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Chapter 257 The Closing Battle!
Being defeated can be both physical and psychological in the NBA.

Physically defeated as long as you don't get kicked out of the league, you can always start all over again, but psychologically, when you admit defeat psychologically, whether you want to accept it or not, your competitive state will decline drastically.

Take Naka and McGrady as examples here.

In the past three years, these two brothers have not had a good life. It can be said that they are a typical example of repeated defeats.

One is that after joining the Rockets, because of tactical changes, he has never won the top individual honors. The other is even worse. After the Sharks left, they basically collapsed. In those two years, there were a lot of home fans shouting and chatting about trades, but at this time, McGrady is also good. Whether it's chatting or chatting, they all persevered, so even if they fail, they can start all over again.

It was in 08 that McGrady really plummeted and the time for chattering against the Jedi appeared.

This year, McGrady fought for the final fortune for the first round of the curse, which affected his sports career, but at this time, McGrady was not considered a loser, because he heard that his rehabilitation was not bad. It was the backstab from the Rockets that really killed McGrady. , The slash was deep and ruthless, and McGrady was traded with a serious injury. McGrady's mentality exploded. Returning to the court is not only a state problem, but even his body shape management is out of control.

Directly reduced from the best team player to the floor player.

In the same year, Nao Ke led the Lakers' three towers to stand up again in the waste area, and carried out the despised and criticized basketball style to the end.

The more iron you are, the more you can fight, and you will eventually become the Iron King of Los Angeles.

Did you see the problem? Yes, after leaving his old club, McGrady has given up hope. He is simply mixed with each other, while Nao Ke is full of fighting spirit.

The current Deron Williams is similar to McGrady's state. Although his body is at its peak, Deron is still the league's first T team defender, but the gap with Paoer has also widened. The development of the past few years has made Deron Williams realizes, that's what the hell is going on with him.

If the Jazz in 09 could still be considered a strong playoff team, this year's Jazz is relying on their hometown to support them.

If they are matched, McGee can easily beat them to a 4-0.

Then, it involves tactical issues. The Lakers have now begun to lose their winning percentage. After the Jazz game, the Timberwolves have won four consecutive victories, and the Lakers have one win and three losses. Now the Timberwolves are only two wins away from reaching the top. The league's No. 4 Celtics have only [-] wins.

Now the problem arises. If they reach the top, there is a high probability that the Timberwolves' opponent in the second round will become the Lakers.

But if the Timberwolves are willing to play badly and fall to No. 5 or No. 6 in the West, they have a high probability of avoiding the difficult Lakers and looking for crunchy Nuggets, Mavericks, and Spurs.

Of course, McGee doesn't care about the winning percentage, it mainly depends on the consideration of Whitman and the team.

After a few more games, the time has come to the end of March.

With the playoffs in sight, McGee realized he had overlooked a very embarrassing fact.

Now the Timberwolves rank first in the Western Conference with 41 wins. It was also at this time that McGee realized that the team had no idea of ​​controlling points at all.

Yes, Whitman didn't have a problem with who he wanted to fight at all. He simply went to the game when he had a game, and if he could win, he tried to win.

115 to 102, the Timberwolves defeated the Thunder again, winning seven consecutive victories.

Staying high, McGee broke the pot and broke the cans. Anyway, he is ready to challenge the Rockets' record of 22 games after winning streak.

The next target is the senior Northland salted fish, the Raptors. To be fair, McGee is ready to score against the Raptors. Now McGee is averaging 26.5 points and 11.6 rebounds per game. He has no hope of being the scoring champion this year. Competing with James and Durant is fierce, but McGee still has a chance to fight for the rebounding king.

So, at the end of the season, the Timberwolves began to play insanely.

McGee even Milicic rushed out to make wild shots. If there is no reward for the shot, there is a reward for the missed shot. Coupled with Randolph's block, McGee easily raised his rebound average to 12.7, temporarily ranking the league's rebounding leader.

With 25+ rebounds in four consecutive games, McGee is not scoring points, but face!

When McGee just stayed at the basket and waited for Randolph to get the board, the referee came over and gave a whistle. McGee knew that the good days of white clothes flying like snow were over, but fortunately, at least Points have risen a wave because of shame, the team's winning percentage tends to be stable, and the number of rebounds is almost enough.

The reason why the Timberwolves played so frantically did not affect the winning rate. The main reason is that no one wants to be the background of McGee's rebounding. Therefore, most teams that have no hope of the playoffs choose to pile up insiders. It was even more embarrassing and disrupted its own rhythm, and the Timberwolves galloped again.

In the end, the Timberwolves' winning streak ended at 15, and they lost to the Heat in a weird way.

This year's Heat is obviously a bad team, but it is undeniable that no one can ignore Wade's destructive power. In a single game, 50+10+8+6+2, scoring rebounds, assists, blocks and steals, combined with 6 turnovers, Wade A man overturned the Timberwolves.

This thing can only be said that winning streak is a false proposition. The uncertainty of playing is too high. It is not theoretically possible to win steadily if you can play. There are many times when strong teams lose to weak teams. Every winning streak is marked as close to impossible. Beyond that, it makes sense.

In a blink of an eye, the playoffs will begin.

At this time, the most eye-catching thing must be the top 16 of this year's playoffs, which is the question of who will get the six regular season rewards.

The first is the best rookie. This award was won by Harden. This year Harden became the firepower in the Timberwolves. Although he was targeted by McGee in the second half of the season, he was repeatedly used as cannon fodder and one-time darts, but overall strength Upscale, and the unique one-split style of play is estimated to be close to the alliance's sanction.

The best rookie lineup is Curry, Harden, Evans, Gibson and Collison.

As for the best sixth man, it was won by Crawford, Harden was a little short, and the rookie lacked competitiveness.

Statistically speaking, the Lakers' Odom played better and had a greater effect, but the incident before was a bit big and the impact of the suspension was undoubtedly reconciled. He was not among the top five nominations for the best sixth man.

The All-Star MVP is McGee's own, and the Most Improved Player is OJ Mayo of the Bobcats.

It was Durant who won the scoring title, and the younger Durant rose in the competition with James and chatter, and McGee knew that his rise would also create an earth-shattering three consecutive scoring titles after Jordan. The handover and epitome of the times.

But Durant probably didn't expect that James' endurance could be so long-lasting, and he has been entangled with him at the small forward position.

Of the six major statistics, only the final MVP has not yet been announced, but the most favorable competitor is only McGee and Chat, which makes McGee and Chat fans also looking forward to it, because the last closing game of the regular season... Timberwolves VS Lakers!

(End of this chapter)