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The Orlando Magic locked in the Eastern Conference playoffs in advance with 47 wins and 26 losses. It returned to the big family of the playoffs after three seasons, and it was only one win away from securing the first place in the Southeast Division.

No one expected such a record. Even though Otis Smith and Stan Van Gundy were full of confidence in Linson's joining, they also thought more about the future of the Orlando Magic than this season.

However, the direct effect brought by Lin Sen's joining completely exceeded their expectations. From joining on Christmas to before the All-Star Weekend in Las Vegas, the Orlando Magic became one of the most popular teams in the league.

Although various situations in the Magic have led to a decline in the team's record after this, overall the Orlando Magic still showed the level of a quasi-strong team.

Currently ranked ninth in the Eastern Conference is the Indiana Pacers. In the last game in March, the Indiana Pacers defeated the Charlotte Bobcats, who were still fighting for the playoffs, 100:96, raising their record to 31. 44 wins.

和印第安纳步行者并列东部第九的是在赛季中期将当球核心阿伦.艾弗森交易出去的费城76人，费城76人以30胜43负并列东部第九，排在第十的便是迈克尔.乔丹的夏洛特山猫的28胜44负。

Ranked eighth in the East is the Washington Wizards with 34 wins and 36 losses, the New Jersey Nets in seventh place also achieved a record of 34 wins and 36 losses, and ranked sixth in the East is the defending champion Miami Heat.

迈阿密热火目前打了71场比赛，在71场比赛中取得了36胜35负的战绩，这个战绩领先的第七新泽西篮网和第八华盛顿奇才优势并不大，在迈阿密热火前是37胜34负的多伦多猛龙。

From the fourth Toronto Raptors in the East to the Charlotte Bobcats in the tenth place in the East is 9.5 wins. It is almost impossible to stage a miracle in the last 10 games.

However, the Charlotte Bobcats, which has always been called a bad team, refused to be bad at the request of Michael Jordan and are still working hard.

This makes the battle for the playoffs in the Eastern Conference more confusing, and one game may change the entire ranking.

Therefore, when the Orlando Magic is determined to enter the playoffs and almost secure the top spot in the Southeast Division, what needs to be considered is the issue of the playoffs.

At present, the Orlando Magic is still 54 games away from the Detroit Pistons, who are No. 20 in the East with 6.5 wins and 9 losses.

What's more, there is the Cleveland Cavaliers with 48 wins and 24 losses in front of the Orlando Magic, and the fourth-ranked Chicago Bulls are 42 wins and 31 losses. The Magic leads by 5 wins. The third place enters the playoffs.

Entering the playoffs with such a high ranking means that the Orlando Magic have at least home court advantage in the first round of the playoffs.

To be able to enter the playoffs, although this year's Orlando Magic did not intend to aim for the O'Brien Cup, the Orlando Magic will definitely not want to be the role of accompanying the prince to study. How to go further is the need of the uniform team and the coaching staff. considerations.

The first opponent in the playoffs has also become a concern of the coaching staff. After all, different preparations must be made in advance to face different opponents. From the current rankings, it seems that the Orlando Magic may be the biggest against the Miami Heat and Toronto Raptors.

However, the Washington Wizards and New Jersey Nets behind the Heat are not far behind, so the Magic may also face the Wizards and Nets.

These four opponents became the most serious consideration for Stan Van Gundy.

Although the Heat have a poor record as the defending champion this season, the experience of the Heat veterans on the stage of the playoffs is far beyond the current Magic.

And that bloodthirsty shark has been clamoring that the playoffs will be played well, and the Miami media has been clamoring that the defending champion has a champion's heart.

So Stan Van Gundy and his coaching staff and Otis Smith's uniforms don't want to play against the Miami Heat.

Ranked seventh, the New Jersey Nets have the three Musketeers Jason Kidd, Richard Jefferson, and Vince Carter. Compared with before, but experienced is the biggest reliance of the Nets.

