naaapseattle Chapter 128 Team history record!Scoring champion!
Chapter 128 Team history record!Scoring champion!
Chapter 128 Team history record!Scoring champion!
With 59 wins and 22 losses, the Clippers temporarily rank first in the Western Conference.
However, the Clippers have one game left before the end of the regular season.
The Lakers, ranked second in the West, have a record of 58 wins and 22 losses at this time. The Lakers still have two regular season games to play, one of which is the last regular season game against the Clippers.
As for the penultimate game, it was the game against the king.
We all know that the Kings are already doing badly this season, so the Lakers' game is not bad.
It is conceivable that the Clippers or the Lakers, whoever can become the big winner who has the last laugh and enter the playoffs with the first record in the Western Conference, will have to fight again with real swords and guns.
On April 4, the Lakers won the home game as expected, successfully defeated the Kings, and achieved the same results as the Clippers.
However, because the victory difference with the Clippers is 1 to 2, the Clippers are still ranked first in the West for the time being.
"Who's No. [-] in the West and who's the King of Los Angeles?"
The rain is about to come, and the focus game between the Clippers and the Lakers has not yet started. The media across the United States has taken the lead in building momentum for this rivalry in the same city.
From the perspective of the schedule, the Clippers have an advantage. After all, the next stop will start on the night of April 4.
You know, the Lakers were still playing the Kings the night before.
Even if the main force of the Lakers clocks in three quarters, having a game and not having a game are two different things.
In addition, judging from the contests in the first three games of this season, except for Lu Yi's lack of experience in the opening game, the Clippers won the games relatively easily in the remaining two games.
Based on this calculation, it is reasonable for the Clippers to win the Lakers again.
However, even if the Clippers win the next crucial focus game, the league's No. [-] team is still not the Clippers.
It's the Cleveland Cavaliers in the East.
The Cavaliers' schedule for the second half of the regular season this season is particularly comfortable.
The games between the Cavaliers and the strong teams in the East and West are basically in the second game of back-to-back games between the strong teams. This situation will undoubtedly help the Cavaliers' record.
It has to be said that Stern's method of praising people is much better than that of his successors.
It is also because of his outstanding performance in the regular season that even without a championship, James still has one of the best fans in the league.
Of course, now Stern does not favor James alone.
Because of his background, Lu Yi was also taken care of by Stern.
Coupled with the fact that it is located in Los Angeles, Lu Yi's ability to attract fans is not much weaker than James, even though Lu Yi is not an American.
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The time finally came to April 4.
At the end of today's game, Lu Yi will officially end the regular season of the first season of his career and enter the second stage of his career-the playoffs.
As for the next battle for No. [-] in the Western Conference and the battle for the king of Los Angeles, Lu Yi has a flame burning in his heart. He is already looking forward to it before the game starts.
However, at this time, the Lakers did not play their cards according to the routine.
For the Clippers, if they win the next crucial game, the Clippers will create multiple records in team history.
These include No. 60 in the regular season in the Western Conference, champion in the Western Pacific Division, [-] wins in the regular season...
But for the Lakers, these are not important, what is important is how far the playoffs can go.
As the defending champion, the Lakers don't care about what they can achieve in the regular season.
For a bad team like the Clippers, even if they win the Western Pacific Division championship based on their regular season record, they can raise the flag to the dome of the Staples Center as a symbol of honor.
And what about the Lakers?In addition to the championship banner, even the banner of the Western Conference championship is not worthy of hanging on it.
It is precisely because of this that the Lakers don't care about a regular season victory, a banner of the Western Pacific Division championship.
As for the record of 60 wins in the regular season, the Lakers are not without it.
What the Lakers pursued, and what Kobe pursued, was never the honor of the regular season, but the finals, the only one in a season, and the most important honor.
The Lakers are not healthy this season, and the defending champion wants to win again, the health of the team is the most noteworthy matter.
The Lakers had just finished back-to-back games and had a battle with the Clippers, one of the best in the West.
In case there is something wrong with our players in this game, what should we do?
In fact, for the Lakers, it is a good thing to rest the main players and study the opponents in the playoffs in advance.
The Lakers gave up this regular season and will enter the playoffs with the second record in the Western Conference.
And because they are in the Western Pacific Division with the Clippers, they had to enter the playoffs as the No. [-] seed team in the Western Conference.
This means that even if you want to resolve the grievances and grievances of the regular season with the Clippers, you can solve them in the second round of the regular season.
The Clippers don't have much experience in the playoffs, and even after getting Iverson, it won't help the Clippers much.
