Chapter 431: End of Season (Part II)
"Little bunny, watch your position, the one who stuck you."
"Salish, card slot, card slot, don't miss people."
"Erwin, protect Toby, you have to keep an eye on protecting your teammates' positions."
In the training hall of the runners, Wang Lei's voice kept ringing, and his players immediately followed the instructions of the head coach to run and get stuck.
Since entering March, the runners have made a lot of rotations in their daily competitions, and Wang Lei has started a new round of adjustments in daily training.
The physical training and strength training that had been carried out before were basically stopped, and some technical training was also stopped, and the whole team continued to conduct experimental training for defense and teamwork.
The rotation has led to ups and downs in the Runners' record, but it's within the limits of the team's current record, and defensive training is what matters right now.
In fact, the Runners have already locked up their playoff qualification for the season after their final game in February, and even if they lose all of their games after that, they will be guaranteed to finish in the top eight in the West.
In this case, the question of how to play the playoffs and how to play has become the focus of the whole team.
Several players with playoff experience in the team are constantly called out by Wang Lei to tell young players about their experience, and at the same time, Wang Lei himself is constantly communicating with coaches with playoff experience on the coaching staff, and the whole team is preparing for the final preparation for the upcoming playoffs.
At the same time, the Suns, who had lost three games in a row to the Runners, finally broke out in civil unrest, with current head coach George Gwen leaving due to a self-blowing scandal and Penny Alexander being kicked out of the team.
Although many Suns players are very dissatisfied with Penny's departure, the Suns management has shown that in addition to their tough side, although they recognize the good changes Penny has brought to the team, but also believe that Penny's presence will affect the team's reputation, so Penny Alexander, a maverick female coach with outstanding coaching talent, has become an outcast.
The turmoil within the team triggered a series of changes, the Suns players began to have infighting, some veteran players began to suppress the young players promoted by Penny, and the young snobbery did not want to lose the dominance of the team, so the entire Suns' record began to decline sharply, and they have now fallen to eighth in the West, and the Spurs behind them are one win away from the Suns' results.
After the Runners defeated the Suns and the Warriors and other teams in the Pacific Division in a row, the Lakers also began to rotate, although their head coach Van Lauder is a more passionate head coach, but he is not stupid, after the Runners have dominated the Pacific Division, the Lakers even if they finally win the first place in the regular season, there is no meaning, so instead of fighting for the regular season results when the players are physically tired, it is better to do a good job of rotation in the next time, Get ready for the challenges of the playoffs.
The Lakers actually suffered such a loss last season, last season they fought with the Mavericks to the end of the regular season, and in the end, although they played a good record of 66 wins, they still lost to the Mavericks 67 The third best result in league history.
And because he fought too hard at the end of the regular season, this also led to the injury reimbursement of the team's interior core Sterry Carter in the first round, although the Lakers finally stubbornly reached the Western Conference Finals, but this is more dependent on the support of the league.
With such an experience, Lakers head coach Van Lauderway began an active rotation as soon as the season entered March, and not only Stelle Carter was limited in playing time, but even some of the team's veterans began to be limited in playing time.
In the playoffs, the role of veterans is really greater than that of young people, and many experienced veterans will fully play their role in the playoffs.
The East side is much more intense than the West, and the difference between the teams in the top four is very small, and everyone wants to go further in the playoffs, but also have more advantages, and the home field advantage is a feature that must not be ignored.
However, among the teams in the fourth to eighth place in the East, the intensity of the game is not so high, because the teams at the bottom of the Eastern Conference are basically rotten, and the Hawks in eighth place in the East have four more wins than the Bucks in ninth, and there is basically no suspense of catching up or falling out of the top eight.
The Wizards and James Hart are having a very happy time now, and although James Hart was depressed for a while after being beaten by the Runners home and away, this very realistic young player quickly came out of the shadows, because he knew that if he didn't come out, it would mean that the team's big contract and the big advertising endorsement contract would leave him.
In this case, the league is still determined to treat James as his own son, because there is no more suitable young star player to be promoted than him.
So with the help of the league, both explicit and covert, the Wizards firmly occupy the first place in the East, and James Hart is also far ahead of the rookie list, and not only that, he is in the top 20 in the scoring list, assists and rebounds, which is a unique rookie player performance in NBA history.
James Hart, who has been comfortable, is already thinking about how to make a difference in the playoffs, and he has higher goals and plans for his rookie season.
Back in Sacramento, the team owner Francis is also helping the team in his own way, in order for the players to have more adequate rest time, Francis contributed his own private jet for the team to use, although the charter service of various airlines in North America is also very good, but in comparison, private jets are more free in time.
The players of the Runners are also actively preparing for the playoffs, and Blair has changed his previous reticent personality and began to actively and proactively communicate with the young players, and he has not reserved teaching his experience to the young players in the team.
As the captain of the team, he desperately hopes that he can make a difference in the playoffs, and he also hopes that his team can go far in the playoffs, or even win a championship.
Now Blair, who can earn more than 20 million a year, doesn't care about the amount of money, he is more looking forward to the glory of the championship.