Chapter 481: Season-End Madness

But then again, there is some truth in the best of the month given to Ye Xuan, before Ye Xuan came to the Lakers, the Lakers won a total of 12 games in five months, but in the 13 games after Ye Xuan came to the Lakers, the Lakers actually achieved a superhuman record of 10 wins and 3 losses, if the Lakers could trade Ye Xuan two months earlier, maybe now the Lakers can directly enter the playoffs, After all, the Mavericks, who are now eighth in the West, and the Rockets, who are seventh in the West, have only 37 wins.

Not to mention that although Ye Xuan has not played as many games as Curry and others this month, he is not far behind in terms of statistics, and his average playing time per game is only 35 minutes, but he can average 32 points per game, plus 6.4 rebounds and 8,8 assists. If it weren't for the fact that a few games ended too quickly, so that Ye Xuan didn't have a chance to brush the data, it would be difficult for Ye Xuan to take his data further, and Ye Xuan also got two triple-doubles this month, 28 points in a single quarter, 49 points and 11 assists in a single game, and other superhuman performances, so this award for Ye Xuan is not an upset. As for the best of the month in the East, it was given to Ye Xuan's former teammate, Paul George.

After Ye Xuan was traded, Pickled Pepper regained the position of the boss of the Pacers, and the ball began to concentrate on him. Coupled with the bench, -Smith, and Louis Williams, the run-in of the two super six is surprisingly good, although Lowe is a lone wolf type of substitute player, but his passing is not bad, so when he is targeted by the opponent and the like, he can still use the pass to give the opponent a heavy blow, and the Pacers are the most lacking on the outside, which is the shooter. Now the Pacers' luxurious lineup is about to drool when it comes to seeing it, and any five of them can be caught from the bench to play against the main players of the fish belly team.

But the Pacers actually have a big hidden danger, first of all, they will soon need to face a large-scale contract extension, Solomon Hill next season, Oladipo and others next season, Shambaugh's contract, Smith's contract, Tyson Chandler's contract, and Jordan Hill's contract will all expire in 17 years, and it will be really harder than climbing to the sky if you want to keep them at that time, so if the Pacers can't win the championship in these two years, then in the summer of 17, Presumably, the Pacers will only be able to watch themselves become a player supermarket.

Not to mention the best candidate of the month in the East and West, after entering April, each team has started its final sprint, especially in the West, which is very miserable, and the Rockets, who were originally very optimistic about the team, are not particularly ideal due to many reasons such as incompatibility within the team, and now they are less than 40 wins. is ranked seventh in the West, and the Jazz are even worse, falling out of the top eight after being defeated by the Lakers, and there is one team that is also hanging, that is, the Mavericks, who are now in eighth place, and there is a danger of falling out if they are not careful.

There is a harmonious atmosphere in the East, the Pacers and Cavaliers as the first echelon, sitting in the top two in the East very safely, and then the Raptors, Heat, Hawks and Celtics, the competition for playoff spots is between the Bulls, Wizards and Pistons, and the West side and even the Trail Blazers, who are sixth in the West, are not sure whether they can enter the playoffs, the smell of gunpowder on the East side is obviously much smaller.

In fact, it is strange to say that the Wizards and the Bulls, who were still in the second echelon last season, did not play particularly well this season, especially the Wizards, who all ended in defeat in the face of strong teams, and kept overturning in the face of weak teams, which made people a little confused. The Bulls, on the other hand, are suffering from Rose's point and injury problems, so they are also underperforming and teetering on the edge of the playoffs. On the contrary, the Hornets, who acquired Jeremy Lin at a super low price in the summer, suddenly rose this season and suddenly jumped into the top six in the East with the Celtics.

Time soon came to April 4th, the Celtics came to challenge, the Lakers players are naturally ready, in fact, in the face of the Celtics, the Lakers players are always very energetic, maybe this is the team culture edified out, from ancient times, the Lakers and the Celtics are a pair of mortal enemies, to the modern Bird vs. Magic, and the old science vs. big three in previous years, every time the two teams meet is very exciting.

However, in this game, the Celtics, who wanted to climb up again, crashed into the steel plate, and the Lakers can now be said to be the most restrained Celtics team, because the Lakers' outside defense is very strong, and the offensive firepower is also dominated on the outside, while the Celtics are a little stupid, although there are defensive leaders on the outside, but their defensive tasks are more undertaken by interior players, such as Olynyk, Crowder and others. And they have Thomas Jr. on the outside offense, and Bradley on defense, which looks very reasonable, but Thomas Jr.'s defense is a black hole, plus he was completely killed by Ye Xuanke on the offensive end, so how much combat power he can exert in the end can only depend on his face.

The result is naturally the same, at the beginning of the game, the Celtics still played well, the combination of inside and outside played well, but as time went by, their interior offense weakened, and the outside firepower had no way to make up for it, and the result was directly stupid by the Lakers' offensive frenzy of counterattacks, and at the end of the half, the Celtics went from leading by 6 points in the first quarter to 9 points behind, losing by a full 15 points in a single quarter, and Brad Stevens on the sidelines was so angry that Brad Stevens jumped to his feet.

