NBA’s aging star system

All the games after the All-Star Game have entered into active preparations. Because of the sudden loss of strength on the Lakers' side, other teams have become more willing to win the championship.

Among them, the Clippers, Warriors, Bucks, and Heat have more obvious intentions, followed closely by the Suns, Philadelphia, Mavericks, Nuggets and other strong teams.

Among the championship predictions given by ESPN, the first place is the Milwaukee Bucks, the second place is the Denver Nuggets, the third place is the Lakers, and behind the Lakers is the Clippers.

There is a very good reason why ESPN puts the Bucks first.

The first is that the Bucks really don’t have any decent opponents in the East. The only two teams that can be called opponents are the Heat and the Celtics. Maybe Philadelphia, which got Harden, can be considered capable of fighting, but obviously Not as good as the Bucks with championship qualities.

The Bucks are currently ranked first in the Eastern Conference. If they are ranked according to their current record, it will not be a problem to go all the way to the Eastern Conference Finals in the playoffs, and their opponents in the Eastern Conference Finals are basically the winners of the Celtics and Heat. Anyone who fights will be injured.

On the Western side, although the Lakers are temporarily ranked first in the Western Conference, the Nuggets and Clippers, who are closely followed, are not far behind in their records. Moreover, this season, everyone clearly feels that the Lakers' offense is weak, and after the heavy eyebrow injury, After that, the Lakers' strength declined further.

In the eyes of these experts and commentators, the Lakers' dominance is no longer there, they are just strong on the outside but weak on the inside.

On the contrary, the championship phase between the Nuggets and Clippers is more obvious, and the lineup is more complete.

After the All-Star Game, each team began to improve their record, hoping to get a better seat in the playoffs, while those teams at the bottom were even more completely ruined, hoping to get a better spot in the lottery. Better seats.

As a result, the Lakers' record also experienced twists and turns during this period, and they did not continue their winning streak. After all, Su Tian was unable to defeat four hands with two fists.

But at least the first place in the Western Conference is still firmly held by the Lakers.

Time quickly came to April, and the Lakers' regular season schedule also came to an end.

On April 4, the Lakers played the final game of the regular season against the Jazz at home.

Su Tian was given a rotational rest day, and George was also given a rotational resting period.

The leaders became Johnson, Brando and others.

In the end, the Lakers won the Jazz firmly 121-107. This is also because the Jazz really have nothing they want this season and insist on their great cause of failure.

At the end of the last regular season game, the records of the Eastern and Western Conferences were determined.

On the Eastern side, the rankings according to record are:

1. Bucks (58 wins, 24 losses)

2. Celtics (57 wins, 25 losses)

3. 76ers (54 wins, 28 losses)

4. Cavaliers (51 wins, 31 losses)

5. Knicks (47 wins, 35 losses)

6. Heat (45 wins, 37 losses)

7. Eagles (44 wins, 38 losses)

8. Raptors (41 wins, 41 losses)

9. Bulls (41 wins, 41 losses)

10. Pacers (40 wins, 42 losses)

On the Western side, the rankings according to record are:

1. Lakers (53 wins, 29 losses)

2. Nuggets (51 wins, 31 losses)

3. Grizzlies (48 wins, 34 losses)

4. Kings (45 wins, 37 losses)

5. Suns (44 wins, 38 losses)

6. Clippers (44 wins, 38 losses)

7. Warriors (43 wins, 39 losses)

8. Timberwolves (42 wins, 40 losses)

9. Pelicans (42 wins, 40 losses)

10. Thunder (40 wins, 42 losses)

Even though the Lakers were injured and missing their big eyebrows, they still occupied the first place in the Western Conference thanks to Su Tian's superb performance.

Su Tian's own statistics are also fixed at 33.7 points, 11.4 assists, 7.1 rebounds, 2.9 steals, and 1.3 blocks per game.

Once again, he won the three data titles of scoring, assists and steals!

And in terms of hit rate, Su Tian still entered the 180 club, and his efficient performance made everyone raise eyebrows.

Not only that, in the regular season mvp prediction list, Su Tian once again ranked first, and many experts and commentators predicted that this mvp must be Su Tian!

After all, after the Lakers lost a big eyebrow, they once again ranked first just by adding Marc Gasol. Such a performance is undoubtedly all due to Su Tian.

After talking about Su Tian's personal data, everyone also felt a sense of dissonance when looking at the performance list.

In the early and middle stages of the season, some teams that performed very strongly did not achieve a relatively good record.

The representatives are the Clippers, Heat, Suns, and Warriors.

What these teams have in common is that the core players are older and the overall performance relies too much on the performance of the core players.

Moreover, in the later stages of the season, especially in the sprint period after the All-Star break, these teams all had some injury problems with their core players.

This also resulted in these teams failing to achieve ideal results and being overtaken by some younger and more powerful teams.

Among these young teams, the generally optimistic representative teams are the Grizzlies led by Morant and the Mavericks led by Doncic.

However, although everyone is very optimistic about these teams, the teams that think they can win the championship are not these teams.

Questionnaire surveys among fans show that people are more generally optimistic about teams from the Mesozoic era that are at their peak.

For example, Giannis Antetokounmpo's Bucks, Jokic's Nuggets, and Su Tian's Lakers.

In fact, Su Tian did not enter the league a few years earlier than Doncic and others, but in everyone's opinion, Su Tian is already a star of the "Mesozoic Era".

On April 4, the play-offs began, with the seventh and eighth games in the East and West being the first.

Between the Warriors and Timberwolves, the Warriors' advantage was very obvious from the beginning of the game. Su Tian only watched a few minutes of the opening scene and then changed the channel.

There's really nothing to watch. Although the Warriors' record is not good due to the injuries of Curry and Klay, the team's strength is still first-class. It won't be a big problem to win the Timberwolves.

So Su Tian turned to look at the game in the east.

The game between the Hawks and the Raptors was relatively fierce. The two teams were about equal in strength. The two teams played until the critical moment of the fourth quarter.

At the last moment, Trae Young hit a key three-pointer, and the Hawks won the game and occupied seventh place in the Eastern Conference.

After the seventh and eighth games, the ninth and tenth games followed.

In the West, the Thunder defeated the Pelicans, and the Pelicans were eliminated directly. In the East, the Bulls defeated the Pacers, and the Pacers were eliminated.

In the end, the Thunder will face the Timberwolves for eighth place in the West, and the Bulls will face the Raptors in the East.

The eighth place will be the Lakers' opponent in the first round of the playoffs. Naturally, the entire Lakers team watched.

At the beginning of the game between the Thunder and the Timberwolves, the Thunder took the lead, but then the Timberwolves began to catch up.

The Timberwolves have not made a difference in the playoffs for many years, and they naturally want to achieve some results this year.