The third matchup of the season between the Nets and the Cavaliers was on March 17 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, the home of the Nets.

The Nets, who have lost all of their previous two games, have a very strong desire to win this game, and for the Cavaliers, if they can defeat the Nets in all four games of the regular season, then theoretically, if the two teams meet in the Eastern Conference Finals in the playoffs, even if there is no home-court advantage, the Cavaliers will have an absolute upper hand in psychology.

Therefore, in this game, both sides are at the best of their best, and there is no truce against either one.

Nets starters Wang Chao, Booker, Bogdanovic, Lopez, Jokic.

The Cavaliers started Irving, Shambaugh, James, Gasol, Embiid.

As soon as the game began, Wang Chao showed a strong desire to attack, and frequently cooperated with Lopez and Jokic to attack the basket.

With Wang Chao's personal ability, it is completely okay to score in the face of James's defensive singles, but in order to be able to win the game, he chose a simpler and more efficient way to score.

Wang Chao was extremely lethal with the ball and rushed to the frame, causing Embiid to draw two fouls in the first quarter alone, sending the Cavaliers' third scoring point off the court.

As a result, the Nets took the initiative and took a six-point lead at 33:26 in the first quarter.

Not only on the offensive end, but also on the defensive end, the Nets have also made tactical adjustments for the Cavaliers.

James found that the person in charge of marking him on the defensive end was no longer Wang Chao, but Bogdanovic.

Bogdanovic, who is 2.03 meters tall, has little difference in height from James, but there is a huge difference in weight, only 98 kilograms, he is the skinny kind among the forwards, let alone compared with the 113-kilogram meat tank James.

Defensively, the only thing Bogdanovic can do is prevent James from shooting, and once James breaks through with the ball, he can't defend it anyway.

James was surprised at first, why did the Nets arrange it this way and not take themselves into account? Then he immediately understood, because he didn't come to mark his Wang Chao, he ran to defend the Cavaliers player in the same position as him, Carry. Irving.

Wang Chao's main position in the Nets is point guard, but on the defensive end, he usually defends the strongest players on the opposing team, such as James of the Cavaliers, Durant of the Thunder, and Curry of the Warriors.

Although Irving has strong offensive ability, he is only the second scoring point in the Cavaliers, and his average of 19.2 points, 3 rebounds and 4.5 assists per game this season is the lowest since his rookie season.

It's not that Irving can't average more than 20+ points per game, but the Cavaliers' current lineup is Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, with many players with good offensive ability, coupled with the existence of James, the core of the ball, Irving's reduction in the number of shots is a natural result.

Not to mention Irving, even James's stats have been affected a little, averaging 25.3 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists per game so far this season, and the scoring is also the lowest since his rookie season.

Even if the stats drop slightly, no one dares to underestimate James, because he is not weaker, but gives some of the ball to his teammates, making his teammates better.

The same can be applied to Irving, the decline in personal data does not mean that Irving's level has decreased, in fact, this season Irving has always been regarded as one of the biggest threats to the Cavaliers, whenever the Cavaliers' game is deadlocked or stalemate, Irving can always use his strong individual offensive ability to help the team out of trouble.

In the first two games in which the Nets lost, Irving also had extremely bright performances, which directly led to the Nets losing the game.

This matchup was Wang Chao's first defensive strategy against the Cavaliers, killing Irving and leaving James in a state of isolation.

No matter how strong Owen's personal ability is, there is no way to face Wang Chao, a monster who is taller than him, stronger than him, and whose speed is not inferior to him.

Irving's bells and whistles dribbles and feints were wiped out in the face of Wang Chao's absolute physical superiority.

As for letting Bogdanovic defend James, it is not completely giving up defending the other party, on the surface, it seems that Bogdanovic is going to defend James alone, but in fact, Jokic on the inside is ready to step forward at any time to help defend and make up for the defense.

Even Jokic and Bogdanovic can't completely limit James, but at least they can consume James to the maximum, as long as they can do this well, it is enough in Wang Chao's opinion.

One move is outstanding.

James was on fire in the first quarter, scoring 14 points on 6-of-8 shooting, but Irving scored only 2 points on 1-of-3 shooting under Wang Chao's targeting.