For the Clippers to really help the team win in the playoffs, they still need to rely on Lu Yi, a rookie.
And a rookie means youth, lack of experience, and a great possibility of making mistakes.
If Lu Yi can't play as miraculously as in the regular season in the playoffs, then the Lakers will give up the first place in the Western Conference, and the Clippers may be doubly humiliated because of being hacked.
Even if the Clippers advance in the first round of the playoffs, they will meet the Lakers in the second round.
After all, the Lakers themselves have picked an opponent with enough weight but can be easily solved-the Utah Jazz.
There is an obvious restraint relationship between the team and the team, and today's Jazz is restrained to death by the Lakers.
The Jazz wins by tactical execution and by defense.
The Lakers have no lack of tactical execution, no lack of defense, and even a lot more talent than the Jazz.
Over the years, the Jazz have played more games in the playoffs than any team in the league, but why will the Jazz never have a share in the championship?
It is because the Jazz is only a small ball market, and there are no big-name players to join.
The Jazz have been playing in the playoffs again, unable to obtain high-ranking, talented rookies through the draft.
The final result is that in the playoffs where there are many strong players, the Jazz's tried and tested style of play in the regular season is limited everywhere due to lack of talent in the playoffs.
On the other hand, the Lakers, from the starter to the bench, are basically first-round picks.
The only Luke Walton who is not a first-round pick is also because of his status as the second-generation star. He served as a senior drinking fountain administrator for the Lakers and didn't have much playing time in the playoffs.
It is precisely because of this that the Lakers gave up the game against the Clippers and personally selected the Jazz as their opponent in the first round of the regular season.
As long as the Jazz are easily resolved in the first round, the Lakers will allow more time to deal with the Clippers who lack playoff experience in the second round of the playoffs.
Perhaps, the Lakers' abandonment of the regular season may also give the Clippers some undue thoughts.
For example, the Lakers have stage fright and dare not fight tough battles with them.
At that time, the two teams will meet in the playoffs.The proud and arrogant Clippers will inevitably pay the price.
How convenient it is, the Lakers finally made such a choice.
However, for the American audience who have been looking forward to this game for a long time, it is somewhat uninteresting.
Of course, Clippers owner Sterling is very satisfied with this.
Before the start of the game, the Lakers did not put on a posture of giving up the game.
It is precisely because of this that rich people in Los Angeles, who thought there was a good show to watch, rushed to buy tickets to enter the Staples Center to watch the game.
In today's game, the Clippers' home court, the money that eventually fell into Sterling's pocket was close to 200 million.
Of course, the tickets alone are definitely not that much money, and the benefits generated by the surrounding areas are also included in this.
In short, the Clippers teamed up with the Lakers to trick the rich into slaughtering them.
The Clippers made a lot of money and easily broke many records in team history.
After the game, the few staff members of the Clippers held a wave of celebrations and award ceremony in the center of the court.
In order to witness this historic scene, Sterling specially asked his staff to make commemorative t-shirts and baseball caps for the Clippers' 60 wins and the Pacific Division champion.
It stands to reason that the commemorative T-shirts should be distributed to fans for free, but the stingy Sterling only presented dozens of business, political, cultural and sports leaders sitting in the first row.
There are nearly [-] fans left, so they can only go to the peripheral product store to buy T-shirts and baseball caps before leaving the arena.
It is worth mentioning that for players such as Lu Yi, they are not particularly disgusted with this.
Because Sterling was generous for the first time, although the souvenirs sold would not share a dime with the players.
However, Sterling promised that all the bonuses won by the teams playing in the playoffs will be rewarded to the players.
As for the rewards of the coaching staff and other staff, Sterling will pay for them himself.
Some people may be confused, why didn't Sterling take a share of the sales of commemorative jerseys as a reward?
That's because the NBA has very strict regulations on players' income.
All the money that players can get in the league is written in the player contract, and the player contract must be reported by the league to take effect.
If the team has any contact with the player in private, resulting in a transaction, it will be regarded as a yin and yang contract, and the player and the team will be punished at the same time.
This move also prevents teams in big markets from privately making up for the stars who joined with a salary cut in order to reinforce, thereby preventing teams in small markets from being easily hollowed out.
It is because of such regulations that the market value of NBA teams is rising in an orderly manner. Owners who buy teams in small markets don't have to worry about the team suddenly collapsing.
In addition, the revenue from jersey sales has nothing to do with the stars themselves.
The only way for stars to get a share from selling peripherals is to exclusively sign sneakers.
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With 60 wins and 22 losses, in the first season of Lu Yi's career, he has reached a peak that most players can't reach in their lifetime.
