king of defenders

Chapter 829 Second in the East, the situation is grim

As the regular season draws to a close, the Heat are full of wounded players. Whiteside, Monroe, and Wade are on truce, and Nene, Sullinger, and Johnson are put on the starting lineup.

It can be said that the Heat's regular season starting lineup has been dilapidated, leaving only Meng Yun and Luol Deng.

Seeing this situation, Spoelstra told Meng Yun not to fight too hard in the next few games, win as long as you can, and it doesn't matter if you can't win, the most important thing is the playoffs.

Coach Spoelstra plans to give up competing with the Cavaliers for the No. [-] spot in the Eastern Conference. As the playoffs are approaching, he wants Meng Yun to adjust, retain his physical fitness, and prepare for the playoffs.

Of course, it is not to give up the next few games directly, because the Heat need to keep the second place in the Eastern Conference, or at least the third place in the Eastern Conference, so as to avoid premature encounters with the Cavaliers.

In addition, you can also take advantage of the time of these games to train troops. Nene, Sullinger, and Johnson have not been put on the starting lineup for a long time, and they are still adapting. There is not much hope for a comeback in the first round of the game. Apart from Meng Yun, it will depend on Nene, Salinger and others.

So we must hurry up and let them adapt.

In the next few games, the Heat won and lost, and the winning rate was close to [-]%, which is not bad.

On April 4, the Heat defeated the Wizards at home, and the regular season belonging to the Heat also came to an end.

Three days later, the regular season of the entire league was over. This season, the Heat achieved a record of 55 wins and 27 losses in the regular season, which is the same as the Raptors. However, in the end, the Heat ranked second in the East, and the Cavaliers ranked first in the East. They achieved a record of 57 wins and 25 losses, only two more than the Heat.

之后则是凯尔特人（50胜32负），奇才队（49胜33负），老鹰队（43胜39负），雄鹿队（42胜40负)，步行者队（42胜40负）。

西部常规赛第一是勇士队，他们取得了67胜15负的战绩，第二是马刺（61胜21负），第三是火箭（55胜27负），第四是快船（51胜31负），紧接着是爵士（51胜31负），雷霆（47胜39负),开拓者（41胜41负）。

In this way, the East and West playoffs are also released.

The Heat will face the Bucks in the first round of the playoffs.

With the end of the regular season, the debate surrounding the regular season mvp has become more intense.

Many players have played very well this season, and Meng Yun is one of them.

The Heat's record this season is obvious to all. If it weren't for the continuous injuries of the last main players, the Heat are likely to enter the playoffs as the No. [-] in the Eastern Conference.Even if the main players are injured consecutively, the Heat will still rank second in the East, only two wins away from the first, which is very likely to happen.

And Meng Yun’s contribution to the team can be said to be the greatest. His performance is obvious to all. He averaged 27.2 points, 7.4 rebounds, and 9.0 assists per game in the regular season.

At first glance, you would think that such data belongs to James, but this is Meng Yun's data in the 16-17 season.

Regardless of other things, just looking at the statistics, Meng Yun at this moment can already be called a superstar, and his statistics this season are definitely the statistics of a superstar.

But even if Meng Yun's data is so gorgeous, there are still people with more gorgeous data than him. James Harden of the Rockets averaged 29.1 points, 8.1 rebounds, and 11.2 assists per game, which is not too dazzling.

There is also Russell Westbrook of the Thunder. After Durant switched to the Warriors, Westbrook completely broke out. This season, he averaged 31.6 points, 10.7 rebounds, 10.4 assists and a triple-double per game. It's amazing.

In addition, LeBron James, Paul George, Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant, Isaiah Thomas and others are also popular candidates for mvp.

"Mvp? Of course it's Westbrook. Who else can average a triple-double? Nope. Throughout the history of the NBA, apart from Westbrook, only Oscar Robertson did it in the 1961-62 season. He averaged 30.8 points, 12.5 rebounds and 11.4 assists per game."

"I also think it should be Westbrook. There is no doubt how difficult it is to average a triple-double, but he did it. He carried the Thunder alone without Durant, and even played Oscar Robertson. The data, the mvp should belong to him."

"Oh, isn't James Harden bad? Don't forget that the Thunder's record is only 47 wins and 35 losses, while the Rockets have scored 55 wins and 27 losses under Harden's leadership."

"No, no, I think it should be Meng. His statistics are also gorgeous, and if you want to compare team records, the Heat are better than the Rockets and the Thunder. If the main player is not injured, the Heat should be No. [-] in the Eastern Conference."

"Yes, I also think it should be Meng."

Meng Yun is not clear about the outside controversy, and he doesn't care much about the mvp. Now they have more troubles, and some of the previous worries finally happened.

Whiteside has been injured for nearly five weeks and started rehabilitation two weeks ago, but the back injury is more serious than expected and has not healed so far.According to the doctor's assessment, it will take at least a week to return to the court, and it will take even more time to return to the competitive state. It is basically impossible to return in the first round of the playoffs.

Monroe's shoulder injury has recovered well, but his competitive state is not very good. His physical fitness and state have not recovered, which is not enough to cope with the strong playoffs.

Spoelstra isn't willing to risk him, so he won't bring Monroe back in the first round of the playoffs if he doesn't have to.

Wade's situation is similar to that of Monroe. He has recovered from his knee injury, but he is older after all.

After discussing with the team doctor, Spoelstra decided not to let Wade play in the playoffs. If the schedule is not smooth, Wade can be considered to come back. He is a veteran, and his competitive state may be better than Whiteside and Gates. Luo is better because he knows how to play after returning from injury.

As a result, Whiteside, Monroe, and Wade will all be absent.

Although Spoelstra said that both Monroe and Wade can come back at any time if necessary, but that is a risk, what if they are injured again?
If possible, Spoelstra is unwilling to let Monroe and Wade come back in the first round, and Meng Yun is not willing to let Monroe and Wade take risks, which will produce many variables and the result is difficult to predict.

But in this way, the pressure fell on Meng Yun's shoulders. As the core and leader of the team, he needs to carry the team and shoulder his own responsibilities.

Teammates, fans, everyone's hopes are pinned on him, he will carry the entire team, in the absence of Wade, Whiteside, and Monroe, he will lead the team to the playoffs, to defeat their opponents.

However, this is only Meng Yun's second season, and he is technically still a rookie
(End of this chapter)