After the All-Star Game, the trade deadline came immediately. Many teams made major trades, but only the Bengals made no movement.
The Tigers still occasionally use veteran rotation tactics, and the starting lineup also rotates frequently. They are all stars. They cannot always start five people. The Tigers have the most lineup changes in the league, but their ability to adapt is very strong.
After the All-Star Game, they only lost 3 games. The regular season ended in the blink of an eye. The Bengals broke the season win record of the Bulls during the Jordan era with a record of 73 wins and 8 losses.
Tigers top regular season record in league
In addition, the second place in the Western Conference is the Oklahoma City Thunder, which is only 1 game behind the Tigers. The Thunder's super sixth man renewed his contract with a lower salary at the end of last season.
The third is that the Los Angeles Lakers are 2 games behind, and the gap is still a bit big. Howard renewed his contract with the Lakers. The top four kings are still there, and the veteran status is not bad, making him a strong contender for the championship.
Fourth is the Los Angeles Clippers. Although their strength is still growing steadily and Nick Young is gradually becoming a star figure, they may still need greater efforts to achieve a better record in the powerful Western Conference.
Fifth is the Dallas Mavericks. Because Howard renewed his contract with the Lakers, the Dallas Mavericks' plan changed again at the end of last season, but they still got Al Jefson from the Jazz and their strength continued unabated.
Sixth is the San Antonio Spurs. Although their core is old, they still have no problem entering the playoffs. However, they will face the Lakers in the first round and may not be able to make it out.
The seventh place is the Nuggets. Despite Iguodala, they did not achieve outstanding results.
The eighth place is the Hornets. The Jazz are only one win behind the Hornets and did not qualify for the playoffs. The Hornets won the season with two second-year rookies Austin Rivers and Anthony Davis plus Eric Gordon.
Valuable qualification for the playoffs
The situation in the East seems simpler than these. Except for the Heat, Bulls, Nets, and Celtics, the Pacers, 76ers, Bucks, and Hawks are ranked 5-8 respectively.
The situation this season is somewhat special. They announced all the awards at the end of the regular season. However, because the Tigers' players' scoring and other data were too average, they naturally missed the regular season MVP. However, Yang Zhenxing was fortunate enough to win the Most Improved Award.
His data this season is 20.1 points, 7.2 assists and 4.6 rebounds per game plus 2.4 steals per game.
Iverson once again won the title of steals leader with 2.9 steals per game.
Liu Xiaowei, the Chinese manager of the Tigers and Yang Zhenxing's younger brother, won the title of best manager
In addition, Yao Ming squeezed out Howard and entered the first team of the league because of his record. Yang Zhenxing and Tracy McGrady both entered the second team. Iverson entered the third team.
Because Marbury came on the bench more times, he eventually won the title of Best Sixth Man.
The matchup in the playoffs is already clear. In the first round, the Tigers faced the Hornets, who had last year's No. 1 pick and the Celtics' leader, Huzi. Although on paper, the Tigers were far better than the Hornets by more than one level.
, but the Tigers, who are determined to win the championship this year, will not underestimate their opponents. They strive to win their opponents in the shortest possible time, because they are all veterans. Although their strength has returned to its peak, their physical strength has never returned.
Once upon a time
The first game of the playoffs has begun, and the Bengals face the challenge of the New Orleans Hornets in San Francisco.
This time, the arena in San Francisco was already packed with people. They used their warmest passion to encourage their players to win the game.
The game is about to start, and the players gradually enter the court. The Tigers do not appear according to the star reputation like other teams. Their appearances are always random, because these people are all stars, and many of them can even be called stars.
Above is Yang Zhenxing, who was scheduled to appear last in this Super Star game. Yang Zhenxing's appearance attracted the warmest applause from the audience.
This is the first game of the playoffs. The starting players for both teams are, Tigers Iverson, Yang Zhenxing, Tracy McGrady, Yi Jianlian and Yao Ming. Hornets, Austin Rivers, Eric Gordon, Darius Miller,
Ryan Anderson, Anthony Davis, Anthony Davis, who used to be the main power forward, became an interior swingman.
The game started. Yao Ming and Anthony Davis jumped the ball. Anthony Davis had a longer wingspan than Yao Ming and bounced better, so the ball went to Austin Rivers. Austin Rivers has been the organizer for most of the season.
As a defender, his organizational skills are relatively average but his offensive ability is strong. He and Eric Gordon basically belong to the same type of player.
After the opening, they and the Hornets fought vigorously, but they did not have the upper hand. Yao Ming came up and scored two goals first. Eric Gordon also showed off his power and hit two consecutive mid-range shots. Later, Tracy McGrady dunked and Anthony Davis showed his bravery.
At the end of the first quarter after a dunk, the Tigers only led by 2 points
In the second quarter, Yang Zhenxing and Carter hit three-pointers in less than a minute. The Tigers had a 12-0 scoring climax. Then Rivers Jr. succeeded in a mid-range shot. Yang Zhenxing hit a layup and hit Yao Ming's super block, passing to Tracy McGrady.
The fast break dunk detonated the whole game and then the game was completely controlled by the Tigers. At the end of the half, the Tigers led by 18 points, 58:40.
In the third quarter of the game, the Hornets connected and hit a 6:0 spurt in an attempt to counterattack, but Yang Zhenxing made a three-pointer to stop the bleeding. The Tigers were firmly in control of the situation. Then it entered Francis' performance time, and he made consecutive dunks.
, and also completed a wonderful cooperation with Yao Ming. At the end of the third quarter, the Tigers led by 24 points.
In the last quarter, the Tigers did not play the main force. Yang Zhenxing and others took a break. Arenas broke out and hit 4 three-pointers. With 52.9 seconds left in the game, he hit his fourth three-pointer. The Tigers led 114:90.
The Hornets only made one shot in the last 3 minutes and were already unable to recover.
Yang Zhenxing scored 23 points and 7 assists, Iverson had 14 points and 7 assists, Yao Ming had 16 points and 13 rebounds, Tracy McGrady had 10 points, Yi Jianlian had 10 points, Arenas scored 16 points in the fourth session, Carter scored 10 points and Francis 8
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For the Hornets, Austin Rivers scored 15 points and 9 assists, Eric Gordon scored 22 points, Anthony Davis scored 14 points and 10 rebounds, but his shooting rate was not high and was suppressed by Yao Ming.
Soon after this game ended, the Tigers faced their opponent's second challenge at home.
