With 48 wins and 34 losses, a 58% win rate, and the fourth place in the East.

This record looks so-so and not bad, but if it is put on Wang Xiao's body, it is different.

This is the worst record since Wang Xiao began coaching an NBA team, even when he first coached the Wizards, he led the Wizards to win more than 50 regular games, and then won 60+ games in consecutive years, and even broke the Bulls' regular season record of 72 wins.

But no one will question Wang Xiao's declining coaching level.

Then and now are completely different.

Although the Wizards were in ruins, they still had two All-Star-caliber players, Jamison and Butler, and a superstar general Arenas as trade chips.

But when Wang Xiao took over the Bucks, who were the Bucks?

The team doesn't even have an All-Star, and the highest annual salary in the whole team is a backup center Larry who basically doesn't play. Sanders.

It's not a fair comparison, especially since the East is completely different today than it was a few years ago.

When Wang Xiao first coached the Wizards, it was still a traditional era when the west was strong and the east was weak, and the strong teams and competitiveness in the west were much greater than those in the east.

But in the intervening years, things have changed a lot, with Anthony DeLong moving to the East and the Nets getting Jeremy Lin...... The most important thing is that the Wizards, under the leadership of Wang Xiao, have grown into a giant that the entire league of teams need to look up to!

Although the east, where many strong teams have risen, cannot be said to have surpassed the west, it is by no means as simple as the so-called strong west and weak east.

In such an Eastern Division, with a group of rookie rookie players to win 48 wins and rank fourth in the East, this is already quite a remarkable achievement in itself!

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At the end of the regular season, the teams in the East and West that made the playoffs were ranked as follows: Eastern Conference teams, No. 1 Washington Wizards: 65-17.

Second-place Cleveland Cavaliers: 60-22.

Third place Brooklyn Nets: 52-30.

Fourth-place Milwaukee Bucks: 48-34.

No. 5 Atlanta Hawks: 46-36.

Sixth place Chicago Bulls: 42-40.

No. 7 Toronto Raptors: 41-41.

Eighth place Boston Celtics: 38-44.

In addition, from the ninth-place Philadelphia 76ers, the tenth-place New York Knicks and the eleventh-place Miami Heat, the three teams are one game away from the eighth-place Celtics, and the 76ers even have the same record as the Celtics, only because of each other's wins and losses.

The Western Conference is No. 1: Portland Trail Blazers 62-20.

No. 2 Los Angeles Clippers: 58-24.

Third place Memphis Grizzlies: 55-27.

Fourth-place San Antonio Spurs: 55-27.

Fifth Sacramento Kings: 50-32.

Sixth place Dallas Mavericks: 46-34.

No. 7 New Orleans Pelicans: 44-38.

No. 8 Oklahoma City Thunder: 42-20.

In this way, the playoff matchups are also applied.

The Bucks, who are fourth in the East, will face the Hawks in fifth place in the first round of the playoffs.

And with the end of the regular season, the honors of various statistics are also born.

James. Harden has accumulated a lot of experience this season, averaging 29.6 points per game and was elected scoring champion for the first time in his career, and the Kings also entered the fifth place in the West under the leadership of Harden, scoring 50 wins.

In second place is Russell Westbrook with 28.1 points.

Third place went to Kevin Durant with 27.6 points.

This season was supposed to be a disastrous season for Durant, who played only 27 games before being injured and the Thunder missed the playoffs.

But due to the butterfly effect, Durant went to the Trail Blazers and was not injured this season, this season he averaged 27.6 points, 8.2 rebounds and 5.5 assists per game, playing very well, and the Trail Blazers' record in the league is second only to the Wizards.

This season, Durant has always been firmly at the top of the regular season MVP selection list, and there is a high probability of winning the regular season MVP trophy.

This regular season MVP trophy, Durant can be said to have waited for a long time, originally according to the original history, he should have won this trophy in the 13-14 season, but the 73-win Wizards and Curry crushed his chances.

Fortunately, God is fair, he lost the regular season MVP trophy in the 13-14 season, and he also avoided a serious injury in the 14-15 season, and has a good chance of lifting the regular season MVP trophy.

The judges are all aesthetically fatigued, and although the Wizards still performed well this season, winning a season-best 65 wins, they lost a full 8 more games than last season.

Moreover, Curry's stats this season are not excellent, averaging 24.4 points per game and only ranking sixth on the scoring list.

In fact, Curry can't be blamed for this, the lack of scoring is not because of his declining ability, but because the Wizards have too much talent.

With the explosion of talent of George, Leonard and others, more and more offensive weight is placed on them, and this season George Leonard has both scored more than 20 points, and Thompson has also averaged 16 points per game.

Butler and Green also want the ball and the number of shots, and the team can only further reduce Curry's shots.

Curry, who lost his stats, will have a hard time winning the fourth regular season MVP of his career.

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On the rebounding list, Jordan Jr. topped the list with an average of 15.2 rebounds per game, and Whiteside followed with 14.7 rebounds.

The assist king is Chris Paul, who averages 10.2 assists per game.

The block king was taken away by Anthony Davis, who averaged 2.9 blocks per game.

At the top of the steals list is Kawhi Leonard, who averages 2.4 steals per game.

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At the end of the regular season, some people are happy and some are worried, the teams that failed to make the playoffs have announced a holiday, and the players are disbanded in place and start their vacations early.

The top eight teams in the East and West are gearing up to prepare for the playoffs!

"Maybe a lot of you are playing in the playoffs for the first time."

Wang Xiao looked at the players in front of him and said lightly: "But I can tell you very clearly that I have a lot of experience in the playoffs!" So you don't have to be nervous and worried, I know better than anyone how to win in the playoffs. ”

The players all looked at Wang Xiao, and no one questioned Wang Xiao's words.

This is a matter of course, in the first season of his career, Wang Xiao led the Wizards to the second round, and then won the O'Brien Cup three times in five years.

To put it bluntly, if Wang Xiao does not leave the Wizards, I believe that there will be no suspense about this year's championship.