Chapter 848 The Regular Season Ends, an Extraordinary and Magical Season!

On April 15, 2009, the last day of the NBA, the world-renowned battle between the Seattle SuperSonics and the Miami Heat finally ended.

Under Yes's buzzer-beater, the Seattle SuperSonics, who were ultimately considered to have a 97% chance of losing, defeated the Miami Heat on the road and won this crucial game.

Through this crucial victory, the Seattle SuperSonics also successfully squeezed out the Houston Rockets, who ranked first in the regular season last season, and entered the playoffs!

At the same time, the topic caused by the game between the SuperSonics and the Heat did not end with the end of this game.

In this game, Yes had a miraculous five-double + buzzer-beater.

In this game, James's miraculous loyalty to Yes moved people.

And at the end of this game, Wade, who had always supported James, finally broke up with James.

All of this made this game full of topics!

And it was the kind of topic that might continue to be debated.

Of course, no matter how hot the game between the SuperSonics and the Heat was, it was just an ordinary regular season game.

And on April 15, the NBA was not just a regular season game.

On the last day of the regular season this season, the key regular season of the NBA is not just the game between the Supersonics and the Heat.

For example, the Timberwolves, the sixth in the West, and the Suns, the seventh in the West, also played a game. In the end, the Suns defeated the Timberwolves and kept their seventh place in the West.

At the same time, in the Eastern Conference playoffs, in the key battle for the sixth place in the Eastern Conference, the 76ers faced the Cavaliers, who were resting O'Neal, away from home. After an overtime, they beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 111 to 110.

As long as the Pacers and the Bulls lose the game on the other side, the 76ers will become the sixth in the East.

But unfortunately, in the game between the Bulls and the Pacers on the other side, the Bulls also defeated their opponents at home with a score of 109 to 108. Rose made a three-pointer to kill the Pacers, and the Bulls finally kept their sixth place in the East.

So far, all the rankings of the East and West in the entire NBA 2008-2009 season have come out.

In the East, although the Cleveland Cavaliers suffered James' betrayal this season, under the leadership of O'Neal and with the help of star players such as David Lee, Richard Jefferson, Deron Williams and Daniel Gibson, the Cavaliers achieved a historic result in this year's regular season.

This season, the Cleveland Cavaliers, with 67 wins and 15 losses, beat the Spurs, the first in the West, and the Heat, who won 26 games in 27 games in the East, and won the first place in the East and the league.

This season, O'Neal's strength and the performance of all five Cavaliers' starting players scoring more than 20 points per game also made the Cavaliers fans who lost James even shout out the slogan "Who is James!" when the Cavaliers played their last game.

O'Neal and his new Cavaliers completely turned Cleveland into a new country of their own, and it only took one season.

The Cavaliers deserved to be the first in the East, and the Miami Heat, with 63 wins and 19 losses, ranked second in the East.

Although they won 26 of the last 27 games, this invincible Big Five team did have too many things happen in the past.

So much so that the final record was greatly affected.

Even after the regular season ended, seeing the rare public infighting between James and Wade, many people were wondering whether this Big Five team would encounter any huge troubles in the playoffs.

In the East, the team occupying the third place is the Boston Celtics.

The Boston Celtics have been the first in the East in the past few seasons and are the well-deserved overlord of the East.

But this season, the Boston Celtics, who took the Seattle Supersonics as their imaginary enemy, encountered a lot of trouble. The sudden rise of the Cavaliers and the Heat in the East caught them off guard.

When the team built with the Supersonics as their imaginary enemy faced the Cavaliers and the Heat, the Boston Celtics had a hard time.

In addition to the sweep of the Supersonics this season, the Celtics have swept the Supersonics in the regular season for three consecutive seasons.

It can be seen that their team building idea of ​​taking the Supersonics as the imaginary enemy is very correct, but this season is not very successful, at least, the regular season is not so successful, and the record of 58 wins and 24 losses is indeed difficult to be considered a success for the Celtics.

If this team wants to succeed this season, perhaps it can only pray that it breaks out from the East, and at the same time, it is the Supersonics that break out from the West.

This is very difficult.

