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Chapter 164 164. Regular Season Ranking!The first round of the series is a duel between dunk kings?

On the 19th, the NBA regular season ended, and the rankings of each team were determined.

In the West, the Minnesota Timberwolves led by Kevin Garnett ranked first. This season, the Timberwolves have a record of 58 wins and 24 losses. They are one of the few teams in the league with a winning percentage of more than 70%.

The Los Angeles Lakers, named by ESPN as the biggest favorite of the season, ranked second in the Western Conference with a record of 56 wins and 26 losses, second only to the Timberwolves led by the three-headed monster.

Due to the long run-in time of the Lakers' Big Four in the early stage of the season, the performance of the Lakers in the first half of the season has not been very good. This also led to the fact that when the Lakers gradually entered the state in the second half of the season, the final regular season record of the team was still not as good as that of Minnesota. The Timberwolves can only rank second in the West.

But even so, the Lakers are currently the league's biggest favorite to win the championship, and the odds of winning the championship in the sports betting center are far higher than the Timberwolves and Pacers, two teams with a winning rate higher than 70%.

The outside world generally believes that the Lakers entering the playoffs will become more difficult than the regular season. Whether it is the "OK combination" that has won three championships, or the long-established Payton and Karl Malone, several of them are already in the playoffs. Saili has proved his personal value, and all of them have experienced the baptism of the finals.

Among them, "The Glove" Payton and Karl Malone also played against the pinnacle Michael Jordan in the finals. Even if the final result was not as expected, both of them contributed stable personal performance in the series. , It is only a matter of time before he enters the Hall of Fame after retiring.

In addition, the Lakers also have many stable role players such as "Old Fish" Fisher, Devin George and Luke Walton.It is such a luxurious battleship led by "nine crown coach" Phil Jackson himself, it is hard for the outside world not to believe that the Lakers will play a dominant performance in the playoffs.

At least at this stage, the Lakers, which ranks third in the league, are still generally favored by fans as the team with the best chance of winning the championship this season.

Even if the Minnesota's lineup is not bad, head star Kevin Garnett also has a great chance to be elected this season's regular season MVP.But it is really coming to the playoffs, which is a life-and-death juncture of seven games and four wins. At the same time, the Lakers, who have two top insiders, "Shark" O'Neal and Karl Malone, are still more optimistic about the outside world.

纵使老将卡尔-马龙已经40岁的年纪，但马龙本赛季场均13分9篮板4助攻1.2抢断的数据还是丝毫不差，甚至比联盟80%的大前锋球员还要出色，看起来根本就不像一位濒临退役的老家伙。

As for the Western Conference teams ranked three to eight are the Spurs, Kings, Mavericks, Grizzlies, Rockets and the Denver Nuggets led by first-year rookie Carmelo Anthony.

In the East, the Indiana Pacers, led by the "brainless and unhappy" brothers, won the first place in the division. The record is the league's best 60 wins and 22 losses, and it is also the only team with more than 60 wins this season. winning team.

It's a pity that Artest and O'Neal Jr.'s brains are not very good. One has a heartless temper, and the other is full of resentment and wants to find someone to fight every day. The whole team except "team soul" Reggie - Except for Miller who is considered a normal person, everyone else is more or less flawed.

It is precisely because of this that the outside world is not very optimistic about this Pacers team that won 60 wins in the regular season. It is believed that the Indiana Pacers, ranked first in the East, will hardly win the championship smoothly, and may even die halfway before breaking out of the East.

After all, neither of the two best stars in the Pacers can control their emotions well. This kind of flammable and explosive personality will become a very big hidden danger in the playoffs.

In particular, Ben Wallace, Suter, and Kenyon Martin, who may directly form the Pacers' competitors in the East, are not fuel-efficient lights. This situation undoubtedly makes the Pacers' prospects more confusing and confusing. It's hard to believe that the Pacers can go to the more intense playoffs without making mistakes.

Ranked second in the East is the New Jersey Nets, while the Eagles successfully overtook the Detroit Pistons with a wave of winning streak at the end of the season, ranking third in the East, and ranking seventh in the league even if you look at the entire league.

The only regret is that the record of the Eagles is obviously better than that of the New Jersey Nets, which ranks second in the Eastern Conference. However, due to the divisional system of the playoffs, they only scored 47 wins and 35 losses in the regular season, but they ranked first in the Atlantic Division. The New Jersey Nets have successfully risen to the second position in the Eastern Conference, and they have picked up a super cheap deal for no reason.

