Chapter 859 The God of Killing, the Playoffs Are Coming
April 13, 2003, Staples Center, Los Angeles.
"Crunch! Crunch!" The athlete's sneakers made a harsh sound as they rubbed against the smooth floor.
"DEFENCE! DEFENCE!" the fans shouted!
"Fadeaway!!!" the commentator roared.
The key player in the No. 24 jersey, facing Battier's defense, leaned back to an exaggerated angle and threw the ball!
The basketball was spinning and slowly fell into the net under the gaze of countless people!
Hollow into the net!
Kobe pursed his lips and clenched his fists!
Killer!
Another kill!
"A buzzer beater! Our champ, Kobe Bryant, completed his 7th buzzer beater in a single season!"
"19 consecutive wins!!! The Lakers have won 19 consecutive victories!!! They haven't lost a single game since March!!!"
"The Lakers won!!! The Lakers defeated the Vancouver Grizzlies 107:105 at home!"
"The 2002-2003 regular season has officially come to an end!"
Staples is in a boil again! ~
This scene has appeared many times this season, but every time it appears, it is still so shocking.
This is the power of basketball!
Until the last minute, you have no idea who will win!
"Fake, we can't prevent this." President Shane Battier put his hands on his hips and looked unwilling.
He was obviously extremely defensive!
His hand almost poked into Kobe's eye socket!
But Kobe didn't seem to be affected at all.
Damn, is this guy a Terminator?
No one knows fear, but Battier can't see this emotion in Kobe at all!
"Sean, it's okay. The real game begins now." Carter patted Shane's back calmly.
The regular season is over.
The Grizzlies once achieved second place in the Western Conference halfway through the season.
However, their record was gradually overtaken by the teams behind them in the second half of the season, and ultimately, after this game, they were only ranked fifth in the Western Conference.
It's not that the Grizzlies are not strong enough, but in the second half, the veterans of other teams started to work crazy!
As for the Grizzlies' youth team, the young players consumed so much energy in the first half of the season that many players had physical problems in the second half of the season.
Even so, the Grizzlies also posted the best winning percentage in team history - 61 wins and 21 losses.
This record is already very good!
But there are too many strong players in the Western Conference this year.
There may only be two or three teams with 60 wins in the Western Conference in previous years!
And this year there are five 60-win teams!
west:
The first Kings have 68 wins and 14 losses.
The second Lakers have 65 wins and 17 losses.
The third Spurs have 63 wins and 19 losses.
The fourth Rockets have 62 wins and 20 losses.
The fifth Grizzlies have 61 wins and 21 losses.
The sixth Timberwolves have 59 wins and 23 losses.
The seventh Mavericks have 55 wins and 27 losses.
The eighth Blazers have 50 wins and 22 losses.
Five 60-win teams!
The gap between the five teams is as small as only one or two wins!
fear!
Such a record simply breaks people's perception!
The Kings' offensive firepower this season after having the trident of Webber, Pierce, and Peja is really fierce.
They play a lineup similar to the big man, shooting, and defensive counterattack of the Lakers' OK dynasty era.
Endless passes!
Their offense is like an art form.
Winning the legendary record of first place in the Western Conference and second place in the league!
This also made Kurt Rambis, the former chief assistant coach of the OK Dynasty and now the league's leading youth coach, the best coach of the year.
In the last two months, the Lakers made further progress. Under Kobe's bloody battle, they scored an astonishing 19 consecutive victories, killed countless top clubs in the league, and finally ranked second in the Western Conference!
19 consecutive wins!
Especially in such a devilish atmosphere of competition among heroes in the West!
Kobe played 19 games, 4 games with 70+ points, 5 games with 60+ points, and 6 games with buzzer beaters!
Kobe became a phenomenon, and the whole world was crazy about Kobe's unparalleled personal heroic performance.
Because they know that when the Lakers teammates grow up again, Kobe will not play so crazy.
This may be Kobe's craziest personal performance!
The God of Key!
Dominate the entire league! Rule the world!
The Lakers were predicted to be seventh in the Western Conference before the game and had just made the playoffs.
When the season ended, the Lakers stood in second place in the Western Conference, overlooking the rest.
This is a miracle.
No one could have imagined that Kobe could lead such a Lakers team and play such a legendary season.
The heroes are vying for the throne, but the Lakers seem to have not withdrawn from the stage of history at all!
Kobe averaged 41.2 minutes per game throughout the season and averaged 43.6 points, 10.6 rebounds, 11.7 assists, 3.4 steals, 1.2 blocks, and 3.5 turnovers per game!
myth!
