495. No, that's not garbage time (13,000 words for a month)(2/4)
The Mavericks and Jazz, sixth and seventh in the West, are difficult to reach the top five.
The Timberwolves also have to work hard to guard the eighth position, with the Rockets, Spurs and Clippers behind them biting very tightly.
The Nuggets took the initiative to play badly, while the Grizzlies and Warriors were also playing badly in various postures.
On March 1st, O'Neal won the Western Conference Player of Month Award with a record of 10 wins and 1 loss in February. The Bulls also played well in February, with 8 wins and 4 losses, and guarding the second place in the East.
McGrady averaged 16.6 points, 7.5 rebounds and 10.5 assists per game in a single month and beat Iverson to win the Eastern Conference Player of the Month Award in February.
The competition between Iverson and O'Neal's MVP is getting fiercer. At this time, McGrady, one of the "four major Jordan successor guards", gave Iverson a backstab...
In terms of the rookie of the month, the Western Conference, Dalius Myers, the Clippers, averaged 10.4 points and 6 rebounds per game, and Courtney Alexander of the Magic, averaged 12.4 points, 2.4 rebounds and 1.8 assists per game.
Originally, Mark Jackson could barely win over his honor, but who knew that Mark Jackson just came back on the weekend and was directly reimbursed!
The Warriors, who just gave Mark Jackson a long contract extension, had a very miserable life.
Coach of the Month, West, Trail Blazers Mike Dunleavy, East, 76ers coach Hubby Brown.
The Trail Blazers returned to fourth place in the Western Conference and sat third place in the Western Conference for a few days, with Mike Dunleavy winning the award.
For the 76ers, Mutombo seamlessly connected, and Huby Brown's coaching was recognized again.
Judging from the current media evaluation, in the competition for the best coach, Lakers coach Carlisle ranks first, 76ers coach Hubby Brown second, Bulls coach Larry Brown third, and Kings coach Adelman fourth.
The league's No. 1 Supersonics coach Doug Collins... was directly ignored.
There was no way to give a best coach last season. This season, the media said that they would not vote for Doug Collins.
No matter how good the SuperSonics play this season, Doug Collins never won the best coach of the month.
On March 2, the Supersonics defeated the Knicks 91-82 away, and the Supersonics played another month.
This month, the Supersonics' rest became Kassel and Jordan's rest. Other veterans were not injured and had to play when Jordan or Kassel was resting.
At this age, with completely different experiences in the later stages of his career, Jordan was very different from whether to truce with Doug Collins in time and space, and in the end, Doug Collins lost.
Veterans are not used to play, but to play in front, so that at this time, the Supersonics have 16 games in March, four back-to-back times. At this time, the playoffs are approaching, and it is time for the veterans to play their role.
In front of them, the three major stars make more efforts so that veterans can stay healthy. At the end of the more critical season, it is time for veterans to work harder to create rest opportunities for the three major stars.
Zhang Hao did not have a rest, but his playing time was strictly controlled at 33-35 minutes, and Ben Wallace's playing time was also controlled at less than 35 minutes.
After playing against the Knicks, the Supersonics successively ushered in a total of 15 games with the Timberwolves, Spurs, Jazz, Raptors, Lakers, Trail Blazers, Bucks, Bulls, Warriors, 76ers, Suns, Rockets, Cavaliers, Timberwolves and Clippers.
With 10 wins and 5 losses, including defeating the Knicks, the Supersonics achieved a record of 11 wins and 6 losses, making the worst month of the season.
The Timberwolves won, the Spurs and Jazz lost, and the Raptors won.
But when playing against the Lakers, Zhang Hao lost one baby experience... O'Neal defeated Zhang Hao for the first time in his career, and he scored 44 points and led the Lakers to defeat the Supersonics 106-97.
For the fourth time in the season, the Supersonics won the game 102-95, and Zhang Hao completed the task of "going to the wind". This season's regular season sweep against the Trail Blazers!
"Magic Ending Hand" has been upgraded to the silver level.
"Magic Finale (Silver): When wearing players use the same hands and feet to layups at close range, their coordination ability will be greatly improved, with a layup of +2."
At the same time, after completing the sweep, he also received the advanced reward of "Steve Nash's breakthrough layup in the process of marching, and conducted 6 sets, each set of 6 hours of training to increase this move to 70.
This was something that Zhang Hao used occasionally before, and the frequency of using it was not too high. Sometimes Nash himself could not use it once after a game.