In the second quarter of the game, James, who realized the targeted strategy of Wang Chao's side, began to attack with all his might, as if declaring war on Wang Chao.

With full firepower, James made 13 crazy shots in the second quarter, hitting 7 of them, and his strong physique and super breakthrough ability shocked the Nets' defense.

Bogdanovic was suddenly shocked by James and almost doubted his life.

Jokic and Lopez also had multiple fouls on their backs.

James, who shot 7-of-13 from the field and 3-of-4 from the free-throw line in the second quarter, scored 17 points and slashed 31 points, 9 rebounds and 7 assists at halftime.

But James' superbly individual scoring show didn't allow the Cavaliers to regain the initiative in the second quarter.

He's a strong scorer, but the Nets have a better scorer than him.

Wang Chao didn't make much effort in the first quarter of the game, only scored 6 points on a few symbolic shots, leaving more offensive scoring opportunities for his teammates, but in the second quarter of the game, as James continued to exert strength, he also began to increase the proportion of offensive shots.

James scored 17 points in the second quarter, Wang Chao was not to be outdone, 7 of 10 shots, 3 of 5 three-pointers, 6 of 6 free throws scored 19 points, and his personal score at halftime was also 26 points, the score was not much lower than James, and unlike James's offensive end, Wang Chao's offense mostly revolves around the outside, but his teammates' blocking and dismantling help open up a little space to shoot, and the physical consumption is much less than James.

In the second half of the game, James began to realize that he couldn't win the game by himself and Wang Chao.

When Irving was completely prevented by Wang Chao, the only helpers James could find were Embiid and Gasol on the inside.

In the second season of Embiid's career, he has shown considerable strength and potential, but the Cavaliers are not the 76ers after all, and Embiid, who lacks enough ball possession and core tactical position, is still lacking in ability compared to Embiid, the great emperor of the 76ers.

What's more, in the original 14-15 and 15-16 seasons, Embiid was unable to play due to injury reimbursement in the season, and he didn't officially land in the NBA until the 16-17 season, although he didn't officially play in the two seasons, Embiid participated in the team's training and tactical courses throughout the whole process, and learned a lot more than in the NCAA period in college, coupled with the careful care of the trainer nutritionist and team doctor, Embiid who landed in the NBA for the first time in the 16-17 season was already in full shape, Shows extremely strong combat effectiveness.

And now Embiid, who has a different career trajectory, although he is healthier than his original self, is obviously lacking in experience and other aspects, and his non-core style of play in the Cavaliers has also affected his development to some extent.

The current Embiid's offensive skills are mostly off-ball, and his ability to officiate on his own is not outstanding.

This may be the disadvantage of staying with the ball-holding players, not that James has abolished his teammates, but that the players who also play with the ball are mainly attacked, and there are very few who can compare with James in efficiency, and handing the ball to James is definitely the easiest way to win.

The same principle can also be applied to Wang Chao, the players around him, if they need to hold the ball to play their strongest strength, then they are bound to be suppressed because they are on the same team as Wang Chao, such as his current teammate Nikola. Jokic.

Jokic of the Nuggets, especially in the next two consecutive regular season MVP periods, is the absolute ball-handling core of the team, although it does not have a high ball possession rate like James, but it also needs a lot of ball possession to play its true strength.

However, this season, Jokic is still far from being the core of the ball in the future, so the impact is not obvious.

The topic returns to Embiid.

Just like Wang Chao's defense against Irving, the Nets also laid out a defensive strategy against Embiid. Lopez will be in charge of defending Embiid.

It will take a long time to completely correct the bad problems that Lopez developed in the early days of the Nets and adjust him to the defensive gate of the Bucks era, but it is enough to target Embiid.

Embiid is not yet mature offensive skills with the ball, and he is frequently deflated under Lopez's defense, and the offensive efficiency is not high, on the other hand, on the Nets' side, it is still Wang Chao who dominates the game in the third quarter.

In this case, the difference between the two teams widened further, forcing James to regain possession.

As a result, in the third quarter of the game, Wang Chao and James both scored double-digit high scores again, James scored a total of 44 points in the third quarter, and Wang Chao also scored 41 points.

The game almost turned into a personal scoring show for Wang Chao and James, and the other players on the court all became supporting roles.

