The Fifth Point Guard

  Chapter 427 Fiercely competitive playoff seats (first more)

  On April 14, 2004, the last day of the NBA regular season was played.

  In order to secure the fourth place in the regular season, the Cleveland Cavaliers all played their main role in the New York Knicks, who were trying to keep their place in the playoffs.

  After acquiring Stephen Marbury, the Knicks' record has improved and gradually rushed to the top eight in the Eastern Conference, but they have been hovering in eighth and ninth positions.

  The Cleveland Youth Guards, who have fully tuned in, defeated the Knicks, who were also all the main players, 100-90 at home, overpowering the Miami Heat and ranking fourth in the East.

  The Knicks were overtaken by the Bucks in record because of this defeat, and unfortunately missed the playoffs.

In this game, Shentong scored 21 points, James scored 19 points, Boozer scored a double-double of 14 points and 12 rebounds, Ilgas Kas 8 points, 6 rebounds and 4 blocks. Wagner, who came off the bench, contributed 13 points and 7 Assists.

On the Knicks side, Marbury did his best. He played 44 minutes, hit 11 goals in 21 shots, scored 27 points, 6 rebounds and 8 assists. Insider Kurt Thomas scored 12 points and 12 rebounds, but still Can't help the team win.

  Compared with the clear situation in the east, the top four seats in the west have not yet determined the final ranking until the last day.

  The rankings among Timberwolves, Lakers, Spurs, and Kings may change at any time based on the results of the last day of the regular season.

  The Mavericks and Grizzlies' record difference is only one game.

  The king took the lead in upsetting.

  They lost 91-97 to the bottom-ranked Golden State Warriors on the road.

  Peja Stojakovic had 27 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists. Bibby had 22 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists. The hastily comeback Webber only scored 14 points and 7 rebounds.

  After Webber's comeback, the Kings still failed to retrieve the mid-season chemistry, which worries the Kings fans very much.

  Warriors, Richardson, a rookie in the same term as Shentong, performed well, scoring 28 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals, and 1 block. He was the biggest contributor to the team's victory.

  Foyer, who is quite similar to Rodman's playing style, scored 10 points, 17 rebounds and 5 blocks. The king had no temper in the inside.

  The Warriors had a total of 6 people in double figures. Instead, they taught the Kings, which are known for their offensive smoothness, a good lesson.

  The Dallas Mavericks withstood the pressure and defeated the Houston Rockets 92-89 away.

  The Mavericks' most outstanding player is not five-star Lianzhu, but Marquis Daniels.

  Although Daniels is ugly, his skills are pretty good.

  He scored 21 points, 8 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 steals, and 1 block, which contributed to the team's victory.

  In addition, except for Nash, who scored 5 points and 8 assists, the other four stars all scored more than double digits.

   On the Rockets side, because the playoff seats have been locked, and the winning or losing will not affect the ranking, the Rockets chose to let some players rest the game.

  In the starting lineup, only Yao Ming and Jim Jackson are in the lineup. Francis and Mobley are both included in the lineup.

  Speaking of it, the Rockets helped the Texas brothers.

  I don’t know if they will regret helping the people of Dallas in a few years.

  The Timberwolves defeated the Grizzlies 109-90 away, securing the first place in the Western Conference during the regular season.

  Garnett still played steadily, effectively scoring 26 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal and 2 blocks, laying the foundation for the team's victory.

  Sprewell also scored 20 points, and Kassel had 17 points and 8 assists.

  Szebiak, who came off the bench, scored 17 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists.

  The Grizzlies failed to block the offensive of the three monsters, and at the same time completely lost hope of overtaking the Mavericks.

  Pau Gasol scored 16 points, 4 rebounds and 3 blocks. He was the Grizzlies’ best-performing player, but under Garnett’s light, the Spaniard was eclipsed.

  Jason Williams had 15 points, 3 rebounds and 7 assists.

  Hubby Brown's five-on-five-down tactic was completely ineffective against the Timberwolves.

   Shaking his head to reporters after the Browns race, he said: "Kevin Garnett completely ruled us. We need someone to stand up at this moment, but unfortunately, no one of us has come forward today."

  The Lakers were very tenacious through double overtime. They defeated the painful Trail Blazers 105-104 in the away game, and the Spurs, who had a big victory over the Nuggets, lost the possibility of overtaking.

   Kobe played 53 minutes, 14 of 31 shots, 4 of 10 three-pointers, 37 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists.

  Perhaps because he played for too long in a row, Kobe’s free throws in this game were not good, only 9 of 5 free throws, far not as good as usual.

  O'Neal had 25 points, 14 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 steals and 4 blocks.

  Reporter: "Shaquille, do you have any thoughts on Kobe's free throws in this game? If his free throw percentage is the same as usual, you can end the fight in regular time."

  O'Neal, who made 1 of 8 free throws in the game, solemnly replied: "No comment."

  Anthony has never felt such a gloomy moment.

  Perhaps James in the last time and space had a similar feeling, but in this time and space, James is standing next to Shentong.

  However, Anthony can only rely on Andre Miller.

  In this game, Anthony's kaleidoscope offense completely fell into the trap of the Spurs.

   12 points and 4 rebounds, Anthony, who made only 5 goals in 15 shots, finally realized the horror of the Spurs.

  Miller’s 11 points and 3 assists were far worse than usual.

  Nuggets' main outside shooter Leonard was defended and only scored 2 points.

   On the Spurs' side, the GDP combination has begun to provoke the backbone.

  Duncan is still the team's pinnacle, 23 points, 16 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals and 3 blocks, continuing to perform MVP performance.

  Parker had 11 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists.

   Ginobili, who came off the bench, scored 6 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists.

The suffocating defense of the Spurs allowed the Nuggets, which averaged 97.2 points per game in the regular season, to score only a pitiful 67 points ~www.ltnovel.com~ and the Spurs themselves still scored 93 points steadily, beating the Nuggets by 26 points.

  At this point, the NBA regular season of the 03-04 season has all ended, and the seats of the 16 playoff teams have been finalized.

  East side.

  The Pacers, Pistons, Nets, and Cavaliers are in the top four and will gain the advantage of the first round of the playoffs at home.

  The Heat, Hornets, Bucks and Celtics tied for five to eight places.

  Western side.

  The final top four rankings are: Timberwolves, Lakers, Spurs, Kings.

  The Mavericks, Grizzlies, Rockets, and Nuggets ranked fifth to eighth.

  The opponent of the Cleveland Cavaliers in the first round of the playoffs is the predicted Miami Heat.

The "gentleman" combination of Shentong and James will be challenged by the "curtain" combination of Wade and Odom.

  On April 18th, the first match between the two teams will be played at Gund Arena in Cleveland.

  (End of this chapter)