The regular season will continue one game after another, and the season will officially end after the Trail Blazers finish their last regular season in mid-April.

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

However, the Trail Blazers were only ranked third in the Western Conference last season, while the Trail Blazers this season reached second.

Although it is second, the Trail Blazers' record is actually very small compared to the teams behind.

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

Speaking of which, the Suns are sad enough. If their record is in the East, they can rank in the top three. After all, the Philadelphia 76ers, the number one in the East, actually only has 56 wins, while the second-ranked Bucks have only 52 wins.

Unfortunately, if it is in the West, the Suns can only rank seventh, and they will face a team like the Trail Blazers in the first round of the playoffs that are devastating.

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

The Grizzlies have a regular season record of 71 wins this year, and they are still the top scorer in the NBA history. The newly appointed head coach Mike Dunleavy may have learned from David's injury last season, so he has protected David quite well this season. Other players are also taking off for the rest of the round, and their record is a bit lower than last season.

Speaking of which, Dunleavy is actually interesting. He was actually the head coach of the Trail Blazers last season. After being fired by the team, the Grizzlies were vacant for the position of head coach. As a result, he applied for the job and it was really done all of a sudden.

This is undoubtedly a good thing for him to have a pie from the sky. If he could use this lineup created by Jiang Dongbing and win several championships in a row, he would have been famous in history.

So now Dunleavy can be said to be proud of his youth, and he is as proud as 20,000 to 20,000 to 80,000 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 a trail news that it was Grizzlies' O's conflict with Dunleavy in the locker room.

...

Jiang Dongbing was extremely satisfied with winning the second place in the regular season, which was actually the result he wanted.

According to his plan, the later the regular season this season, the better the Grizzlies will meet, and it is best to let the Grizzlies kill the Lakers first.

The Lakers' regular season record has always been a mystery. It is definitely impossible to say that they do not have the strength to score a record of more than 60 wins. As long as O'Neal glares at him, winning 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 they rank fourth in the record, and it should be no problem to kill the fifth-ranked King. They will encounter the defending champion Grizzlies in the next round.

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

Compared to the Spurs, fools know that the Lakers are more difficult to deal with now.

With the current strength of the Trail Blazers, Jiang Dongbing is still very confident in winning the Spurs. When the Western Conference Finals arrived, the Trail Blazers' opponents were either the Grizzlies or the Lakers.

Of course, the possibility of the Grizzlies is greater. At that time, Jiang Dongbing will use some tricks and then the ticket to the finals will be obtained.

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

The Philadelphia 76ers led by Iverson is indeed inspiring enough, but the stage of the finals still needs to compete for strength. Jiang Dongbing really doesn't believe that Iverson can choose the pioneers he carefully created alone.

...

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

Against the Suns, the Trail Blazers have already played experience. Anyway, Kidd doesn't attack much, just try his best to strangle their other outside attack points.

If Kidd really attacks by himself, then this would be wonderful. With Kidd's basket, his offense can only play the opposite role for the team.

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

In this round of series, Payton's performance was simply unstoppable. Some experts even believe that even Payton at his peak, he would definitely not be able to perform in such a wonderful series.

This time, the experts finally said it right. Payton seemed to be unable to perform like this at his peak.

The terrifying score averaged up to 35 points per game, and also has 13 assists, 4 steals and 1 block, especially the three-point shooting percentage, which reached a terrifying 60%!

This is definitely a miracle among miracles. You should know that Payton's three-point shooting percentage throughout his career is often less than 30%.

Payton was undoubtedly unable to perform like this at the peak, at least there was no such deterrent power on the offensive end.

After three games, Kidd's face turned green. He doubted whether his old opponent Payton was a ghost, otherwise why the three-pointer could have become so powerful this season.

"Is it because of Jiang Dongbing? He is really as powerful as those players say? Can he turn decay into magic?" Kidd thought in confusion.

If he could be so powerful, Kidd felt that he would also go to Jiang Dongbing, and at least let him transform his three-point ability.

Now his offense is too urgent. Did he not train hard? That's not the case. His offensive training is definitely no less than anyone else.

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

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

...

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

In fact, Jiang Dongbing dared not say who could win in this group of duels. The Spurs have good combat power, but the Mavericks are not vegetarians, and their lineup is also very competitive.

The result was not beyond Jiang Dongbing's expectations. These two teams actually played five games. If Duncan hadn't shown his strength in the last game, the Spurs might have been defeated by the following.

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

The main reason is that the Mavericks have too many instability, and there are many pitchers in the team, and many of them are extremely outstanding three-pointers. If they really make the ball open, let alone the Trail Blazers, even the Grizzlies will not be able to lose.

On the other hand, the Spurs are in a normal positional battle, with few three-pointers. As long as they can defend strong enough, there is no chance of any accident.

Of course, if the defense is not strong enough, then the Spurs will lose a lot.

...

"Meet again, Jiang."

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

At the home court of the Trail Blazers, Popovich smiled and greeted after seeing Jiang Dongbing.

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

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

Popovich shook his head, "You can't show it badly, you have to know that our Spurs are not pioneers."

The Spurs' market itself is not big, but it still turns out to be bad. Whoever goes to watch the game on site will definitely shrink further, and the Spurs will definitely be completely cold by then.

So even if you only have a slight chance to win the championship, the Spurs will not give up.

The reason why Jiang Dongbing wanted Popovich to make him lose is that the Spurs became extremely miserable because of their own reasons.

First of all, Uncle Bao San, this beloved general who Popovich values ​​very much, was thrown into the Clippers by Jiang Dongbing.

Next is Ginobili, who is now playing for the Grizzlies.

Next is Tony Parker, who will enter the league next year's draft. Parker's cost-effectiveness is still quite high, and it is a very good choice at next year's draft.

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

The main reason is that this guy is a bit shameless and specializes in attacking his teammates' girlfriend or wife. Martial Saint Jackson has been teammates with Parker. After retirement, he told the media that when they hold parties, they usually do not invite Parker because they are afraid that Parker will do something worse than beasts.

Jiang Dongbing thought about it and said that it would be better if he didn't want such a player. Anyway, there will be countless cost-effective choices next year's draft, so there is no need to choose Parker to take risks.
Chapter completed!