534 The Soldiers Are Not Bloody (Seeking Support)
After the All-Star, NH teams began to sprint for the playoffs with all their might. The free market trading gates were closed, and the teams had to strengthen the teams, and the ones that didn't strengthen the teams just went on. The game became the only main theme of each team.
While other teams gritted their teeth to win, Old Nelson did the opposite. At this time, their record was second in the West and the Lakers, which was two and a half wins. Warriors fans were calling on Old Nelson to work harder to win the West, but the old man's strange character once again made efforts, but he didn't do that, but began to let the main players take the rotation and rest.
Billups and Iverson took turns starting, and Hill had more time to rest. Sometimes he would play for four or five minutes in a game for up to ten minutes. The outside world is discussing the conflict between Crazy Old Nelson and Hill, a humble gentleman. He has frozen Hill on the bench. In this way, many media began to attack Old Nelson. They gave Harrington's powerful combat power, but they actually received two water dispenser guards?
Curry and Morrow got enough opportunities to play. In the 6 games in March, the average playing time of the two rookies was 6 minutes. After Curry adapted to the rhythm and intensity of the NHAR spoon, his potential began to show. The intensity of the game in March was so high and the schedule was so tight, but his data began to grow, and he achieved 17.B points and 46 assists. He was elected as the best rookie in the Western Conference in March.
Chamberlain scored 2 points, 17 rebounds and 6 blocks in the game against the Trail Blazers, and suddenly became low-key. His playing time was limited to 40 minutes in the subsequent games. His average score was 2.B points, 14.9 rebounds, and 42 blocks in March. These three data are the lowest since the beginning of the season.
If it weren't for the 6-010 statistic that was hit by the Timberwolves, Chamberlain would have been ridiculed by reporters and fans, saying that he encountered a rookie wall, or that he was physically exhausted. Now these people dare not provoke him. This guy might have hit a rookie wall, or that he might have exhausted his strength, but what if there is no? If he angers him, how can the team survive if he goes 6-0?
Even so, Chamberlain's status has declined. He did not become the Western Conference's best month. This honor was taken back by Kobe. In March, he averaged 3 points, 6 assists and 6 rebounds per game. The data was a mess. Under his leadership, the Lakers achieved a record of 2 wins and 4 losses. This was the best record of the Western Conference team. Following Kobe, Zen Master Jackson once again won the honor of the Western Conference's best coach of the month.
The Eastern Conference Player of the Month was taken away by Howard. Howard performed very well after the All-Star. He averaged 1 points, 6 rebounds and B2 blocks per game, becoming the first player to beat Chamberlain in terms of average monthly rebounds since entering the NHA. In addition, he also surpassed Chamberlain's points, but unfortunately the blocks were still far behind.
This has already satisfied Magic fans. Howard performed so well and the team's record is not bad. They rely on a two-game winning streak to beat the Celtics and the Cavaliers to the No. 1 position in the Eastern Conference. The Magic this season is a big challenge. Howard even challenged Chamberlain in an interview with EpN. He said:
"We all know that Changli is still ranked first in the Mp competition list. Although his data dropped in March, we saw that he is still the scoring and rebounding king. I think it is very likely that the NHA will reappear the scene of the scoring and rebounding kings and the blocking kings belonging to the same person. This is worth congratulations. But this is good, I feel more pressure, so I am becoming stronger. To be honest, I am strong at the beginning of the game, not twice or triple or four times, but twenty times, and I feel very sorry for the previous matchup. I was not in shape at the time, so I look forward to this year's finals, and I hope to meet again and let the fans enjoy the center battle."
Facing the challenge issued by Howard, Chamberlain seemed very calm. When a reporter asked him what he thought of the Warcraft challenge, he smiled and said, "This is the league. This is one of the most competitive events in the world. Four hundred and fifty good players fight together. I don't think I am invincible in the world. Look, Warcraft is so good, at least better than me in March, so he is qualified to provoke anyone. All I have to do is find my own state and do my best to help the team."
Chamberlain's low-keyness disappointed the media, but they needed a lot of news to sell newspapers.
Chamberlain is regarded as the most important factor in the Warriors being able to go further in the playoffs. Even if the Warriors now have top outside players such as Iverson, Billups and West, everyone knows that if the Warriors want to enter the finals, they need to play a magical game.
Now that Chamberlain is so low-key, the media suddenly dislikes the Warriors. EpE Xu NT began to estimate the playoff rankings. On April 4, they gave the final rankings. The two most authoritative media in the basketball world are not optimistic about the Warriors, believing that they may repeat the mistakes of last year this year and fail in the Western Conference Finals again.
The most favored team is the Lakers.
As of April 4, the Lakers won two consecutive victories in April, ranking second in the league with a record of 6 wins and 6 losses, second only to the Cavaliers, which are currently 6 wins and 15 losses. They had no chance to compete for the league first, but because the Magic lost two magical games in a row in April, the Lakers became the second strongest team in the league again and had the opportunity to covet the position of the league first.
The Lakers won the team's sixth game this season, and this number may not attract much attention. After all, with the strength of this Lakers, people could have expected that they could reach this level before the season started. Six wins have always been one of the Lakers' regular season goals. Now, they have finally achieved this goal with their rivals, Rockets, which seems to be an understatement, but in fact, six wins are not as simple as everyone imagines.
