manynovel Chapter 218 The regular season is over, and the battle for the playoffs is imminent!
Chapter 218 The regular season is over, and the battle for the playoffs is imminent!
Chapter 218 The regular season is over, and the battle for the playoffs is imminent!
On May 4, at the American Airlines Center Arena.
The Mavericks host the Chicago Bulls.
At this stage, the Bulls rank second to last in the East with a record of 20 wins and 53 losses.
Now that they have nothing to desire, they originally wanted to lose on purpose and drop to the bottom one, so the chances of winning the No. [-] lottery are even higher.
However, the Magic lost on purpose in a very frenzied way. They have already lost 15 games in a row, and they also rested McGrady. They have no plans to win at all.
Therefore, the game was played fairly easily, and both sides got the results they wanted.
In the end, the Mavericks beat the Bulls 117-94 to avoid a losing streak.
数据方面，获得本场比赛最佳球员的李轩，在上场的30分钟内，投篮15投10中，其中三分球7投4中，罚球4罚4中，获得28分10篮板1助攻2抢断3盖帽的全面数据。
The best player of the Bulls was Jamal Crawford. In 36 minutes on the court, he made 28 of 10 shots, including 8 of 2 three-pointers and 2 free throws. He scored 24 points, 3 rebounds and 4 Assist data.
After the game, Li Xuan exchanged a few words with Crawford and exchanged mobile phone numbers, agreeing to have time to train together later.
Many friends have multiple paths, so I may not be a teammate in the future.
After bidding farewell to Crawford, Li Xuan walked to the player tunnel and returned to the locker room to join the team.
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After defeating the Bulls, the Mavericks' record came to 62 wins and 12 losses, locking in the league's first seat in advance.
On the second day, Old Nelson gathered the main players of the team in the conference room and held a small meeting.
"Everyone may not know the purpose of my summoning you! Then I will make a long story short."
Immediately, Old Nelson explained the purpose of this meeting.
"We couldn't create the best record in the regular season, and locked in the first place in the league. The subsequent games have no impact on our ranking. I plan to rest some of the main players."
"What's your opinion on this? Speak freely, don't worry about me becoming a dictator."
Li Xuan and the others didn't have any comments after hearing this.
Take turns to take turns to take turns, and you are happy to be leisurely.
It's just that the data will drop, but it won't have any impact.
The statistics of Li Xuan, Nowitzki and Nash are not bad, but they cannot compete for the MVP of the regular season.
The main reason is that Garnett's performance is too good, and the Timberwolves intend to let him brush up the data.
As for other awards, they have basically been determined.
Nash is now averaging 13.6 assists per game, even if no assists were recorded in the next few games, he has also secured the honor of assist king.
Li Xuan has locked in the honor of the steals king. He is now averaging 2.9 steals per game, basically not a big problem.
What's not certain is who the Rookie of the Year will go to.
At this stage, James is closely behind with 20+5+5 data, and the best rookie is very suspenseful.
"Li, you can choose not to take a rest, but to reduce playing time appropriately. After all, you are still a rookie, and you still have to fight for the honor you deserve."
Old Nelson was very optimistic about Li Xuan and didn't want him to miss this opportunity.
"It's all up to the coach to arrange."
Li Xuan nodded and responded.
Afterwards, Old Nelson discussed specific arrangements with Li Xuan and others.
After the meeting, Li Xuan and others left the meeting room and continued their daily training.
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On April 4, the Mavericks played against the Jazz at home.
In this game, Finley and Uncle Mu will take turns to rest. After all, it is not good to take Dirk directly at home.
Missing two important players, the strength of the Mavericks has not been greatly reduced.
A team composed of Nowitzki, Li Xuan and Nash, at worst, has the strength of a playoff team.
Li Xuan turned into a defensive gate in this game, and he and Kirilenko hurt each other, but they didn't get any advantage.
Li Xuan and Kirilenko traded each other, and Lagabel locked up Harprin, another core player of the Jazz, which paralyzed the Jazz's offense.
The Jazz are contained, but the Mavericks play too many players to be contained.
The big killer "Silver Horn King" and Nash, who routinely pretended to be dead, made efforts one after another, scoring frequently and confirming the lead.
In the fourth quarter, Nelson put Nash and Nowitzki on the bench to rest, with Li Xuan as the core of the offense.
Jazz coach Sloan couldn't understand the old Nelson's arrangement, but it didn't prevent him from arranging tactics for the team to chase points.
