Up to now, the situation in the east has become very clear.
The Heat, who are still in a crazy winning streak, have a performance that, as an old saying goes, "a scorpion poops only". Their record is the best in the league and they have already locked up the regular season championship in advance.
Just last night, the 24th.
With Wade missing the game due to a right knee injury, James led the Heat to easily defeat the Bobcats at home 109:77, giving the Heat their 26th consecutive victory.
At the same time, the Heat's winning streak against the Bobcats will also increase to 11 games.
The MVP of this game was undoubtedly given to LeBron James. He made 10 of 14 shots and 10 of 11 free throws in 34 minutes. A near triple-double of 32 points, 10 assists and 8 rebounds... very James' statistics.
With this battle, James once again set various new NBA records.
For example, his career playing time reached 10 minutes, thus surpassing the minutes played by the famous Kevin McHale and ranking 124th on the all-time total playing time list;
His total career points increased to 20,890 points, surpassing Bob Pettit's points and ranking 36th on the all-time scoring list;
The total career assists data has increased to 5255 times, surpassing Karl Malone's 5248 times and ranking 47th on the historical assists list.
The most important thing is that James has surpassed Kobe and has become the top of various youngest lists.
em...someone said that he has long been used to it.
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The Heat are in a league of their own in the Eastern Conference and even across the league, and no one can match their popularity.
The second-placed Knicks have a good record, with 46 wins and 22 losses, firmly ranking second in the Eastern Conference, but they can only rank sixth in the league. Other strong teams with similar records include the Grizzlies, Clippers and other strong teams.
The Knicks led by Melo Guagua are completely ignored by the Trail Blazers. They can break out of the East unless the Suns come out of the West...
Anyway, Wang Zelin remembers clearly that from the 21st year he traveled back in time to the current 13th year, Phoenix has missed the playoffs for nearly 10 years, and the Phoenix that landed properly is not as good as a chicken.
Compared with the Eastern Conference, where the situation is gradually becoming clearer, the playoff matchup in the Western Conference is more confusing.
First, second and third in the Western Conference are only one win away from each other. Under such circumstances, the Thunder should not say that they are stable.
Everyone knows that if something unexpected happens at this time, there is no telling who the final Western Conference champion will be.
The Spurs, currently in second place, had a tearful win over the Cavaliers and their record became 49 wins and 19 losses. With one more win, they would complete their 104th consecutive year of 50 wins.
Ever since the Spurs acquired Duncan through crazy squandering in the 1997 draft, the latter did not disappoint the Holy City fans. Starting from 56 wins and 26 losses in his rookie season, the Spurs almost never had a regular season record lower than 50 wins in that year.
Why do you say almost?
Because since Duncan joined the NBA, he has experienced a total of two shortened seasons, one was the 1998-99 season, and the other was the 11-12 season.
There was really nothing we could do about the 1998-99 season, because there were only 50 regular season games in total that year, and the Spurs' record was 37 wins and 13 losses, which is 61 wins in terms of wins.
By the way, Duncan, in second grade, led the Spurs to the championship that year.
Except for that season, even in the 11-12 season last year, the Spurs tenaciously won 50 of the 66 games in the regular season.
Perhaps this is the charm of the universally acknowledged No. 1 historical figure.
The Trail Blazers, who are in third place, relied on an 8-game winning streak to reach 48 wins and 20 losses, steadily beating the Clippers behind them by two wins.
The third place position in the Western Conference seems to be stable, but the team management can't help but feel frightened.
Who knows, the Spurs in front are really good at acting. No one can beat those old basketball hooligans in playing heartbeat!
Based on the current situation and predicting the future, the third-placed Trail Blazers' first-round opponent in the playoffs is likely to be the fifth-placed Grizzlies.
Why do you say that?
The Grizzlies don't know what their coaching staff is thinking. After losing to the Trail Blazers, they simply broke the pot and lost two games in a row, falling from fourth to fifth. Judging from the current trend, I'm afraid they will be fifth.
All are no longer guaranteed.
What a familiar script, what a familiar taste...
The grizzly bear was targeting an unlucky guy, so he did this trick.
For this reason, the coaching staff of the Trail Blazers and Spurs have been too busy to sleep in the past two days, thinking about how to avoid the grizzly bear.
