not enough to praise the Bulls' performance.

So Chandler got a lot of impression points. In fact, his current strength and experience are still somewhat different from when he was first selected to the All-Defensive Second Team five years later.

At the center position, there is no doubt that the player on the best defensive team is Pistons center Ben Wallace. This is the fifth consecutive year that he has been selected to the best defensive team. According to the current situation, Wallace Winning the Defensive Player of the Year award and winning the fourth DPOY trophy is a sure thing.

His strong defensive ability is something that few can match even if we look at the history of the league. Although this is only an award for blue-collar players and does little to honor the real top superstars, it can also show Ben Wallace's ability in another aspect. Super dominant in the defensive field.

Next, the opponent the Bulls will face in the second round is the Detroit Pistons led by Ben Wallace.

As mentioned before, the Bulls had such an outstanding record, but only Wang Chong was selected for the All-NBA Team, which somewhat looked down upon the efforts of other Bulls players.

The same principle can actually be applied to the Pistons.

This season the Pistons have the best record in the league, winning one more game than the Spurs during the regular season. However, with such an impressive record, only Ben Wallace and Billups are selected to the All-NBA Team. Selected for the second team, which is much worse than the Bulls.

Although the Pistons have always been advertised as a grassroots team with a civilian lineup and no real superstars in the team, this result still made all members of the Pistons team and even the fans very dissatisfied.

"What? You look down on us so much? Then let's see how many rounds the Bulls led by Wang Chong, the best first-team player you selected, can go through against us!"

On May 2006, 5, the opening game of the second round of the NBA playoffs, the Bulls vs. Pistons game officially started.

The game will be played at the Palace of Auburn Hills in Detroit, the home of the Pistons.

The famous Pistons Five, point guard Chauncey Billups, shooting guard Richard Hamilton, small forward Tayshaun Prince, power forward Rasheed Wallace and center Ben Wallace. All started.

The Bulls' lineup is still the same as ever, with Ellis, Bell, Luol Deng, Wang Chong and Tyson Chandler.

At the beginning of the game, the two teams had a jump ball in the midfield. Chandler and Pistons power forward Rasheed Wallace won the jump ball.

In the Pistons, Ben Wallace didn't jump the ball very often, because although his jumping and explosive power were very outstanding, his height was too short. Standing in front of Chandler, who was 2 meters tall, he looked even smaller. It’s no longer a gap that can be bridged by just bouncing.

But the roaring Tianzun also failed to beat Chandler with the jump ball. The latter moved the basketball to the backcourt. The Bulls had the ball and the game officially began!

Monta Ellis slowly dribbled the ball across half court, looking at his opponent Billups standing in front of him, but the words Wang Chong had warned him these past few days came to mind.

"Chauncy Billups is definitely an underrated player. He is very strong. He has the basketball IQ and skills of a top point guard. At the same time, his athletic ability is also one of the best among point guards. Don't think that he will play in the first round. When you are a knight, you can break through your opponent easily and take it lightly. You are completely unable to compete with him now, so you should avoid one-on-one situations as much as possible!"

Ellis was actually hesitant to believe Wang Chong's advice.

Billups doesn't have many honors so far. Because of Wang Chong, the most important honor in his career, the Finals Finals MVP, was directly eliminated. As a result, Billups's current honors are only the best two that he just won this year. team, and also won the best defensive second team this year.

<divclass="contentadv"> Even as an All-Star substitute, Billups was selected for the first time in his career this season. His previous honor accumulation was completely zero.

It's hard not to underestimate him, and even more so than in the original time and space.

However, regardless of the accumulation of honors, Billups' true strength will not be affected in any way. Therefore, Wang Chong attaches great importance to Billups, even more fearful than Ben Wallace, the core boss of the Pistons.

After all, Ben is, to put it bluntly, a blue-collar player. The only thing he can do on the court is defend.

But Billups is different. As the team's point guard, Billups is the brains and tactical commander of the Pistons. The entire team's offensive tactics almost revolve around him.

The reason why Billups was selected to the All-NBA second team, second defense, and All-Star substitute this season was because he averaged 18.5 points and 8.6 assists per game on the court.

If we insist on finding Billups' shortcomings, I'm afraid his shooting percentage of only 41.8% is a bit low.

But after all, not everyone is Nash and can enter the 180 club with super high efficiency.