"Did this old guy think he won? Then I will cause you a little trouble and see what you do!"
Sloan yelled towards the field: "Play the second tactic, increase the defensive intensity!"
The Jazz players on the field nodded one after another and carried out the order of the head coach.
Although Li Xuan led the team alone, it was not as vulnerable as imagined.
The other four players of the Mavericks are basically defensive champions. Coupled with Li Xuan's excellent defense ability, the Mavericks' defense is solid.
Seeing that the Jazz's offense could not break the Mavericks' defense, Kirilenko couldn't help cursing secretly.
"Fuck! This is not a team with a strong offense and a weak defense. Du Nima is better than us in defense."
Since the Jazz's players basically have no three-point shooting ability, the Mavericks' defense has shrunk very little.
Such an environment is very suitable for a defense expert like Li Xuan to exert his full strength.
As long as the Jazz players break through, they will either seriously interfere or block the sky, making it very difficult to score.
On the sidelines, Jazz head coach Sloan frowned. He didn't expect the Mavericks' defensive rotation to be so good.
"Fuck! It's really embarrassing to let the three main players lose the game."
Since you let me lose points, you can't score easily either.
So, Sloan yelled at the court again: "Adopt the No. [-] defensive tactic and raise the defensive intensity to the playoff level!"
The Jazz players on the field were stunned when they heard it, and couldn't help cursing secretly.
"Fuck! It's just an ordinary regular season, and you're defending like hell, it's really hard to beat a worker!"
After the Jazz increased their intensity, the Mavericks' offense was indeed affected.
In this lineup of the Mavericks, there is no ability to attack independently.
After Li Xuan moved, he shot the ball when he had the opportunity, and passed the ball if he had no opportunity. Facing Kirilenko's defense, it was very difficult for him to break through with his ball-handling ability.
On the bench of the Mavericks, Nelson Sr. sat firmly on the Diaoyutai, with no intention of making substitutions or adjustments.
Anyway, they are still leading now. Even if they fight defensively, it will still be beneficial to the Mavericks in the end.
The fourth quarter played for about 6 minutes, and the point difference was still around 10 points.
At this time, the Jazz, who had been unable to attack for a long time, became a little anxious.
If the game continues like this, 100% lose.
While the Jazz's players were trying to break through the Mavericks' defense, the Mavericks took the lead in attacking.
Li Xuan played post-up singles in the low post, and Kirilenko's small body couldn't stand it at all.
After he squeezed Kirilenko away, he immediately turned over and made a fadeaway jumper.
Even if "AK47" pounces on it immediately, it cannot interfere.
In addition, when Li Xuan turned over and made a jump shot, he also got the passive effect bonus of the skill [Ko-style jump shot]. The shooting stability and anti-interference were very high, and he made consecutive hits.
In order to limit Li Xuan's scoring, the Jazz could only double-team.
But Li Xuan's passing ability is good, and his teammates have three-point shooting range, which made the Jazz's already shaky defense worse.
In this way, relying on Li Xuan's solo performance in the second half of the fourth quarter, the situation was stabilized and the lead was maintained until the end of the game.
In the end, the Mavericks defeated the Jazz 89 to 80 and won two consecutive victories.
数据方面，李轩这场比赛上场43分钟，投篮28投16中，其中三分球10投4中，罚球5罚5中，得到41分12篮板4助攻2抢断4盖帽的全面数据。
In this game, he enjoyed the right to fire unlimitedly.
And Li Xuan understood a simple and easy-to-understand truth.
As long as the number of shots is enough, the score will definitely not be less, Ke Boss will not deceive me!
爵士队方面，基里连科投篮18投7中，其中三分球3投1中，罚球6罚5中，得到20分8篮板5助攻2抢断2盖帽的全面数据。
After defeating the Jazz, the Mavericks began to rest wildly, which made it extremely difficult for Li Xuan.
But he still got some benefits, such as his scoring rising.
In the following games, the Mavericks went away to beat the Trail Blazers, Nuggets and Bucks one after another, and then returned home and lost to the Digital Humans.
In the duel with the Digital Team, Nash and Nowitzki took turns, and Li Xuan and Finley could only be the core of the offense.
They didn't disappoint the fans either.
李轩砍下32分11篮板2助攻4抢断2盖帽的全面数据。
Finley scored 24 points and 5 assists.
The fact that the Mavericks duo has not yet managed to win with such outstanding statistics shows that the Digital Man team must be supernatural.
