At the NBA2017 trade deadline, there were no big deals worth mentioning.

At present, the situation in the league has tended to be stable, the three-strong system is stable, and the favorites only have suspense in the Nets, Cavaliers and Warriors, while other teams such as the Spurs, Rockets, Celtics, Raptors and other teams can only be regarded as playoff powerhouses.

Commercial value aside, few teams are going to make a big deal, especially this season.

As for some petty trade reinforcements, don't mention it.

On February 24, the Warriors ushered in a rematch with the Nets on their home court.

This game has been considered by most to be a preview of the Finals, because the two teams in the East and West have been so dominant in the regular season.

Needless to say, the Nets' record is now on their way to breaking the 72-win record.

Although the Warriors are gradually unable to keep up with the pace of the Nets as the schedule progresses, the 48-9 record so far is also an all-time excellent record, and if this winning rate continues, it can get 69 wins in the regular season, and it is not impossible to strive for 70 wins in a season with a little effort.

If the Warriors can do that, the NBA will see the first time in history that two teams have 70+ wins in the same season.

However, in the second half of the regular season, the difficulty will rise sharply, which is also a clear consensus of everyone, and it is still unknown whether the Warriors can maintain their current high winning rate.

In this game with the Nets, the Warriors certainly don't want to lose, but whether they can win the game or not is really not just what they say.

At their home court, the Warriors showed their super offensive ability, Curry had a very good hand in this game, hitting 7 three-pointers and scoring 34 points, and Cousins and Thompson also had 20+ scoring performances and shot above 50%.

Such an outstanding performance allowed the Warriors to score a high score of 132 points without overtime.

But even so, the Warriors couldn't win the game at home.

No way, compared to scoring ability, if the Nets claim to be second, no team in the league dares to say that they are first, and neither can the Warriors.

Durant scored 28 points and 5 rebounds, Jokic scored 21 points and 11 rebounds against Cousins, Booker also scored 18 points, and as for Wang Chao, when he only scored 4 points in the first half of the game, he took over the game in the second half, scoring 41 points in the half, and 45 points, 15 rebounds and 12 assists in the whole game.

The combined score of these four players reached a staggering 112 points.

In the ultimate offense, the Warriors lost again.

The Nets are really too strong! Especially since February, Durant has gradually reduced the number of shots due to minor injuries and fatigue accumulated during the season, and the corresponding number of times Wang Chao has taken over the game has gradually increased, and the Nets' record has become more stable and more invincible.

At the end of the February schedule, the Nets had a 52-6 record, and although there are still 24 games left in the regular season from March to April, the tougher opponents such as the Warriors, the Spurs, and the Cavaliers are only one game away, and most of these 24 games are relatively weak teams, and there are few teams that can cause problems for the Nets.

Indeed, in 17 games in March, the Nets had a 14-3 record and lost three games to the Cavaliers, Celtics and Thunder.

The Cavaliers, who had a 3:0 record in the regular season, finally won by luck, but Durant was suspended in this game, and they faced the Nets led by Wang Chao single-core, and the situation was still very stale, the Cavaliers were once in a backward state and almost lost, but Irving and Embiid hit three-pointers with high luck at critical moments, which turned the tide of the game and won by luck.

As for the Celtics and Thunder, the Nets lost to their own side with a poor hand, and the opponent felt like a god.

It is worth mentioning that the matchup with the Thunder is particularly interesting.

Westbrook's single-core led Thunder ranks sixth in the West, although it is not high, but considering the current lineup of the Thunder, it is rare to have such a record, and Westbrook, who can contribute 32+10+10 triple-doubles per game, is obviously the biggest contributor.

Regardless of how Wei Shao was criticized in the future, his dominance during the regular season this season was definitely not black.

Westbrook in the post-Thunder era has one of the most classic stalks, that is, whenever he encounters Durant's Warriors, the small universe will always explode and overturn the Warriors with ultra-luxury personal data.

Now that Durant has moved to the Nets, the results are surprisingly consistent.

The Nets lost this game because of the Westbrook small universe outbreak, slashing 49 points, 12 rebounds and 14 assists with a big triple-double, and even bringing the rest of the Thunder team to the team.

