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Chapter 267 End of 2005-2006 Regular Season

四月，热火队在最后的11场比赛里打出了10胜1负，总战绩提升到了67胜15负。

The Heat are still the league leader, occupying the league's top spot for the second consecutive year.

……

Li Lei couldn't help but think back to his career in the past three years.

The first season, they were team basketball.

Odom, Jones Sr., Wade, and Li Lei together led the Heat to a record of 57 wins and 25 losses.

In the playoffs, the Heat passed the Celtics and the Nets one after another, but lost to the champion Pistons in the Eastern Conference Finals.

In the second season, the Heat ushered in O'Neal.

Li Lei was once thought to be a bargaining chip in the trade for O'Neal and went to the Lakers.

But in the end, Li Lei stayed and formed the LOW combination with Wade and O'Neal.

That's a real galactic battleship.

The Heat had the best record in NBA history this season with 76 wins and 6 losses.

In the playoffs, the Heat swept all their opponents, with an invincible record of 16 wins and 0 losses, and won the championship trophy.

Li Lei himself also won the Finals MVP trophy.

Then this season, due to frequent injuries and too many old players, the team has been unstable.

But the Heat still created a new record for the longest winning streak in NBA history with 34 consecutive victories.

In addition, the Heat played the first regular season record of 67 wins and 15 losses.

East side:

No.1: Miami Heat, 67 wins and 15 losses.

No.2: Detroit Pistons, 64 wins and 18 losses.

No.3: New Jersey Nets, 49 wins and 33 losses.

No.4: Cleveland Cavaliers, 50 wins and 32 losses.

No.5: Washington Wizards, 42 wins and 40 losses.

No.6, Indiana Pacers, 41 wins and 41 losses.

No.7, Orlando Magic, 41 wins and 41 loss.

No.8, Milwaukee Bucks, 40 wins and 42 losses.

Starting from No.9, the order is: 76ers, Bulls, Celtics, Raptors, Eagles, Bobcats, Knicks.

Old coach Larry Brown abruptly brought the Knicks to the bottom of the league, and he ruined his reputation completely.

West side:

No.1: San Antonio Spurs, 63 wins and 19 losses.

No.2, Phoenix Suns, 54 wins and 28 losses.

No.3, Denver Nuggets, 44 wins and 38 losses.

No.4, Dallas Mavericks, 60 wins and 22 losses.

No.5, Memphis Grizzlies, 49 wins and 33 losses.

No.6, the Los Angeles Clippers, 47 wins and 35 losses.

No.7, the Los Angeles Lakers, 45 wins and 37 losses.

No.8, Sacramento Kings, 44 wins and 38 losses.

No.9 starts in order: Jazz, Hornets, Sonics, Houston, Warriors, Timberwolves, Trail Blazers.

……

个人数据，李磊25.1分7.2篮板3.4助攻3.3抢断1.3盖帽。

Compared with the previous two seasons, Li Lei is still making steady progress.

新秀赛季：场均15.2分3.6篮板2.5助攻2.5抢断2.0盖帽，49.2%的投篮命中率，48.8%的三分球命中率

二年级：场均20.5分5.8篮板4.7助攻2.6抢断1.9盖帽，投篮命中率51.8%，三分球命中率49.3%。

三年级：场均25.1分7.2篮板3.4助攻3.3抢断1.3盖帽，投篮命中率51.1%，三分球命中率47.6%。

In terms of statistics, Li Lei has made great progress.

But the hit rate has dropped.

This is also normal. This season, Li Lei has been attacking more with the ball.

Moreover, O'Neal was absent a lot, and Li Lei faced much greater defensive pressure than last season.

In terms of scoring:

Kobe averaged a terrifying 35.4 points per game, leading the league and winning the scoring title.

Iverson averaged 33 points per game, ranking second.

James averaged 31.4 points per game, ranking third.

"General" Arenas averaged 29.4 points per game, ranking fourth.

Li Lei is ranked No.10.

Rebounds:

Kevin Garnett averaged 12.7 rebounds per game, winning the rebounding title.

Second-year Dwight Howard averaged 12.5 rebounds per game, finishing second.

Shawn Marion averaged 11.8 per game.

Ben Wallace averaged 11.3 per game.

Tim Duncan averaged 11 per game.

Yao Ming averaged 10.2 per game.