Kobe Bryant had a fabulous personal performance!
A triple double of 40+10+10!
He also had a league-high 3.4 steals.
Whether it's offense, defense, or organization, Kobe has done it to the extreme!
Kobe's performance this season is the ceiling of basketball.
Kobe's legendary season continues.
The Spurs, third in the Western Conference, are the team with the second-worst record after the trade deadline after the Lakers!
Duncan Shifu is still steadily averaging 24.1 points, 12.6 rebounds, 5.1 assists, 2.8 blocks, 1.2 steals and 2.4 turnovers per game this season.
This is an MVP-level performance, and his statistics are almost without occupying too much possession of the ball.
Duncan's growth can be seen from the change in the number of turnovers.
During Laga Bell's truce, Tony Parker and Stockton started together!
And Parker's unscrupulous breakthrough activated the Spurs' offense!
Coupled with the unsolvable defensive system they originally relied on Duncan to establish, the Spurs surpassed the Grizzlies and Rockets all the way to become third in the Western Conference.
O'Neal felt depressed for a while after the Lakers lost to the Lakers.
The MVP is gone.
There were comments everywhere mocking him for being dunked by Kobe Bryant.
This made the big shark confused for a time.
And what follows is anger!
Extreme anger!
O'Neal played more violently in subsequent games!
Dunk your opponent out of the court multiple times!
That kind of violent and fierce fighting style is simply terrifying!
Francis has also gradually grown, averaging 23+6+6 per game this season and becoming the league's leading point guard.
The Grizzlies' record obviously doesn't satisfy Carter.
Carter's offensive efficiency this season is second only to Kobe's from the outside. He averaged 28.6 points, 7.2 rebounds, 8.1 assists, 1.7 steals, 0.9 blocks and 2.6 turnovers per game with a shooting percentage of 56%, 42% and 85%.
The demigod was originally very ambitious at the beginning of the season.
But it's obvious that his young teammates still can't move as freely as the veterans of other championship teams.
In some brutal competitions, they consumed too much physical energy.
And in some key events, their physical fitness is not enough.
But Carter is not in a hurry. Battier and Gasol still have a lot of room for growth.
Now, it is far from the upper limit of this Grizzlies' strength.
The Forest Wolf was on the verge of reaching the semi-finals.
But it is a pity that they lost consecutively to the Lakers, Spurs, and Celtics in strong confrontations.
The Wolf King's performance this season has been extremely good, averaging 23.9 points, 14.8 rebounds, 7.1 assists, 3.5 blocks, 1.9 steals and 3.3 turnovers per game.
His presence on both ends of the offense and defense is simply dominant. He ranks second in the league in rebounds (second only to Ben) and ranks first in the league in blocks, which also allowed him to successfully win the Defensive Player of the Year for the first time in his career. DPOY.
The addition of Ray Allen makes the Timberwolves even more powerful.
Marbury and Szczerbiak are also All-Star young players.
It can be said that this Timberwolves is the strongest team in Garnett's career.
The Timberwolves are terrifyingly strong this season.
No one could have imagined that such a Timberwolves team would only be sixth in the division!
Sixth in the conference with 59 wins?
It's just a joke!
In previous years, such records were among the top three in the division.
All I can say is that the competition this year is really fierce!
As for the Mavericks, Nowitzki has reached his peak this year, averaging 27+10+3 per game, and his shooting percentage is almost close to the 180 club.
Son of the Wind Nash averages 15+9 per game.
After Wang Zhizhi came to the Mavericks, he averaged 17+8 per game as a starter in the second half of the season. Under Nash's guidance, he became a qualified shooting starting center.
The Mavericks' offense is undoubtedly the best in the league.
But their defensive problems are still very big.
There are rumors that Mavericks owner Mark Cuban is unhappy with Mad Scientist for trading two of his team's young players to the Spurs.
Although Wang Zhizhi and Steve Smith are players of the same level, it is obvious that they have big defensive problems.
In Mark Cuban's view, the mad scientist is trying to satisfy his desire for experimentation, regardless of the future of the team! And they also supported the enemy, making the Spurs, Texas' rival, the most perfect team in the league.
Mark Cuban is already intolerant of mad scientists. Rumor has it that he directly told Don Nelson that if he doesn't make it to the second round this year, he will leave.
The Trail Blazers are in danger of making the playoffs.
Although the team has lost many outstanding players, the current Trail Blazers still have a lineup system with Roaring Tianzun as the core.
They may not have a good record against strong teams, but they are still ruthless against weak teams in the league.
