unfinished glory

Chapter 201 The end of the season
After winning the Lakers, the Grizzlies have a record of 67 wins and 13 losses, and have already confirmed that they have won the first place in the league.

The next two games are irrelevant to them.If you lose, it doesn't affect the overall situation, and if you win, you can't break the record.

The game against the Lakers consumed too much energy, and the next game is an away game against the Trail Blazers.For the sake of the playoffs, in this back-to-back game, Carlisle hid some of the main players, allowing Li Chongxiao, who refused to rest, to finish the game with a few rookies.

Everyone's condition is not very good. Although Li Chongxiao scored 48 points, the team still lost by 11 points in the away game.

After this game, the Grizzlies have only the last game left in the regular season.The closing battle was carefully arranged by the league, and the Grizzlies will face the Spurs at home.

The strength of the Grizzlies is something that the league did not expect. This game completely deviated from the original intention of the league.But this game is still very attractive and attractive at this time,

Winning or losing has no effect on the Grizzlies, but it is very critical to the Spurs.

The Trail Blazers are currently ranked fourth in the Western Conference. They have played all games and achieved a record of 53 wins and 29 losses.

The Spurs' record is 52 wins and 29 losses, ranking fifth in the West.If they can win the last game, they will be able to replace the Trail Blazers to rise to fourth in the Western Conference by virtue of mutual record, and gain home court advantage in the first round of the playoffs.

At the beginning of the game, the Spurs really fought hard, and the GDP combination played together. They were very active at the beginning, and every ball must be fought.

The Grizzlies seemed a little absent-minded. On the one hand, the teammates still stayed at the top of the league, but on the other hand, they felt that it didn't matter whether they won or lost, so they were not very tough.

With this attitude, the defense was very poor, allowing the Spurs to score 71 points in the first half.

During the intermission, facing a 19-point deficit, the teammates were still talking and laughing in the locker room.Li Chongxiao was very dissatisfied seeing this scene, he clapped his hands, and said sarcastically:

"Seeing you, I thought it was us who led by 19 points." He rarely got angry in the locker room: "Are you going to play in the playoffs with such an attitude? Are you going to play in the playoffs? Did you go on vacation?"

The locker room suddenly fell silent, and Carlisle didn't speak. Li Chongxiao continued: "Guys, is it worth your complacency to win the first place in the regular season? You know, this record will only stay in the regular season. In the playoffs, you will be complacent." You will find that this fart is nothing, and no one will be intimidated because you are the number one in the league."

"Do you think that this is just a regular season, and it's enough to come back from the playoffs?" Li Chongxiao understood the thoughts of his teammates very well: "First of all, we have to think about it, do we have the right to indulge? Opposite is a A team that has won four championships, and a bunch of old guys on the field are still fighting for a home court advantage in the playoffs. What honor do we have, what reason do we have to squander a game?"

"I can put my words here. If you still play with this mentality in the playoffs, you will definitely be "black eight". By then, everyone will become the laughing stock of the entire league."

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Li Chongxiao's words poured cold water on the excitement and excitement of his teammates, and made everyone calm down and think.

Except for Li Chongxiao, none of the other main players of this team has even won a game in the playoffs.The same goes for the substitute players. Milicic, who has seen the most in the playoffs, is the "human victory cigar".

Everyone has no culture of winning. Being able to win the first place in the regular season this time is like winning a lottery ticket, which makes some players feel ecstatic and overjoyed.

They are still stuck in the glory, have no concept of the playoffs, and don't know that they should adjust their state and concentrate.

What Li Chongxiao said made everyone speechless and dared not refute.Everyone has experienced his strength this season, and they believe in what he said.And in terms of honor, all the players in the team combined can't compare with the opponent in a season.

So in the second half, the players of the Grizzlies seemed to have had a collective fight, and they were particularly active on the offensive and defensive ends.In the third quarter, they played a wave of 43:18 offensive, which directly stunned the Spurs and led by 6 points.

In the last quarter, it was Li Chongxiao's turn to take over. He is familiar with the Spurs, and his 21-point performance in a single quarter made the Spurs suffer another away game.

This season, the Spurs were swept 4-0 by the Grizzlies.

With a record of 52 wins and 30 losses, they also ranked fifth. In the first round of the playoffs, facing the "Youth Guard" Trail Blazers, the situation is a bit precarious.

The Grizzlies ended perfectly, with a record of 68 wins and 14 losses, which is a full 50 wins higher than the previous best record of 18 wins in team history.

Compared with last season's 20 wins, this season has improved by 48 wins.This win is enough to enter the playoffs in the West, and the East is ranked No. 4.

Compared with the Grizzlies last season, the main difference is that there is one more Li Chongxiao.What he brought to the Grizzlies is probably the legendary "360-degree transformation".

This also makes him the biggest favorite for the MVP of the regular season. Basically all experts and media believe that if this award is not given to him this season, it will be the biggest shady scene since the award was established.

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As the last game came to an end, the regular season of the 2008-09 season came to an end, and the result was joy and sorrow for some.

In the East, the Cavaliers had the last laugh. They ended their winning streak with a record of 66 wins and 16 losses, ranking first in the East.

Followed by the Celtics, 65 wins and 17 losses, the final duel, they lost to the Cavaliers, only second.

After all, the Magic failed to complete the feat of 60 wins, and only got 59 wins and 23 losses, ranking third.

Then the Eagles, Heat, 76ers, and Bulls ranked fourth to seventh.The eighth Pistons only achieved a record of 36 wins and 46 losses, and still successfully squeezed into the ranks of the playoffs.

In the West, the Grizzlies are at the top of the list, and the Lakers are also 66 wins and 16 losses, but they can only rank second.

The rest of the playoffs are very competitive, with one or no games between each spot.The third-ranked Nuggets are 54 wins and 28 losses, and the fourth-ranked Trail Blazers are 53 wins and 29 losses.

The Spurs in the lower half are 52-30, followed by two 50-win teams, the Hornets and the Jazz.

At the last minute, the Suns squeezed into the playoffs with a record of 48 wins and 34 losses.The Mavericks, who also had a record of 48 wins and 34 losses, were eliminated because of the lack of mutual win-loss relationship with the Suns.

The situation of the playoffs is out, and the Grizzlies will usher in their first game on April 4, playing against the Suns at home.

(End of this chapter)