Dawei Shao is really worried about holding grudges, just because Durant left the Thunder to join the Nets, and when he was happy, he said something about the bad things of his old club and old teammates, so he kept remembering it, and there was really no one.

Losing three games in March brought the Nets' losing stally to nine, and with just one more loss, the Nets have no chance of breaking the 72-win record.

Although Wang Chao himself has no interest in breaking this kind of record for a long time, the two teams with 70+ wins in the current league history were brought out by him, and whether he broke it or not did not affect his evaluation of the team's performance in the slightest.

But since you have this opportunity, you must still work a little harder, and there's nothing wrong with getting a 73-9 loss, you don't pick up the money on the ground?

In the last few games of April, the Nets' opponents were not strong opponents, namely the Magic, Hawks, 76ers, Bulls, Heat, and the only one that was a little more difficult to deal with was the Celtics.

With the efforts of Wang Chao and all the players of the Nets team, the schedule in April, the Nets ended with a wave of consecutive wins, and the final record was successfully fixed at 73 wins and 9 losses.

"I didn't expect it, Warrior, I not only robbed your old 1.5, but also robbed your record!"

Wang Chao estimated that if there was a second traverser in this world, it was estimated that people would be stupid.

The 73-9 record in the regular season also surpassed the 72-10 record held by the Jordan Bulls and the Rockets to become the best record in the history of the league.

Correspondingly, it is the Golden State Warriors in the West, their final record is 66-16, between March and April, they lost a lot of games, and the Warriors were also killed by the Nets in the regular season, began to rotate the team's main team, learn from the Cavaliers to recuperate and stretch the playoffs, after all, although the regular season record is not as good as the Nets, but it is shaking ahead of other teams in the West, there is no need to continue to work hard at the end of the season.

The 2016-17 season was a special one, with the team at the top of the East and West records leading the way, and the difference between the rest of the team was completely disconnected.

In the East, the 73-9 Nets are far ahead of the top spot, the Boston Celtics are only 51-31 in the East, and the Cleveland Cavaliers are 50-32 in the third place in the East, and the record has fallen below 50 wins since the fourth place in the East.

The Toronto Raptors, ranked fourth in the East, have a 48-34 record, followed by the Washington Wizards 46-36 in fifth, the Atlanta Hawks 42-40 in sixth, the Charlotte Hornets 41-41 in seventh, and the Milwaukee Bucks 40-42 in eighth.

Compared to the east, the west side is also not much better.

The first, the Golden State Warriors are 66-16, the second, the San Antonio Spurs are 55-27, the third, the Houston Rockets are 51-31, the fourth, the Los Angeles Clippers are 50-32, the fifth, the Dallas Mavericks are 48-34, the Portland Trail Blazers are 46-36, the Oklahoma City Thunder are 45-37, and the eighth, the Memphis Grizzlies are 43-39.

There are only 4 teams in the entire West with 50 wins, which is a rarity for a strong West with a cloud of strong teams, after all, in the Wild West, there has been an exaggerated performance of 8th 50 wins in the West.

One can imagine how much impact the appearance of two regular season superpowers in the same period will have on the rest of the league.

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The determination of the regular season record also made the results of the first round of the playoffs in the East and West matchups.

The Nets, who are first in the East, will face the Milwaukee Bucks, who are eighth in the East, in the first round of the playoffs.

This season, the Bucks have really begun to rise.

After a few seasons, Antetokounmpo finally showed the potential of a top star in his fourth career season, averaging 22.9 points, 8.8 rebounds and 5.4 assists per game in the regular season, beating Anthony Davis to become an All-Star Eastern Conference starter.

At the same time, the Bucks' lineup is not bad, although there is no Middleton, but the Bucks are a blessing in disguise and get Andrew . Wiggins.

Originally Andrew. Wiggins was supposed to be the No. 1 pick in 2014, but the butterfly effect made Embiid less injured and made Wiggins drop to the second pick in the draft, so he was drafted by the Bucks.

The 2016-17 season is the third season of Wiggins' career, and he has become an excellent right-hand man next to Brother Alphabet, averaging 21 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists per game this season, and teaming up with Brother Alphabet to bring the Bucks to the playoffs.

