The Trail Blazers defeated the Jazz and officially reached 60 wins and 10 losses in the 2014-2015 regular season, becoming the first team in the league to win 60 games.
But this is not enough to stop them from moving forward, because the competition in March is not over yet.
After a day of adjustments, the Trail Blazers had another game against the Suns at home on March 27.
The Suns' previous record was 36 wins and 36 losses.
Ranked 11th in the Western Conference, it basically misses the playoffs.
In this game, facing the Trail Blazers, the Suns generals did not put up much resistance. In the end, at 105:81, the Trail Blazers won their 61st victory of the season without any blood.
Then, on the 28th, just as everyone was discussing enthusiastically that the Trail Blazers went to the home court of the Denver Devils, they ended up losing 114:120 to the Nuggets, who had seven players in double figures.
At the same time, I can't help but feel emotional about Wang Zelin's luxurious statistics of 38 points, 16 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 blocks, and 2 steals, but he was unable to save anything.
Just that night, Thunder general manager Sam Presti suddenly announced the sad news that the team's star, four-time scoring champion Kevin Durant, was injured for the season.
According to official reports, the injury to Durant's fractured right foot has recurred again. He will undergo bone transplant surgery to solve the problem. It is expected that the diagnosis will take 4 to 6 months.
In fact, as early as last October, when Durant was diagnosed with a fracture of the fifth metatarsal bone of his right foot, he immediately underwent surgery on his right foot.
However, that surgery did not completely improve the condition. Since the screws left in the foot kept rubbing against the bones in other parts of the foot, causing discomfort, Durant's right foot has since become Durant's Achilles' heel.
Since entering the league in 2007, Durant has maintained a very high attendance rate and can be called an iron man. Looking at his previous absences in a single season, the most he missed was only 8 games.
In the previous two seasons,
Durant has played 81 games.
In the previous seven years, he had only missed 16 games in total.
However,
Due to a foot injury that troubled Durant, he cheated for a long time this season. Shangguan only played 27 games, averaging 25.4 points, 6.6 rebounds and 4.1 assists.
The scoring hit a new low since his rookie season.
Moreover, Durant's season reimbursement not only means that the Thunder's prospects this season are bleak, but also means that Westbrook can only shoulder the team's important responsibilities alone.
In addition to Durant, the team's main powerhouse Ibaka also underwent right-leaning surgery at the beginning of this month and will be absent for 4 to 6 weeks. The Thunder, who finally ranked among the top ten in the Western Conference, basically missed the playoffs.
Not in the championship ranks.
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The Thunder have dropped out of the championship ranks, but the competition in the Western Conference has not weakened at all.
The Warriors, Spurs, Lakers, and even the Mosaics, Clippers, and Grizzlies all have the potential to compete for the championship.
This year’s Western Conference is absolutely hellish!
The Trail Blazers' next game is back at home against the Philadelphia 75ers.
Philadelphia's management is also unlucky. Joel Embiid, the team's cornerstone and the team's cornerstone, has been reimbursed for the season without playing a game. Wang Zelin knows very well that Embiid will continue to be reimbursed for the season next season.
but,
Embiid, who has been sidelined due to injury, is also restless.
Because he often hangs out on Twitter, he is nicknamed the "Little Prince of Twitter!"
In the Twitter world,
Netizens commented on him: He may be late for major hot topics, but he is never absent.
Back to the game.
In the last game at the end of March, their opponent was the 75ers with a record of 18 wins and 56 losses. The Trail Blazers could not find any reason to lose.
They scored 72 points in just halftime, leading their opponents by 25 points; after three quarters, the score between the two sides reached 96 to 65, and the lead reached 31 points!
In the final quarter, Wang Zelin clocked out early with a double-double of 25 points and 14 rebounds.
In the end, 121:86, the Trail Blazers defeated their opponents by 35 points at home, and their record became 62 wins and 11 losses.
With nine games left before the end of the regular season, all Trail Blazers fans are looking forward to their home team becoming the second team in history to win 70 games.
After all, there have been several teams with 69 wins in history, but there are no other teams with more than 70 wins except the Chicago Bulls.
Now, there is only the last half month of the regular season left, and the Trail Blazers, who have 62 wins and 11 losses, are not that far away from 70 wins!
After the time entered April, Wang Zelin continued to win the Western Conference Player of the Month with his explosive personal data.
The Eastern Conference awarded the award to James, who led the team to 15 wins and 3 losses. James' personal data is similar to February, averaging 24.7 points, 6.4 rebounds, 8.5 assists, 1.7 steals and 0.7 blocks per game.
To be fair, the Cavaliers were scheduled to play 18 games by the league in March, which was the most games played by any team in the league last month.
In a month that can be called a devil's schedule, especially the 4 games in 6 days in the last few days of March were outrageous, but James was still able to maintain this stable and terrifying output, which has to be admired.
