After the All-Star Game, the NBA regular season of the 2017 season will enter the final stage.

Competition in the West is as fierce as ever.

In the past few years, when the competition was the most intense, the West had 50 wins before it would enter the playoffs.

It was in the 2007-08 season, when the Denver Nuggets won 50 and barely squeezed into the playoffs as eighth in the West.

Then in the 13-14 season, the Mavericks, the eighth place in the West, had 49 wins.

What is this concept?

In NBA history, since the 82 regular season games were implemented, except for the shrinking season, the team with the lowest winning numbers of regular season wins in the championship was the Washington Bullet in 1978, with a regular season record of 44 wins and 38 losses.

This result can never be reached in the playoffs in the current Western Conference.

There are also Rockets, who won the sixth place in 1995, with 47 wins and cannot enter the playoffs in some seasons.

The cruelty and fierce competition in the western region can be seen.

It is impossible for the Kings to catch up with the number one Warriors.

After the All-Star Game, the Warriors were already ahead of their position and quickly distanced themselves from the team behind them.

The Kings' main competitors are the Spurs and the Thunder.

It has to be said that sending Leonard away was the Spurs' loss, but it was a blessing that Sewin lost his horse after he got Booker and Wiggins at once.

Wiggins failed to realize his potential in the Lakers, and after he arrived at the Spurs, he still failed to realize his full potential.

However, in comparison, he is already an All-Star forward, and under the coaching of Popovich, his defense has become much stronger.

The Spurs' team basketball is still quite powerful in the regular season, following the Kings and ranking third in the West.

The Thunder ranks fourth in the Western Conference and has only one win gap with the Spurs.

As the defending champion, the Thunder was very fierce at the beginning of the season, and once on par with the Warriors.

But without Li Liang, the team has greatly reduced the depth, continuity and endurance of the lineup, and has returned to the past King's routine.

Moreover, injuries invaded the Thunder in the middle of the season, but there were no major injuries, but there were constant minor injuries.

This undoubtedly affected the stability of the Thunder in the regular season, and its ranking fell to fourth place, with a winning gap with the Spurs.

The fifth to eighth place is the battlefield where the Lakers, Clippers, Jazz, Grizzlies and Trail Blazers compete.

There was also a Rockets who withdrew from the playoffs after sending away James Harden.

From fifth to eighth, any team that can compete for the top spot in the East is the one that can compete for the top spot in the East.

Unfortunately, they are in the West, even if they enter the playoffs, the chances of getting a low score are quite low.

As the West is so fierce in competition, Li Liang's Kings team has been recuperating and has not fought hard with other teams at full speed.

Although Li Liang gave Rondo, Gordon and others a bruises and damage pill at the beginning of the season, the bruises and damage pills only prevent players from being injured easily, and they recover quickly after the injury is cured. It does not guarantee that they will not be injured at all, nor does it guarantee that the players will be in good condition.

Therefore, Li Liang began to expand the team's rotation very early to control the players' playing time.

Li Liang doesn't like to take turns rest, so he strives to keep the main players' playing time below 35 minutes.

The whole team played the last dozens of games of the regular season in a stable standby state.

Because of Li Liang's strategic relaxation, the King's performance in the second half seemed to return to the unstable state at the beginning of the season.

Win four or five games, lose one game, win three or four games, and lose another game.

However, you can tell from the specific performance of the field, it is not that simple.

The Kings lose mostly because they lose to some weak teams and cannot enter the playoffs.

Li Liang will use this kind of game to practice, allowing substitutes and players at the end of the bench to play more.

It is naturally good to win, and if you lose, you will learn from your lessons and rehearse the lineup.

For Li Liang, whether he can be the first in the regular season is not particularly meaningful.

After all, in the playoffs, the benefits brought by high rankings are really small.

In 82 games, if you fight for one season, the gains in the playoffs are one more home court.

Judging from Li Liang's historical playoff record, the number of away games is more than home games.