Compared to the Grizzlies, the two teams are more willing to face the Nuggets, who play team basketball, or the Warriors, who are still in the unknown stage.
The Trail Blazers have three more games in March, against the Thunder, Nets, Jazz and Warriors, and then it will really be the end of the season.
The Spurs have three games left, and their opponents are Mosaic, Nuggets and Clippers.
At this time, the coaching staff of both teams are taking a wait-and-see attitude to see how the other side will respond.
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Oklahoma.
Thunder locker room.
"Kevin, are you excited to see that rookie again soon?"
Taking off his colorful clothes, Westbrook put on his red training clothes and asked casually.
At this time, Durant sat aside and surfed the Internet daily.
"Are you worried about tonight's game?"
Durant looked up and asked.
"Worried..." Westbrook exclaimed: "Are you kidding me, man? We are number one in the Western Conference. It is the Trail Blazers who should worry about themselves!"
"Haha! Then I'll be relieved."
Seeing this, Durant put down his phone and prepared to go out to practice with Westbrook.
He actually has greater ambitions in his heart.
Why can we only be No. 1 in the Western Conference?
What he wants to pursue is to be number one in the league!
At this stage, the Thunder are still 5 wins away from the Heat's record, and there is little hope of overtaking them.
But in the end there is still a glimmer of hope.
He hates second place.
He's tired of being second.
He now wants to be first!
If Westbrook opens Durant's phone, he will find that the latter has just left a comment on a popular post titled "Who is the number one small forward currently?"
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Everyone says that LeBron is the number one small forward in the league, but I don't think so. I think there is someone better than LeBron...
He is the great hero of Oklahoma, the all-powerful super scorer, the great Kevin Durant...
——Senior Comiliu"
However, Durant seems to have forgotten to switch something, and the result is predictable.
The already popular post, with the help of Durant himself, was quickly reprinted and reported by major media.
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7pm sharp.
The two teams recognized by the outside world as the strongest youth teams in the NBA began their third contest this season. The two teams previously tied with 1:1.
Therefore, before the game, the media and NBA officials made a general impression of this game. In the minds of the majority of fans, it was tantamount to a playoff-level showdown.
For every subsequent game, the Thunder attaches great importance to it, from management to players.
The last two teams worked too hard. In order to consolidate the first place in the Western Conference, they must fight for every game.
Home dressing room.
Head coach Scott Brooks hasn't stopped giving his impassioned speech.
"Boys, the Trail Blazers opposite us are a team that has always had a similar structure to ours, with the same youth and the same promising future. They will be our strongest enemy in the future...
But like I said, that's only the future!
Please believe that at this stage, no one in the West can be our opponent, not the Trail Blazers, not the Spurs, not even the Clippers and the Grizzlies...
There is only one real opponent for us, tell me, who is he?"
"Miami Heat..."
Almost subconsciously, Durant, who has always been shy, led his teammates to roar to the sky.
Infected by the coach's passion, he instantly recalled the lonely scene of last year's 1:4 defeat in the finals.
This year, the third brother Harden was sent away. Fortunately, the team got Martin in exchange, and at least he can provide offensive firepower that is not weaker than Harden's on the bench.
Coupled with the fact that he and his second brother are getting stronger, Durant believes that this year's Thunder will be stronger than last year.
The reality seemed to be just as he wished.
So far in the regular season, the Thunder in the Western Conference have relied on their younger firepower to overtake the aging Spurs after the All-Star Game and reach the top of the Western Conference.
This group of young people can't wait for the playoffs to arrive.
They want to avenge their shame!
They want the O'Brien Trophy!
They want to be the biggest winners!
"Good boy!"
Brooks nodded with satisfaction, held his head high, and continued: "The so-called Trail Blazers Youth Army is just an appetizer. There is a higher and bigger finals stage waiting for us...
So now, let’s play!
Kill the Portlanders and use their blood to celebrate our champion's coronation in advance!"
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At 7:20, the home game between the Thunder and the Trail Blazers was about to begin, and players from both teams entered the stadium.
Durant held his head high and walked out of the tunnel with the Thunder players with high morale, but he almost vomited blood.
In the commentary box.
