NBA: Top 3D talents to start

Chapter 188 The end of the regular season

After the All-Star Weekend, all teams in the league took advantage of the trade deadline to strengthen themselves through trades as much as possible to prepare for the final sprint to the playoffs.

In the case of frequent transactions, the Cavaliers and Warriors, the two teams ranked first and second in the regular season record, have not made any big moves. They just signed one or two short-term contract players with a basic salary and added them to the roster. Filled to the full state of 15 people.

These two teams are the favorites that may eventually win the championship this season. The regular season record is extremely stable, the team's tactics are reasonable and the lineup is stable. There is no need to break the existing chemical reaction through transactions.

The same is true.

After the trade deadline, more than half of the teams in the entire league began to sprint towards the playoffs as their goal. The top eight teams in the East and West need to continue to stabilize their records and keep their positions. The teams that have the opportunity to sprint to the playoffs are not reconciled to the end of this season, and began to catch up.

But only the Cavaliers and Warriors have their records as stable as ever.

At the end of February and the entire March schedule, the Cavaliers participated in a total of 2 games, winning 3 games and losing 20 games, with a winning rate of 15%, almost neck and neck with the Warriors in the West.

It is worth mentioning that in mid-March, the Cavaliers challenged the Warriors away. This was the second and last regular season contest between the two teams this season.

In this game, Curry was sidelined due to a sprained ankle. The Warriors lost to the Cavaliers.

The Cavaliers' morale skyrocketed after winning the two games against the Warriors, but Tyronn Lue knew how to let it go as soon as it was good. In the next games, he began to arrange for the main players to take turns to rest.

The record of the Cavaliers at the top of the Eastern Conference has been stabilized, and there are no surprises. Compared with the Warriors, the Cavaliers are still several games behind, and it is quite difficult to surpass the opponent and become the number one in the league.

In this case, simply let the players get more opportunities to rest in order to prepare for the playoffs.

With this in mind, after entering April, the Cavaliers had a winning rate of less than 4% and lost more than half of the games.

However, even if the water was released in the final stage of April, the Cavaliers' record is still very good, and the final frame is 4 wins and 60 losses, with a winning percentage of 22%, ranking first in the Eastern Conference and third in the league.

The five-star Warriors have the first record in the league, with 66 wins and 16 losses in the regular season, with a winning percentage of 80.5%.

This winning rate is actually very good. Looking at the history of the league, it can also be ranked as the highest winning rate.

However, whether it is the fans of the Golden State Warriors, or various media and basketball commentators, they are not very satisfied with the performance of the Warriors.

There is no way, the most helpless thing in this world is comparison.

Last season, the Warriors won 74 wins, 8 losses and 35 consecutive victories, setting multiple records and shocking the entire league. In the new season, the Warriors changed their shotguns and Wang Feng became a stronger Durant. How many games did you lose last season?
what's going on?Are the five-star Warriors weaker than the 74-win Warriors?If so, what is the cause of this?
What is even more unacceptable to people is the result of the Warriors being double-killed by the Cavaliers during the regular season.

Even if Curry is absent in the second game, there is nothing he can do to lose, but the defeat in the first game cannot be prevaricated no matter what!

The Cavaliers, who had almost no resistance against the Warriors in the past two seasons, have become so strong just because of Wang Feng's joining?Many Warriors fans are a little uneasy.

"If these two teams do meet in the Finals, can the Warriors really win?"

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At present, many people are not sure who will win the championship between the Cavaliers and the Warriors. Most people believe that the Warriors can win. Although they were double-killed in the regular season, this is a five-star Warrior with two regular season MVPs after all. It is an indisputable fact that the Cavaliers are at a disadvantage in terms of lineup and regular season record.

But there is one thing that the vast majority of fans have no disagreement on, and that is the finals. There is a great possibility that these two teams will complete their meeting, which means that the two teams will stand out in the east and west respectively.

The Cavaliers' opponent in the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs is the eighth-ranked Chicago Bulls in the Eastern Conference.

At the beginning of the season, the Chicago Bulls spent a lot of money to form the Big Three combination of Wade, Butler and Rondo. For this reason, they did not hesitate to send out the star Derrick Rose, who has been unable to return to his peak due to injuries.

The Bulls, which make up the Big Three, have a strong lineup and a deep bench. They were once considered one of the strong teams in the East.

However, it turns out that the combination structure of Wade, Butler and Rondo's Big Three is unreasonable.

First of all, all three are outsiders, and they are all players who are not good at long-range shots. This has led to the fact that the Bulls' offense is very slow and lacks shooting space now that small ball tactics are popular.

Secondly, both Wade and Rondo have suffered serious degradation. Wade, who is also limited by injuries, has long since lost his explosive power and scoring ability. The offense has changed from breaking through the basket to mid-range shooting, and his shooting percentage is also average. , Only about 43%, averaging only 18.5 points per game for the Bulls.

On the other side, Rondo's situation is even worse. He doesn't fit the Bulls' system. Rondo averaged 11.9 points and 11.7 assists per game when he was in the Kings last season. 7.8 points and 6.7 assists are incompatible with the team's tactical system.

Obviously, the Bulls' Big Three combination failed, resulting in the team barely entering the playoffs as the eighth in the East with a record of 41 wins and 41 losses.

Facing the Cleveland Cavaliers, no one thought they had a chance to win.

The result was what most people expected.

On April 4, the first round of the playoffs kicked off.

The Cleveland Cavaliers host the Chicago Bulls.

This is a game with almost no suspense throughout the process.

From the moment of the jump ball, the Cavaliers were in the lead until the end of the game.

James scored a game-high 27 points, Irving scored 21 points, Wang Feng scored 18 points, and Love scored 14 points.

Although Wang Feng's score was not high, in this game, Wang Feng, who was in charge of man-marking Jimmy Butler throughout the game, managed to limit the opponent's shooting percentage to less than 35%, making the opponent, the Bulls' strongest scoring point, only score 16 points in the game.

Jimmy Butler is a very good player who has always been underestimated, especially in the next few years, Butler has been proving that he is the toughest one, leading the Heat to the finals, and James Fighting with Davis, personally overthrowing the 76ers who abandoned him, killing Embiid and Harden.

But the current Butler is not as strong as he will be in the next few years, and even at that time, his scoring ability is not the top level in the league, but he is more trustworthy when fighting tough battles.

(End of this chapter)