Godfather of the NBA: Cutting Curry and creating a dynasty

As for the record from No. 2 to No. 8 in the West, that would be wonderful.

The second team in the West is the Dallas Mavericks, with a record of 2 wins and 53 losses.

The eighth team in the West is the Portland Trail Blazers, and their record is 8 wins and 50 losses.

2nd to 8th, only 3 wins away!

It can be seen that the teams in the Western Conference this year are so hot.

The third team in the West is the Phoenix Suns, who also have a record of 3 wins and 53 losses.

The fourth place in the West is the Los Angeles Clippers, with a record of 4 wins and 52 losses.

Immediately afterwards, No. 5 in the West is the Utah Jazz with a record of 51 wins and 31 losses.

The sixth place in the West is the Denver Nuggets, with a record of 6 wins and 51 losses.

Therefore, the No. 7 in the West is the San Antonio Spurs. Their record is 50 wins and 32 losses, and they are ranked No. 7 in the West by virtue of their win against the Portland Trail Blazers.

Ranked 9th in the Western Conference, the team that unfortunately failed to enter the playoffs is the Oklahoma City Thunder.

Their record in Yang Li's previous life should be 50 wins and 32 losses, and they entered the playoffs with the 8th place.

But for the Thunder in this life, they traded to the No. [-] pick and selected Blake Griffin.

And Griffin was injured before the season started and was reimbursed for the season.

At the same time, they also lost two future stars, Harden and Ibaka, and their results fell directly to 42 wins and 40 losses.

Therefore, this result is actually nothing to regret.

After all, they are eight games away from the No. 8 Trail Blazers!

"The Thunder could have acquired James Harden and Serge Ibaka this year, but they only got a Griffin who didn't play for 1 minute. Now they probably regret it!"

This is what A. Smith said when commenting on this year's regular season record.

It is not difficult to see that he has planned to nail Lei Ting to the pillar of shame.

The boss of the Thunder, Bennett, was so angry that his head would explode. Isn't this a typical slap in the face!

On the contrary, Yang Li is kinder. He directly posted a post on social media:

"Blake Griffin is without a doubt the best rookie big man in recent years, and at this time next year, he will be the best rookie in the league!"

After this news was posted, the comments below immediately exploded.

"This seems to be an explanation, but it's actually all discrimination against Thunder."

"What do you call being good when you get cheap? Bruce Young is!"

"I'm afraid this is the real purpose of Bruce Young to ridicule people secretly."

Yang Li saw that the ability of these netizens to distort the rhythm is really strong. He obviously planned to explain it for Bennett, but in the end he forced them to distort it into his own villain.

So, Yang Li quickly posted another post:

"The deal between the Clippers and the Thunder belongs to what they need. I absolutely believe that in the next two or three years, the Thunder will become a strong team in the league with a lineup of Durant + Westbrook + Griffin!"

Hey~

(Sorry, this is not your system plug-in account, it is simply Yang Li's SMS ringtone)

"Thank you, Young," came a text from Clayton Bennett.

"You're welcome. I'm really optimistic about the future of the Thunder. I hope that one day the Clippers and the Thunder will meet on the stage of the Western Conference Finals." Yang Li turned back.

"see you then!"

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After the regular season ends, the playoffs begin immediately.

The Clippers finally entered the playoffs again after three seasons since the 05-06 season.

The result is No. 4 in the Western Conference, which is already quite surprising.

Of course, if you only look at the first half of the Clippers' schedule, then the Clippers can really be called a legend this season.

Regarding the prospects of the Clippers in the playoffs, various commentators and bigwigs have expressed their opinions:

"The Clippers are a pseudo-strong team this year. They used novel tactics to win them an additional 5 to 8 wins that were higher than their true strength, but I have to say that Yang Li is an excellent coach. .”

This is A. Smith's speech, but it is quite satisfactory.

After all, the Clippers' record is indeed achieved by Yang Li's advanced understanding of basketball tactics.

"The playoffs are the stage to test the true quality of a team. Maybe the Clippers will show their true colors in the first round of the playoffs."

This is the evaluation of the famous domestic commentator Su Qun.

In his opinion, only an old-school team that relies on the point guard as its brain should win games.

Take, say, the New Orleans Hornets, a fishing team with Chris Paul.

Point guards like the Clippers are the main offense, and the task of organizing and connecting teams is handed over to power forwards. He doesn't like it at all!

For the first round of the Clippers and Jazz battle predictions, almost everyone gave the conclusion that the Jazz won the Clippers 4:2 or 4:1.

Although the Clippers have a record of 3 wins and 1 loss against the Jazz in the regular season, no one is still optimistic about the Clippers.

After all, the Clippers star Stephen Curry is just a first-year rookie, he is too young.

What's more, every time the Clippers play the Jazz, as long as Deron is singled out against Curry, Curry can't defend at all and can only call for help.

The intensity of the regular season is not enough, and it may not be a problem.

But in the playoffs, if the Jazz keep hitting you at Curry's point, they can completely break you.

But the reality slapped everyone hard.

In the first round of the playoffs, the Clippers swept the Jazz cleanly with a total score of 4:0!

Boozer and Okur, the legendary combination of Yao Ming's bitter masters, were simply vulnerable to the Clippers.

Their athleticism is completely surrounded by the Clippers' Ibaka and Millsap.

It can only play the role of opening up space, but it is simply difficult to score from the outside.

Guard Deron, the offensive pick-and-roll tactics were directly dismantled by the Clippers with an infinite switch strategy, and the only thing left is Curry in singles.

But Curry is also really competitive. After Kobe's defensive training, he abruptly withstood Deron's tank-style breakthrough.

I couldn't bear it anymore, and Millsap and Ibaka helped him defend, so the Clippers never let Deron make waves.

In the first round of the playoffs, Curry averaged 4 points, 20.3 rebounds and 3.6 assists in 5.4 games.

这数据，虽然比不上他常规赛的23.1分5.0个篮板6.6次助攻的22+5+6的超级表现。

But for a first-year rookie, he can play 20+3+5 in the first round of the playoffs, which is already very strong.

As for why Curry increased his rebounds to 5 in the second half of the regular season, it was naturally Yang Li's arrangement.

Curry would definitely not ask for this kind of thing, Yang Li could only help him plan it.

The head coach arranged for Curry to brush up the data, which is reasonable!