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Chapter 415 Record breaking 73 regular season wins
Chapter 415 Record breaking 73 regular season wins
On the 3rd, the team started two away games. This is a back-to-back game. The 4th challenged the Nuggets and the 5th challenged the Trail Blazers.
The Nuggets have performed poorly this season and have already fallen out of the playoffs. Now they are only ahead of the Spurs and Grizzlies, ranking No. 12 in the Western Conference.
The Suns successfully defeated the Nuggets, and then challenged the Trail Blazers, currently ranked fourth in the West, back to back.
As a result, due to lack of physical fitness and player status problems, the Suns lost the game and got their seventh defeat of the season, and were also chased by the Bulls.
Fortunately, the Suns double-killed the Bulls and still ranked first in the league.
In this game, Lao Wang once again completed an achievement task, 1000 blocks, and got 100 points.
Next, the Suns defeated the Lakers, Kings, and Timberwolves one after another, winning 70 wins and 8 losses.
Of course, this is also related to the poor performance of at least half of the teams this season.
At the same time, the Bulls lost to O'Neal's Knicks, and the Suns continued to lead the record.
On April 4, the Suns unexpectedly lost to the Warriors in an away game and got their 13th loss of the season.
On the 15th, the team faced the last strong enemy at home, the Jazz.
In this game, the Suns tried their best to defeat their opponents and won their 71st victory.
There are still two regular season games to come, the bad Spurs and the really bad Grizzlies, No. 13 and No. 14 in the Eastern Conference. As long as they win these two bad teams, they can break the Bulls' record of 72 wins.
The Spurs have changed coaches on the way. The general manager Popovich was dissatisfied with the record of the former head coach Bob, so he fired Bob. It's rotten to the bottom, and under his leadership, the Spurs are definitely qualified to compete for the last place in the Western Conference.
Although the Lakers are also doing poorly, the face of the giants cannot be too clean, so they are not as shameless as the Spurs. Now they are No.10 in the Western Conference, which more or less saved a little face for Stern.
On the 18th, the Suns defeated the Spurs in an away game, winning the 72nd and tying the record of the Bulls. On the 19th, they returned home, defeated the Grizzlies back to back, and won the 73rd win, breaking the Bulls' record of 72 regular season wins. At the same time, they completed the entire regular season of the 96/97 season.
Lao Wang once again completed an achievement task, and his career assists reached 2000, and he was rewarded with 100 points.
The record of 73 wins and 9 losses, although a lot of bad performance, the record is a bit watery, but it still shocked the league.
Next, the playoffs will begin.
Top eight in the East: Bulls, Pacers, Heat, Knicks, Eagles, Pistons, Hornets, Magic.
Top eight in the West: Suns, Jazz, Supersonics, Trail Blazers, Mosaics, Timberwolves, Clippers, Kings.
In the East, the Bulls and Pacers are in the same division, so the Pacers automatically fell out of the top three in the playoffs, ranking fourth in the playoffs, the Heat second, and the Knicks third.
In the West, the Sonics and Jazz belong to the Northwest Division, so the Sonics automatically rank fourth in the playoffs in the West, and the third is replaced by the Trail Blazers.
In the end, the playoff matchups are as follows.
East: Bulls vs. Magic, Pacers vs. Eagles, Heat vs. Hornets, Knicks vs. Pistons.
West: Suns vs. Kings, SuperSonics vs. Mosaic, Jazz vs. Clippers, Trail Blazers vs. Timberwolves.
The winners of the first two groups and the last two groups will enter the second round, and the playoffs will start on April 4 and 24.
With the end of the regular season, the media began to evaluate the performance of each team.
On the 20th, Tom Hawkes, a well-known basketball commentator on TNT TV, gave his own comments on the Suns on the [-]:[-] am program on the NBA channel of the TV station.
He said in the program: "Since winning the championship in 93, after four years of reconstruction, the Suns, which won another championship on the way, have truly completed the reconstruction and organized a lineup with the youth army as the core.
