NBA: Magic Johnson opens the season, crowned MOP

After the All-Star Game, NBA teams rekindled the battle.

In the East, the South Coast Big Three led the Heat, who had entered the"state", to defeat the Hawks, Bulls, Cavaliers, 76ers and Cavaliers in succession, achieving a terrifying record of eleven consecutive victories.

It is conceivable that every team facing the Miami Heat will be immersed in the fear of facing the"dominance of the Big Three"!

The Indiana Pacers, New York Knicks, and Chicago Bulls are also fighting for the remaining two positions in the top three in the East. The players who met these three teams after the All-Star Game were also affected.

The reason why these three"positions" are fighting is actually the same, that is, they don't want to meet the arrogant"South Coast Big Three" before the Eastern Conference Finals.

In fact, the competition in the West is also fierce. Under the leadership of"Du Wei" Er Shao, the Thunder is catching up and vowing to step on the first Spurs in the West. Others don't know that Du Wei's second goal is only one- this season's regular season MVP!

So far this season, on the regular season MVP prediction rankings of major sports media, Durant really deserves the title of"No. 2", and has been ranked second without even moving! The first place is self-evident. The little emperor of the South Coast ranks in the top two with the league's first team record and his personal data of"27+8+7".

Wouldn't this make Durant, who has always been sensitive to the data"2", anxious?

It is precisely for this reason that a large number of marketing accounts such as Twitter, YouTube, and INS have emerged on major social media such as Mili's Twitter, YouTube, and INS, saying that"Durant will definitely be elected as the regular season MVP this season" to lead the rhythm.

It has attracted the attention of a large number of fans!

As for the Spurs during this period, they continued their ancestral"making a fortune in silence". While the Miami Heat"ruled" the league and the MVP competition between Durant and the emperor, they quietly achieved a wave of"five consecutive victories" after the All-Star Weekend. On

February 22, the Spurs will face the Warriors at home.

Without the"big mouth" Green's chattering before the game, the two teams played this game in an extremely"harmonious" way.

In fact, it was mainly because they witnessed the"miserable state" of teammate Green in the last match. Before the game, Thompson and Curry specially found Joey, and the three of them had a discussion about"dunking and dribbling".

Under the flattery of the"Splash Brothers" that"I am not as good at dunking as you, and I am not as good at dribbling as you", Joey successfully"lost" himself.

In the end, the Warriors also"happily" lost to the Spurs with a score of 107:115.

Duncan"14+12", Parker and Manu scored 42 points together, and Joey scored 13 points and 11 assists, and clocked out after three quarters.

The"Emperor" who scored the highest in this game made 6 of 8 three-pointers and scored 27 points.

On the Warriors side, Curry scored 25 points, David Lee scored 19 points, and Thompson Jr. scored 15 points...

Although they lost the game, through this"lesson", Warriors coach Mark Jackson also saw the"Spurs Princeton" system that has been"a hot topic" recently. He was amazed at Joey's passing art that combined"talent and creativity" like"God's favorite". Even the talented point guard who was called"Big Butt Twins" together with Barkley in the last century was shocked...

Just like what ESPN commentator Mike Brin said when he commented on the Clippers and Spurs game a few days ago:

"Popovich's imaginative change of formation has completely inspired the vitality and passion of the current Spurs. Joey is just like what his scout report said. He really performed like MJ in these two games.……"

"He completely freed up the space for the aging Duncan on the offensive end, allowing him to reproduce his peak low-post unstoppable killer edge in the game!"

"It also makes it easier for other Spurs players, such as Manu, Danny, Kawhi... They just need to follow the tactics and get a nearly perfect open shot opportunity through constant passing, cutting, running, and off-ball screens!"

"This smooth and aesthetic style of play completely overturned our previous perception of the Spurs! Popovich seemed to have magic, as if he really turned this team into the gorgeous Kings at the beginning of the century in an instant.……"

That’s amazing!

This is the only thought in Mark Jackson’s mind at the moment.

Not only Greg, but also Joey, the GDP trio... The current Spurs lineup is almost perfectly adapted to the Princeton system!