But Paul Allen, the world's richest man, also began to feel that his players did not have good prospects.
Perhaps he will not renew his contract with the Roaring Gods this season.
What Paul Allen wants is a championship, not spending a lot of money every year to struggle on the edge of the playoffs.
On the other side, in the Eastern Conference, competition this year is equally fierce.
The Celtics, first in the Eastern Conference, have 69 wins and 13 losses.
Second Pacers 63 wins and 19 losses
Third Philadelphia 76ers 62 wins and 20 losses
Fourth Heat 60 wins and 22 losses
No. 5 Hornets 58 wins and 24 losses
Sixth Nets 45 wins and 37 losses
7th Bucks 43 wins and 39 losses
Eighth Knicks 41 wins and 41 losses
This year's Celtics almost won the legendary 70 wins!
McGrady, Penny, Billups, Van Horn, Kemp.
The five players are all legendary and great players, and they swept the entire league.
If McGrady hadn't actively tried to change his style of play in the second half of the season and made a lot of crazy shots at critical moments, leading to him losing some games abruptly, then the Celtics would have won the legendary 70 wins again.
But McGrady’s exercises are also very effective!
During the key ball battle between Celtics stars, Tracy McGrady's growth is visible to the naked eye!
Usually the key goals are the team's tactics, and the outcome depends on the outcome.
And now it's McGrady alone who carries the team and fights against the opponent's superstars!
McGrady's key abilities are getting stronger and stronger, and the Celtics' ceiling is getting higher and higher!
Maybe they lost some games they should have won in the regular season, but this result is the moment when the Celtics star players compete in the playoffs, and McGrady's experience will be richer.
The Pacers have conceded an average of 90.3 points per game this season, ranking first in the league!
After entering the 21st century, the team's offense has greatly accelerated, and after adding a large number of three-point shooting and fast breaks, such an average of points lost per game is simply unbelievable.
The Pacers are the best defensive team in recent years!
O'Neal, Artest, Kidd!
Three gates!
Harrington and Reggie Miller are also very good defensively!
The defensive system they formed is impregnable.
Coupled with Kidd's guidance, other players have performed well offensively.
It may not be as good as the offense of some of the league's top teams, but paired with their defense, they are invincible.
The Philadelphia 76ers are also a team that is catching up after the All-Star Game.
After acquiring Stackhouse and Jason Terry from the Hawks, Philadelphia's offense, defense and substitutes have once again strengthened to a higher level!
Princeton is the most suitable tactic for these offensive geniuses!
Iverson's scoring average this season is second only to Kobe!
He averaged 42.6 minutes per game, 35.6 points, 4.5 rebounds, 6.3 assists, 2.7 steals, 0.2 blocks and 3.1 turnovers per game!
The three shooting percentages were 48.1%, 37.9% and 87.6% respectively.
It can be said that Iverson is a scoring machine now!
Coupled with Stackhouse's assistance, the Philadelphia 76ers became the biggest dark horse in the Eastern Conference in the second half of the season, counterattacking many teams and winning third place in the Eastern Conference!
The Heat were originally a team with a very strong lineup on paper.
Their team boss is not a player but Pat Riley.
Under the leadership of Pat Riley, five players including Eddie Jones, Mourning, Mashburn, Malone, and Tim Hardaway were invincible during the working schedule.
After the All-Star Game, the team's record declined not because of a decline in strength, but because Pat Riley began to learn lessons and rest veterans.
Mourning, Mashburn, and Hardaway all got a lot of rest time.
Although their record dropped to fourth in the Eastern Conference, their strength is by no means worse than any team in the Eastern Conference!
The Charlotte Hornets experienced a significant decline after Jordan retired.
This team still has a group of top players such as Grant Hill, Divac, Gerald Wallace, Leder, etc., but they seem to be getting further and further away from the championship.
The east is clearly divided into two echelons.
The first five and the last three!
The top five teams are all old and strong teams in the league, and they all have top strength.
The next few teams are obviously regular playoff-level teams.
The winning rate is about 50%. You can beat weak teams and beat them, but you can occasionally win one or two games against strong teams.
But no one thought they could go very far.
This year's playoffs will be a year of competition.
Countless top teams will decide the new king this year!
west!
east!
Youth Army!
A veteran team!
The heroes compete with each other, and the stars shine brightly.
My 80-year-old grandma was diagnosed with a tumor on her kidneys.
I don’t know if it’s benign or cancer. I’ll be hospitalized next week for a biopsy.
Life is unpredictable, sometimes a familiar person will leave soon
Everyone should pay more attention to their health and cherish the present moment.