On April 16, 2009, the last regular season game was played, and the regular season of the 2008-09 season was completely over.
Five days later, on April 21, the playoffs will begin, and 16 teams will fight together in the playoffs to compete for the final championship trophy.
The Suns had a smooth start to the season, and were even aiming for the best start in team history. However, injuries ruined this best start. After sustaining injuries to Stoudemire and Hill, the Suns' record began to fluctuate.
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After the All-Star break, Hill returned but was in poor form, and it wasn't until April that his form improved.
Now, even if Stoudemire can return soon, or even be able to play and adapt to the game in the first round of the playoffs, no one can say what his state will be like.
This casts a shadow over the Suns' playoff prospects, but this season's hard work must have a result.
The Suns have achieved 50 wins and 32 losses this season, ranking seventh in the Western Conference. This is the result of careful design.
Naturally, the first place in the Western Conference this season is the fierce and improved Lakers. After acquiring Gasol, they made it to the Finals last year, but lost to the Celtics in the yellow-green battle.
This year's Lakers team is even stronger, with a record of 62 wins and 20 losses, ranking second in the league. The first place is naturally the Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference.
James is always so brave in the regular season. The Cavaliers' regular season record in recent years has never been bad. They won 64 wins and 18 losses, ranking first in the league.
For this reason, James' MVP ranking has always been in the first position. Not surprisingly, he will definitely win his first heavyweight trophy this year - regular season MVP!
In the East, there are also the Celtics with 60 wins and the Magic with 58 wins. These are the only three teams in the East that can win 50 games. The Hawks, who are fourth in the East, only have 45 wins.
The second place in the Western Conference is the Nuggets who sold Iverson. After introducing Billups, the Nuggets finally evolved this season and finally have a commander who can make the Nuggets' offense and defense better.
Became more organized.
The Spurs ranked third in the Western Conference with a record of 53 wins and 29 losses, and the Trail Blazers also had 53 wins. However, due to the relationship between victory and defeat, the Trail Blazers had no choice but to settle for fourth place.
Mosaic is fifth in the Western Conference, with 52 wins and 30 losses. Mosaic can achieve this record because of the efforts of Dayao and role players.
As we all know, Mosaic's role players can always exude a unique light. This record is also the position that Mosaic has stayed in all year round. It is very unique and is always neither good nor bad.
Sixth in the Western Conference is the Mavericks. The driver is still carrying a heavy burden, but the Mavericks' character accumulation is almost full and they are waiting to explode. But not now, they still need to wait.
The seventh place in the Western Conference is naturally the Phoenix Suns, and the eighth place is the Hornets led by Paul. They have 45 wins and 37 losses this season. They are also the only one among the eight teams in the Western Conference playoffs that does not have a record of more than 50 wins.
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In the previous life, the Hornets were seventh, facing the Nuggets, and then created a tragedy of 58 points in one game.
Now the Suns are facing the Nuggets. Xia Yin wants to see if the 58-point tragedy will happen again?
The Suns made thousands of choices and selected the Nuggets in the first round. The Nuggets are indeed very strong, but if you really want to say how much better than the Suns, that's not necessarily true.
You know, NBA teams are also in conflict with each other.
"If we pass the Nuggets, we will face the Mavericks in the second round, and we will not meet the Lakers until the Western Conference Finals. The further we go in the playoffs, the more experience we can accumulate.
Our young players can be trained, and even if they don't make it to the finals, at least they can gain something, right?"
Xia Yin's words gave the uncertain coaching staff a definite "answer". Indeed, this was the best arrangement.
If you can make it to the finals, then try your best to compete for the championship. If not, you can also train young players.
Choosing the Nuggets will not only allow the Suns to avoid the Lakers in the first two rounds, but also avoid the Spurs. You must know that the Spurs are the Suns' bitter enemy. If you can avoid them, it is best to avoid them as much as possible. Why go head-to-head?
Xia Yin didn't want to be scolded, so why didn't he defeat such and such a hero?
After deciding to face the Nuggets in the first round, the coaching staff began to prepare for how to pass the Nuggets threshold more than a week in advance.
At the same time, Xia Yin is also sorting out his gains this season. He starts with badges first.
Needless to say, the [Nervous Knife] badge is a non-upgradeable badge, but this badge helps him a lot when his skills are not good at this stage.
The [Big Heart] badge can accumulate 1 shot per game, but he also used this badge many times during the season.
However, after the All-Star Game ended, Xia Yin began to consciously save more points and wait until the playoffs to use them.
Now that the regular season is over, Xia Yin has accumulated a total of 30 uses, which is rare.
[Defensive Expert] badge, Xia Yin has been upgraded to the diamond level. Currently, he is still 105 experience points away from the master level. As expected, he will not be able to upgrade to the master level this season.
But just at the current diamond level, Xia Yin has already enjoyed a 7% defensive attribute bonus.
His current single defense and assist defense are both 80, and after the addition, his single defense and assist defense are 85.6.
Coupled with his strong physical fitness, this is a magic weapon for Xia Yin to gain a foothold in the Suns this season.
However, after the [Defensive Expert] is upgraded to the master level, there is a 10% defensive attribute bonus. This badge is a halo-type badge that takes effect passively.
This kind of badge is the best badge. The real seal can be seen in the silent place, and it still has such a powerful effect.
Xia Yin was quite satisfied with the badge. After reading the badge, he turned to look at the data he had obtained this season.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Xia Yin played a total of 75 games this season, averaging 28 minutes per game, and averaged the following data per game:
In the regular season this season, Xia Yin scored a total of 1,544 points, 383 assists, 390 rebounds, 120 steals and 135 blocks.
Rose, his biggest competitor, is averaging 16.8 points, 3.9 rebounds and 6.3 assists this season.
At the same time, Rose led the Bulls into the playoffs with the seventh-best record in the Eastern Conference, ranking seventh in the division like the Suns.
Now in the competition for the best rookie, Xia Yin is leading, but the lead is not large. After all, the two have different statuses in their respective teams.
But Xia Yin also has advantages. There are only three people in history who can average 20+5+5 per game as a rookie.
The first two are Robertson and Jordan. The closest one is also the third person in history to obtain this statistic. They are called James, and Shain is the fourth person in history to achieve this.
If there is no Shayne, Tyreke Evans will do it next year and become the fourth rookie in history to get 20 5 5.
Such data, coupled with Shayne's low pick, offset a lot of Rose's advantages. It all depends on their performance in the playoffs, especially the first round.
Xia Yin put down his phone, closed his eyes and thought.
Honor, extra points, explosion...can you make it to the end?
Xia Yin shook his head thinking about it. Unless he was given hundreds of attribute points at once, it would be difficult for him to play a greater role in a short period of time.
At this moment, the phone suddenly rang. Xia Yin looked at the text message on the phone. It was from Kobe.
[Xia Yin, I’m waiting for you in the Western Conference Finals!]