The team’s long-standing"team style" has allowed them to develop an extremely tacit understanding and smooth cooperation with each other. The addition of Joey and the Princeton system seems to have completely changed this seriously aging team...

In fact, it has injected"new power" into the team and then changed the"packaging", but the essence has not changed!

It’s just two perfect"coincidences" that have created the current"Princeton" system of the Spurs - that is, the San Antonio Spurs' long-standing"team style" and the appearance of Joey gave Popovich the idea of playing the"Princeton" system!

Somehow, it seems as if God is helping this team!

Mark Jackson stood on the court for a long time, looking at the opponent's bench with envy and thinking

………

On February 24, the Spurs challenged the Suns away.

The Phoenix team, which had 18 wins and 38 losses so far this season, had no room to fight back. Even the attendance rate of the entire American West Arena was less than 70%.

Duncan was sidelined due to"strained big toe nerves","Red Mamba" and"Martial Saint" had sprained lateral collateral ligaments of their ankles, and Manu and Dior had"diarrhea" because of eating the wrong food before the game."……

In short, Sima Laozei saw the opportunity to play against a weak team and"rested" his own team, making it an 8-man rotation!

In this way, the lineup of Parker + Green + Leonard + Joey + Split finally"slaughtered" the Suns by 17 points.

The French sports car contributed a game-high 31 points. Green played poorly, making only 2 of 11 three-pointers and scoring only 9 points. The"death front lock line" composed of Leonard and Joey scored a total of 41 points and 21 rebounds.

Among them, Leonard tied his career high with 29 points, and Joey also got his first"triple-double" in his career."——

12 points, 11 rebounds, 14 assists!

In the end, the team won the game 116:99 from the America West Arena.

The away locker room celebrated again!

Joey had his first triple-double in his career. The old guys on the Spurs poured 11 barrels of"Gatorade" on Joey's head. The locker room was a sticky mess, and no one was spared."……

Except Leonard!

Well... because he is the guy who led Joey into the"trap"!

When Duncan and Manu, who were dressed like vegetable vendors, saw Joey hiding behind the door, they were shocked. Kawhi Leonard, who had become a little"cunning" under the influence of the situation, hid behind the smiling coach Popovich and thus escaped a"disaster". On

February 27, the Spurs, who had rested for three days, welcomed the"return gift" from the Suns at home.

They wanted to repeat the same trick and rest again."GDP"Sima Laozei, the trio, received a call from the league office and solemnly warned the latter of their"malicious rest" behavior.

He also counted the Spurs' 25 regular season games since 2013, with Duncan's attendance rate less than 60%, Manu's attendance rate less than 70%, and Parker's appearance before the All-Star Game... The

Spurs returned to their home court and played in full force, directly defeating the"dim" Suns.

The GDP trio scored 53 points together, Joey's"18+15" double-double, equally helping every"Spurs man" fly;

Leonard scored 8 points and 11 rebounds, Green 11 points, Neal 9 points, Mills 11 points, Bonner 7 points, Split 18 points...

The Spurs won the visiting Suns 124:87 at home, 37 points.

On March 1, the Spurs played against the Sacramento Kings at home, and finally lost 103:89, giving the Kings their 39th loss of the season.

In this game, the Kings' forward (the super rookie who originally played point guard and scored"20+5+5") Tyreke Evans was completely lost in front of the deadly forward line, making 2 of 23 shots and barely scoring double digits by free throws.

In contrast, Joey and Leonard combined for 7 steals and 3 blocks in the game. While having such excellent data on the defensive end, they only made one mistake.

During the Spurs'"five-game winning streak" after the All-Star Game, an expert made a statistical data for them - the Spurs' net score in all the games in the second half of February reached a terrifying"29.2 points"!

What does this mean? It is equivalent to winning the opponent by about 30 points in every game they played!

This amazing and hot team state was considered by experts to be"the effect of Popovich's change of formation". They felt that it was a"bold" attempt to transfer the height-expanding Joey to the power forward position.

Obviously, Sima Laozei received a"reward" that shocked him.

And with the support of the"Princeton" system, the Spurs' winning streak continues...

(To be continued)