Coach Lee

Chapter 164

After the eighth playoff battle in the Eastern Conference came to an end, there were still a few other games that attracted attention.

Battle for the bottom of the list!That is, the lottery lottery battle!
Celtics 19-62,

Spurs 19-62,

Mavericks 19-62,

Nuggets 20-61,

Of course, the last-to-last Grizzlies, 14-68, have already confirmed their status as last-to-last, and no one can catch up.Everyone can only compete for the penultimate place!

And these four teams just met today.

Celtics vs Nuggets,

Mavericks vs Spurs.

Then, the "interesting" game came along.

The four teams blatantly played match-fixing!Others are fighting to win, but their four teams are fighting to lose!
The first Celtics Nuggets game.

The Nuggets are desperate, vowing to send their opponents a victory.They mobilized three players who have been outside the 12-man roster all the year round. They arranged for the starter to play for only 1 minute and then directly replaced the substitute on the bench.

The Celtics are playing at home, and they have to use this trick.

The two sides played blatantly negative games.

Unfortunately, the Celtics fell for it.

56-63,

The Celtics failed to beat the "lower limit" of the Nuggets, and accidentally ate this "hard-won" victory.

Also with this victory, the Celtics were squeezed to No.5 from the bottom.

In another game, the Spurs fought against the Mavericks.

The league also learned from the Celtics and Nuggets, and issued a notice before the big battle.

Passive play is strictly prohibited.

There are policies and measures to counter.

Don Nelson and Bubvich also met before the game.

"Don, that old man Stern is targeting us. We have to find a way."

"Greg, I know you've got an idea, so tell me."

Bubuvich shook his eyebrows and smiled, "Tang, you know me best. It's a pity, if only you had come to us back then, we would have swept the world if we were both cheap."

Bubuvich came to such a sigh.

Don Nelson was unmoved.

Of course he knew Bubvich, a villain, a scheming villain.

"Speak quickly."

Don Nelson was growing impatient.

Bubuvich stopped sighing regretfully, and said instead, "Don, we are like this."

tacit ball?
"Then how will the final victory be arranged?"

Don Nelson asked the most critical question.

"Hehehe, it will be up to each person at that time." The corners of Bubović's mouth twitched.

Don Nelson smiled, but muttered in his heart: I believe you are a ghost.

The game starts soon.

Sure enough, the two sides fought vigorously as soon as they entered the field.

Sure enough, the scene was very lively, and people really thought that both sides were desperately trying to win the game.It makes people think that this is a team that is going to compete for the playoffs.

The fans at the scene said it was enjoyable, and the tickets were worth it.

As a result, in the fourth quarter, the game styles of the two sides suddenly changed in a "tacit" way.

Popovich on the sidelines glanced at Don Nelson on the stage,
"Don, you really understand me."

Don Nelson on the other side also nodded with a smile, "I knew you guys would play tricks."

Then, again, the blatantly negative game.Neither side wants to win, and all kinds of stupid moves have appeared.

Dribbled the ball to the foot and went out of bounds, accidentally passed the ball into the opponent's hands, the shot was weak, and forgot that eight seconds would pass halftime
The fans at the scene suddenly began to scold their mothers.

"F@#￥!"

"What kind of rubbish game is this!"

"Refund! Refund! Refund!"

Only 9438 spectators came to the Spurs' home court today, but the collective shouts were exceptionally loud, and the sound waves seemed to rush to the ceiling of the arena.

On the sidelines, Bubuvich folded his arms with an expression of indifference.

This is all for the future of the team!

However, at this moment, someone on the field couldn't stand it anymore.

"Wow!"

"Dominique! Go!"

Wilkins pounded hard on the court and dunked in various ways, showing his veteran demeanor.

Mavericks Michael - Finley is not to be outdone, with Wilkins tit-for-tat.

The two sides fought against each other, you come and go, no one will lose to the other.

On the sidelines, someone kept shouting and spreading their hands, "What are you doing? Dominic? What are you doing?"

Bubuvich refused to listen to his persuasion, so he could only call a timeout.

"Replace me?"

Wilkins stared hard at Bobvich. He had had enough.

Every time the game is about the same, he can gradually score more points to help the team win, but every time he is replaced by this old guy.What the team wants to balance and what to give others a chance are all nonsense!

"You're a fucking basketball!"

He smashed the drink in his hand to the ground, and Wilkins walked into the player channel without looking back.

He didn't want to play this dull game for a long time.And this fucking team, he didn't want to stay any longer.

Beep beep beep!
78-70
The Mavericks won!
Don Nelson still lost to Pubvich's Shameless.

After the game, the two old men met again.

Don Nelson narrowed his eyes slightly,

"Greg, good luck."

Bubuvich was in the attitude of a winner, and smiled, "You too."

In the past few years, the teams that won the No. [-] lottery are not necessarily the teams with the last record. They all still have a chance, and they have a very good chance to win the No. [-] lottery.

. . .

This is the end of the NBA regular season.

Some people are successful, some people successfully enter the playoffs, and some people are very painful because they are not high enough to be low.

However, no matter what, the regular season of the 96-97 season ended like this.

The ranking of the league's promotion to the playoffs is also out.

east:

No.1 is the Chicago Bulls with a record of 69-13;

No.2 is the Miami Heat with a record of 61-21;

No.3 is the New York Knicks with a record of 57-25;

No.4 is the Atlanta Hawks with a record of 56-26;

No.5 is the Detroit Pistons with a record of 54-28;

No.6 is the Charlotte Hornets with a record of 54-28;

No.7 is the Orlando Magic with a record of 46-36;

No.8 is the Philadelphia 76ers with a record of 45-37.

west:

No.1 is the Utah Jazz with a record of 64-18;

No.2 is the Houston Rockets with a record of 57-25;

No.3 is the Seattle Supersonics with a record of 57-25;

No.4 is the Los Angeles Lakers with a record of 56-26;

No.5 is the Portland Trail Blazers with a record of 49-33;

No.6 is the Minnesota Timberwolves with a record of 40-42;

No.7 is the Phoenix Suns with a record of 40-42;

No.8 is the Los Angeles Clippers with a record of 36-46.

Of course, there is also the lottery draw that everyone is concerned about:
1. Vancouver Grizzlies

2. San Antonio Spurs

3. Dallas Mavericks

4. Denver Nuggets
5. Boston Celtics

In this way, the situation of the playoffs is also out.

76ers vs Bulls
This is an insurmountable mountain!
(End of this chapter)