Chapter 461: Playoff Opponents
"Zhuang, you've been so good this season, I can't imagine that last season we were the fourth from bottom in the league, but after this season we became the second best in the league, and we tied the second best record in the history of the Celtics, but now we don't have a player of Larry's level, and now I believe that you are the best head coach in the NBA, and only you can lead us back to the glory of the past."
In the office of the chairman of the Boston Celtics, Zhuang Fei was drinking coffee on his office chair with a smile on his face, while his assistant team's deputy general manager Danny Anji was talking a little excitedly, and Karl, the team operations director on the other side of Danny Anji, also looked at Zhuang Fei with an extremely complicated face, and it is estimated that he has not yet figured out how to face Zhuang Fei.
"Yes, I didn't expect it myself" Zhuang Fei also smiled and put down his coffee cup and said, although he announced to everyone this season that the Celtics are determined to compete for the championship forever, but this is just a motivation to stimulate the first few of these players, in fact, in Zhuang Fei's plan, in his first season with the Celtics, his goal is to get more than 50 records, and then lead the team to the playoffs with the top four records, and then slowly figure it out after the playoffs, It's just that I really didn't expect the team to be so high at the beginning, 67-15, although in the end this is also because the Celtics have not been challenged too much in the last five games, but this record is only two games worse than the Grizzlies, who are currently the first in the league, and the Grizzlies' final record is 69-13, and this team ranks first in the East and first in the league. The Celtics have a better record than the 66-14 of the Lakers, the first in the West, and these three teams are also the only three teams in the league this year to have a record of more than 60 wins, and the Boston Celtics will have home-court advantage against any team other than the Grizzlies this season.
This is definitely an extremely important thing for Celtic, after all, for young players there is a big difference between home and away.
"Zhuang, you don't have to be modest, if it weren't for your arrival, our team would only be a playoff team at most," Danny Anji also shook his head with a smile after seeing Zhuang Fei's appearance. And the deputy general manager of the Boston Celtics didn't wait for Zhuang Fei to explain before he continued to speak: "In this regard, I agree with the New York Times's point of view, Coach Z is hateful even when he is modest, do you say it is Michael" When Danny Angie finished saying this, he smiled and looked at Michael Lyon Carr on the side.
"Hmph" It's just that the team's vice president of operations glanced at Zhuang Fei deeply after hearing Danny Anji's words, and then snorted coldly and glanced over.
And Zhuang Fei, who saw all this scene, also smiled. Recently, although Mr. Carl's attitude towards him is still like this, he has long ceased to be hostile to him, and even Zhuang Fei can take all the tasks assigned to him very seriously by the president of operations. There is no trace of Yang Fengyin in the face of Pitino, Zhuang Fei also heard Danny Anji say some secrets, this die-hard Celtic fan did not stumble on Pitino, otherwise Pitino would not have fallen so badly.
"Okay, Danny, you don't have to make fun of me, by the way, this is about the team's Atlantic Division championship ceremony held before the playoffs, it's not necessary to do this now," Zhuang Fei said with a straight look at Danny Anji and Carl.
This season, although the Celtics are second in the Eastern Conference, they are the first in the Atlantic Division, which is the first time in 100 years that the Boston Celtics have won this championship pennant since 1992. It can be said that within the Celtics team, those Celtic veterans are ready to operate in a big way, after all, the Celtics have been too dark in the past ten years, and those people also have the intention of rejoicing for the team, but the things that the Celtics veterans have already arranged have been suppressed here by Zhuang Fei. But after today's Boston Celtics regular season, Zhuang Fei directly refused, which also surprised Danny Angie and Carl standing in front of Zhuang Fei. …,
You must know that this celebration was agreed by the cardinal and Lord of the Rings Russell, is it a little too faceless for Zhuang Fei to do this at this time? And a small-scale celebration like this will not take too much time, and Zhuang Fei has no need to refuse at all. It's just that at this time, Danny Anji looked at Zhuang Fei's expression so resolutely, and he was also a little hesitant, but just as Danny Anji hesitated, Karl on his side spoke.
