Zhiba NBA

Chapter 28 (27) The first game of the playoffs
Where did Yuanfei's plan go wrong?Just look at the current rankings.

Team wins/losses
Spurs 60/21
King 57/24
Calf 59/22
Rocket 53/27
Lakers 49/31
Timberwolves 49/32
During this period of time, the Mavericks' players were tired and in poor condition, and they actually played 5-5, while the Spurs played a wave of 11-1, overtaking the Mavericks to reach the top of the Western Conference (a real event in history).This has no effect on the Rockets.But the Lakers also showed their Triple Crown background and played a wave of 8-1 in the closing period, while the Wolves only had a bad 4-5. The Lakers miraculously overtook the Timberwolves!In this way, the Rockets are likely to face the powerful Lakers in the first round of the playoffs.

At this point, the Rockets only have the last 2 games left, and no matter whether they win or lose, they can no longer change their rankings and can only resign themselves to their fate.Yuan Fei can only pray that the Lakers will be overtaken by the Timberwolves in the last two games.

但最后2场并没有发生奇迹。尽管森林狼也努力战胜了灰熊，但湖人2战2胜，以51胜31负力压50胜32负的狼队排名第五，季后赛首轮面对西部头号黑马火箭队。

The Mavericks overthrew the mighty Spurs in the last away game. Both teams achieved the league's best record of 60 wins and 22 losses. Comparing the relationship between victory and defeat, the two teams tied 2-2 in the regular season.According to the rules, we can only compare the winning percentage against other teams in the West, and the Spurs narrowly won.In this way, the Spurs experienced a bad start but came from behind and became the regular season champion of the 02-03 season.The Mavericks led for most of the season, and lost the lead at the last moment.What's worse is that the Kings with 58 wins and 24 losses are the champions of the Pacific region. Under this unfair rule, the Mavericks, who are tied for the first record in the league, can only rank third in the West.

The Rockets have 55 wins and 27 losses, and they are ranked fourth. This ranking is also very satisfying to the fans when the main players are rested to maintain their physical strength.

Another team that attracted Wang Yuanfei's attention was the Raptors. The Raptors originally had considerable strength, but the main player Vince Carter was injured.By the time Carter returned, the team already had a record of 12 wins and 30 losses.Although the Raptors tried their best to win (because the first-round pick has been sent to the Rockets), they failed to make the playoffs. In the end, they ranked 32th in the Eastern Conference with 50 wins and 12 losses (the 24th in the Eastern Conference with 58-14 in history, due to the existence of Francis, the Raptors in the article are stronger than the same period in history).Yuan Fei calculated secretly. Historically, the No. 03 pick before [-] belonged to the Cavaliers, Grizzlies (traded to the Pistons) and Nuggets. The records of these three teams are all lower than the Raptors.So the Raptors' pick is likely to be the seventh overall pick.

The first round of the playoffs will be as follows:
Pistons vs Wizards
Spurs vs Jazz
Nets vs Bucks
kings vs trailblazers

Pacers vs Celtics
Mavericks vs Timberwolves

76ers vs Hornets
rockets vs lakers
The Rockets have to face the devil's schedule. In the first round, they will face the Triple Crown Lakers. Even if they can win, they will challenge the Western Conference champion Spurs (unless the Jazz are upset).Even if they can win again, the next opponent is likely to be the winner between the Mavericks and the Kings, and each of these four teams is a hard bone with championship-level strength.The media is also overwhelmingly pessimistic about the prospects of the Rockets.Many experts said that the Triple Crown Lakers will solve the Rockets within 5 games.

Of course, the Rockets are not without advantages. They are young, well rested, and have a deep bench.In order to compete with the Timberwolves in the fourth first round to avoid the powerful Mavericks, the Lakers worked hard in the last few games.O'Neal also played 36 minutes in the last game of the regular season, and Kobe even played 44 minutes to ensure the victory.The playoffs will start just three days after the end of the regular season, which is good news for the Rockets, whose rotation is well rested.

