Chapter 483: The regular season is over
The streamers that had been prepared for a long time at the scene also floated down, and the audience also cheered wildly, as if the Lakers had won the championship. However, for veteran fans and fans who really like the Lakers, this is indeed a cause for celebration, after all, this result is the perfect curtain call for this legendary performance.
At the end of the game, the Lakers relied on the three-point winner of the veteran who had played for them for 20 years to defeat the visiting Jazz. In this game, Lao Ke also used up all he can do now, and he made 37 crazy shots in the game, hit 17 of them, and finally scored a terrifying 63 points, which should also be the highest score cut by a 38-year-old veteran in the league, and the most touching thing is that this game has been played very anxiously, until the last second, the winner was decided, and the winner was still determined by this veteran who has played for the Lakers for 20 years.
This game is over, which also means that the Lakers have all ended this season, although they are only 24-58 this season, ranked thirteenth in the West, and have not qualified for the playoffs at all, but the strength of the team in the last month or so still makes fans full of hope for the future of the team.
With the end of the last game of the regular season, the NBA ushered in a short break, and the fourteen teams in the next six months are basically in a state of complete vacation, while the remaining sixteen teams will also have a more brutal and fierce playoffs, the playoffs will last for nearly two months, but these have nothing to do with Ye Xuan, because shortly after the end of the game with the Jazz, Ye Xuan had a long talk with Lao Ke again, but in the end he was still unable to keep Lao Ke, Corvo's decision to retire is very resolute, he feels that his last game is perfect enough, and he wants to keep his strong side in front of everyone, rather than waiting for next season when his physical condition further declines and let everyone see his weak side.
Ye Xuan's persuasion was fruitless, so naturally he could only give up the persuasion and hand over this task to the top management of the Lakers team to have a headache. However, I have to say that Ye Xuan was trained intensely after the regular season in the first two seasons, and then started the playoffs, and this season suddenly became idle, which still made Ye Xuan a little uncomfortable, but there was more time for free activities, which is also an indisputable fact.
After looking at this summer's schedule, Ye Xuan found that he still thought about the offseason too easily, because he found that his offseason schedule was actually full, first of all, he naturally wanted to shoot advertisements for his various endorsement products, among which Ferrari advertisements and Nike advertisements may take a long time. And because it was inspired by Ye Xuan pretending to be an old man to disrupt the Christmas battle between the Cavaliers and the Warriors, PepsiCo also invited Ye Xuan and Owen to shoot the third part of the Uncle Drew series together, this time the lineup is unprecedentedly strong, in addition to Owen, this time they also invited Nate Robinson, the spring man, and Maya Moore, who plays in both the CBA and the NBA, and Ye Xuan's addition makes this plot even more interesting.
In fact, Ye Xuan's advertising revenue was still affected after he was continuously injured and traded, such as the watch brand Jaeger-LeCoultre, which signed a contract with Ye Xuan, chose to terminate the contract with Ye Xuan, in addition, Gatorade also gave up Ye Xuan, which is why Ye Xuan will now appear under PepsiCo. As for the watch contract, Ye Xuan chose Patek Philippe as his next home after terminating the contract with Jaeger-LeCoultre, so if you want to talk about the impact, it has no impact, at most it is just to re-set the makeup and something like that.
In fact, Nike has been using what happened in the real life of players as the subject of advertising for a long time ago, to shoot advertisements for these players, such as the sneaker advertisement of Lao Ke, as long as the heart is decided. For example, Lao Zhan was madly despised after making a decision, and then filmed the advertisement that overturned the stadium. And Nike's advertisement this time is to integrate Ye Xuan's real experience, this season Ye Xuan has experienced the biggest crisis in his history, injury! Therefore, he was ruthlessly abandoned by the team, but after coming to the Lakers, Ye Xuan is still as strong as when he was not injured, this time the theme of the advertisement is this, discussing the betrayal between the team and the players, and Ye Xuan's victory declaration next season.
Just when Ye Xuan was still working on his endorsement advertisement, the NBA playoffs had quietly begun, and on the eastern side, the Pacers were at the top of the list against the Pistons, who were worthy of being ranked eighth in the East. The Cavaliers, on the other hand, are second in the East against the miserable Hornets, and it looks like the Hornets will not be able to escape the fate of the team's 0-win playoff this season. Next is the Raptors, who are third in the East, against the Celtics, and the Heat, who are fourth in the East, are against the Hawks.
On the West side, the Warriors, who are the first in the West, came up against their opponents in the Western Finals last year, the Rockets, and the Rockets were actually miserable enough, and they actually ended up in eighth place in the West. The 67-win Spurs will only be able to settle for second place and will face their old rivals, the Grizzlies.
The third team in the West is the Thunder team led by the Thunder Shuangshao, their opponent is the Portland Trail Blazers, the matchup between the Shuangshao and the backcourt double guns, there are still some highlights, and the fourth team in the West is the Pelicans of the two Anthony, their opponents are also 53 wins, but in the end they are ranked fifth in the West because of the relationship between wins and losses. These matchups can be said to be full of highlights, except for the Thunder and Trail Blazers, which may be less interesting, the other games are due to various historical issues, such as the Rockets and the Warriors, who were opponents in the Western Conference Finals last year, and Green also fouled Harden maliciously during the regular season. For example, the Spurs and the Grizzlies, the Spurs were eliminated by the Grizzlies Black Eight that year.
