Basketball starts with breathing

On December 12, the Christmas War, the Bulls played against the Nets at home.

Kidd became a free agent this year and rejected the Spurs' pursuit. He chose to renew his contract with the Nets. The Spurs wanted to sign Kidd because after losing to Lu Yu in the finals, they felt that they should find a commander to strengthen the team.

And Kidd was also the unfortunate sufferer who was beaten by Lu Yu in the east. I thought that the two sides should hit it off, but Kidd finally chose the Nets.

The reason is very simple, because the Nets management promised Kidd that they would sign Alanzo Mourning.

Mourning was diagnosed with a serious kidney condition three years ago that threatened his career.

Mourning missed most of the 2000-01 season, but returned to the Heat in March 2001 and made an All-Star Game a year later.

However, Mourning's ordeal was not over, as his condition deteriorated and he subsequently missed the entire 2002-03 season and underwent a kidney transplant.

Mourning signed a four-year deal with the New Jersey Nets as a free agent this summer, but on Nov. 11, a month ago, doctors decided his kidneys were no longer capable of supporting high-intensity games, forcing him to announce his retirement.

On December 12, Mourning had a kidney transplant.

But 34-year-old Mourning's kidney function has begun to fail after a kidney transplant, causing an imbalance of chemicals in his blood that makes strenuous exercise much more dangerous and even life-threatening.

Therefore, the Nets are quite unfortunate. They originally wanted to strengthen the inside line, because Kenyon Martin couldn't defend the Bulls inside line at all. Mourning came and could share a great deal of the defensive pressure.

As a result, please come to a sick seedling.

However, the Nets' current record is not bad. After all, it is the foundation of the Eastern Conference finals. No matter how bad it is, it is not much worse, and the winning rate is more than 50%.

Kidd ranked first in the assists list this season, and has a good chance of winning the honor of the season's assist king. His average playing time has reached a career high of 43 minutes, and he can get 19.8 points and 11.3 assists. If Mourning is not sick , they can really become the only team in the East that has a chance to impact the Bulls' dominance.

Losing to the Bulls for two consecutive seasons has made many people question Kidd's ability to lead the team, or can not be said to be able to lead the team, because before Kidd came to the Nets, the Nets were the bottom team in the league.

A good commander can raise a team's lower limit.

Kidd is that kind of player.

Not only Kidd, including Chris Paul in Lu Yu's previous life, and even Stephen Nash, are all such players. They have an excellent overall view and they can help their teammates become better, so even a fish-belly team, After they become organizers, they will look different.

It will even become a top team in the league.

However, such players have a flaw, they do not have the ability to finish the game at the crucial moment, or the ability to finish the game is not strong enough.

The end of the game is mentioned here, not the lore shot, and the critical moment mentioned here is not the last minute of the game.

Any moment that can defeat the opponent's psychological defense is a critical moment of the game, and at this moment, you must not be soft when it is time to score, and you must not let the opponent score when it is time to defend!
Kidd lacks that ability.

He can raise the lower limit of the Nets, but he cannot raise the upper limit of the Nets. This is the difference between them and Lu Yu, who infinitely raised the upper limit of the Bulls.

However, there are also people who suspect that if Lu Yu goes to other teams, it may not work.

After all, this Bulls team is a group of good players who have played in the finals several times. Many people have forgotten that before the two finals, the players of this Bulls team did not even enter the playoffs.

People are always so forgetful.

Just looking at Kidd's average data, he can get [-] points, and I thought he was a good scorer, but in fact, watching his game, you will find that his score was not obtained under pressure at all. They are all stealing points when the opponent's attention is reduced, or when the defense is rotated. It does not mean that his scoring ability has become stronger, it can only be said that his ability to steal chickens has increased.

Lu Yu's scoring average has also risen recently, but anyone who has watched Lu Yu's games knows that Lu Yu spends most of the time assisting his teammates. In most cases, the defense that Lu Yu faced when scoring was when the opponent's defense was at its strongest.

Lu Yu is now No. 1 in the East in the All-Star voting, and his popularity far exceeds that of Yao Ming, Kobe and O'Neal.

The East is still the same as last year, not much different.

The West is miserable. Yao Ming ranked first in the Western Conference voting, and he must be the first in the center position. O'Neal has gone through the voting last season, and he is already prepared.

