spur

The Spurs completed the perfect redemption of the 2013 Finals, claiming their fifth championship trophy in franchise history. In fact, although the Spurs have been strong all year round, looking back on the whole season, the Spurs have also experienced ups and downs in the championship journey.

Before the All-Star break, the Spurs had a total of 38 wins and 15 losses, ranking third in the league overall, and not much different from the records of teams such as the Trail Blazers, Clippers, and Rockets. At the same time, the Spurs did not have a great record against the strong teams in the West, and both the Rockets and Thunder completed the sweep of the Spurs in the regular season.

After the All-Star break, the "Spurs Machine" gradually got better, winning a 24-5 "sprint" record, and finally won the league's best regular season record. Throughout the regular season, nine of the Spurs' main rotation players played more than 18 minutes per game, but none of them played more than 30 minutes, almost taking the big rotation and team basketball to the extreme. In addition, all nine players who played more than 18 minutes per game averaged eight points per game, and six players averaged double-doubles per game.

In the first round of the playoffs, the Spurs once fell behind the Mavericks 1-2, and even almost fell to a dangerous situation of 1-3 in the fourth game of the first round. In the end, the Spurs dragged the game to a tie-break and completed the series reversal. After that, the Spurs began to become unstoppable, and they took the Trail Blazers and Thunder two youth teams in succession, and finally knocked LeBron James off the throne. For the team-oriented Spurs, it is undoubtedly difficult to select a player to lift the "Bill Russell Cup". 22-year-old Cavuay Leonard won the FMVP trophy "on behalf of" the Spurs team.

thunder

In 2013, Willis was reimbursed for the season due to a knee injury, and the Thunder lost the playoffs. Westbrook underwent knee surgery three times during the year, and the Thunder were clearly hard to look forward to.

It was under this circumstance that Durant, who "hated being the second child", played the best season of his career. He improved his scoring average to a career-high 32 points per game and completed a 41-game streak of 25+ to surpass Michael Jordan as the record holder.

Throughout the season, the MVP battle between James and Durant has become a major attraction. In the end, Durant won the MVP trophy for the first time in his career with a more consistent and efficient scoring performance. After a tough first-round win over the Grizzlies, Durant delivered his moving MVP speech, thanking each of his teammates in turn, much to the encouragement of everyone on the Thunder, including Westbrook. Subsequently, the Thunder repelled the Clippers in one fell swoop. He reached the Western Conference Finals three times in four years. In the Western Conference Finals, the Thunder's defensive backbone Ibaka suffered a leg injury, and even if Ibaka was forced to return despite the injury, the Thunder still couldn't resist the old Spurs, and the season ended in the Western Conference Finals.

Clippers

The Clippers went on a rampage in the offseason, trading draft picks for championship coach Doug Rivers and later adding strong role players like Redick and Dudley, which put them in the list of championship contenders for a while.

The arrival of Rivers has allowed Blake Griffin and DeAndre Jordan to make considerable progress.

Paul suffered a shoulder injury in a steal and was out for seven weeks. It was during this time that Griffin's performance improved by leaps and bounds. He averaged 30+10+4 per game in February, and once became the third player on the MVP list. At the end of the season, Blake Griffin was named to the All-NBA Second Team, while Jordan Jr. was the rebounding leader.

Midway through the season, the Clippers signed veterans such as Turkoglou, Glenn Davis and Danny Granger, and the depth was once enviable.

At the end of the regular season, the Clippers finished with a team-best record of 56 wins and reached the Western Conference semifinals for the second time in team history.

trailblazer

The 2013-2014 season for the Trail Blazers has been a rollercoaster ride. After signing Robin Lopez, LaMarcus Aldridge, who had a solid interior partner, quickly elevated his performance to the level of the league's best power forward. Lillard, last season's Rookie of the Year, became the hottest star in the league, and he even participated in a record number of All-Star Weekend events. At the same time, Batum has become one of the most well-rounded small forwards in the league. The Trail Blazers' 36-17 pre-All-Star record ranks third in the West.

As the season progressed, the Trail Blazers' lack of depth was once again exposed, and the starting five's perennial overwork laid the groundwork for their late-game weakness.

In the first round of the playoffs, the Trail Blazers had the upper hand in the showdown with the Rockets. In the end, Lillard scored a dramatic 0.9-second kill to help the Trail Blazers make their second trip to the division semifinals in 14 years.

rocket

The Rockets made their second major post-Yao Ming signing in the offseason — former league first-team center Howard joined as a free agent. After acquiring Howard, the Rockets with Harden Howard as the core team have a considerable degree of competitiveness.

