The Strongest Bishop in the NBA

In the end, Wang Xiao fixed Curry's playing time at 20 minutes.

20 minutes, for a first-year rookie, is already quite good playing time, more than the Celtics Garnett, Pierce and others.

Curry scored 16 points in 20 minutes of playing time, which was very good.

The final winner of the game was the Eastern All-Star team led by Wang Xiao.

Relying on Wade's 28 points and 11 assists and James' 25 points and 6 assists, the Eastern All-Stars defeated the Eastern All-Stars 142:140, and Wade, who won a double-double, also became the MVP of the All-Star Game.

No one will care about the outcome of the All-Star Weekend except the fans, but when the All-Star Weekend is over, the real highlight will begin!

The first is the trade deadline after the All-Star break.

Taking advantage of the trade deadline, all teams in the league are carrying out large and small trade reinforcements.

On February 19, the Houston Rockets, the New York Knicks and the Sacramento Kings made a three-way deal involving nine players. The Rockets sent McGrady to New York in exchange for the Kings star Kevin Martin.

Although the Rockets' move broke up the Yao Mai combination that Huaxia fans loved so much, it was also to fight for the capital of the playoffs in the next game.

Wang Xiao's Wizards team was quite low-key in this trading event and did not make any trades.

Wang Xiao himself has received offers from many teams, most of which are interested in Curry and Harden, and some teams want to get Jamison and Butler, two experienced veterans with outstanding abilities.

However, the chips they provided were like dealing with beggars. Wang Xiao was not interested at all, so they all passed.

The only thing that interested him was Haywood's trade application.

The Dallas Mavericks are very interested in the Wizards center Heywood, and proposed the idea of ​​using a first-round pick and a bench player in exchange for Heywood.

Haywood's contract will be renewed after the end of this season. After Haywood returned from injury this season, he averaged 11 points and 8 rebounds in 28 minutes per game, and his interior defense ability is quite good.

Heywood has made it clear before that he wants to sign a big contract. In Wang Xiao's memory, Heywood seems to have been traded to the Mavericks by the Wizards in another time and space, and he signed a 6-year contract with the Mavericks in July 2010. A $55 million contract!

With Jr. Jordan, Wang Xiao is not prepared to re-sign Heywood at all, let alone a big contract.

Although the value of the first-round pick of the Mavericks is not high, it is better than Haywood being prostituted after the contract expires, right?

But after careful consideration, Wang Xiao still vetoed the deal.

The reason is simple, the Wizards cannot do without Haywood inside.

Although the performances of Jordan and McGee are very good, they are not as good as the experienced Heywood.

The competition after the trade deadline will be more intense, and there will be playoffs after the regular season!

Xiao Wang needs Haywood to charge for the Wizards during this time.

So even if Haywood was going to be prostituted for nothing later, Wang Xiao had to keep him in the team.

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Before the All-Star Weekend, the 30 teams in the league have generally played 50 games. In a normal regular season, each team has to play 82 games, and after the All-Star Weekend, they will have to play the next 32 games. Contest.

These 32 games will determine which 16 teams will participate in the playoffs this season.

The lower-ranked teams will start to fight for playoff tickets, and the higher-ranked teams will not be too comfortable.

The playoffs are played in order of ranking. The better the record, the weaker the opponent will be.

In the East, the Cavaliers are far ahead, but the gap between the second-placed Wizards and the third-placed Magic is not that big.

The Magic is very much like a go-ahead record, regaining the second place in the Eastern Conference. In addition to the relatively weaker opponents, Van Gundy has another consideration.

Judging from the current situation, as long as there is no accident, the second and third positions in the Eastern Conference are basically contested by the Magic and the Wizards. Once the second round of the playoffs is reached, both the Magic and the Wizards will eliminate their opponents After that, the two teams will have a life-and-death knockout match.

If the Magic ranks second in the Eastern Conference, the two teams will still have the home and away advantage when they meet in the playoffs.

Van Gundy doesn't think the Magic will lose when they encounter the Wizards in the playoffs. The playoffs and the regular season are games with completely different rhythms. They are more confrontational and will test the team's defensive ability.

A team like the Wizards that relies on three-point shooting can't compete with the defensively strong Magic once it misses a shot in the playoffs.

Didn't the Suns, whose offense was as strong as the previous two years, fall in the playoffs every year?

However, Van Gundy is used to being careful in everything. Just in case, it won't hurt to win the second place in the Eastern Conference and keep the home court advantage.

But to Van Gundy's surprise, when the All-Star weekend ended and most teams' desire to win became stronger, the Wizards still maintained a very high winning percentage, constantly using offense and three-pointers to win the next game. A game!

After the All-Star Weekend, Stephen Curry's condition is getting better and better. It seems that the starting game in the All-Star Game gave him a lot of encouragement and made him quite active.

In the remaining 7 games in February, Curry averaged 31 points and 6 assists per game. The Wizards won 6 of the 7 games under Curry's explosive performance. With an explosive performance, he was elected the best player in the Eastern Conference in February.

As a rookie, Curry was the first rookie in the 2009 class to be elected the best player of the month. In February when he was elected the best player of the month, Curry averaged 11 three-pointers per game, and he was able to hit 4.8 of them. The rate is 43.6%.

Currently, the player with the highest three-point shooting percentage in the league is also on the Wizards. It is Mike Miller. He averages 4.2 three-pointers per game, hits 2, and hits 47.6%.

In fact, players with an average three-point shooting rate of more than 40% per game basically average less than 5 three-point shots per game.

Curry averaged 11 three-pointers per game, but still maintained a super high shooting rate of 43.6%, which is already quite incredible.

It only takes a little comparison to understand how incredible it is.

Arenas, who was traded to the Timberwolves by Wang Xiao last year, is still playing in the Timberwolves because there was no gun incident. So far this season, he has averaged 21.3 points per game, 19 shots per game, and 7.5 hits. The hit rate is 39.5%.

The Warriors guard Monta Ellis, who ranks seventh in the current scoring list, averaged 25.5 points per game, and his shooting percentage was only 44%.

Curry can compete with these guards only by virtue of his three-point shooting percentage, which shows how accurate his three-pointers are!

In fact, not only Curry, but the Wizards' three-point shooting percentage is jaw-droppingly high.

From the beginning of the new season in October to the end of February, the Wizards took an average of 42 three-pointers per game, and they were able to hit 16 of them. The shooting rate remained at around 38%. This shooting rate ranked second in the league. Second behind the Phoenix Suns' 41 percent three-point shooting.

The number of three-pointers shot by the Suns per game is fully half that of the Wizards!

Basically, if it weren't for this excellent three-point shooting percentage, the Wizards would definitely not have the results they have now.