However, when O'Neal saw the two most popular players in the forward position, he almost directly called Duncan and Nowitzki to laugh.

Well, and Garnett.

Because of the two starting places for the forwards, Wang Zhizhi and Yi Jianlian are at the top of the ranking.

NBA President David Stern is also in Fan Chou. He has no objection to Chinese players entering the All-Star Game, but if all the starting players in the All-Star Game are occupied by Chinese players, this is definitely not what he wants to see.

One All-Star player in the East and West is his limit.

However, according to the current trend in the West, there are probably three Chinese players in the West. Although there is only Lu Yu in the East, that is because Battelle is not very popular. In addition, there is only one place for the center position, and it is even more difficult to put the name of Battle. dash forward.

It is definitely too late to change the rules this season, and it may offend Chinese fans.

But next season, the rules of the All-Star Game must be changed.

If nothing else, there will be four Chinese players playing in the All-Star Game this season.

David Stern was helpless, but helpless.

Zhang Weiping commented when the players from both sides came on stage: "Lu Yu's rise is too fast. This year is his third season in the NBA. Last year, he has won almost all honors, championship, MVP, FMVP, All-Star Game MVP, This is a miracle for a lot of NBA stars who can't get it after playing all their lives."

Sun Yiping nodded: "The most terrifying thing is that before Lu Yu came to the Bulls, the Bulls were just a fish-belly team, which also made all NBA teams look at him this year. Everyone knows that after the end of this season, Lu Yu's There is only one year left in the contract, after the summer, the Bulls will definitely renew the contract in advance, and other teams will definitely contact Lu Yu in advance and offer a higher price, it depends on how Lu Yu chooses.”

The Bulls' maximum salary contract is likely to be offered with both hands, but everyone knows that Lu Yu is not short of money. From the perspective of Lu Yu changing positions every year, what Lu Yu wants is definitely a bigger challenge.

When the east does not challenge Lu Yu, will Lu Yu stay in the Bulls?
It has to be said that these basketball experts do not eat dry rice. They constantly change the style of play from Lu Yu, so as to analyze Lu Yu's psychology, and then study the choices Lu Yu may make.

Lu Yu does have plans to play in the West.

He likes to challenge difficult things. The East is too weak now. The playoffs are easier than the regular season. After all, the regular season can still play against the strong teams in the West, but the playoffs can only be met in the finals. .

This also makes many fans question Lu Yu's personal ability, which can only be mixed in the East.

It's a bit like the criticism that James faced in Lu Yu's previous life, except that James stayed until the end of his career before he chose the Lakers, and before going to the Lakers, he called Davis up, which further reduced James' reputation.

Lu Yu would not do what James did.

But now he has not made a decision, all have to wait until the end of the season, after all, he has no reason to leave the Bulls.

After the game started, Kidd organized the game in his usual way, hoping to beat the Bulls through the rhythm he was best at.

The way the Bulls have played against the Nets in the past two seasons is very simple. It is to lock other players, so that Kidd can't hold back and finally force his shot. The original defense of Kenyon Martin was Chandler and Miller, and Martin occasionally had a few times. Opportunity, but after Lu Yu was replaced, it was a little difficult for him to even shoot.

So Kidd reluctantly increased his shots. After the third quarter, the game entered garbage time smoothly, and the Bulls easily won 112 to 83 in the end.

Lu Yu scored only 19 points in this game, but he scored a season-high 16 assists.

This also allowed Hamilton, Richardson and Artest to score 20+ points.

The performance of the three was enough for the Bulls to win, not to mention that Boozer and Crawford also had good performances, and both got double figures.

Kidd became the Nets' highest-scoring player, scoring 26 points, 9 assists, and 11 rebounds. He almost got a triple-double, but he still lost the game.

After the game, discussions began on the Internet as to whether a player like Kidd who can raise the team's lower limit is more important, or a player like Lu Yu who can raise the team's upper limit.

The answer seems obvious.

But for many underdogs, players like Kidd may be what they need. After all, their goal is not the championship, especially for small city teams. They don't dare to expect the arrival of a big star like Lu Yu. Anyone with a player like Kidd should be thankful.

"Small places like New Orleans and Cleveland, if there is Kidd, they won't even be able to sell tickets."

"You are wrong about this. Cleveland's tickets are not worrying about selling, but relying on James alone, the team's record can't go up."

"In fact, James is also the kind of player who can improve the team's record ceiling, but he is still lacking compared to Lu Yu."

