"Hoop Sports Morning News, Vancouver Grizzlies announced that head coach Hubie Brown has officially left due to his poor record in leading the team, and the team's next head coach is to be determined, and will be decided through interview recruitment."

The day after the end of the seventh game between the Lakers and the Grizzlies, the Grizzlies officially announced that Hubie Brown would be out of class.

When Qiao Hai heard the news, he also shook his head helplessly.

The old handsome Hubby Brown still has the strength, but he is afraid of comparison, compared with Qiao Hai, Hubby Brown naturally loses miserably and can't be more miserable.

And this season, the Grizzlies' record has declined badly, and it is not the reason for Hubi Brown.

Maddy's injury, internal conflicts, and the involvement of team owner Michael Hasley are the main reasons for the Grizzlies' decline.

Perhaps, at this moment, Jerry West, the current general manager of the Grizzlies, is also having a headache, such a Grizzly Bear has reached the point of not breaking or standing.

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The Eastern and Western finals are just around the corner, and no one pays attention to the Grizzlies, a team that is already out, and hearing the news of Hubbie Brown's departure from class is at most emotional.

All eyes were on the Western Conference showdown between the Rockets and the Lakers.

For such a seemingly strong showdown, major media in North America have made predictions.

ESPN's prediction is that the Rockets will settle the battle in less than six games, and Hoop Sports is even more so, and their prediction is that the Rockets will settle the battle in less than five games.

Sports Illustrated believes that the trend of the series depends on the first game, if the Lakers can achieve a halftime tie or even lead the Rockets in the first game, then in this series, the Lakers have a chance to drag the game to a tie-break, if the Lakers lose in the first game, then this series will not exceed five games at most.

Of course, the winner in the end is the rocket.

In other words, before the start of the game, the major media in North America were overwhelmingly optimistic about the Rockets, and no one was optimistic about the Lakers.

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Before the Western Conference finals, the league officially announced the winner of the regular season MVP.

Kevin Garnett, who led the team to 57 wins in the West and averaged 24.2 points, 13.9 rebounds, 5.0 assists, 1.5 steals and 2.2 blocks per game in the regular season, lifted the trophy.

In addition, the All-Defensive Team and the All-Rookie Team were also released.

Yao Ming was selected for the best team for a while, his personal data is no worse than Shaquille O'Neal, who was divided by Karl Malone this season, and the team's record is much better than O'Neal, as can be seen from the All-Star, Yao Ming's suppression of Shaquille O'Neal is no longer questioned.

In addition to Yao Ming, the other four are Jason Kidd of the Nets, Kobe Bryant of the Lakers, Kevin Garnett of the Timberwolves and Tim Duncan of the Spurs.

Even the second-team center is not Shaquille O'Neal, Ben Wallace has the league's second-best team record and the top two votes for the best defensive player, overtaking Shaquille O'Neal and entering the second team.

The other four are Sam Kassel of the Timberwolves, Vince Carter of the Raptors, Pejastojakovic of the Kings and Jermaine O'Neal of the Pacers.

Shaquille O'Neal was selected to the third team, along with the Hornets' Byron Davis, the Pistons' Steve Francis, the Mavericks' Dirk Nowitzki, and the Jazz's Carlos Boozer.

In terms of the All-Defensive Team, the Rockets' Ron Artest was selected for the first team, and Gary Payton was selected for the second team.

The squad included the Spurs' Boris Dior, the Lakers' Kobe Bryant, the Spurs' Tim Duncan, the Pistons' Ben Wallace and Ron Artest.

The second team includes Gary Payton and the Nets' Jason Kidd, the Timberwolves' Kevin Garnett and Andrei Kirilienko, and the Trail Blazers' Theolatliff.

In terms of the All-Rookie Team, Dwyane Wade was selected for the first lineup, the other four were LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony, Chris Bosh, and Daco Milicic, who was given unlimited shooting rights this season and averaged 15.5 points, 6.1 rebounds and 1.8 blocks per game at the end of the season.

The second team includes the Bulls' Kirksynridge, the Heat's T.J. Ford, the Wizards' Jarvis Hayes, the Heat's Yudonis Haslem and the Mavericks' Josh Howard.

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Once the All-NBA team was decided, the Western Conference Finals matchup became, a showdown between one center and three centers, and Shaquille O'Neal was asked that question before the game.

Then, O'Neill jumped to his feet.

There is no way not to jump, originally, O'Neal believes that he is also a strong contender for a center forward, even if the competition is not as good as Yao Ming, who has performed against the sky this season, he will be at least a second team in the end, and the votes for a period will not be much less than Yao Ming.

As a result, O'Neill didn't even have a second formation, and ended up in a third formation.

This is an ugly face, O'Neill has never been good at controlling his emotions, and he is furious in the face of repeated questions from reporters.

And finally said angrily: "The Western Conference Finals is a good opportunity, I will use a direct performance to prove that I am a center!" ”

"The statistics of the regular season are deceptive, that doesn't mean everything, who is really better depends on the direct matchup in the playoffs!"

As a result, Shaquille O'Neal personally went down and heated up the battle between the Rockets and the Lakers.

But O'Neal didn't expect that the Rockets' defensive strategy in this round of the series was officially aimed at him......

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"In this round of playing the Lakers, we have to lock up Shaquille O'Neal and empty Kobe Bryant, which is a strategy." Before the big war, the tactical meeting of the rocket, Stamreford made an analysis.

"Now the OK competition for the boss has reached the most fierce moment, this season's regular season, looking at honors and personal data, Kobe Bryant won, but Shaq is definitely not convinced, he will definitely think that the regular season is nothing, and in the playoffs, his importance can be shown."

"So, playing the Lakers, we're going to keep hitting Shaq and not letting him get the ball, or if he gets the ball, and not letting him score easily, so that he can't prove his importance."

"As for Kobe Bryant on the outside, this season he is already a bit of a feel, he can kill a team by himself if he feels good, and he has a bad feel, even if Shaq and Karl Malone perform well, he can lose the Lakers, and now he is no matter how good or bad he feels, he has to shoot when he gets the ball, because he wants to rob the boss."

"The stats prove it, and this season, Bryant is averaging only 5.1 assists per game, and he's become reluctant to pass."

After analyzing a large chase, the Rocket's conclusion was: "In this round of the series, we have to use two inside lines to pinch Shaquille O'Neal, and then use Ron to defend Kobe Bryant, if you can prevent it, you can't prevent it, and you can't affect the overall situation." ”

"As for Karl Malone, he's already an old guy with a lot of gas in the tank, and this season he's been acting more like a role player, and as long as we block the mid-range and don't let him make easy catch-and-shoot jumpers, he's not much of a threat." 8)