inspire-indiana Chapter 379 Season Summary
Chapter 379 Season Summary
Chapter 379 Season Summary
After entering March, each team began to sprint, and all of them broke out with strength beyond imagination.
Especially those teams that have ideas about playoff spots, or even playoff rankings.
The Sonics really suffered a few tough battles and even lost.
In early March, the Sonics lost two games in a row, reaching 10 games after the defeat, with no hope of breaking the record again.
More than that, at the end of March, the Sonics' record came to 60 wins and 12 losses.
They are also the first team in the league to win 60 wins.
It can be said that the Sonics have basically guaranteed the top spot in the regular season this season.
In theory, the Mavericks, Spurs, and even the Kings still have a chance to overtake.
However, this is only in theory.
When the time entered April, when the teams were desperately winning, the Sonics were very easy.
Without the pressure of record, they can challenge at will.
Even, in the last few games, it was arranged that Gary Payton was injured, mainly for a few games of rest.
It's just that, with the end of the last game, the Supersonics' victory over the Jazz has sparked some heated discussions.
Because in the previous game, the Sonics had just lost to the Jazz.
Winning or losing is normal, but the record between the Jazz and the Suns is a bit subtle.
Today, the records of the two teams are exactly the same, and the Jazz have entered the playoffs by virtue of the difference between each other.
This has to start with Wang Hao's performance at the end of the season.
It can be clearly seen that since the chances of competing for the scoring title are not high, Wang Hao played a little casually in April.
On the one hand, Gary Payton was rested, and he took on more offensive tasks.
On the other hand, although Wang Hao couldn't rest, he was adjusting his state through his own adjustments.
Every game, get about 20 points, and organize more offenses, which can also stimulate the state of role players.
But in the last game, when facing the Suns, Wang Hao scored 47 points.
This is not only a victory over the Suns, but also kicks the Suns out of the playoffs.
This matter has aroused heated discussions within a certain range.
Well, it is mainly the Phoenix media who are expressing dissatisfaction with this, thinking that the Sonics are playing tacit ball.
The records between the Suns and the Jazz are exactly the same, but the Jazz was the one behind before that.
If the Sonics don't have a win and a loss, either lose or win at the same time, the Suns will enter the playoffs.
When facing the Jazz and the Suns, the Sonics won the Suns, lost to the Jazz, and sent the Jazz into the playoffs.
Wang Hao's performance in the two games is naturally arousing people's imagination, or it is purely caused by the media.
No, early in the morning, as soon as Wang Hao arrived at the training hall, the media immediately surrounded him.
"Wang, there are Phoenix media accusing you of winning selectively? What do you think of intentionally releasing water?"
"I saw this news, here, I hope everyone conveys an attitude for me.
That is slander, this is blatant slander, I hope those media will apologize immediately, otherwise my team and I will not rule out legal means to defend our rights. "
Without any hesitation, Wang Hao sent a warning letter directly from his lawyer.
In fact, not only did he say that in front of the media, but his team did too.
The practice of the Phoenix media is definitely a frame-up.
It's just that, in fact, it is inevitable that people will have associations, after all, there are actually too many entanglements.
Well, in fact, he did it on purpose, but, this kind of thing must never be admitted.
Not only can't admit it, but also have to fight back severely, which is why the lawyer's letter warns.
As for why and how?Of course it is to help Yao Ming!
In fact, it's not entirely to help Yao Ming, it's purely because he is a little upset with the American media, and he probably finds fault.
In the original time and space, Yao Ming's performance was no worse than Stoudemire's, or even better.
There is almost no difference in statistics between the two, except that Yao Ming is more efficient.
To put it bluntly, Yao Ming did not have so many mobile phone opportunities in Mosaic, but Stoudemire played more comfortably.
However, the final best rookie became Stoudemire, and there was no suspense.
They only gave one explanation, the Suns entered the playoffs.
Therefore, Wang Hao also wants to take a look. Now that Yao Ming's statistics are better, if the two teams fail to make the playoffs, can these Americans find an excuse?
Of course, his help was just a matter of convenience.
Yuan Shikong, in the last round of the game, Mosaic also won, and the Suns lost, but entered the playoffs.