It may sound unfair, but that's how the league plays out right now.The fundamental reason is that there is a large gap in strength between the various divisions. In order to ensure that each region's box office has a profit, the league can only make such a bad move in the playoffs, which can be regarded as a rather helpless method.

Otherwise, once the teams in a certain division collectively collapse, not even having a playoff team, it will have a very bad impact on the expansion plan of the league.

In the parallel world, the league did not abolish this playoff mechanism until the [-]s, because at that time the NBA had become one of the top sports leagues in the world, and the relationship between the league and the boss was no longer one of kneeling and licking, but There is quite a taste of polar reversal.

The teams ranked four to eight in the Eastern Conference are the Pistons, Heat, Bucks, Knicks and Boston Celtics.

This also means that the Eagles' opponent in the first round of the playoffs will be the Milwaukee Bucks led by Michael Reed.

The biggest highlight of this round of the series is the contest between Suter and Desmond Mason, the two "slam dunk kings".

Although the former did not participate in the slam dunk contest, his dunk ability has been unanimously recognized by the outside world. Many fans even think that Suter's dunks are more eye-catching than those who have won the dunk king.

As for Desmond Mason, he won the NBA All-Star Slam Dunk Contest in 2001. With his super physical fitness, Mason often performed difficult breakthrough dunks on the field.

As a swingman with a height of only 1.9 meters [-], Mason has conquered countless league fans with his powerful and entertaining style of play.

Bucks head coach Terry Porter once commented on this student: "Desmond has super physical fitness, and his explosive and aggressive style of play is simply a nightmare for swingers, full of impact and viewing. Sexual dunks are the Bucks' home box office guarantee this season."

However, in Suter's personal impression, apart from winning the slam dunk contest, the guy who left the deepest impression on him was the hook in low post singles and the criticism caused by throwing Yao Ming with his back.

As for Mason's dunk in actual combat, Suter really doesn't have much impression, at least compared with Vince Carter, Stoudemire, "Little Potato" Nate Robinson and "White Warcraft" Griffin, Mason's The guy's impression is still not deep enough, of course, except for throwing Yao Ming on his back...

The strength of the Bucks this season is not bad. A total of five players on the team scored in double figures. Among them, the head star Michael Reid can score 21.7 points, 5 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 1.1 steals.

The team's second-highest scorer was Keith Van Horn, who was ruthlessly beaten by Suter twice in the regular season.

As the ninth player in the history of the New Jersey Nets, Van Horn, who switched to the Bucks, averaged 16.1 points, 7 rebounds and 1.8 assists per game this season, and his shooting percentage was 45.4%. The ball hit rate is as high as 39.9%, which is only 0.1% short of the 40% efficiency mark of three-pointers.

From the three-point shooting percentage, it is not difficult to judge what type of power forward player Keith Van Horn is.Van Horn's style of play is somewhat similar to the later Marl Kanen.Both of them are shooting-oriented insiders, their defensive ability is mediocre, their offensive touch is soft enough, and their rebounding ability and frame protection ability are very hip when they are about [-] meters tall.

Once you run into an explosive striker like Suter, it's basically a fucking Barbie Q.

Eagles and Bucks have played against each other three times in the regular season, leading temporarily by a big score of 2:1, but Suter only played in two of them due to the suspension, and in both games, the Bucks' inside line was blown up, leaving Van Horn The inside twin towers formed with "Yin Yang champion" Joe Smith pressed on the ground and rubbed crazily.

Even though Joe Smith ranks 24th in the league in total rebounds and 32nd in blocks this season, Joe Smith can be said to be a dumb eater when he faces Suter, a beast that doesn't treat his opponents as human beings. I can't tell the pain, I can only vent all my grievances and sadness in the foul.

That's right, in these two games against the Milwaukee Bucks, Joe Smith left the field with six fouls, and none of the games could be spent comfortably.

It's not that Joe Smith's ability to control fouls is poor, it's that Van Horn really can't guard against Souter's beast, even if Van Horn can use his excellent shooting range to form a mutual explosion with Souter on the offensive end , But how well Van Horn played on the offensive end, turned his head and was beaten by Suter on the defensive end.

It's true that Joe Smith, the No. [-] pick, suffered a lot from partnering with such a strong offensive and defensive star on the inside.