Assists:

Steve Nash averaged 10.5 per game, far ahead of everyone, ranked first, and won the assists king.

No.2 Brevin Knight averaged 8.8 per game.

No.3 Chauncey Billups averaged 8.6 per game.

Steals list:
Li Lei averaged 3.3 steals per game and won the steals title for the second time in his career.

Blevin Knight averaged 2.3 per game.

Rookie Chris Paul averaged 2.2 per game.

Arenas and Marion both averaged 2.0 per game.

Block list:
Andrei Kirilenko averaged 3.2 per game and won the block leader.

Alonzo Mourning averaged 2.7 per game.

Josh Smith averaged 2.6 per game.

……

Then came the much-anticipated regular season.

The first round of duel.

west:

Spurs vs Kings.

Mavericks vs Grizzlies.

Suns vs Lakers.

Clippers vs Nuggets.

east:

Heat vs Bucks.

Nets vs Pacers.

Pistons vs Magic.

Cavaliers vs Wizards.

The Heat's opponent in the first round is the Bucks.

There is really nothing to say.

There is always something to say about the big score massacre.

The Bucks are really lackluster.

During the regular season, the two teams played four games, and the Heat won four games.

In the first three games without O'Neal, Li Lei and Wade slaughtered the Bucks, winning every game by a big score.

In the fourth game, Li Lei led the team alone, scored 52 points abruptly, and defeated the Bucks.

So such an opponent is not worth mentioning at all.

On April 4 and April 20, there were no games in the entire league.

The playoff teams began to study their opponents, and the fishy teams began to fish.

The defending champion Heat are considering who to play in the next round.

The winners of the Wizards and Cavaliers...seem to be lackluster and not worth mentioning.

Then consider the Eastern Conference finals directly.

Of course, this is just a thought.

The Heat are still a down-to-earth team, and the ball has to be played game by game.

Even if you want to sweep the Bucks, you have to play at least four games.

For example, the team's general manager and head coach Pat Riley is very down-to-earth. He told the players: "I think the Pistons are more likely to enter the Eastern Conference finals!"

Heat player: "..."

Bucks: Do I really want to lose face?
Cavaliers, Wizards: We lose face?

Pat Riley: You really haven't.

Even if you invite the "face fruit ability" red-haired Shanks, I will not give this face.

I said it Pat Riley!
……

On the other side of the ocean, the CBA finals came to an end, and the Guangdong team won the championship.

Yi Jianlian and Zhu Fangyu came to the United States together.

Because of the relationship between Yao Ming and Li Lei, both of them became players under Bill Duffy.

Their first game in the United States was Miami.

As for Houston, Yao Ming didn't make it to the playoffs, so what was he doing?

Yao Ming also came to Miami. He lived in Li Lei's new house with Yi Jianlian and Zhu Fangyu.

They will watch Li Lei's game while preparing for trial training.

Li Lei found time, went to the airport with Wang Zhizhi to pick him up, and then gave the key to Yao Ming.

Not seeing each other for more than half a year, Yi Jianlian and Zhu Fangyu have grown stronger again.

To say how different they are from history, one is that they received NBA-level training earlier, and the other is that they practice more specifically.

In history, Yi Jianlian is good at everything, but not good at anything.

Now, under the guidance of a professional team, Yi Jianlian is practicing mid-range shooting, defensive footwork, and off-ball running.

Zhu Fangyu practiced even less, just three-pointers and defense, exactly the same as Li Lei back then.

Under this kind of training, they may not be able to become great talents, but it is more hopeful to be a functional role player.

……

In this way, the strongest players in Chinese basketball gathered in Miami.

Yao Ming, Wang Zhizhi, Yi Jianlian, Zhu Fangyu, Li Lei.

Yao Ming asked curiously: "Shitou, you guys are going to play in the playoffs soon, don't you need to make any preparations? Do you still have dinner with us?"

Li Lei shook his head: "You don't have to close your eyes to fight a stag."

Yao Ming rolled his eyes.

But remembering that he didn't make the playoffs again this year, Yao Ming really couldn't be happier.

Li Lei frowned and said, "Houston hasn't talked with you about contract renewal until now. It seems that they really plan to rebuild with Okafor as the core. That's good, you can leave. It's really nothing to stay there. Qianqian, in four years, you haven’t played a second round.”

Yao Ming fell into deep thought.

(End of this chapter)