Looking around at the fans in the audience and seeing that everyone was waiting for his next words, Wang Zelin once again felt the heavy responsibility on his shoulders.
"Thank you to all the fans for supporting the Trail Blazers this season. We have created a new history for this team this season, but everything has just begun!"
"The championship is our ultimate goal! If we don't win the championship, then we will be the biggest losers this season!"
"I swear,
I will personally bring the championship trophy back to the Rose Garden Center! So now, please save your cheers and cheer for us again in June!!!"
After speaking, Wang Zelin casually threw the microphone to the host behind him and turned towards the players' tunnel.
The entire audience looked at Wang Zelin's back with excitement.
Some even began to dream about the moment when the Trail Blazers completed their title defense and Wang Zelin took home the championship trophy!
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Back in the locker room, the teammates were celebrating wildly inside.
Except for rookies dating teachers,
This isn't the first time they've made it to the playoffs, but it's obvious that things are completely different for them this year.
That’s 70 wins after all!
To outsiders, it is just a number blurted out casually.
But in the hearts of those involved, they have mixed feelings.
This journey has been really difficult!
At the same time, the joy in everyone's hearts at the moment when the record was finally broken was indescribable.
After the game between the Trail Blazers and the Mavericks, the final games of other teams also ended one after another.
The 2014~2015 regular season has officially come to an end.
The rankings of the top eight in the East and West have also been finally determined.
In the East, the Cavaliers were ultimately unable to catch up with the Hawks. The only reason to blame is that the hole they dug at the beginning of the season was so big that they couldn't be filled in later.
Compared with the original history, the Eagles' record is not as luxurious as 60 wins and 22 losses, but the Eagles' 58 wins and 24 losses still broke the previous record of 87~ by "The Best of Human Movies" Dominic Wilkins.
The 57 wins and 25 losses recorded in the 1988 season and the 1993-94 season created a new best record in team history.
In the final game, the Eagles' opponent was the Bulls.
In the end, they lived up to the expectations of the people in the Atlanta area and defeated the Mavericks 91:85 at home.
When Al Horford and Paul Millsap led the team to set a new record, team legends Wilkins and Blaylock, including Doc Rivers, who is currently coaching the Clippers, also stood up immediately.
Congratulations to them.
Many people may not know that championship coach Doc Rivers, who was nicknamed by countless fans as "the essence of humanity's reverse", was actually quite successful as a player.
He played for the Hawks for eight full seasons, during which he was an All-Star. Although he was later traded away, the accumulation of the previous eight seasons did not prevent him from becoming the assist leader in the history of the Hawks.
Then the Cavaliers ranked second, with a record of 57 wins and 25 losses.
Although they failed to reach first place, the Big Three have completed their integration after the All-Star break and are still the most championship-worthy team in the Eastern Conference playoffs.
The Hawks and Cavaliers can be seen in the first echelon, then the Raptors, Wizards and Bulls are in the second echelon.
King of the North has a record of 50 wins and 32 losses, ranking third in the Eastern Conference.
The combination of DeRozan and Lowry led the Raptors to make steady progress, but as everyone knows, it was also the beginning of their misfortune.
What Teacher Zhan is going to teach the Raptors next, no, is the eight years of compulsory education that the entire East has to attend, and this is just the first year.
The days to come will be fun!
The Wizards have 47 wins and 35 losses, ranking fourth in the Eastern Conference.
Bulls 46 wins and 36 losses,
Ranked fifth in the Eastern Conference.
Finally, there is the third echelon.
The Bucks have 41 wins and 41 losses, ranking sixth in the Eastern Conference.
Kunkun, who is in his second year as a rookie, has also ushered in his first playoff trip. If it weren't for midway trade and the backcourt core of Knight, they might also be in the top four.
However, considering that their real future is Kun Kun and Mi Wenyuan, Knight's trade may be a big move that Bucks coach Kidd has been preparing for a long time, so that Kun Kun can develop into a ball-carrying core in the future.
Make foreshadowing.
The Celtics have 40 wins and 42 losses, ranking seventh in the Eastern Conference.
All I can say is: Young Marshal Niu Bi (broken sound)!!!
A group of crooked melons and cracked dates can make him prepare a decent dish.
The Nets ranked last among the top eight with a record of 38 wins and 44 losses, grabbing the last playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.
Emmm, I can only say that Prokhorov, the owner of the Nets and the tycoon of Mao Xiongguo, is not short of this amount of money.
The playoff matchups in the Eastern Conference are also announced.
Hawks VS Nets!
Cavaliers VS Celtics!
Raptors VS Bucks!
Wizards VS Bulls!
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Compared to no team in the Eastern Conference that has won 60 games, the competition in the Western Conference is as fierce as in previous years.
The Trail Blazers' record was finally settled at 70 wins and 12 losses, ranking first in the league!
This record has been refreshed again, the best record in team history they just set last year.
Before Wang Zelin was selected, perhaps no one had ever thought that this city, which had been cursed by the "God of Injury", could usher in a huge boom in just two or three years!
But unfortunately, they just did it.
And this year, they are still the most popular championship seed team.
The Warriors have a record of 65 wins and 17 losses, ranking second!
It also set a new record for the best record in team history, and suddenly improved by 10 wins based on the previous record of 55 wins and 27 losses set by Tim Hardaway and Chris Mullin in the 1991-92 season.
Although the Trail Blazers are outmatched in every aspect, this does not prevent the Warriors from being one of the most successful teams this year.
As one of the 11 oldest teams in NBA history,
The NBA's first championship was won by the Warriors, and the 100-point game that shocked the world was also scored by Chamberlain during his time with the Warriors.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Unfortunately, with the retirement of Barry, Mullin and others, the Warriors have been gradually forgotten by the league in the past two or thirty years.