Especially the point guard Jason Kidd is a seasoned man who has become a monster. After Lin Sen joined, the Magic and the Nets played against the Nets twice. The first time Lin Sen performed well. It looked good, but Jason Kidd scored a more terrifying triple-double to lead the Nets to victory.

Stan Van Gundy was worried that Linson, a rookie with zero experience in the playoffs, would not be able to cope with Kidd, which would lead to the collapse of the Magic, so he was unwilling to play against the Nets in comparison.

Although the Washington Wizards, who are temporarily ranked eighth, also have a lineup of the three musketeers of General Arenas, Caron Butler, and Antawn Jamison, but their guards are not able to contain Lin Sen. Once Butler is in charge of defending Linsen, the Turks can be freed.

So Stan Van Gundy concluded that Eddie Jordan would not let Butler be responsible for defending Linson. As for the Wizards outside, he did not believe that they could defend Linson, and the Wizards inside were far from comparable to the Magic.

So playing against the Wizards is a good choice. The only thing to worry about is whether the general Arenas will have a convulsion.

In addition, although the Toronto Raptors, currently ranked fifth, have a leading record, the advantage is not obvious. Compared with the Wizards, Stan Van Gundy's coaching staff hopes to play against the Toronto Raptors.

Although the Raptors have an excellent record this season, the only real threat is Chris Bosh. And the Magic has no shortage of insiders. It doesn't matter even if they can't guard Bosh. . Van Gundy is clearly more willing to play against the Raptors.

But these can only be Stan Van Gundy's expectations, after all, it is impossible for opponents to play according to his expectations.

Stan Van Gundy can only take one step at a time. At present, the most important thing is to adjust the team lineup to change to the playoff state as soon as possible. The first thing to bear the brunt is to let the injured players adjust and rest well, and strive to be in the playoffs. The state is adjusted to the best.

The battle for the playoffs in the Eastern Conference has reached the worst level in recent years, while the Denver Nuggets with Carmelo Anthony and Iverson in the Western Conference, and the Los Angeles Lakers with Kobe Bryant currently occupy the seventh place in the Western Conference. eight position.

Afterwards, the Golden State Warriors of Baron Davis, the Los Angeles Clippers who reached the semifinals last season, the Hornets led by Chris Paul, and Linsen's old club Minnesota Timberwolves had exactly the same record and tied for ninth in the Western Conference. The tragic scene made all the fans crazy.

And these four teams plus the Nuggets and Lakers who have only one win and the seventh and eighth lead, six teams are fighting for two playoff spots.

The most embarrassing thing is undoubtedly the Minnesota Timberwolves. Before Linsen was traded, the Minnesota Timberwolves ranked in the top four in the West for a long time.

And after trading Linsen, after a fairly good time, Timberwolves inside generals Mark Blount and Mark Madsen, and outside defender Trenton Hassell were injured successively, putting the Timberwolves in a difficult situation.

The ranking has slipped from fourth in the West to now tied for ninth in the West. , Although they are currently tied for ninth in the West, the worst state in March is the Timberwolves. They only won 16 games in 6 games in March, and their ranking has slipped from sixth in the West since March to now tied for ninth.

Coupled with the team's serious injury problems, the Timberwolves are the least optimistic among these six teams.

The comparison between the Orlando Magic and the Minnesota Timberwolves directly caused many media to laugh at the IQ of Timberwolves uniform team McHale and coach Devin Casey.

Timberwolves fans also miss Lin Sen, who is in a stable state in the Southeast Division, but time cannot be turned back.

On April 2006st, the Orlando Magic ushered in the last month of the 2007-22 regular season. Their opponent was the poor Boston Celtics. After the All-Star Weekend, the Boston Celtics completely put the poor In front of the stage, it currently ranks second to last in the league with 51 wins and [-] losses.

This game also made Stan Van Gundy very relieved. After all, the opponent was already bad, so Stan Van Gundy put Tony Batty, Darko Milicic, and Chris Webber all out of the squad.

