After the regular season, each team will get a short break.

As of now, the final rankings of the East and West Departments have been confirmed.

The Heat ranked first in the Eastern Conference, which scored 64 wins and 18 losses, and the Heat's record is second only to the Dallas Mavericks and the Timberwolves, ranking third in the league.

Originally, the Heat had the chance to end the season with the second place in the league, but in the final stage, the Heat, which had already secured a large-scale rest in the Eastern Conference, so a series of losses caused the Heat to fall to 64 wins and 18 losses.

Although Riley, the "God's Operation" said in an interview that he did not value the regular season record and did not regret his final decision.

But in fact, everyone knows that Riley is so regretful that he is almost blushing. If time can be repeated, Riley will definitely not pretend to be a pussy. Instead, he will compete with the Mavericks openly and compete with the Mavericks no matter what he says he wants to be the first in the league.

It is worth mentioning that the Heat have a huge difference in winning games with the other seven Eastern Conference playoff teams. Judging from the record, the Heat are likely to be able to laugh to the end.

This is also the reason why the "god calculator" Riley doesn't care about the final ranking, because the Heat are completely dominant in the East, and even if they lose a few more games, they cannot shake the number one position in the East.

If nothing unexpected happens, the Heat's opponent this season will be from the Western Conference.

As for the second to eighth place, they are: the Cavaliers, Raptors, Pistons, Bulls, Nets, Wizards and Magic.

The Pistons also achieved the second record in the league last season under the leadership of Sanders, which made the Pistons management determined to give up veteran Ben Wallace.

The signings will be carried out according to the old Sanders' wishes, and the new season will re-emerge the championship.

As a result, the Pistons' recruitment plan in the new season hit a wall. Except for Chris Webber, who was the one who was most in love with, who joined his rival Miami Heat, the other players that Sanders liked failed to get what they wanted.

It is said that the reason why some players are unwilling to be effective for Sanders is because there is a conflict between Sanders and Luke.

These players did not want to offend Luke under Old Sanders, so they politely declined Old Sanders' invitation.

When he learned the news, even Luke was a little amused and cried. It turned out that his status in the league was already so high without realizing it.

Even though the methods exposed to the public's vision were not glorious at the beginning, Luke has restrained a lot in the past two years and rarely takes action in order to establish a dynasty.

After all, the establishment of a dynasty in Minnesota is not the result that the NBA hopes to see. It is still unknown whether the league will interfere in this playoffs this year.

If the Timberwolves dare not restrain themselves enough in this process, Luke could even imagine that the Timberwolves' fate would be very miserable with his feet.

Although NBA claims to be fair and just and open to the outside world, the original intention of NBA was to be a business alliance after all, and Stern could do anything to make money.

Luke had no doubt that there would be a secret conversation between him and Stern sooner or later, but he didn't know when Stern could endure it.

Luke had a premonition that that day would not be too late. When he blocked the financial path of most team bosses in the league, it would be difficult for Stern to sit calmly in the position of president.

The biggest surprise of the Eastern Conference this year is the Toronto Raptors, who had a record of only 27 wins and 55 losses last season, ranked fourth from the bottom in the Eastern Conference.

The Raptors have improved their record to 47 wins and 35 losses in the new season and ranked third in the Eastern Conference. In addition to the growth of "Dragon King" Bosh, a large part of the reason is that head coach Mitchell has developed the potential of TJ Ford.

As early as the NCAA Texas Longhorns, TJ Ford was the most shining basketball star in college.

Since the sophomore season, Ford has been identified as the next Allen Iverson, and sooner or later, he will become famous in the NBA.

And TJ Ford is also the only college player to retire the jersey of the Texas Longhorns.

As a "Son of Lightning" who is faster than Iverson, Ford's average game this season has risen to 14 points, 3 rebounds, 8 assists and 1.3 steals.

Ford's excellent propulsion speed revitalized the entire Raptors' offense, making the Raptors' offensive rhythm faster and faster, and then made their mark in the East.

Cooperating with Chris Bosh's stable output, he soared to the third place in the east.

The best coach this season will most likely be selected among Sam Mitchell and "Little General" Johnson.

One of these two teams led the team to improve their 20 wins and completed a counterattack like a carp jumping over the dragon gate. The other team led the team to 67 wins and 15 losses and ranked first in the league.

In terms of rules, Mitchell undoubtedly has more advantages, but in the end, no matter who the best coach is lost, the fans will not be surprised.

As for Luke's team led the team to a 74-8 loss last season, the team not only did not make any progress in the new season, but also reversed 9 wins. This situation made Luke destined to miss the best coach of this season.

This is why no coach has ever won the best coach four times in NBA history, because it is much more difficult to get the best coach than the MVP in the player world.

The number one in the Western Conference is naturally the Dallas Mavericks, who scored 67 wins and 15 losses, while the Timberwolves, who ranked 65 wins and 17 losses.

The third to eight are: the Suns, Spurs, Rockets, Nuggets, Jazz, and Warriors.