Because Mosaic still won one less game, they failed to organize the Suns.
If the Suns had a better record, he wouldn't be able to do much, but now, he obviously has a chance!
"When facing the Jazz, did you lose on purpose?"
"Of course not, I don't understand at all, why is there such a thing as deliberately losing?
I think this is disrespect to the Sonics and disrespect to the Jazz.
Could it be that the 15 games we lost this season were all intentional losses?How can this be?
We can't do it, no team can do it, I can't do it, not even Michael Jordan! "
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No matter what the reporter asked, anyway, Wang Hao just refused to give in.
After he came to the training hall, he had time to read the newspaper, the newspaper about the summary of this season.
Those who pay attention to the Suns and Jazz are, after all, a minority.
For more media, summarizing the regular season and looking forward to the playoffs is what they should do.
This season, the Sonics have achieved a record of 67 wins and 15 losses, still leading the league.
Followed by the Spurs and Mavericks, they both have a record of 60 wins and 22 losses.
It's just that, in the case of playing against each other, the Spurs are obviously the stronger side.
The top eight rankings in the West are as follows: Supersonics, Spurs, foreign countries, Mavericks, Timberwolves, Lakers, Trail Blazers and Jazz.
That's right, the Lakers led by the invincible OK combination only ranked sixth in the West.
To be honest, this is a bit unimaginable.
In fact, the performance of the OK combination is not bad, and Kobe even played the peak performance of his career.
He averaged 30 points, 6.9 rebounds, 5.9 assists, and 2.2 steals per game, which is simply a data machine.
This is only where you can see it. Kobe's defense has also contributed a lot when you can't see it.
As for O'Neal, he was affected by injuries at the beginning of the season, but he recovered in time.
27.5 points, 11.1 rebounds, 3.1 assists, and 2.7 blocks, still very dominant.
Compared with previous seasons, O'Neal is still dominating the basket. As for Kobe, he has grown a lot.
But even so, the Lakers' record is still declining.
As for the reason, the performance of the Lakers' role players is greatly reduced, not like a championship team at all.
In addition to the OK combination, only Fisher scored in double figures in the whole team, and the statistics of others have dropped significantly.
45.1 shots, 18.4 hits, and the shooting percentage was less than 41%.
To be honest, the Lakers' lore lineup is too exaggerated, wasting the wonderful performance of the OK combination in vain.
It's just that it is very inappropriate to really blame the Lakers' management.
Because throughout the offseason, the Lakers' management has been appeasing the OK combination and persuading the OK combination.
Only by keeping O'Neal and Kobe can the Lakers have a strong competitive strength.
It's a pity that O'Neal and Kobe have been quarreling, which made the Lakers spend a lot of thought.
It was hard to appease Kobe and O'Neal. Looking back, there are no good players in the trading market.
Of course, if you really want to strengthen, it is not impossible.
It's just that the salary space of the Lakers has already exceeded the salary cap, and the luxury tax makes Jeri Buss hesitate.
With such hesitation, I couldn't find a good puzzle.
Plus O'Neal's injury, and the faint competition between O'Neal and Kobe.
In the end, they once won the championship twice in a row, but now they can only get the sixth record in the Western Conference.
In the East, the top eight teams are: Pistons, Nets, Pacers, Numbers, Hornets, Celtics, Bucks, and Magic.
Here in the East, it is really hard to say. Last year's strong team seems to have undergone a major reshuffle.
Obviously nothing has changed, it is equivalent to playing the regular season again, only to find that the record is not as good as last year.
Moreover, only the Pistons have won more than 50 games in the East. Look at the record of 50 wins and 32 losses.
Putting this result in the West, it can only rank seventh.
I have to talk about the Nets, the Nets are actually full of ambitions this season.
During the offseason, it was to introduce Mutombo again, and to find ways to strengthen the lineup.
Even last year's rookie Richard Jefferson was trained by Byron Scott and Kidd.
The result can be...
Dikembe Mutombo's injury turned the biggest thing about the Nets last year into a joke.
Compared with last year, the Nets have not improved significantly.
Mutombo was injured, and Keith Van Horn was also traded, that is, the lineup was further run-in.
