Thanos

Chapter 169 The end of the regular season

Chapter 169 The end of the regular season

On April 4, the Lakers played away against the Rockets.

Today's Lakers are playing well, but the Rockets are even better.

Yao Mai scored 20+ in double figures, and David Wesley, Bob Sura, Scott Padgett, and Mike James scored in double figures.

In this case, the Lakers finally lost to the Rockets by two points 91:93.

After a wave of two consecutive losses, doubts about the Lakers revived on the Internet.

What kind of fake strong team can only abuse the weak team, but it can't do it when encountering a strong team.

4 month 8 day.

The Lakers played the Sonics back to back.

At this time, the Sonics had 50 wins and 24 losses, and they were also a strong team with more than 50 wins.

But tonight the Lakers broke out at two points.

Kobe scored 42 points, Butler scored 31 points, the two scored 73 points, and finally beat the Sonics 119:97.

On April 4, hit the king.

Mihm missed the game due to injury, causing the Lakers to lack a barrier inside.

The king's new power forward Kenny Thomas broke out, scoring 32 points and 14 rebounds.

In the end, the Lakers lost to the Kings 104:121.

4 month 11 day.

Fight the sun again.

The Lakers changed the tactics of the last matchup, not playing against the Suns, but based on defense.

In this game, the Lakers abruptly limited the Suns' total score to below 95.

In the end, Kobe's desperate jump shot in the last second killed the leader Suns.

93:92, the Lakers won.

Counting Ye Heping's one lore against the Suns at the beginning of the season, the Lakers have two lores against the Suns in a single season.

On April 4, fight the king again.

This time the meme returned, and Kenny Thomas on the opposite side was restricted to death, scoring only 15 points and 9 rebounds.

The Lakers eventually beat the Kings 115:111.

On April 4, the last game of the devil's schedule was against the Mavericks.

The Mavericks' current lineup is really luxurious.

Starting lineup: Dampier, Nowitzki, Howard, Finley, Terry.

Subs: Van Horn, Harris, Daniels, Bradley.

All of them are people with heads and faces.

In fact, since Cuban acquired the Mavericks, except for Nash, the Mavericks have always been willing to spend money. The lineup has always been luxurious, and there have always been several All-Stars or quasi-All-Stars.

112:114, the two teams fought fiercely to the last moment, and the Lakers were killed by Terry's unreasonable three-pointer.

So far, the devil's schedule is over, and the Lakers have 5 wins and 4 losses. This is a relatively satisfactory result. After all, the opponent is too strong, the game is too concentrated, and the intensity is very high.

So far, the Lakers' record is 57 wins and 23 losses, still third in the league.

At the moment, the Spurs' record is 59 wins and 21 losses, ranking second.

The Mavericks' record is 56 wins and 24 losses, ranking fourth.

The second, third, and fourth rankings in the West are still in suspense.

But considering that the playoffs in the Western Conference at the time were based on a divisional system, the Lakers had to rank behind the Spurs even if they surpassed the Spurs.

(In the division system, the NBA is divided into two major divisions, the East and the West, and each division has three smaller divisions.)

The league stipulates that the top three in a large region must be the first in the three small divisions, and no matter how good the second record in a small division is, it can at most be No.4.

Unfortunately, the Lakers and Suns are in a small division, the Pacific Division.

The Suns are definitely number one in the league and number one in the Pacific region, so the Lakers are second in the Pacific region and can only rank fourth in the region at most.

Even if the Lakers record is better than those two top names, the Lakers can only be ranked behind them, ranking fourth.

The Mavericks are also unlucky. They are in the same small division as the Spurs and belong to the Southwest Division.

The Mavericks' record is definitely not better than the Spurs, so they also rank fourth at most.

This is simple, the Lakers and Mavericks are here to compete for fourth.

In the last two games, the winner is the fourth with the best record and the fifth with the worst record.

And the fourth, fifth and second teams will fight against each other in the first round of the playoffs.

