NBA human tank

Chapter 250 New Orleans Pelicans
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April NO.18, just after the Hornets defeated the Mavericks in an away game and ended the entire schedule of the 2012-13 season, the Hornets made a major decision: Rename the Hornets to the Pelicans!

In fact, when Benson took over from the league, he planned to remove the previous brand of the Hornets, and the league approved it.But the Hornets went smoothly all the way, and turned the league upside down, leading the league in record, and the team's name change was left behind.

Now that the season is over, Benson can't wait to announce the replacement of the facade.

The Pelican is the state bird of Louisiana, and the name change was approved by all Hornets fans.In fact, Benson planned it back in January, but only changed his name until now.

Another one, another meaning of changing the name is to erase the brand of the previous Hornets, which means that the Pelicans are a brand new team.Coupled with the excellent record of the Pelicans this season, it is a good start for the name change.

Renaming is a big event, but it doesn't have much impact on Yang Yi.He is now the leader of the Pelicans, that is, to accompany the boss and the head coach to attend the press conference, and then answer questions from reporters.

At the end of the regular season, all the league playoff teams are released:
The top eight in the West are:
New Orleans Pelicans: 66-16

Oklahoma City Thunder: 60-22

San Antonio Spurs: 58-24

Denver Nuggets: 57-25

Los Angeles Clippers: 56 wins and 26 losses

Memphis Grizzlies: 56 wins and 26 losses

Golden State Warriors: 47 wins and 35 losses

Los Angeles Lakers: 45 wins and 37 losses

In fact, the Lakers almost couldn't make the playoffs. They and the Rockets also had 45 wins and 37 losses, but because they were better than the Rockets, they could barely squeeze the Rockets out.

The Big Four fought together in the league, but almost failed to make the playoffs, which has become a joke of the league.The instigator is the pelican.

At the beginning, the two teams fought desperately, and both lost.The Lakers' record continued to decline after that, and the Pelicans' winning streak was also ended.

Now, the two teams are getting together again. I really don't know if it's God's will or something else, and the two unrelated teams are made like life and death enemies.

In the first round of the playoffs, the two teams will fight to the death again!
Fortunately, there are still three days before the start of the playoffs, and there is still a lot of rest time left for the Pelicans.

The top eight in the Eastern Capital are:
Miami Heat: 65-17

New York Knicks: 54 wins and 28 losses

Indiana Pacers: 49 wins and 33 losses

Brooklyn Nets: 49-33

Chicago Bulls: 45 wins and 37 losses

Atlanta Hawks: 44 wins and 38 losses

Boston Celtics: 41-41

Milwaukee Bucks: 38 wins and 44 losses

The East has two interesting teams, the Heat and the Bulls.The Heat made great efforts later, surpassing the Thunder to become second in the league after a wave of winning streaks. After Rose was injured, the Bulls were able to reach the playoffs with the fifth place in the Eastern Conference. .

Although the Pelicans' No. [-] result seems to be glorious, the situation is much worse than that of the Heat.The Pelicans are facing the Lakers, who have the Big Four and have deep hatred. If they fail, they may be blacked out and become the laughing stock of the league; while the Heat face the Bucks, they will definitely enter the second round.In contrast, the Pelicans, the No. [-] glory in the league, is simply tasteless to eat, a pity to discard, and tasteless!
Most importantly, being number one in the league did not bring any substantial benefits to Fatty, not even a single glory point.

The Pelicans will take on the Lakers at the Smoothie King Center after a three-day break at home.The schedules for both teams are:
Game 22: April [-], Pelicans vs. Lakers (home team first)
Game 24: April [-], Pelicans vs. Lakers
Game 26: April [-], Lakers vs. Pelicans
Game 29: April [-], Lakers vs. Pelicans
Game [-]: (if necessary, time to be determined) May [-], Pelicans vs. Lakers
Game [-]: (if necessary, time to be determined) May [-], Pelicans vs. Lakers
Game [-]: (if necessary, time to be determined) May [-], Pelicans vs. Lakers
Fortunately, although they are facing the Lakers, the Pelicans still have home court advantage anyway.I just don't know if the Pelicans can escape from the Lakers. After all, Pelicans player Yang Yi has never experienced a playoff game, and the other players don't have much experience.

The most important thing is that without the help of an experienced veteran, the young Pelicans are easy to suffer.

The playoffs have always been the target of the media, not to mention the Pelicans vs. Lakers, which is full of topical matchups!

The Lakers lost their record for more than 40 years in the hands of the Pelicans led by Yang Yi. They even used double-teams, and finally had to slip away from New Orleans in despair.This is an out-and-out shame for the Big Four of the Lakers, a great shame!
This time when I ran into the Pelicans, it happened to settle the old and new scores together.Maybe they are not the opponents of the Pelicans in one or two games, but there are as many as seven games in the playoffs. Compared with the fierce Pelicans youth army, the Lakers are more calm.

The overall age of the Lakers is there. The youngest player among the starting players, Warcraft, is already 26 years old, which belongs to the old man series.But precisely because of this, all of them are good players in the playoffs, and their experience in the playoffs is extremely rich, which is not comparable to a group of young people in the Pelicans.

If you can beat the Pelicans, even if you lose the winning streak before, it will be worth it.

In New Orleans, at the Smoothie King Center, the Pelicans are sweating profusely in practice.

Their core tactics have not changed, they are still attacking around Yang Yi.But the previous tactics of the Lakers made Williams vigilant. The playoffs are not the regular season, one game and two games.If the Lakers come up with double-team tactics against Yang Yi again, but the Pelicans don't respond accordingly, the possibility of being hacked is too great.

What the Pelicans are practicing now is the Lakers' double-teaming tactics against Yang Yi.

"Eric, watch the pick-and-roll, pick-and-roll, don't let The One fall into the quagmire of double-teaming..."

"Bill, stop standing, cover, cover, make room for The One..."

"Pick and roll, pick and roll..."

"Cover, cover..."

Williams' tough voice wafted through the empty arena, shaking the players' eardrums.

If D'Antoni is here, he will definitely be surprised.Although the Lakers failed in the previous duel, the tactical thinking was absolutely correct. Double-teaming Yang Yi was to cut off the Pelicans' offensive engine and make the Pelicans a rootless tree and water without a source.

Once the Pelicans' offensive engine stops supplying firepower, the Pelicans will be finished. No matter how hard the fat man jumps, it is impossible to beat the Lakers who have the Big Four and have extremely rich experience in the playoffs.

What Yang Yi and the others are practicing now is how to let Fatty get rid of the double-team with the least energy consumption and create the most value.

(End of this chapter)