The strongest unicorn in basketball

Chapter 345
After the All-Star weekend, according to the usual practice, the trade deadline will naturally be approaching.

Compared with the wonderful trade deadlines of the previous two years, this year's day looks very...boring!

In fact, it is not difficult to imagine that the general mid-season trade is to strengthen the lineup and hit the championship.

However, this year's championship seems to be a two-person game. No matter which team wants to hit the championship, they have to think about it.

After strengthening, can he beat the king?Can you beat the Warriors?

If you can't beat them, what do you reinforce?
Wouldn't it be nice to spend more time with your family?

Therefore, except for the Cavaliers who have made some reinforcements, the other teams are almost small and unattractive.

The fans didn't pay much attention either, they focused more on the Kings' record.

Halfway through the season, the Warriors have lost more than 10 games and have no hope of creating the best record.

On the other hand, the Kings, although the hope of creating the best historical record is also slim, but the team's record is still very likely to be more than 70 wins!

Therefore, Kings fans count the number of games won by the Kings and the remaining games of the team on their fingers every day.

When time passed slowly, on April 4th, the Kings finally won their 11th win of the season after beating the Suns 129:104 at home.

For a while, the entire arena was boiling!
Three seasons, two regular season records of more than 70 wins, this kind of dominance, even if it created two dynasties, the Bulls led by Jordan can't compare!

Although there is still a game tomorrow, the fans know that the regular season of the Kings this season is over.

The Kings, who have no record pressure tomorrow, are back to back, how can they use their full strength?

Sure enough, when the team came to Los Angeles the next day and the players stood on the court, they realized that the starting five of the Kings lined up and sat on the bench.

This battle is very spectacular!It can be called the strongest bench in the league!
So the starting lineup for the Kings tonight is: Bro Gordon, Dinwiddie, Covington, Grant and Jokic.

As for the opponent of the Kings tonight, it is the Clippers who are still competing for fifth place in the Western Conference!

So of course they can't relax tonight, and they will naturally play the full main lineup: Paul, Redick, Mbah a Moute, Griffin and Jordan.

To be honest, the Clippers' lineup is quite fixed. Except for the constant changing of the third position, which has not been able to find a suitable candidate, the other lineups have hardly changed in recent years.

However, with such a lineup, they have still been unable to break through the second round of the playoffs. The patience of the management and fans has almost been exhausted. If there is still no breakthrough this year, I am afraid that the Clippers will really make changes. up!

However, when the game started, the Kings unexpectedly played well!

The Kings use Jokic's high position as the axis to drive other teammates, so that other teammates can maximize their own advantages!
Jokic played Jordan in a high post back single, and after handing over a false pass to Brogdon, he suddenly passed the ball behind his head and accurately found Dinwiddie who made an air cut.

After the latter threw Redick away, he easily pulled the bar for a layup, chic and freehand!
"Drip!"

The "pig head" coach Rivers, who has never called a timeout, had to request a timeout.

The Clippers were beaten 12:2 by the King at the beginning, and they were about to be blown up by the King!
You know, this is a king with all the starters resting and only substitutes on the court!
The Clippers you want to compete for the championship can't beat all the kings, can't they beat a substitute king?

However, now it seems that it is really unbeatable!
Fortunately, the strength of the Clippers is still there after all. After returning from a timeout, under the leadership of Paul and Griffin, the team finally chased the score back a little bit.

Even so, at the end of the first quarter, the Kings still led 35:31.

Compared with the Clippers' 8-man rotation, the Kings also used an 8-man rotation tonight. It seems that the team does not have five starting players.

In addition to the starting five tonight, the Kings also sent Seth Curry, Jae Crowder and Jeff Green to the field.

These three only got a certain amount of playing time during the period when the team suffered a wave of injuries this season. After the players returned from injury, it would be difficult to get a chance to play again.

However, such three people played very well in tonight's game, and they couldn't be seen as a few water dispenser administrators at all.

I have to feel the depth of the Kings lineup. Anyone in the team can be sent to other teams as a starter!
Although in the second quarter, the Clippers once led the score by 8 points, but after the third quarter, the Kings played a beautiful counterattack again, chasing the point difference back again.

In this way, the two teams played until the fourth quarter.

I thought that the Clippers should easily win against a team with the main rotation, but I didn't expect to fight so fiercely against a group of substitutes!
In this way, until the last moment of the fourth quarter, the Kings once surpassed by 1 point with Dinwiddie's three-pointer.

But unfortunately, in the end, Paul seized the opportunity and scored the winning goal. The Clippers finally narrowly defeated the Kings 124:118 and won the last regular season game of the season.

Although the Kings lost in this campaign, this group of substitutes played very well. Facing the powerful Clippers in the Western Conference, a total of six players scored in double figures.

Among them, Dinwiddie scored a team-high 27 points, Bro Gordon scored 15 points, Covington 15 points, Grant 11 points, Jeff Green 13 points, Seth Curry 13 points, Jokic more It was a triple-double of 16 points, 13 rebounds and 11 assists.

Therefore, even though the Kings lost this game, everyone felt even more desperate facing the Kings.

It's so difficult to play as a substitute for the Kings. How can you play as a starter for the Kings?
In any case, the regular season of this season is finally over, and the Kings have returned to No. 70 in the league with a proud record of 12 wins and [-] losses.

The Warriors finished second with 67 wins and 15 losses, just three games behind the Kings.

The third-ranked Spurs in the West, despite Duncan's retirement, still achieved a proud record of 60 wins under Leonard's leadership.

This is the only team in the league with more than 60 wins.

Ranked fourth in the Western Conference is the Rockets with 55 wins, and the fifth to eighth are: the Clippers with 51 wins, the Thunder with 50 wins, the Jazz with 48 wins and the Grizzlies with 43 wins.

In recent years, it takes 50 wins to enter the Western Conference of the playoffs. This year, it only needs 43 wins to enter. It can be seen that even the Wild West cannot avoid the polarization of the rich and the poor!
Compared with the west, the east seems to have a smaller gap between the rich and the poor.

The Celtics, the No. 53 in the East, only had [-] wins, and they couldn't even rank in the top four in the West.

The second to eighth are: Cavaliers with 51 wins, Raptors with 51 wins, Wizards with 49 wins, Eagles with 43 wins, Pacers with 42 wins, Bulls with 41 wins and Heat with 41 wins.

In any case, the regular season is over, and the Kings' opponents in the first round of the playoffs have also been announced, and that is the tough Memphis Grizzlies.

(End of this chapter)