But now you can get 70 evaluations by 36 hours of training, and this move is really good when you can use it. Zhang Hao started training 1 to 2 hours a day after getting this card, just to complete it before the playoffs. These techniques that have been expanded around the main playing styles are stronger and have more guarantees in the playoffs.
When playing against the Bucks, Kenny was very excited to see his younger brother. Not to mention that the Bucks played really well this year, it is very likely that they will beat the B Plan combination and rush to second place in the East.
Kenny Anderson, Ray Allen, and Lewis' three-pole muskets were placed on the outside, and the Supersonics had to shoot with them.
104 to 111, the Supersonics lost the game against the Bucks.
When it was time to play against the Bulls away, the Supersonics played hard, and the Supersonics had only 13 assists in the game!
But Zhang Hao scored 31 points, Jordan scored 24 points, and Cassel scored 17 points and 6 assists... Under the defense of the Bulls' restricted passes and receiving, the Supersonics relied on the singles of the star to beat the Bulls away 92-85.
When playing against the 76ers, the Supersonics narrowly won 83-78. The Supersonics team only scored 7 players, including Zhang Hao's 29 points and Jordan's 28 points, accounting for most of the score.
The Suns defeated the Supersonics 103-97. The Timberwolves finally regained a little face 93-82 for the last time in the season...
On March 30, after losing to the Timberwolves for the 17th game of the season, the Supersonics finished the game this month, and the Supersonics record turned into 58 wins and 17 losses.
Although the Supersonics only won 10 wins and 6 losses this month, they still ranked first in the Western Conference after the game in March. The Lakers have played 63 games, with a record of 57 wins and 16 losses. According to the winning game calculation, although the Supersonics are comparable to the Lakers, relying on the advantage of 2 wins and 1 loss, the Supersonics are still the first.
The Supersonics have many games in March, and most of their opponents are strong teams, but the Lakers, Trail Blazers, Suns, 76ers, Bulls, and Raptors were predicted to be the top four popular teams in the east and west before the start of the season. By March, most of their opponents are strong teams.
On the contrary, for upstarts like the Bucks and Kings, the schedule in March is much better.
However, in March, all the strong teams in the playoffs and teams who have the opportunity to compete for the playoffs have worked very hard. In addition, there are too many stars emerging this season, and the overall record of the entire league was not very good throughout March.
The Supersonics have a 67% winning rate, which is already very good. Jordan also took 4 games off and Kassel took 6 games off.
Jordan and Kassel always "injuries" which also affected the Supersonics' playoff prospects...
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On April 1, the last month of the regular season will arrive.
In March, in the Eastern Conference, Carter won the first player of the month award in his career. The Raptors won 9 wins and 7 losses, averaging 30.2 points, 6.5 rebounds, 3.5 assists, 2 steals and 1.2 blocks, strongly pulling the Heat from fourth in the Eastern Conference.
In the West, the Kings achieved a record of 11 wins and 5 losses, surpassing the Lakers, which had a 10 wins and 5 losses and the Supersonics, which had a 10 wins and 6 losses, and played the Western Conference's best record in a single month. Weber won the Western Conference's best player of the month award in March with averaging 28.2 points, 9 rebounds and 5.5 assists.
Lakers coach Carlisle and Bulls coach Larry Brown once again won the coach of the month.
On Carlisle, after the All-Star Weekend, Payton, Pierce and O'Neal were both affected by injuries to varying degrees and were absent from 3-4 games, but the Lakers' record has been stable at the strongest in the league.
Larry Brown... I have to say that Larry Brown coaches well this season. He can achieve the fifth-ranked defensive efficiency of the Bulls, which has created a good basic condition for the dictatorship of Plan B.
Rookie of the Month, Mike Miller finally got a hit. The Cavaliers firmly sit in the playoffs and the whole nation is in the army. Mike Miller averaged 16.8 points per game in 15 games in March, performing well! West, Quentin Richardson of the Clippers averaged 10.4 points, 4 rebounds and 1.2 steals to win the Western Conference Player of the Month Award in March.
So far this season, Mike Miller averaged 11.8 points, 4.4 rebounds and 1.6 assists per game, making him the best overall performance.
So far, all teams have played 63 to 65 games, with 7-9 games left and no games left.
In the West, the Lakers won the game against the 76ers on March 31 and returned to the first place in the West with a record of 58 wins and 16 losses. The Supersonics won 58 wins and 17 losses. The Kings won 50 wins and 24 losses. The Trail Blazers won 49 wins and 26 losses. The Suns won 49 wins and 26 losses. The Mavericks won 47 wins and 27 losses. The Jazz won 47 wins and 28 losses. The Timberwolves won 44 wins and 29 losses. The Spurs won 41 wins and 32 losses.