Throughout the NBA for so many years, it is rare to lead a team to 60 wins in the regular season.
It's just that the regular season is the regular season, and the playoffs are the playoffs.
In terms of the star's true leadership ability, it depends on how far the playoffs can go.
Of course, the regular season has regular season honors.
As soon as the regular season is over, various basic awards have been announced.
Lu Yi is on the list, mainly because he averaged 36.4 points per game and won the scoring leader this season.
It is worth mentioning that, apart from Lu Yi, Durant is the only one who averaged more than 30 points per game in the regular season this season.
Durant averaged 30.8 points per game, 5 points behind Lu Yi.
It is also Lu Yi who averaged too many points per game. Even though he took a lot of games off this season, Lu Yi's total points this season is the most in the league, with a full 2695 points.
More than 200 points more than Durant's total score.
In the summary of various data in the regular season, in addition to the outstanding scoring data, Lu Yi also has shooting percentage, true shooting percentage, three-point list, three-point shooting percentage, and victory contribution value.
It's a pity that there are no special awards for these data.
Of course, the bulk of the regular season awards haven't been announced yet.
Lu Yi may not have the chance to win the regular season MVP, but the best lineup is relatively stable.
Even the best defensive team is not out of the question.
If Lu Yi is not a rookie, then this season's regular season MVP must be Lu Yi.
After talking about the regular season awards, let's review the Western Conference's playoff lineup.
The No. 60 Los Angeles Clippers in the West are 22-[-].
The Los Angeles Lakers, second in the West, have 59 wins and 23 losses.
The Dallas Mavericks are third in the West with 56 wins and 26 losses.
The Phoenix Suns, fourth in the Western Conference, have 54 wins and 28 losses.
The Utah Jazz, fifth in the West, are 53 wins and 29 losses.
The Denver Nuggets, sixth in the West, are 52 wins and 30 losses.
The San Antonio Spurs, seventh in the West, are 50-32.
The Oklahoma City Thunder, eighth in the Western Conference, are 50-32.
In fact, the ninth in the West is the Portland Trail Blazers, also 50 wins and 32 losses.
But it was because of the slightly inferior record against the other two teams that it was a pity that they were squeezed out of the playoffs.
In addition, the Western Conference teams with a winning percentage of more than 50% this season include the 44-win Memphis Grizzlies and the 43-win New Orleans Hornets.
If these three teams are in the East, they will definitely be able to make the playoffs, but in the West, they can only be reduced to cannon fodder.
Of course, this is not to say that there are no strong teams in the East under the pattern of strong west and weak east.
The No. 59 team in the league this season is the Cleveland Cavaliers in the East, and the Orlando Magic, No. 23 in the East, also achieved a record of [-] wins and [-] losses.
But for the other teams in the Eastern Conference, Wang Xiaoer is not as good as cutting a crop of leeks.
Having said that, the matchups in the playoffs are not completely ranked according to the record.
Because the first place in the division must be the top three seeded team in the playoffs, the Lakers, the second seed in the West, were assigned to the fourth seed in the West because they are in the same division as the Clippers.
The Mavericks and the Suns are the No. [-] and No. [-] seeds in the West, respectively.
It is precisely because of this that the first round of the Western Conference this year is the Clippers vs. Thunder, Mavericks vs. Spurs, Suns vs. Nuggets, and Lakers vs. Jazz.
Judging from the situation in the first round, there are still some arguments for this year's playoffs.
The Clippers and the Thunder are young storms. The Clippers have Lu Yi, so it goes without saying. Thornton, Gordon, and Jordan are all young people selected by the Clippers themselves.
The Thunder now has a complete lineup of four young players. Of course, it now refers to Durant, Jeff Green, Westbrook, and Ibaka.
Harden was only selected this year to play the team's sixth man, and because Durant and Westbrook played with the ball, they lacked the ball and failed to play, so it was not eye-catching.
But in any case, the Thunder is definitely a team of young people, and it is precisely because of the hard work of the young head stars that the Thunder made it to the playoffs in this year's Western Conference where there are so many strong players.
As for the Mavericks and the Spurs, the old bulls and horses are fighting.
Once upon a time, the battle between cows and horses even became the main theme of the west.
The star of the two teams, Duncan and Nowitzki, the battle for the league's top power forward is often talked about by fans.
The Suns and the Nuggets are both fast-break teams. In the playoffs where defense wins, they are out of place with other teams, but it would be more interesting to just get together.
In the end, when the Lakers play the Jazz, it is a duel between the rich and the poor, between genius and mediocrity.
(End of this chapter)