The regular season continues one game after another. When the Trail Blazers play their last regular season game in mid-April, the season will officially end.

During the regular season, the Trail Blazers won a total of 59 games, which was exactly the same number of wins as the Trail Blazers last season.

However, last season's Trail Blazers only ranked third in the Western Conference, and this season's Trail Blazers have jumped to second place.

Although they are second, the Trail Blazers' record is actually very little different from the teams behind them.

The Spurs, ranked third, have 58 wins, the Lakers, ranked fourth, have 56 wins, and the Suns, ranked seventh, still have a record of 51 wins.

Speaking of which, the Suns are miserable enough. If their record were placed in the Eastern Conference, they would be among the top three. After all, the Philadelphia 76ers, who are first in the Eastern Conference, only have 56 wins, and the second-place Bucks, who have only 56 wins.

52 wins.

Unfortunately, if placed in the Western Conference, the Suns would only be ranked seventh, and would face a crushing team like the Trail Blazers in the first round of the playoffs.

Although the Trail Blazers' record this year is not particularly impressive, the strength shown in the second half of the schedule is quite frightening.

The Grizzlies' regular season record this year is 71 wins, which is still the best record in NBA history. The newly appointed head coach Mike Dunleavy may have learned the lesson from David's injury last season, so he will protect David this season.

The performance is quite good, and other players are also taking the same rest, and their performance has dropped a bit compared to last season.

Speaking of Dunleavy, it's actually interesting. He was actually the head coach of the Trail Blazers last season. After he was fired by the team, the Grizzlies happened to have a vacant head coach position. As a result, he applied for the job, and he suddenly became the head coach.

It’s done.

This is undoubtedly a piece of pie-in-the-sky good news for him. If he can use the lineup created by Jiang Dongbing to win several championships in a row, he will definitely leave his name in history.

So now Dunleavy can be said to be very proud of himself, pulling as much as 2,500,000 to 80,000 yuan every day.

However, not many people took Dunleavy seriously. At least the Grizzlies players didn't care much about Dunleavy. Halfway through the season, there was news in the grapevine that there was a conflict in the locker room between the Grizzlies' O'Brien and Dunleavy.

…

After finishing second in the regular season, Jiang Dongbing was extremely satisfied. This was actually the result he wanted.

According to his plan, the later in the regular season this season the better it is to meet the Grizzlies, and it would be best to let the Grizzlies defeat the Lakers first.

The Lakers' regular season record has always been a mystery. To say that they don't have the strength to win more than 60 games is definitely impossible. As long as O'Neal keeps his eyes open, 60 wins is not difficult.

But the key is that they are not willing to work too hard in the regular season, so their regular season has always been half-dead.

Now that their record ranks fourth, it shouldn't be a problem to take down the fifth-ranked Kings. In the next round, they will face the defending champion Grizzlies.

After the Trail Blazers advance, they will encounter the Spurs, which is why Jiang Dongbing is satisfied with this ranking.

Compared to the Spurs, every fool knows that the current Lakers are more difficult to deal with.

With the current strength of the Trail Blazers, Jiang Dongbing is still very confident to win the Spurs. When the Western Conference finals come, the Trail Blazers' opponents will be either the Grizzlies or the Lakers.

The possibility of the Grizzlies is of course greater. When Jiang Dongbing uses some tricks, he will have tickets to the finals.

If we can get tickets to the finals this year, is the championship still far away?!

The Philadelphia 76ers led by Iverson are indeed inspiring enough, but the stage of the finals still requires strength. Jiang Dongbing really doesn't believe that Iverson can single-handedly pick the Blazers he carefully built.

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Two days later, at the home court of the Trail Blazers, the first round of the playoffs began.

Against the Suns, the Trail Blazers had already gained experience. Kidd didn't attack much anyway, so he just tried his best to strangle their other outside attack points.

And if Kidd really attacks on his own, it would be wonderful. With Kidd's basket, his offense can only have the opposite effect on the team.

In three consecutive games, the Trail Blazers easily swept the Suns and completed promotion.