Finally, it was time to play. The Rockets, the tenth-placed West, had a record of 36 wins and 38 losses, bid farewell to the playoffs in advance.
The Rockets have 8 games left and have 8 wins, and they will win and lose 2-1 against the Timberwolves. Even if the Timberwolves and Spurs lose all the games, the Rockets will not be able to enter the playoffs even if the Timberwolves and Spurs lose all the games next, and the Rockets will not be able to enter the playoffs.
The Rockets' "tenifiance" was widely praised. Last season, the Rockets got the second pick with great luck, but they chose the top five picks. The others were already full of water. Stromeier Swift raised the moisture to another level.
But even so, the Rockets did not play badly, but insisted on fighting for the playoffs until the end...
In the Eastern Conference, the 76ers are the third team to win 50 wins this season, one game earlier than the Kings. They currently rank first in the Eastern Conference with 51 wins and 23 losses, and they are still 8 games away from playing. With the current state of the 76ers, 55+ wins helped Iverson provide sufficient record support on the road to MVP, with no problem at all, ranking first in the Eastern Conference.
The Bulls ranked second in the Eastern Conference with 48 wins and 27 losses, the Bucks ranked third in 47 wins and 27 losses, the Raptors ranked fourth in 45 wins and 30 losses, the Heat ranked fifth in 44 wins and 30 losses, the Cavaliers ranked sixth in 44 wins and 31 losses, the Knicks ranked seventh in 40 wins and 35 losses, the Pacers ranked eighth in 37 wins and 37 losses, and the Hornets ranked ninth in 37 wins and 38 losses.
The remaining Eastern Conference teams have won 30 wins.
Not to mention, the high school rookie has stimulated the nerves of many teams that have no chance to enter the playoffs.
Look at Garnett, look at McGrady, look at Zhang Hao, and the current Jermaine O'Neal... Although the probability is very low, there are also Jonathan Bender's kind, but what if?
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"Xiao Ming, do you want to play in NCAA for another year?"
"Yes, Brother Hao, I think my skills need to be polished more finely..."
"to be honest."
"I promised the Blue Association to participate in this year's Beijing Universiade. If I participate, I may be able to win gold or silver medals. We only won third place two years ago, which is a pity."
"University Games...Okay, this is your choice, I think you should have decided."
"But I actually want to participate in the draft this year..."
"Why? You will still be the most popular No. 1 pick when you participate in the draft next year."
"I think the No. 1 pick in odd years is good."
Anything good to be the No. 1 pick in odd years?
Zhang Hao seemed to see the scene of Kwame Brown cursing.
On March 25, Yao Ming led Georgetown University's Hoyadogs to the semi-finals in March, breaking the best record in the past 11 years of the semi-finals in the last 8. Unfortunately, he met Duke, a favorite to win the championship led by Bathir, and ended the season with a severing loss of 65-79 in the semi-finals.
But this is already crazy!
After the Christmas holiday, Yao Ming played in 15 of the 16 games of Georgetown Hoya Dogs. In these 15 games, Yao Ming averaged 20.4 points, 11.6 rebounds, 2.2 assists, and 3.4 blocks, winning 13 games in 15 games. The Hoya Dogs won 23 wins and 9 losses throughout the season, becoming one of the teams in the AAC league to advance to the top 64.
But the regular stage game is not the craziest. Although the Hoya Dogs unexpectedly entered the top 64, depending on their overall strength, it is the situation of the first round of the game.
But Yao Ming scored 18 points, 20 rebounds and 5 blocks in the first round, leading the team to defeat the favorite Michigan State University 71-69.
The charm of college basketball is here. Yao Ming's 18 points and 20 rebounds are just a bottom-up. Chuck Banks, a 178-centimeter defender of the Hoya Dogs, is a player who has no possibility of becoming a professional player at all. He scored the highest 26 points in the first round.
In the first upset, the Hoya Dogs made great progress and entered the semi-finals.
By the time he was eliminated by Duke University, Yao Ming averaged 16.4 points, 14.2 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 4 blocks per game, and was completely popular.
Other college students face Yao Ming in the inside line with a disadvantageous body shape that they are completely irresponsible.
226 cm, 130 kg, this body shape has a slightly higher movement ability than the average center position. Under the NCAA's three-point line specifications, it can also be opened to the outside of the three-point line, especially when shooting on tiptoe, the opponent can only expect him to feel bad.
To be continued...