against the front

Chapter 367

On April 2011, 4, the last day of the regular season of the 13-10 season, after the home game against the Lakers, the Kings did not leave in a hurry, but stayed in the locker room to watch the final battle between the Thunder and the Magic. After sitting at home and defeating the Lakers, there is no suspense in the top four in the West.

And what the Kings will face in the first round of the playoffs is the Oklahoma City Thunder. Therefore, under the leadership of the head coach, the Kings watch the games of their upcoming competitors and take a look at their performances. game status.

Before the start of the final round, both the Kings and the Thunder had a record of 53 wins and 28 losses, but the Kings relied on their mutual record advantage to rank fourth in the Western Conference ahead of the Thunder.

Therefore, if the Thunder wants to have home court advantage in the playoffs, they must defeat the Magic in the final round and wait for the Kings to lose to the Lakers. Therefore, in this game against the Magic, the Thunder will definitely go all out. Bring out your best.

As for whether the Lakers will let the water go, the Thunder don't have to worry at all, because before the start of the final round, the records of the Lakers and the Mavericks are the same. ox.

The game between the Kings at home and the Lakers started an hour earlier than the game between the Thunder and the Magic away. Therefore, when the Kings had finished playing and the team had showered and packed their bags, the game between the Thunder and the Magic had just started. Go to the fourth quarter.

In the first three quarters, the Magic had a slight advantage, and entered the fourth quarter with an 8-point lead. Everyone in the Kings thought that the Thunder would launch a fierce counterattack at the beginning of the fourth quarter. It is the Magic's sudden tightening of the game rhythm, and Dwight Howard who is like a god of death.

"Yan, is this guy so powerful?"

Facing the Thunder's inside group, Dwight Howard seemed to be in no man's land, the alley-oop after the air cut back run, the post-up singles under the basket, the hooks on the left and right sides of the paint area, and even a turnaround jumper, and Mid-range rebound shot, only 4 minutes into the fourth quarter, Dwight Howard made 6 of 6 shots, 3 of 2 free throws, and scored 14 consecutive points. Te Brooks forgot to call a timeout.

Not to mention that the Thunder, who are being ravaged by Howard, are a little confused. At this moment, the Kings, who are sitting in front of the TV, are also a little confused after seeing Dwight Howard's performance. After asking Yan Hua, everyone in the locker room turned their attention to Yan Hua.

The Kings play against the Magic twice a season. Because of Yan Hua, almost all the players in the Kings think that Dwight Howard is not good. After all, in front of Yan Hua, Dwight Howard has always been with a doormat. The same, especially in this season's Christmas game, Howard, who was crazily clamoring and provoking before the game, in that game, both offensive and defensive ends were tightly controlled by Yan Hua.

But now, when they saw how Dwight Howard abused their playoff opponents, they all had question marks in their heads. Is this player who was manipulated by Yan Hua so strong?

"Why, do you all think that Dwight is weak? Even just looking at the average data per game, you know that this guy is not easy to mess with." Others don't know, Yan Hua still can't be clear, influenced by Yan Hua, a little butterfly , Dwight Howard, who has a peak rating of 94 in the system and a defensive technical style, not only broke through the shackles and became a superstar with a strength rating of 95, but also calmed down and worked hard to polish his offensive skills, especially in the Christmas game. After Hua, Dwight Howard was a blessing in disguise. Going a step further, his strength rating reached 96.

According to normal historical development, Dwight Howard at this stage, although he is also polishing his offensive skills, is still the heartless happy beast. Now, after falling from the peak to the bottom, his mentality has completely changed Dwight Howard, who came over, ushered in the rebirth of Nirvana ahead of schedule.

Dwight Howard after the fiasco of the Christmas War did not feel sorry for himself, let alone give up on himself. Instead, he trained harder and harder. In addition to eating and sleeping, he was training for the game. Now Dwight Howard has been promoted from a happy beast to a real monster.

Take this game against the Thunder as an example. Howard not only dominated the defensive end, but also propped up the Magic's defensive system. In the inside group, after the whole game, Dwight Howard scored a career-high 23 points with an abnormal shooting rate of 18 of 46 shots. At the same time, he also had 17 rebounds, 7 blocks, and 2 steals. It can be said that he dominated the game on both offensive and defensive ends.

"I didn't think this guy was so strong before!" After the game between the Magic and the Thunder, the Kings also began to re-examine Dwight Howard. Jump shots, and mid-range rebound shots can be seen to some extent. This guy is a bit difficult.

After a disastrous away loss to the Magic, the Thunder locked in the fifth place in the West, and they will also face the defending champion Kings in the first round of the playoffs as they wish.

The Spurs, who have locked in the No. 60 in the Western Conference for a long time, ranked second in the league with a final record of 22 wins and 56 losses. In one game, defeating their own rival Lakers with this divine assist, the Dallas Mavericks overtook the Lakers in the last round of the regular season and jumped to second place in the Western Conference.

The Lakers, on the other hand, can only have a record of 55 wins and 27 losses, which unfortunately ranks third in the West. After the Spurs, Mavericks, Lakers, Kings, and Thunder, the Denver Nuggets are 49 wins and 33 losses, 48 ​​wins and 34 losses. The Portland Trail Blazers and the 46-36 Memphis Grizzlies.

Like the Kings Thunder and the Lakers Mavericks, the final rankings were determined in the last round. The Nuggets and Trail Blazers also determined their respective rankings after the final round of the game. The Grizzlies even defeated the Hornets in the final game. , Only then overtook the latter and won the playoff spot.

As for the No. 62 in the regular season this season, it is the Chicago Bulls, which is beyond everyone's expectations. They stumbled at the beginning of the season, made great strides in the middle of the season, and were undefeated in the final stage. In the end, they won an excellent record of 20 wins and 13 losses. , After a lapse of [-] years, once again reached the top of the league.

(End of this chapter)