In addition to the Nets, the most worthy of attention is naturally the Pistons. This kind of starless team is on the rise.
Relying on Rick Carlisle's tactical guidance, relying on a group of unsatisfactory players gathered by the Pistons.
They burst out with enormous energy.
More importantly, except for Clifford Robinson, the Pistons' main lineup is not over 30 years old.
In other words, as long as they maintain their lineup and tactics, they will maintain their record in the next few years.
In addition to the confirmation of the playoff seats, the statistical results of the regular season have also been released.
The most eye-catching one is naturally the data king.
The first is the scoring leader. This year McGrady has completely ushered in a big explosion, averaging 32.1 points per game to win the scoring leader.
Not only that, this year's scoring championship is quite fierce.
In addition to McGrady, Wang Hao and Kobe also averaged more than 30 points per game.
Remember, this was 2003, not 20 years later.
Compared with the era when the average 30+ per game was everywhere in the later generations, it is not easy to be 30+ today.
In most cases, with an average of 30+ per game, he can basically lock the scoring champion.
It's not that Wang Hao has never thought about competing for the scoring title, after all, the gap is less than 100 points.
But, in the end, he still didn't force it.
The reason is simple, he is not willing to break the harmony of the team for the sake of a scoring champion.
What's more, if he increases his score, McGrady can do the same. It's not that he can't get high scores.
And McGrady can ignore the team for personal data. After all, the Magic really have no idea in the playoffs.
It's just that Wang Hao can't do it.
After all, McGrady accounted for nearly [-]% of the team's shots, Wang Hao is absolutely impossible.
Then there is the rebounding leader. There is not much suspense. Ben Wallace won the first place with an average of 15.4 rebounds per game.
This guy isn't just good on the backcourt. In fact, he's also pretty good on the offensive glass.
Averaged 4 offensive rebounds per game, that is, won 4 offensive opportunities for the Pistons.
The assist king is Jason Kidd, averaging 8.9 assists per game.
In addition to him, Jason Williams and Gary Payton ranked second and third with 8.3 assists and 8.1 assists respectively.
Since White Chocolate left the Kings, it has been a painful experience, and he no longer blindly pursues showing off skills.
Not doing those select passes anymore, which has reduced his turnovers, and his assist-to-turnover ratio has been very good.
It can be said that White Chocolate has fulfilled his talent in passing.
Unfortunately, it's a bit late!
Today's White Chocolate is 28 years old and has already entered the peak of his career as a professional player.
As for the block king, it was Theo Ratliff from the Atlanta Hawks who overwhelmed Wallace.
He averaged 3.2 blocks per game, with a career high of 3.7 blocks per game.
This is indeed a player with a very keen sense of blocking.
It's a pity that, as a bouncing insider, he doesn't have enough rebound awareness and lack of confrontation.
This is doomed, Theo Ratliff is doomed not to be the inner defensive core.
The steals list is still Iverson, averaging 2.7 steals per game.
Steals are good, but they come at the cost of more defensive misses.
No way, Iverson's defensive habits are like this, there are too many gambling steals.
Of course, he can't be completely blamed for this. After all, Iverson's height is there, and normal defense can't prevent it at all.
There is also a turnover list, Kidd firmly occupies the top spot.
Not only that, Kidd also relied on the data of turnovers to get quasi-triple-double data many times this season.
That's right, this guy has more than 10 turnovers in a single game, there are 3 games, he is really a big turnover.
There is also the iron list. Iverson topped the list with an average of 14 irons per game. This is also a generation of iron kings!
An average of 14 irons per game, what is this concept?
In the entire NBA, there are only 14 players on 30 teams with an average of more than 42 shots per game.
Averaged among 30 teams, that's 1.4 people.
Iverson is indeed very powerful and has a strong scoring ability, but it does not change the fact that he is very strong.
It's mostly about the way you play.
Both Kobe and McGrady can shoot three-pointers, and they can shoot from mid-to-long distances, and they are all right in every position.
Iverson can also shoot, but the hit rate is not good.
In this case, Iverson can only be forced to hit the basket more and hit the opponent's heavily guarded basket.
This is also the reason why Iverson has a lot of injuries.
(End of this chapter)