In the final stage of the regular season, the Cavaliers did not receive much attention.
On the one hand, in the last half month of the schedule, there are no strong opponents among their opponents, and there are no gimmicks like Lin Yu vs. Larry Hughes or James vs. Kobe.
On the other hand, thanks to a winning streak, the Cavaliers quickly secured their No. 1 spot in the Eastern Conference. Without competition for rankings, there was naturally no topic.
The Cavaliers, who had no topic, spent the last half month peacefully. In mid-April, the regular season came to an end.
In the regular season of the 2006/2007 season, the Cavaliers lost 21 games and barely managed to win more than 60 games. Their final record was 61 wins and 21 losses, ranking second in the league and first in the Eastern Conference.
The Mavericks, who had only lost 16 games all season, were in hot form with 66 wins and 16 losses, ranking first in the league.
The Cavaliers and Mavericks are the only two teams to have won 60 games this season, and they have naturally become the favorites to win the championship this season.
Second in the West is the Phoenix Suns with 58 wins and 24 losses. A healthy Nash, a healthy Amar'e Stoudemire and a healthy Shawn Marion still have the strength to compete for the O'Brien Trophy.
The third place in the Western Conference is the San Antonio Spurs with 57 wins and 25 losses. The Spurs, led by the GDP combination, should not be underestimated this season.
The fourth place in the Western Conference is the Jazz with 51 wins and 31 losses. They rely on the advantage of the division championship to rank ahead of the Rockets with 52 wins and 30 losses.
The classic showdown between the Rockets and the Jazz will be officially staged in the playoffs this season.
The sixth place in the Western Conference is the Nuggets led by Carmelo Anthony and Allen Iverson, and the seventh place in the Western Conference is the Lakers led by Kobe Bryant.
It is worth mentioning that because the deal with the Bulls involved Luol Deng, Kobe ultimately vetoed the deal that had already been reached.
Kobe chose to stay with the team. As the playoffs began, he never mentioned the trade again. He didn't know whether it was because there was no good choice, so he stopped trading, or whether the Lakers gave Kobe another promise to force him to temporarily
Stayed in the team.
Lin Yu paid special attention to the eighth place in the Western Conference. The Golden State Warriors, led by Baron Davis and Stephen Jackson, were sure to defeat the Clippers and successfully advance to the playoffs almost at the last moment.
"So, will the Black Eight Miracle happen again?"
As of 2007, there have been only two black eight miracles in NBA history. One was in the 1993/1994 season, when the Nuggets led by Dikembe Mutombo ranked eighth and defeated the then No. 1 team.
Supersonic speed.
The other time was in the 1998/1999 season, when mid-range shooting king Alan Houston made a buzzer-beater. The eighth-ranked Knicks defeated the first-ranked Miami Heat.
But when these two black eights occurred, the first round of the playoffs was still a best-of-five series. After the first round of the playoffs was changed to a best-of-seven games, the miracle of black eight has never happened.
Therefore, Lin Yu is very concerned about this matchup between the Warriors and the Mavericks.
In the Eastern Conference, the Celtics ranked second with 59 wins and 23 losses. The Big Three failed to achieve the best record in the regular season. It is foreseeable that they may not be able to compete for various awards in the regular season.
Competing with the Mavericks or Cavaliers.
The third place in the Eastern Conference is the Pistons with 49 wins and 33 losses. The impact of Ben's departure to Chicago has been great. Their defensive system has almost collapsed. They rely on Richard Hamilton and Chauncey Billups to support them.
They barely managed to reach the third place in the Eastern Conference, but in the end they didn't even get 50 wins.
It can be said that in the Eastern Conference this season, except for the Cavaliers and Celtics, the next two teams are all second-rate teams and cannot compete at all.
The fourth in the Eastern Conference is the Raptors with 46 wins and 36 losses. Chris Bosh averaged 22.6 points, 10.7 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.3 blocks per game. He finally proved himself and gradually moved into the top power forward position.
superior.
The fifth place in the Eastern Conference is the Heat with 45 wins and 37 losses. With Shark missing 42 regular season games, Dwyane Wade averaged 27.4 points, 4.7 rebounds, 7.5 assists, 2.1 steals and 1.2 blocks per game.
If Wade himself hadn't missed 30 games, he would have been eligible to compete for the regular season MVP honor this season, and would have locked in two positions on the first team and one defense!
But now, because he has not played enough games, Wade cannot participate in the competition for various personal honors in the regular season.
The sixth place in the Eastern Conference is the Bulls, who also have 45 wins and 37 losses. Although the personal performance of new aid Ben is not good, the Bulls still qualified for the playoffs due to the improvement of Luol Deng and Ben Gordon.
The seventh in the Eastern Conference is the Nets with 42 wins and 40 losses, and the eighth in the Eastern Conference. The Cavaliers' opponent in the first round of the playoffs is the Orlando Magic who came from behind and achieved a record of 41 wins and 41 losses.
The regular season is over and the playoffs are about to begin. In the first round of the playoffs, the Cavaliers' opponent will be the Orlando Magic...
The Cavaliers, both the coaching staff and the players, know the Magic very well.
The Magic this season are led by Dwight Howard, who averaged 17.6 points, 12.3 rebounds, 1.9 assists, 0.9 steals and 1.9 blocks per game this season.
Supplemented by Grant Hill, who has only missed less than 20 games, and Hedo Turkoglu and Jamal Nelson, who have made huge improvements, overall the competitiveness is still very good.
The reason why the Magic are ranked eighth in the Eastern Conference is because their state was not very good at the beginning of the season and they have been in the running-in stage.
At the end of the season, the Magic, whose winning percentage gradually improved, locked in a playoff spot.
Facing such a magic force, the knight obviously cannot underestimate the enemy.
As soon as the regular season ended, they seized the time and started preparations.
At the end of the season, Lin Yu's first thing was not to study his opponents in the playoffs, but to summarize his entire regular season, his own performance, and the areas where he still needs to improve.
In the regular season of 2006/2007, Lin Yu played in all 82 games. The injuries that Danny Ainge was worried about that might affect Lin Yu's appearance rate did not seem to recur.
One statistic worth mentioning is that Lin Yu's total score this season is exactly 2,007 points, which corresponds to 2007. This is also the first season in which he scored more than 2,000 points.
After all, Lin Yu averaged 24.5 points, 4.4 rebounds, 4.7 assists, 1.8 steals and 1.1 blocks per game this season.
His scoring average ranks among the top ten in the league, and he ranks fourth in the league in steals.
On the whole, Lin Yu's data is the same as last season, and it is on an upward curve. The data of about 20 points at the beginning of the game drags down his overall data.
The explosion at the end of the season helped him improve the basic value of his scoring data.
If you don't count the scoring data at the beginning of the season and only count the end of the season, Lin Yu's scoring average has already exceeded 25 points per game.
With such data, compared to last season's average of 17.2 points, 4.1 rebounds, 4.0 assists, 1.2 steals and 0.5 blocks per game, Lin Yu has undoubtedly made great progress.
His scoring increased by 7.3 points, rebounds increased by 0.3, assists increased by 0.6, steals increased by 0.8, and blocks increased by 0.6.
He is qualified to compete for the Most Improved Player this season. In addition, he has been firmly selected for the All-Defensive Team and has a chance to compete for the Best Team.
Overall, Lin Yu is rising steadily. Last season he was just a top starter and an outstanding puzzle player. By this season, he is already a well-deserved All-Star and the most perfect second-in-command among everyone...