And this is also part of Wang Chao's plan.

Since the overall strength can't compete, let's find a way to pull the Cavaliers to the same level as the Nets, and compete with the scoring ability and explosiveness of superstars.

James, of course, is no different.

In the first three quarters of the game, he could still compete with Wang Chao, but as the game continued, the serious consumption of physical energy made it impossible for James to continue to break through the frame like in the previous game, and the scoring efficiency plummeted.

This should have been a problem that James would often encounter in the late twilight years of the Lakers, and the decline in physical fitness caused by aging made James always unable to continue to carry the team on his shoulders because of physical fitness at the most critical moment of the game.

It's the 15-16 season, and James, who was born in December '84, is only 31 years old and at the peak of his career, and he doesn't have any fitness problems.

However, his consumption in this game was far greater than expected, not only the offensive end was big, but the defensive end also spent a lot of energy in order to contain Wang Chao as much as possible, and he played 33 minutes in the third quarter alone, which was almost the same as the playing time of Wang Chao on the opposite side, but the consumption was greater.

After all, Wang Chao's offensive end is mostly based on mid- and long-distance shots that save physical energy, and the defensive end of defending Irving is also more labor-saving than James, the most important thing is that Wang Chao himself has a full physical fitness of 99, and he also has the talent of a long-distance runner who saves physical energy, and his physical fitness is far better than James.

In the fourth quarter of the game, James's offensive efficiency with physical problems decreased, but Wang Chao became more and more courageous, not only the firepower outside the three-point line was still the same, but also increased the number of breakthroughs with the ball, and frequently attacked the frame with the ball to create damage.

The Cavaliers' defense began to be unable to hold up, and the whole line collapsed and was taken away directly by a wave.

At 116:105, the Nets defeated the Cavaliers by 11 points at home to win their first victory of the season against the Cavaliers.

"The duel of extreme individual heroism, Wang Chao vs James, the collision of the two strongest superstars in the league today!"

Whether in the eyes of the fans or in the eyes of media reporters, this is a wonderful game, and the other players of the two teams are foils in this game, only Wang Chao and James are the protagonists.

James played 41 minutes in the game, shooting 19-of-28, 3-of-7 from three-point range, 9-of-13 from the free-throw line, and a big triple-double of 50 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists, shooting 68% from the field and 42% from three-point range.

James' stats for this game are already quite exaggerated, and normally a star plays to this level that leading the team to victory should be a breeze.

But in this game, James met Wang Chao, who was even more exaggerated than him.

Wang Chao, who shot 17 of 30 from the field, was slightly inferior to James in terms of shooting percentage, but the shooting rate was also more than 56%, and more importantly, most of his offense came from shooting from outside the three-point line.

10 of 16 three-pointers, 12 of 14 free throws, Wang Chao scored 56 points, 17 rebounds and 12 assists in the whole game, the same triple-double data, Wang Chao's scoring explosiveness and staying power are obviously stronger than James.

If careful fans carefully look at the scoring details of the two, they will find that James's scoring efficiency in the first three quarters of the game was relatively high, but the shooting rate in the fourth quarter of the game began to plummet, wasting several offensive opportunities, especially when the Nets shrunk the defense inside in the final quarter of the game, Lopez and Jokic, two big man centers, stood under the basket to protect the frame, and the main means of scoring was to break through with the ball, and James was very uncomfortable.

Such a victory in a matchup between stars gave Nets fans a lot of confidence.

"It seems that the Nets have found a way to deal with the Cavaliers, that is, to compete for the individual ability of the core players, James is certainly one of the best basketball players in the world, with comprehensive skills and outstanding personal ability, but he is still slightly inferior to Wang Chao."

"If the Nets can beat the Cavaliers in the same way in the next game, then the two teams will probably have to re-evaluate the trade-off after they meet in the playoffs."

"The other two champions of the Cavaliers in this game played disappointingly, Irving did not have the style of the top scorer of the past under the defense of Wang Chao, only 6 of 16 shots in the game, only 13 points, Embiid shot 5 of 12, got 12 points and 9 rebounds."

