Time flies in a blink of an eye, and it is the end of April in the blink of an eye.

During this period, the Wizards did not feel good, because the Wizards encountered playoff-level opponents in the final stage, and everyone was doing their best without any loss.

Fortunately, with its outstanding lineup depth, the Wizards finally settled in the second place in the East.

With the Wizards defeating the Nets at home, this means that all the Wizards' regular seasons have been completed this season.

The Wizards' final record was 47 wins and 19 losses, second only to the Chicago Bulls, ranking second in the East.

The next thing the Wizards need to do is wait for the other teams to finish the game. By then, the first round of the playoffs between the East and West playoffs will be released.

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On April 22, as all teams finished their last game, the regular season of the 11-12 season was officially announced.

And the playoff rankings in the east and west games have also been decided.

In the Eastern Conference, the Bulls ranked first in the Eastern Conference with a record of 49 wins and 17 losses, while the second to eighth place are the Wizards, Heat, Hawks, Celtics, Knicks, Magic, and the 76ers.

In this way, the Wizards' opponent in the first round of the playoffs will be the Magic led by "Warcraft" Howard.

This is not good news for the Wizards. At least the Magic is definitely not a team that is easy to deal with.

Relatively speaking, Yang Fan would rather play against the Knicks in the first round of the playoffs.

Unfortunately, the Heat clearly saw through Yang Fan's measurement, lost three games in a row at the last moment, and deliberately fell to the third place in the East.

Force the Wizards to play against the Magic in the first round of the playoffs to create some difficulties for the Wizards.

It is worth mentioning that if the Wizards can advance to the second round, they will face the Heat in the Eastern Conference semi-finals.

Because compared to the results of the Wizards and Magic in this round of the series, it is a foregone conclusion that the Heat defeated the Knicks, and it is not impossible to even sweep 4:0.

In the Western Conference, the Spurs ranked first in the league with a record of 50 wins and 16 losses, while the Thunder ranked second with 49 wins and 17 losses.

This season, the Thunder have been targeted a lot and have become the key target of the league's suppression for no reason.

After Yang Fan left the Thunder, general manager Prostie did not hire an external coach, but started to promote from the inside.

The current head coach of the Thunder is Yang Fan's former disciple Quinn Snyder.

Snyder himself is a coach who pays great attention to tactical qualities, and he has learned a lot from Yang Fan in the past few years.

So under Snyder's leadership, the Thunder still maintained very sufficient offensive firepower.

It's just a pity that Snyder's appointment is a bit helpless when the league will definitely suppress the Thunder.

In other words, whether the Thunder can enter the finals this year is just a matter of whether this is not a Thunder's own problem, but more depends on the league.

The three to eighth places in the West are the Lakers, Grizzlies, Clippers, Nuggets, Mavericks, and Jazz.

None of these teams is a soft persimmon, even the Jazz, ranked eighth in the Eastern Conference, is a slightly difficult team.

With the rankings of the East and West Parts, all teams will now enter an emergency preparedness state and use the few time to find ways to break through enemy teams.

As for the first playoff game between the Wizards and Magic, both sides will officially start on April 24, local time in the United States.

And the first two games will be played at the Wizards at home.

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"The Magic are a team that cannot be underestimated. They have the best center in the league, and there are many people who can support them and pull them to the outside to shoot three-pointers."

"At the same time, the Magic's lineup is also very deep, which will be a challenge for the team."

"But no matter what, the team's goal this season will not change, that is, to launch an impact on the championship."

"So this will definitely be an interesting game." Yang Fan said in an interview with the media before the start of this series.

During the regular season, the Wizards had three matches with the Magic, and the Wizards finished the lead with two wins and one loss.

The Magic this season is still a champion team. In addition to Howard, the team also has Nelson, Tkogru, Richardson, Redick, Leon Anderson, and "Big Baby" Davis and others.

It can be said that head coach Stan Van Gundy completely penetrated the entire star.

Looking around, except Howard, the Magic can pull from the outside to shoot three-pointers, and the three-pointers are also very accurate, even the players on the power forward are no exception.

For example, Anderson, the "Three-point Fort" and Tekoglu, known as the "Turkish Magician".

Both of these two men's three-point shooting percentages are above 35%, and Anderson is even close to 40%.

As the core figure of the one-star quad-shooting tactic, Howard averaged 20 points, 15 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 blocks per game this season.

This data is definitely a top-notch level in the center position, so while the league center position is gradually becoming lonely, Howard's title of the league's number one center can be confirmed.

However, for other teams, Magic may be a slightly terrifying opponent, because this one-star quad-shooting tactic is to maximize the stars' personal abilities.

Once Howard performs well in the game, he can directly drive the rhythm of the entire Magic team.

However, no one can play Yang Fan in this league. Although Yang Fan doesn't have many ways to play with Howard on the defensive end.

After all, Yang Fan didn't want Yao Ming to take Howard to the low position, which would definitely greatly increase Yao Ming's knee load and would likely cause injuries.

What's more, in order to maintain flexibility during the offseason, Yao Ming lost 30 pounds.

So whether it is Yao Ming, Vucevic, or McGee who is not focused, it is difficult for the three of them to live with Howard at the peak at the low post.

But Yang Fan has many ways to target others, such as Leon Anderson, who is very strong on the offensive end, which is simply a double-edged sword.

Although it is relatively unsolvable on the offensive end and can open up a lot of room for Howard, on the defensive end, Aldridge can completely push Anders to the ground and rub it wildly.

In addition, Redick, Nelson and Tkoglu are all the same, with serious polarization on both sides of the offense and defense.

So unlike other teams, other teams will try every means to limit Howard's personal performance when they face this magic.

But Yang Fan let Howard turn the inside out, but instead made a big fuss about others.

Based on Tian Ji's horse racing style, Yang Fan wanted Howard to attack madly at low posts, thus seizing the offensive threats of other players from the outside...
Chapter completed!