Perhaps many people would not have imagined that the Lakers' last 6 wins in the regular season date back to 9 years ago, in the 199900 season, Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe's first championship season, and they had an amazing performance of 6 wins in the regular season. However, whether it was the Lakers' next two championship seasons - including the 60l season with only one loss in the playoffs, or the 0304 season with the four kings, the Lakers missed the 6 wins. After waiting for 9 years, Los Angeles City finally tasted the joy of 6 wins again.
In the entire history of the Lakers, this season is their first 6 wins in the regular season. In the previous 10 6-win seasons, the Lakers finally won the championship six times, namely the 1999260 season, the 19B6 season, the 193-7 season, the 1984-6 season, the 19790 season and the 197172 season.
From a historical perspective, the Lakers' chances of winning the championship in the 6-win regular season season are as high as 60%. In the cycle of history, they seem to give people a hint. TNT and Ep stayed in this hint, and they were optimistic that the Lakers would win the championship again this season.
The most favored teams in the East are the Magic and the Cavaliers, and Garnett's injury is not among them. Although the Celtics are now ranked third and they have a group of veterans with rich playoff experience, experts are not optimistic about them. Except for local fans in Boston, no one believes that the Celtics who lack Garnett can create any miracles this season. After all, the lack of Garnett means that the team lacks the inside defensive gate. This is too fatal for the playoffs that advance by defense.
In addition, the Lakers would like to thank the Washington Wizards and Houston Rockets for their help, which made the Magic swallow the bitter fruit of two consecutive losses. At the end of March, the Magic, which had just become the league's number one, gave the throne back to the Cavaliers before they could even sit on the hot spot. Of course, maybe it was the Lakers, because their record was a little worse than the Cavaliers.
Currently, the Lakers are half a game behind the Cavaliers, and they have 6 games left. The Cavaliers are among them. Among them, only one of the six Lakers opponents has entered the playoffs, and the other five are ready to go home to fish. The Cavaliers are just the opposite. Their 7 opponents, only one of them has not entered the playoffs. The other 6 teams are all strong teams in the playoffs, including their last match against the Western Conference Second Warriors.
In addition, in the two matches this season, the Lakers swept the opponent, and James failed to win a victory under Kobe, which made the little emperor feel faceless. If the Lakers become the first in the league, if the two teams finally enter the finals, no matter how blatant the referee is in Cleveland, the Purple and Gold Legion has enough capital to be enemies with the league.
With the remaining six games, who is more likely to make a mistake? The Cavaliers' advantage lies in their 4 home and away games, their three away opponents, the Philadelphia 76ers, the Detroit Pistons and the Indiana Pacers are not too strong. If we consider their horrible home court this season, the Cavaliers may not be able to win a winning streak after winning the away game, and they will directly nail the Lakers to the second place in the league and cannot move.
The problem lies with those four home opponents. Cleveland will usher in four tough bones in a row at home: the Spurs, the second-lasting goal for the West, the Wizards, the defending champion Boston Celtics, and the last one, the Warriors.
Now the league talks about the Spurs. This team is so amazing. Before the All-Stars, GDP was either this or that. Sometimes it is said that the team trains internally! Even Popovich had to go on the court to train. They once fell out of the eighth place in the West, but after the All-Stars, these people seemed to have been fed with chicken blood, which was so fierce and terrifying. They rushed to the third place in the West, only one win behind the Warriors. In the last few games, the West is likely to have a big change in rankings in other teams besides the Lakers.
Compared with the East, the West is still extremely fierce this year. Although eight teams in the East have entered the playoffs, only two teams are competitive, the Cavaliers and the Magic, and these two teams are rookies in the finals. No one believes that they will eventually win the championship, so the West is different.
The Lakers won't mention it yet. Although the Warriors performed low-key in March and early April, their record was not low-key at all. The seven consecutive victories so far prove this. In addition, although Chamberlain faded out of the fans' horizon after 6-010, it also has to see who he compared with. He did perform averagely in March, but compared with other players, he is still a monster.
Chamberlain averaged 3.B points this season, surpassing second-place Wade by 06 points. This point difference is not big, but it is not easy for Wade to catch up. In addition, he is also the rebounding champion and blocking champion, with 16B rebounds and 2 blocks per game, which is far higher than Howard's 14 rebounds and 27 blocks.
The third Spurs are not much to say. If we look at the events that follow the All-Stars, they are the best candidates for the championship. GDP has maintained its health and the role players have accumulated physical strength. They are waiting for the finals to be greater than one game, waiting for the Western Conference semi-finals to meet the Warriors again, and then wash away the shame of last season.
The fourth-ranked New Orleans Hornets have Paul, the killer weapon. They used the fourth in the West to prove that the outbreak of last season was not accidental. They were not nouveau riche, but had become a powerful Western Conference. The fifth Rockets in the West, although McGrady played very badly in the regular season, who knows whether he will explode in the playoffs? The Yao-McG combination has always been very deterrent, and they have joined the beast Artest this season. This is a playoff star.
The sixth place in the West is the Dallas Mavericks, and Kidd was injured again in the second half. Otherwise, the Cowboys would be third even if they were not the second in the West. Nowitzki Kidd's combination, as long as both of them remain healthy, it will definitely have super lethality.
The seventh is the new league-leading team Thunder, Durant, Westbrook, Green, Jordan Jr., and four popular hot chickens joined forces to quickly lead the new team to rise strongly. In addition, they also have experienced veterans like Little Prince Prince, which is limitless in the future.
Chapter completed!