"The Cavaliers and the Nets are different, the strength of the Nets is almost entirely based on Wang Chao's super individual ability, but the Cavaliers have one of the best luxury rosters in the league, with the superstar James who is second only to Wang Chao in the league, as well as two talented young champions and a group of powerful role players, if such a team can only be reduced to the individual ability to compete with the top stars in the Nets, then how can it win?"

The loss of this game has made the outside world criticize the Cavaliers a lot, after all, most fans have great expectations for a team like the Cavaliers.

Back then, the Lakers put together a trio of champions, namely Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Magic Johnson and James. Worthy went on to win five NBA championships and dominate the NBA for an era.

Although the triumvirate of James + Irving + Embiid can't be compared with the Lakers' triumvirate in terms of coffee position and talent, how can it guarantee that it has to win one or two championships, right? Otherwise, wouldn't James' decision to return to the Cavaliers be a joke?

The current league is really looking forward to the emergence of a local star in the United States to break Wang Chao's monopoly on the NBA championship, if this person can't be James, Curry of the Western Warriors can actually do it.

If the loss of this game showed the league the unstable side of the Cavaliers, then a week later, the final game of the regular season between the Cavaliers and the Nets completely disappointed Cavaliers fans.

On March 26, the Nets traveled to Cleveland to challenge the Cavaliers at home.

In this game, the Nets were at a disadvantage, and the Cavaliers home fans had great confidence that their team had avenged their previous defeat at home.

However, it backfired, and the Cavaliers collapsed under the onslaught of the Nets, trailing by more than 20 points after only three quarters, and finally lost the game with a score of 126-108.

This game is completely different from the last game, if the last game was the ultimate individual ability performance of Wang Chao and James, then this game is the real sense of the two teams clashing.

On the Cavaliers' side, not only James's strength is online, but several other players are playing very well, Irving changed the situation of being suppressed by Wang Chao in the last game, and frequently used the opportunity of blocking and covering and fast breaking, and scored 27 points, 4 rebounds and 8 assists in the whole game.

Embiid's play is also outstanding, shooting 3 of 5 from beyond the three-point line and 10 of 12 from the free throw line, and he already has a shadow of the first-class Embiid in the future.

The Cavaliers' three-top combination combined for 85 points, and the shooting rate was also above 50%, and the offensive efficiency was amazing.

However, the Nets' offense is even more exaggerated.

Wang Chao had 24 points, 16 rebounds and 21 assists, and for him, facing a fierce opponent like the Cavaliers, he only scored 24 points in the whole game, which can explain the problem.

The Nets' outside shooters shot ridiculously high today.

Booker scored a team-high 31 points on 13-of-19 shooting, a career-high personal scoring high, and his outside shooter partner Bogdanovic scored 15 points on 5-of-8 three-pointers.

Even in the interior twin tower combination, Lopez, whose three-point shooting ability is still developing, hit 3 three-pointers today and scored 25 points in the game, and Jokic also played an extremely good performance in the face of Embiid this time, cutting 16 points, 11 rebounds and 9 assists, almost getting an average triple-double with Wang Chao.

The Nets scored a whopping 111 points from their five starters alone, which is higher than the entire Cavaliers' team, and winning the game was a simple task.

After this game, the Cavaliers fans were about to shut themselves up.

Before this month, Cavaliers fans who maintained a two-game winning streak against the Nets still swore that although the Nets have a better record than the Cavaliers, if the two teams meet in the playoffs, the Cavaliers will definitely have the last laugh, after all, the regular season record is not the only criterion for measuring the team's combat effectiveness, nor is it the first record in the regular season to win the NBA championship.

But these two meetings in March made Cavaliers fans involuntarily wonder if they can really beat the Nets in the playoffs?

After all, in these two games, the Cavaliers didn't have the idea of releasing water at all, James was full of firepower in every game, playing more than 40 minutes, but just like that, they still haven't won the opponent, especially in the last game where the big score was slaughtered, it was simply murderous.

In fact, Wang Chao was quite surprised by this result, but he didn't expect several teammates to play extraordinarily in the game, if in the playoffs later, Bukjokic and others can continue to continue this state, there will be no difficulty in winning the championship.

However, it has never been Wang Chao's habit to count on teammates, although in the past few years of winning the championship, he has gathered a group of strong teammates around him, but the key to really winning the championship is his performance.

