The sun and the moon rotate, the light is like an arrow, and the time hand suddenly reaches February 2006. And our protagonist Edison is now in a state of intertwined happiness and pain.
Happiness comes from many aspects.
First, the Magic's record is getting better and better. In fact, since Roy came on the scene, all aspects of the Magic have been in place. The personnel finally met Edison's requirements before the start of the season. The team was finally able to play the tactics he wanted and realized the summer success.
The reconstruction blueprint at that time. Although there were some twists and turns later, the foundation of the team remained intact and it was still moving upward at a high speed.
And they are in the relatively weak Eastern Conference, so when the Magic showed their claws, it really felt like a tiger swarming the flock, winning one game after another by more than 10 points. Of course, no matter how strong the ball is,
It's impossible for a team to keep winning, let alone a team like the Magic, which is composed of young people.
Many things outside the field will always affect their energy, causing someone to perform abnormally in a certain game. If you happen to encounter a strong opponent at this time, defeat is inevitable.
Although Edison made repeated demands on this, there was no complete solution. After all, they were young people and they were young people who got rich overnight. Their ability to control themselves was really limited. If the requirements were too heavy, it might have counterproductive effects. And Edison
He is an equally young coach, and he does not have enough experience to support him to deal with this problem in detail, so he can only control the speed at the upper limit of a range. This allows the players to avoid exhausting their bodies due to excessive private life, and at the same time
Use competition among players in the same position to create pressure so that they can exercise some restraint and put more energy into the game.
So in this state, the Magic won 6 or 7 games in a row and lost once. When the schedule is not good, the winning streak may be less, but there has never been a losing streak.
However, the Magic's ranking has not improved further and is still fourth in the Eastern Conference because the other three teams also have very good records.
The Pistons did not show signs of decline after losing to the Magic, and followed with a 9-game winning streak. As a result, the game the Magic won was the result of the Pistons' proactive adjustments, not the Magic's strength. Now the Pistons have won 36 games and 10 games.
They are ranked first in the league in losses, followed closely by the top two Texas, the Spurs with 35 wins and 9 losses, and the Spurs with 34 wins and 13 losses. As for the teams in the Eastern Conference, they have been left behind by a notch.
The second place in the Eastern Conference is the Miami Heat, the favorite to win the championship. They are now 30 wins and 15 losses. Although the Heat's record is not as good as the Pistons, the two teams have played against each other twice this season. The Heat have won both home and away games, so in terms of strength
Experts and fans are still relatively optimistic about the Heat. As for the reason why the Heat are not as good as the Pistons now, the reason is very simple. The Pistons give their best in every game, while the Heat leave some energy to spare and rarely go all out.
Pat Riley has fired Van Gundy, the head coach of last season, and has become the coach himself. Some people think that because he thought the Heat could win the championship, he planned to add to his honor book, so he stepped down and killed him.
The donkey crippled Van Gundy, so many people are very ashamed of this behavior of the magician. But you can't deny that Pat Riley's ability to control the team is better than Van Gundy's, and his focus is higher than Van Gundy's. He thinks the same.
Farther than Van Gundy.
Last season, Van Gundy spent every penny and fought for every game. O'Neal, Wade and other main players all played more than 36 minutes, and the two played more than 40 minutes 15 times. But this season
Pat Riley is much more relaxed. O'Neal usually plays about 30 minutes in games, but only plays more than 40 minutes three times, and one of them was because of overtime. Pat Riley uses big
The Shark's motto is, "Usually play for 30 minutes, and never play more than one second; if an injury occurs and the doctor says you can play, then take another rest, so that the Shark can play completely and smoothly." Therefore.
O'Neal has missed 12 games in the middle of this season, and he will continue to miss 12 games.
So what Pat Riley is thinking about now is not the outcome of a game, he is thinking about how to keep his players in a high-level state and continue this state into the playoffs. He is like a top player
A chess player gives up a corner of the fight and flies elsewhere. Although he seems to be suffering a loss now, the benefits he will gain will be greater in the final stage.
Of course, Pat Riley's choice has something to do with the Sharks' poor physical condition and vulnerability to injury. But not every coach has the courage to give up the so-called home court advantage and prepare for the playoffs from the beginning of the season.
Plan. At least Edison asked himself whether he dared to do this in the last 5 or 6 games. And in his impression, the only people who dared to do this were Phil Jackson and **Vitch.
On the other hand, the Pistons, although Sanders did not adopt the extreme approach of eight-man rotation like Larry Brown, the playing time of the five main players has not been significantly reduced. You must know that their Wallace duo are also 30
Players are over 30 years old, and many inside players lose their physical fitness very much once they reach their thirties. After all, people do not rely on their muscles and bones to become stronger as they age, and the paint area is a place where muscles and bones are used together.
