In April, the final sprint before the start of the NBA, all teams were aiming for a playoff spot, gearing up to go all out.

In the seventh, eighth, ninth, and tenth positions, the competition is particularly fierce.

Being able to enter the playoffs shows that the team is still relatively successful this year, as for whether it can be black eight or seven in the future, don't talk about it, getting bonuses is a real thing.

And the playoff stage is different from the regular season, if you get a good game in the regular season, some people will say that you occasionally break out, but it is just a flash in the pan, and after a good game in the playoffs, the outside world will look at you with admiration and think that you are full of pressure resistance and have strong potential.

Depending on the level of the platform, the perception will be very different.

The Kings, in their battle with the Mavericks for the fifth spot, are doing their best.

The fifth is the bottom line, which cannot be lost.

Wang Ming shouted the slogan, so the players went all out, and in April, there was a feeling of catching up, playing more anxiously, and the record could not fight the Mavericks who rose later, and were driven to the sixth position.

Last season, the Kings ranked second in the Pacific Conference and launched a series of battles with the Lakers, this season, the Kings' Big Three are two less, and most of the offensive and defensive systems have collapsed at once.

So far, this argument is basically valid.

The Kings did not have a good record, although the king's on-the-spot scheduling tomorrow is very strong, and the newcomers are also well trained, but this requires a process, and this process is what makes Sacramento feel pain.

Yahoo Sports believes that the Kings will face the embarrassment of the coach leaving the team next year, if Wang leaves tomorrow, the Kings will immediately become a mess and fall out of the team of strong competitors in the West.

Although Iverson can barely play with the 76ers, the 76ers' record has fallen out of the top eight in the East, and the team will not be able to play in the playoffs this year, and the team has a feeling that it is going to enter a rebuild.

On April 10, the Kings host the Mavericks.

At this point, the two teams have very close records, with the Mavericks leading the Kings by 0.5 games.

This has become the focus of the national live broadcast, and whether the Mavericks can hold on to the fifth position has become the focus of fans.

After the All-Star break, he averaged 27.8 points and 8.9 rebounds per game, shooting 53 percent from the field and 42 percent from three-point range.

Both teams are fighting each other as if they were playoffs, and they are pulling out all the stops.

In the end, the Kings narrowly defeated the Dallas Mavericks 103-101 at home, overtaking the Mavericks and returning to the fifth place in the West.

After the game, Mavericks head coach, Rick Carlisle, expressed his appreciation for the Kings.

"They're still a competitive team, they've got a great defense, they've got a great offensive system, they've got so many talented players, they've got some of the best tactical execution in the league. Many people despised the king, in fact, they were very powerful. ”

Wang Tomorrow also expressed his optimism about the Dallas Mavericks.

"The Mavericks are in great shape as a team, especially Dirk Nowitzki, I think he's so good at key shots, and this season, at least he's in the top three in the league."

The game between the Kings and Mavericks is over, and the competition between the two teams is heating up.

But the problem is that there are only two games left in the game.

On April 11, the Kings vs. the Thunder, and on April 13, the Kings played the Lakers at home, and so far, all the games are over.

Against the Thunder, the Thunder team used the game as a pre-playoff rehearsal and desperately played against the Kings, but the Kings fought hard for three quarters and finally lost to the Thunder.

On that day, the Mavericks did not play, and the two teams had a level record.

On the final day, the Kings played the Lakers at home, and the Mavericks played the Hornets at home.

The Lakers' record has stabilized, most of the players have been rested in rotation, and they have not cared about the outcome of the last game, and the same is true for the Hornets, who missed the playoffs, and the main player Paul is in an injury period again, and the whole team has no intention of fighting.

In the end, both the Kings and Mavericks won, so the Kings and Mavericks ended up equal.

The two teams have met three times this season, with the Kings holding a 2-1 advantage, with the Kings finishing ahead of the Mavericks.

The Western Spurs have a 61-21 record and are the first in the West, followed by the Lakers with 57 wins, the Rockets with 56 wins and the Thunder with 52 wins, the Kings are fifth with 54 wins, and the Mavericks are sixth with 54 wins, and then after the Mavericks, there was a sudden breakdown, and the record fell directly below 50 wins, and the seventh and eighth were the Denver Nuggets with 48 wins and the Portland Trail Blazers with 46 wins.

The record of the team in front of the West is so good, and the record of the team behind is naturally not better.

At the bottom of the West is the Minnesota Timberwolves, with 17 wins and 65 losses, and Kevin Love, who averaged 20.2 points and 15.2 rebounds per game this season, is naturally inevitably hung with the title of data brush, you know, this title was previously Al Jefferson's.

So Al Jefferson said in an interview that he understands Kevin Love's pain and the road people have traveled is what he once had a tragic experience.

In the East, the Bulls' 62-20 record actually topped the league, which no team expected, and finally made the Bulls the first in the league.

Therefore, Derrick Rose's MVP call suddenly changed from a sudden rise in March to a shocking call in April.

Heat's James, who won 58-24, seems to have missed the MVP in terms of visual fatigue or emotion.

Since then, the Celtics and Magic have more than 50 wins in the East, and the rest of the records are average, the Hawks, Knicks, Pacers, and Bucks.

The Kings ended up finishing fifth in the West, a step backwards from last season.

But fans are satisfied, at least the team has produced an All-Star caliber player in its second season.

DeMar DeRozan.

This season, DeRozan has played 82 games, averaging 22.9 points, 4.7 rebounds and 4.6 assists in 36.5 minutes per game, of which 48 percent shooting from the field and 32 percent from three-point range are standard star statistics.

The second highest scorer on the Kings is Al Jefferson, who averages 18.1 points and 10.2 rebounds per game to reach a double-double.

In addition, there are also a bunch of young players in the Kings team, such as Afralo, who averages a career-high 16.7 points per game, which is a strong contender for the best sixth man this season, and Batum, who can contribute 10+5, has become the link between the inside and outside of the Kings, and his tactical status is rising.

Kidd, who has only played half of the game, is in good form at the end of the season, averaging 8.1 assists per game, first in the team, and becoming the most trusted veteran under Wang Mingming.

This is a year of transition, no one expected that last season's defending champions would have such a difficult journey this season, but fortunately, they are still firmly at the forefront of the fiercely competitive West, and the opponent in the first round of the playoffs is also the most ideal Oklahoma City Thunder team expected.

The third young man had already released cruel words, and he wanted to avenge the revenge of the city.