After defeating the Knicks and winning three consecutive games in April, the Orlando Magic breathed a sigh of relief. After defeating the Knicks with some difficulty, the Orlando Magic returned to their home court at the Amway Center to continue the following games. In the next five games,
As long as the Magic are careful not to lose two games, they no longer have to worry that the Detroit Pistons may overtake them at the last minute to regain home court advantage.
In the next two home games, the Magic's opponents are not very strong, namely the Chicago Bulls and Minnesota Timberwolves. The Chicago Bulls are now chasing the No. 1 pick. After confirming that they can enter the playoffs, the Chicago Bulls simply start to make plans.
Shit, before this game the Chicago Bulls had lost 4 games in a row in April, and this challenge to the Magic was a very disgusting back-to-back away game.
At the Amway Center, the home of the Magic, the Chicago Bulls did not put up any decent resistance at all. After the first half, the Orlando Magic already had a 23-point lead. By the end of the third quarter, the Orlando Magic had led 99:66.
Leading the Chicago Bulls by 33 points, the game had entered garbage time before the end of the third quarter. Stan Van Gundy replaced all important players such as Adrian, Lewis, Turkoglu, and Gortat, leaving only the substitutes.
The lineup spends the final time on the field.
In the substitute time of the last quarter, the Bulls, who played all the main players, faced off against the Orlando Magic, who played almost all substitutes. Although the score was narrowed to 121:113 in the end, and the score difference was within ten points, it was not able to threaten the Orlando Magic in the end.
of victory.
After a day's rest, the Magic continued to sit at home to welcome the Timberwolves, who also struggled after losing Garnett this season. At the same time, a very good news reached the ears of the Orlando Magic before the start of the game. The Pistons
They lost again. In the previous game between the New York Knicks and the Detroit Pistons at home, the Detroit Pistons, who retained their strength in the away game, unexpectedly suffered an upset and were defeated by the New York Knicks with a 4-point advantage 94:90.
The confirmation of this news made everyone in the Magic team breathe a sigh of relief. With the defeat of the Detroit Pistons, the winning gap between the Orlando Magic and the Pistons expanded to three games. This winning gap is already quite safe.
With only 4 games left in the regular season, the Orlando Magic can completely relax. The possibility of the Detroit Pistons surpassing the Orlando Magic and regaining home court advantage in the playoffs only exists on paper.[
Considering that the playoffs are approaching, in order to allow the main players to get more rest, so as to reserve enough strength for the upcoming tough playoff schedule. Stan Van Gundy temporarily put Turkoglu and Lewis in after consideration.
The injured list is reserved for the upcoming playoffs.
Even after losing two generals, at the Magic's home court, the Amway Center, just like the Bulls a day ago, the Timberwolves did not show much fighting spirit. Although Al Jefferson once again sent out a double-double with 18 points and 11 rebounds.
Data, but in the face of powerful magic, the Timberwolves as a whole really lack resistance.
112:101, the Magic easily defeated the Timberwolves at home.
In the subsequent away game against the Bulls, the Magic once again defeated the Bulls 104:84, completely killing the Detroit Pistons' only on-paper chance of a comeback.
After completely killing the suspense in the rankings, the remaining two games were no longer important. Stan Van Gundy began to feel at ease giving the main players more rest time and letting the substitute players play longer.
So far, the Magic have achieved the best record in history of 60 wins and 20 losses. Even so, the Orlando Magic can only look up to the Celtics' terrifying record of 65 wins and 16 losses. However, for Detroit, which only achieved 57 wins
The Pistons and Magic no longer feel the pressure they bring.
In the last two games of the regular season, the away game against the Hawks and the home game against the Wizards, the Orlando Magic ended the regular season with one loss, one win, and a record of 61 wins and 21 losses.
As the SuperSonics defeated the Warriors away from home, all the regular season games of the NBA 2007-08 season came to an end. The regular season rankings of the Eastern and Western Conferences were finally completely determined.
In the East, the Celtics stand out and top the league with a record of 66 wins and 16 losses. Judging from the regular season record, the Big Three appear to be extremely domineering. The Orlando Magic ranked second with a record of 61 wins and 21 losses, the best record in history.
The third place is the veteran powerhouse Detroit Pistons with 59 wins and 23 losses. The fourth place Cleveland Cavaliers are 15 games behind the Detroit Pistons, ranking fourth with a record of 44 wins, behind Cleveland Cavaliers.
Behind the Cavaliers are the Washington Wizards, who have won 43 games, and the Philadelphia 76ers, who have won 40 games. Although the Toronto Raptors have also won 40 games, they are ranked seventh because they are at a disadvantage with the Philadelphia 76ers.
At the same time, the Toronto Raptors will also be the opponent of the Orlando Magic in the first round of the playoffs. In the eighth position, the Atlanta Hawks, with a victory from the Magic, finally suppressed Indiana at the last moment.
