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Chapter 509 [Best record, full of controversy]

Chapter 509 [Best record, full of controversy]

In the final stages of the regular season, the Lakers lost to the Suns twice at home and away.

The Suns were all healthy, playing the best lineup, and showing the way to beat the Lakers is to have a better offense than them.However, there are very few teams in the league that dare to fight against the Lakers.

The Suns won 125-110 at home and 108-107 on the road. The second game was the most exciting. Nash hit a quasi-lore and Kobe Bryant's shot at the buzzer missed the basket under the interference of Marion.

Against a run-and-gun team like the Suns, Yao Ming had a hard time playing a role. He was pretty good on offense, but often couldn't get back on defense.

A cameo center like O'Neal Jr., who can make jump shots in the face frame restrains Yao Ming. If Yao Ming defends, he will break through. If he doesn't go out, he will make a jumper, and he can also attract defensive assists to his teammates.

Lamar Odom is injured, and a slow-paced team can't feel any changes. If he doesn't play against the Suns, the team as a whole will be affected.

On April 4, the Lakers defeated the Blazers 20-123, ending the regular season, with a final record of 106 wins and 71 losses, ranking first in the league.

The global sports media is full of praise, Yang Rui's status in Los Angeles is unparalleled, and the team's best record in history, he easily broke it when he arrived. Last summer, the management didn't even dare to think about such a thing.

The Suns ranked second in the league with a record of 62 wins and 20 losses. Because they were in the same region as the Lakers, they could only be ranked fourth after three division champions, and they were able to fight against the Mavericks in the first round.

The Mavericks are the most unlucky team this season. They are only one game behind the Spurs, with a 57-win record far better than the 49-win Nuggets, but they can only rank fifth. They have no home field advantage and are likely to be eliminated in the first round.

The Spurs and Nuggets ranked 2 and 3 respectively.

The 6th place is the Grizzlies, the top lottery, and the first game against the Nuggets.Their record of 51 wins is also better than that of the Nuggets.The Nuggets, ranked third in the Western Conference, are actually only No.6 in terms of record.

As soon as the results were announced, many fans expressed dissatisfaction with the new rules, especially the fans of the Mavericks, Grizzlies and other teams, and strongly demanded that the system be changed so that better teams could meet later.Even if the underdogs like the Nuggets rank high, they are just delivering food.

No.7 is the Warriors. After joining Francis, the team's strength has greatly increased.

The Timberwolves relied on their strength in the second half to overtake the Trail Blazers with a record of 38 wins and 44 losses and entered the playoffs.

The Blazers ranked ninth with 37 wins, and the division of strength and weakness among Western teams reached a historical peak.

After the Blazers are all rotten teams, the Rockets, Clippers, SuperSonics, Kings, Hornets, Jazz.

The Hornets hired the controversial Byron Scott as their coach this season, and successfully brought the Hornets to the bottom of the team. The Jazz are worse than them because the lineup is too poor.Okur is still in the Pistons, Kirilenko is in the Raptors, and Boozer, who was dug with a high salary, has only played 51 games because of injuries.

The Jazz management is still willing to believe in Sloan and has no plans to change the coach. Sloan continues to set a record for the number of years in the same team.

In the Eastern Conference record, the Bulls overtook the Heat in the second half and ranked first, with only a record of 59 wins and 23 losses.

The term "Jerry's coach" has been frequently mentioned by the media this season. Tom Thibodeau and D'Antoni were both Yang Rui's assistant coaches. Hornacek seems to be about to leave.

Heat 57 wins second, the final power forward can only rely on Haslem.

The Celtics are third with 45 wins, and this happens because the Atlantic Division doesn't have a strong team.

The Pistons had 54 wins and could only rank fourth. They had to encounter the Bulls in the second round. The Pistons fans also complained about the home team because the schedule was too unfair.

The league has just begun to be divided into six districts, and it is already full of controversy in the first year.