At the beginning of the second half of the game, Ye Xuan still aimed at Thomas Jr., in fact, even if Thomas Jr. was targeted in the game with other teams, at least he could use stable projection to help the team open up the situation, but Ye Xuan's defense made it difficult to find opportunities for Thomas Jr. to shoot, not only when he was defending, Ye Xuan also liked to target him when attacking, after all, the height of 1.75 meters can only form some interference for Ye Xuan, So as long as Ye Xuan and Little Thomas are in pairs, it will be singles, singles and singles, if it weren't for Little Thomas's good psychological quality, I am afraid that Ye Xuan's targeting method would have made his mentality explode.

In the third quarter, because the Celtics' interior played quite well, the score had not been pulled away, but in the fourth quarter, they were a little unbearable, and they were suddenly turned into a sieve by the Lakers' backcourt.

At the end of the game, the Lakers scored an astonishing 128 points at home this time, while the Celtics still lost to the Lakers by 13 points, although they also scored 115 points. Ye Xuan's data in this game is cool, Thomas Jr. and Bradley are not the kind of spring-shaped backcourt with outstanding height and bounce, so they are not very good at protecting rebounds, so under the card position of Randle and Bass, Ye Xuan actually grabbed 3 frontcourt rebounds in this game, plus 8 backcourt rebounds, Ye Xuan's rebounding data in this game was double-doubled again, although the score was only 29 points, which was not particularly high, but Ye Xuan also sent 12 assists today. Another three pairs, Ye Xuan also didn't open the meat, and at the beginning he took three pairs one after another. In the previous two seasons, Ye Xuan's rebounds combined were not as many as the rebounds he grabbed since he came to the Lakers.

After this game, the Lakers' next game will be an 'away game', but I believe that the audience will still be cheering for the Lakers, after all, Corvo is in charge. As for why this away game is in quotation marks? That's because their next game is against the Clippers, although the Clippers' record in recent years is indeed better than the Lakers, but in Los Angeles, they have always been the children who pay for the phone, and only the Lakers are the real stars of Los Angeles.

And the saddest thing is that the Clippers have to face the Lakers in two consecutive games, and it will be back-to-back games. This is probably also made by the league lazily, although it is actually very scientific, anyway, everyone is a stadium, and everyone doesn't have to fly around to fight in a row, just change the floor, it's not a big deal.

This season's Clippers are actually quite good, sitting in fifth place in the West, ahead of Anthony and Anthony...... Davis' Pelicans, while the top three in the West are the Warriors, Spurs and Thunder. However, the Clippers are under no pressure right now, after all, the Trail Blazers below them are now eight wins behind, and it will be a bit difficult to fall with only eight games left in total.

On April 6th, the Lakers' away game began, and the audience at the scene was holding small gifts such as T-shirts issued by the Clippers, while constantly applauding Kobe and Ye Xuan, which made the Clippers staff feel cold, there is no way to call Lao Ke's popularity, and now Lao Ke has not decided whether to stay and fight for another season, so everyone is watching this season as his last season, and he is naturally much more enthusiastic than usual.

Fortunately, the strength of the Clippers is still very strong, although the fans at home have defected, but they still occupy the absolute advantage on the field at the beginning, which is also a matter of no way, although Ye Xuan will not suffer a loss when he fights Paul now, and can even have a slight upper hand, but Paul's threading is Ye Xuan has no way to contain it, under the command of Paul, Griffin and Little Jordan, the two stupid big men also broke out with strong combat effectiveness.

Originally, the Lakers' interior line was basically the same as an ornament, but they also encountered the Clippers, an all-star team, and the result was naturally an explosion. At halftime, Jordan Jr. had already brushed up on 11 rebounds, and the worst thing was that the Lakers didn't have a reliable bench group, so when facing the Clippers' luxury bench lineup, they were still bursting, so they were also 14 points behind at halftime, which was still a loss when Ye Xuan scored 29 points at halftime, and the Lakers scored a total of 56 points in the half, and 54 points were provided by outside players, how else can this ball be played?

In the second half, the Lakers didn't want to struggle for anything, and the main players went up to mix the game for half a quarter, and then went to rest. At the end of the game, the Lakers lost to the Clippers on the road that was not a home win, but also a 21-point defeat. Ye Xuan scored 29 points in the first half, and he only scored 35 points in the whole game, because he only played 5 minutes on the spot, and the same is true for Lao Ke, who scored 14 points in the first half and 2 points in the second half, and then was replaced.

The next day, it's still this arena, it's still this opponent, it's still this plot, the Lakers are tragic again, the difference is that this time the Lakers seem to be more tenacious, so the game didn't lose suspense at the end of the job, in fact, the Lakers even led the opponent by nearly 10 points at one point in this game, but because the disadvantage of the inside line was too great, it finally collapsed in the fourth quarter of the game.

It was not Ye Xuan who played well in this game, but Lao Cor and Clarkson, compared with the previous game, Lao Cor and Clarkson have a great improvement in their shooting rate today, which is why the Lakers were able to lead at the beginning. But in fact, the outcome of this game does not matter much to the Lakers, and even in the next game, it is actually very difficult for the Lakers to win, because the next game they will face the Pelicans, who are ranked fourth in the West, and then face the Rockets and Thunder back-to-back.

Of course, there are still some chances in the last game, they will face the Jazz on April 14, and at the end of March, they have defeated the Jazz once, so even if the first few strong teams can't win, but the final game with the Jazz can still be fought for, and when the time comes, the victory in the final battle can be regarded as a successful end to this not very successful season.