Moreover, Nash's efficiency is exaggerated, but he also has weaknesses. As a well-known defensive black hole, Nash's defense is not even a little worse than Billups, who was selected as the best second defense.

Ellis obviously listened to Wang Chong's warning, so he didn't hold the ball and forcefully break through to attack the basket like he did in the first round against the Cavaliers. Instead, he handed the ball over in a decent manner. In the hands of Wang Chong.

The Pistons' defense is really terrible.

Although only two players on the team were selected to the All-Defensive Second Team, three players were selected to the All-Defensive Team, including Ben Wallace on the first defense and Billups and Prince on the second defense.

In this regard, the Pistons are like an enhanced version of the Bulls. They also have a strong center inside and a very strong one-on-one defensive leader on the outside.

Moreover, the Pistons not only have outstanding defensive abilities in these three positions, but the other two players in the starting lineup are also not bad in defensive abilities.

Although they have never been selected to the All-Defensive Team in their careers, Hamilton, the king of mid-range shooting, and Rasheed Wallace, the roaring king, are both good players on the defensive end.

This undoubtedly increased the pressure on the Bulls' already not particularly good offensive end.

Before the game, basketball commentators predicted that the Cavaliers James would face a dilemma in the first round, that is, he was the only one in the team who could score.

After all, as of now, facing the Pistons' extremely oppressive defense, Wang Chong is probably the only one who can score for the Bulls.

Therefore, some media analyzed that if Wang Chong wants to lead the Bulls against the Pistons, he will definitely not be able to score by himself. He must find a way to help other teammates score during the game to have a chance to win one or two games against the Pistons. , of course, the Pistons will have the last laugh in the end.

These people's analysis is quite reasonable, Wang Chong suggested that they should not analyze it in the future.

It is a fact that the Pistons are very strong, but this year's Pistons are no longer as strong as the previous two years.

Because in the second round of the original 05-06 season, the Pistons played the Cavaliers, but were dragged into the tiebreaker by James. It was very difficult to win the game.

7场系列赛，詹姆斯场均26.6分8.6篮板6助攻，投篮命中率44%，场均8次罚球也并非非常的多。

At the same time, the only player on the Cavaliers besides James who scores in double figures is Big Z, who averages 10.9 points and 6.4 rebounds per game.

But even with such a Cavaliers team with almost no helpers, James still fought fiercely with the Pistons for 7 games and lost in the end.

Is this because James is great? It's not necessarily true, after all, James' performance in this series is far inferior to that in the first round.

Wang Chong feels that the reason for this has a lot to do with the Pistons themselves.

The Pistons' defense is very strong, but their offensive methods are too single and rely heavily on Billups' court control.

In the series against the Cavaliers, Billups was in poor condition, and the Pistons had to struggle.

The Bulls just swept the Cavaliers 4:0. They are naturally better than the Cavaliers, so why can't they compete with the Pistons?

In this first attack, Wang Chong did not hesitate and went on his own.

The person responsible for defending Wang Chong at this time was not Rasheed Wallace, who was playing the same power forward position as Wang Chong, but small forward Prince.

This is not surprising. Although Prince is not as tall as Roaring Heavenly Lord, his height of 2 meters is not too low in front of Wang Chong. Coupled with Wang Chong's wingspan and excellent defense selected as the best second defense, naturally He is the best candidate for the Pistons to defend Wang Chong.

Of course, being suitable for defense does not mean being able to defend. This is not the first time that Prince and Wang Chong have played against each other. As early as the 03-04 season finals, the two began a battle of wits and courage.

At that time, Wang Chong, whose overall ability evaluation was far from what it is now, defeated Prince and helped the Lakers win the 03-04 season championship that should have belonged to the Pistons.

Now Wang Chong already has the basic abilities of peak Durant and the blessing of multiple badges. Although Prince's progress in the past two years has been very obvious, the gap between the two is definitely larger than two years ago.

Wang Chong dribbled the ball slowly while observing Prince. The opponent obviously felt the huge pressure, and his body tensed and concentrated, ready to deal with Wang Chong's next move at any time.

Then he saw Wang Chong move. After the basketball was passed from his right hand to his left hand, Wang Chong's body swayed to the left, but the next second he moved in front of his body and transferred the basketball to his right hand again. It rushed out like an arrow from the string.

Iverson takes the butterfly step!