With old K as the absolute core, the team is equipped with first-class offensive and defensive power forward Rasheed Wallace, small forward Robert Horry with good outside defense and spot-up three-point shooter, rookie Kobe Bryant with better defense and strong offensive desire, and Jason Kidd with top point guard potential.
At the same time, there are veteran Lightning as the main point guard, Wilkins, the team's sixth player, and Chapman, a good shooting guard. The Suns' main lineup and substitute lineup are very strong.
This time the team played the best regular season record in NBA history, its strength is obvious to all, and it once again has the strength to hit the championship.
Even, the strength of the team leader Old K is too strong, and his personal presence has raised the team to a higher level. We can even say that this Suns team can be called the strongest team in history.
Of course, in view of the fact that there are too many bad teams, the record of the Suns is somewhat watery, so the title of the strongest team in history may be a bit overrated, but there is no doubt that this Suns team is indeed very strong.
The only downside is that this team has too many young people with potential, Robert Horry, Rasheed Wallace, Kobe Bryant, Kidd, as they grow, the newly rebuilt Suns may also The departure of young players will soon be ushered in. "
Tom Hawkman not only commented on the team, but also focused on the performance of Wang Tiejun and other major players.
"Team leader K continued his strong performance this season. He averaged 40.5 minutes per game, 24.5 shots per game, 15 hits, 61.2% from the field, 9.5 free throws per game, 6 hits, 63% from the field, 36.1 points, 16.5 rebounds, 6.2 assists, 1.2 steals, 4.1 blocks, 1.8 turnovers and 3.1 fouls per game.
After 95 and 96, he won the scoring title for three consecutive years, defended the rebounding title, and won the blocked shot title for the first time, and the five individual data titles.
He is not only the first in offensive efficiency value of the Suns, but also the first in defensive efficiency value, the first in personal win-loss value, and the first in personal efficiency value.
At the same time, among all players in the league, his personal efficiency ranks first, offensive efficiency ranks first, and defensive efficiency ranks second, second only to Mutombo. "
Hawks added: "Except for the horrible performance of old K, the performance of other Suns players is very average.
The Lightning averaged 15 points and 9 assists per game, Kobe Bryant averaged 9 points per game, Chapman averaged 8 points per game, Wilkins averaged 12 points per game, Horry averaged 11 points per game, and Rasheed Wallace averaged 11 points per game.
Judging from the performance of other main players, we can clearly see that they were suppressed by Old K. "
Speaking of this, Hawks explained: "Why do I say that? Because among these players, each of them has not fully released their scoring ability.
Even veteran Wilkins, Lightning, and rookie Kobe, if they are given enough shots, their scores should be higher than their current performance, let alone such mature young players as Rasheed Wallace and Kidd?
What I mean by these words is not to target Old K, saying that he seized the opportunities of his teammates and did not make them better. I am not saying that because of his existence, his teammates with full potential become ordinary. I did not say that he is making statistics.
I'm just proving my previous point. In the next few years, the Suns will face the possibility of young players leaving because they don't get big contracts and don't get enough opportunities in the team. "
"F*ck, is this old guy blackmailing me?" Old Wang couldn't help complaining while watching the TV show.
But he himself has to admit that his existence has indeed suppressed his teammates, and the statistics of his teammates have not become better because of his existence, but have become worse.
Not from now, from after he entered the team as the starting center.
A behemoth center like him needs a lot of space in the low post, and must compress the breakthrough space of the outside line, such as Lei Gongdan Marley, Lightning, Horry, etc., and Wilkins, have been greatly affected, and even need to change their style of play.And some people who can't or don't want to change their style of play, such as Ceballos, are traded.
Now Kobe has been affected a lot. In high school, his best scoring method was breakthrough scoring. Now he has obviously strengthened his shooting training, emergency stop jump shooting training, and so on on the court.
However, he absolutely does not admit to swiping the data, because his efficiency is higher than that of his teammates, and it is not a little bit.