There are good rule changes. The NBA doesn't allow elbows on defense.Only a few people questioned, those who were the ancients, saying that this would reduce the defense intensity and make the game not as good as before.

In fact, this rule should be changed a long time ago. Simply put, the arm cannot be in contact with the opponent. The main contact surface is the chest when defending, and the arm cannot be placed on the opponent.

The NBA allows the opponent's strong play with the hand, but it can only be straight, and the arm cannot be bent, which is still beneficial to the defense.Under international basketball regulations, a foul will be called as long as the hand is placed on the opponent.Except for the NBA, other national leagues do not allow this kind of defense.

As for what the ancients said, when defending the face frame, it is allowed to block the opponent's attack with your hands, or even pull people directly. That is definitely an alien basketball rule, and it has never appeared on earth.When the player's position has surpassed the defender, as long as he blocks with his hand, he must be blocked or pulled...

The 5-8 in the East are the Wizards, Raptors, 76ers, and Pacers.

The Pacers surpassed the Cavaliers with 43 wins at the last moment, ranking 8th in the Eastern Conference. The Cavaliers played very well in the first half of the season, but they suddenly stopped playing later, and finally only won 42 wins.

Midterm, the Cavaliers fired head coach Paul Silas.At that time, the Cavaliers suffered a three-game losing streak, and their record fell to the fifth place in the Eastern Conference.

The decline in the record made the new owner Dan Gilbert very dissatisfied. He just bought the team for half a month and is eager to take the team out of the predicament and prove that he is doing better than the previous owner.

He believes that the way to make the team's record better is to make assistant coach Brandon Malone the new head coach. In an interview, he said: "We firmly believe that we need to make this personnel change to ensure that the Cavaliers can strive for the best. A playoff spot, we will do everything possible to improve the team."

Then, Malone successfully took the Cavaliers out of the playoffs and became a scapegoat.The 18 games with the Cavaliers will be his first and last time as an NBA head coach.

LeBron James is even more depressing. As the number one draft pick, he was named the "Emperor" before he entered the league. He has not made the playoffs for two consecutive years, which is really ugly.

10-15 are the Nets, Magic, Knicks, Bucks, Hawks, Bobcats.

Playing in an NBA game for the first time and without Gerald Wallace on the team, the Bobcats were rotten and fresh, winning only 12 games.

Their coach was Bernie Bickerstaff, who thought the 10th overall pick was not worthy of Bryant, and paired with Michael Jordan, who had a poor vision, the future of this Bobcats team is definitely not much better.

According to the data of the regular season, Kobe Bryant once again won the scoring title with 31 points, and Iverson ranked second with 30.7 points. In this way, Kobe has caught up with Iverson and has three scoring titles.

Garnett was the rebounding champion for a second time, averaging 13.5 times per game. He showed his power at the last moment, led the team to the playoffs, and defended the team's tradition of playing in the first round of the playoffs with stable performance.

Suns Nash won the assists king, averaging 11.5 times.

The block king surprised everyone. It was the Raptors small forward Kirilenko, who averaged 3.3 times per game. It is very rare for a small forward to become the block king.

The steals leader is Larry Hughes of the Eagles, averaging 3 per game.The Eagles were rotten from beginning to end. After Walker was sent away in the mid-term, the players took losing as their own responsibility. Hughes was the most enjoyable for the team, averaging 23.2 points, 6.3 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 steals per game, although the hit rate was only 39.4%, but the stats are the absolute star.

This summer, Hughes is a complete free agent. This report card should help him get a big contract. Anyone who signs him with a high salary will definitely be unlucky.

Experts predicted that in the first round, the Lakers would easily swept the promotion, and the chances of the Timberwolves upset are zero, because they have never won the playoffs at all. This is the law of nature.

Yang Rui also felt that the first round could be easier. It was okay to eat snacks and watch the play on the sidelines.

(End of this chapter)