the great gatsby

Chapter 496 Another year of playoffs!

After the All-Star Game, the schedule accelerated, which was a more painful schedule for the Knicks. The schedule was more dense, and it was not connected together, and there was no pattern at all.

In order for the Knicks to prepare for the playoffs, the role of team doctor Wolfart came to the fore. The rotation plan he arranged allowed the players to avoid injuries.

Although the league seemed very dissatisfied, it did not directly take action to rectify it, because this schedule is not fair to the Knicks at all. If the league makes another move, the Knicks will explode.

The schedule is very hard, but the Knicks still have the best record in the league. The tenacity shown by the Knicks makes every team aspiring to the championship startled.

The Eastern Conference standings are as follows:
The first is the New York Knicks, 63 wins and 19 losses;
The second is the Indiana Pacers, 56 wins and 26 losses;
The third is the Chicago Bulls, 48 ​​wins and 34 losses;
The fourth is the Toronto Raptors, 47 wins and 35 losses;
The fifth is the Washington Wizards, 44 wins and 38 losses;
The sixth is the Brooklyn Nets, 44 wins and 38 losses;
Seventh is the Charlotte Hornets, with 43 wins and 39 losses;
The eighth is the Atlanta Hawks, 38 wins and 44 losses;
The Heat fell to the bottom immediately after the Big Three went their separate ways and have been stuck in rebuilding.

The Celtics are also rebuilding, with the departure of Garnett and Pierce, and the injury of Rondo, the Celtics fell into darkness again after a short period of glory.

The 76ers have Anthony, but the overall strength is still not good. The record is better than the previous life, but they can only hover on the edge of the playoffs.

The Bucks were crying. After Stoudemire arrived in the Bucks, his knee was seriously injured, and he was injured again after he recovered. The Knicks cannot be blamed, because Stoudemire was healthy before that, and there was no problem during the physical examination.

Instead, Stoudemire is blaming the Bucks for using him too much, and there has been no problem with the Knicks' playing time being well controlled.

When Gatsby saw the situation in the Eastern Conference, he was quite moved. The Celtics, Heat, and Magic, the strong teams of the past two years, turned into fish belly in an instant. His building collapsed.

The rise and fall of NBA teams is so fierce. One person can make a country prosperous, and one person can also make a team decline.

Compared with the calm east, the wild west is full of swords and swords. The ranking of the west is:
The first in the West is the San Antonio Spurs, 62 wins and 20 losses;
The second place in the West is the Los Angeles Clippers with 59 wins and 23 losses;
The third in the West is the Oklahoma City Thunder, 57 wins and 25 losses;
The fourth in the Western Conference is the Houston Rockets' 54 wins and 28 losses;
The fifth in the West is the Golden State Warriors' 54 wins and 28 losses;
The sixth in the Western Conference is the Portland Trail Blazers' 51 wins and 31 losses;
The seventh in the West is the Memphis Grizzlies' 50 wins and 32 losses;
The eighth in the West is the Dallas Mavericks' 49 wins and 33 losses.

The Mavericks, who barely entered the playoffs in the West, also achieved 49 wins. This record can be ranked third in the East. Just ask the teams in the East if they panic!

New York played the Atlanta Hawks in the first round. After Josh Smith, Horford and Devin Harris left, the Hawks' strength dropped a lot, slipping from the top four in the Eastern Conference to the bottom of the pile.

Now the team is carrying the banner of Teague, Millsap, and Carroll. The starlight is too dim, and there is not even a single All-Star.

It is impossible for the Hawks to win against the Knicks, and the Knicks didn't take the Hawks seriously. They easily swept the Hawks in four games.

This is not uncommon. This season is flooded with super teams, and people's eyes are on the duel of super teams. It is normal for these teams without big-name stars to become cannon fodder.

There is not much to note in the first round of the Eastern Conference. It is basically a crushing type, but the game between the Chicago Bulls and the Nets' pseudo-big five Nets is a bit interesting.

The West is much crueler.

The top-ranked Spurs and the eighth-ranked Mavericks fought fiercely for seven games before it was over. It's not about how strong the Mavericks are, but that the Mavericks and Spurs just happen to be in conflict with each other. The defender's tactic of attacking with the ball + switching defenses to force a one-on-one forced the Spurs into a tiebreaker. The Mavericks were tenacious enough.

These are small things. The biggest and most attractive thing that happened in the first round was not surpassed by the Clippers. The owner of the Clippers, Donald Sterling, became a big deal because he couldn't control his mouth.

In early April, Sterling's friend Stiviano uploaded an intimate photo of her and former Los Angeles Lakers member "Magic" Johnson to the social networking site Instagram.Sterling had a fight with her over it.

On April 4, the American gossip website "TMZ" released the recording of their quarrel.

Here's what Sterling said:

"You're spreading this shit about you hanging out with niggers! You know, it disgusts me? You gotta do it?"

Sterling fumed, "Don't you put him ("The Magician") on your social networking site so that the whole world can see this picture... remember, don't bring him to me again on the field."

Kobe, Jordan, Magician and others expressed their dissatisfaction, and Magician said angrily: "Such remarks are shameful, and I will never go to a Clippers game again."

It is normal for the parties to be dissatisfied. Even the bosses of other teams did not stand up to speak for Sterling, because in the United States, this is a red line, and whoever touches it will die.

Even Mao Zedong came out to express dissatisfaction publicly: "This is the ignorance of the ignorant."

The Clippers suddenly fell into a precarious situation. The Clippers recruited James this season to become a super team, known as the team most likely to defeat the Knicks dynasty, but they encountered such a situation just at the beginning of the playoffs. Bad news.

Their opponent in this round is the Memphis Grizzlies. The Grizzlies don't seem to be too strong, but it is only when they really fight that they will know how tough the Grizzlies are.

Paul didn't take much advantage of Conley. Conley didn't show his strength, but he showed his amazing strength when facing Paul.

Jordan didn’t have many advantages when facing Marc Gasol. His jumping speed was amazing, but facing the floor-flowing Gasol, he was pressed and beaten. He was not good at offense and defense. .

Griffin often has the advantage, but when facing Randolph, he didn't have the advantage to overwhelm him. It can only be said that it was a mutual blow.

James is an advantage in this point, but coach Joger is not clever and asks Tony Allen to pester him. Tony Allen naturally cannot guard James, but he creates enough trouble for him.

The first four games turned out to be 2:2!

The battle of Tianwangshan broke out completely, James scored 44 points, 10 assists and 12 rebounds, defeating the Grizzlies, but the Grizzlies won another game in the next game!
The two sides scored a tie-break!
In the seventh game, the Clippers wore their jerseys backwards. Paul and James scored 60 points together and finally defeated the Grizzlies.

This round of the playoffs has made the fans feel soul-stirring, and the perseverance shown by the Grizzlies is heartbreaking.

(End of this chapter)