The team's overall shooting percentage this season is 49.5%, which includes his shooting percentage, and his personal shooting percentage is more than ten percentage points higher than the overall shooting percentage. If his personal shooting percentage is excluded, it will exceed even more.
At this time, Tom Hawkes said: "Now that the regular season is over, I can make a prediction on the trend of the Western Conference. The probability of the Suns reaching the Finals is 40%, that of the Jazz is 35%, and that of the Supersonics is 24%.
In the East, the Bulls are 42%, the Pacers are 33%, the Knicks are 24%, and the other teams add up to 1%. "
"Haha, it's almost exactly the same, you call it prediction?" Old Wang couldn't help complaining again.
Thinking about the playoff situation in the Western Conference, the biggest competitor is of course the Jazz. In the four regular season games this season, they have two wins and two losses with the Jazz. They are tied. The meeting in the playoffs can only be the Western Conference finals. It should be a tough battle and won't be won as easily as before.
At noon on the 20th, the league officially announced some statistics and honors.
Wang Tiejun won the scoring title for three consecutive years, the defending rebounding title, and won the first block title.
He averaged only 0.4 more rebounds than Rodman, 0.7 more blocks per game than Sean Bradley, and 5 points per game than Jordan. In comparison, he is best at offense.
In addition, the assist king was won by Mark Jackson, averaging 11.4 assists per game.
The steals king was won by Mucci Blaylock, averaging 2.7 steals per game.
DPOY was given to Mutombo. This old Wang is actually a bit unwilling. He has invested a lot on the defensive end this season, and his performance is no worse than that of Lao Mu. Lao Mu has already taken one in front of him. This should be given to him.
The best rookie is Allen Iverson, who played 76 games, started 74 games, and was injured in 6 games. He averaged 40.1 minutes, 23.5 points, 4.1 rebounds, 7.5 assists, 2.1 steals, 0.3 blocks, 4.4 turnovers, and 3.1 fouls. He shot 41.6% from the field and 70.1% from the free throw.
The best sixth man was given to John Starks of the Knicks.
The best coach was actually given to Danny Ainge, which made him happy, and he won an honor for nothing.
This season is going to be the championship, the upper management is watching, and the lower Wang Tiejun and Lightning will not let him move, so he didn't dare to move at all, just followed the original tactics and played a record-breaking regular season record, which can be called luck.
Originally, Colangelo Jr. just used him as a transitional product, but he did not expect to play well. He played until the end of the season. Now he is considering giving him a contract extension.
On the afternoon of the 20th, the Suns management and coaching staff held a meeting to discuss the playoffs.
After one season in the Suns, Nelson has established himself with his decent ability. At this time, he first said: "Everyone, we will play against the Kings in the first round. There is no problem at all. In the second round, we should meet the Supersonics. We will meet the Jazz in the Western Conference Finals. Neither of these two opponents is weak. We can't be careless.
We have a good grasp of the Supersonics. In the past five seasons, because of K's strength in the low post, we have a very high winning percentage against the Supersonics. In the regular season and the playoffs, we have 25 wins and 9 losses. We have an absolute advantage.
And this season's Supersonics, the lineup has not changed much, and the reinforcement is limited, so we will still have a strong advantage. Our real opponent is still the Jazz. "
Lewis nodded and said: "The Jazz have strengthened Campbell, and their inside offensive ability and rebounding have been enhanced. We have two wins and two losses in the regular season. We really need to pay attention to them."
D'Antoni has no sense of presence in the coaching staff this season. Danny Ainge did not adopt his offensive tactics at all. Either the old traditional center tactics or the same defensive counterattack tactics disappointed him.
Seeing the two colleagues express their opinions at this time, he also said: "Playing the Jazz, my suggestion is to add some fast breaks, because the old K's movement speed is stronger than the postman, and Rasheed Wallace's movement speed is also stronger than Campbell.
If the fast break fails, we can immediately switch to positional warfare and use the strong low position of old K to attack. "
The tactics he mentioned have been improved. According to his original tactical thinking, there is actually no positional warfare at all, but this change was made because of old K.