In other words, the Lakers and the Mavericks have determined that each other is their opponent in the playoffs, it's just a matter of who has a better record.

In the seven games of the playoffs, the best record has four away games, and the poorest three.

So the Lakers and Mavericks still can't relax, they have to fight for home court advantage.

Fortunately, the remaining two opponents of the Lakers are the Warriors and the Trail Blazers, both of which are weak teams, and it has been determined that they will miss the playoffs, so they will not be too competitive.

In the end, the Lakers won one by one, with a total record of 59 wins and 23 losses.

Although the Mavericks also won the last two games, they still lost the first line with 58 wins and 24 losses.

The Lakers have more home court advantage.

So far, the regular season of the 2004-2005 season is all over.

But a bigger challenge and a stage that attracts more attention is coming.

Eastern and Western rankings.

west:

Suns: 62 wins and 20 losses (Pacific Division).

Spurs: 59 wins and 23 losses (Southwest Division).

Sonics: 52-30 (Northwest Division).

Lakers: 59 wins and 23 losses (Pacific Division).

Mavericks: 58 wins and 24 losses (Southwest Division).

Rockets: 51 wins and 31 losses (Southwest Division).

Kings: 50-32 (Pacific).

Nuggets: 49 wins and 33 losses (Northwest Division).

The original eighth in the Western Conference was the Grizzlies, with a record of 45 wins and 37 losses, but was squeezed out by the Lakers.

You can't imagine that you need at least 49 wins in the West to guarantee the playoffs, it's crazy!

In one season, 7 teams with 50+ wins.

The 58-win Mavericks can't even have home-court advantage.

And because of the sudden emergence of the Lakers, the playoff matchup was completely broken, and it was completely different from the original, which is really interesting.

east:

Heat: 59 wins and 23 losses (Southeast Division).

Pistons: 54-28 (Central).

Celtics: 45-37 (Atlantic Division).

Bulls: 47-35 (Central Division).

Wizards: 45 wins and 37 losses (Southeast Division).

Pacers: 44-38 (Central).

76ers: 43 wins and 39 losses (Atlantic Division).

Nets: 42-40 (Atlantic Division).

The situation in the east is the same as the real history, without any change.

But the Cavaliers are still the worst team in the league. They achieved 42 wins and 40 losses, tied for eighth in the East with the Nets, but because the two sides have a better record against the Nets, the Nets have 3 wins and 1 loss, and the Cavaliers have 1 win. 3 losses, the Cavaliers were eliminated.

LeBron James Jr. was shut out of the playoffs for the second straight year in his career.

With two days until the start of the playoffs, the undrafted teams can start fishing, but the teams that make it to the playoffs will be even busier.

They have only one opponent, and they study the opponent's tactics every day and practice targeted tactics.

But the media was idle and began to study various rankings.

2004--2005 season, the ranking of each data.

Score: Iverson 30.7, Kobe 27.6, James 27.2.

Rebounds: Garnett 13.5, Big Ben 12.2, Marion 11.3.

Assists: Nash 11.5, Blevin Knight 9, Kidd 8.3.

Steals: Hughes 2.9, Iverson 2.4, James 2.2.

Blocks: Camby 3, Duncan 2.6, Ye Heping 2.5.

Then came the selection of various awards.

Regular season MVP, there is no suspense about this. Nash averaged 15.5 points, 3.3 rebounds, 11.5 assists and 1 steal per game. The statistics are not very good, but the record is too good.

In just one season, the Suns improved from 29 wins and 53 losses to 63 wins and 19 losses. The position of the league leader has gained 34 more wins, and Nash has contributed a lot.

Coupled with the gorgeous style of play of the Suns, which is deeply loved by fans, Nash's MVP basically cannot run.

In addition, the best head coach this season will be the Suns' Mike D'Antoni, and the best general manager will also be the Suns' Brian Colangelo.

What is suspenseful is the selection of the best rookie (ROY).

(End of this chapter)