NBA: James wants to team up with me

The first full month of the 2010-11 season is over, and the league's situation is clear.

The Bulls are unbeatable, far ahead of all other teams in terms of record, and while ranking first in the league, they continue to sit firmly on the team's strength list and are the favorites to win the championship in the new season.

The Big Three of the Heat are only ranked fifth in the Eastern Conference due to insufficient cooperation and immature tactics, which is surprising.

The rest of the teams generally performed relatively normally, and the one worth mentioning is the San Antonio Spurs.

Since the 06-07 season, when the Spurs defeated the Bulls led by Wang Chong in the Finals and won the fourth championship in team history, the Spurs' performance has been somewhat unsatisfactory for the following three consecutive years, despite achieving a 50-win record in each season. , was also a strong team in the playoffs, but whether it was against the Los Angeles Lakers or the fierce battle with the old rival Dallas Mavericks, the Spurs were slightly inferior and lost to their opponents.

Many Spurs fans can't help but lament that the era of GDP seems to be passing.

This is not surprising. Unknowingly, Tim Duncan, nicknamed "Stone Buddha", is now 34 years old. Even last season, he still averaged a double-double of 18 points and 10 rebounds per game, but in terms of data performance In terms of strength, the gap between him and the league's first-line power forwards has obviously widened.

At the beginning of the new season, Duncan and Garnett followed almost the same trajectory. In November, they averaged only 11 points, 13 rebounds and 9.1 blocks per game. Their personal statistics were as high as diving from a high platform.

Usually, the team's first core only has this kind of data, and it is almost impossible to win.

But this is the Spurs, and the Spurs under Popovich have never relied on the individual abilities of their stars to win.

While Duncan averaged only 13+9 per game and the other two players in GDP only averaged 17+ points each, the Spurs had a super high record of 14 wins and 2 losses, ranking first in the Western Conference, with 13 wins and 4 losses. The Lakers' winning percentage is even higher.

This was beyond everyone's expectation, but Wang Chong was not surprised.

The 10-11 season was already a very dramatic season, with many unexpected things happening. For example, the Heat's Big Three unexpectedly lost to the single-core Dallas Mavericks in the finals, and another example was the two consecutive defending champion Lakers. In the second round of the playoffs, they were ruthlessly swept out by the Mavericks 4:0. Another example is that the Spurs, who had the best record in the Western Conference, were eliminated by the Grizzlies 4:2 in the first round of the playoffs. All of them came from the 10-11 season.

Although it was embarrassing to lose in the playoffs and become one of the few teams in the league to be eliminated by a black eight, the Spurs' regular season dominance is indeed not bad.

Their ability is superior to that of the Lakers and Mavericks, with a regular season record of 61 wins and 21 losses. The Spurs have taken team basketball to the extreme. Even though no one in the team averages more than 20 points per game, the Spurs have five players in the team scoring in double figures. , there are also Gary Neal who averages 9.8 points per game and DeJuan Blair who averages 8.3 points per game. In addition, there are three players on the team who average more than 5 points per game.

The ultimate team allows the Spurs to average 103.7 points per game. In this season where the offensive pace is generally not fast, they can rank sixth in the league. At the same time, the average of 98 points conceded per game is also at the upper-middle level of the league's defense. The team's defensive ability It has not been greatly affected by the increased offensive firepower.

Except for Wang Chong, I am afraid no one dares to believe that in the next few years, the Spurs will always be the favorite to win the championship, reaching the finals in the 12-13 and 13-14 seasons respectively, and crushing them in the 13-14 season. defeated the Heat and won the fifth championship in team history.

Some people may say that the Spurs won the championship in the 13-14 season, wasn't it because of Leonard's rise?

But it must be clear that Leonard was not the core player of the Spurs in the 13-14 season. The Spurs' main tactics at that time still revolved around the three GDP players. Leonard only performed well during the Finals, and He also had an eye-catching performance when defending James.

The topic is a bit far off topic.

All in all, here in the East, the Bulls, who have 14 wins and 1 loss, are far ahead.

In the East, there are three teams: the Spurs, Lakers, and Mavericks competing fiercely. After them, there are teams such as the Nuggets, Hornets, Trail Blazers, Thunder, Rockets, and Suns.

The records of these teams are extremely close, and the situation is quite stalemate.

What’s interesting is that Dayao has not suffered any major injuries that could affect his career. Although he has suffered a lot of minor injuries and ailments in the past two seasons, he only played about 50 to 60 games in each season, averaging 17 to 8 games per game. The scoring has also begun to decline. Last season, he averaged only 30 points and 15 rebounds per game. So far in the new season, Yao, who is just 8 years old, has dropped to 30 points and rebounds, and his playing time has been limited to just over minutes.

Obviously, the Rockets are also worried about Dayao's health. They certainly hope that Dayao's career can be as long as possible. Even if his ability cannot help the Rockets achieve good results in the playoffs, they can at any rate The Rockets can still make a lot of money in China with Dayao as their cash cow.

Therefore, the Rockets are particularly careful about the use of Dayao. Generally, they will not let Dayao fight in close games. Even if they give up the victory for this, they are not willing to let Dayao get injured.

This has led to the Rockets losing many games that were stalemate until the last moment in the new season. The current record is only ranked ninth in the Western Conference, and is still behind the loss of Stoudemire. At the same time, Nash has also ushered in the 36-year-old Phoenix. sun.

Dayao himself is not grateful for the Rockets' over-protection. On the contrary, he is a little dissatisfied. After all, Dayao is also a player with pride and a lot of persistence in winning. Otherwise, he would not be in the playoffs in another time and space. In the game against the Lakers, he chose to play injured at the last minute.

It's just that no matter whether Yao is dissatisfied or not, it can't change the fact that the Rockets' strength is no longer what it used to be.

The once-famous Yao-Mai combination, Yao was troubled by age and injuries, and his dominance in the penalty area is not as good as before, while McGrady has been completely reduced to a bench role player, playing soy sauce in the Bulls.

The Bulls' bench gangsters are well-known in the league, but this mainly refers to O'Neal, Marcus Thornton and Danny Green. McGrady did not get much playing time in the Bulls and had few opportunities to perform. At the beginning, he could still get some attention and exposure based on his former popularity, but as the game progressed, people gradually lost interest in McGrady, and fewer and fewer media paid attention to him.

The Yao-Mai combination has completely become a thing of the past. The current Rockets' main players are Kevin Martin, Luis Scola and Aaron Brooks. The upper limit of strength is there. With Yao as the backbone, There is still a chance to compete for a spot in the playoffs, but if you want to go further and achieve any results in the playoffs, it is a bit difficult.

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As the schedule enters December, the Bulls continue to maintain their super dominance.

On December 12, the Bulls faced the Orlando Magic at home and defeated the Magic 1:107.

Last season, the Bulls and Magic were evenly matched in the regular season. In the absence of Garnett to restrain him, Howard almost got everything he wanted in the penalty area, consuming Gasol's hair and beating him violently.

Only half a year later, the two teams met again, and Howard discovered that he could no longer bully Gasol like before.

Gasol, who signed a big contract, is very high-spirited and is obviously much more confident on the court. He is full of energy. Even if his athletic ability is not as good as Howard's, he will use all means to entangle the opponent and try his best to block the position to prevent Howard from easily grabbing the offense. rebound.