The ace commentator team of Charles Barkley and Kenny Smith looked at each other several times with strange expressions after seeing the lineups of both sides.
"What is Coach Terry Stotts up to?"
"Are you prepared to give up tonight's victory?"
Buckley's eyes widened.
"From the current point of view, it seems, probably, maybe, it should be... that's what it means!"
Kenny Smith held his chin that was about to drop.
Logically speaking, shouldn't resting only happen to the "senior team" the Spurs? Why are young people like the Trail Blazers following this example?
This is not a good sign!
You know with your buttocks, the Trail Blazers' operation tonight is likely to anger David Stern.
At this time, many heavyweight guests who came specially to watch the game were stunned by the dramatic development in front of them.
I took off my pants, and this is what happened...
"Wang, what do you mean by LaMarcus? You weren't so courageous before, why? Now you don't even have the courage to face me? How dare you learn this..."
During the warm-up, Durant approached Wang Zelin with a livid face.
Do you know how long I have been preparing for this game...
"Well...actually, you really can't blame me!
No one thought that LaMarcus and I would relapse before the game, and for safety reasons, I didn’t want to force us to take a break.”
"What about numbers 8 and 22?"
Durant pointed at the two people next to Wang Zelin, who were also wearing suits and leather shoes. The two brothers were so frightened that they quickly pulled back their crossed legs and sat upright, with serious expressions.
"What a coincidence... Yesterday I was going to record a new song, and Nicholas wanted to join in the fun, but on the way back, he accidentally fell and twisted his waist;
em... And Will, he was in the same situation. When Nicholas fell, he subconsciously pulled him up and sprained his thigh;
You know, when people are in danger, they will always subconsciously serve the person or thing closest to them. This is a natural reaction and there is no way to avoid it..."
Listening to Wang Zelin's nonsense, Durant was going crazy: "Do you dare to swear on your conscience that everything you said is true?"
"Of course, I'll give you four! I, Wang Zelin, every word I say now is true, not a single lie, if so..."
"you……"
Durant raised his middle finger tremblingly as a sign of friendship and returned to his rest area.
"Well," Batum looked down at the big yellow hand on his left chest: "Can you let go?"
"Oh! Okay, right away!"
Wang Zelin quickly took his hands off Batum's conscience.
"Why don't you swear on your conscience?"
Batum rolled his eyes.
"What are you talking about?" Wang Zelin turned around and said seriously: "We are half-brothers! Is it necessary to distinguish them so clearly?"
"Is necessary!"
Matthews replied with a vigilant look.
"..."
It would be boring if someone was trying to cause trouble.
…
In this way, the focus battle between the Thunder and the Trail Blazers ended in a dramatic way under the spotlight.
Facing a team that obviously wants to give away, what else can Dewey do?
I can only accept this victory "reluctantly"!
Durant played 26 minutes in the entire game and made 10 of 15 shots. He scored 23 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists very efficiently.
Facts have proved that as long as Durant is not beaten hard for four quarters, it is difficult to possess the "essence of human 50% shooting rate".
Westbrook played 31 minutes and scored 20 points, 11 assists and 7 rebounds on 8-of-20 shooting, another near-triple-double.
There is only one card striker left before the sewer seal is lifted.
Here are the pioneers.
Lillard came on the bench with Connett Lee, Wiesbottom, Mike Roberts, and Jared Jeffries. The Trail Blazers lost the game without any suspense 93:105.
Lillard played a total of 36 minutes. With unlimited firepower, he took 31 shots and hit 16 goals. He scored the second-highest score of his career with 37 points, 8 assists and 5 rebounds.
If it weren't for his 3-for-13 three-point shooting, it is very possible to get 40 points in a single game for the second time in his career.
In the end, the Trail Blazers continued to consolidate their third position in the Western Conference, and all members left Oklahoma City in tears.
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Early morning on the 26th.
The league issued a penalty notice.
The coaching staff of the San Antonio Spurs, especially led by Simawicz, repeatedly asked players to strike without any reason and was fined 38,000 meters in gold.
As soon as the news came out, many people applauded. It has been years since the Spurs were sanctioned.
In response, Simavici expressed his dissatisfaction at Mosaic's pre-match interview on the 26th.