April 22.

With the Thunder defeating the Clippers, Hawks and Warriors in the last three games, all the Thunder's regular seasons have been completed this season.

The Thunder's final record was 75 wins and 7 losses. While breaking the best record in history of 72 wins, it also improved this record by three wins.

It is foreseeable that this record will probably be completely sealed in the future.

Because I only lost 7 games in a single season, this is really a scalp-wrenching result.

In addition, at the first time when the Thunder finished all the regular seasons this season, the news about the NBA on the Internet was basically flooded with the Thunder's record breaking.

After all, the Thunder have created a new history and have also broken the record set by "God of Basketball" Michael Jordan.

So this is definitely a highly anticipated thing.

Even though Bull celebrity Pippen still attacks Thunder on the Internet, Pippen currently looks like a jumping clown.

Even his former teammate Rodman posted remarks on social media, saying that Pippen is crazy!!

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On April 24, with all the games of other teams finished, the regular season of the 10-11 season came to an end.

At the same time, the regular season rankings of the East and West games have also been confirmed.

In the Western Conference, the number one ranks naturally the Thunder with 75 wins, and the 2nd to 8th place are the Spurs, Mavericks, Lakers, Hornets, Trail Blazers, Grizzlies and Nuggets.

Yang Fan did not expect that the Nuggets fell to eighth place in the West, because at that time the Nuggets still held two winning leads.

As a result, the Nuggets lost all the games in the last few games, which led to the Nuggets having to start hell mode in the first round of the playoffs, basically making the promotion slim.

In addition, this is also Anthony's first playoff game against his old club.

I'm afraid no one expected that even if Anthony left Denver during the offseason, he would have to return to this stadium he was most familiar with in the playoffs.

Even though his identity has become a Thunder player.

In the East, the number one ranks first is the Chicago Bulls led by Rose.

Under Rose's leadership, the Bulls scored 62 wins and 20 losses this season, and eventually beat the Heat, which was the Big Three, to top the top in the Eastern Conference.

As for the 2 to 8th place, they are the Heat, Celtics, Magic, Hawks, Knicks, 76ers and Pacers.

Among them, the Pacers, who entered the playoffs with the eighth place in the East, had only a record of 37 wins and 45 losses, and this record can only rank around 12th in the West.

So from this point, it is not difficult to see that the competition for the Western Conference playoffs is much more intense than that of the Eastern Conference, and even with the highest combat power, the Eastern Conference is not at all.

But in terms of average combat power, the eastern side can definitely be destroyed into a slag.

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The first round of the Thunder and the Nuggets will be scheduled to start on April 25, local time in the United States.

Before the playoffs started, Yang Fan discussed tactics with the coaching staff. Although the Thunder's advantage is definitely much greater than that of the Nuggets, there is no big mistake to be careful.

Especially in the playoffs, losing one more game is a waste of physical strength.

"How do you feel, Yang, what are the chances of us defending our title this year?" In the office, General Manager Prosty asked casually.

"Our strength this year is definitely stronger than last year. In theory, it is only a matter of time before we win the championship."

"It's just that some things are not something we can control, so take a step by step." Yang Fan frowned unconsciously while stirring the coffee.

As Yang Fan said, the Thunder this season is stronger than last season. If it is fair competition, then the Thunder will not have much resistance to winning the championship. At least it is not a problem to rush out of the West.

But letting the Thunder build a dynasty is obviously not what Stern wants to see.

So no one can guarantee whether the team will be smooth sailing in the playoffs.

What Yang Fan can do is to try his best to play flower games and not give his opponent any opportunities to take advantage of.

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On April 25, the first game of the first round of the playoffs between the Thunder and the Nuggets officially started.

This season's Nuggets have completely entered the reconstruction stage. Of course, this reconstruction stage is not a bad situation, but a complete farewell to the past and announcing the future.

As early as the offseason, the Nuggets completed a deal with the Thunder. While sending away "Little Melon" Anthony, they got Hamilton and Jeff Green from the Thunder.

Among them, Jeff Green was even trained as the core of the team, and Green averaged 19.3 points, 6.1 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game this season, which is not disappointing.

This situation seems to further confirm the authenticity of the sentence, "Produced by Thunder must be a fine product!"

In addition, the Nuggets also reached a deal with the Knicks before the All-Star Weekend. In this deal, the Nuggets gave the team's second leader Billups and several players in exchange for Gallinari, Felton and others.

As for the purpose of this transaction, it is not difficult to understand, that is, the Nuggets intend to fully train new players. In short, it is to announce a strategic abandonment of this year's championship competition.

There is no way, this year's Thunder is like a big knife hanging over the heads of various teams. The strength of the Thunder has far exceeded people's imagination.

In this case, except for a few teams, most teams have long since lost the intention to compete with the Thunder for the championship.

Because fighting is useless, it really can't beat Thunder...

The starting players of the Thunder in this game were Curry, "Martial Saint" Jackson, Durant, Anthony, and Yao Ming.

The Nuggets are "CBA legends" Ty Lawson, Hamilton, Garlinary, Jeff Green, and Nene.

In this round of series, Yang Fan chose to let Anthony play the power forward. As for the starting second position, the "Martial Saint" Jackson was the role of the "Martial Saint".

Because the starting shooting guard on the Nuggets must be Hamilton, and Yang Fan is really familiar with Hamilton.

So letting Anthony go against him is even more uncomfortable than killing Anthony.

It is worth mentioning that Kenyon Martin, one of the inside double towers of the Nuggets, was reimbursed for the season in the regular season, so Martin in the playoffs could only sit on the sidelines to cheer.

Of course, even if Martin can play, it is useless. After all, this season, Martin has dropped to 8 points and 6 rebounds in terms of personal data.
Chapter completed!