Weber was so envious when he saw Cassel himself.

He earns more money than Kassel. After his rookie contract, a contract can be used as a contract for Kassel.

but!

Kassel won the championship in the rookie year, and he still won the championship with the main substitute!

Now that you have 4 crowns in your hand, and you will have another crown and the ring will be full!

In addition to this, 33-year-old Kassel seems to have just entered his peak period...

Why was Kassel selected for the second team?

Beat Bibby, Jason Williams, Andre Miller, Snow... and other first-line point guards, Cassel can basically beat his opponent this season.

When encountering Payton, Kidd, Nash, and even McGrady, who plays point guard, and Cassel, one-on-one, they can fight against the opponent in terms of offense or organization of offense.

The second team defender is equivalent to the top five defenders played in the regular season this season!

Cassel's performance this season is definitely in the top 20 level of the league.

Think about it, when Kassel entered the NBA 10 years ago, he was an ordinary rookie who averaged 9 points and 4 assists per game, and started to win the championship. After 10 years, he became the top point guard in the league and continued to compete for the championship... Weber can't help but envy it!

...

The first and second rounds of this year seem to be in a scheduling relationship.

Initially, after the first round of the playoffs became a 7-game 4-win system, many people thought that this almost completely blocked the road to the first round of the lower-bumping team, because in the past, it was enough to win 3 games, but now it has to win 4 games.

But the actual situation doesn't seem to be very different.

In the era of 5 games and 3 wins, there are often situations where teams in the first half of the area come up and take them away in one go.

As McGrady said, you can start thinking about the second round early.

But now, it may be given the second half of the playoffs to adapt to the intensity of their opponents.

Of course, in most cases, the teams in the second half have not adapted to the strength of the teams in the first half, and the teams in the first half have found a more relaxed way to defeat them.

But if the strengths of the first to eighth are close to each other in the Eastern Conference this year, the probability of a 4-win system in 7 games is higher than the 3-win system in 5 games.

In addition, in the first round of 7 games and 4 wins in the first round this year, there were 5 situations where there were probably slump and defeats, but in the end, none of them were done.

But in the second round... the plunge mode is turned on.

In the first match between the Bulls and the 76ers, the Bulls were forced out of shape by the Pacers. In the first match of the second round, they beat the 76ers 82-67.

The Mavericks and the Lakers played their first game, and the Mavericks slaughtered the Lakers 132-110.

There may be a very large strength gap between the Bulls and the Sixers, which experts have analyzed before the start of the second round.

Although many fans of the two No. 1 picks are criticized by many experts who have made this remark, many of the experts who have been trampled on and hurt their feet. People are often the most angry when they are unwilling to accept the real situation they know.

When the 76ers were really hit by the Bulls in the second round, many people accepted it.

But the Mavericks beat the Lakers...

Nowitzki made 19 of 33 shots, including 6 of 13 three-pointers, 9 of 17 mid-range shots, and 6 of 7 free throws, so he rushed to a career playoff high of 50 points in a single game, beating Horry, Fox, Pierce, and Samaki Walker's wheel battle defense, and the Lakers really can't do anything about it.

In the playoffs, 6 three-pointers + 9 mid-range shots in a single game. The last player who played like this was called Zhang Hao!

In this game, the old Lakers players seemed to have really seen the legendary pure technical stream large version of Ritian!

Nowitzki's 50 points and Finley's 36 points, the two scored 86 points together, making the Lakers very hard.

...

On May 10, the first match day of the Supersonics and Kings series is here.

Zhang Hao and Wang Zhizhi have played in the playoffs for the second time, and domestic fans are of course very concerned.

Although Wang Zhizhi was not selected into the Best Team, he was still awarded the title of "Quality Best Team Player" in China.

However, domestic fans are very confused now, mainly because those non-stars are very confused.

The Kings are definitely a champion-level team. There is no doubt that they almost swept the first round and won 59 regular season. It can be seen that the future prospects of the Kings are far from what they looked like last season. It is very likely that this season will be the best chance for the Kings to compete for the championship. Domestic fans hope to see this Kings team led by Wang Zhizhi win the championship...

This season, the Kings are really led by Wang Zhizhi.

The Kings have been missing almost half of the games this season, so they can only go through a more thorough national soldiers mode. Bibi, Peja, Wang Zhizhi, and Bobby Jackson. The game basically revolves around four people. Wang Zhizhi is the best player in the Kings this season. Although he has taken advantage of the center position, he is the only player in the Kings who almost made the best team.

In 2000, the Pacers won the championship, and Mark Jackson won the FMVP.

Although the probability is not high, Wang Zhizhi must have a certain probability of winning the FMVP...

However, the fans support Wang Zhizhi very much, but the opponent is Zhang Hao!

Zhang Hao has truly embarked on the journey of the dynasty!

A great birth will surely have countless tragic backgrounds.