When Danny Ainge heard it, it seems that this is indeed the case. In terms of overall speed, the Suns are indeed a little faster than the Jazz.
However, what does it mean to switch to a positional battle when the fast break is weak, and let the old K attack the tough ones, do you regard the old K as a wiper?
He can be sure that as long as Old K is at the main center position of the Suns for one day, he will never agree to this tactic.
"Being able to play fast breaks will inevitably weaken the defense."
Lewis was in charge of the team's defense, and he was keenly aware of the weakness of D'Antoni's fast break tactics, and immediately reminded him.
D'Antoni retorted: "But the fast break can increase our offensive rounds, and if the defense is weaker, we can use offense to gain more advantages and can completely make up for the loss on the defensive end.
If my tactics are followed, our offense will be extremely exciting, and we will set off wave after wave of offensive frenzy. "
Having said that, he became very excited, looking at little Colangelo, expecting to gain something.
As for Danny Ainge, he has given up hope. This guy from the Celtics is too conservative. This season's tactics are completely copied from last season. He doesn't have his own style, so he is not worthy of being a head coach.
Even if Danny Ainge got the best head coach, it was picked up. With the current strength of the Suns, even a dog sitting in the head coach position can win 73 wins.
Any successful head coach must imprint his own brand on the team he coaches, otherwise he cannot be called a successful head coach, and he just wants to be such a head coach.
Little Colangelo was stared at by D'Antoni, knowing that this was an attitude of waiting for him. He looked at Danny Angie, and Angie's face was a little embarrassed, so he knew that there was already a conflict between D'Antoni and Angie.
He actually understands Angie's ability, and his coaching ability is average. Before retiring, he was a half-player and half-assistant teaching a few things, and he temporarily caught him. The team's own lineup accounted for the main reason for such a good record this year, followed by Angie and the players.
However, he will not agree with D'Antoni's tactics. First, he does not understand this tactic, and the original traditional tactic won 73 wins, so he will never try new tactics easily;
Second, because old K's opinion is very important, it is impossible to play this kind of tactics that is completely opposite to the previous style without the support of old K;
Third, although he is not a professional coach, this kind of tactics seems to have lost the tactical role of the old K. Is D'Antoni trying to force the old K away?
He shook his head and said: "The playoffs are very important. No team will suddenly change their style of play in the playoffs. This is not advisable."
D'Antoni was very disappointed, and finally tried to say: "Mr. Colangelo, we must arrange tactics in a targeted manner. Fast break tactics are the best and most suitable tactics for dealing with the Jazz. Please think again."
Colangelo shook his head again, rejecting D'Antoni's suggestion.
But he thought for a while and said: "If old K has no objection, maybe he can try it in the regular season next season, but he needs his support."
D'Antoni was very disappointed. Colangelo's last statement did not give him hope. Although he did not discuss this issue with Old K, he was sure that Old K would never support his fast break tactics.
The reason is simple, because in some defensive counterattacks in the game, old K is often lazy and does not participate in the counterattack.
Moreover, his fast-break tactics will also weaken Old K's tactical position, because in his tactics, the fastest runner has the priority to shoot, the person who is more accurate outside the three-pointer has the priority to shoot, and the person with excellent mobility has the priority to shoot. A giant center like Old K does not have a high tactical position in his tactics.
Of course, it's not that he doesn't know the strength of old K, but he just advocates fast break tactics. This is his philosophy. For his own philosophy, whether old K is strong or not is not the key to his consideration.
In his opinion, the so-called traditional center tactics, that kind of ugly positional warfare, are really rubbish tactics that should be discarded. He hopes to promote a fast-break style of play like the wind in the league.
If he can take charge of the Suns, he will definitely trade the old K for a few star players who suit his tactics. At that time, I believe he can set off a wave of fast breaks in the West. As long as he thinks of this, he feels very refreshed.
It's a pity that the Suns didn't allow him to use his talents at all. He felt that he came to the wrong place and should go to the Warriors.
(End of this chapter)