Chapter 185: Ending the 11-12 Season Regular Season

At this time, the Kings still have five games to play, three home games and two away games, against the Dallas Mavericks on the road, the New Orleans Hornets on the home and away, the Golden State Warriors at home, and the Miami Heat on the road.

At this time, the Western Spurs relied on a strong performance in the second half of the season, losing only two games since March 21, ranking first in the West with a 44-16 record, while the Thunder, who have occupied the first place in the West for a long time, are currently ranked second in the West with a slight disadvantage of 44-17.

The Los Angeles Lakers, who are fourth in the West, have a record of 38 wins and 22 losses, becoming the third team in the West to qualify for the playoffs, and the Los Angeles Clippers, the rivals of the same city, are temporarily in fifth place with 37 wins and 23 losses.

The Grizzlies are also in the back of the road, with a current record of 35-25 and ranking 6th in the West, as well as the Dallas Mavericks with 34-26, the Denver Nuggets with 32-29, the Houston Rockets with 32-29, the Utah Jazz with 31-29, and even the Phoenix Suns with 31-30 still have a chance to enter the playoffs.

But all this is not a problem for the Kings, at present, with 5 games left, the Kings are two wins behind the Thunder, which is the second in the West, and 3.5 wins ahead of the Lakers, who are the fourth in the West.

However, with the current momentum of the Spurs and the Thunder, it is difficult to achieve a comeback in 5 games, and the Kings are quite satisfied with the current ranking, and it is naturally better if they have the opportunity to rise in the rankings, but the team is not forced to do so, and the last 5 games are the most important thing to ensure that they are healthy for the playoffs.

In the remaining 5 games, the Dallas Mavericks, who are competing for playoff qualification, will inevitably fight with the Kings, but the New Orleans Hornets and the Golden State Warriors have long missed the playoffs. And the Miami Heat is also wantless, the first place in the East has been locked by the Bulls, and the Pacers, the third place in the East, is not likely to catch up with them, and the Heat team does not care about the victory or defeat at all. So only one of these five games against the Mavericks can be regarded as a tough battle.

Facing the Mavericks away, due to school work, Anjiali did not continue to follow Tyrek to Dallas, although the Kings did not have players to rest, but it can be said that they played very casually, and the Mavericks were fighting for victory, a group of veterans played extremely hard under the leadership of Nowitzki, and fought hard for every ball, Although they have a 3.5-win advantage over the 8th place in the West, there is no guarantee that they will advance to the playoffs at this moment, and the Mavericks also know that it will be difficult to climb up the rankings and the Kings, who are stable in the top half, will definitely stay for the playoffs and will not go head-to-head with them, and this game is a victory they can fully strive for.

The Kings have trailed the Mavericks by 19 points at halftime, and the Kings have no desire to catch up in the second half, and the game has lost suspense in the second half of the third quarter, the Kings lost to the Mavericks on the road, ending this wave of 8 consecutive wins, Tyrek played 27 minutes and scored 21 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists, and the Mavericks only need to win one more game after winning this game to keep the top 8 in the West, and at this time it is basically certain that they can advance to the playoffs.

After facing the Hornets on the road and the Warriors at home, the two teams completely gave up resistance, basically undefended, the intensity of the game was like an exhibition game, Tyrek cut 33 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists and 28 points, 6 rebounds and 10 assists in these two games, with two games left, the Kings and the Thunder in the second place in the West and the Lakers in the fourth place in the West are more than 2 wins, and the 44-20 Kings also locked up the third place in the West.

And now Tyrek is averaging a league-high 29.2 points per game! And Kevin, who is now second in the scoring list. Durant is 27.9 points, a full 1.3-point gap, and with two games to go, this year's scoring title has basically been bagged by Tyreck!

And the day before the game against the Miami Heat, the Kings officially announced the last two regular season games of Terek, Caron. Butler and West's three main players will not play, so far, this season's regular season has come to an end for Terrick, who has played 64 games, all of which are starts, and has contributed an astonishing 29.2 points, 5.7 rebounds and 6.2 assists per game.

Away to face the Miami Heat, due to the suspension of the three main players, the rotation players in the Kings team have ample opportunities to play, and the Heat team fighting at home is even more unscrupulous rotation, the Miami Big Three collective truce, and finally the Kings under the leadership of Cousins won the Miami Heat on the road, which lacks the Big Three, and won three consecutive wins, Cousins cut a season-high score of 48 points, while contributing 17 rebounds and 8 assists, almost got a triple-double, missing the Heat Big Three, Cousins is a super beast on the inside!

In the final game against the Hornets at home, the Kings handed over almost the entire game to the bench, except for the three Tyrek who were suspended, Cousins only played the first quarter and did not play, and only Jimmy still played the whole game in the regular starting five, but the Kings still defeated the weak Hornets at home, and finally the Kings ended the regular season with a perfect four-game winning streak.

In the end, the Kings had a record of 46 wins and 20 losses, ranking 3rd in the West, and in the final battle for a Western Conference playoff spot, the Nuggets had the last laugh, they beat the Rockets 35-31 and squeezed into the playoffs with a record of 8th in the West, the Rockets and the Jazz had the same final record, one win behind the Nuggets and finally missed the playoffs.

So far, the top 8 in the West have all been born, namely the San Antonio Spurs, Oklahoma City Thunder, Sacramento Kings, Los Angeles Lakers, Los Angeles Clippers, Memphis Grizzlies, Dallas Mavericks, and Denver Nuggets.

The East is surrounded by the Chicago Bulls, Miami Heat, Indiana Pacers, Boston Celtics, Atlanta Hawks, Orlando Magic, New York Knicks, and Philadelphia 76ers.

The 2011-2012 regular season has officially come to an end, and the next 16 teams will enter the brutal playoff competition, and the Kings will face the Memphis Grizzlies who kept them out of the playoffs last season in the first round of the playoffs!