I'm a ball devil

Chapter 150

April 4, the final day of the regular season.

On this day, the Sonics still have a game to play, an away game against the Celtics with the league's first record.

At present, the Celtics have a record of 66 wins and 15 losses, and are firmly at the top of the league. They are the only team in the league that has won 60 wins.

So this last game won't matter to the Celtics.

But for the Sonics, it is very important, which is directly related to who they face in the first round of the playoffs.

They currently have the same record as the Dallas Mavericks, both 51 wins and 30 losses, ranking seventh and eighth in the West.

This record has now safely allowed the Sonics to make the playoffs.

It is impossible for the pursuers behind to catch up with them.

The Denver Nuggets, ranked ninth, have a record of 50 wins and 32 losses. All games have been played, and 50 wins cannot get a place in the Western Conference playoffs.

The Golden State Warriors, ranked tenth, have a record of 48 wins and 33 losses. There is still a final game to play, but it is irrelevant. With this record, it is impossible to think about the playoffs.

At this time, these two teams can really only complain that they are in the Western Conference.

If they win the Eastern Conference with this record, they will definitely enter the playoffs.

And there may also be a first-round advantage in the playoffs.

Currently ranked eighth in the East, the Eagles are 37 wins and 44 losses. Although they have not played the last game, they have already properly occupied a spot in the Eastern Conference playoffs.

Because the Pacers, the ninth in the Eastern Conference, have 36 wins and 46 losses, it is no longer possible to pose a threat to them.

Among the top eight in the East, including the Celtics, only three teams have won more than 3 games.

The No. 4 Cavaliers have a record of 45 wins and 37 losses.

In other words, on the west side, even if the tenth-ranked Warriors are placed in the east, they can still be ranked fourth in the east.

Even the No. 11 Trail Blazers in the West, with a record of 41 wins and 41 losses, can rank sixth in the East.

Therefore, in the Western Conference this season, the intensity of the battle is rare in NBA history.

Barkley shouted on the show, "Crazy, this year's competition in the Western Conference is too fierce, even 50 wins can't make the playoffs!"

The unfair division of the competition area once again suffered huge criticism.

Fans are discussing on the Internet that the divisions should be changed, that the east and the west should be broken up and regrouped, and that the team's record ranking should be used instead of the east and west division rankings to enter the playoffs...

However, these discussions have little to do with the Sonics. After all, they were finally brought into the playoffs by Ye Hao.

They have just one last game left to play.

After playing the last game, they will know who they will face in the first round.

If they win, they can enter the playoffs as No.7. Even if the Mavericks also win, they will still become the seventh in the West according to the divisional and regular season matchups.

Then there's the possibility of a matchup against the Hornets or Spurs.

Why do you say it is possible?
Because the West has finished the regular season with 58 wins and 24 losses, except for the Lakers, ranking No.1.

No. 3 and No. 56 in the Western Conference have not yet been decided. The Hornets and the Spurs have the same record, both 25-[-], and both have their last game to play.

In other words, on the last day of the regular season, the second and third in the Western Conference can change at any time.

If the Hornets and Spurs both win or lose the game in the end, then the final ranking will not change. The Hornets will still occupy the second place in the Western Conference by virtue of their advantage in the regular season.

But if the Hornets lose and the Spurs win in the last day of the game, the Spurs will occupy the second place in the Western Conference, and the Hornets will slip to third.

So, this year's Western Conference is really wild and fierce.

They have to fight hard until the final battle.

If the Sonics lose in this last battle and the Mavericks win, they will enter the playoffs in the eighth place in the Western Conference and face the oldest Western Conference Lakers in the first round.

The teams that these teams are going to play against are the Supersonics playing away against the Celtics,
The Mavericks played against the Grizzlies in the Western Conference at home.

The Spurs are at the Golden State Warriors.

The Hornets played against the Cavaliers at home.

Relatively speaking, it is obvious that this game of the Sonics is the most difficult to play against the strongest team.

The Mavericks vs. the Grizzlies, this time, the Grizzlies have been doing badly this season, ranking second to last in the Western Conference, with the same winning percentage as the last-to-last Timberwolves.

Therefore, if the Mavericks are more stable, they are more than [-]% sure of winning this game.