Wang Zhizhi and his outstanding teammates are in such an era.

Just like the magic bird thorn in the 1980s, other stars besides the dream gods and Buddhas in the 1990s, Wang Zhizhi and his teammates have also become the "other" in people's eyes.

Of course, these ‘others’ are not willing to be background.

In the afternoon, the Cavaliers and Nets series started first.

The Cavaliers are still too young. Although they have reached the second place in the Eastern Conference, they have too little experience in the playoffs and are a team-type team. Although they have huge potential, they are young and are beaten by Kidd...

106 to 92, the Nets easily snatched home advantage from the Cavaliers.

The first three series in the second round were all beaten, and people's attention was focused on the last series, the series between the Supersonics and Kings!

...

"Chris Webber, 30 years old, 206 cm, 111 kg, 93 ability evaluation... played 40 games in the regular season, averaging 23 points, 10.5 rebounds, 4.4 assists, 1.6 steals and 1.2 blocks..."

‘The peak period is a superstar, and the peak period is not long…’

Weber reminded Zhang Hao of God's left hand Chris Mullin, the kind of person who knew how strong he was in his peak period. The strongest one or two years were so strong that he could be selected for a while, but as time passed, it would gradually be forgotten...

"Wang Zhizhi, 25 years old, 215 cm, 116 kg, 89 ability evaluation... 7 appearances in the playoffs, averaging 17.6 points, 8.3 rebounds, 3 assists, and 1.9 blocks..."

"Doug Christie, 33 years old, 198 cm, 93 kg, 80 ability evaluation, 75 offense, 95 defense... 7 appearances in the playoffs, averaging 9.4 points, 4 assists, 2.6 steals and 1.1 blocks..."

"Mike Bibby, 25 years old, 185 cm, 86 kg, 87 ability evaluation... 7 appearances in the playoffs, averaging 16 points and 6.3 assists..."

"Peja Stojakovic, 25 years old, 206 cm, 102 kg, ability evaluation 90... 6 appearances in the playoffs, averaging 24.3 points..."

‘This lineup is so strong, really strong! If Bibi, Xiao Zhizhi and Peijia had the strength this year, it would have been more exciting to play in the Western Conference Finals last year... But unfortunately, their soul figures have already gone downhill...

Webber is still in good shape this year, I hope he can stay healthy in this series!’

The Kings' lineup is built around Weber and Wang Zhizhi.

But the strongest one began to decline, and the oldest one remained in shape, and even if the three young cores had just entered their peak period... it was difficult to make up for the scare of the strongest one.

At 7:30 pm on May 10, 2003, if Seattle was a gymnasium, the players of both teams would enter the court.

Zhang Hao looked at the player detection report on the opposite side, and he was really sorry.

This Kings team, because Wang Zhizhi is younger, is even stronger than the original Kings team.

But Weber has been a glass man since his early years...

After reading the player detection report, the staff came. Amid the fanatical cheers of the fans at the scene, Zhang Hao and Ben Wallace came to the court.

MVP and DPOY competition awards!

When Michael Jordan handed the MVP trophy to Zhang Hao and the DPOY trophy to Ben Wallace, he fell into a carnival mode!

In addition to Jordan personally likes to appear in the spotlight, there is another reason why he has both trophys in his home.

After Jordan used this reason to steal the award ceremony, Howard Schultz was angry, but there was no way. He was the dominant level in the field of basketball. The team's shares were too much, and he was not useful at this time. On the court, he had to follow the rules of the court.

It is rare for a player to win both MVP and DPOY, but in one season, MVP and DPOY appear on the same team and are not the same person, which is even rarer.

Before the Supersonics, only one team completed the 86-87 season of the Lakers, Magic MVP, Michael Cooper DPOY.

Now, the Supersonics have replicated this small achievement.

At this moment, the Kings players showed envy and the lineup was also star-studded. Why do they have so many awards and we have nothing?

With such an idea, Kings players will inevitably have it.

Although their current style of playing is gorgeous and suitable for them, there are always players who are unwilling to give up.

Some people can adjust quickly. It is just a simple human nature to have such thoughts, but there must be people who are unwilling to accept it. They are just dependent on the current situation and feel very comfortable...

Such emotions will not have any impact on the players in the playoffs. This is a problem with the players VS team's playing style, and it is not an internal strife. The Kings players quickly packed up their emotions and prepared to start the next fierce battle!

...

At 7:58 pm, the two teams played.

The Kings sent out a combination of Bibby, Doug Christie, Peja, Webb and Wang Zhizhi.

The Supersonics sent a combination of Kassel, Brent Barry, Artest, Zhang Hao and Ben Wallace.

Before the game, major media were not confident in their analysis.

The first three groups of the second round were quite a slap in the face. Putting aside those subjective "judgments" and speaking of the analysis of the competition itself, most of them are still doing well, professionals.
To be continued...