689. The regular season is at a close call

With 64 wins and 18 losses, the Lakers easily defeated the Jazz and beat the Spurs with a 3-1 record between the two teams, and the Lakers finally entered the playoffs with a record that was the best in any year.

However, with a record of 64 wins, they can only rank second in the division.

This year, due to the absence of Kobe's retirement tour, and the Lakers did not have a particularly outstanding performance, it would be surprising that a good lineup would not win 60 wins, and now it just happened to win more than 60 wins, which is considered decent, so in addition to Liu Ren's unilateral beating of Deng Tai-Jones, as well as Liu Ren's 29.14 minutes at the beginning of the division, and the Lakers almost won the three highlights of the Western All-Star starter, the Lakers basically have no big surprises this season.

So, this year's spotlight is all on the last home game against the Memphis Grizzlies, who have already won 72.

In the end, relying on Steve Kerr's big four small tactics, Curry hit four consecutive goals in the last minute, and the Warriors narrowly defeated the Grizzlies 122-114 at home, and the Warriors became the second team to break the best record held by the Bulls in nearly 20 years after last year's Lakers, and ended the 2015-2016 season with a 73-9 regular season record that ranked second in NBA history.

The 2013-2014 season was already on a rampage, and many had predicted a surprising season for the Lakers before the start of the 2014-2015 season.

In the 2013-2014 season, the Lakers suffered their first large-scale injury, and they fell to fifth in the West for a while, and finally it was Kobe Bryant's comeback to suppress the decline, and then the Lakers reinvigorated, struggling to maintain a strong position without three consecutive defeats throughout the season, and have maintained it for three seasons, breaking the Lakers' own record of not losing three consecutive seasons for two and a half seasons from 2007 to 2010.

But at that time, the Lakers were still surprising, and actually won 74 wins.

And this year's Warriors are even more surprising, people think that their rise last season was amazing, who knows that this year directly played a wave of 29 consecutive wins, and in the end it was the Lakers who turned the tide, relying on Liu Ren's all-time performance of 29.14 seconds in the last minute to end their 29-game winning streak.

This is also the reason why although the Lakers have a 1-3 record against the Warriors, many people still think that the Lakers are not weaker than the Warriors.

And the Lakers also kept their own record of 74 regular season wins, if they are swept by the Warriors, the Warriors are very likely to tie their record, of course, it is also possible that after 30 consecutive wins, the Warriors want to break the Lakers' 33 consecutive winning streak, and play too purposefully to lead to too obsessed with winning streaks and losing a few more games, it is also possible, no one can say what kind of changes will be caused by the butterfly effect......

The last regular season curtain call game on April 16, that is, the regular season curtain call of the entire NBA, the Spurs played a big battle with the Rockets at home, and finally the Spurs narrowly defeated the Rockets 136-129, and the NBA regular season officially ended.

The teams in the league that make the playoffs are all determined.

In the East, the Cavaliers have a 57-25 record and rank first in the East, the Knicks are second in the East with 56-26, the Raptors are third in the East with 50-32, the Hawks are fourth in the East at 42-40, and the Celtics are fifth in the East with 50-32.

The most improved team in the league this year is the Philadelphia 76ers, who are in sixth place in the East, and the acquisition of Isaiah Thomas reinjects the soul of Philadelphia into Philadelphia that Iverson took away that year, and the 76ers sent away a first-round draft pick and two second-round picks plus the best rookie McCarvey in exchange for Isaiah Thomas is the smartest decision they have made since sending Iverson away in 2007, and this deal is a god-like deal compared to trading Iguodala for the league's second center.

This year, the 76ers selected D'Angelo Russell, a rookie with historic shooting talent, signed Jordan Hill and Rockets veteran Landry, re-signed Covington and Rotten, and retained the previous lineup of excellent role players, with Isaiah Thomas and D'Angelo Russell and Nolens Knoll as the core lineup, continuing the strong momentum in the second half of last season, ending the season with a 47-35 record and ranking sixth in the East.

Seventh in the East is the Hornets, who signed Jeremy Lin, Batum, Al Jefferson, and then traded for a group of high-quality role players such as Mike Scott, Jeremy Lamb, and Marvin Williams.

Eighth in the East is the Pacers, who have played hard since Paul George's comeback and won 42-40.

The Wizards, who were already on the verge of entering the top four in the East last season, are weirdly bad this year, and they are really inexplicably declining, that is, they suddenly fell from the super potential lineup that was considered to be likely to pull the Knicks or the Hawks down, and directly fell to the top eight in the East, and finally only ranked 11th in the East.

This can only be described as the name of the Wizards, who were cursed by the "Wizard".

The most regrettable thing is that the Bulls, who are ranked ninth in the East, are reimbursed by Rose for another season, Noah continues to be at a low point, and they have not brought in any stars, so they relied on Jimmy Butler and Aaron Brooks Jr. to lead the team to a 41-41 record, but in the end they still failed to overtake the Pacers and unfortunately ranked ninth in the East.

