In March, the team with the best record in the East was the Pistons!

This is something that no one expected.

After all, at the beginning of March, the Pistons suffered such a big change. At the time, most of the media thought the Pistons were done with the season, and then Larry Brown's first press conference after waking up, after apologizing to Milicic, chose to retire seemed to prove that.

Can......

Joe Dumas, however, signed someone no one expected at this time......

Rudy Tomjanovich!

The "champion coach" of the Rockets suddenly found out something wrong last summer and chose to resign as the head coach of the Rockets, and has been recuperating at home for nearly a year and has not been re-employed.

At that time, Larry Brown announced his retirement, and many people were optimistic that there were no more experienced head coaches on the market to get the Pistons through the storm. And in the current situation of the Pistons, it is definitely not something that an ordinary head coach can adjust, so everyone is not optimistic about how far the Pistons can go this season.

But after the Pistons announced their new head coach, the voice of public opinion suddenly changed.

Because Tomjanovich is very good at dealing with situations like this.

In the 94~95 season, the Rockets started a "dream start" with 15 consecutive wins, I thought that with such a start, the Rockets would reach the top without suspense this season and complete the defense of the title, but what no one expected was that in the following time, the Rockets encountered all kinds of troubles, which made this team only rank sixth in the West.

Such a start, but such a result, before the start of the playoffs, the atmosphere within the Rockets can be imagined.

But what no one expected was that the Rockets went all the way to the finals and won the final championship as the "old six in the West", and the Bulls, who were backed by the "three consecutive championships", won the "two consecutive championships", becoming the lowest team in the NBA history to win the championship in the regular season, creating a miracle of "not big or small".

Tomjanovich's phrase "Never underestimate the heart of a champion" has become a classic quote in the league!

The current situation of the Pistons, to put it bluntly, is that there is a problem with the mentality of the personnel, and Tomjanovic is definitely the head coach who is very suitable for this team at this stage.

He didn't disappoint, the Pistons quickly adjusted after a wave of "three straight losses", and after a wave of eight straight wins, they received their fourth loss in March, and then they won all the way to the end, with a 12-4 record, becoming the team with the best record in the East in March.

It's a pity that they started out too far from the top three wins in the East, so they still sit in fourth place in the East and can't go any further.

However, with an excellent record, coupled with an average of 18.6 points, 7.6 assists, 3.5 rebounds and 1.4 steals per game, Billups won the Eastern Conference "Player of the Month" award in March.

The "Rookie of the Month" in the East still belongs to Woody.

This time it caused quite a lot of controversy.

Mainly from ESPN and the media led by LeBron James, they actually spoke for LeBron James after the "Rookie of the Month" award was announced. But compared to the previous times, this time they are more confident.

Well......

Woody didn't "beat" LeBron this month, there was no such bloody picture, there was no such intuitive comparison, they felt like they could do it again!

In addition, there is another important reason:

They believe that the "Rookie of the Month" award has been given to Woody many times, and LeBron James has not won it.

And this month Woody didn't give a brighter performance, although it was still very bullish, but this bullfork was about the same as in previous months. This is not the case with LeBron James, who has been significantly better this month than in previous months, and the Cavaliers have a significantly better record than previous months, which is ......

Why isn't it worth a "Rookie of the Month" trophy?

The Miami media is not used to them, and directly posted a comparison of the records of the three games that the Cavaliers and the Heat have encountered this season, as well as a comparison of the statistics of the two people.

It's like a big fight, one after another, riveting and slapping the LeBron team and ESPN media in the face.

It made them feel like they were on the head.

Should I say it or not, this gap is indeed a bit too big!

Every time I watch it, it makes these media reporters who belong to LeBron James' team feel that the money is hard to earn and the is hard to eat.

How do you want me to blow it!

I've been a journalist for so long, and I've never been so wronged......

Unfortunately, amid their opposition, the league sent the "Rookie of the Month" trophy in March to the American Airlines Arena on time.

The first rookie in the history of the Heat team to win all of the "Rookie of the Month trophies" was born.

It's worth mentioning that Carmelo Anthony also won all of the "Western Conference Rookie of the Month trophies" for the first time in NBA history.

"Peerless Twins!"

That's a headline typed out by the Denver media.

LeBron James: It's over, I'm a stand-in!

When you think about it, he's lost so much this season.

Iconic moves, let Woody use it first!

The biggest heat made Woody overtake!

Even the nickname "King" was deliberately avoided by his team because of Woody's relationship!

Compare these ......

It seems that being removed from the "peerless double pride" is not a big deal......

In short, it's such a miserable man!

In April, the Heat are currently holding the second place in the East, opening up about 2 wins for the Nets.

As long as you keep it at the same frequency as the Nets, then it's supposed to be time to start working on the playoffs.

What I didn't expect was that after the Nets entered April, the momentum became ferocious, and looking at the posture, it was really fatal! Every game is there and gives it my all. It was as if something was chasing them and biting them.

Oh no, there are teams chasing them.

After the Pistons team entered April, they still maintained the momentum of consecutive victories and continued to win.

Although they still failed to catch up with the Nets in March and climbed to the third place in the East, they are only three wins away from the Nets, and this gap is not impossible to rush.

So......

The whole thing is an urgent scene of "he escapes, he chases".

This also makes the Heat also have to be highly vigilant and cannot directly enter the rotation mode.

Woody also received the task of the system during this time, becoming the person who won the "rebounding king" and "block king" in his rookie season......

This should be two quests, each with corresponding achievement points.

Winning the "Rebounding King" system rewards 30,000 achievement points, and winning the "Block King" system also rewards 30,000 points.