It's a pity that meeting the Nets in the first round basically announced the end of their playoff journey in advance.

The Bucks can beat the Nets to create a black eight miracle, and the sows can go up the tree, and they can avoid being swept 4-0.

No way, the Nets are so strong this season that 73-9 in the regular season is no joke.

The only regret is that Wang Chao and Durant are on the same team, both of their data have been affected, this season, Wang Chao averaged 27.1 points, 13.2 rebounds and 13.5 assists per game, although he created a career average triple-double for the fifth consecutive season, but the average score of 27.1 points per game is a career low since the 07-08 season, and this season only won two honors of assist king and steal king, and it is also the least season in the past few years in terms of data honors.

Wang Chao didn't have any special feelings about this, but some Wang Chao's fans were a little dissatisfied.

"Wang Chao is still too selfless on the field, as the boss of the team, his shots are really down again and again because of his teammates, if I were Wang Chao, it would definitely not be like this, no matter who my teammates are, I will be the star with the highest score!"

Some people have expressed similar opinions online, and of course some people have spoken out to refute them.

"So you can't become Wang Chao, if it weren't for Wang Chao's sacrifice in terms of data, how could the Nets achieve a record of 73 wins in the regular season? Besides, do you care that the average data of 27+13+13 per game is declining? Wang Chao's score has indeed decreased, but the average of 13 assists per game is higher than the original, and according to the calculation of 1 assist and 2 points, the offensive performance is no worse than before. ”

Not only that, Wang Chao's contribution to the Nets on the defensive end is obvious to all, and his defensive efficiency value is still the highest in the league this season, and it is no surprise that he will once again be named the best defensive player, when he will have four DPOY, tied with Mutombo and Ben. Wallace, tied for the most Defensive Player of the Year award in NBA history! ”

What these fans say is not wrong, there is something to give.

Wang Chao knows that many fans are expecting him to break Jordan's record of 10-time scoring champion. Chamberlain is tied for second all-time and is four minutes away from overtaking Jordan for the scoring title.

In Wang Chao's view, surpassing Jordan's scoring record is not a problem, and with his scoring ability, it can be done easily.

But the primary goal at the moment is to win the championship, and for this goal, he has to put more energy into the defensive end, no way, who makes the Nets this lineup although the offensive firepower league is unique, but the defensive end is not strong.

Durant's defense is mediocre, while Jokic and Devin are in the middle of the game. Booker is the quintessential player who plays offense over defense, not to mention Bogdanovic.

Wang Chao must take on responsibilities similar to those of Pinnacle Garnett on the defensive end in order to make the Nets' defensive system solid and invincible in the league.

Next season, he won't need to bother so much with another team and a few players who are good at defense, and it will be very easy to surpass Jordan in one fell swoop and become the player with the most scoring titles in history.

Although at the beginning of the season, the Nets' offensive system made Durant in a hot state, with an average of 30+ points per game in the first month, but as the season progressed, his average points per game began to decline gradually, and finally settled at 27.9 points.

With an average of 27.9 points per game, this score is not Durant's career low, and even in the original history, Durant's scoring champion in the 10-11 season averaged only 27.7 points per game.

And if Durant joins the Warriors as he did in history, then in the 16-17 season, his scoring average will be reduced to 25.1 points per game.

In comparison, the average score of 27.9 points per game is still a high score for Durant.

In addition to Wang Chao and Durant, two players who average 27+ per game, the Nets also have two players who average a consistent double-double in points per game, namely Devin Booker, who averages 16.3 points per game, and Jokic, who averages 15.2 points per game.

These two players are definitely the archetype of being seriously underrated this season, and if they were not with the Nets, but against any team that could give them enough shots, both could easily average 20+ points per game.

Wang Chao's sparring potion training blessing effect is definitely not a joke, he estimates that at the end of this season, Jokic and Booker should begin to be dissatisfied with their current tactical positioning in the team, after all, even if you can't be the boss of a team, at least you have to be the second person, now this situation where even the status of the team's third is unclear is definitely not acceptable to any top superstar-level player, especially a young player with great development potential.

However, this issue is not something Wang Chao needs to consider, because after this season, with the Nets winning the championship, he will leave here.

