Chapter 429 Wild in the Great West

After the death of the Heat, the news that Pat Riley's resignation and abdicated position was almost full of headlines in many newspapers, and the new head coach of the Heat has also aroused a lot of expert discussions.

"From experience to knowing nothing, the Heat is moving from one extreme to another."

"I hope the firefighting coach who has been a scout for the Heat for several years can support more games. You know, Miami fans must be in a bad mood now. I hope this guy will have more good luck."

"Maybe those betting companies should open now. Let's see when the Heat's next coach will come."

When Spolstra took office as the head coach of the Heat, more media were still in a wait-and-see state. They really didn't trust this guy who had never been the head coach.

A novice who has only been an assistant and scout can bring the Heat out of the downturn. No one is really optimistic about him.

At least that thin resume doesn't prove his ability to replace Pat Riley. Maybe it's just an unlucky scapegoat. When he leads the team to play badly, people may start to miss Pat Riley, the old fox. Can he be qualified for this job? Many people are still skeptical.

But anyway, this has become a reality. The "God operator" has left, and an Asian coach has come.

Of course, Rivers certainly doesn't know why Riley chose a newcomer with little experience to coach the Miami Heat, but many people understand that the Heat has already withdrawn from the playoffs.

Even if they can barely support the top eight in the East, when it comes to the playoffs, they will be slaughtered.

Even if Wade comes back from injury, it will be difficult to make a name for him in the playoffs with their current lineup.

Old, old, small, maybe Wade is still worth looking forward to. Even Marion is not at the peak.

The Suns can give up on him, which is enough to show that his role in Phoenix is weakening and nothing can be changed.

So, those optimistic fans think that Marion and Wade may spark when they are together.

But this kind of hope is really unlikely. The current Miami Heat is really not good.

Don't think that the Celtics can sweep the East, which means that the competitiveness of the East is weaker, and it is not that the Heat can make a bloody road now. Even the Raptors can easily deal with them.

So, there are some things, don't expect it. It may be easier to wait for the new season to start again.

Maybe Pat Riley, a magical old man, can pan for gold in the transfer market like Angie.

It's just that whether Miami fans can accept this cruel fact depends on their mentality.

Anyway, there are some things that are destined to be changed. The Heat is destined not to be a strong team in the East.

And the fall of Miami has lowered the competitiveness of the East again. Like the situation of the Nets, the strong teams in the East have begun to enter the reconstruction period one after another, which many people did not expect.

At least before the start of the season, many people are looking forward to the Eastern Conference, and some people are saying that with Garnett's Celtics, O'Neal's Miami, Kidd's Nets, plus the Chicago Bulls, Toronto Raptors, Knights and Pistons, the East can finally compete with the West. It is.

But now these strong teams in the East, which have high expectations, have been at least half dead and fell at the beginning of the season. After two transfers, they were disabled two more.

The Bulls, Heat, and Nets have all sunk. In the top eight ranks of the east, we must rely on the Pacers and the Wizards to support the scene. Even the Eagles have become a strong team, and the overall decline in strength has become a reality.

Not to mention magic in the east, there are also knights, pistons and Celtics. If you really catch the top eight in the east and west, who else can do it except that the knights and the Celtics can ensure their competitiveness?

The Magic team now meets a strong team in the West, with a winning rate of less than 40%, and the Pistons can barely keep the game even, which may be a slight advantage for the Cavaliers and the Celtics.

The west wind is strong and the east wind is weak. Whether the Celtics are at the top of the league or not, the overall situation cannot be changed by a team. The weakness of the Eastern Conference in the past few seasons has long been a fore.

Although the Pistons and the Heat have won the championship during this period, let's take a look at the results after entering 2000.

The West is still far ahead. The East can only occasionally have strong teams that come out. Teams like the Pistons, which can reach the finals twice, the Spurs and the Lakers, can't be found now.

The Heat just showed a flash of inspiration, and then they still met the sad Mavericks. If those guys' nerves could be tougher, the Heat' Jedi counterattack might not be able to fight out.

0: 2 I didn't think of the turnaround until I was behind. This is definitely not the effect that Pat Riley wanted, but they won in the end. Naturally, no one mentioned the mistakes they made before, but the Heat really can't say how strong it is.

Even after O'Neill and others traveled to the East, the two sides are not a balance of power. The strong little emperor can't resist the madness of the Spurs, and other teams just try to maintain the winning rate with the West.

50%, or even less, this is an embarrassing reality. There is nothing you can do if you don't admit it. This is in front of you. You can't deny that the overall strength of the east is indeed weaker than that in the west.

It may be that when the Bulls were there, the East had a slight upper hand, and the madness of the Great West was temporarily suppressed. Master Joe retired, and the rise of the West was already an uncontrollable reality.

Even if the Celtics can rank first in the league now, the following teams in the regular season record are all from the West, the second Cavaliers in the East, and only the fifth in the league.

As for the Detroit Pistons, they have to go to the back row. Compared with the Western powers, the competitiveness of the eastern side still needs to be strengthened, especially after the Heat lost O'Neal, there is another strong team missing.

The Heat lost its double core, which is considered to have fallen. After the Nets lost Kidd, it was also dismantled. After the 76ers lost Iverson, they were not a strong team for a long time.

Now there are only Knights, Pistons, Celtics and Raptors in the East who still have the ability to wrestle with the West.

As for the Pacers, the Wizards or the Magic Team, they all look a little immature now. It is a little difficult to let them kill the Spurs or the Mavericks. There is no way to avoid the weakness in the east.