Add the 20,000 points awarded to the "Best Rookie" award, and Woody can earn 80,000 points at once.

That's definitely a lot of money.

Especially during this time, Woody received 3 small tasks, barely managed to get 10,000 achievement points, and felt the difficulty of activating the system task after upgrading the template.

The average human system really can't look down on it!

Well......

You heard it right!

It's not that Woody doesn't like it, it's that the system doesn't like it.

There were two times when Woody was provoked, and he couldn't hold the fire, but the system was stunned and didn't send the task, so he was not angry at that time...... This system can't even look down on Xiao Shrimp, if he competes with this kind of character, it will be too unqualified.

I don't have you in my eyes!

This in turn allowed the player who provoked him to break the defense.

Be transparent with buddies right!

After playing all the games in March, Woody averaged 14.4 rebounds per game, ranking first on the list of rebounds per game, and Kevin Garnett, who was second in action, averaged 0.5 rebounds per game. His 3.3 blocks per game ranks second on the block list, 0.3 blocks per game away from Ratliff in first place.

The advantage is not obvious, probably less than 40 rebounds ahead of Kevin Garnett, and with 7 games to go, it is really hard to say whether it can maintain this advantage; The disadvantage is obvious, not to mention the difference of just 0.3 blocks per game, but Woody needs to make up for it by 3 more blocks per game while guaranteeing 3.3 blocks.

With an average of 6.3 blocks per game in 7 games, it will be difficult to complete even if Chamberlain is dug out.

Woody wasn't a child, and at first he thought he wanted it all.

But he soon discovered that blocks and steals are no different from other statistics, not that you can brush if you want to, and if you want to complete it too much, it is easy to foul.

In his first two games in April, Woody averaged five blocks per game, plus five fouls.

After the foul count came up, he became more careful to move around the court, and the rebounds were affected as a result.

Therefore, he decisively gave up the idea of taking the "cap king", followed the fate of the "cap", and focused on grabbing the board.

Woody averaged 12 rebounds per game in two games at the start of April and 16 rebounds per game in the next five games in April.

Throughout April, he averaged 14.9 rebounds per game!

On April 12, the battle for this season's rebounding champion basically had a final result.

During this time, it can be seen that Kevin Garnett is also trying to overtake Woody and want to "press the whistle" to get the rebounding king. In April, he averaged more than 16 rebounds per game, but unfortunately the gap was too big at the beginning, and in the last two games of the season, there was still a gap of about 30 rebounds between him and Woody, which is equivalent to more than 30 rebounds per game he will be stronger in the next game, which is basically only a theoretical possibility.

Especially in the end, he only grabbed 18 rebounds in the penultimate game of the Timberwolves, and had to grab more than 40 rebounds in the last game to complete the comeback......

Woody can be regarded as the "rebounding king of the season" in advance.

This made him the second No. 3 in NBA history to win the title of "rebounding king".

The first one also has a bit of a relationship with the Heat.

It's none other than Baylor, who sent warmth to the Heat last summer......

In addition, Woody also became the player who won the "rebounding king" in another rookie season after Chamberlain......

With this data alone, Woody successfully compared Baylor and Chamberlain, the two "ancient giants" in his rookie season, which is not the kind of "customized record" that LeBron James's team forced to rub Michael Jordan, but a record that is real and has no limitations!

When talking about winning the title of "King of Rebounding", Woody said bluntly: "I've been following this matter for a long time, and it's a great thing for me to win this award in the hands of so many rebounders, it's a good start, and I'm enjoying the process!" ”

This honor bonus also made Woody's call for "Best Rookie" even louder.

It's not just the call to be the "best rookie" that has gotten louder.

There is another list of honorary PKs, and Woody's name suddenly appeared.

The name of that list is......

"Defensive Player of the Season"!

This award is given to those who have defended the stalwart.

It's also the ultimate blue-collar player!

Of course, there are not many "supergiants" who have won this award, Michael Jordan, who ruled in the 90s, and Olajuwon, who was in the "godless period" in the 90s, have all won this award.

In fact, this award is also a bonus for the top players.

What is the "supergiant" of "extreme offense and defense"?

To put it simply, it's the regular season MVP plus the Defensive Player of the Season award!

Woody was surprised to see himself on this list.

But after the accident, there are more surprises!

Even though the call for him to win the "Defensive Player of the Season" award is not very high, many media outlets believe that Woody's name must be added to the discussion of this award. But that's enough!

This kind of award takes time to settle down before it can be won.

And he's a rookie, standing at the same height as Ben Wallace so quickly, it's enough for him to cross his waist for a while.

On April 15, the Heat ended their season with a win after playing their final regular season game of the season.

The Heat finished with a 51-31 record.

If this record were in the West, they would only be in 6th place in the West, and they would have won 1 more game than the Grizzlies. But in the east, it is enough for them to sit in second place in the east.

First place in the East belongs to the Pacers.

With Rick Carlisle this season, the team has ushered in a final metamorphosis, quickly establishing the first place in the East from the beginning of the season, and the final record is also very good, 61-21!

It is worth mentioning that......

This is the team with the best record in the entire league!

Even the Timberwolves, the first in the West, have a 2-game win gap with them!

Third place in the East belongs to the Nets, who are 47-35.

However, this position was supposed to belong to the Pistons.

In April, the Pistons had a 7-1 record, but the fiercely fought Nets had some problems, which caused them to be caught up by the Pistons, and the Pistons finished with a record of 49-33!

But according to regional rules, the Nets, as the first in the Eastern Atlantic region, can be ahead of the Pistons, who are second in the Eastern Central Division.

So in the end, the Pistons still ranked fourth in the East.

(End of chapter)