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Chapter 234 The Last Game

"The game has entered the third quarter. This is a boring game. The visiting Celtics have entered the playoffs and determined their ranking, so they played very leisurely and didn't care about winning or losing the game. As for the other home team, the Wizards, they have already missed the playoffs, and they are still the leading side in this game, so they have no reason to work hard."

Washington MCI Center, the ongoing game here is the last game of the Celtics regular season. At this time, their ranking in the Eastern Conference has been determined. They are fourth in the Eastern Conference. The playoffs are just around the corner. In important games, of course the Celtics will be lazy if they can.

So even if the Wizards are leading now, the Celtics don't care. With the team only 7 points behind, Rick Pitino even replaced Jonny Lee. He didn't want to chase points at all, so Kevin Harlan, the commentator of the game, said what he just said a little depressed.

At the end of the game, the Celtics have always been the lagging side, and eventually lost the last game of the regular season, and then they will begin to prepare for the playoffs.

The Celtics' opponent in the first round of the playoffs is the previously predicted Charlotte Hornets. The Charlotte Hornets seem to have become Jonny's deadly rivals, always meeting Jonny's team.The Hornets star Glen Rice is looking forward to this group of matches. The reason is very simple. He believes that his team can win the Celtics, and he can face Jonny again, and then succeed in revenge .

The reason why Glen Rice has such a high level of confidence is, of course, because the Celtics' lineup is extremely poor, which cannot be compared with the Magic in last season's playoffs.However, the Hornets are stronger than last season, because of the further growth of Vladi Divac, David Wesley and others.

In the regular season, the Celtics and the Hornets played 3 games and won all of them, but this cannot make Glen Rice lose confidence, because there is a common sense in the NBA, that is, the regular season record cannot be used to predict the playoffs The reason is simple. In the playoffs, each team will produce different things from the regular season. Whether it is defensive strength, targeted tactical arrangements, or the overall competitive state, it will all be different. The regular season was more than one notch higher.

After the game between the Celtics and the Wizards, the playoffs will all be released.

The Bulls will face the New York Knicks in the first round. Patrick Ewing has declined a lot this season, but this time he has dropped to eighth. He will face the Bulls in the first round. It is a must-lose series. For the Knicks, all they can do is try their best to fight the Bulls for a series and refuse to sweep.

The second Pacers in the East will face the Cleveland Cavaliers. The Cavaliers with Sean Kemp and Zaidrunas-Ilgauskas are very strong inside, but the Pacers seem to restrain the Cavaliers because The Pacers' insiders are all defensive insiders, but the Pacers' outsiders are all core shooters, and the Cavaliers have only one Bob Sura who can defend the Pacers' outside stars.

So in this group of matches, the Pacers have a greater advantage.

The third-ranked Heat in the Eastern Conference will face the Atlanta Hawks. This set of matchups is considered to be the most evenly matched matchup in the Eastern Conference. The Heat with Alonzo Mourning and Tim Hardaway and the Heat with Dikembe Mutombo and Steve Smith In terms of strength, the Eagles are indeed somewhat evenly matched.

However, the matchup between the Heat and the Hawks is considered by the media to be the most evenly matched matchup in the East. The Celtics are a little unhappy because they are actually considered by the media to be not a close matchup with the Hornets.

In the playoff predictions of various experts on ESPN, the Celtics are considered to be killed by the Hornets 3:1, which makes Jonny a little resentful, not even a 3:2, and it is still 3:1, Celtic People are underestimated by experts from all walks of life.

Of course, not everyone underestimates the Celtics. Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo Sports believes that the Celtics have an advantage over the Hornets. His reason is Jonny Lee. In the season when Ni Lee really broke out, after the entire regular season, Jonny played 81 games and only missed one game. He averaged 37.8 points, 5.2 rebounds, 9.6 assists, 3.2 steals and 1.2 blocks per game. , the data is extremely against the sky.

And Adrian Wojnarowski believes that even if Jonny Lee relies on this against the sky, he can help the team defeat the Hornets.

And Adrian Wojnarowski's remarks also attracted doubts from his peers. USA Today's expert reporter Sam Amick believes that Adrian Wojnarowski is too deified of superstars. The playoffs are still a team battle, and the team with the better team will win the game.

The debate about the Celtics and Hornets is just one of the more intense debates in the playoffs, and the debate in the West is even more intense.

The Utah Jazz ranked first in the Western Conference this year, the Seattle SuperSonics ranked second, the Los Angeles Lakers ranked third, the Phoenix Suns ranked fourth, the San Antonio Spurs ranked fifth, the Portland Trail Blazers ranked sixth, and the Minnesota Timberwolves ranked seventh. Eight is the Houston Rockets.

The playoff matchup will be the number one Jazz against the eighth Rockets, and this group of matchups is also the most controversial group, because some experts who are biased towards the Rockets believe that this group of matchups will be a close matchup. The Rockets are likely to stage a black eight miracle, and there are not a few expert reporters who have such arguments.Jonny also paid a little attention. Regarding these people's arguments, Jonny could only laugh at them. What kind of strength is the Jazz?What is the strength of the Rockets?
It can be said that if Johnny didn’t expect that, in the first round matchup in the Western Conference, the team between the Jazz and the Rockets is the least suspenseful, because the Jazz is so strong that even if the Bulls meet the Jazz, they can’t guarantee that they will win. must win.It's just that the Rockets' super lineup and the strength of the previous seasons blinded these expert reporters who supported the Rockets.

The Seattle Supersonics, second in the Western Conference, will face the Minnesota Timberwolves. The Minnesota Timberwolves are considered a team that has accumulated experience in the playoffs, so there is no doubt that the Supersonics have the advantage in this matchup.

The third-ranked Los Angeles Lakers played against the sixth-ranked Portland Trail Blazers. This matchup is naturally dominated by the Lakers, whether it's Shaquille O'Neal on the inside vs. Avidas Sabonis, or the Lakers on the outside. , the Lakers are stronger.

The fourth Phoenix Suns will play against the San Antonio Spurs. This group of matchups is considered to be the Spurs' advantage. Tim Duncan may replicate the legend of last year's Jonny Lee. Even made it to the conference finals.

The playoffs will be released after all the regular season games are over, and the Celtics' first playoff game will be held at the Celtics' home court on April 4, and before that, the Celtics People have 23 days to rest.

(End of this chapter)