That's right, the superstar player of the Digital Man team is undoubtedly Iverson.
Iverson's desire to win this game is very strong.
Although the digital human team can't make the playoffs, it can't prevent the AI from winning.
He very much wanted to defeat Li Xuan once, and also to complete the revenge of the previous fight.
这场比赛，艾弗森上场45分钟，投篮41投22中，其中三分球5投2中，罚球9罚8中，砍下54分3篮板2助攻4抢断的全面数据。
After the game, Iverson deliberately found Li Xuan and hugged each other.
"Li, my previous promise is not a joke. If you have time during the offseason, call me, and I will fulfill my promise to train with you."
"Aaron, I may not have time during the offseason. I may have to play in the Olympics, so I can only wait for next season." Li Xuan said regretfully.
"Alright then! You can fulfill my promise at any time, see you later!"
Iverson turned around and walked towards the player tunnel, while waving goodbye to Li Xuan.
Li Xuan watched Iverson's back fading away, turned around and walked towards the player tunnel, and went back to the locker room to meet his teammates.
After returning to the locker room, Li Xuan greeted his teammates one after another, and then quickly sorted out his personal belongings.
Not long after, Old Nelson pushed the door in with the coaching staff. Instead of making a post-match summary as usual, he sent the players to wash and shower.
After all the Mavericks players arrived, Nelson led the players out of the arena with a big wave of his hand, and took the bus to the airport. They will leave overnight for the next city.
After the Numerals game, the Mavericks flew overnight to Memphis for back-to-back games against the Grizzlies.
In this game, Nash and Nowitzki played in rotation, Finley and Uncle Mu took rotation, and Li Xuan only got about 20 minutes of playing time.
The Grizzlies also rested Gasol and other main players in rotation.
Therefore, there is no suspense about the outcome of the game.
The Mavericks avoided a losing streak with a 104-86 win over the Grizzlies.
After defeating the Grizzlies, the Mavericks returned to host the Kings.
In this game, the Mavericks did not have a rest player, which was the last training before the playoffs.
The Kings also showed their full strength and played a fierce and anxious game with the Mavericks.
At the last moment, relying on Li Xuan's deadly alley-oop dunk, he defeated the Kings and won with difficulty.
April 4, the last game day of the NBA regular season in the 17-03 season.
The Mavericks played at home against the Warriors, a big team.
In this game, most of the main players of the Mavericks rested, and Li Xuan led a group of rotation players to play back and forth with the Warriors.
For most of the game, both sides did not defend, and devoted themselves to the offense, trying to kill the opponent from the offensive end.
But they all thought too much. Due to the lack of defense, the shooting percentages of both teams were very high, which resulted in the score not being able to be opened.
At the last moment, relying on Li Xuan's one attack and one defense, the victory was established and the game was won.
In the end, the Mavericks defeated the Warriors 128 to 121 to complete the last game of the regular season.
数据方面，李轩在上场的42分钟内，投篮32投18中，其中三分球13投7中，罚球5罚5中，砍下48分16篮板2助攻4抢断3盖帽的全面数据。
At this point, the Mavericks regular season games are all over.
And, ranked first in the league with a record of 69 wins and 13 losses.
At the same time, this record also created the best record in the history of the Mavericks.
Not long after, all other matches were over.
In the last round of competition, there are two key games.
These two games are: Nuggets VS Jazz, Cavaliers VS Celtics.
The Nuggets and Jazz have the same record, and the Cavaliers and Celtics have the same record.
Whichever team wins will get the last spot in the East and West playoffs.
The game between the Nuggets and the Jazz can be described as sparks flying, and it took two overtime games to decide the winner.
In the end, the Nuggets won and won the last place in the Western Conference playoffs.
The duel between the Cavaliers and the Celtics ended in a disastrous defeat for the Cavaliers, and the Celtics won the last seat in the Eastern Conference playoffs.
Among the four most outstanding performers in 03, Li Xuan, Wade and Anthony made it to the playoffs, and only James missed the playoffs in his rookie season.
After the loss, James was very frustrated and walked back to the locker room with a heavy heart. This hit him too hard and it took time to calm down.
So far, the 03-04 NBA regular season is all over.
At the same time, the list of matches for the first round of the playoffs is freshly released.
The No. 4 Mavericks in the West will host the Denver Nuggets, No. 20 in the West, on April [-].
The regular season is over, and the battle for the playoffs is imminent!
(End of this chapter)