Chapter 61: The Playoffs Are Coming (Part 3)

After 82 regular season games, the gap between the East and the West is even better than in previous years.

At the top of the East are the old powerhouses Pistons, but they only have 53 wins, which is only the fifth place in the West.

The second-place Cavaliers are the only two in the East with 50 wins (50-32).

In third place is the Raptors, led by Bosh, who have a 47-35 record.

In fourth place is the Heat, the defending champions almost missed the playoffs, relying on the old shark O'Neal's strength in the second half and the weakness of the teams in the same district, they barely made it to the top half.

(Note: NBA '06 still implements the division system, and the team that ranks first in the division automatically advances to the top four in the division.) )

The fifth-placed Chicago Bulls have 49 wins thanks to the strong performance of the Trident, and they are inferior to the Pistons and can only be in the bottom half.

The New Jersey Nets (41 wins), Washington Wizards (41 wins) and Orlando Magic (40 wins) are in sixth to eighth place.

Compared with the eastern region, the western army's achievements this year are not unremarkable.

The Mavericks were also pressed by the Rockets by half a win in the first half of the season, but after the All-Star break, there were various fancy streaks, more than a dozen consecutive wins were broken and connected, and finally achieved an amazing record of 67 wins and 15 losses, which is not only proud of the league, but also ranks 6th in the entire NBA history!

The second-place team is the Phoenix Suns, who are the only two teams in the West to go over 60 wins (62-20).

In third place is the San Antonio Spurs, who have an impressive 59-23 record under the leadership of GDP.

The fourth-ranked Jazz, although they only won 51 wins, because of their record surpassed the Nuggets, they made it to the top half.

In fifth place is the Rockets, whose record has dropped significantly after the rest, and they are 59-23 like the Spurs, but because of the win-loss relationship between the two sides in the regular season (the Rockets are 1-3 and the Spurs), the Rockets are in fifth.

The Nuggets (44 wins), Lakers (41 wins), and Warriors (41 wins) are ranked 6~8.

When the final match came out, the prediction lists of major media were also released.

The Mavericks and Suns have naturally become the favorites to win the championship because of their outstanding records, and many well-known media such as T.N.T, ESPN, FOX and other well-known media have ranked them as the favorites to win the championship.

The projections for the third seat are diverse.

ESPN believes that the Spurs are a team on the same level as the Mavericks and Suns, especially the 3-1 Rockets in the regular season. Povich has always been strong in the playoffs, and they may even pull the Mavericks and Suns down.

T.N.T's view is the opposite of ESPN's, although it unexpectedly fell to fifth, but it also allows the Rockets to play the Mavericks in the second round, although the Mavericks have a particularly good record this season, they are at a disadvantage against the Rockets (1-3), and the Rockets are likely to be dark horses.

The FOX audience is different from the previous two, they think that the Jazz are the big dark horses in the playoffs, and the pick-and-roll combination of Sloan, Deron Williams and Boozer, plus Oku, a rare center in the league who can shoot three-pointers, they are likely to win the Rockets in the first round and then go black.

After the media gave predictions, the bookmakers also released the odds for each team to win the championship before the start of the playoffs.

The Mavericks are in first place at 1.5 to 1.

The Suns came in second with 1 to 2.67.

The Spurs are third at 1-2.9.

The Rockets are fourth at 3.5 to 1.

The Pistons are 5.2 to 1, the Cavaliers are 6.0 to 1, and the Jazz are in 5~7 places with 1 to 7.8.

The playoffs began immediately, and Tang Tian gave the players a day off on the last day of preparation.

The Rockets lost 2-0 in the first round last season, and many of the players were still in the roster at that time, and giving them a break to relax can be a great relief for their psychological pressure.

Taking advantage of the rest time, Tang Tian also drove to his aunt's house to accompany his "family" and relax at the same time.

"God, how about I spend all my money on buying you to win?"

Tang Tian was sitting on the balcony drinking tea, looking at the spring scene, Hathaway suddenly came out with a newspaper in his arms.

"What?" Tang Tian turned back suspiciously, and only after seeing that Hathaway was holding the newspaper of the bookmaker in his hand, did he understand what she was talking about.

"You're still playing this?" Tang Tian took the newspaper very suspiciously.

There are the odds for each team to win the title, and in addition to that, there are some markets for the first round matchups.

Hathaway said that the Rockets and Jazz have two kinds of wins, losses and small scores, the odds of winning and losing are low, and the small scores are obviously much higher.

"I'm going to make a fortune, look at Taylor, your cousin will be envious." Hathaway said with her head down.

"How about I think I buy a 4-0 fraction?"

Tang Tian felt a hot breath approaching his head.

Hathaway was tall, and it was already spring, and she was already wearing a thin outfit, and when she looked down, two white flowers loomed in front of his eyes.

Tang Tian unconsciously remembered the scene of seeing the other party that night, and his face was slightly hot.

He didn't turn his head, he focused on the newspaper.

The Rockets' odds of 4-0 Jazz are 1-3.5, which is already a very high odds for a single round.

"You believe me so much?" Tang Tian said with a smile.

"Of course!" Hathaway laughed and said, "But I'll buy a thousand dollars." ”

Tang Tian smiled, then thought of something, and said, "Is there a match in every group?" ”

"Right? Why are you also interested? But you're the head coach of the Rockets, you can't buy your own team. Hathaway followed.

Tang Tian didn't speak, and after sweeping this side, he turned it over.

The Warriors played against the Mavericks, and the Warriors won at odds of 1-5, which is amazingly high.

The Warriors are 4-0 with the Mavericks, 50 to 1, and this is purely open play.

Tang Tian swept his gaze down, and then saw the Warriors 4-2 Mavericks, the odds were 1 to 20, which was still very exaggerated.

His eyes were fixed on the odds, and he was a little moved.

As a traverser, the NBA's most well-known "Black Eight Miracle" will naturally not forget that in his previous life, former Mavericks coach Nelson Sr. led the bombarded Warriors team to eliminate the Mavericks who were aiming for the championship 4-2, which was also the first Black Eight after 7 games and 4 wins in the playoffs, which shocked the world.

Originally, because his crossing would produce a butterfly effect, he didn't think about gambling on football, but because of the rotation, by mistake, he found that the regular season rankings in the East and West were exactly the same as in his previous life, and the Mavericks still ranked first in the West in the end, and the Warriors were still the opposite!