On April 16, 2017, the opening game of the first round of the playoffs began, with the Brooklyn Nets playing at home against the Milwaukee Bucks.

Facing the Bucks with Antetokounmpo and Wiggins, the Nets really don't have to be too relaxed.

These two players are still too young at this stage, Wiggins will not mention it for the time being, the future two-time regular season MVP winner, Alphabet Brother Giannis. Although Antetokounmpo has started to gain weight this season and has developed good muscles, he is full of momentum on the court, but he is still a little less interesting than the future Greek monster who will run rampant like James's meat tank.

What's even worse is that the player opposite Brother Alphabet in the game is Wang Chao.

Wang Chao is regarded as the top static talent in the league, it can be said that it is not worth mentioning in front of Brother Alphabet, Brother Alphabet's physical talent is at the same level as Durant, 2.11 meters tall, 2.24 meters of arm span, when the arms are spread and standing still, the sense of oppression is really full, and unlike Durant, Brother Alphabet's static talent is also the top in the league, the sprint and acceleration speed are amazing, plus the strength of the inside center can be hard to resist after gaining weight, These are the capitals on which Brother Alphabet will survive in the future to win the regular season MVP.

It's just that in the confrontation with Wang Chao, Brother Alphabet's static talent can't help much, because he doesn't have the ability to shoot from medium to long distances, and there is no way to rely on the advantage of height and arm span to shoot.

As for dynamic talents...... In this league, how many players dare to compete with Wang Chao for static talent? Maybe James at the peak of his body can barely do it, but the current alphabet brother is definitely not good, and even in terms of strength, the alphabet brother in the 16-17 season is slightly inferior to Wang Chao, who has the talent of a fighting maniac, as for speed, agility, explosiveness, etc., Wang Chao can throw him away and can't even see the taillights.

This led to the fact that after Brother Alphabet received the ball on the outside, in the face of Wang Chao's defense, there was no way to break through to the basket with the ball, Wang Chao could always stop him on the outside, even if he wanted to use brute force to make a bulldozer-style forced breakthrough, it had little effect.

forced a few breakthroughs, either made mistakes and lost the ball under Wang Chao's oppressive defense, or was forced to stop the ball when it was less than the free throw line.

After a few rounds, Brother Alphabet learned to be obedient, and no longer tried to break through Wang Chao on the outside, but wanted to catch the ball on the inside and use the advantage of height and arm span to hit Wang Chao on his back.

But the question is, does Brother Alphabet have the ability to hit back?

The answer is clearly no.

Brother Alphabet's style of play is a standard frame play, his back body skills are average, and although his body is strong, his tonnage is still slightly inferior to that of interior players, so the strength of his back is not enough, even in his peak period in the future, the efficiency of back play is not considered the top level of the league, not to mention that he is facing Wang Chao at this time?

In this way, Brother Alphabet was almost completely crushed to death by Wang Chao on the offensive end, and the offense could not be opened at all, even if he called his teammates to block and dismantle the cover, he couldn't get rid of Wang Chao, who had a talent for covering prediction.

As for the other side, Wiggins has a decent performance under little defensive pressure, but the famous wolfberry brother has long been known to play with only 7 points, and it is impossible to expect Wiggins to turn the tide.

The final result was that the game was just over halfway through, and the score difference had gone straight to 30 points, completely losing suspense.

Even the fans at the Nets' home court were bored, with many choosing to leave the court early to avoid traffic jams after the game.

"This is too vegetable, I didn't buy a ticket to come and see it if I knew it earlier, it's a waste of time."

"Actually, it's not the opponent's dish, the main thing is that we are too strong, which makes the opponent too weak, and this year's championship must be the Nets!"

At 128:99, the Nets ended up winning by 29 points against the Bucks at their home court.

Wang Chao, Durant and other starting main players did not play again in the second half of the game, and only played about 20 minutes, the data is actually very average, only the score in his early 20s, and Wang Chao did not complete the triple-double data punch card.

Antetokounmpo is in a particularly bad mood.

Although he was the highest scorer in the game, with 28 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists, anyone who watched the game knew that 22 of his 28 points came from scoring against the Nets' bench players in the second half.

