The Fifth Point Guard

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 played all the way to the New York Knicks, who were trying to keep their playoff spot.

After acquiring Stephen Marbury, the Knicks' record has improved and gradually rushed to the top eight in the East, 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 the main force, 100-90 at home, overpowering the Miami Heat and ranking fourth in the East.

Because of this defeat, the Knicks were overtaken by the Bucks in record, 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 clarity of the situation in the east, the top four seats in the west have not yet determined their final rankings until the last day.

The rankings among the 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 only differed by one game.

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The king took the lead in upsetting.

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

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

Foyer, who is quite similar to Rodman's playing style, scored 10 points, 17 rebounds and 5 blocked shots. The Kings had no temper inside.

A total of 6 Warriors team scored in double figures, but a good lesson for the Kings, known for their offensive smoothness.

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

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

Although Daniels looks ugly, but 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 have an impact on the ranking, the Rockets chose to let some players rest this 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, the Rockets helped the Texas brothers.

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

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The Timberwolves beat 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.

Gasol scored 16 points, 4 rebounds and 3 blocks. He was the Grizzlies' best performer, 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."

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The Lakers were very tenacious through double overtime, defeating the bitter Trail Blazers 105-104 away, and the Spurs, which had a big win over the Nuggets, lost the possibility of overtaking.

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

Perhaps because of the long continuous play time, 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."

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Anthony had never felt such a gloomy moment.

Perhaps James in the last time and space had similar feelings, but in this time and space, James is standing beside Shentong.

However, the only thing Anthony can rely on ~www.ltnovel.com~ is Andre Miller.

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

With 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 also far worse than usual.

The Nuggets' main perimeter 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, had 6 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists.

The Spurs' suffocating defense allowed the Nuggets, which averaged 97.2 points per game during the regular season, to score only a pitiful 67 points.

The Spurs themselves still scored 93 points steadily, beating the Nuggets by 26 points.

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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.

The east side.

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

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

The western side.

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

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

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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.