The Pacers barely made the playoffs.
The Indiana Pacers achieved 36 wins. Although they continued to criticize the Magic after the game for using a substitute lineup to face the Hawks, as losers in the playoffs, no one paid attention to their words, and neither did the Magic.
They don't care how the Indiana Pacers criticize them. The Magic don't care how the Pacers feel. All the Magic cares about is their preparations for the playoffs.
In the West, relying on their high winning rate in the first half of the season, the Los Angeles Lakers ranked first in the West with 60 wins. They were closely followed by the Houston Rockets. Although Yao Ming's injury was a heavy blow to the Rockets,
Even so, the Rockets still achieved an impressive record of 58 wins, ranking second in the Western Conference after the Los Angeles Lakers. In third place is the New Orleans Hornets led by Chris Paul. At the beginning of the season, the Hornets
The team once tied with the Lakers for first place in the Western Conference, but in the end, facing the Rockets, who came from behind and got better and better, the Hornets could only finish third in the Western Conference with 55 wins. Ranking fourth is the San Antonio Spurs, a veteran powerhouse in the Western Conference.
, the fifth-ranked Phoenix Suns will undoubtedly have a headache because of this. The Suns vs. Spurs game is also the most watched battle in the first round of the upcoming playoffs in the Western Conference. Ranked 6th, 7th, and 8th.
The teams are Utah Jazz, Dallas Mavericks, and Denver Nuggets.
In this way, the playoff lineups for the Eastern and Western Conferences can finally be announced.
In the Eastern Conference, the league's No. 1 Celtics faced off against the Atlanta Hawks, who were lucky enough to enter the playoffs. Before the game started, the media generally believed that this was the least suspense round of all series. The Celtics, who had won 66 games, had 37 wins.
The Atlanta Hawks won, no matter how you look at it, these two teams are not at the same level at all. If it were in the Western Conference, the Atlanta Hawks with 37 wins would not even be able to see the playoffs. This kind of matchup has become a matchup for some experts.
An important argument that emphasizes that the West is strong and the East is weak. 4:0 and 4:1 are the predicted scores given by most experts. In their opinion, the Atlanta Hawks can get a face-saving victory over the Celtics to avoid being defeated.
Sweeping the fate is already quite difficult.
The suspense of the Orlando Magic vs. Toronto Raptors is also not strong. The only suspense is how well Chris Bosh can perform in the playoffs. 4:2 is the predicted score given by most experts.
Relatively speaking, the game between the Detroit Pistons and the Philadelphia 76ers attracted more attention. Larry Brown faced off against the Pistons. Larry Brown, the champion coach who created the Pistons' civilian championship, faced off against the Detroit Pistons that he created.
A powerful source of media hype.
The game between the Cleveland Cavaliers led by little emperor LeBron James and the Washington Wizards led by General Arenas also attracted a lot of attention, but what they paid more attention to was whether General Arenas could live up to what he said.
He made a successful comeback in the playoffs.
If the general can come back healthy and perform well, this will be the most suspenseful game in the Eastern Conference series.
Lakers vs. Nuggets, Golden Double Gun vs. Triangle Offense, who has better offensive firepower?
Rockets vs. Mavericks, a face-to-face confrontation between the top three in Texas.[
Hornets vs. Jazz, a showdown between the new stars of the Western Conference and the established powerhouses.
San Antonio Spurs vs Phoenix Suns Not to mention, in the past few years, the Suns have been the team with the highest scoring average in the league, and the impression left by the San Antonio Spurs on everyone is their calm and rock-like strong defense. The strongest spear
vs the thickest shield, cannon vs city wall, which one is stronger in offense or more stable in defense?
The regular season is over, and the aftermath of March Madness has completely dissipated. The eyes of basketball "fans" across the United States have once again shifted from n to nb. Experts from all walks of life have come on stage to talk about it, and they have done it behind the TV screen again and again.
Making irresponsible predictions.
Stan Van Gundy didn't listen to those predictions, and in the end he didn't find a suitable defensive small forward to make up for the Magic's defensive shortcomings. Now he is just carefully studying the strengths and weaknesses of the Toronto Raptors' lineup. He intends to play in Toronto
Find the flaws in the Raptors' roster that they can remedy.
To be honest, such a flaw is not difficult to find. The Raptors' lineup is right there. After a day of careful study, Stan Van Gundy already has a clue.
The Toronto Raptors' defense has never been strong, especially in the low post. This has a lot to do with their two interior men. Neither Chris Bosh nor Bargnani are traditional interior men.
On the inside, they are much faster, have a much longer range, but are also much weaker in terms of strength and confrontation.
The direct consequence of such relatively low interior confrontation is that the Toronto Raptors' interior defense, especially the low-post defense, has big flaws. As long as there is a strong enough low-post attacker, Toronto's interior defense can be defeated.
The inside line turned upside down.
And Stan Van Gundy has a more suitable candidate on his hands!
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