There are several good news for the Rockets: One is that Yao Ming may be elected as the best rookie.In the previous life, Yao Ming and Stoudemire of the Suns performed very well, and they were evenly matched.But the Suns ended up eighth in the West, while the Rockets were ninth.Stoudemire got more appreciation for helping the team enter the playoffs because of this difference, and was finally elected the best rookie.Now Yao Ming's team ranks fourth in the Western Conference, and although the Suns have won 2 games more than ever because of the acquisition of Ma, they are finally ranked ninth due to the rise of the Rockets and failed to enter the playoffs.With this gap between entry and exit, the possibility of Yao Ming being elected is high.

The second good news is that McGrady has become one of the main candidates for the regular season MVP.McGrady led the youth Rockets to 55 wins and reached the top four in the Western Conference. He averaged 35+29.1+5.7 in 4.8 minutes per game, and his personal data is very good.In particular, his three-point shooting skills have improved significantly after being tempered. He averaged 2.5 three-pointers per game, and his shooting percentage was as high as 39%.It's a pity that due to the rotation and not much playing time, he missed the scoring champion.

Some of McGrady's main competitors include:
蒂姆.邓肯：他带领马刺取得了西部第一的60胜佳绩。场均23.3+12.9+3.9还有漂亮的2.9次封盖。从得分效率来看邓肯稍逊麦迪一筹，但球队战绩上说服力很强。邓肯的唯一劣势是他已经在前一个赛季当选为MVP了，想连庄难度比较大。

凯文.加内特：他带领森林狼取得了50胜平队史最佳战绩。场均23.0+13.4+6.0，场均篮板高居联盟第二，助攻则是内线球员里No.1。

科比.布莱恩特：在奥尼尔因伤缺阵的情况下科比自己扛起了湖人。他场均30.0分力压麦迪拿下了生涯首座得分王，此外还有6.9个篮板、5.9助攻和2.2抢断进账。但科比场均打了40.5分钟，比起效率稍逊于麦迪。同时奥尼尔缺阵期间科比数据漂亮但湖人战绩不佳（51胜）对他是个扣分点。

Shaq O'Neal: The Shaq only played 67 games this season, and attendance is the main deduction point.His average of 27.5+11.1+3.1 per game is still very good.

Ben Wallace: Big Ben's 6.4 points per game is undoubtedly the least among superstars, but his 15.4 rebounds and 3.2 blocks are undoubtedly amazing.The Pistons have achieved the No. [-] record in the Eastern Conference, and the defensive giant Ben is the number one contributor.

另一个消息是比卢普斯可能当选为进步最快球员。他从上赛季的场均12.5+2.8+5.5提高到了16.2+4.0+5.6（史上昌西在活塞获得了进步最快球员得票第六的成绩）。

The last piece of good news is that Reed is expected to challenge for the best sixth man.He is very efficient, but playing time is relatively small.In an average of 21 minutes per game, Reed can contribute 13+3.

In short, as far as the regular season is concerned, the Rockets have had a great harvest.The next step is to wait for the playoffs!
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Of course, before the start of the game, the Rockets reported the list of 12 players for the playoffs.The list includes: Olajuwon, Yao Ming, Okur, Wallace, Wang Zhizhi, Turkoglu, Jefferson, McGrady, Johnson, Reed, Billups and Parker.Brown and Bryant were eliminated, but they still have rings if the Rockets win the championship.

On April 4, the Houston Rockets, who had been absent from the playoffs for three years, played at home against the Lakers, the king of the league in the past three years.There are many things to watch in this series. The traditional overlords face the new dark horses, the big dream shark Yao Ming, the old, the middle and the young.

The Rockets' starters are on the scene, Olajuwon, Wallace, Turkoglu, Tracy McGrady and Billups.The Lakers sent O'Neal, Madsen, Fox, Kobe and Fisher.

"Samaki Walker was gradually replaced by Madsen after he sprained his ankle in February. With O'Neal's comeback, he has lost the trust of the head coach. Sure enough, he did not start this time." Yuan Fei observed and communicated with Larry Smith and others.