The Pistons were a surprise, almost reaching a 5-to-5 winning percentage and ranking 10th in the East with a 40-42 record.

On the Western side, the Warriors have basically locked up the league's No. 1 record after almost 20 consecutive wins in the opening game, which is more cruel than the Lakers' start last season, and the opening 29 consecutive wins have basically become an unbreakable opening record.

Both the Lakers and Spurs are 64-18, with the Lakers second in the West and the Spurs third in the West.

The Thunder are 55-27 and ranked fourth in the West, and the sad Clippers have a 57-25 record that is tied for the first place in the East, but can only rank fifth in the West, just as tragic as the Celtics.

Sometimes the West is strong and the East is weak, which does not mean that the overall record of the West necessarily has an advantage over the East.

With three teams in the West winning 60+ games this year, and more than five-eighths of the division's games played against teams in the same division, it would be disastrous for most teams in the division to have a combined 201-45 record.

Starting with the Clippers, the results in the West slipped like a cliff.

The team that finished sixth in the West is the Grizzlies at 48-34, the Trail Blazers at 44-38 in seventh, and the Mavericks in fourth place at 41-41.

The Jazz are 39-43 in ninth place, and the Rockets are 37-45 in tenth......

The teams that make the playoffs are naturally happy, although some teams are not satisfied with the rankings, but there is no need to continue to worry and worry about the rankings, everything has been settled.

And the teams that didn't make the playoffs had their own joys and frustrations.

For example, the Jazz and the Bulls, who fought for a whole season and fell outside the playoffs at the last moment, are naturally close to the collapse of faith, this feeling of fighting for a year or just a little bit is actually worse than rotten, just like the Rockets who won the lottery for three consecutive years, veterans like Battier who have been holding on for three years can't help but flee to hug their thighs.

According to post-season rumors, Jimmy Butler, who has just signed a new contract and has only played for a year, has already had a desire to leave the Bulls.

Derrick Rose and Joakim Noah, the youngest regular-season MVP before Liu Ren and the center who was both a league double-team plus the best defensive player two years ago, became the biggest obstacle for Jimmy Butler to stay with the Bulls.

Before Rose was injured and Noah was put on the bench, the Bulls had a nightmarish time, until after both of them couldn't play, the Bulls came out on top, which was Jimmy Butler's worst.

And Rose's contract is good, he signed the contract in November 2010, that is, before the signing of the new version of the collective bargaining agreement in 2011, at first it was 6 years 95 million, and then after the new collective bargaining agreement came out, the Rose clause was triggered, rising to 6 years 118 million, 2017-2018 season player option.

Jimmy Butler is not young, not young compared to players who entered the NBA at the same time, he is already 27 years old, and there is no time to wait for Rose's contract to expire.

Noah is okay overall, a center with an average of 7 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists per game, the last year of the previous 6-year 80 million contract is still in the last year, and the trade is easy, and it is okay to stay if he can play.

But it's unlikely that Rose will recover, and a knee injury can be devastating for a point guard who plays at explosive speed.

When the news broke, Liu Ren, who was preparing for the playoffs, felt very sentimental, and then decided to work harder on his basic skills in the summer.

What is the worst thing about Rose, that is, the basic skills are too poor, except for the breakthrough with the ball, it is a disaster in other aspects, no shooting, no good organizational skills, except for the breakthrough point is the breakthrough point, but when his personal finishing ability to rush to the basket declines, no one else can prevent him from hitting the iron all the time, naturally there is no way to send assists, after the explosiveness of the outside player is lost, no shooting is equivalent to no ball-free ability.

Not only that, but Rose's biggest problem now is that he is too confident and conceited, as the youngest MVP ever, even if he is reimbursed for four consecutive years, he still plays with the mentality that he is a superstar, and Chicago fans have a mindset of eternal tolerance and waiting for him, the superstar who led them out of the quagmire of Jordan's retirement for 10 years, which is the key reason why Jimmy Butler is now desperately wanting to escape from Rose's side.

People are used to the Jazz's rumors that Hayward was rejected by management, and it came once last offseason, again before the midseason trade deadline this year, and now it's no surprise that it's time to do it again.

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The teams that hit the playoffs include the Mavericks, Trail Blazers, 76ers, and Hornets who eventually succeeded, and the Pacers who were unwilling to enter the playoffs because they played the Cavaliers in the first round...... What's the difference between not making the playoffs, it's better to go for the draft lottery, in case you get the top pick like the 2002 Rockets.

There are also Bulls and Jazz who are about to collapse mentally, and the stars of the house are all leaving.

And there are joys and frustrations in the bad team.

The Bucks, Nets, and Suns are ranked first to third from the bottom, the Bucks were originally their Antetokounmpo was robbed by the Lakers, and they had to go to the top pick to exchange Antetokounmpo back, the Nets were paying for the trade of Pierce and Garnett, and the Suns chose the wrong point guard to stay, if either Isaiah Tomacs or Dragic were left, the Suns might still be one of the playoff contenders, and the three top point guards chose the weakest Bledsoe, The point is, this guy is also reimbursed for another season.

