The All-Star game finally came to an end. The Eastern team won the game 103-97. Pierce won the MVP of the All-Star Game. In this game, Pierce scored 23 points for the Eastern Conference. Although Bobo scored 23 points at the end of the fourth quarter,
The Veach fielded the strongest lineup in the Western Conference, using Duncan, Garnett, McGrady, Kobe and Nash to fight against the Eastern team. Kobe performed several incredible performances in the fourth quarter, including a dunk on Milicic.
Twice, but the previous run and gun has dug a big hole for the West. Rivers used solid rotation defense and delays in offensive and defensive transitions to slow down the pace of the game. Positional warfare is not the rhythm of these run and gun masters.
Naturally, it was much worse. In the offense, Milicic gave full play to his support ability, attracting Marion, and then constantly distributed the ball, using Wade's air cuts and reverse runs to disrupt the opponent's defense.
Popovich recognized Rivers' ability very much. It must be said that Rivers has done a lot of research on breaking the run and gun problem, but Popovich does not think that teams like the Suns and Mavericks can do it so easily.
was defeated. The reason why he lost to the Eastern Conference today was not that he couldn't beat the position with running and gunning, but that his understanding of running and gunning has not yet reached the level of D'Antoni. I believe that if I give this card to D'Antoni today,
I'm afraid Rivers is also in trouble.
In this game, Milicic scored 5 points, 7 rebounds, 6 blocks and 2 blocks. Although the statistics are not eye-catching, they can reflect his value and versatility.
The long-awaited All-Star event ended like this. Milicic didn't have any special feelings. Many things always have infinite longing when we first look forward to them, but when they actually happen, no matter how wonderful they are, they will feel the same as what they imagined.
There are some gaps.
Fortunately, I was not lonely on the way home. I was accompanied by Rivers, Pierce, Jefferson, Chris Anderson, Tony Allen and West. On the plane back, Rivers said to everyone:
"During the All-Star Game, Popovich, an old fox, wanted to see our tactics. I gave him what he wanted, but what I showed today was just our regular season strength. We will have more in the playoffs.
Leave the ultimate killing move to them."
West said with a mean smile: "I knew the coach was hiding his secrets. What is our secret weapon? Tell us. Everyone feels at ease."
Rivers glanced at West and said nonchalantly: "It's not you anyway, you can rest assured." Then he turned to Milicic, Jefferson and Tony Allen and said: "I need you.
There is not much time left for us to grow. I hope to win the championship during your rookie contract, because I know your strength, and you will all be players with the ability to earn tens of millions of dollars per year. I don’t know what your future will be like for you.
Where will it go, but at least within three to five years I will create a Boston dynasty."
These words made everyone's blood boil, but West was a little disappointed. Rivers saw his changes and said to him: "Delonte, you have to get rid of your frivolous habits. Although your talent is not special.
Good, but I like your optimism. Everyone will talk to me privately more or less about their playing time, but you have never been like this, and I have seen your hard work on the training ground, and you are no longer
You are no longer the rookie who knew nothing, but now you are moving towards becoming an NBA starting point guard."
In fact, everyone knows that Fisher is already 31 years old, and he will not hold the position of the Celtics' main point guard for long. The next few days will depend on the performance of West and Banks.
Banks is full of impact and extremely strong in defense, which are his characteristics, but his overall view is not good, and the assist ability of the point guard is not very strong. In other words, he is more suitable as a sixth man.
He came on stage as a professional and used his own impact to set off a few small climaxes. But it is still difficult to maintain a relatively high level for a long time.
West's basic skills are very solid, and he has a three-point shooting percentage of about 35, and he can pass a few good balls from time to time, and his playing style is also very tough. Although the All-Star Game is a luxury for him, but he has reached the level of something like
It is still very possible for Fisher to reach such a height. Fisher also lived in the shadow of Brian Shaw at the beginning, and eventually gradually replaced Shaw's role. Rivers hopes that West can be like this.
The reason why people like the All-Star Weekend is not only the content of the game, but more importantly, it can usher in an opportunity to rest. Some teams that do not play well will summarize and improve. Historically, many teams have been able to win the championship.
There is a rebound after the star game. For example, the Rockets' incredible 22-game winning streak.
After returning to Boston, several young players began to train hard, including those who did not hear Rivers' words, because they saw role models like Milicic, Al Jefferson, and Tony Allen.
If you work hard, you will eventually get into the palace you want to go to.
The team has such a few stupid young people training desperately, which makes many veterans embarrassed to be bystanders. Eddie Jones and Derek Fisher also have to join the training, but for them, it remains the same.
The most important prerequisite is your own body shape and competitive condition and on top of this, not being injured.
This is the first time that Pierce has seen the Celtics perform so well. The atmosphere of the team is unprecedentedly high, and he himself has touched one of the NBA's top honors through this All-Star MVP, and his self-confidence has also increased.
It started to swell, and they would even shout slogans with the championship as the goal during private training. You must know that the previous Celtics had always been Anthony Walker's team, and Walker has never been a reliable person.
The remaining players on the team, such as Tony Barty, McCarty, and Delk, are all veteran players, and they simply cannot serve as role models for the young people. Although the Celtics occasionally played in the season during those years,
Although his outstanding performance in the playoffs, people still have the impression that the Celtics are led by Bird, so everyone always thinks that the Celtics are a weak team, even after Walker left, many people
Questioning Pierce's ability to lead the team, Pierce even declared in the public media that he no longer wanted to waste his youth on a consistently bad team.
But all of this changed with the arrival of Milicic. Milicic looked at everything in front of him and thought to himself, maybe we really have a chance to touch the NBA's highest honor.