"That's because James has no help."

"No, I feel it's just because Lu Yu is the kind of player who raises the upper and lower limits together!"

On the Internet, the discussion about what kind of player Lu Yu is has reached a peak. Lu Yu has also become the only player in the league. NBA David Stern's hair is all white, no, his hair is originally white. , The problem he worries about is that Lu Yu has become the next Jordan too fast, and the league seems to have no opponents.

12月30日，公牛客场117比92轻取热火队，豪取30连胜。

Wade is Lu Yu's little fanboy, but in fact, the two are about the same age, except that when Lu Yu was in the NCAA's big kill, he violated the NCAA's Proposition 48, and his grades were not good. Playing time.

Seeking tutoring in order to re-qualify to improve his writing skills.

He started playing as a sophomore, averaging 17.8 points and 2.47 steals per game, accumulating 6.6 rebounds and 3.4 assists per game.

Marquette went 26-7, the best record since the 1993–94 season.

This year, Lu Yu was a rookie in the NBA. He slowly gained a firm foothold in the NBA, became the core of the Bulls, and led the Bulls to the finals.

In his junior season, Wade averaged 21.5 points per game and took the team to the semifinals of the semi-finals. Although he lost in the end, he also became the first player selected to the first team in the United States in the past 35 years from Marquette University.

Especially in Marquette University's 83-69 victory over the Kentucky Wildcats to reach the semifinals, Wade scored 29 points, 11 rebounds, and 11 assists and played a triple-double, winning the Midwest Finals. MVP.

On the other hand, Lu Yu made it through the playoffs all the way, with a record of complete wins in the playoffs and the finals, sweeping all opponents to win the championship.

The two have completely different life trajectories.

So Wade envied Lu Yu very much.

After arriving at the team, he heard that Caron Butler was Lu Yu's friend, so he took the initiative to get along with Butler, and after this game, he also met Lu Yu through Butler.

Lu Yu looked at the big cheeks in front of him. In fact, Wade's cheeks were not that big at this time. He didn't know why the older he got, the wider the cheeks.

In fact, in Lu Yu's previous life, Wade was more legendary than all the NBA players of his generation.

Including Anthony and James.

The Heat, with the No. 5 pick in the first round, had planned to select a big man in the draft, and their No. [-] target was Chris Kaman.

However, when Chicago was preparing to try out Kaman, Pat Riley accidentally saw Wade training on the other side of the court and showed a strong interest in him.Soon after, he invited Wade to Miami for a tryout.

As he was finally ready to make his decision, Riley called Jordan's trainer, Tim Glover, because both Wade and Kaman had been trained by Glover before the draft.

"Wade or Kaman, who would you choose?"

Riley asked on the phone at the time.

"I was flattered that Pat could call me and ask for my opinion," Glover recalled afterwards. Picking Jordan, but picking Sam Bowie. So I would suggest that he pick Wade."

In this way, the Heat chose Wade.

And Wade also helped the Heat win the championship in his third season. That year, Wade averaged 27.2 points, 6.7 assists, 5.7 rebounds and 1.95 steals per game in the regular season.

Selected for the 2006 NBA All-Star Game.

In the finals, the Mavericks used their home-court advantage to win two games in a row, but Riley adjusted the Heat's state in time and pulled three games in a row after returning to Miami.The sixth game moved to Dallas, Wade scored 3 points and 36 rebounds alone, led the Heat to a 10-95 victory over the Mavericks, and then won the championship with a total score of 92-4.

Wade won the Finals MVP with 34.7 points and 7.8 rebounds in the finals. He became the fifth youngest player in NBA history to win the NBA Finals MVP honor.

Fifth youngest?

If Wade hadn't played in the NCAA for so many years, he probably wouldn't have been fifth youngest.

You know, this is only Wade's third season.

Wade in the previous life was very similar to the current Lu Yu.

It's just that in this life, with Lu Yu lying across the East, he doesn't know if he still has the chance to achieve this achievement. Perhaps, whether it is the new generation of players like James, Anthony, and Wade, or Kobe, Iverson, and Tracy McGrady. Several players who entered the NBA in the 90s will regret being in the same era as Lu Yu!

The Bulls ended all games in 2003, and Lu Yu also won the Eastern Conference Player of the Month in December.

The Bulls, the winning streak has reached 31 games!