In addition to the first three super teams in the East, the fourth place is the Washington Wizards with a record of 48 wins and 34 losses.

If the Boston Celtics lost their dominance in the East because of the rise of the Cavaliers and the Heat, then the Washington Wizards also lost their position as a powerful challenger in the East because of the rise of these two teams.

In the past few seasons, because of the Celtics' strength, the Wizards have always been the first challenger team under the leadership of Arenas.

But this season, although the Wizards are also trying hard to be the strongest challenger in the East, it is obvious that the gap between the Wizards and the first three teams is widening.

Because of Arenas' presence, maybe the Wizards can still beat any team in a certain game.

But such a shining performance in a certain game can no longer make the Wizards a challenger in the East, which is now full of strong teams.

Of course, although they have lost the position of the strongest challenger team, the Wizards, led by Arenas, still firmly sit in the first place of the second group in the East.

There is a big gap with the previous three giants in the East, but among the second-tier teams, the Wizards are still outstanding.

The team ranked fifth in the East is the Orlando Magic with a record of 42 wins and 40 losses.

This season, the Magic's young center Howard has become more mature.

Coupled with the joining of Rashard Lewis, the former star player of the Supersonics and Raptors, the Magic's performance this season is also quite stable.

Because of the existence of the three strongest teams in the East and the nine strongest teams in the West, the league has 12 very super teams.

Because of the existence of these 12 super teams, it is really not easy for other ordinary teams in the league to get a 50% winning rate.

The Magic is also an ordinary team, but it has maintained the bottom line of the team's 50% winning rate.

At the same time, the Magic has become one of the only two teams with a winning rate of more than 50% outside of these 12 super teams, and the other is the Wizards, which ranks fourth in the East.

This year, ordinary NBA teams are really difficult, because of the existence of 12 3+9 teams in the East and the West. Many ordinary NBA teams are joking privately that for them, 30 games in a season are definitely lost.

There are only 82 games in a season, and there are only 52 games that can really win.

Of the 52 games that can win, you have to win 41 games to achieve a 50% winning rate, which is quite difficult.

This is also the reason why the Rockets lost to many ordinary teams that they shouldn't lose because of the problem of early running-in, even though they performed very well in the second half and performed very well in strong dialogues, they almost couldn't enter the playoffs.

This year, whether it is the East or the West, the polarization is too serious.

Judging from the record, the entire league seems to have only the Wizards and Magic as middle-level teams. Of course, Chris Paul's Thunder also won more than 50%, but after Paul was injured and was out for the season, the Thunder's record collapsed directly.

The top five teams in the East are all teams with a winning rate of more than 50%, but after reaching the sixth place in the East, it is completely different.

The current sixth team in the East is the Chicago Bulls, who defeated the Pacers in the last game. Led by Rose, the Chicago Bulls finally defended the sixth place in the East and also knocked the Pacers into the top eight in the East.

The Chicago Bulls' current record is 35 wins and 47 losses. This record is indeed not so outstanding, but considering that the Chicago Bulls were considered one of the weakest teams in the league before the start of the season, they were able to shoot the sixth place in the East in the end, which is already very, very outstanding.

As the successor to Yes, this ranking is better than Yes's first season with the Supersonics.

Of course, the Supersonics entered the playoffs in the West with a record of 50+ wins.

But no matter what, the Bulls led by Rose are one of the most surprising teams in the entire league this season. Rose himself also entered the All-Star Game because of such outstanding performance. Bulls head coach Scott Brooks is also one of the biggest competitors for the best coach this season.

Ranked seventh in the East is the Pistons led by Iverson, who also has 35 wins and 47 losses. Iverson once again achieved an average score of more than 30+ this season. Now Iverson, who is focused on scoring, is getting closer and closer to the goal of 30,000 points.

The last place to enter the playoffs in the East belongs to the 76ers led by Iguodala, with a record of 35 wins and 47 losses. Because the Bulls won the last game, even if the 76ers also won and defeated the Cavaliers, who had O'Neal rest, they could only continue to rank eighth in the end.

In addition to these eight teams that entered the playoffs in the East, the Pacers ranked ninth and the Hawks ranked tenth. These two teams are also quite a pity. Both teams have a record of 34 wins and 48 losses, and they are really only one step away from the playoffs.