After all, the Grizzlies also have the desire to win...

Compete with the Timberwolves for the last place in the Western Conference.

The Spurs and the Hornets, the opponents they encountered in these two games are almost the same, if you only look at the regular season record rankings.

Although the Cavaliers have the fourth record in the East and the Warriors have the ninth record in the West, the Warriors really have a slight advantage in winning and losing games.

Ye Hao was not happy about facing the Lakers in the first round.

Although judging from the record, the Lakers have not opened up too much distance between the second and third places in the West, but the overall strength of the Lakers is still very strong.

If there is no accident, if he continues to follow the script of his previous life, the Lakers will be able to reach the finals this year.

So Ye Hao doesn't want to meet the Lakers in the first round, and there is a high probability that he will send cannon fodder to Chatter.

Black eight miracles don't happen every year.

It happened last year, will it come again this year?

Really stop dreaming.

Therefore, to ensure that this does not happen, it is necessary to defeat the Celtics in the final battle, the closing battle.

The Celtics must be defeated, the last battle must be won.

This is what Ye Hao said to his teammates before the game started, speaking loudly.

As long as they win, it doesn't matter whether the Mavericks win or lose, they will be seventh in the West.

Ye Hao didn't care whether he played against the Spurs or the Hornets in the first round.

Just give it a go.

For the Celtics, the outcome of this game is irrelevant, but there are still some personal grievances that need to be resolved.

Rondo has been thinking about it since the All-Star Game, and he wants to find a chance to clean up Ye Hao, an arrogant rookie.

In the All-Star game, he wanted to help his little brother teach Ye Hao a lesson, but in the end Ye Hao snatched the All-Star Game MVP trophy and slapped Garnett and Pierce in the face. This meeting is also gearing up.

In this final final battle, if Ye Hao can be abused, defeat the Sonics, and drive the Sonics to the eighth place in the West, it should be a very interesting fun.

So before the start of the game, Rondo discussed with Garnett and Pierce in private that he wanted to overthrow Ye Hao's Sonics in this game.

Well, their discussion was to avoid Ray Allen.

Because they feel that Ray Allen came from the Sonics, maybe he still has some friendship with his old club, and they may think of releasing water in the last irrelevant game to help his old club.

Moreover, they also feel that Ray Allen is a little different from them, generally speaking, they are not the same kind of people.

This guy always feels a little arrogant and not very gregarious.This is what Rondo said to Garnett and Pierce.

The starting lineup sent by the Celtics is: point guard Rajon Rondo, shooting guard Ray Allen, small forward Paul Pierce, power forward Kyle Garnett, center Kendrick Perkins.

The starting lineup for the Sonics is: point guard Watson, shooting guard Ye Hao, small forward Durant, power forward Jeff Green, and center Varejao.

At the beginning of the game, Perkins beat Varejao with a jump ball, and the Celtics attacked first.

Rondo took possession of the ball and led it across the half court. Watson was defending two or three steps away from him.

This is obviously to let Rondo's shot go.

However, Rondo didn't vote and handed it to Garnett in the low post on the right.

Green resisted Garnett, and Watson moved over to double-team Garnett.

Rondo took the opportunity to cut in, and Garnett sent the ball over his head to Rondo.

Rondo catches the ball for a layup.

Varejao rushed up, raised his hands under the basket to block Rondo.

Rondo hit the iron and Durant took the rebound.

Barkley, the on-site commentator, said: "From the beginning, you can see that the entire Sonic team is playing very actively. Whether it is defense, flanking or rebounding, they are all doing well."

Leave the basketball to Ye Hao.

Ye Hao pushed forward with the ball, and Rondo took the initiative to defend Ye Hao.

Pierce was on the side, focusing on Watson and most of his attention on Ye Hao, ready to pinch Ye Hao at any time.

In the process of defending Ye Hao, Rondo kept looking for his body to fight, and at the same time kept moving his hands, trying to grab the basketball in Ye Hao's hands.

It's just that Ye Hao didn't back down, just fight if you fight.

Although his strength has not yet reached the 90+ value, but the 80+ value is not weak for outside players, so why is he afraid of Rondo?

Colliding all the way and advancing all the way, the ball is still controlled steadily.

