Chapter 284: End of regular season
With the Pacers taking away the Knicks with a score of 106:93 in the last game, the Pacers achieved a record of 57 wins and 25 losses, and without any suspense, they became the number one in the Eastern Conference. The Celtics only won 53 and became the second in the Eastern Conference, while the Cavaliers like to paddle in the regular season, but they are still in the third place in the Eastern Conference while they are still on the third place.
James has not been fully attending this season and is getting older. If you want to see full strength on the offensive end in the playoffs, then you have to accept James who has been paddling in the regular season.
Logically speaking, the Cavaliers' championship team should be a strong team even without James. However, under the leadership of Irving and Love, their winning rate is not as expected, with only a record of 4 wins and 9 losses. Without James, is there any record of two All-Stars, and one of the All-Stars starts, and may lead the team straight to the lottery zone without James?
This has a lot to do with the serious lack of protection in the interior. Moreover, Irving and Love are not players who are good at defense, but after going to Lin Sen's protection, the Cavaliers' defense this season has become much worse than before. Last year, the Cavaliers' defense was still very strong, and after the end of the season, it was also the top five in the league.
But after Lin Sen's departure, James was one year older and began to paddle more in the regular season. No one helped Irving and Love wipe their butts. Thompson's defensive ability was completely insufficient!
Their offense is still very good. Although Lin Sen's departure has an impact on them, Lin Sen did not have much offensive power in the Cavaliers team last year. On the offensive end, he was more likely to open up long shots and empty cuts. Some people can do these things. Fry can do it when he is long shots, and TT can do it if he is empty cuts.
They are still one of the strongest offensive teams, and their offense can still lead the team to still rank third in the East, and the fourth team is the Raptors, the second in the Eastern Conference regular season last year.
Lowry and DeRozan have played the best season of their season in this season. Every season, this pair of backcourt combinations of the garbage brothers are still making great progress this season. DeRozan's middle distance is becoming more and more accurate, but this year's Eastern Conference is too explosive.
The Pacers look like a super team, and no one expected Lin Sen to be in this state this year. If Gordon, a glass man, is worth more than 2,000w in normal circumstances, Barnes can get 2,400w. Now that the Pacers get such a valuable defender of 1,300w, it is definitely a very good price for the Pacers, which also gives the Pacers the capital to form a team like this.
Under the leadership of Stevens, the Celtics have launched a new tactic. The addition of two new core cores, Thomas Jr. and Horford, gave the entire Celtic a new life. Similarly, these two people are also rejuvenated, especially Thomas Jr., who can almost get the best performance of the best player.
Although the Raptors are still improving compared to last year, their performance is not as good as last year in terms of team performance.
The five to eight are the Wizards, who lost Horford and welcomed Howard's still very competitive Hawks, with Antetokounmpo's Bucks and the third refusal to vote for the Bulls who finally straightened Butler.
The Pacers' first round opponent is the Bulls. This year, the Pacers met the Bulls four times in the regular season, and all four times ended with the Pacers winning the victory, so the Pacers swept this Bulls in the regular season.
But once it arrived at the playoffs, both sides still returned to the same starting line. This is a 7-game 4-win series. No matter how good your regular season record is, then when you go back to this sharp game, you only have home advantage.
Lin Sen's average score declined after the end of the season, but he still occupies the top five in the scoring list. Lin Sen's data this season was frozen at 28.7 points, 11.4 rebounds, 6.4 assists, 3.3 blocks and 1.5 steals. After looking at the record, he has booked the first center this season without any problem, and even the best player is calling for the best progressive player.
Similarly, with the award of Best Defensive Player, Lin Sen has also become the biggest favorite of this award. When Lin Sen was present and absent, the huge contrast between the team really makes people understand how important Lin Sen is to them.
Before the playoffs began, teams that did not make it to the playoffs gave the players a long holiday, so they could already have their fishing life.
The teams entering the playoffs also had a two-day adjustment state, and most players began to enter a retreat life. For example, Lin Sen's former boss James, after entering the playoffs, he would close all his social accounts, cut off the Internet, and let himself enter a state that would not be disturbed to play in the playoffs.
However, this is a little difficult for the forum diving king Linsen, but he still consciously reduced the use of this aspect. He naturally saw ESPN's evaluation of each playoff team on the forum.
As the first place, the Pacers are naturally the top priority of ESPN's discussion. Last year's 7th place became the regular season champion. It has to be said that this season's Pacers will be a successful season no matter where the playoffs go.
Kate Ryan: There are not many young people in the Pacers team, but most of them have playoff experience. After all, the Pacers completed a round of games last year. George was the core of the Pacers and the Heat who played the Eastern Conference Finals for two years. Hill won the championship with the Spurs, and Lin Sen was the championship last year. They have a lot of experience in the playoffs, and the new and old players have a balanced level. They will be the challengers of the Eastern Conference this year.
Spike King: Lin is a very young inside core, but he has the skills and abilities of the inside line that are not in line with his age. It can be seen that he is a very leadership player, and the Pacers' locker room is very harmonious, which will be their chance to go further in the playoffs.
Chris Lynn: George is a very smart player. His performance at the end of the season was so outstanding that it completely showed the Pacers core who once fought against LeBron. He should play like this so that the players can see his abilities.
Chapter completed!