Today, the Cavaliers' record has reached 52 wins and 23 losses, and they are still 2 games away from the first place Eagles.
However, even though James won the second best of the month this season, he still has no pressure on Wang Zelin in the MVP competition list.
Because Wang Zelin has won the Best of the Month for the fifth time this season, even if he fails to win the Best of the Month again in April, the regular season MVP this season is basically a sure thing for him.
However, Wang Zelin, who won the Player of the Month five times, lost to the Los Angeles Clippers in the first game in April, with a record of 62 wins and 12 losses.
At the post-game press conference, a reporter asked Wang Zelin a question, "What do you think is the main reason why the Trail Blazers lost this game? Next, can you continue to maintain the league's No. 1 throne?"
After hearing this question, Wang Zelin's eyes changed and became extremely serious.
"I am responsible for losing tonight, but I promise, this will be the last game the Trail Blazers lose this season! I promise!"
At this moment, Wang Zelin's eyes were full of murderous intent, making everyone present afraid to look directly at him.
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The remaining 8 games are still crucial for the Trail Blazers.
In the first game at the beginning of the month, they lost to the Kuaishou, who had previously won three games in a row. However, their other major competitor, the Golden State Warriors, defeated the Suns that day and won 59 games. Now the record between the two sides has returned to three games.
The difference in wins.
Once there is a big ups and downs next, they are likely to be squeezed out by the Warriors.
The difference between first and second seems to be just a ranking, but if both teams reach the Western Conference Finals, it means home court advantage.
If the Trail Blazers meet the Warriors, they definitely don't want to lose this.
So in the next game, Wang Zelin will go all out!
Fortunately, the team management is aware of his and Lillard's physical endurance and has not forced them to enter the rotation list.
People like Garnett, Carter, Matthews, and Aldridge now have to take a break from time to time.
On April 3, the Trail Blazers and Lakers faced off for the last time of the season.
The Lakers currently rank seventh in the Western Conference with a record of 48 wins and 26 losses, only 2 more wins than the Mavericks, who are ranked eighth behind them.
To be on the safe side, the Big Three of the Lakers are all out tonight.
It's just that in this game, Kobe didn't have the superb state he had before when he scored 51 points against the Timberwolves. After all, he was almost 37 years old, and his body recovery speed could not keep up with that of his youth.
The Trail Blazers finally won the game steadily and refused to lose two games in a row.
After winning the Lakers, the opponents in the next three games are very average. Whether it is the Pelicans, Nets or Timberwolves, they are no match for the Trail Blazers.
It is worth mentioning that in the back-to-back games against the Timberwolves on the night of April 4th, Garnett, who had played two games earlier, was fierce tonight. He played a season-high 34 minutes and scored 24 points and 13 rebounds.
He had a double-double and taught a wave of young people of the Timberwolves a lesson.
Two days later, the Trail Blazers welcomed the Warriors at home for the last meeting of the season.
But since the Warriors have only two games, the regular season is over, and they are still three games behind the Trail Blazers. It is impossible to overtake the Trail Blazers and become the league's first.
So tonight, Cole directly put Curry, Thompson and other main players on the rest list.
The Warriors don't want this game.
It also means that Curry officially chose to take a step back in the regular season MVP battle with Wang Zelin.
In the end, what I thought was the hardest bone to crack in April was solved so easily.
After defeating the Warriors and winning five consecutive games, the Trail Blazers' record at this time has reached 67 wins and 12 losses, and they are bound to win 70 wins!
After this battle, no one can stop Wang Zelin from defending his MVP title.
On the 11th, they faced the Jazz back-to-back at home. Wang Zelin scored his last 40 of the season and contributed 41 points, 17 rebounds, 3 blocks and 3 assists, successfully leading the team to a 116:91 victory over the opponent.
Got the 68th win!
On the 13th, Wang Zelin and his teammates went to Oklahoma City to face the Thunder, which was missing two generals, Durant and Ibaka.
After this game, Westbrook gave everything he had, scoring 32 points, 10 rebounds, 7 assists and 2 steals in four quarters, leading the Thunder into overtime tenaciously.
It's just that during overtime, he still had fighting ability, but other teammates could no longer match the intensity of the game imposed by the Trail Blazers.
In the end, Westbrook, who had 4 points and 1 rebound in the final quarter and a total of 36 points, 11 rebounds, 7 assists and 2 steals, lost to the Trail Blazers at home.
The Thunder's record is fixed at 43 wins and 38 losses. Even if they win the last regular season game, they are destined to miss the playoffs this year.
On the Trail Blazers' side, their record has reached 69 wins and 12 losses, which has already broken the best record in team history of 67 wins and 15 losses set just last season.
Next, their last stop is to return to the Rose Garden Arena at home, and then defeat the last opponent, the Dallas Mavericks, to become the second 70-win team in NBA history.