As long as the two teams beat their opponents in the last game, they can enter the playoffs. Unfortunately, the Pacers lost to the Bulls, and the Hawks lost to the Pistons.

In addition to these ten teams, the remaining Eastern Conference teams, the eleventh-ranked Charlotte Hornets, the twelfth-ranked Nets, the thirteenth-ranked Raptors, the fourteenth-ranked Bucks, and the fifteenth-ranked New York Knicks, all have very ugly records, except for the Hornets, who are led by Larry Brown, and their record of 25 wins and 57 losses looks like that.

The records of other teams are really unbearable to watch, especially the New York Knicks, whose record this season is 10 wins and 72 losses.

They are simply losing crazy for the draft pick!

In other words, the Warriors in the West really can't win the game, otherwise the New York Knicks' record would definitely be the last in the league.

In the West, the team that finally ranked first in the West was the Spurs with 66 wins and 16 losses. In the second half of the regular season, the record gap between the Spurs and the Dallas Mavericks has always been quite small, even evenly matched, but it was not until the last few games that the Spurs and the Mavericks decided the winner.

After defeating the Mavericks, the Spurs, who ranked fourth in the Western Conference last season, finally returned to the top of the Western Conference this season and became the biggest favorite for the championship this season.

Because of the internal strife of the Heat, the current Spurs are indeed the biggest favorite to win the league championship.

In the West, the team behind the Spurs is the Los Angeles Lakers with 63 wins and 19 losses.

The Los Angeles Lakers are also one of the teams that have ranked first in the Western Conference this season. The Los Angeles Lakers even firmly held the top position in the Western Conference in the first half of the schedule.

But in the second half of the season, the Los Angeles Lakers lost a lot.

In fact, it is not only the Los Angeles Lakers who lost a lot in the second half of the season. The Spurs, Mavericks, Lakers, Nuggets, and Grizzlies all lost a lot.

This is also the reason why the Rockets are the team with the best record in the second half of the Western Conference. There are many strong dialogues in the second half of the Western Conference, especially the Rockets and the Suns and the Timberwolves Supersonics have a high winning rate in the dialogue with the top five teams in the Western Conference.

For example, the Timberwolves have defeated the Mavericks, Lakers, and Spurs, while the Suns have defeated the Grizzlies and Lakers. The Supersonics have also defeated the Spurs, Lakers, and Nuggets. As for the Rockets, it goes without saying that the Rockets have won all five teams, including the Mavericks, Lakers, Nuggets, Grizzlies, and Spurs!

Although winning a game is really nothing, it can only be said that the four teams behind the top nine in the West were more crazy and more eager for victory at that time.

But it can also be seen that the record in the West was indeed quite intense in the second half.

This is also the reason why many people say that except for the Spurs, any team in the West that ranks first may be eliminated in the black eight.

After the Spurs and the Lakers, the Denver Nuggets led by Anthony ranked third in the West. The Denver Nuggets have a record of 62 wins and 20 losses. The Denver Nuggets' record is lower than that of the Mavericks, who are fourth in the West, and the Grizzlies, who are fifth in the West.

But this team is the first in the Northwest Division. According to the NBA ranking rules, the first in the division automatically occupies one of the top three positions. So although the Nuggets' record in the West is fifth in the West, their ranking is third in the West.

Therefore, such a ranking rule is very unfriendly to the division teams with more than one super strong team in a division.

And this very unfriendly division is naturally the Southwest Division with the Spurs, Mavericks, Grizzlies, Rockets and Thunder.

The fourth Mavericks have a record of 64 wins and 18 losses. From the record, they are ranked second in the West, second only to the Spurs, who are ranked first in the West.

The Grizzlies, who are ranked fifth in the West, have a record of 63 wins and 19 losses. This team's record is the same as the Lakers, who are ranked second in the West. In fact, because they have a better record against the Lakers, if they really want to rank with the Lakers, they should be ranked third in the West, second only to the Spurs.

According to the record ranking, the top three teams in the West this year are the Spurs, Mavericks, and Grizzlies, all of which are teams in the Southwest Division.