But the fight between the eastern and western leagues will not disappear like this. The Bulls have suppressed the West for six years, and the Lakers have also fought back with a wave of three consecutive championships, but this kind of war will never end.

At the beginning of the league, it was a fight between the Lakers and the Celtics. They have been lingering for decades, and no one has been able to really overwhelm each other, and the history of the East and West Leagues is obviously longer.

Therefore, when the Celtics went to the west, they not only wanted to plunder the victory, but also wanted to seize the opportunity in the war between the East and the West. On the occasion of the finals, it was always the confrontation between the East and the West.

What Rivers requires is to maintain a winning rate against the strong in the West, at least not less than 60%, especially against several major competitors, and the Green Shirts cannot easily lose the game.

What you are going to meet in the finals must be the opponent of the West, and this is the situation in the East.

There are only a few main competitors for the Knights, Pistons, Magic and Celtics, but in the west, it is possible to kill a few strong interceptors. Rivers needs to familiarize himself with his opponents from now on.

The Suns, Mavericks, Lakers, Spurs, including the Jazz, Rockets and Nuggets, these teams are actually very dangerous. None of the teams that can go from the West to the finals is easy to deal with.

It doesn't matter if you get rid of your old enemy, the Lakers. The Mavericks, the Suns and the Spurs alone are a headache.

Although the Rivers and Celtics are now the top players in the league, the record of the regular season does not mean that you will definitely be able to beat the playoffs, let alone meet those teams in the West.

Even if you have confidence in the ticket ** under your command, Rivers must play the spirit of 12 points against the strong in the West. In the finals, it is not a arena that allows you to make mistakes.

An arduous trip to the West, for Rivers and the Celtics, is to verify their purity.

The Spurs, Nuggets, Rockets, Hornets and Celtics have to face at least three teams that can rank in the top six in the West. This kind of high-intensity confrontation is estimated to be a cruel test for everyone.

In particular, the two games between the Hornets and the Rockets are back to back and solve the battle in more than 30 hours.

This kind of away trip was cruel enough. Now with this kind of physical overdraft, even Rivers will be under pressure before going to the west. After all, these hard bones are not so easy to gnaw.

The battle between the Celtics and the Spurs is more like a collision between the two most stable teams in the Eastern and Western Leagues. One is the champion last season, and the other is the top league this season.

After the Green Shirts defeated their rivals in the East, although the Spurs are still in third place in the West, they are still the most powerful championship team in the West. The experience of these guys is terrible.

It is a clear proof that he was able to beat the Cavaliers 4-0 in the finals last season. Before the start of the finals, many people said that it would be the accession ceremony of the little emperor.

It is said that the little emperor deliberately posted an illustration of Duncan on the door of his dressing room.

What's the result? Duncan just smiled and said, "It's okay. I can sign him."

Then... Then the old bones of San Antonio swept the Cavaliers in the finals.

4:0, no matter how you look at it, it's quite a shameful score. The little emperor didn't even have a chance to get a victory. This is the energy brought by experience. That's how the old Spurs overturned the Clevelanders.

"How terrible is the home court in San Antonio? I don't think I need to emphasize it again. This is our first game in the West. I don't want to lose. I don't think you should want to start with a failure."

Rivers knows what he will do with Popovich, so he doesn't expect it to be as simple as killing the Heat. This is a struggle between the East and the West, and no one wants to be a loser.

Rivers is not fully sure about the GDP combination under Popovich's command. At home, it is difficult for others to cut down, even if they are as strong as the Celtics.

"I hope that in Texas, the Celtics can usher in their second defeat in the season. This trip to the West will certainly not be smooth for them. The AT&T Center Stadium will leave them an unforgettable memory. Now the third Spurs in the West will definitely create a lot for the league's top. Trouble."

As a New York media that is not afraid of big trouble, they really hope to see the bad luck of the Celtics in the same district. The New York Knicks, whose opponents are so beautiful and have been rotten, really annoy New Yorkers.

However, it's useless to vent this kind of anger to Dolan. At least they are out of it this season. Instead of watching their team keep losing, it's better to make trouble for the Celtics at this time.

This is typical. You can't see that others live better than yourself. The New York media's envy and hatred are so entangled, but they really want the Spurs to give the Celtics a down.

It's tempting enough to see if someone can defeat the Celtics again. The San Antonio Spurs at home seems to be a good choice.

But Popovich has never been the kind of person who likes to talk big before the game. Even if the Celtics came to the door this time, he said cautiously, "The opponent is very strong, and we will do our best at home."

The answer is watertight, and what Popovich said has no intention of flirting with his opponent. This old guy is different from Mike Brown. He knows the truth of saying less and doing more.

However, Popovich's words did not relieve Rivers the pressure. The Spurs have never been a very high-profile team, but the more they are so low-key, the more dangerous they are.

Don't forget that these guys were the champions of last season. They killed the knights after killing from the west. This strong strength should not be underestimated by anyone. Rivers is not arrogant enough to think that he can kill his opponents at will.

In the first battle of the Celtics' journey to the west, they encountered such a hard bone. How to gnaw it? Whether you can nibble it or not may have an impact on the next three games.

There is no need to win, but in front of the Western powers, the Celtics still have to maintain their tough stance. Their league leader will not easily lose to any team.

Rivers doesn't want to lose such a confrontation, but in front of Popovich, he must do it step by step.

The sharp corners of the Spurs hit the fierce impact of the green shirts, and I don't know what kind of sparks will come out...