The most famous thing about the Warriors since the 21st century may be that in the 2006-2007 season, the Golden State Gang led by "bearded" Baron Davis defeated the Dallas Mavericks, the No. 1 player in the Western Conference, 4:2, completing the first-ever victory in history.
Three times black eight miracle.
King Nuo: "You xx"
And even counting the years of the Golden State Gang, the Warriors have never been a top team in the league, let alone have any hope of winning the championship.
Until, a cute killer with a baby face appeared.
The Trail Blazers and Warriors each form an echelon, and then there is the third echelon where the Mosaics, Clippers, Grizzlies, Lakers, and Spurs are located.
The Mosaic team has 56 wins and 20 losses, ranking third in the Western Conference!
Although he met Kardashian, the best defensive player in history, a year in advance, he faced Wang Zelin and suffered repeated defeats. However, Harden, who still faced repeated defeats, finally completed the defense of breaking the press.
This season, he averaged 27.4 points, 5.7 rebounds, 7 assists, 1.9 steals and 0.7 blocks per game, with a shooting percentage of 44%. He is the only three players in the league with 25+5+5.
The other two are Westbrook, who averages 28.1 points, 7.3 assists, 8.6 rebounds, 2.1 steals and 0.2 blocks per game, and James, who averages 25.2 points, 6.5 rebounds, 8 assists, 1.6 steals and 0.7 blocks per game.
Given that the Los Angeles veteran only averaged 24.2 points per game this season, the outside world's concerns about Harden's current first shooting guard are getting louder and louder.
But before that, Harden still needs to pass a wave of outstanding performances in the playoffs to clear his name.
The Clippers have 55 wins and 27 losses, ranking fourth in the Western Conference!
Again, as long as the Clippers can keep their personnel healthy, with their lineup, they will have a proper championship team.
Unfortunately……
In the future, the Grizzlies, Lakers and Spurs will all have the same regular season record of 54 wins and 28 losses. However, due to different on-site differences, their respective rankings will be different.
The most popular among the three teams is undoubtedly the Lakers. After all, someone is known as 60E.
But to say that this team has the hope of winning the championship, the first thing to rule out is the Grizzlies.
Don't ask, just ask if it doesn't look good playing ball!
If I ask again, I don’t have the star flavor or the look of a champion.
However, the Grizzlies' elimination was also expected.
Both the Lakers and Spurs have proven themselves as championship teams in the first decade of the new century. The most important thing is that their core players have not changed.
The Lakers are still the internal and external combination of Kobe Bryant and Gasol. This year they have Rondo. Rondo coaches the same players in the Finals and also has rich experience in the Finals.
Needless to say, there is no need to say more about the Spurs. As long as the GDP remains unchanged, in which year will the Spurs not be the championship seed?
As for the words "the Spurs are old", let's just lie to the young people. Anyone who has a veteran in the Western Conference playoffs will not believe such nonsense.
There is only one team in the last echelon, and that is the Dallas Mavericks!
One thing to say, as one of the three oldest teams in Texas, the Mavericks, if we put aside the past few seasons, how could they be as unfavorable as this year.
The reason for this is purely because their opponent in the first round was the defending champion Trail Blazers, who had just won their second regular season game with 70 wins in history.
Emmm, to be honest, no normal person would think that the Mavericks could pass the Trail Blazers' test.
Of course, we don't rule out the possibility that Nowitzki will descend from the gods again like he did in 2011.
If this were to happen, I'm afraid the other six teams in the top eight in the Western Conference would have to laugh out of their dreams. Even if they did lose to the Mavericks in the Western Conference, they would still admit it.
But is this possible?
Since the new century, all teams that have won 65 or more games, except for the Mavericks themselves, have broken through the first round, and many of them have finally won the championship.
It is expected that the Mavericks, who were once beaten eight times, will stage the sixth black eight in history against the Trail Blazers. This kind of thing would not be written in a novel!
Therefore, even if the Mavericks return to the playoffs after a season, in the playoff preview discussions of major media and famous experts, there is a high probability that the Mavericks will be defeated by the Trail Blazers 4:0 in the playoffs.
Sweep. No matter how good it is, it's just that the Mavericks won one game with difficulty, and in the end they still couldn't avoid being eliminated 4:1.
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There are still three days until the playoffs officially arrive.
The Trail Blazers have the advantage of being at home, so they don't have to travel and have to do the work in Portland.
After just finishing today's training with Jenna, Wang Zelin looked at the match list and couldn't help but reveal an inappropriate smile.
It seems that he cannot avoid the title of veteran superstar killer.
Nowitzki has long lost his form as the King of Nowitzki, and the Mavericks' main force in the current lineup is generally aging. After all, the opponent cannot stop the Trail Blazers.
After the first round, they will face the winner between the Clippers and Grizzlies in the second round.
Although the Clippers' regular season record is slightly better than the Grizzlies', Wang Zelin still believes that the game between the two teams will never be that easy.
No matter how you say it, the Grizzlies are also the most difficult opponent in the Western Conference playoffs in recent years. No matter who encounters them in the first round, they will either be beaten to death by their defense, or they will beat the inevitable emergence of players in the next round.
A state of low energy.
Even the Trail Blazers, who have Wang Zelin as a killer under the basket and a pair of twin towers that can defeat the Grizzlies, can't easily defeat the Grizzlies in the first round.
However, no matter whether it is the Clippers or the Grizzlies who finally break through, it will be difficult to maintain the state they were in when they first entered the playoffs when they meet the Trail Blazers in the next round.
Thinking of this, Wang Zelin's smile became even brighter.
It seems that the Trail Blazers' trend in the first two rounds of this year's playoffs is actually quite good.