"I see, this celebration is canceled. I'll explain it to others," Carl said with a cold face, this guy who had always been dissatisfied with Zhuang Fei actually stood on Zhuang Fei's side so quickly this time, and at this time, Danny Anji, who had been on Zhuang Fei's side, was still wondering if to persuade Zhuang Fei to think about it again.
"Well, Michael, I'll leave this matter to you" Zhuang Fei also nodded with satisfaction and said to Carl with a smile, Carl also left Zhuang Fei's office without the slightest delay after receiving Zhuang Fei's order, leaving only Danny Anji with a dull face standing there not knowing what he was thinking. It wasn't until Zhuang Fei pretended to cough twice on the side that the deputy general manager of Celtic came back to his senses with an embarrassed face.
"Zhuang, I think you are the third person who can make Carl like this" Danny Anji, who came back to his senses, said to Zhuang Fei with a wry smile, and Zhuang Fei also smiled a little noncommittally after listening to Danny Anji's words, the third? The first two are naturally Cardinals and Lord of the Rings, but Zhuang Fei doesn't care about this seemingly glorious thing.
After Carl left, Zhuang Fei instructed Danny Anji about several matters in this year's draft, the deputy general manager of the team also left, and Zhuang Fei was also a little complicated when he looked at the back of the deputy general manager leaving.
Danny Angie is very tactful, such a person will not conflict with him, but he will never give him all his sincerity 100%, and although Carl seems stubborn and always sings against him, he is a person who can give 100% after getting his approval, among these two people, Zhuang Fei still admires the stubborn Carl
This year's regular season is over. It can be said that for many people this year, this year's regular season is less legendary than in previous years, although this year's Grizzlies broke the 30-year record of 33 consecutive wins, but they did not like the previous two years The Timberwolves and Lakers frantically washed all kinds of records, although it is a little less legendary, but this year's NBA is definitely the most successful one recently, at least for David Stern, this year's NBA is the most successful one, Jordan's comeback has made the league more popular than ever. This year's Christmas War suppressed the NFL in one fell swoop, and I'm afraid David Stern, who designed the Christmas War schedule at the beginning of the season, didn't think about it himself, of course. Compared with previous years, although the competition in the upper echelons of the NBA this year is not as fierce as the original Timberwolves and Lakers, the competition in the middle level is extremely fierce. For example, this year's battle for 3-6 places and 7-9 places in the East, and the same is true for the battle for playoff spots in the West.
In addition to these, there are a lot of dark horse teams this year, especially in the East, the Boston Celtics, who were only the fourth from the bottom in the East last season, actually completed the terrifying feat of winning the Atlantic Division after welcoming Coach Z, and the Wizards also completed a terrifying counterattack after the comeback of Jordan and the arrival of Nash, although their dark horse is not as good as the Celtics, but it is also extremely fast, as for the other Eastern team Cavaliers, the same, In the West, the Warriors, who got Anthony Walker at the beginning of the season, fought their way out and finally entered the playoffs, and it can be said that this year's NBA is definitely a dark horse season.
That's exactly what happened. The Eastern and Western rankings also had a huge shake at the end of the season. …,
In the East, the Vancouver Grizzlies finished first in the East, followed by the Boston Celtics, the Washington Wizards in third place, and the Detroit Pistons in fourth, with the Pistons in fifth. However, because the Heat are in the Atlantic Division, there are two teams in the top four, the Celtics and the Wizards, so they can only finish fifth, but in the first round of their playoffs and the Pistons, the Heat, who have a superior record, still have home-court advantage, so the difference between fifth and fourth is not much, and the sixth is the 76ers, who were first in the East last season. It can be said that this team is the team that has regressed the fastest this season, this team has not changed in the slightest compared to last season, while the other teams have all improved, the seventh is the Cleveland Cavaliers, and the eighth is the Pacers, compared with last season, this team's ranking has not changed, as for the ninth to the fourteenth, respectively, Milwaukee Bucks, New Jersey Nets, Atlanta Hawks, Orlando Magic, Chicago Bulls and New York Knicks, If there is a little bit of controversy about the 76ers being the fastest regression, then the only team that can compare with the 76ers is the New York Knicks, which has slowly sunk after renewing Alan Houston with a contract of more than 100 million yuan this summer, and now it is completely reduced to the bottom of the East, and this year's results are also the worst in the New York Knicks in the last ten years.