Rondo has nothing to do with him, and keeps spouting trash talk, "Rookie, don't think about me, I will prevent you to death!

Rookie, you are too rubbish!

Although this game is irrelevant to us, I will not let you win.

We want you to lose and leave Boston! "

"Then you must be able to guard against me first!" Ye Hao leaned against Rondo's body, dribbled the ball under his crotch, changed hands, and then took a sharp step in.

Rondo quickly retreated and moved laterally.

But Ye Hao's move was just a fake move, what he really wanted to do was to gain space, make an emergency stop and pull back a jumper, and shoot a three-pointer!
call out!
Swish!
The basketball was thrown into the net very steadily.

After scoring the goal, Ye Hao spread his hands towards Rondo and shook his head, "What, you can't guard me, can you?"

"Ding, madness value +1..."

Looking back, Rondo dribbled the ball across half court, and Watson continued to give him space.

He chose to act resolutely...and a little hesitant.

Bang!
The basket was very determined to send him a block.

Varejao fights the backboard.

This game must be won, the boss said, so we must work hard.

The ball was handed over to Ye Hao, and Ye Hao quickly rushed forward with the ball.

Ray Allen and Rondo were chasing after him, and Rondo was the most anxious.
However, he could only rush to the basket and look up at Ye Hao, who had already risen into the air and sent a two-handed dunk.

Ye Hao retreated to the backcourt with a smile, which made Rondo feel insulted.

very hurt.

Director Lang's face fell to the ground and was trampled on by Ye Hao wantonly.

He got the ball under the basket angrily, and his face was very bad.

Ray Allen took the ball and sent it out to the basket. It was a little slower, and Rondo felt uncomfortable even with it, "Fuck, hurry up and send the ball!"

Ray Allen was stunned, and felt a little unhappy in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face, and he still sent the ball to Rondo.

Rondo took the ball and turned around and rushed forward. He was in a hurry to get back to the court.

This time he chose to break through Watson, but Watson had put two or three steps away from him, so if Rondo could break in, then Watson would be really useless.

Watson blocked Rondo's driving route.

Rondo made an emergency stop and made a throw.

do not enter.

The rebound belonged to Ye Hao. The moment Ye Hao rushed in, Varejao turned around to block people, and he couldn't steal the boss's rebound for others. He really had a first-class sense of guard with a knife.

Ye Hao felt like he had found the future tortoise to grab rebounds. One person grabbed the rebound, and several people helped to block him.

Hey, it's still a little cool, this feeling.

After grabbing the rebound, he turned around and dribbled the ball quickly. Ye's counterattack has always been so quick.

Rondo failed to defend again, wanted to chase after the big hat, and slapped the air with his slap, hitting the edge of the backboard.

Dodged by Ye Hao in the air, a beautiful pull-up layup was avoided and the ball went up.

Jeff Green, Durant and other teammates excitedly rushed over to give Ye Hao high fives to celebrate.

"Boss, you scored so beautifully, just like Jordan." Green said loudly, "That guy is going to be blown up by you!"

Rondo, who happened to be advancing with the ball, glared at Green when he heard this sentence.

When Green saw it, he said disdainfully, "You still want to guard against the boss of our team? You can't even dream of thinking like that!"

Rondo ran away with the ball, but he was very angry.

Come outside the three-point line, pull it up and throw it away.

But still nothing, blocked by the basket again.

Durant grabbed the backcourt rebound and dribbled the ball to attack.

He handed the ball to Ye Hao while on the move. Ye Hao took the ball and drove into the basket, encountered double-teaming, and then passed the ball to Durant near the free throw line.

Durant took the ball and made an easy jumper.

Rondo attacked again, still nothing.

Pierce couldn't stand the truth of the court, and went to hug Rondo, "Calm down, we're playing a game, not heads-up. Do you want to win? If you want to win, play more and cooperate!"

These words made Rondo's hot head cool down a lot.

After all, he is only a second-year player, so he will still be impulsive.

After calming down, Rondo began to pay attention to passing the ball and organize the team's offense.

In this way, the overall offense of the Celtics found a sense.

The chaos caused by Ye Hao's attack at the beginning disappeared, and they slowly recovered the score.

At the end of the half, the two sides returned to the same starting line, 46 to 46, a tie entering the second half.

(End of this chapter)