He is a typical away game dragon, and some classic games and scoring frenzy are all played away.

Therefore, Li Liang doesn't care whether there is a home advantage in the series.

In addition to coaching the competition, Li Liang's other great fun is to tweet.

Since the newly launched Twitter this season, Li Liang has become a Twitter maniac.

This product mainly has three contents on Twitter: 1, pre-match predictions, 2, post-match comments, 3, and interact with Tang Laozhuang.

As the head coach, Li Liang is a bit controversial, and he actually made pre-match predictions.

However, after half a season, everyone found that Li Liang's prediction accuracy of the winner was astonishingly high, reaching 70%, close to 80%.

This is a very high prediction accuracy rate, and he does not predict his own team's game, but only predicts other teams.

Li Liang often predicts the right things in some upset games.

Even if the prediction was wrong, when I looked at the competition process, I was almost exactly what Li Liang said. It was really amazing.

Sometimes he even predicts the score, but it is actually very accurate, which is a bit scary.

It's actually very simple, because Li Liang can simulate the results in [Stern's Simulation World].

Because Li Liang's prediction is accurate, he is called "the beacon of Sacramento."

For a time, even bookmakers would refer to Li Liang’s predictions on Twitter.

The comments after the second event even snatched the jobs of many media experts.

Because the number of words posted on each message on Twitter is limited, Li Liang cannot make a long statement.

But he can always make the sharpest and most accurate comments with the minimum number of words.

What fans saw was the excitement, and after every game, they could see the first person in the NBA pointing fingers at others.

Today, James is on the hip with his defensive move, Curry will have problems with his dunk choice tomorrow, and Harden will have too many free throws the day after tomorrow.

Anyway, in terms of ability to create topics, Li Liang is still the only one, and the next one is empty.

But the coaches and expert commentators of other teams realized that this guy was really watching the game seriously.

After each match day, Li Liang will take time to watch the video footage of other teams made by the editor.

Especially the videos of Western rivals such as the Warriors, Thunder, and Spurs will be carefully studied.

Have a more objective and clear understanding of them in your mind.

This way, in the playoffs, we can be targeted.

Moreover, Li Liang's Twitter is true and false, and you don't know if he is joking or telling the truth.

But some views are indeed unique, which has led to other coaches in the league following his Twitter and listening to his chanting.

Of course, these two contents are mainly things in the basketball circle, and their influence is mainly in the basketball circle.

The third item is different. I interact with the commander, Mr. Tang, now on Twitter.

In fact, the NBA circle has always been incompatible with Tang Laozhuang. For example, James stands on the other side of the platform and often satirizes Tang Laozhuang.

Li Liang was different. Last time the two of them "don't fight or meet each other" on Twitter, he often sang and reconciled on Twitter.

Especially when Tang Laozhuang talked about China, Li Liang played an explanation role at this time.

In fact, before the election, Tang Laozhuang liked to talk about China on Twitter, and he could talk badly.

At present, it is mainly good things.

Of course, he was not really trying to praise China, but took the opportunity to mock his ex.

At this time, Li Liang either sang the opposite or became popular, and occasionally agreed with his argument.

In fact, Lao Tang didn't take his Twitter effects seriously at the beginning, because his team carefully planned it.

But over time, Lao Tang and his team realized something was wrong.

People's attention to Bruce Lee seemed to be on par with Tang Laozhuang.

When everyone's first reaction after seeing the commander tweet was often "I'll go and see how Bruce Lee responded."

This is a bit scary.

This means that the Twitter-based governance of the country, which was carefully planned by Tang Laozhuang, may be involved by a foreign athlete.

Influenced by Li Liang, Lao Tang's Twitter posts in March and April, especially the number related to China is decreasing.

Of course, as the playoffs approach, Li Liang's Twitter posts are also decreasing.

He is about to usher in the biggest and most severe playoff exam in his career.
Chapter completed!