In the first half, he only scored 6 points under Wang Chao's full defense, shooting 2 of 8 and 2 of 4 free throws, and the shooting rate was miserable.

In this regard, he would also like to thank the Nets for establishing an exaggerated score advantage early, allowing the bench players to come on early in the second half of the game, giving him the ability to brush up the data and avoid the embarrassment of looking too ugly.

Of course, such an idea is just to cover up the ears and steal the bell, and this game is destined to be widely reported by major media, especially the direct confrontation between Wang Chao and the new and old generations of Brother Alphabet, which will undoubtedly become the focus of heated discussions.

"I want to fight Wang Chao, Giannis. Antetokounmpo still has a lot to learn, and he may represent the future of the alliance, but for now, the alliance still belongs to Wang Chao. ”

"The technical flaws are exposed, although Giannis has a talent that everyone in the league envies, but the technical level is too rough, especially the ability to shoot from mid-to-long distances, and there is no need for him to have Kevin. Durant's mid-range shooting ability, as long as he can reach Jimmy. Butler, Paul. The level of players like George's offensive threat will be greatly improved, and we can only hope that in the next few years, Giannis can develop a stable mid-range shooting ability and further evolve his strength. ”

Fans' expectations for the future development of Brother Alphabet are good, but Wang Chao, as a person who has come over, is clear about how far Antetokounmpo has grown in the end, even in 2023, Brother Alphabet has not grown at all, and he is still the three axes he was originally good at, and he was defeated by the Heat in the first round of the playoffs.

The next few games between the Nets and the Bucks are not too suspenseful, and the difference may only be that the point difference is not so exaggerated, and that's all.

G2，112：97。

G3，108:85。

G4，119：88。

Four games, crisp 4:0, the Bucks ended the playoff journey early and went home early to fish.

For Brother Alphabet, this result made him breathe a sigh of relief, because the torture was finally over.

Throughout the series, Brother Alphabet and Wang Chao faced each other throughout the whole process, and also deeply realized how terrifying the defensive ability of the three-time best defensive player is.

Everything that Brother Alphabet is good at is useless in front of Wang Chao, which makes him a little doubtful about life.

Obviously, in the regular season, the gap between the two was not so big.

Of course, Brother Alphabet can't understand that the regular season and the playoffs are completely different concepts for Wang Chao.

In fact, if you look at the average data of the entire series, Brother Alphabet's performance is actually not bad, averaging 24.8 points, 9.5 rebounds and 4 assists per game in 4 games, as well as 2.2 steals and 1.7 blocks, which can be called good offense and defense.

It's just that these data are basically obtained by Brother Alphabet when he faced the Nets' bench players, which is a bit intriguing.

The Bucks' main players have been facing the Nets' bench players for even longer than they have been facing the main players in this series, so who can make the game basically lose suspense by the third quarter?

On the contrary, the statistics of Wang Chao and Durant, the two core players of the Nets, look a bit bad, as if they are limited by the Bucks' defense, both of them are only in their early 20s, which is not as high as Brother Alphabet's score.

This can also be regarded as a way to limit the superstar's play in reverse.

In the first round of the playoffs, the teams that eliminated the opponent 4-0 were not only the Nets, but also the Cavaliers and the Warriors in the East.

At the beginning of the season, the three major aircraft carrier teams recognized by the league all completed the sweep of their opponents in the first round, which shows the strong dominance.

The Nets' opponent in the second round is the Raptors, who defeated the Wizards 4-3.

The Raptors are ranked fourth in the East, and the Wizards are ranked fifth in the East, and the styles of the two teams are quite similar, both are dominated by outside duos, and the Raptors are Kyle. Lowry + DeRozan, Wizards is John. Wall + Beale.

The similarity of styles made the two teams stage the most tragic duel in the first round, and the game was tied for seven, and the Raptors relied on DeRozan's relatively more stable and efficient play to defeat the Wizards to enter the second round.

But getting to the second round is not a good thing for them, because they will play the Nets in the second round.

Referring to the experience of the Bucks being unilaterally beaten by their hair in the first round, it is completely conceivable that the Raptors, who have the fourth record in the East, will not be much better than the Bucks against the Nets.

In this regard, the Wizards can be regarded as an early death and a long time to be born.

(End of chapter)