Chapter 1331 Analysis of the Group Phenomenon

"Cousins ​​is still too young in front of the Hammer. Without a few years of training, he has no ability to match up." Zhang Heli shook his head and laughed.

"Cousins's speed of getting up and shooting is not fast. With the speed of the Hammer getting up, he can form a perfect suppression. And in terms of singles, who can single out the Hammer? To play against the Hammer, there must be someone to contain him and there must be offensive cover." Yu Jia laughed.

At the end of the game, the Suns won the game smoothly.

Cousins, a rising star among the inside players and a future superstar, was also turned into a role player by Li Ba, and his performance on both offense and defense was worthless.

On March 18, the Suns lost to the Lakers again, and lost all four games in the entire regular season.

After this game, ESPN updated the ranking of the chances of winning the championship. The Suns' chance of winning the championship dropped to 33%, ranking third, and the Lakers ranked first, as high as 58%.

The Heat ranked second with a chance of winning the championship of 41%.

Speaking of the Heat, because they traded Gasol for Millsap, the tactics also changed, so the record fluctuated a bit.

But the media gave the Heat a high evaluation, because without Gasol, the height of the inside line was weakened, but the overall speed was improved.

Under the influence of Pat Riley, the Heat began to play a pseudo five-forward tactic, which is actually a three-forward and two-guard tactic.

On April 17, 2013, the Suns won the last regular season opponent, the Nuggets, and completed all the regular seasons.

This season, the Suns, with a young lineup, achieved a regular season record of 70 wins and 12 losses, ranking second in the Pacific, second in the West, and second in the league.

According to the playoff rules, the Suns ranked fourth in the Western Conference playoffs, and the top three were the Lakers, Spurs, and Thunder.

The fifth to eighth places were the Nuggets, Grizzlies, Warriors, and Jazz.

The Jazz got Gasol, and finally made a strong effort in the second half and made it to the playoffs.

The Mavericks, a strong team at the quasi-championship level or even the championship level in previous seasons, did not even make it to the playoffs this time.

The Western Conference playoffs are Lakers vs. Jazz, Spurs vs. Warriors, Thunder vs. Grizzlies, and Suns vs. Nuggets.

In the second round, the winner of Lakers vs. Jazz will play against the winner of Suns vs. Nuggets, and the winner of Spurs vs. Warriors will play against the winner of Thunder vs. Grizzlies.

In the East, Heat vs. Bucks, Knicks vs. Celtics, Pacers vs. Hawks, Nets vs. Bulls.

For the Western Conference playoffs, the media analyzed that it will be a top-four battle between the Suns and Lakers, Spurs, and Thunder, and the Lakers will eventually advance to the Western Conference Finals, while the Spurs and Thunder will be okay.

The media's meaning is very clear, that is, the Suns will be eliminated by the Lakers in the second round.

For the Eastern Conference, the media's analysis is very consistent, the Heat and Knicks will meet in the Eastern Conference Finals, but the Heat will advance to the Finals.

The Knicks were not convinced. The famous player Ewing stood up and said to the media: "The Heat don't even have a center. I don't know how they can grab rebounds. The five-forward tactic is indeed fast and impactful, but our Chandler and Stoudemire will teach them a lesson."

Some reporters approached James and asked him what he thought of what Ewing said. James said: "Sorry, our opponents are the Lakers and the Suns."

This made the Knicks jump up and down. The atmosphere in the Knicks was not good. The relationship between the core Anthony and Stoudemire and Chandler was very tense, but James's words helped them and created some cohesion.

Most media also analyzed the playoffs and generally believed that the situation of the top five hegemony was that the Lakers, Suns, Spurs, Thunder in the West, and the Heat in the East, and the Knicks were excluded from the top five.

This time Anthony stood up and expressed his dissatisfaction to the media. He said: "We will use our strength to prove our strength. We are a championship-level team."

He did not respond to James' words. After all, he and James have a very good relationship in private. They are the three heroes of the wind and dust.

Due to the attention paid to the Knicks, many Hollywood stars expressed their support for the Knicks.

Anne Heather tweeted to support her hometown team. In the tweet, she said: "LeBron is too arrogant, but he has no right to look down on the Knicks. We are a hard-working team and deserve respect, not disdain.

In fact, does he have the right to look down on the Knicks? No, his only championship was won after the Hammer (Aite Hammer) retired. I don't agree with the quality of that championship."

Taylor Swift, the most beautiful cheerleader of the Knicks, also tweeted to fire at James: "Hey, you are more arrogant than the most arrogant guy in the league (Aite Hammer). Do you have the ability to snatch a championship from that annoying guy? (Aite LeBron James)"

In addition to Heather and Swift, the Knicks' first iron fan, director Spike Lee, was furious at James in front of the media:

"A guy who clings to thighs, do you think you are a hammer?"

James was so depressed. Who did I offend? I have always had a high EQ, why do so many people dislike me?

Besides, didn't Kobe form a group? The Lakers are permanent, but superstars are ever-changing.

He sent a tweet to explain: "Sorry, I was a little inconsiderate in what I said, but I didn't target anyone, not even Cameron. He and I are very good friends. If my words hurt him, I apologize for them."

TNT saw the opportunity and immediately launched a program to discuss the phenomenon of forming a group in the league over the past seasons.

Barkley hosted the show and invited several celebrities, including Jordan, Larry Bird, Reggie Miller, and O'Neal.

At the beginning of the show, Barkley laughed and said, "In addition to the four of you, we have also invited some people to the show. We will have video calls with them. Among them are the Hammer, James, Anne Hathaway, and Taylor Swift."

"Haha..."

TNT wants to suck the blood of these people and make enough gimmicks. Jordan and others laughed.

"The show will start now. We have one topic today, group together." Barkley said, and then asked, "Who will go first?"

"Why don't you say it first? I remember why you left the Suns to join Mosaic?" Jordan teased.

"Oh, oh, oh, Michael, your words are too hurtful!" Barkley covered his face helplessly and didn't even dare to look at the camera.

After several people laughed, Barkley explained with a smile: "The Suns traded me, and I had no choice but to go to Houston."

Reggie Miller laughed: "Charles, you guy, the Suns didn't retire your jersey, it seems that you really have a big opinion!"

Everyone laughed again, and Barkley laughed: "Okay, I admit that I went to Houston just for the championship. But I don't think this is a group, and I didn't go to hug thighs..."

Jordan interrupted Barkley and said: "You didn't hug thighs? No, no, no, you just wanted to hug thighs, but you became the thigh."

"Haha..."

Now several people burst into laughter, and Barkley himself laughed.

Indeed, he went to Houston for the championship that year, but he didn't expect that Dream couldn't do it. He had no choice but to carry the Mosaic team by himself, but he still failed.