But according to the NBA ranking rules, except for the Spurs, the first place in the West was guaranteed, the Cowboys ranked fourth, and the Grizzlies ranked fifth. Two of the strongest teams in the West actually had to fight each other in the first round.

The Timberwolves ranked sixth in the West behind the five super teams in the West. The Timberwolves' final record was 61 wins and 21 losses. The Timberwolves almost pulled the Nuggets down from the first place in the Northwest Division at the last moment.

The Nuggets' two consecutive losses to the Supersonics at the last moment really scared the team.

That is, the Nuggets' opponents in the later schedule are weaker, otherwise the Timberwolves might really overturn the Nuggets.

If the most surprising teams in the East are the Bulls led by Rose and the Cavaliers led by O'Neal, the most surprising team in the West is definitely the Timberwolves led by young players such as Gay and Yi Jianlian.

This team is balanced inside and outside, and has almost no shortcomings. The performance this season is really quite outstanding.

That is to say, this young team is in the West, where there are too many strong teams and too many games against strong teams. If this team is placed in the East, the performance of this young team in the East is unimaginable...

Behind the Timberwolves, the Phoenix Suns, who won 70 games last season, are ranked seventh in the West.

This season, the Suns are indeed not as strong as last season, but the record of 61 wins and 21 losses is also considered very good.

This season, the Suns have not strengthened, which can be regarded as standing still. In the overall environment where many teams in the West are rising strongly, teams that have not strengthened will either advance or retreat, and it is normal to have such a record.

It is just obvious that although the record is acceptable, this ranking is not so good for the Suns.

From the second to the seventh, only the Rockets are worse than them.

However, although the Suns are a little bit miserable, this team has entered the playoffs anyway. At least, the Suns still have the opportunity to continue to make a big play in the playoffs.

Just as many media hyped at the end of the season, except for the Spurs, any team ranked first in the West would be in danger of being eliminated in the eighth round.

This means that even if the Suns are ranked seventh, as long as they are not facing the Spurs, they are likely to be eliminated in the seventh round.

They will play the Lakers in the playoffs, but the Suns have always been a favorite opponent. In the past few seasons, the Suns have bullied Kobe, who was the only core player.

However, Kobe is no longer the only core player now, and the Lakers have changed.

Behind the Suns are the Seattle SuperSonics, who are ranked eighth in the Western Conference this season. Their record is just 60 wins and 22 losses, and they are just one of the ten teams that have achieved 60 wins this season.

This record is really outstanding for the SuperSonics, who are missing Durant and have been carrying Ibaka, a pitfall, throughout the season.

The competition in the Western Conference this season is much greater than last season.

Last season, the Western Conference was so brutal that only 7 teams had more than 60 wins. This season, not only are there 8 teams with more than 60 wins in the Western Conference, but there are also 2 teams in the Eastern Conference, and there is also a team with 59 wins in the Western Conference!

Of course, although the SuperSonics performed very well in the regular season, their expectations for the playoffs are quite low.

A record of 60 wins and 22 losses can only rank them eighth in the Western Conference.

If the Seattle SuperSonics rank seventh, sixth, or even fifth in the Western Conference, they may be able to defeat the strong.

But they happened to face the Spurs, who had Yes's strongest terminator, 'Bowen'.

Yes's miracles would be restrained by Bowen to the maximum extent.

Many experts have watched the six recent games between the Spurs and the Supersonics, and they all found that if the other players of the Spurs did not cause trouble for Bowen and did not go undercover, the Spurs would have won all six games!

In the playoffs, after the tactical discipline of each team has improved, no team can mess around, not to mention that the Spurs are still a very experienced team.

So the Supersonics entered the playoffs in eighth place, and even the most loyal coconut powder Barkley and Pippen did not hold any hope.

"We don't have high requirements for Yes and the Supersonics. It's important not to be swept by the Spurs."

"Anyway, Yes has already got a five-double and entered the playoffs. Although this season will not be successful, it will not fail."

In the East, the Pacers and the Hawks failed to enter the playoffs, which is quite a pity.

In the West, the Rockets, with 59 wins and 23 losses, finally failed to enter the playoffs, which is even more regrettable.

