As the regular season draws to a close, in addition to a few teams battling for limited playoff tickets, some teams that have locked up playoff spots are also looking to grab home-court advantage. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Almost everyone who watches the game knows the importance of home court advantage in the playoffs, and a set of data can clearly show that the probability of a team with home field advantage in the playoffs is more than 80% to advance to the next round, and vice versa is less than 20%.

In the finals, this ratio is relatively low, because when it comes to the finals, there are too many uncontrollable factors, Rao, this rate is still above 70%, so having a home court advantage means that the team has a greater chance to go further, which is why every team tries to strive for a higher ranking in the regular season.

Heading into April, the Knicks have a 63-13 record and temporarily occupy the top spot in the league, followed by the Warriors, Spurs and Cavaliers.

The Knicks' record was originally unbeatable, but Wang Zhuo took a full month off before other teams in order to eliminate the hidden danger of injury, and the momentum of victory weakened slightly, resulting in a gradual narrowing of the win gap with several other teams.

On April 2, with the final five games of the regular season, the Knicks were only two wins ahead of the Cavaliers, 1.5 wins ahead of the Warriors and three wins ahead of the Spurs.

The Spurs and Warriors are Western Conference teams, and unless they meet in the Finals, the number of wins and losses doesn't affect each other much, while the Cavaliers are different, and it is directly related to home-court advantage in the Eastern Conference Finals.

Judging from the current strength of each team, the Knicks and Cavaliers have the best chance of meeting in the Eastern Conference Finals, and it can be said that it is a sure thing if there are no accidents such as major injuries.

However, near the end of the season, the Cavaliers regained the majesty of the championship team, and before that, they had won a wave of ten consecutive wins, and the winning streak continued, and they had the potential to catch up with the Knicks.

No head coach is willing to give up home-court advantage on his own initiative, and Wang Zhuo is no exception, with the last five games remaining, other teams began to rotate and rest, but the Knicks played every game.

The benefits of rotation rest are great, the main players can recuperate, and the probability of injury is greatly reduced, but there are also certain drawbacks, that is, the run-in of the team's tactical system is prone to rustiness.

Wang Zhuo took turns to rest the main team a month in advance, and in this month, several main players were not present at the same time, and the run-in of tactics was bound to be less smooth than before, so in the remaining 5 games, Wang Zhuo chose to play with all the players, review the commonly used and infrequently used tactics, and check and fill in the gaps.

The ability to familiarize himself with tactics and lock in home-court advantage in the playoffs is entirely due to Wang Zhuo's foresight.

On April 3, the Knicks played their first full game in a month, 112-96 at Madison Square Garden, cleanly repelling the visiting Atlanta Hawks.

At the same time, the Cavaliers also slaughtered the Wizards with a big victory, but James and his Cavaliers were still slightly disappointed because the Knicks also won.

"I never thought about home field advantage, I just wanted to win more and then beat one opponent after another in the playoffs."

In the face of the media, James seemed to be calm and breezy when he spoke, and perhaps only James himself knew that his words were somewhat insincere, and he couldn't eat the taste of grapes and sour grapes.

"LeBron's attitude is my attitude, last season we didn't have home-court advantage, we won the championship as well, and the Warriors still missed the championship with a record 73-9."

Cavaliers head coach Tyronn Lue's words look more convincing, as he seems to be singing a duet with James, and they work together seamlessly.

"I didn't think about it, I just thought about who my opponent was or who my opponent was in the next round."

Wang Zhuo's answer was short and lethal, although it sounded a little pretend, but no one would feel that way, because the Knicks's strong strength was enough to support what Wang Zhuo said.

When the strength is strong enough, it is bull x to say such things, and if you still dare to brag if you are not strong enough, you can only be defined as pretending to x, it is obvious that Wang Zhuo is the former, not the latter.

On April 5, visiting San Antonio, the Knicks did their best, 94-88, to defeat the Spurs away, completely blocking the Spurs from the competition for home court advantage.

Before the start, Popovich made up his mind to entangle with the Knicks, but he had the intention to kill the enemy and was unable to return to the sky, and suddenly, it seemed that he dreamed back to the second round of the playoffs with the Thunder last season.

After losing this game, Popovich no longer had any worries, and did not hesitate to arrange for the main players to rest until the end of the regular season, of course, this did not affect the Spurs' situation of ranking second in the West.

On April 7, the Knicks rushed to Minnesota to compete with the Timberwolves, in fact, it was not a contest at all, and the Knicks, who were full of firepower, taught the young and vigorous Timberwolves a vivid and profound lesson.

However, Wang Zhuo is obviously aware that the Timberwolves' tactical literacy is getting better and better, no doubt, thanks to Thibodeau's earnest teaching, not surprisingly, in the next 3-5 years, the Timberwolves will definitely be able to regain their pride in the league, of course, provided that the Timberwolves want to keep the two core players Wiggins and Towns, and fade the title of "superstar porter".

On April 10th, the Knicks returned to their home court to face the Orlando Magic, and now the Magic is completely a bullying team, the Knicks are almost bloodless, and they have debunked the magic tricks of Orlando, of course, the Magic, who completely lost the qualification for the playoffs, did not make any resistance, compared to the Timberwolves, the Magic is the real superstar porter.

So far, the Knicks have completely established the absolute home-court advantage in the playoffs with a wave of four-game wins, and as the name suggests, they have the home-court advantage from the first round to the finals.

Originally, the Warriors still had a glimmer of hope, but in a back-to-back two games, the Warriors lost to the Los Angeles Lakers, which is actually not an upset, no matter how strong the Warriors are, they always have to lose to the Lakers once in a season, and Kerr seems to have no intention of competing with the Knicks for the top spot, not to mention that the Warriors have firmly occupied the top spot in the West.

The Knicks' last game of the season is scheduled for April 12, and the result of this game is irrelevant, and Wang Zhuo unsurprisingly chose to take a full break, and the whole game was a substitute in practice.

On the other side, the Cavaliers struggled to catch up, always hoping that the Knicks would lose two games, and the results disappointed James again and again, until the last game, James finally got what he wanted, and the Knicks lost, but it didn't matter. (To be continued.) )