The double defeat of the Cavaliers in March boosted the morale of the Nets, after all, it was the Cavaliers who defeated one of the biggest favorites to win the championship this season, and the two games between the Warriors and the Nets in the West had been played in the previous months, and the Nets simply lost two games neatly, without having any impact on the Warriors' victory.

However, the Warriors still can't break the Bulls' record of 72 wins as they did in their original history.

The current Warriors' roster is indeed stronger than it was original, but the regular season record is such a thing, which requires the right time and place, and a strong element of luck.

Cousins' version of the Warriors in the 15-16 season was obviously a little less fortunate than the original Warriors.

During the regular season, Cousins, the core of the interior mainstay, missed about 15 games due to injury, which caused the Warriors, who relied more on Cousins' interior offense in their current tactics, to lose some games that they shouldn't have lost.

At the end of all the games in March, the Warriors had a 66-9 record, and theoretically a win in the last seven games of April would have a 73-9 record, breaking the 72-win record held by the Bulls and Rockets.

But in April, the Warriors had seven games against very strong opponents, including the Celtics, Trail Blazers, Grizzlies and Spurs, four playoff powerhouses, of which the Spurs and Grizzlies played two games home and away respectively.

Even if it is as strong as the Warriors, it can't withstand the intensity of such a high-intensity opponent in turn, and none of these teams take the initiative to let the Warriors win, and even go all out to win.

This is also normal, but if there is a team with a ridiculous winning percentage in one season, it means that the other teams are underdogs that season, and they are completely incapable of competing with their opponents.

No one wants to be the backdrop for the Warriors to break history, just as they did during the Rockets' 72-win period.

As a result, the Warriors lost two of the last seven games in the gutter, winning just 5-2 in April and finishing 71-11 overall, just one step away from tying the all-time best of the regular season at 72-10.

The most intriguing thing is that the team that gave the Warriors their final defeat and caused them to lose the best chance in history with the Bulls and Rockets is not the Spurs or the Grizzlies, but the weakest opponent in these seven games, the Minnesota Timberwolves.

The Timberwolves' record this season is not good, because the Lefu team stayed in the team, the team was not completely rotten, but it couldn't get rid of the situation that it was really bad, and the result was that the record was not up or down, neither the bottom of the league, nor a big gap from entering the playoffs.

However, this final win made the Warriors sick enough and made other teams in the league happy.

It doesn't matter if it's 71 wins or 70 wins, it's over without breaking or tying the all-time best record, at least it won't be mentioned often, leaving all the teams in the same period in the background.

This 71-win Warriors team must be stronger than the original 73-win Warriors team, after all, there is an All-Star center Cousins in the lineup, which fills the biggest shortcoming of the Warriors, but fate is sometimes so bad, not that strong strength will definitely get the best record in history, the health of the players, the state and feel of the opponent are all key reference factors.

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The Nets played steadily in April, and finally finished all 82 games in the regular season, with a record of 67 wins and 15 losses, and even exceeded the task, winning one more game than the 66 wins promised by Wang Chao at the beginning.

The 67-15 record is much bleaker than the Western Warriors' 71-11, but in any other period, it can basically sit on the throne of the first record in the regular season.

Incredibly, such a record comes from a team that has just been formed, and in addition to Wang Chao, only Brooke is the only one in the team. Lopez is an All-Star player, and he was selected three years ago, although he was selected as an All-Star again this season, but it is completely stained with the light of Wang Chao and the Nets' excellent record.

"Incredible team."

It's a word the media uses to describe the Nets after the regular season.

It is indeed incredible, and at the same time incredible, it once again confirms Wang Chao's strong dominance as the first person in NBA history.

The New York media went silent en masse after the regular season.

They can't open their eyes and talk nonsense to belittle this team that can only be regarded as ordinary in terms of roster strength and has a very good record, but let them praise how good the Nets are, most of the media that support the Knicks can't say that.

In fact, not all of them are die-hard fans of the Knicks, and a large number of people choose to stand on the side of the Knicks because of Wang Chao's wild words that they will win 66 wins in the regular season, after all, no one believes that Wang Chao can lead the Nets to achieve a 66-win record in the regular season.