Under the banner of McHale's offensive basketball, the Rockets played the specialties of Harden, Howard, Parsons, Jeremy Lin and others who are good at scoring in offensive and defensive transitions, and played a highly distinctive and efficient basketball. They averaged 107.7 points per game with three efficient weapons of long-range shooting, fast break and foul making.

As a team with a core team that has only been formed for less than a year, and at the same time limited to the individual style of attacking strong and weak defensively, the Rockets will not be able to go further in this year's playoffs. Killed by Lillard with a 0.9-second three-pointer, the way the Rockets died this season is quite absurd.

ESPN commentator Jalen Rose said: "This Rockets are far from the requirements of the playoffs, both mentally and in terms of the way the team plays. ”

warrior

As part of the "new generation of owners," Jay Lacob saw the Warriors' potential in the 2013 Western Conference semifinals. He spent a lot of money to sign Iguodala in the offseason and shouted the "Win the championship" slogan. Due to injuries to Bogut and Andre Iguodala, the Warriors have been tepid in the first half of the season. During this period, the conflict between Lacob and the former coach of the team, Mark Jackson, gradually intensified. Mark Jackson, meanwhile, is well-loved among the players. In the second half of the season, the Warriors gradually completed the roster, playing a 20-9 record in the second half of the season, and finally secured a playoff spot in the fiercely competitive West.

The players, led by Curry, have repeatedly publicly expressed their support for Jackson and expressed their desire to use the victory to help the coach keep his job. But in the first round of the playoffs, the Warriors eventually lost to the stronger Clippers, and Jackson was eventually taken the blame. At the end of the season, Lacob chose Steve Cole, with whom he had a close personal relationship, as the team's new head coach.

Stephen Curry was named to the All-NBA Second Team for the first time in his career.

grizzly bear

With Marc Gasol out for two months, new coach Joerg was unstable, and the Grizzlies once faded out of the core competition in the West. But when Gasol Jr. returned after a 23-game absence, the Grizzlies quickly showed the status of a strong team in the 2013 Western Conference Finals. After the All-Star break, the Grizzlies finished 21-9 and finished seventh in the West in the final period. In the first round of the playoffs, the Grizzlies once pushed the Thunder to a cliff, but Randolph was suspended for boxing Steven Adams and could not play in the first round of the tie-break, and the Grizzlies finally said goodbye to the season.

Due to the turmoil within management, Grizzlies owner Robert Pera wanted to cut Coach Jorge, who had been coaching prominently throughout the season. The "Jorg" farce ended with Pera's compromise. If Zach Randolph's contract extension can be successfully completed, Chorger, known as "the next Thibodeau", will be expected to continue to lead the Grizzlies to make waves in the West next season.

calf

In 2013, the Mavericks missed the playoffs for the first time in 13 years after Dirk Nowitzki missed most of the season due to a knee injury. In the offseason, the Mavericks not only failed to sign Howard, but also only recruited some mid-level players on the free agent market, and Cuban's "superstar program" ended in failure. But even so, new signings Ellis, Calderon, Blair and others quickly integrated into the team under Carlisle's tutelage, and the Mavericks quickly regained the feeling of winning.

In the first round of the playoffs, the Mavericks fought with the Spurs for seven games with a defensive strategy of small-scale wrapping and cutting off the Spurs' conduction, and even once had the upper hand. Defended by the Mavericks, the Spurs played the ugliest offensive performance of the season's championship journey.

At the end of the season, the Mavericks will have up to nine players out of contract. Nowitzki said he would take a big pay cut to help the team run more in the offseason.

sun

Before the start of the 2013-2014 season, almost all American pundits predicted that the Suns would be at the bottom of the West, and the Suns were considered a team in the woes. In fact, this is just the beginning of an underestimation of the Suns.

In the offseason, the Suns traded for Bledsoe and traded Scola for Miles Plumlee and Gerald Green. The trio quickly found a role in the system of new coach Jeff Hornacek. The Suns' implementation of the Dragic-Bledsoe dual-core rapid advance, emphasizing offensive and defensive transitions and multi-player rotation, was once the biggest surprise in the league this season.

