April 21.

As the Thunder defeated the Kings in the last game with the second team, all the Thunder's regular seasons have been completed.

What you need to do next is to wait for other teams to finish all the regular season journeys, and then the playoff rankings of the east and west games will naturally be determined.

After the regular season was completely over, the Thunder's final record was 67 wins and 15 losses.

Without any suspense, the team won the best record of 64 wins and 18 losses in the 1995-96 season.

At the same time, compared to that season, the Thunder will undoubtedly be stronger this season. After all, the main core players of the Supersonics that season were "Gloves" Payton and "Rainman" Camp.

But this season, there are many core players of the Thunder. To be precise, all players can become the core of the offensive end.

So in this case, people no longer need to say more about the strength of the Thunder. After all, a team that can win 67 wins in a single season is still a leader even in NBA history.

What's more, the Thunder this season is the only player in the league who has lost 20 games more than 20 games.

Even the Cavaliers, who rank second in the league, only achieved a record of 61 wins and 21 losses, while the Los Angeles Lakers had 57 wins and 25 losses. Compared with the Thunder's 67 wins, it was a 10-game victory.

Although the regular season confrontation and the playoffs are completely different concepts, Yang Fan believes that as long as the players can calm down, the Thunder in the playoffs can still become unstoppable.

After all, what the Thunder lacks in the playoffs is never strength, but the inability to relax in their mentality, especially for young players, which is even more of a difficult personal challenge.

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April 22.

As all the teams in the league finished their remaining games, on this day, the playoff rankings of the East and West games were completely determined.

Among them, the Okrausan Thunder ranks first in the West, and the second to eight are the Lakers, Mavericks, Nuggets, Jazz, Spurs, Suns and Trail Blazers.

As for the 1st to 8th place in the Eastern Conference, they are the Cavaliers, Magic, Eagles, Celtics, Heat, Bucks, Bobcats, and Bulls.

After the regular season rankings came out, Yang Fan undoubtedly let out a long sigh because the final result was the same as he expected.

That is, the Trail Blazers deliberately fell to the eighth position in the West to avoid encountering the Lakers in the first round of the playoffs.

Although I want to avoid the second in the West, it sounds a bit funny to play the first in the West.

But who made the Lakers the defending champion with rich experience in the playoffs? The Thunder just fought for a few years as a dark horse.

So in the opinion of McMillan, who is as stable as an old dog, this multiple-choice question is not difficult at all.

Even if you face the Thunder, the Trail Blazers will not get any advantage, but at least they will be less pressure than when facing the Lakers.

As for the ranking of the Eastern Conference, it also exceeded the expectations of many fans. As one of the biggest favorites to win the championship this season, the Celtics ranked fourth in the Eastern Conference and had to fight with the Heat in the first round.

The Eagle, who was killed to the third place in the East like a dark horse, also surprised many people.

Especially the "Hawk King" Johnson, who is vaguely called the second guard in the East. As for the first place, it is naturally the "Flash" Wade.

However, because Joe Johnson's personal playing style is somewhat similar to Kobe, especially the big heart performance of the two who dare to play and shoot at critical moments.

It has also made many fans famous as the East Eagle King of Simaba.

Although there is a hint of this that was deliberately exaggerated by fans, Joe Johnson averaged 21.7 points, 4.8 rebounds and 4.9 assists per game this season without any suspense.

In addition, the Bobcats were also beyond the expectations of many fans for making it to the playoffs this year.

After all, this team has a very low presence in the NBA. Unlike the top bad teams like the Nets and the Kings, the Bobcats only established to join the NBA in 2004, their presence has always been very low.

But this year, he made it to the playoffs under the leadership of "Elvis" Wallace. It has to be said that Wallace's personal strength has always been underestimated.

At least Yang Fan likes the player Gerald Wallace very much. It’s a pity that the Thunder no longer has the salary space to operate, and the Bobcats will not let Wallace leave the team easily.

With the release of the playoffs, the teams have entered the first-level combat readiness state.

All coaching teams have been studying the opponent's offensive style day and night during these two days, just to find a flaw that can be targeted.

Of course, these people naturally include Yang Fan. Even though the Thunder played the first record in the league in the regular season, Yang Fan still did not dare to take it lightly when he entered the playoffs.

At the same time, the league also announced the first round of the playoffs on this day. The first match between the Thunder and the Trail Blazers in the first round of the playoffs will start on April 24, local time in the United States.

Since the Thunder have a home advantage, the first two games will be played in Oxford City.

For the Thunder, before this series starts, some good news has been heard.

That is the Trail Blazers No. 1 pick Oden, who will miss the playoff due to injury.

In this way, the Trail Blazers' inside line are only 36-year-old veteran Marcus Camby, a famous data brush.

Not to mention, although O'Neal is already old, if he faces Marcus Camby, who weighs only 107 kg in the interior, he will basically be crushing.

At least in Yang Fan's personal opinion, although Cambi's blocking data is very impressive, his style of playing on the field is no different from that of Dabaibian and Zhuang Shen in later generations.

That is to deliberately relax your vigilance on the defensive end, basically not confronting the defensive players, so that the opponent can easily enter the basket, so as to try to get some block data.

Although in this way, the players' personal data on the field will be very good, their personal defensive efficiency is often terrible.

So even if a player like Marcus Cambi wants to join the Thunder with a minimum salary, Yang Fan will definitely let him go as far as he can!!

In addition, in the late-season trading of Marcus Camby, the Trail Blazers sent away Otlow and Blake, so the depth of the Trail Blazers' lineup also dropped by half a level.

The most important thing is that when the inside line is really in a state of inability to turn around, McMillan has to start reusing the two old guys, 36-year-old Camby and 37-year-old Zhu Wan Howard.

The weak inside line of the Trail Blazers will naturally become the focus of the Thunder in this round of the series.
Chapter completed!