Even if the naked reality is in front of them now, they are not willing to give in, and the so-called dead duck's hard mouth is like this.

"What about a 67-win record in the regular season? The measure of whether a team is great is to win the championship, no matter how many wins in the regular season, if it can't in the playoffs, then what kind of strong team is it? ”

"When will the Nets win the championship, it's hard to say if they can survive the Cavaliers and Warriors this season!"

Never try to wake up someone who is pretending to be asleep, it's just in vain.

Therefore, Wang Chao said very calmly at the press conference after the last game of the regular season: "Now, our goal has been reached, 67 wins in the regular season, which is considered to be an overfulfillment of the task, as for the playoffs after that, let's wait and see!" ”

With the Nets' current fighting power and the development potential of the players on the team, even if they can't win the championship this season, they are bound to make a comeback next season, and he will definitely be able to fulfill his promise to win the championship in two to three years.

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The regular season is officially over, and the qualification for the Eastern and Western playoffs is also clear.

The top eight teams on both sides are listed below.

West: 71-11 Golden State Warriors, 60-22 San Antonio Spurs, 53-29 Oklahoma City Thunder, 51-31 Los Angeles Clippers, 44-38 Houston Rockets, 42-40 Dallas Mavericks, 41-41 Portland Trail Blazers, 40-42 Memphis Grizzlies.

The 71-win Warriors have already said before, and it can be skipped that the Spurs have lost seven more games than their original history, which is not surprising, after all, the team lineup has changed dramatically.

Leonard has become Butler, which can be regarded as a replacement, after all, Butler in this time and space has far surpassed Leonard in the original 15-16 season under the tutelage of Wang Chao.

But Howard and Aldridge have a more serious problem.

After taking over Howard from the Lakers, the Spurs didn't have the salary space to pursue the Trail Blazers' Aldridge last summer.

If it is at his peak, Howard can throw Aldridge a few streets, and even now, Howard's average of 18+12+2 per game this season is no worse than Aldridge, who chose to stay with the Trail Blazers and averaged 21+8 per game.

But after all, data is only one of the criteria for referring to individual ability, and it does not represent all, Howard's data is not bad, but his tactical value for the Spurs is far less than Aldridge, after all, the Spurs also have an old and strong Duncan, even if he is old-fashioned, he can shoulder the team's interior defense for a certain period of time, and the function completely overlaps with Howard.

Aldridge is different, he is mainly based on the face frame offense, with good mid-to-long-range shooting ability, after Popovich got Aldridge, he built a dual-core strategy around him and Leonard, so that the team's lineup and tactics are perfect, which makes it still able to play an excellent record of 67 wins under the aura of 73 wins of the Warriors.

Howard can't do Aldridge's job, even if he is there, the Spurs' interior defense is more solid, but it just improves the original 90-point interior defense to 95, and the Spurs don't have Aldridge, and the offense drops directly from 90 to below 70.

This is not an exaggeration at all, Aldridge, who has the ability to shoot, can not only attack with his own frame, but also can pull up the outside to help his teammates pull up space and improve the team's overall offensive efficiency.

The gold content of the inside player of the face frame in the small-ball era is well known.

Howard couldn't do that, so the Spurs lost seven more games than they would have and had a 60-win record.

For other teams, it is a complete disaster for two teams with 60+ wins in the West, especially those teams in the West who need to play against these two teams four times.

In the past few years, the West has been known for its fierce competitiveness, and for several seasons in a row, the threshold for entering the playoffs is 50+ wins, and even teams that barely reach 50 wins may be squeezed into the ninth position in the West.

This year, the record of the western region is obviously not so strong.

There are only four teams with 50 wins, and the worst is the Grizzlies, who are ranked eighth in the West, with a 40-42 record and can enter the playoffs, which is a common scene in the East and is definitely a cherished animal in the West.

Compared to the west, the east side is relatively better, after all, there is only one team with 60+ wins.

The eight teams that qualified for the Eastern Conference playoffs from highest to lowest are: 67-15 Brooklyn Nets, 55-27 Cleveland Cavaliers, 52-30 Toronto Raptors, 46-38 Miami Heat, 46-38 Atlanta Hawks Boston Celtics 46-38, Charlotte Hornets 45-37, and Indiana Pacers 44-38.

