Chapter 880 [The Situation Is Grim, Bad Luck]
The star coach is not re-elected, and Yang Rui is at home on weekends and is more tired than usual.
Looking at the lineup, you know that the Western Army will undoubtedly win, there is no need for a coach at all, they have three big men who can block and dismantle and attack the low post, and the most resistant person in the east is Millsap, who is 201CM tall, how to play this?
Unsurprisingly, Anthony Davis, who won 192-182 in the West and chipped in 52 points and 10 rebounds, won the MVP, playing just 31 minutes, shooting 26-of-39 from the field and making no free throws.
Even more outrageous was Westbrook, who played 19 minutes and finished with 41 points, five rebounds and seven assists on 16-of-26 shooting, 7-of-13 three-pointers and 2-of-2 free throws.
In this star game, both sides kept running fast breaks, three-pointers and dunks, and there was no defense at all. The funniest scene is an offensive in the East, Curry returns to the defense, falls to the ground early and pretends to be dead, and the opponent passes by him and dunks easily.
Without Zach LaVine, the dunk contest was no bright spot, and the star weekend was rated as boring.
Last season's runner-up, Aaron Gordon, didn't play well and was out of the preliminaries; Little Jordan did his best, and such a big man was here to be the background; As for Jones Jr. and Robinson Jr., they are both making a fuss in the crotch. The crotch changes hands, the crotch stacks the arhats, straddles one person, straddles two people, and straddles three people...... Watching crossover singers is more interesting than this.
In the second half of the regular season, the Clippers continued to be strong, not only the starting trident was stable, but LaVine also broke out off the bench.
Yang Rui often arranges two-guard tactics, and also gave LaVine the ball in the second quarter, he played 30.4 minutes, and his statistics improved to 16.3 points, 2.8 rebounds and 3 assists.
Curry attracts the defense, and LaVine looks for off-ball cover on the side, making it easier to get shots. He lived up to expectations, shooting 41.7 percent from three-point range. In his previous life with the Timberwolves, LaVine's three-point shooting percentage did not reach 40% because he had poor shot selection and shot against people, and now he often gets easy shots.
If he had played at this level earlier, LaVine might have been selected as an All-Star, and he has a huge popularity, with fans holding slam dunk contest rating cards on the spot every game, waiting to score him.
Yang Rui intended to help LaVine brush up the data, in order to send him away in the summer, and only increased his playing time in the second half of the year, in order to avoid him being selected as an All-Star. Once a player is selected for the All-Star Game twice, he meets the criteria for a salary increase, and it doesn't matter if he only has one salary.
After sending him away in the summer, the opponent can let LaVine play to his heart's content, and he will not have to worry about super high salaries to keep people after entering the All-Star Game, and he will have more trade value.
LaVine got the ball, and Devin Booker had to rest as a small substitute.
Thankfully, Booker has no complaints, because his defense is really bad and it takes time for Danny Green to learn defensive skills and improve his strength. His teammate's attack power is super strong, and it is impossible for him to get unlimited shots. Booker simply doesn't know how far he can go if he lets go of playing in the NBA.
Yang Rui never wanted to make Booker the core of the team, that is, to develop as a sixth man, which is also the role he used to play in college. As long as he doesn't leave in the future, the ceiling becomes Ginobili, which is very beneficial to the Clippers.
The Clippers have not suffered any major injuries, except for Curry and Antetokounmpo, players have played less than 30 minutes, even if Draymond Green has played a lot on the defensive end, averaging only 29.5 minutes per game.
Zhou Qi has played 6 games for the Clippers, all of which are garbage time to workout, and his performance is a mess, averaging 1.4 points per game and hitting 1 of 6 three-point shots.
The only good news is that in the NBDL, Zhou Qi's statistics are not bad, averaging 16.1 points, 7 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 2.5 blocks per game. China has three young players to play on behalf of the Minions this year, and the four compatriots will actively cooperate.
However, the Minions don't have a good record in the NBDL, they lose more and win less, and those three have ordinary data and can't play in the NBA.
