Chapter 92: The End of the Regular Season (2)
The Mavericks won comfortably against the Kings on April 1 to complete their sweep of the season against the Kings, and the Kings have not won any of the four meetings between the two teams this season. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
Entering April, the 03-04 NBA regular season entered the final stage, the Mavericks at this time with a record of 63 wins and 11 losses, although it has been unable to catch up with Liu Han in the Lakers to create the best results in league history, but at least the current Mavericks have played the best regular season results in team history, and every victory in the future will become a new history for the Mavericks.
What's more, the Mavericks will win any of the remaining eight games to secure the top spot in the league in the regular season this season, and they are still seven wins ahead of the Pacers, who are currently second in the league.
A win, which isn't much of a problem for the Mavericks, who now look like another dynasty team, so far topping the league's offensive charts with 115.9 points per game.
Entering the final closing stage, the goals of each team this season have been basically clear, except for the Rockets, Nuggets and Jazz who are still entangled in the 7th to 9th positions in the West, and the rankings of other teams are basically clear.
The Lakers' injury plague after the All-Star break, with Malone, O'Neal and Finley, the main offensive point on the outside, all missing games due to injury, which has caused the Lakers' results to plummet, and they have even been overtaken by the Timberwolves to finish third in the West.
The Timberwolves have won back-to-back games since the All-Star break with Garnett's strong performances, and although they can't catch up with the Mavericks, they do show their own energy.
The Spurs' results are still tepid, but they are still quietly in the top four of the West, and the whole team is very consistent with Duncan, Ginobili and Parker, they can win all the games they deserve, and at the same time, no team will dare to underestimate their quality.
The Pacers are the best in the East, under the command of head coach Carlisle, the traditional strong team in the East maintains its own defensive and offensive style of play, the team is the first in the league in terms of defensive ability on the outside, which makes them firmly occupy the first position in the East, and at the same time, after the All-Star Game, the Pacers also relied on stable victories to surpass the Lakers and Timberwolves to occupy the second place in the league, and the Pacers have ten more wins in the East than the Nets behind him, The first position in the east has long been locked.
In second place in the East is the New Jersey Nets, along with Jason? With the addition of Kidd and Kobe's more and more mature performance, the Nets have gradually become an upstart team in the East. Jefferson, Kenyon? Martin and others have seen a lot of growth in their stats, and the future of this team is worth looking forward to.
The third place in the East is currently the Pistons, the Pistons' performance at the beginning of the season is top, but since playing against the Mavericks, they have exposed their flaws, there are not enough outside firepower points, no matter how good the Pistons defense is, they can't easily win the game, basketball is still a sport that shoots accurately and scores more than whom, the championship does need defense, but the championship can't only defend.
But the Pistons acquired power forward Rashid in a trade during the All-Star break? Wallace, this is a reinforcement for the team, with his strategy and high shot, the Pistons can be regarded as retaining their top four position in the East after the All-Star break.
This year's East can be said to be more chaotic, the king team of the year, the Bulls, has fallen to the point of rebuilding, and the 76ers, Raptors and Magic with superstars are also not doing well recently, the Magic team has locked the league's bottom position in advance, they have not won the 20th as of April 1, and the current winning rate is only about 20 percent.
There are some weak teams in the East, such as the Hornets who will be transferred to the West next season, the Bucks in remote areas and other teams have performed well this season, and it is worth mentioning that the Heat, the team has just begun to rebuild this season, but they can now rank in the top five in the East, after the All-Star Game, the Heat team has won a wave of consecutive wins, and the core of the team, Wade, has also grown rapidly, I have to say, Stan? Van Gundy's coaching skills are indeed commendable, while Pat? Riley has also done a very good job in managing things.
The current situation of the whole league is still strong in the West and weak in the East, although the Pacers occupy the second position in the league, but the current results of the Nets, who are ranked second in the East, are ranked seventh in the West at most, which is enough to see the huge gap between the East and West teams, but after entering the playoffs, not the team with the best results in the regular season will definitely be able to win the final championship, and the style and home atmosphere of the Eastern team are actually more suitable for the playoffs than the Western team. The level and physical reserves of the players actually don't play much role in the playoffs, and the playoffs are more about the bench depth and fighting will of each team.
On April 3, the Mavericks will welcome the Suns at home, and as long as they win this game, the Mavericks will lock up the first place in the league in advance.
At the American Airlines Center Arena, some Mavericks fans have already put on the team's playoff cheering clothes in advance, and the white T-shirts will dye the entire court with a solemn atmosphere, and Mavericks fans have begun to adapt to the atmosphere of the playoffs in advance.
The Suns have basically lost hope of the playoffs at the moment, and D'Antoni has begun to rebuild the team after taking the helm of the Suns. Marbury's departure has made room for Nash's upper position, and D'Antoni is very important to Nash, he is a coach who advocates run-and-gun tactics, and D'Antoni feels that if the team wants to really rise, it must have a point guard who can pass the ball, and Nash fits his requirements very well.
However, the Suns' tactics are still in the run-in stage, and Nash doesn't need to adapt to the tactics anymore, after all, he has played a run-and-run in the Lakers before, but the rest of the Suns need time to digest the head coach's request.
An unformed bombardment team meets a full-fledged Mavericks, and the outcome is predestined.
After Liu Han locked Nash, the Suns' offense came to a standstill, while the Mavericks' offense could continue unhindered, after all, the Suns did not have a player who could defend against Liu Han.
In the end, the Mavericks comfortably defeated the Suns 124-103, and they locked up the first spot in the league seven games ahead of schedule.