The Spurs' 59 wins and 23 losses and failure to make the playoffs also directly led to the Rockets becoming the team with the best record in NBA history that failed to make the playoffs.

Before this magical situation this season, no one could have imagined that they could not make the playoffs with 59 wins.

Such an unimaginable thing finally happened.

In this season, the minimum record required for the West to enter the playoffs is a terrifying 60 wins!

Many people originally thought that the 60 wins of the seven teams in the West last season was the most terrifying.

Unexpectedly, this season is even more terrifying.

The top nine teams in the West can be called god-like teams this season.

And the teams after that are much more normal.

Ranked tenth in the West is the Thunder led by Chris Paul. The Thunder's final record is 39 wins and 43 losses. After Chris Paul was injured, the team eventually fell out of the ranks of teams with a winning rate of more than 50%, but still retained the tenth position in the West.

Behind the Thunder are the 11th-placed Trail Blazers and the 12th-placed Clippers. Although the records of these two teams are not as good as the Thunder, they are better than the 6th-placed Bulls in the East. If they were in the East, they could easily enter the playoffs.

However, the 13th-placed Jazz in the West and the 14th-placed Kings in the West are no different from the weak teams in the East.

As for the 15th-placed Warriors in the West, this team has a record of 7 wins and 75 losses this season under the leadership of Mike Beasley, which is really unprecedented!

Mike Beasley's performance this season is also really outstanding, with at least 20+ points in each game and 20+ points in 82 consecutive games. This is the second player in NBA history who can achieve 20+ points in a season after Yes.

At the same time, Beasley is also the third player in the league's history with the longest consecutive 20+ points after Yes and Chamberlain.

In addition to the stability of the offense, Beasley's performance is incredible. Beasley's final average score is just 30 points.

This also makes Beasley another rookie player who averaged more than 30 points per game in his rookie season after Yes and Durant.

Beasley really wants to win, but the Warriors really can't win!

In the end, Isaiah Thomas, the head coach of the New York Knicks, who competed with the Warriors for the last place, complained.

"We are already shameless enough. This season is our most shameless season, but we are still a long way from the Warriors at our most shameless."

"You all think we have no dignity, but I want to tell you that our dignity makes us dare not be lower than the Warriors in terms of record."

After the NBA regular season, in addition to the eye-catching records of these teams.

The data of NBA players is naturally also very eye-catching.

This season, Yes, who won the scoring and steals king, averaged 44 points per game, making him another player who averaged 40+ points per game after Chamberlain.

At the same time, his average of 3.8 steals per game is also quite terrifying.

The assists leader this season is Chris Paul. Chris Paul's explosion this season is incredible. His three consecutive quadruple-double performances have made him leap from a clown with a bad reputation to a new superstar in the league, and he even has the nickname of Saint Paul.

Howard is the rebounding and block leader this season. Although Oden is now recognized as the league's future No. 1 center, from the data, Howard seems to be slightly ahead.

Of course, in addition to these individual champions, the NBA once again has a triple-double king this season.

Seattle Supersonics' point guard Rajon Rondo averaged 10.1 points, 10.5 assists, 10.1 rebounds and 2 steals per game this season, which also makes Rajon Rondo the second regular season triple-double king in the NBA after Oscar Robertson.

You know, last season Rondo was the second player after Oscar Robertson to average a triple-double in the playoffs.

In other words, Rondo has now become another all-round triple-double king after Oscar Robertson!

If Rondo can get a triple-double in the finals, he can even surpass Oscar Robertson to become the only triple-double king in NBA history with a grand slam triple-double!

Of course, Rondo's triple-double king did not add much reputation to him. These crazy triple-doubles were called to have no other effect except lowering the status of triple-doubles and Oscar Robertson.

Because of Rondo's rise, Oscar Robertson's historical status has dropped from the general top eleven to the top twenty recently.

I heard that Oscar Robertson wanted to teach Rondo a lesson when he was interviewed.

In general, this season's NBA really has a lot of magical data.

Whether it is the magical data played by NBA players this season, the rise of the Cavaliers, the incredible record of the Warriors, the final record of Yes and the Supersonics, or the eight teams in the West with 60+, all of this is telling the world that this is an extraordinary season.