Chapter 341 The end of the regular season
With the Wizards losing to the Nets at home in the last game of the regular season, the Wizards' record was finally frozen in 73 wins and 9 losses in the 13-14 season, the same as the Warriors in another 15-16 season in time and space.
But the difference is that this Wizards is undoubtedly much stronger than that Warriors.
You should know that Paul George, the Wizards' No. 2 scorer and important defensive force, was reimbursed due to injury in the middle of the season and missed most of the subsequent regular season.
However, if compared with the players of the same period, there are several positions that the Warriors are better.
For example, Curry.
Although Curry has grown to the peak of his career with Wang Xiao’s training module within a few years, due to experience and consciousness, he is still slightly lacking compared to Ku Ritian in the 2015-16 season.
This season, Curry averaged 27.4 points, 4.2 rebounds and 6.5 assists per game, with a shooting percentage of 48.4%, and a three-point shooting percentage of 44%. It is efficient and fatal, but in many cases, it is not as unreasonable as another time and space Kuritian.
Wang Xiao understood that this was a subtle change brought about by different teams and different environments.
In the early days of the Warriors, Curry was the only scoring point and the most reliable and trustworthy person. Whenever the team was in trouble, from coaches to players, they would think of Curry at the first time.
However, in the Wizards, George and Leonard are both good at playing key goals in the tough battles, which also makes Curry accustomed to attracting firepower for his teammates at critical moments and striving for maximum efficiency to score.
This coincides with Curry 16 years later. When Durant came to the Warriors, although Curry's three-pointer was extremely lethal, he did not have the deterrent power of the nuclear bomb in the past two years, because at every critical moment, Durant is bound to attack with the ball, not Curry...
It is difficult for you to judge whether such a decision is correct, because to be honest, Durant's offense is indeed more stable than Curry. This is fully demonstrated from the two-year finals, the key three-pointer of hope of killing the Cavaliers to win the game.
And in the current Wizards, the situation is exactly the same.
With the training bonus of the training module, George and Leonard grew faster than another time and space, which also made both of them very good offensive abilities and could be relied on at critical moments.
Of course, this idea only appeared in Wang Xiao's mind.
In the eyes of the outside world, Curry's performance this season is already perfect and is the biggest contributor to the Wizards' 73 wins.
Because of this, Curry has always ranked in the top three in the regular season MVP rankings, and has a great chance of defeating James to win the regular season MVP trophy for the third time in his career.
If Curry can do it, he will become the second point guard in history to win three regular season MVP trophys, and his historical status will be close to that of the Magician Johnson.
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The official end of the regular season means the determination of major honor lists.
First of all, Durant regained the scoring champion with 32 points, Kings defender Harden ranked second with 28.7 points, and Anthony ranked third with 27.6 points.
Curry can only rank fourth because he averaged 0.2 points lower than Anthony, and James is 27 points below him.
In the rebounding list, Whiteside, the former center of the Wizards and the main center of the Heat at the time, became the rebounding champion with 14.3 rebounds. Jordan, who was traded to the Knicks in the middle of the season, ranked second with 13.6 rebounds per game, and the third with the Thunder's center. Dunn, a disciple of Wang Xiao at Harvard, averaged 13.2 rebounds per game this season.
In the assist list, Jeremy Lin has dominated the list for the third consecutive year, ranking first with 11.3 assists per game, followed by Paul's 10.7 assists, and only these two people in the entire assist list averaged double-double assists per game.
The competition for blocking is extremely fierce. Whiteside averages 3.7 blocks per game and Dunn followed closely behind. They also have No. 1 pick Anthony Davis, who averages 2.8 blocks per game and blocking master Serge Ibaka.
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Compared to these personal data, what major teams pay more attention to is the final record ranking of the regular season.
In the East, the Washington Wizards won the top of the Eastern Conference with a record of 73 wins and 9 losses without any suspense.
The following are the Cleveland Cavaliers with 61 wins and 21 losses. The combination of the Big Four is slightly disappointing in terms of record, but 61 wins are enough to be a pass-through answer. After all, the first season of the Heat Big Three was formed, and the Big Four of the Lakers almost missed the playoffs last season.
The third place is the Nets, which have won 50 wins and 32 losses.
From here, the record has formed a feng shui hill.
The 48-win Bulls ranked fourth, the 44-win Knicks ranked fifth, the 42-win Pacers ranked sixth, the 41-win Heat ranked seventh, and the eighth place in the East was in the Hawks, Bobcats and the 76ers after a last fierce battle, and finally the 76ers who own Wall laughed to the end and got this playoff ticket with a narrow 38 wins.
The performance of Eastern teams is generally extremely poor, on the one hand, because of the long-term situation of the West being strong and the East being weak, on the other hand, because they miserably met the Wizards with 73 wins.
As an Eastern team, each team will meet the Wizards four times in the regular season. Basically, this is four games that are stable and unwinding. In contrast, Western teams only encounter Wizards twice in a season, so they are naturally better in winning games.
The Portland Trail Blazers are still ranked first in the West, with a record of 62 wins and 20 losses and the second place in the league, followed by the Spurs, who ranked second and won 58 wins.
The Clippers ranked third with 55 wins, and the fourth place was the Grizzlies who won 50 wins.
The fifth in the West is the Kings with 51 wins. After three seasons of running-in, Harden and Cousins finally showed their strength. With Harden averaging 28 points, Cousins can also score 22 points, and the two have already scored 50 points together. Although they have been criticized in defense, it does not prevent them from winning a place in the Western Conference playoffs.
Ranked sixth is the Thunder team that won 49 wins.
Evans is still like another time and space. Wang Erxiao is getting worse every year during the Chinese New Year, but Westbrook is becoming more powerful every year. This season, averaging 25.8 points per game is second only to Curry and a few people. Dunn also formed an indestructible wall in the Thunder's interior, which also made the Thunder missed Oden and Evans (which should have been Durant and Harden), and finally stumbled and started to get on track.
The seventh and eighth place in the West are the Mavericks with 47 wins and the Suns with 45 wins respectively.
Chapter completed!