When the game was good, Keith Van Horn played it alone, but when the game was not good, it was Joe Smith alone. If it wasn't for the stinky $545 million, Joe Smith said Don't give up on anything, don't let him-mother did it!
Based on the historical record of the two teams playing against each other in the regular season, the outside world is generally optimistic that the Eagles can beat the Milwaukee Bucks in the first round and advance to the second round of the Eastern Conference.

Although it is somewhat difficult to sweep the Bucks with five players scoring in double figures per game, the probability of the Eagles advancing to the Eastern Conference semifinals is still very high.

ESPN also listed four major advantages of the Eagles this season.

One is that the Eagles have many players who can play. The veterans have experience and the young players are energetic, and they can flexibly adjust the lineup according to the opponent's style of play.

The second is that the Eagles' offensive power has far exceeded that of last season. There are all-star stars inside and outside the line, and their defensive counterattacks on the court can easily overwhelm the opponent's defensive formation.

The third is that when the main players of the Eagles are off the court, the Eagles can also rely on Smush Parker's streetball style to quickly promote the chaotic battle. With Boris Diaw's gradually mature style of play, the score will not be opened by the opponent during the rotation stage.

Fourth, the Eagles strengthened the No. [-] position, the team's biggest shortcoming, and even became a strong point in the game.Steve Nash has a sharp breakthrough, a wide passing vision, and can shoot three-pointers with the ball in any position. It is completely Stephen Curry who passed better in the early days.

In addition to being often blown up when encountering strong point guards on the defensive end, Nash can almost suppress more than 90% of the league's point guards.

For various reasons, the experts came to the conclusion that the Milwaukee Bucks in the first round will be unlucky. Even if the series is not swept, they are destined to be very busy under the crazy offensive of the Eagles.

The league's well-known commentator Charles Barkley even bluntly said that the Eagles can send the Bucks home to fish in only six games at most.This is still considering that the Bucks trident composed of Michael Reed, Van Horn, and Desmond Mason may usher in a collective explosion, otherwise the Eagles may end this round of competition in only five games .

Barkley called on fans to look forward to the contest between Desmond Mason and Suter, the two dunk kings, instead of looking forward to the results of this round of the series.

After all, both of them have dunks in actual combat, and they are the players with the top physical fitness in their respective positions. When these two historical dunks will meet in the series, the league is destined not to worry about the box office of this round of the series. .

At the same time, the data kings of the regular season players have also been released. 76ers star Allen Iverson still monopolizes the season's iron king for "six consecutive years" with an average of 15 irons per game.By the way, he also surpassed the basketball god Michael Jordan and became the most capable star in NBA history.

Even if this record is as strong as Kobe Bryant, it has never been broken, because Kobe can only be ranked in the top three of the season iron list every season, but after every re-election, he will be defeated by Tracy McGrady and "General" Arenas. , and other stars such as Wade interrupted.

However, Allen Iverson has secured the position of the league's iron king for six consecutive years. This record has not been broken by other players until 2022, and it will be forever sealed in the long river of history.

In addition, Allen Iverson also ranked first in the league's average playing time with an average of 43.5 minutes per game.

Playing in such a harsh environment, it is rare for Allen Iverson to average 26.4 points per game. If it weren't for the injury suffered midway, Iverson could even launch an impact on the fourth scoring champion of his career.

McGrady's side is cool. This season, he has been elected as the league's scoring leader for two consecutive years with an average of 28.1 points per game. Although the suspicion of brushing the data has exceeded 99.9%, the unstoppable fans just like to watch McGrady play.

"Wolf King" Kevin Garnett became the league's rebounding leader for the first time in his career with his personal data of 14.6 rebounds per game.The assists leader was won by Steve Nash of the Eagles, averaging 9.7 times per game, 0.2 times more than the four-time assists leader Jason Kidd.

The steals king is a generation of bearded player Baron Davis, averaging 2.4 per game.The block leader is Pacers star Jermaine O'Neal, averaging 3.2 per game.

As for Suter, who has played crazy performance this season, he seems somewhat embarrassed. From scoring, rebounding, assists, to steals and blocks, Suter is mature in almost every skill, but every skill is not at the top of the league. .

I can only watch other people win personal honors, but I silently pre-order the best rookie of the season, and the best team that may be unanimously selected...

Of course, Suter did not fail to top the efficiency list this season. At least in the shooting percentage list, Suter beat the "Shark" O'Neal and others with an average shooting rate of 61.2% per game. The center became the player with the highest shooting percentage in the league in the regular season.It is a full three percentage points higher than the second-ranked Shaq O'Neal.

(End of this chapter)