"However, in my opinion, this Madsen's strength is also very average, not comparable to our players. What do you think?" Smith's attitude towards Yuan Fei is also very respectful, and he knows the importance of this young man in the team.Even Shuai Tang paid a lot of respect to Jason, how could his little temporary coach dare to offend him.

"Madsen averaged 14+3.2+2.9 in 0.7 minutes per game this season. To be honest, this strength is not enough to start. A major weakness of our team is that Wallace is a bit short in the starting fourth position, but it must be enough to guard against him." Yuan Fei affirmed Smith's statement.

"McGrady and Kobe are about the same strength, and our biggest weakness is power forward. We are superior in small forward and point guard. As long as the center does not get blown out too badly, we will definitely win this series." Old Curry also interjected optimistically.

"Yeah, Hakim and Yao are the ones with the heaviest burden. After all, they are facing the big shark who is the MVP of the three-game finals." Yuan Fei was not so optimistic, secretly worried about Yao.After all, Yao Ming is just a rookie, and he had to defend O'Neal in such an important game in his first year in the NBA.Coach Smith is also out of this consideration, after discussing with Olajuwon, he still let Dameng start first.

The game started, O'Neill jumped the ball to win, and "Little Fish" Fisher got the ball.Dameng gritted his teeth unwillingly, if he was a few years younger, how could he lose the jump ball to this fat man.

The first goal of the Lakers was actually shot by Madsen. He hit the iron in the mid-range shot, but O'Neal pushed the big dream and grabbed the offensive rebound and gave it to Fox on the outside. Fox found the open Fisher and made a three-pointer. 3:0 The Lakers lead.

McGrady scored 2 points, Kobe hit the iron, and the ball went to the Rockets again.Dameng found a chance to catch the ball and took a shot, and got a big cap from O'Neal!Kobe got the ball and quickly advanced to the frontcourt, McGrady caught up with the defense in time, Kobe passed the ball to the unmarked Xiaoyu deftly, and made another three-pointer, 6:2.

Dameng reached out for the ball, but was cut by Fox as soon as he got it. Kobe assisted Madsen and added 2 points, 8:2.The two superstars didn't score at the beginning, and they were ahead of the Rockets just relying on their defense and organization.

Billups organized calmly, and he broke through to Wallace, who was in the right position, and the latter made a successful mid-range shot, 8:4.But Kobe soon assisted O'Neal to score again.The Rockets attacked again, and Turkoglu was blocked by Fox again.

After a few rounds, Kobe also scored 5 points in a row. 17:6 The Rockets fell behind by as much as 11 points at the start.Smith finally couldn't sit still and called a timeout.

"Remember, O'Neal will play more for Yao when O'Neal is off the court. Neither Walker nor Holly can handle Yao." Smith arranged tactics, and at this moment the voice of Yuanfei sounded in his mind.

"O'Neal averaged 37.8 minutes per game this season, which means he has to rest for about 10 minutes per game. Experience in the regular season tells us that their backup center can't guard against Yao at all. As long as we stagger the playing of Yao and O'Neal, these 10 minutes are when we score crazy and blow up their inside lanes."

The timeout ended, and the Rockets replaced Dameng and Turkoglu with Yao Ming and Jefferson.

但老谋深算的“禅师”杰克逊似乎看穿了菜鸟教练史密斯的想法，奥尼尔打满了首节，倒是科比休息了2分钟。年轻的姚明当然未能占到什么便宜。首节结束，湖人39:25领先达14分之多。奥尼尔5投4中得到了8分4篮板2盖帽，科比贡献了12分5助攻，两人都表现得十分神勇。火箭方面姚明得到了4+3，也算在大半节时间里撑起了球队内线。

　Brother Poison Tongue is an old man in the fan world and a newcomer in the creative world.I still hope that all book friends can provide valuable opinions.As big as a suggestion for setting the framework of the work, as small as a typo or a misnomer, each suggestion is a precious thought, with a vicious tongue and a heart.In addition, my greatest wish is for this book to have no rule bugs, and you are especially welcome to point out such deficiencies in the work.Seeing some other good works of the same kind have some loopholes in the rules, from the perspective of old fans, it is like seeing a fly on the food.

　　
　
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