So the general manager of the New York Knicks, Xiao Daolan, has not had a good time recently, how can New York fans, who have always been proud, stand such a thing, so he has been under a lot of pressure recently, but I heard that now the New York general manager is ready to try his courage and prepare for this year's NBA draft draw, in order to be able to use the league's worst record to pump the top pick, there are many excellent young players in this year's rookies, I heard that this team is ready to pursue money Trail Blazers head coach Dunleavy, And this year, Dunleavy's son is among those rookies.
The East played dark horses and counterattacks in the regular season this year, while compared to the East, the West is slightly more normal.
The first in the West is the Los Angeles Lakers who were second last season, for this team, they were the most favorable contenders for the first place in the West after Coach Z left, but the Timberwolves, the second in the West, are a little disappointing, because the team's final 58-24 record can only rank third in the West, just because the Kings and Lakers belong to the same Pacific Division and the Kings will give up the second position to the Timberwolves, the first place in the Central and Western Divisions, However, if the Timberwolves and the Kings finally meet in the Western Conference semifinals, the Kings still have home-court advantage because of the record lead, and the fourth place in the West is the Spurs who finally completed the counterattack on the Mavericks, and the Spurs are becoming more and more complete after getting Pippen, and the fifth in the West is the Mavericks, who have blown a gorgeous whirlwind in the league in the last two seasons, and this season they will meet their old rival Mavericks again in the first round of the playoffs, and the sixth in the West is the Golden State Warriors, who have been swimming against the current this year. The team finished in the top six under the leadership of Anthony Walker and Larry Hughes, and the seventh in the West this season is the Portland Trail Blazers, a team that was once thought to be on the verge of disintegration in the summer, and the team that was once thought to be on the verge of disintegration in the summer has played an amazing performance under the leadership of rookie Pau Gasol and former Warriors Jamison, as for the eighth in the West, the Jazz have completed a last-minute comeback against the SuperSonics, and the Jazz were counterattacked by the Trail Blazers at the last minute last season, and this season they are in the playoffs again, and the opponent is still their former 'old rival' Lakers.
In addition to these eight teams in the West, the Seattle SuperSonics are ninth, the New Orleans Hornets are tenth, the Los Angeles Clippers are eleventh, the Phoenix Suns are twelfth, the Houston Rockets are thirteenth, the Denver Nuggets are fourteenth, and the Memphis Raptors are fifteenth.
And with the end of the regular season, the first round of this season's playoffs is also coming out soon.
In the East, the Vancouver Grizzlies in first place in the East take on the Pacers in eighth place in the East, the Celtics in second place in the East face the Cavaliers in seventh place in the East, the Wizards in third place in the East face the 76ers in sixth place in the East, and the Pistons in fourth place take on the Heat in fifth place in the East.
In the West, the Los Angeles Lakers in first place in the West face the Utah Jazz in eighth place in the West, the Timberwolves in second place in the West face the Trail Blazers in seventh place, the Kings in third place in the West face the Golden State Warriors in sixth place in the West, and the San Antonio Spurs in fourth place in the West face the Dallas Mavericks in fifth place in the West.
And when the matchup situation is out, the date of the next game of the Boston Celtics is also confirmed.
The Boston Celtics will host the Cleveland Cavaliers on April 21. (Your support is my biggest motivation.) )