This season, the Western Conference's playoff quota changes are still slightly huge. The Rockets, Jazz and Warriors, who failed to enter the playoffs last season, have faced counterattacks.

Among them, the Houston Rockets have made great progress under the leadership of Montgomery. Although they ranked fifth in the West and seventh in the league, the Rockets' odds of winning the championship rank fourth in the league, second only to the Mavericks, Timberwolves and Heat.

The main reason behind this is that the Rockets are very balanced on both offense and defense, and whether they are offensive or outside shooting, they are first-class in the league, which has a sense of Taobao version of the Timberwolves.

It is worth mentioning that Wang Zhizhi got a lot of opportunities to play after joining the Rockets, and he can play for about 28 minutes per game on average.

Wang Zhizhi's average of 9 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists per game did not disappoint Montgomery, and his three-point shooting percentage of up to 40% from the outside made Wang Zhizhi's turret as stable as an old dog.

Even though Montgomery couldn't help but feel pain when Spanoris gave the Timberwolves, Montgomery could only comfort himself in his heart. Spanoris was only a pearl under his command, and Wang Zhizhi was the most suitable player for the Rockets.

As for the Los Angeles Lakers led by Kobe, they lost to the Warriors by 0.5 wins at the last moment and had to end their journey this season early as the ninth in the Western Conference.

It is a pity that the Lakers failed to catch the last bus of the playoffs. After all, Kobe was able to score 31.6 points, 5.7 rebounds and 5.4 assists this season, making him the second highest average score per game player in the league.

That's right, Iverson is the one who beat Kobe this season to win the league's scoring champion.

And if nothing unexpected happens, Iverson averages 31.8 points, 3.2 rebounds, 6.9 assists and 2.7 steals per game, which is enough to suppress Nowitzki and others to be elected as the most valuable player in the regular season.

Unless the league temporarily adjusts the regular season MVP selection rules based on Iverson's performance, Iverson needs personal data and team record, and there is no reason to lose to Nowitzki and others.

Even though the number of Novo King averaged 24.6 points, 8.9 rebounds and 3.4 assists per game is also excellent, but he is still slightly inferior to Iverson.

If Iverson can be successfully elected as the most valuable player in the regular season, it will be the second time Iverson has been elected MVP in his career, further increasing his historical status after retirement.

In addition, this season is also the fifth time in Iverson's career that he has become the league's scoring champion, second only to Michael Jordan and Chamberlain.

Michael Jordan has become the league's scoring champion ten times in his career. This record may be permanently sealed. At least 31-year-old Iverson has no chance to break it.

As for Chamberlain, who ranked second, was elected the scoring leader seven times in his career, Iverson still has a chance to challenge him.

According to ranking, the Timberwolves' first round opponent will be the Utah Jazz led by Mr. Sloan.

The Utah Jazz's record this season is 51 wins and 31 losses, ranking sixth in the league in offensive efficiency, and ranks sixth in the middle of the league in defensive efficiency. It is a slightly tricky normal playoff team.

Jerry Sloan is a basketball coach who runs the pick-and-roll tactics to the extreme. The Jazz's main tactics this season are the pick-and-roll cooperation initiated by Deron Williams and Boozer at the high position.

In addition, center Oku can extend the offensive range beyond the three-point line, which greatly increases the offensive threat of pick-and-roll tactics.

Even if Deron Williams is still just a sophomore rookie, Deron Williams is already an indispensable offensive engine for the Jazz and one of the best point guards in the active league passing.

Delong averaged 16.2 points, 3.3 rebounds and 9.3 assists per game.

With 9.3 assists, he ranked second in the league.

As the Jazz's scoring champion, Boozer can average 20.9 points, 11.7 rebounds and 3 assists per game.

A shooting percentage of up to 56% makes Boozer a ruthless mid-range shooting machine.

Especially the mid-range shooting on both sides behind the pick-and-roll is Boozer's specialty.

The pair Deron Williams and Boozer are very similar to Nash and "Little Overlord" Stodmeier.

However, after detached Deron and Boozer, they used mid-range shots and breakthroughs to score. The stadium changes were relatively low and their tactical execution was relatively stronger.

Nash and Stoudemire have more scoring methods, and are also more extreme in the bombing of the basket, but once the touch is not good, teams like the Suns are likely to face collapse.

The Utah Jazz, who have rich tactical execution and lineup depth in this round of the series, will inevitably cause trouble for the Timberwolves, but Luke is even more grateful that he did not meet the lunatics of the Golden State Warriors.

No matter how strong the Jazz are, they are still a relatively normal team, and they are in line with the rhythm changes of this era on both ends of offense and defense.

Luke would rather fight with the Jazz's pick-and-roll tactics for 800 rounds, and would rather face a spider-monster-like assistant monster like Kirirenko than face the lunatic old Nelson.

If Luke is a madman in behavior on the court, then Old Nelson is undoubtedly a madman at the tactical level.

When two teams coached by lunatics meet together, the scene will definitely not be too good.

The first stop of the Timberwolves and Jazz series will officially start on April 24, local time in the United States.
Chapter completed!