And the matchup between the fourth in the West and the fifth in the West is even more interesting, because the style of play of these two teams is very similar, Anthony and Paul are also friends in the Dust Four, not to mention that Paul was the core player of the Pelicans who had not changed their name back then, so there are a lot of highlights, of course, the most important thing is that the Pelicans are actually the team that scores the most three-pointers in the league this year except for the Warriors, and the Clippers are the team with the most empty catches per game, which is a contest between outside offense and interior offense.
But these Ye Xuan didn't care, because he was constantly catching up with the schedule, when he completed several relatively large endorsement advertisements, the time had come to May, when the first round of the regular season had been played, and finally the Warriors defeated the Rockets 4:1, and the Spurs did not give the Grizzlies another chance, and they also defeated the opponent 4:1. The victory on the Thunder's side came even simpler, a 4:0 direct sweep of the Trail Blazers, indeed, the Trail Blazers still lacked some rationality in the lineup. The most anxious game in the West is the game between the Clippers and the Pelicans, the first four games are over, the two sides are tied 2:2, but in the fourth game, Griffin and Paul are both injured and left the court, and finally the Clippers lost in the next two games because of their independence, and were finally eliminated.
The Eastern Conference was a bit more dominant, with the Pacers sweeping the Pistons and winning by more than 15 points in almost every game, which also showed their strong fighting ability. Like the Pacers, the Cavaliers easily swept the Hornets by an average of 15 points per game, extending their playoff winless streak. Next is the game between the Raptors and the Celtics, at the beginning, everyone thought it was a close game, but they didn't expect the Raptors to be hot in three consecutive games, and directly played a 3:0 start, although then the Celtics struggled to get back a city on their home court, but when they came to Toronto again, they still lost. The only game that was played more intensely was the game between the Heat and the Hawks, who had reached the tie-break, and in the end the Hawks were stronger, relying on the containment of the inner twin towers and the feel of the outside to defeat the Heat.
After the first round of the playoffs, the awards of the regular season finally surfaced, first of all, the statistics of various data, the scoring champion is Stephen Curry, who averaged 30.1 points per game this season, although compared with Ye Xuan's average of 35 points per game last season, it is still a lot worse, but it is not bad. The rebounding champion is Andre Drummond of the Pistons, and after the team abandoned Monroe, the interior of the Pistons became Andre Drummond's world, and he was able to grab 14.8 rebounds per game this season.
The ownership of the assist king is much more intense, the first to be on the list is Rondo, who completely controlled the ball of the Pacers after Ye Xuan left, he can average 11.4 assists per game this season, and Wall and Paul are not far behind, one can send an average of 11.2 assists per game, and the other can average 10.9 assists per game, the competition can be said to be unprecedentedly fierce, but in the end, it was Rodo who was better and got the assist king. The king of blocks belongs to Hassan Whiteside, who averages 3.7 blocks per game, the highest in the past 15 years, and only Ibaka in the 11-12 season can compare with it. Although Curry only averaged 2.1 steals per game this season, due to Wall's average performance this season, Paul's energy was not focused on steals, and Ye Xuan, who contributed an average of 3.2 steals per game this season, did not participate in this selection due to insufficient games, so Curry, who finally made 2.1 steals, took the title of steal king into his pocket.
Then there are a number of other awards, such as Karl Anthony Towns for Rookie of the Year, Jamal Crawford for Sixth Man of the Year, and Steve Kerr for 73-win coach of the Year. Of course, there's not much to say about the All-Rookie Team and anything like that. Next comes the most critical awards, first of all, the best defensive team award, due to Ye Xuan's exit, everything has returned to the original, the best defensive second team players are Tony Allen, Hassan Whiteside, Paul George, Paul Millsap and Jimmy Butler, and the best defensive team player, is Kawhi Leonard, Draymond Green, DeAndre Jordan, Chris Paul and Avery Bradley, the Clippers have two appeared in the first team, But in the end, they still fell in the first round of the playoffs due to injury, and Paul's Western Finals curse still seems to be in full swing.
After talking about the best defensive team, it's time to talk about the best defensive player DPOY, in fact, this year's DPOY can be seen by anyone with a discerning eye, that is, Kawhi Leonard, this season's Leonard has made great progress compared to last season, scoring has increased from 16 points per game to 21 points per game, while he can still average 7 rebounds and 2.6 assists, 1.8 steals and 1.2 blocks per game. And in addition, his role in the Spurs' tactics is also very obvious, his deterrence on both offensive and defensive ends, and gradually replaced Duncan, becoming the Spurs' new nuclear weapon.
The last thing to talk about is the All-NBA and the MVP of the season, but there is nothing special about the All-NBA team, with Paul George, LaMarcus Aldridge, Andre Drummond, Klay Thompson and Kyle Lowry in the three-team. In the second team, Damian Lillard, Chris Paul, DeMarcus Cousins, Draymond Green and Kevin Durant are on the second team. The players in the squad are LeBron James, Kawhi Leonard, DeAndre Jordan, Stephen Curry and Russell Westbrook. In fact, Pickled Pepper's position can be more advanced, after all, in the half season after Ye Xuan left, the Pacers relied more on Pickled Pepper to support the situation alone, but perhaps because the role players of the Pacers were too show-stealing, Pickled Pepper fell to the third lineup. And Ye Xuan, once again missed various awards because of the number of games, and he only experienced three seasons in total, two of which were not able to win awards for this reason, which also made Ye Xuan a little disappointed, after all, he knew how rich the rewards these awards could bring.