Coach: Coaching the Grizzlies at the beginning, playing the bantam

Chapter 43 The regular season award winners!The Hornets in the first round?Is this to be born in advance of the "58 tragedy"?
Ranked 1-8 in the Eastern Conference are the Pistons, Cavaliers, Raptors, Heat, Bulls, Nets, Wizards, and Magic.

There is no suspense in the top 8 in the East, and the records of the teams behind are faulty. The Pacers, ranked ninth in the East, only have 35 wins and 47 losses, which is not at all a threat to the 40-win playoff goalkeeper Magic.

The overall level of the East is far inferior to that of the West, and only a few top teams can barely play.

This is also the reason why the outside world agrees that this year's championship will be born in the West. After all, the paper strength gap between the two divisions is indeed too large.

The Grizzlies have all the home court advantage in this year's playoffs. As the top seed in the regular season, they will not be afraid no matter who they face.

After the end of the regular season, all teams can get three days off, and then divided into 8 groups to compete head-to-tail.

The winners of the regular season awards have also been determined.

Bryant won the scoring title for the second consecutive year, leading the league in scoring with 31.6 points per game, a full three points more than Anthony, who ranked second on the scoring list.

Timberwolves star Kevin Garnett won the rebounding title for the fourth time in his career, beating Tyson Chandler and "Warcraft" Howard with a narrow lead.

Suns star Steve Nash was elected as the assists leader for the third time in his career. He averaged 11.6 assists per game, which is crushing. He is the only player in the league with more than 10 assists this season.

It is worth mentioning that the second-year rookie of the Hornets, Chris Paul, is growing very fast, averaging 8.9 assists per game and ranking fourth in the league. He will lead the team to the top seed Grizzlies in the first round of the playoffs.

The steals title was won by Warriors guard Baron Davis for the second time in his career.

There is also no suspense about the king of blocked shots. When the Nuggets center Marcus Camby starts, there is no second center in the league who can perform as clearly as he does.

The average of 3.3 blocks per game is the same as last season, becoming the block leader for the second consecutive year and the third time in his career.

The Grizzlies were not completely wiped out. Mike Miller ranked first in the list with 256 three-pointers thrown in a single season, becoming the league's three-pointer leader this season.

Arenas, ranked second, and Lagabel, who ranked third, both hit 200 three-pointers, with good output and efficiency.

The most surprising thing is the Supersonic star Ray Allen, who only made 165 three-pointers in a single season, and his production and shooting percentage have dropped significantly. No wonder the management plans to rebuild during the offseason and is determined to send Junzi Ray away.

There is also no suspense in the iron list. The Lakers star Kobe is far ahead with 944 irons in a single season. Arenas is ranked second with 904 irons. Two players in the league have more than 900 irons.

Nine of the top ten stars on the list are outsiders, and the only inside player is Kevin Garnett, who won the rebounding champion, ranking ninth in the league with 9 irons.

He really deserves to be a man who knows how to make big jump shots. On the surface, he is a tough guy who angrily picks up the rebounding king, but in the end he secretly became the iron king in the inside, so that fans can't tell whether he is really tough or fake tough.

Grizzlies star Pau Gasol is also on the list, ranking first in the PER efficiency value list with 28.4, ahead of Nowitzki who ranks second with 27.6.

Hollinger's Efficiency Value (PER) was proposed by an ESPN columnist. It is relatively complicated to calculate. It is usually used as a reference only when running for MVP and other high-value personal honors. Usually, such high-level data is rarely paid attention to.

At the beginning, the PER efficiency value was born to uniformly calculate the contribution value of the players in the current season. There are a total of 12 items in the calculation and analysis. A measure of fairness.

As a result, the PER efficiency value has now become a way for fans to discover data brushes. For example, Marcus Camby, who won the block leader, can only rank 34th in this list.

Not only is it the lowest of all award-winning players, but it is also the only player ranked outside the top 10, which is simply ridiculous.

Lu Yong doesn't care about how many personal honors the players get. What he cares most about now is whether the Grizzlies can win the championship.

In the first round of the series against the Hornets, the Grizzlies' home tickets were sold out quickly.

Although it seems to the outside world that this is a series without suspense, the fans still want to support the team on the spot and watch the Grizzlies send the Hornets home for fishing.

Memphis and New Orleans are not far away. It is very convenient for fans in both places to buy tickets to watch the game live. The limited seats for watching the game are simply not enough to sell.

It is foreseeable that the Hornets will definitely have many Grizzlies fans at home. Even if they play away games, the Grizzlies players don't have to worry about no one supporting them.

Experts predicted the outcome before the game, and almost everyone was optimistic about the Grizzlies' advancement, with an astonishing 98.6% support rate.

In other words, only 1.4% of all the experts who participated in the voting think that the Hornets have a chance to upset the black eight.

The basis is that the Hornets once defeated the league's No. [-] Grizzlies in the regular season. Players in this round of the series have no pressure and are more likely to perform well.

Some media mentioned Lu Yong again in the pre-game publicity news, praising the offensive changes he brought to the Grizzlies in the new season, which made Lu Yong follow suit.

For Hornets coach Byron Scott, he has absolutely no pressure in this round of the series.

Even if he loses against the No. [-] Grizzlies in the league, it is normal, but if he can win a victory, his goal is considered overfulfilled.

It's a pity that this guy is a bit floating because he led his team to the finals and won a game against the Grizzlies in the regular season.

In an interview before the game, he pointed to the Grizzlies coaching staff and commented on the tactics of the top seed as the eighth seed in the Western Conference.

The first game of the playoffs between the two teams will start on April 4.

Although the Grizzlies have a record advantage and are unanimously favored by the outside world, the coaching staff still made a series of analyzes on the Hornets' lineup.

The Nominal star of the Hornets this season is Chris Paul, but the starting forward David West scored the most points. He averaged 18 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists per game.

In the parallel world, David West has been selected to the All-Star twice and won the championship twice in his career. He scored 21 points and 9 rebounds in his peak season, and his playing style looks like Rockets player Juwan Howard.

But today's David West has not yet entered the peak, and it is not a fear for the Grizzlies. It is not difficult to arrange targeted defense.

Among the Hornets players, the second-year player Chris Paul is the most threatening, averaging 17.3 points, 4.4 rebounds, 8.9 assists and 1.8 steals per game.

He just won the best rookie last season and is a well-deserved offensive engine for the Hornets.

However, considering the level of leadership of the "58 Cannon" playoffs, Lu Yong is not worried that he can make waves in this round of the series.

Instead, I was worried for Paul, whether the famous "58 tragedy" in history would be born ahead of schedule in this round of the series.

(End of this chapter)