Injuries in basketball only make me stronger

After arranging some domestic affairs, Lian Feng flew back to the United States. After all, his boss George Sheehan was more tolerant of his absence from the team's games, but the media reporters were not.

The agent over there has made several calls, saying that media reporters criticized him for acting like a big name and taking time off to miss the team's games when he was healthy. This was simply unreasonable behavior.

Lian Feng said to his agent: "Those reporters just have enough to eat and have nothing to do. If you want to criticize, it's not their turn."

But Lian Feng also understands that this is the treatment of a superstar. If you were an unknown person, no one would pay attention to you even if you were shot on the street. But for a star with high hopes like him, even if he poops, it will be on the news.

What's more, he missed the game for a whole week.

During the week when Lian Feng was away, the Hornets played 4 games and had a record of 2 wins and 2 losses.

As a result, there are indeed a lot less doubts about Lian Feng on the Internet.

Without the consecutive striker, the team's record suddenly deteriorated, which speaks volumes.

However, two defeats cannot shake the Hornets' first place in the Western Conference.

The Hornets' first place in the Western Conference lasted until the end of the regular season, before the Lakers' strong rise began to affect this position.

If history does not change, the Lakers will be first in the Western Conference this season, and Kobe will also be elected MVP.

But this time and space has changed. As Lien Feng returned to the team and the game continued, he began to dominate the MVP list, and by the end of the season, he had been doing so for seven consecutive weeks.

By the spring of 2008, the situation for this season was gradually becoming clearer.

The Lakers will be the Hornets' biggest opponent in the Western Conference, and if nothing goes wrong in the Eastern Conference, the Celtics will advance to the finals.

Both teams made a wave of reinforcements before the deal was closed. The Lakers' most classic combination was announced in February this year: Gasol is here.

Kobe welcomed the most important teammate in his career, and the Lakers' system was declared complete!

The Celtics over there recruited PJ Brown and Garnett's old partner Sam Cassell. The former is a 37-year-old center. Although he is old, he is courageous, cunning, and 211

There is no shortage of height. The latter can serve as a substitute for Rondo. The addition of the two of them gives the Celtics' second team a fighting chance.

In addition to these two teams that Liancheng must focus on, several other teams must also pay attention.

Obviously, the teams that can reach the playoffs this year have not changed much compared to last year. The Jazz, Spurs and even the Mavericks, who are always in the first round, are all strong teams.

The great powers of an era will not undergo much reshuffle within a period of time. This was true before their group of stars retired, and before the three-point line reform in the league in 10 years came.

This playoffs can be said to be the most fiercely competitive year in history, especially in the Western Conference. Because the top eight teams are only within two games of each other.

Therefore, until the last moment, it is really hard to say which team the Hornets will encounter in the first round.

Of course, Lian Feng is also paying close attention to the Rockets' recent performance.

Because Adelman is now coaching the Hornets, and the Rockets reached the second round last season, Van Gundy of the Rockets was not waived as in history, and he is still coaching the Rockets.

In fact, compared to Adelman, Lian Feng feels that Van Gundy's tactical system is more suitable for Dayao.

Dayao's position has never been a supporting center like Teacher Yue. Putting him in a high position does not mean that he cannot play, but Dayao's low-post suppression power is wasted!

O'Neal can no longer run this season, Warcraft is still developing, and Dayao can't be restricted without two people in the low post. As long as Dayao stays healthy this season, he will be the well-deserved number one center in the league. And Adelman's tactical system

The center is required to keep running, which is an unreasonable consumption for Dayao. The several serious injuries Dayao suffered were all after Adelman came to the Rockets.

Therefore, in comparison, Van Gundy may be more suitable for Dayao Yao.

Of course, the most suitable person for Dayao is definitely Tang Shuai, and Dayao himself also likes Tang Shuai the most. Unfortunately, he was born at the wrong time. Tang Shuai only took Dayao for more than one season before he fell ill and said goodbye.

Because Van Gundy's style of play is too traditional, Dayao's running and jumping volume on the court is obviously much less than during Adelman's time. Therefore, Dayao's injuries that were originally expected to occur this season did not occur, even though he did not achieve an astonishing achievement in history.

22 consecutive victories, but the Rockets, led by Dayao, still ranked fourth with a score of 51.

Nowadays, the favorites to win the Western Conference championship are naturally the Hornets and Lakers. The two teams rank first and second with 62 and 57 wins respectively. The third-place Spurs only have 52 wins, which is 10 wins behind the first place.

But from third to eighth, the number of wins between them is negligible.

In the past regular season, Lien Feng was still selected into the All-Star lineup, and this time he was the well-deserved vote winner!

Both Chinese fans and American fans are willing to vote for Lian Feng.

Lian Feng has also achieved the achievement of being selected to the All-Star three times since his rookie season after entering the NBA. If nothing else happens, this number will increase every year.

Of course, being an All-Star is a good honor, but compared to the championship, it is not that important.

This season is a crucial year for the Hornets. Everyone on the team understands that these two years may be the closest they are to the championship. If they miss it, it may be difficult for them to have such a good opportunity many years later.

Why do you say that? Lian Feng knows very well that the Hornets are a small ball market. The characteristic of a small ball market is that they have no money. If they want to win the championship, it will be difficult to assemble a strong enough lineup.

In comparison, the salaries of the Celtics and Lakers are nearly 20 million higher than that of the Hornets, which is equivalent to two more Kobe Bryants playing than the Hornets.

But this season, because Paul is still a rookie, he signed a rookie contract, and Lian Feng is restricted by the Arenas clause. Although his salary is higher than that of Paul, it is not even a little bit cheaper than the super giants of the same level.

It can be said that the Hornets' dual cores at this time are both low-paid and high-powered, which gives the team enough salary space to sign those championship puzzle pieces!

So by coincidence, in terms of lineup luxury and depth, the Hornets are not inferior to the Lakers or Celtics at all!

But Lian Feng knows, and the team management also knows, that this state can only last until the end of this season. By then, Paul will break out of his rookie contract, and his contract will expire next season, and the Hornets will inevitably have to break up and rebuild.

At that time, even a salary cut could not solve the problem. Even if the Hornets could have themselves and Paul at the same time and send away a number of championship puzzle pieces, they would inevitably lose their ability to compete for the championship.

Therefore, if you want to win the championship, you must take advantage of this season!

With this belief, the final week of the game ended with 2 wins and 2 losses. The Hornets finally entered the playoffs with an astonishing 64 wins and the first place in the Western Conference!