Also put out of the roster is Grant Hill, who is in exceptionally healthy condition this season. Although Hill has only missed 4 games this season and basically has no injuries, Stan Van Gundy dare not be careless after all. Hill's injury history is too serious, and he doesn't want to hurt Hill in an insignificant game.

Turkoglu, who has made steady progress this season, was pushed to the starting power forward position. After Lin Sen joined the Magic from the Development League and quickly became the starting shooting guard, Kelanna Azubuike was placed at the small forward position. Devin Brown also became the team's starting shooting guard.

The starting point guard is still Lin Sen, and the center position is Dwight Howard. On the bench are Carlos Arroyo, Rashad McCants, Eddie Jones, Pippen, Rodman, Gary Nettie.

这样一个阵容面对摆烂的波士顿凯尔特人依旧打的很轻松，全场林森仅仅出场26分钟便送出了14分10次助攻数据，将个人菜鸟赛季两双次数提高到了恐怖的44次高居联盟第5。

In the end, the Magic also defeated the Celtics 100:90 and continued their way to victory.

But what made Stan Van Gundy even more happy was that the Miami Heat won the game that same night, while Van Gundy's expected playoff opponent, the Toronto Raptors, lost.

On April 4 against the Milwaukee Bucks, who had long lost hope of the playoffs, Stan Van Gundy still had the same large-scale rotation as he did against the Celtics.

This time even Dwight Howard, who felt a little uncomfortable in his knees, was also put out of the roster. In the end, the Orlando Magic defeated the Milwaukee Bucks under the leadership of Linson's 23 points and 9 assists and locked the Southeast Division. The top spot determines home field advantage in the playoffs.

But what surprised Stan Van Gundy even more was that rookie Azubuike, who joined halfway through, scored a game-high 25 points and created a career scoring record in a single game.

After the game, the nba official directly published the article "Unique Vision, the Magic in the Playoffs is worth looking forward to" on the headlines, praising the unique vision of the Magic uniform team in selecting players, and they are very impressed with the Magic's journey to the playoffs. look good.

As the regular season draws to a close, the competition for the playoffs is becoming more and more fierce, and the basketball media is also getting busy, because as the season is coming to an end, the selection of various awards for the 2006-2007 season will be released one after another.

在奥兰多魔术常规赛还有七场结束的时候，整个赛季出场了71次的林森，场均贡献22.4分10.8次助攻2.8次抢断4.7个篮板0.2次封盖。

After this seemingly dominant data, Lin Sen’s shooting percentage is not bad at all, as high as 58.5% from the field, 44.4% from the three-point range, and 92.7% from the free throw. The only flaw is that he averaged 2.4 fouls per game. and 3.1 turnovers.

Averaged 22.4 points and Chris Bosh, and his former boss Kevin. Garnett tied for 17th in the scoring list.

The average of 10.8 assists per game is second only to Steve Nash who has 11.6 assists per game. He and Nash are also the only two players in the league with an average of 10 assists per game. Deron Nash is ranked third. Williams has just 9.3.

Although the 2.8 steals are far from his terrifying 4 or more at the beginning of the season, it still ranks him first in the league. Behind Lin Sen is the bearded Baron of the Golden State Warriors. Davis and Beast Artes special.

All the inside players ranked eighth in the league in field goal percentage and ahead of Lin Sen, ranked fifth in three-point shooting percentage and first in free throw percentage.

Although the 3.1 turnovers per game is also No. 16 in the league, but compared with his contribution, turnovers are undoubtedly not worth mentioning.

Lin Sen's personal data is shocking enough just from the data point of view, not to mention that Lin Sen is just a rookie.

This statistic plus Linsen’s excellent record when he was in the Timberwolves, especially the comparison of the situation where the Timberwolves were considered to have made a lot of money without Linsen, plus the comparison before and after the Orlando Magic got Linsen, That makes Linsen a favorite for the regular-season Most Valuable Player.

However, Lin Sen himself is not optimistic about himself. After all, the team's record is not particularly good, and he is just a rookie. (To be continued.)