In other words, these three teams, except for the Nets, who do not have their own draft picks, the other two teams are actually focusing on the Lakers' two major point guards, LaVine and Antetokounmpo, the focus is on Antetokounmpo, if they are lucky enough to draw the top pick, according to the inside story that leaked out of the source, their first choice is to trade with the Lakers.

The top pick basically belongs to these three teams, and the combined odds of their three teams winning the top pick are more than 70%.

Of course, there is also a chance of an upset, but the possibility of an upset is not large, basically but it is an upset between the teams with the top three win rates, and the probability of an upset for other teams is greater is the third pick, and the probability of an upset in the second pick is not large, because the draw is the first three picks to draw.

The Bucks and Suns are naturally happy to be successful, while the Nets are crying, even if they get the top pick, they belong to the Celtics, and until 2018, the Celtics have the opportunity to exchange draft picks with them, and the Celtics have risen, and the draft picks exchanged for them may not enter the lottery, not even to the top 20 picks in the end......

There are also teams like the Magic and the Timberwolves that can't rot down, and the talent is too good to be able to play, but it's impossible to rot to the end.

There are also teams like the Nuggets and Pelicans that don't want to be bad but are inexplicably rotten, and it's embarrassing to hold the bottom 10 or so records.

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At the end of the regular season, everything has been settled, and the data kings have come out.

The Lakers have an extra bunch of frustrated men.

Liu Ren looked at the news that Curry, who averaged 32.4 points per game, won the scoring championship trophy, the neck of the T-shirt was about to bite, he averaged 22 points, 8 rebounds and 4.2 assists per game this year, and he was all-round, and he played 62 times this year and delivered a career-high 260 assists, but the scoring champion is gone.

Whiteside watched the news of Drummond getting the rebounding king and went to the 2K16 game to use himself to tyrannize Drummond, he averaged 14 rebounds per game, Drummond averaged 14.5 rebounds per game, in fact, this has to do with the fact that he played 10 minutes less than Drummond, and it has a lot to do with it, he played 71 games this season, and his average playing time was only 29 minutes per game, and his rebounding efficiency was far behind the rest of the league.

However, Whiteside's playing time is already the second-highest for the Lakers, and he can't complain and can only vent in the game.

Although the Bucks are the first in the league, Rondo's assists are still explosive, averaging 12.4 assists per game, more than 1 higher than the second-place Wall, and there is no suspense about the assist king.

The steal king belongs to the 76ers' Isaiah Thomas, perhaps the reason why Philadelphia's answer is the steal king, Isaiah Thomas won the assist king for the first time this year.

The king of blocks, the Lakers finally have a data king, Whiteside defended the king of blocks, 4.1 blocks, he is like the contemporary Olajuwon and Mutombo, far behind the others, Anthony Davis, who is in second place, only averages 2.7 blocks per game.

Mistakes King ...... This embarrassing statistic was picked up by Harden, who was very embarrassed this year, averaging 4.6 turnovers per game, almost equaling the embarrassing record of Iverson and Barkley as the all-time mistake king.

But what can be done, there is a god-like opponent who helps him deliver two turnovers almost every game, Harden often bursts inside and jumps up to pass to Howard, only to Howard to turn around and grab the rebound, which Lakers fans have often appreciated before......

Three-point king, this has completely been named by Curry, Curry has made 408 three-pointers this year, hitting an average of 5.1 three-pointers per game in 80 appearances, and has thrown off Klay Thompson, who is also a Warriors player and the second in the league in three-point shooting. Klay Thompson averaged 3.5 three-pointers per game and 287 three-pointers in his season throughout the season, and was the three-point king any year before the Splash Brothers, Ray Allen and Reggie Miller, the two strongest three-pointers before him, did not match Klay Thompson's performance this year at the peak of their careers.

But who gave Klay Thompson a teammate with a three-point ability that surpassed the entire NBA history, he could only be the second all-time.

The league's king of three-point shooting percentage is not either Curry or Thompson, there is no way Curry averages 12 three-pointers per game, and Thompson also averages 8.2 three-point shots per game.

Curry's three-point shooting percentage is only fifth, Thompson is only eighth, and the first place is still Korver, who has dominated the N years, the second data king of the Lakers, but there is no trophy, although Korver has declined, but it is mainly a matter of age, he is still so stable, 47% three-point shooting rate is still unshakable first, and has remained first for several years.

The king of shooting percentage once again belongs to Jordan Jr. of the Clippers, and the 71 percent shooting percentage is also drunk, and people say that if Howard is willing to play according to Jordan Jr.'s style of play, it is definitely no worse than Jordan Jr., but Howarddra can't lose that face.

And Jordan Jr. doesn't care about any face, unless it's a direct dunk or an empty catch, he will never shoot, and the shooting percentage is more than 20 percentage points higher than the free throw shooting rate...... What a big deal! 1.