While the Suns ultimately missed out on a playoff spot in the highly competitive West, they still have reason to be optimistic. Bill Simmons, a writer for the American website Grantland, commented: "Suns manager McDalf knocked Larry Legend Bird hard, and he traded Scola for a future center who averages 10+10 per game (Myles Plumlee), and a scoring guard who averages 16 points per game (Gerard Green), and even a first-round pick." My mom, that's literally 25 cents for a dollar. ”

Not only that, but in the highly anticipated 2014 draft, the Suns also have four first-round picks.

In addition, Dragic was named to the All-Season Team three.

Timberwolves

Signing Pekovic to a new contract and signing Kevin Martin and Corey Brewer, the Timberwolves have done everything to please Love as a small-market team. But that's not enough. Rubio seems to be another victim of the "Golden Boy" curse, closing in on the worst-shooting point guard in modern basketball history. And Lefou, who has always "cared more about himself", will win a solid 25+15 for you every night, and give you a heartbreaking "looks like you should win" game.

After Adelman's failure, Fripp Sanders, the team's president of basketball operations and probably the greatest coach in Timberwolves history, will take charge of the team. "People can't step into the same river", the former Sanders was able to subdue Garnett, but that doesn't mean he can get Lefou. Bill Simmons asks an interesting question, "Love looks a lot better than Dirk Nowitzki at the moment." So, if you swap him and Dirk, do you think the Mavericks will be able to make the playoffs? ”

Nuggets

After a crushing playoff loss in 2013 that quickly turned the Nuggets from prosperity to decline, George Carr returned home with his "civilian offensive basketball." When Brian Shaw took over, he quickly injected some "triangle offense" into a team that excelled at running. Because of this, the Nuggets not only couldn't go far in the playoffs, but they stepped out of the playoff arena.

As a "coach on the field," Andre Miller almost kicked off in the locker room. But Nuggets management decided they should give Shaw more rights, and the Nuggets' locker room drama ended with Miller Sr. being suspended and sent away. After the playoffs were hopeless, the Nuggets quickly went into swing mode.

Brian Shaw's defeat once again proved that the "triangular offensive" was not for the civilian corps.

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pelican

55 million to sign Tyrek - layup expert - Evans; Traded two first-round picks for Jule Holliday, who was quickly reimbursed for the season; Eric Gordon has three long years left on his five-year contract; Ryan Anderson is reimbursed for the season with a fractured cervical vertebra – you can hardly find a team that is more miserable than the Pelicans. Still, Pelicans fans need just one reason to burst into laughter — and we have Anthony Davis.

He averaged 20 points, 10 rebounds and 3 blocks per game, both offensive and defensive, and was 21 years old with strong athleticism...... Many people believe that Brother Thick Eyebrows will become the gravedigger of the "Durant and James era".

king

If you're going to Milwaukee, you might be able to get a ticket for $5. But if you want to come across such a good thing in Sacramento, which has not had much of a record, then I'm sorry. Saskatchewan fans are very, very, very supportive of their team, even if they are at the bottom of the league. Rudy Gay threw 30 long-range two-pointers per game, DeMarcus Cousins made five one-on-one layups per game, and Isaiah Thomas insulted the big men who defended him five times per game. What could be more entertaining than that?

"What about the 13th in the West? We have Cousins and Angarie Lanadive (the daughter of the Kings owner, who is popular with fans for her pre-game Indian-inspired singing and dancing). Sachsa fans confessed.

Lakers

Kobe Bryant still doesn't bow to fate, but his body obviously doesn't have the same heart as him. The huge two-year, $48.5 million contract extension has made all the big-name free agents interested in the California Sunshine unhappy — and everyone has seen Howard's 2013 season miserable. Throughout the 2014 season, Nick Young's clumsy Kobe imitation show may not have earned him a long-term contract with the Lakers, but at least he was nominated for the season MVP of the "Shaq Five".

The Lakers seem to have their sights set on the No. 7 pick that can be transferred. In addition, Bryant promised to help young players grow as the team rebuilds.

"The lucky one who was drafted with the No. 7 pick, you have two years to learn from Mr. Bryant how to throw 20 freestyle shots per game."

Whether or not Gasol leaves this summer, Staples' dome leaves a spot for the No. 16 jersey.

Sir

Millsap and Al Jefferson each completed a playoff miracle in the East after being sent away by the Jazz. Ernes Kante returned to the bench in the second half of the season, while Favors has yet to show the deterrent power of the "next Malone". Gordon Hayward can take on the playmaking load, but he can't avoid turnovers. Trey Burke was the only surprise for the Jazz in 2014.

Will the Jazz use the No. 4 pick to pick an interior player in an attempt to get rid of Kante as quickly as possible?

(NBA Chinese official website)