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Chapter 651 Playoff Match

Returning to the team's first game, Su Yang just caught up with the Kings to challenge the Timberwolves back-to-back. Both Cousins ​​and George rested according to the load management regulations, and the Timberwolves were in a state of winning streak. For some reason, the state became excellent at the end of the season.

After a long time in battle, I thought I needed to get used to it.

But there is no need for Su Yang to command at all. Antetokounmpo and Curry, in order to celebrate his return to the team, wanted to play a good performance. In the first four rounds, both offensive and defensive ends were full, steals and speeded up the offense, and they jointly played 10-0. Attack wave, strong and invincible.

At the end of the game, the Kings beat the Timberwolves 123 to 107. A total of six players scored 15+ points, which is true teamwork.

At the post-match press conference, Curry talked about "whether Su Yang is still eligible to compete for the best coach after missing 13 games in March", and said with a smile: "He established team culture, designed team tactics, and arranged team rotation. Off the court and before the game, he has made 90% of his contributions. Sometimes he will send us a video analysis report at two or three o'clock in the middle of the night. He has always cared about us..."

Antetokounmpo also replied: "What he has done is already the best head coach, even if he no longer needs the best head coach to prove a certain ability, but what he has is his, and he cannot be deprived of it because of aesthetic fatigue. Qualifications for..."

Seeing the interview, Su Yang was very moved.

After the whole team flew back to Saskatchewan, they directly expressed their gratitude in person during training, and then reciprocated, instructing the media department to spend more resources to fight for the best team for Antetokounmpo, and prepared to renew the contract with Curry in advance. salary contract.

After three days of rest, the Kings played against the Mavericks without Nowitzki and Matthews, relying on the third team to play, and won by 12 points.

After another three days of rest, the Kings challenged the Lakers with DNP Luol Deng and Mozgov in an away game, allowing Randall, Russell, Nance, Clarkson, Ingram and other young people to make 29 turnovers. Easily overwhelmed by as many as 22 points.

The focus of the two games is not only to let Antetokounmpo perform, but also to let LaVine brush up the data to help him win the best sixth man.

The king's regular season record also reached 70 wins and 9 losses, and completed the goal of 70+ wins for three consecutive seasons.

The media and fans didn't respond much, as if they had expected it, but it's a pity that the Kings determined early that they would not be able to reach 74 wins.

On the [-]th, the Kings finally ushered in a new lineup of Rockets.

Su Yang looked through the scouting report and found that after the Rockets acquired Paul and Tucker, they only lost two games. One of them was because of back-to-back, and the other was because of Paul's truce. Ranked third in the West.

The game between the two teams is regarded as a preview of the Western Conference Finals.

ESPN broadcast live across the United States, warming up for a long time in advance.

Su Yang instructed to play casually, and deliberately limited the playing time of other main players except Antetokounmpo, in preparation for the upcoming playoffs.The Kings finally lost to the Rockets 128 to 135. Antetokounmpo played the longest time in the team, a full 35 minutes.

The loss was mainly due to lack of serious defense, allowing the Rockets to make 43 of 18 three-pointers, while the Kings made 31 of 9 three-pointers.

After the game, he participated in the press conference and talked about whether he would deploy targeted tactics against the Rockets' crazy three-pointers if they met in the playoffs. ..."

Such words made Harden fans very unhappy, and emphasized that Harden only made 13 free throws this time, not many.

After the Rockets took a day off, the Kings NO.11 played against the Suns at home, playing directly with all substitutes, and still won a big victory.

NO.12 challenged the disintegrated Clippers back-to-back, and also played with a full bench lineup, and lost 20 points.

No way, Rivers is very good at coaching civilian teams. Paul was sent away and Griffin had a truce. On the contrary, the tactical options were more abundant than in the past, the rotation was not so rigid, and he even had a strong on-the-spot reaction, such as changing to Brand new coach.

After the entire regular season, the Kings had a total record of 71 wins and 11 losses, ranking first in the league in advance.

On the same night, the results of other teams in the West were announced.

The Warriors are second, the Rockets are third, the Spurs are fourth, the Jazz are fifth, the Thunder are sixth, the Clippers are seventh, and the Blazers are eighth.

In the East, the Cavaliers are first, followed by the Raptors, Wizards, Bulls, Eagles, Pacers, Bucks, and Heat.

The relationship between the first round will appear automatically.

Su Yang woke up at noon and rushed to the base to hold a meeting with the coaching staff and scouting department to discuss how to deploy the playoffs.

"It's not that I underestimate the Blazers, it's that they are too weak. I think we can consider the next round of opponents in advance..." Assistant coach Di Brown spoke half-jokingly, and everyone chuckled in agreement. Almost all of them agreed that the Blazers were really not good. win.

"As for the Spurs and Jazz, as our potential opponents in the second round, I guess no one will bet on the Jazz to win, right? So, I also think that we can think about how to play against the Spurs in advance..." Assistant coach Mike Brown joked, and everyone continued to echo.

Su Yang was speechless for a moment.

Because the two teaching assistants were right.

The Blazers are too weak. Even if they don't double-team Lillard, they can still bully the Blazers' almost non-existent defense. After all, the Blazers averaged 108 points per game this season, while the Kings averaged 119.8 points per game, which can be said to be three grades ahead. suibianda.
As for the Spurs and the Jazz, Popovich will teach Snyder a good lesson, especially when it comes to Gobert. The ball rushed to the Jazz.

"Then let's think about how to deal with the Rockets or the Warriors in advance? The Spurs are too familiar, there is no need to prepare in advance..." Su Yang thought for a moment, and then joked, knowing that the process that should be followed still needs to be followed, even if 100% can be fulfilled.

During the discussion, all statistics of the season were completed.

In terms of scoring, Westbrook leads the league with a total of 2558 points, and also leads the league in averaging 31.6 points per game. While winning the scoring title, he also averaged 10.4 assists and 10.7 rebounds per game, becoming the first season after the Big O. Both triple-doubles.

Su Yang called Westbrook to express his congratulations, and reminded him not to be obsessed with triple-doubles and avoid developing bad habits.

Westbrook replied to express his gratitude and emphasized that he knew it.

But that tone showed no signs of changing.

In terms of rebounds, Drummond grabbed the league's most 1115 rebounds, but only ranked second with 13.8 per game, while Hassan Whiteside ranked first with an average of 14.1 per game. The offensive rebounds are impressive.

Fans and the media lamented that a player like Whiteside could only play the third center for the Kings last season.

The strength of the king's lineup can be seen.

In terms of assists, Harden should have won the assists title, but because Paul joined halfway, the average number dropped sharply, and was eventually surpassed by John Wall. However, Harden is still the player with the most total assists, mainly due to the early Take care of everything.

In terms of steals, John Wall got the most 157 times, but he lost to Chasing Dream Green on average and lost the steals king.

In terms of blocked shots, Gobert has the most total number and average per game without any suspense, and he will definitely be selected as the best first defense.

NO.16, the first round of the playoffs between the Kings and Trail Blazers.

21 ESPN commentators gave predictions. All 21 people believed that the Kings would sweep the promotion 4-0. The news headline was "The only matchup in the history of NBA without suspense". Lillard was so angry that he sent three tweets to express his strong protest. .

Su Yang prepared for the game as usual, and received a call from Kobe halfway, saying that he wanted to make some things during the preparation process into a "detail" program to fully demonstrate the importance of off-field work, so he agreed on the spot and arranged for Kobe to be an assistant coach .

Anyway, without paying wages, it can better stimulate the fighting spirit of fans such as LaVine, and show the awesomeness of coaching by the way.

(End of this chapter)