In this series, Payton's performance is simply addictive. Some experts even believe that even at his peak, Payton would never be able to play such a wonderful series performance.

This time the experts were finally right for once. Payton in his prime seemed to be really unable to perform like this.

He averaged a terrifying 35 points per game, and also had 13 assists, 4 steals and 1 block. Especially his three-point shooting percentage reached a terrifying 60%!

This is definitely a miracle among miracles. You must know that Payton's three-point shooting percentage throughout his career has often not even reached 30%.

Payton at his peak was undoubtedly unable to perform like this, at least on the offensive end, he certainly did not have such a deterrent effect.

After three games, Kidd's face turned green. He wondered if his old rival Payton was a ghost. Otherwise, why would the three-point shot become so powerful this season?

"Is it because of Jiang Dongbing? Is he really as good as those players say? Can he turn decay into magic?" Kidd wondered doubtfully.

If he was really that good, Kidd felt like he would have to defect to Jiang Dongbing and at least let him improve his three-point ability.

My offense is really too tight now. Is it because I haven't trained hard? That's not the case. His training on the offensive end is definitely as good as anyone else's.

But what he couldn't accept was that he just couldn't practice this basket...

If Jiang Dongbing could really help him practice the basket, he would rather work for Jiang Dongbing for the rest of his life.

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After successfully advancing, the Trail Blazers need to wait for the Spurs and Mavericks to decide the winner.

In fact, Jiang Dongbing didn't dare to say who would win this matchup. The Spurs are certainly good at fighting, but the Mavericks are not a vegetarian, and their lineup is also very competitive.

The result was not beyond Jiang Dongbing's expectation. The two teams actually played a tiebreaker. If Duncan hadn't shown off his power in the last game, the Spurs might have been defeated.

Compared to the Mavericks, Jiang Dongbing is actually more willing to play against the Spurs.

The main reason is that the Mavericks team is too unstable and has a lot of shooters, many of whom are extremely good three-point shooters. If they really let their shots go, not to mention the Blazers, even the Grizzlies will be there.

The possibility of losing.

On the other hand, the Spurs' positional warfare was quite satisfactory, with very few three-point shots. As long as their defense was strong enough, there was unlikely to be any surprises.

Of course, if the defense is not strong enough, we will lose miserably against the Spurs.

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"We meet again, Jiang."

"But don't tell me that if you can lead your team to win the championship again this season, you may become the public enemy of coaches across the league."

At the Trail Blazers' home court, Popovich greeted Jiang Dongbing with a smile after seeing him.

"If I can win the championship, I don't mind becoming a public enemy."

"Greg, haven't you ever thought about having another bad season?" Jiang Dongbing asked with a smile.

Popovich shook his head and said, "You can't mess it up. You have to know that our Spurs are not the Trail Blazers."

The Spurs' market itself is not big, and the results are still poor. Who will go to watch the game live? The market will definitely shrink further, and the Spurs will definitely be completely in the cold.

Therefore, even if there is only a glimmer of a chance to win the championship, the Spurs cannot give up.

The reason why Jiang Dongbing wants Popovich to fail is because the Spurs have become extremely miserable due to his own reasons.

First of all, Uncle Bao, a player that Popovich valued greatly, was thrown to the Clippers by Jiang Dongbing.

Followed by Ginobili, now playing for the Grizzlies.

Next is Tony Parker, who will enter the league in next year's draft. Parker's cost performance is quite high and he is a very good choice in next year's draft.

However, Jiang Dongbing thought about it carefully and finally decided that it would be better not to choose Parker.

The main reason is that this guy is a bit shameless and specifically targets the girlfriends or wives of his teammates. Wu Sheng Jackson and Parker were teammates. After retiring, he told the media in an interview that when they held parties, they usually

They didn't invite Parker because they were afraid that Parker would do something worse than a beast.

Jiang Dongbing thought for a moment and decided that it was okay not to take such a player. Anyway, there are countless cost-effective options in next year's draft, so there was no need to take the risk by choosing Parker.
Chapter completed!