The result of the East and West record rankings, which is the roster for the first round of the playoffs.

Four matchups in the West, Warriors vs. Grizzlies, Spurs vs. Trail Blazers, Thunder vs. Mavericks, Clippers vs. Rockets.

Four matchups in the East, Nets vs. Pacers, Cavaliers vs. Hornets, Raptors vs. Celtics, Heat vs. Hawks.

The first round of the playoffs will kick off on April 17, and until then, fans will be talking about the results of the season's awards and rankings.

Hi Da Puben, the NBA's regular season scoring champion list has finally changed.

Warriors star Stephen. Curry averaged 30.1 points per game and won the scoring title for the first time in his career.

Ku Ritian is really ruthless this season, with Thompson, Cousins and other main scorers in the team, he can actually cut 30+ points like the original time and space, and the number of shots has not increased significantly compared with the original, which shows its high efficiency.

The seven-time scoring champion, known as the most scoring player in NBA history, Wang Chao, averaged 28.2 points per game this season, tied for third in the league with Durant, and lower than Harden, who averaged 29 points per game.

Wang Chao failed to win the scoring title, which is really big news in the league, after all, in the past 7 years, Wang Chao has completely monopolized the honor of scoring champion.

In the first season after joining the Nets, he failed to complete eight consecutive scoring titles, and people who don't know how to play and don't watch the ball may think that Wang Chao is pulling, after all, Wang Chao, who was born in 1983, is now 33 years old, and is at the end of his career as a professional player, and he can still average 28 points per game at this age is already very strong.

But if anyone knows a little bit about football and knows Wang Chao's fans, they all know that Wang Chao is old? Slippery form? Are you kidding! He just left more of his energy on the offensive end to the defensive end.

He can easily average 30+ points per game if he wants to, but the Nets' lineup dictates that the team needs his ability on the defensive end and playmaking more than offense.

This season, Wang Chao's overall statistics are 28.2 points, 11.9 rebounds, 12.8 assists, 2.7 steals and 1.4 blocks per game.

Won the assist king and steal king for a second time, and the three statistics of assists, steals, and blocks all reached career highs!

Wang Chao's contribution on the defensive end this season is obvious to all, and in the case of the lack of defensive ability in the other four positions of the team, it is he who incarnates the defensive gate, constantly helping his teammates wipe their butts in the continuous help of defense.

The reason why the Nets were able to ride the dust in the East and play a record of 67 wins, Wang Chao's contribution at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends can account for more than 90% of the credit!

The dominance of this court is simply terrifying, and it is completely unimaginable that if James or Curry were to be swapped with Wang Chao to lead this Nets team, what heights they could lead this team...... Not to mention the 67-win win in the East, it would be a good performance to be able to make the playoffs.

It is worth mentioning that the average of 12.8 assists per game is the highest average of assists per game in a single season in the league since the retirement of Jazz legend John Stockton.

It can be seen that although Wang Chao's average points per game are slightly lower than in previous seasons, the overall offense has not been affected, and it is even stronger with an average of 12.8 assists per game!

It is precisely by relying on Wang Chao's organizational tandem that the other four starters of the Nets have all averaged double-doubles per game, Brook Lopez who averages 17.2 points per game, Devin Booker who averages 14.6 points per game, Nikola Jokic who averages 13.4 points and Bojan Bogdanovic who scores 11.6 points, and even Joe Johnson who averages 10.4 points per game on the bench.

Six players in the team scored double-doubles, which shows how strong the Nets' offensive firepower is, and the 67-15 record in the regular season is well deserved!

Pistons center Andrede. Rammond averaged 14.8 rebounds per game over Clippers center DeAndre Jordan, who averaged 13.8 rebounds per game, and the honor of rebounding king in the past two years has been fought for by these two blue-collar centers.

Originally, Wang Chao relied on his talent as a rebounding man, with 97 defensive rebounds and 92 offensive rebounds, and he was fully capable of competing for the rebounding king, but just like the scoring king, this honor was dispensable for him, and the team itself also had Jokic responsible for protecting the frame and grabbing rebounds, which was completely unnecessary.

(End of chapter)