Chapter 1093 The Regular Season Ends, the Pelicans Win 80 Games!
The season finale between the Pelicans and Timberwolves is over, and the 2017~2018 regular season has officially come to an end.
The Eastern and Western Conference rankings and final results were also determined.
Different from the melodies of the past few seasons, the league this season can be said to be truly outstanding.
Although they still have super teams such as the Cavaliers, Warriors, and Mavericks, compared with the Pelicans, their performance is really not good enough.
The Pelicans have gone through a series of major changes in the lineup, pressure from the league, injuries, death of the owner, etc. In the end, they only lost one game to the Trail Blazers and Mavericks.
Their final record was set at an incredible 80 wins and 2 losses!
This is a record that is almost impossible to surpass.
With such a record, the most intuitive thing is that there will be no suspense in the NBA this season.
Second only to the Pelicans are the Cavaliers.
The Cavaliers' five-star lineup also showed strength. They achieved the second-best record in the league, 65 wins and 17 losses.
This is also the only team in the Eastern Conference with more than 60 wins.
Ranked second is the Raptors, whose final record is 59 wins and 23 losses.
In the second half of the season, they won 13 consecutive games, which was their best record in recent years.
This is also their best chance to break the playoff bug and be crowned King of the North.
The same thing happened to the Bucks.
They were beaten continuously by the Pelicans at the beginning of the game. They were beaten to the point of doubting their lives, and their record fluctuated greatly.
However, the record recovered after Horford joined and ended with a record of 55 wins and 27 losses.
Antetokounmpo also played the best season of his career and is one of the potential candidates for MVP.
However, this year Xiao Hua's reforms put the selection of MVP and all other awards after the finals.
If Antetokounmpo wants to really compete for MVP, he still needs to perform well in the playoffs.
The Cavaliers, Raptors and Bucks are also the only three teams in the Eastern Conference with more than 50 wins.
The teams ranked 4th to 8th are the Nets, Pistons, Heat, Pacers, and Magic.
The records of these teams are worse than the last, and the Magic only have 39 wins and 43 losses.
A very intuitive reality is that if the league no longer restricts the teaming of stars, not only the regular season but also the playoffs in the Eastern Conference will be unwatched.
In contrast, although the situation in the west is better, there is also a trend of development in this direction.
In addition to those four super teams, the records of other teams are also worse than the last.
The Mavericks performed well. They achieved a record of 64 wins and 18 losses, and defeated the Pelicans once in the regular season. They are the only team in the Western Conference that can challenge the Pelicans.
Butler avenges his old employer, Nowitzki gets close to the championship for the second time...
If these two teams meet in the playoffs, it will be interesting.
It's just that the Mavericks are ranked second in the Western Conference. If they want to meet the Pelicans, they will have to go to the Western Conference Finals at the earliest, which will be very challenging for them.
The most challenging one is definitely the third-ranked Warriors.
The Warriors' record has been ups and downs this season, and the conflict between Durant and Green is increasingly intensifying.
If he still can't break through and win the championship, Durant's Warriors journey may really end in the summer.
But even so, they still achieved a record of 60 wins and 22 losses, ranking third in the Western Conference.
Ranked fourth are the Houston Rockets.
The Rockets started the game with a strong performance, but after being brutally beaten by the Pelicans, they had some mental problems.
Just like people who believe in God and Buddhism suddenly discover one day that God and Buddha do not exist,
After the Rockets' theory that the best fit was more important than talent fell apart in front of the Pelicans, their subsequent record fluctuated greatly.
And they also had interesting things happen at the trade deadline.
Morey said he would use a very aggressive bargaining chip to get Anthony, and that bargaining chip was later exposed.
Cousins + Tucker + Isaiah Hartenstein + two future first-round picks.
This is a rhythm that is so aggressive that it turns into robbery.
Morey really thinks Dolan is a fool.
After experiencing these two waves, the Rockets' record dropped sharply, and their final record was fixed at 55 wins and 27 losses, ranking fourth in the Western Conference.
The Trail Blazers, who benefited from the Anthony trade, have steadily improved their record after a brief period of adjustment.
Their final record was fixed at 52 wins and 30 losses, ranking fifth in the Western Conference.
The Thunder are ranked sixth in the Western Conference with a difference of 2 wins.
Griffin's condition after the injury is not as good as before, and more importantly, his and Westbrook's playing styles are somewhat incompatible.
Both are players who need to have the ball in their hands. In the end, Donovan could only stagger them and let one of them lead the main force and the other lead the substitute.
Anthony was originally their lifeline, but the Trail Blazers' interception cost them that opportunity.
The Jazz ranked seventh with a record of 48 wins and 34 losses.
To say that the team with the most unexpected performance this season is definitely the Jazz.
Last season, core Hayward left Milwaukee, but they still made the playoffs in the fiercely competitive Western Conference.
The biggest contributor is none other than rookie Mitchell.
The rookie guard selected by the Jazz with the 13th overall pick averaged 20.5 points, 3.7 rebounds and 3.7 assists in the first year of his career.
He has basically locked in the Rookie of the Year spot in advance.
Ranked eighth is the Spurs.
The drama between Leonard and the team, and Holt being forced to sell the team...
Through these turmoils, despite Popovich and despite Leonard's eventual return, they were eventually squeezed into eighth place in the highly competitive Western Conference.
Their final record was 47 wins and 35 losses.
After Leonard returned, he announced that he would be recuperating for the season. This record is not too bad.
But this is the first time since the 1999-2000 season that the Spurs have failed to reach 50 wins.
Their record of 50 consecutive wins was also fixed in 18 years, ending the NBA's longest consecutive record of 50 wins.
Along with the records of the Eastern and Western Conferences, the first-round matchups between the Eastern and Western Conferences are also determined.
There won't be much suspense in the Eastern Conference's first round this year.
Cavaliers VS Magic, Raptors VS Pacers, Bucks VS Heat, Pistons VS Nets.
To say that the only ones with suspense are probably the Nets and Pistons.
However, there is a high probability that this is a scene where rookies are pecking each other.
In contrast, as before, the highlight is still in the west.
Pelicans VS Spurs.
The 80-year-old Pelicans beat the 47-win Spurs. Not to mention the lineup, the gap in wins alone is enough to illustrate the strength gap between the two teams.
If Leonard is here, the two teams still have a lot to play for.
But with Leonard here, the Spurs will not fall into this position.
Compared with the result of this matchup, what may be more emotional is the two sides.
Holt has faded out of the fans' sight, and the tractor company he works for has also shrunk significantly. The current Spurs are just Tang Tian's old team.
Duncan has retired, but Parker and Ginobili are still there, and Popovich is still there.
Old friends are fighting each other to the death again. For those who are involved, this will inevitably make people very sad.
And there has been news before that this is likely to be Ginobili's last season.