The NBA started with helping Iverson win the championship

Chapter 128 The Best Three Teams of the Year

The second game of the Eastern Conference semifinals is still the home court of Lukai.

Tonight is the day when Sun Yue will come back from the suspension. Michael Curry is very happy. He has already thought of a way to deal with Lukai.

Don't you like the card position at the basket?
Just let the green card be enough.

Michael Curry directly sent a lineup of Jordan Jr., McDyess, Li Xun, Prince, and Sun Yue.

McDyess' rebounding strength is not weak, and may even be stronger than the current Jordan Jr.

His flaw is that his offensive methods are single and his defense is not good enough.

Tonight, Michael Curry directly asked Jordan and McDyess to match the big fat and the second fat.

Sun Yue and Prince are dedicated to defending Ray Allen and Pierce's shots.

These two are tall and have long arms, enough flexibility, and good enough defense to prevent shooting. The effect is not very good.

Li Xun is responsible for dealing with Rondo.

Don't you like stealing rebounds?

Li Xun marked Rondo all over the court, and as soon as the rebound appeared, he grabbed it immediately.

When the game was over, Rondo's face was green.

He scored 13 rebounds in the last game, and he only got 2 rebounds tonight!
If it is really a one-on-one face-to-face fight for rebounds, how can Rondo be Li Xun's opponent.

Sun Yue also showed her big face tonight.

He just came back, and he is very effective in defending Ray Allen.

In the last game, Ray Allen made 11 of 6 three-pointers and scored 27 points.

Tonight, Song Xiaobao, who was turned into a bald version by Sun Yuefang, only made 7 of 1 three-pointers and scored 13 points in the game.

Perhaps on the one hand, it is true that Ray Allen does not feel good enough tonight.

It is impossible for a pitcher to be accurate every night. As a sharpshooter, Ray Allen can find a lot of stats of 9 for 0 or 13 for 1 in his career.

On the other hand, Sun Yue's defensive shooting player does have a natural advantage.

The height and wingspan are there, the speed and bounce are good, plus the perimeter defensive attributes of the blood cloth.

It is normal to restrict Ray Allen.

A game once again allowed Sun Yue to prove his worth.

But if you want to say that you can show your worth in a game, Sun Yue is not good enough. It is Michael Curry who really played his worth.

His formation tonight was extremely effective.

Just this formation ability alone is enough to double his worth.

In fact, his salary is very low, only a pitiful 120 million US dollars.

And the contract was only signed for one year.

Maybe Dumars just wants him to be a transitional head coach, and he will be replaced when a more suitable candidate is found.

After losing at home, the Green Kai fans suddenly realized that there was a big problem.

In the last round of the series against the Bulls, although they also played extremely difficult, they did not lose a game at home after all.

Now playing the Pistons, just after playing the second game, they lost a home game.

This is definitely not a good sign.

Sure enough, in the next two home games of the Pistons, Lukai lost all of them.

After the first four games, it was already a bit like the Pistons vs. Spurs back then. The average points of both sides did not reach 85 points per game.

Especially in G4, in the Palace of Auburn Hills, the Pistons only won the game with a score of 80:76.

The Pistons obviously lack offensive ability because of the starting lineup matched by Michael Curry.

However, the defensive ability is particularly outstanding, especially in terms of anti-projection, which can be called a must.

Lu Kai couldn't make a shot, and because there were countless people gathered around the basket, and Li Xun was staring at him, they couldn't score under the basket.

In this case, it is no wonder that the scores of the two sides can be high.

On May 5, the day when the NBA officially announced the regular season honors.

Bad news came from the Pistons, bad boy godfather Chuck Daly passed away.

It has to be said that this year is definitely a sad year for the Pistons. Two iconic figures in team history have passed away one after another.

In the evening, the Pistons generals went to the memorial service.

After the memorial service was over, the generals found a restaurant to have a meal together, and waited to see the league's official announcement of the regular season honors.

Just like the draft, Stern announced the honorary candidates one by one.

The first to be released is the best manager of the year, and this honor was undoubtedly taken down by Joe Dumars.

In fact, Dumars's team operations this year are very hip.

It was his handwriting that Billups traded for Iverson.

Even if Li Xun likes Iverson very much, from a fair point of view, the current Iverson is really not as good as Billups.

The most obvious evidence is the records of the Nuggets and Pistons.

Last season, the Pistons were second in the Eastern Conference. If there is no Li Xun this season, they will only be eighth in the Eastern Conference.

The Nuggets were eighth in the Western Conference last season and second in the Western Conference this season. They also reached the Western Conference Finals and played six games against the Lakers.

There are many reasons for the reversal of the records of the two teams, but the most important reason is actually the swap of Iverson and Billups.

As the number one point guard in the Internet, Billups' role on the court is really inestimable.

However, trading Billups, pulling the hips back to pulling the hips, and the birth of Li Xun made Joe Dumars "make up for it."

Selecting a player like Li Xun with the 59th pick in the second round is already considered a coveted achievement.

Moreover, Jordan's deal and Sun Yue's signing are all for Pistons blood.

The Pistons' record this year is not good, but everyone knows that they will rise next season, at least the top three in the Eastern Conference.

The best coach of the year, that is, COY, was taken down by Cavaliers coach Bread.

The Cavaliers' record this year, Mike Brown takes COY, and he deserves it.

Although Michael Curry said that the playoffs were very bright, especially this round of the series against the Green Kai.

But after all, this is the honor of the regular season, and it is useless to perform well in the playoffs.

"Lee, you really should pray to God."

"He may be able to bless you with more honors."

Rashid said softly from the side.

"God? You might as well pray to the Terracotta Warriors."

"After all, the terracotta army is earlier than God's grandfather."

Sun Yue whispered in Chinese.

While everyone was chatting, Stern began to announce this year's best team.

Best team: Howard, Nowitzki, James, Kobe plus Wade.

It was exactly the same as the 08-09 season in Li Xun's memory.

The selection of the best team, like the current All-Star selection, is not divided according to the five positions on the field.

Instead, they are selected according to the three positions of center, forward and defender.

The next second team is Yao Ming, Duncan, Pierce, Paul and Huang Mambaroy.

It is also no change from the normal situation.

Li Xun smacked his lips, he didn't expect that he didn't even get the second team this year.

Leaving aside the three forwards Dirk Nowitzki, Duncan and James, Li Xun felt that he was at least more competitive than Pierce.

However, with too few games played, and the team's record is not as good as Pierce, Li Xun can only watch.

The next best three teams.

"I declare that this year's third team of the best team is..."

"O'Neal, Anthony, Lee Hoon, Billups, Tony Parker!"

After Stern read out the roster for the third team and heard Li Xun's name on the list, the generals of the Pistons immediately became excited.

Li Xun also heaved a sigh of relief, it seemed that Stern took care of him.

Although he didn't make it to the first and second teams, but as a rookie, he was selected to the third team with an equally good gold content, which is already considered a remarkable achievement.

Throughout the entire history of the NBA, being selected to the best team as a rookie has only appeared nine times.

And most of them are rookies in ancient times, the most recent one is Duncan.

In other words, even James and Wade, the leaders of the platinum generation in 03, failed to win this honor.

(End of this chapter)