The convulsion superstar of basketball

Chapter 252 251. March is over, the playoff rankings are a battle of wits (seeking a monthly ticket)

After defeating the Lakers in their own field, this also brought the Magic's record to 50 wins and 16 losses, temporarily ranking first in the Eastern Conference with a very excellent result.

Now as the games of each team continue, the Magic have only 16 games left in the remaining regular season of this season.

Although the Magic's record so far can be said to be very good, if they want to stabilize their position as the number one in the Eastern Conference, there is definitely still a long way to go.

This season is currently recognized by the outside media as the year with the most blowout team record. According to the team record predicted by the media, there will be at least eight teams that can win more than 50 games this season.

And even with a record of 60 wins, there are also four teams that are very likely to win this goal.

As for these four teams, they are the Lakers, Magic, Cavaliers, and Celtics.

It can be said that the East and West teams this year are quite interesting.

In the West, the competition for the playoffs is very fierce. The records of the various teams are not very different, but the only team that can truly be called the only one is the Los Angeles Lakers.

As for the East, although the competition for the playoffs is not fierce at all, even the fourth and fifth teams in the East can only hover on the edge of the playoffs in the West.

But there are as many as three teams that can be called a strong team or even win the championship in the entire Eastern Conference.

This situation also created a very interesting situation between the east and west, that is, the overall level of the west is currently slightly higher than that of the east.

But the top level in the east is much higher than that in the west.

Leaving aside the current No. [-] Magic team in the Eastern Conference, the Cleveland Cavaliers and the defending champion Celtics are behind them. The overall strength of these two teams is not inferior to the Lakers.

And the current record is only 1.5 games behind the Lakers.

And the occurrence of this situation is obviously very detrimental to the Magic, because it also means that as long as the Magic wants to hit the stage of the finals, it is bound to pass one of the two teams, the Celtics and the Cavaliers.

Even if you are unlucky, it is very likely that you will meet these two teams successively in the playoffs.

It can be said that this year in the entire Eastern Conference, for any team that wants to hit the finals, it will definitely be a nightmare.

As for the Magic, it is even more difficult to move forward at present, because the team's goal this season is to lead the sword to the championship, but according to the current situation, whether the team can even break through the East has become a big problem.

Because whether facing the Cavaliers or the Celtics, this is simply as difficult as the finals.

So as the regular season is coming to an end, Stan Van Gundy, as the head coach, does not have much confidence in this year's playoffs.

Even though the Magic are currently at the top of the Eastern Conference with a gap of 0.5 wins...

In the next game in March, the Magic obviously felt some discomfort due to some schedule arrangements.

This intensive schedule not only had a great impact on the Magic's personal physical strength, but also had a great devastation on the Magic's spirit.

Because throughout the second half of March, in addition to the very dense schedule of the Magic, the opponents they faced were also very tough.

At least among the opponents they have encountered so far, there are only two teams that are really outside the playoffs.

As for the remaining opponents, most of them are teams in the playoffs.

Everyone was making the final push to improve their rankings, and it was this kind of all-out play that made the entire Magic team feel exhausted in the second half of March.

In terms of record, they lost consecutive defeats and fell all the way to the third place in the Eastern Conference.

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February 3.

After the Magic beat the Eagles at home this day, the Magic suffered another two losses in the second half of the schedule throughout March.

In the end, the team's record came to 55 wins and 18 losses, which is temporarily equal to the Cavaliers currently ranked first in the Eastern Conference.

There is only one win gap with the third Celtics in the Eastern Conference.

It can be said that for these three teams, this wave of sprint at the end of the season is absolutely crucial.

These three teams all want to get the No. [-] position in the Eastern Conference before the end of the regular season, because once the team can grab the No. [-] position in the Eastern Conference, then if they enter the Eastern Conference Semifinals, they can avoid meeting with the other two teams.

It can be said that the position of No. [-] in the East is definitely not for the glory of the regular season, but more for the formation of troops in the playoffs.

After all, the entire Eastern Conference is currently competitive with five teams: Magic, Cavaliers, Celtics, Heat and Eagles.

Therefore, the ranking in the regular season and the matchup in the playoffs are absolutely crucial at this stage.

After entering April, the team has only the last nine games left so far.

It can be said that the journey to the playoffs is imminent, which also keeps the atmosphere of the team in a very urgent state.

Not only the players at this moment feel a little dignified, but even the coaching staff and management have also become worried.

Because in the history of the entire Magic team, it has never been contaminated with the honor of an NBA championship.

And this year can be said to be the most promising for the Magic, and it is also the closest to the championship.

So this also made the head coach Stan Van Gundy and the management feel very nervous, and invested 120% of their experience in the next game and arrangement.

And not to mention the honor of the NBA championship, in the entire history of the Magic team, the last time the team reached the finals dates back to the distant 94-95 season.

Therefore, under various circumstances, the current Magic team has become quite serious, and the training atmosphere of the entire team has become a little thrilling.

Originally, before the start of this season, the goal of the team management was very simple, that is to try to keep the team in the playoffs.

Thereby creating more income and being able to earn more money.

However, as the team's performance this season is getting better and better, whether it is the management or the head coach Stan Van Gundy, his personal ambitions are getting bigger and bigger.

From the beginning, it was enough to enter the playoffs, and then try to reach the finals as much as possible, and now it is the championship of the sword.

It can be said that as the desire of the team management is getting higher and higher, the foundation of the entire team is becoming more and more unstable.

And this is the main reason why the Magic gradually began to decline in the latter part of the season and became more and more powerless in the face of strong teams.

Regarding this situation, as the head coach, Stan Van Gundy has actually discovered it a long time ago, although Van Gundy has always wanted to show a relaxed look to minimize the tension in the players' hearts.

But even if Stan Van Gundy has been pretending to be calm on the surface at this moment, it still can't hide the tension in his heart.

After all, the current Magic team can be said to be an ignorant and ignorant team.

As for being able to get to where it is today, it has completely exceeded everyone's expectations, including the management, coaching staff and players themselves...

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