Because of this, the Pistons, who used their full strength every game, naturally went above the Heat.
If the Heat have the ability to surpass the Pistons because they are unable to surpass them, then the third-ranked Cavaliers "keep trying hard, but never reach a real threat." The Cavaliers' recruitment has been mentioned before,
With Hughes on the outside and Gooden on the inside, it can be said that there has been an all-round improvement compared to last season, but it is still significantly weaker than the Pistons and Heat.
This season they played 2 games with the Pistons and lost both times; they played 3 games with the Heat and won one and lost two. In the game they won, the Heat's Shaq did not play due to a calf muscle strain.
However, after two seasons of experience, James has begun to show his ability to dominate the league. He has begun to refresh some records for the youngest gentleman. Of course, he is not yet at his peak and has not reached the level of forcing the league to modify the rules. The current league official
The whistleblowing standards still do not allow crab steps.
In any case, thanks to James' outstanding performance, the Cavaliers now have 29 wins and 17 losses, ranking third in the Eastern Conference.
Fourth is the Magic, with 28 wins and 19 losses, and they are very close to the Cavaliers. The Magic have been putting pressure on the Cavaliers' tarsal bones for two weeks, as if winning or losing a game can change the positions of the two teams.
But the Cavaliers withstood the pressure.
In fact, the difference between them and the Magic is that the Magic have various small winning streaks, while the Cavaliers often have a big winning streak of close to 10 games, followed by 2 or even 3 consecutive losses. They always need to slow down.
It can also be seen from this that James is still not mentally stable enough, and his self-adjustment ability is not enough to forget the result of the game as soon as he leaves the court.
Here we have to admire two people, one is Duncan and the other is Garnett.
Duncan would let you fall apart, but I remained standing tall. I scored 20 points and 11 rebounds per game, and always maintained a 50% shooting percentage. After every game, if you ask him what he thought about the game just now, he will always be, "
Our performance was not good enough, I was scolded by Greg just now." There was no expression on his face while speaking, you can only see the muscles pulled by the words, but if he was with his family after the game
When talking on the phone, you may also smile like a cute little monk.
Although Garnett's statistics are not as stable as Duncan's and he is more passionate, he is amazing at forgetting.
"Anthony said that you never stopped talking during the game and kept saying insulting words about his girlfriend and mother."
"It's impossible. My braces didn't fit my mouth today, so I didn't speak the whole time. Because whenever I moved my mouth, they would grind my gums. I think they're already bleeding now."
At this time, Anthony was waiting to block Garnett on the Timberwolves bus like a middle school student, pretending to go to the bathroom to resolve the conflict.
Because of this, Edison takes the Cavaliers ahead of him very lightly. He knows that as the game progresses, the closest point may be next week, and the further point is that when he and the Cavaliers play against each other again, the Magic will definitely be on the record list.
Get in front of them.
In addition to the team's excellent record, Edison's fortune is also rolling in.
"The Devil Wears Prada", which has been in theaters for 5 weeks, has already earned 156 million at the box office in North America. This number is more than 30 million higher than the previous film, and Edison's promotion played a huge role.
As a female-dominated movie, the North American box office of 156 million is also a record. The previous highest record was "Never Compromise" starring Julia Roberts. The star of this film is Meryl Streep.
She also became the first Hollywood female actress with a star effect of 150 million. Before that, famous Hollywood first-line actresses such as Julia Roberts, Angelina Jolie, and Reese Witherspoon starred in movies.
None of them have broken through the "glass ceiling" of US$150 million.
Needless to say, Streep's acting ability is natural, and the performances of Rachel and Anne Hathaway in this film are also eye-catching. After watching it, the audience said: These three women fully supported the 100-minute plot.
, every movement and every expression of theirs leaves you unable to find any problems.
The outstanding performance of the three people has naturally attracted the attention of professionals. The three people have been shortlisted for this year's Oscars for the leading actress and supporting actress. And according to the calls, except for Anne Hathaway, who is relatively unfavorable, Si
Both Tripp and Rachel may win awards.
But these have little to do with Edison. What he knows is that he will have more than 50 million in cash to use. And this is only in North America. When the global data is fed back, Edison's income will double. Wind
When he was proud, Rachel was not by his side to share this happiness with him and listen to his habitual bragging. Edison did not smoke, but in the dead of night every day, he breathed in the fresh air of Orlando like a smoker, trying to
