unfinished glory

Chapter 298
After finally swiping the data once, Li Chongxiao felt refreshed.Winning or losing the next game is not too concerned.

After the regular season, the Lakers unexpectedly achieved a record of 64 wins and 18 losses, and won No. 1 in the league.This is a big improvement from the 55 wins they projected at the start of the season.The reason is that the competition in the West is too fierce, so they dare not take it lightly, and they have to go all out in every game.

For example, the No. 2 Mavericks have a record of 63 wins and 19 losses.If it wasn't for Durant's minor injury after the All-Star break, and the unfortunate fact that during his recuperation period, the team happened to meet strong teams from the East and West and lost a few games, then the Mavericks would be No. [-] in the league now.

The Warriors, the third in the West and the third in the league, have 62 wins and 20 losses. The Splash Brothers' three-pointers are one of the sharpest weapons in the league. Coupled with Iguodala, Harrison Barnes and Marcus -The small lineup composed of Morris is second only to the Lakers in offensive power.

However, there is a big difference between them and the Lakers. The Lakers are mainly mid-range shots, while the Warriors are a three-point team, averaging 36.4 three-pointers per game.

The No.4 Spurs have achieved 60 wins and 22 losses, which is the same record as the Eastern Conference's top Celtics.If it weren't for the abnormality of the top three teams in the West, their record and ranking would definitely be more than that.

However, the Spurs' ability to rank fourth still took advantage of the new rules.According to previous rules, the division champion must enter the top four.The champion Lakers in the Pacific region are ranked first, the Mavericks in the Southwest region are ranked second, and the Warriors in the Pacific region are third. Then the No. 4 position must be the top of the Northwest region.No matter how good the Spurs record is, they will be squeezed to fifth place.

But also because of the rule change, the Spurs took advantage of a small advantage and suffered a big loss.Under the old rules, their fifth game will be the fourth in the West, which is logically the Thunder with 40 wins and 42 losses.Under the new rules, their No.5 fourth match was the Grizzlies, also in the Southwest Division, with a record of 59 wins and 23 losses.

For the Thunder, even if they can only rank eighth, as long as they can make the playoffs, they can't beat any of the teams in front of them.

Ranked sixth is the Clippers with a record of 55 wins and 27 losses.At No.7 is the Pelicans, both of whom have a record of 53 wins and 29 losses.Except for the Rockets, the Southwest Division has entered the playoffs. .

Because the top teams in the West are too strong, the record of the teams starting from the eighth is relatively miserable. The Thunder failed to keep a 50% winning percentage, and the other teams were even worse. Ten victories, the bottom of the Suns only 15 wins.

东部也就三只球队拿得出手，也就60胜22负的凯尔特人、56胜26负的尼克斯队和55胜27负的雄鹿队。从第三道第六的球队，都是一溜烟的40多胜。老鹰队第七38胜，步行者队第八36胜。

This gap between east and west has not appeared for several years.

Not only the East, but also the teams in the West that can't make the playoffs. All teams have become ATMs for the top teams in the league.

This season, being able to rank at the top is not to win the dialogue with the strong team, but to ensure that no points are lost in front of the weak team.Li Chongxiao's terrible stability allowed the Lakers to play the role of a master of food abuse. Even if their record against strong teams is not good, it does not prevent them from taking the top spot in the league.

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The rewards for being at the top of the leaderboard are also huge.Other strong teams have to face a team with more than 50 wins miserably, but the Lakers' opponent is the "weak chicken" Thunder, which is equivalent to getting a big gift package.

No matter how stubborn Westbrook is, he can only be called a superstar if he has passed the test of the playoffs.

In the three matches against the Lakers in the regular season, he got a triple-double in two games, and he thought he would not be much worse in the playoffs.In the tactics prepared by the Thunder, he still played according to the previous routine.

In fact, Coach Donovan of the Thunder didn't intend to control Westbrook's style of play at all. He followed the management's requirements and prioritized Westbrook's satisfaction.This is also the tragedy of the small ball market. When a superstar is cultivated, he is always worried that the other party will have a bad life and leave.

It's not that they don't know the lessons learned by the Cavaliers. Once they are not satisfied, it will be nothing in the end.But for the sake of the market, knowing that the other party should go if he is too indulgent, he has to bow his head to meet the other party's request.

The league is both fair and unfair. Not everyone can drop a superstar from the sky like the Knicks or the Lakers.Li Chongxiao can invest in small cities and persist for eight years, bringing the team to the top several times. This is what the NBA hopes to see.

Fortunately, this phenomenon has changed in recent years.The development of the Internet has made the media industry more and more developed. News that could only be disseminated through newspapers or television in the past can now be easily disseminated to all parts of the world through the Internet.As long as every player plays well, he can get much more exposure than before.

Take this game as an example. Although Oklahoma is a small city, Westbrook's triple-double miracle, with such a poor record, has many people advocating that he should be the MVP of this season.

If it was Kobe more than ten years ago, he scored 35+ points and made a sensation in the league, and few people complained about him.

The development of the Internet has also brought a fast-paced life.The base of basketball fans is getting bigger and bigger, but the proportion of watching games has not increased much.For many "cloud" fans, they would rather take the technical statistics after the game and go to the forum to fight with other fans for [-] rounds, rather than spend two or three hours watching a game.

Westbrook is well aware of this truth. After a few years, everyone remembers only the data, and who cares how the data came about at that time.

Iverson has become synonymous with "blacksmith" at this point, because his shooting percentage is much worse than that of the current guards.Except for fans who have passed through that era and are too old to fall in love with forum debates, who still remembers the lone hero back then.

In a few years, Duncan is also an ordinary player who has just reached 20+10 in his career. He neither has the explosive dunk of Griffin nor the demeanor of Love's rebounding maniac.More importantly, as a power forward, he can't shoot three-pointers, and he doesn't know how he got several championship rings and MVP.Probably in today's league, the ball can't be played.

In the same way, there is O'Neal. In a few years, he will be a big fat man who cannot adapt to the small ball era.

It stands to reason that Li Chongxiao's style of play that can run through the past and the present will not be hacked, but there are still people who are grandstanding.Even though Jordan and Barkley agreed that he was the top superstar in the league in the 90s and 90s, but these people just think that he was Eddie Jones at best in the [-]s.

Li Chongxiao, as someone who has been an undercover trumpeter on the forum all year round, facing this kind of statement, I really want to go up and question it. The hand-to-hand fight with the Pistons and the muscle confrontation with the Lakers and Celtics back then are no different from the 90s game. These people are afraid. have not seen.

But he was soon relieved, don't you see other superstars in the past, Durant can only be a catch-and-shoot shooter; Curry is a weakened version of Cole; James is just an ordinary player.Think about being Eddie Jones and let Kobe play as a substitute, and he will be "grateful" to these fans.

(End of this chapter)