In the summer, some Chinese fans said that although the CBA has poor overall tactical literacy, it will definitely win in the face of an unpopular league like the NBDL, which is also at the level of a tactical master.
In the eyes of some fans, what is the level of NBDL? The league with an average annual salary of 2,30,000 yuan is not comparable to the big money in the CBA, and it must be a wild team composed of a bunch of players with rough skills and no tactical cooperation.
As a result, China's potential players were crushed when they arrived in the NBDL, and many people in BDL were unwilling to give up basketball after graduating from college, and they lost the draft, and there were many powerful people.
The Chinese Basketball Association has seen how grim the situation of Chinese basketball is, the national team played well because of Yao Ming, Yao Ming did not play, the men's basketball team may lose in Asia, and they also lost to Russian college students in the 2011 Si Cup.
Because of Zhou Qi's poor performance and the poor performance of the men's basketball team, Chinese fans are even more grateful to Yang Rui for everything he has done for the Chinese basketball world. If it develops for a few more years according to the CBA's way of cultivating newcomers, the men's basketball team may lose its Asian hegemony.
On April 12, the Clippers ended the regular season with a 135-101 home win over the Rockets, with a final record of 70 wins and 12 losses.
The winning percentage is far inferior to last season, and the Clippers are also the first in the league, again with 70 wins. In fact, it is difficult to say that they are qualified for this kind of result, and the players are just showing off in the regular season, playing alive, and the mood is too relaxed, and they lose to many weak teams.
Not only the players, but Yang Rui was also relaxed, and after five consecutive championships, their nerves couldn't be tensed. Yang Rui just warned the players that they should no longer play so casually in the playoffs, and that they should actively cooperate and reduce unreasonable shots.
The Spurs are second in the West with 61 wins, and Popovich's record is still stable, and the lineup has not changed much.
In the second half of the Mavericks, Nowitzki and Paul were injured and missed 24 and 21 games respectively, and starting center Noel was injured in the middle of the game, so he could only rely on veteran Pachulia to start, and the team's record plummeted.
In the end, the Mavericks only managed 53 wins and finished third in the West.
Now Adam Silva is depressed again, and he wants to praise James and let the Mavericks compete with the Clippers. Now James wants to win the MVP, the record is not convincing, and the data is also problematic, 26.4 points, 8.6 rebounds, 6.8 assists and 1.2 steals are beautiful enough, but his free throw shooting percentage is a career low, only 67.4%.
James' efficiency has also dropped a lot, ranking seventh in the league, beating Curry, who is eighth, with 26.3. Embarrassingly, ahead of him is Isaiah Thomas, the younger brother of the Cavaliers last season, with an efficiency of 26.5.
There are more people who think James has ruined his teammates, although the Mavericks' teammates were not injured by him, and the statistics have also collectively declined.
Paul's transformation was particularly noticeable, hitting 2 of 5 three-point shots and shooting 41.1 percent, a career-high percentage of 41.1 percent. He averaged 18.1 points, 4.3 rebounds and 8.1 assists per game, the lowest number of assists since his rookie season.
As soon as Paul and James shared possession, both assists dropped, and some adjustments had to be made for each other.
The 4-8 places in the West are the Jazz, Grizzlies, Kings, Rockets, and Thunder.
Harden got rid of Kardashian's defense and performed very well this season, but the overall lineup of the Rockets is not strong, Bosh was reimbursed for the season because of blood clots, and Howard joined the Hawks.
The Jazz became a dark horse, adding Chandler Parsons, Joe Johnson, and George Hill last summer, with center Rudy Gobert improving significantly, and Hayward playing steadily and overall strength.
9-15 are the Warriors, Nuggets, Trail Blazers, Pelicans, Lakers, Timberwolves, Suns.
Conley signed a super contract, but couldn't afford to take the Warriors to the playoffs. The Lakers suffered injuries in the second half, Russell and Embiid were suspended, and their record plummeted and failed to make the playoffs.
Experts predict that it will be difficult for other teams in the West to threaten the Clippers, who have the best chance of reaching the Finals.