In a blink of an eye, it is the end of April. With the Timberwolves' last away game against the Nuggets, the Timberwolves have finished all 82 regular season games this season.

In the end, the Timberwolves' regular season record in the 2004-05 season was frozen at 67 wins and 15 losses. While breaking the best record in the team history, they also ranked first in the league with a visible advantage.

In addition to the Timberwolves, the team with the best record this season is the Suns' 62 wins and 20 losses.

In addition, the Suns and the Timberwolves are the only two teams this season that have won more than 60 games. As for the Heat, Spurs and Pacers, the three teams have 59 wins, 58 wins and 57 wins respectively.

From this point of view, it is not difficult to see how difficult it is for a team to win more than 60 wins in a single season, and the Timberwolves' 67 wins can be ranked as the top even in history.

After all, the team that last season scored 67 wins date back to the Los Angeles Lakers in the 99-00 season.

That season, O'Neal was at his peak, and the ok combination was the most shining double star existence in the league.

At the same time, the Lakers in the 99-00 season were eliminated in the finals by 4:2, which officially kicked off the Pacers for the Lakers' three consecutive championships.

In addition, with the regular season journey of each team, the regular season rankings of the east and west teams have been decided.

In the Eastern Conference, the Miami Heat, which ranked first, is naturally the Miami Heat, which scored 59 wins and 23 losses. Even though the "Sharks" O'Neal has long since stopped reaching its peak, O'Neal can still average 23 points, 10 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 blocks this season.

Helping the Heat beat the Pacers, Wizards and other teams, they finally secured the No. 1 position in the East.

As for the second to eighth place, they are: Pacers, Wizards, Pistons, 76ers, Bulls, Celtics, and Nets.

Originally, the Celtics were in full swing after the All-Stars, and even climbed to the third place in the East for a time.

However, in the final stage, Antoine Walker suffered a strain in the Achilles tendon and missed the last 15 games of the regular season.

Fathead Dowager's injury caused the Celtics' ranking to decline all the way, and in the end it was surpassed by many teams including the 76ers and slipped to the seventh place in the East.

What's worse is that Fat-Headed Walker's injury is not optimistic at present. According to Boston media reports, Walker is likely to miss the first round of the game against the Pacers.

If Antoine Walker really cannot make a comeback in the first round of the playoffs, then the Celtics' playoff journey this season will basically end here.

Originally, the chance of winning against the Pacers in the first round was not very high, and the maximum chance of winning was only 3.5%.

Now Antoine Walker is unable to play due to Achilles tendon injury. It can only be said that the Celtics are really unlucky. The configuration that could have reached the semi-finals was brought into the ditch by Walker.

If nothing unexpected happens, the Celtics can take the fishing rod home and fish after up to five games.

Even if Paul Pierce plays well this season, just by "truth", the Celtics will become unreasonable even if they are justified!

In the Western Conference, the number one ranks are the Wolf Cubs who scored 67 wins and 15 losses in the regular season.

The second to eighth place are: Suns, Spurs, Supersonics, Kings, Nuggets, Mavericks, and Rockets.

This ranking is not friendly to the Timberwolves, who have achieved the first record in the league. This is something Luke had never expected before when he played against the Rockets in the first round.

The Rockets' performance has been very stable throughout the season, and even at the end of March, the Rockets were once unshakable.

However, this year the overall level of the West is far higher than that of the East, and the four to eight teams have very similar results, and it is difficult to distinguish between the top and bottom for a while.

Even if the Rockets, which plays eighth in the West this season, have a record of 48 wins and 34 losses, and are only four wins from the Supersonics, which ranks fourth in the West.

Even if the Rockets' record is in the East, it can directly rise to third place, but unfortunately, this is the league structure. Even if Rockets fans are dissatisfied, they have to face the fact that they will fight against the Timberwolves in the first round.

In fact, this first round showdown not only made Rockets fans feel desperate, but even Timberwolves fans feel pressure.

This season, the Rockets have been very stable under the leadership of the Yao-Mao combination, and there are not many loopholes on both offense and defense.

Rockets head coach Jeff Van Gundy is a well-known defensive coach in history, which also makes the Rockets ranked fifth in the league in defensive efficiency this season, and the average score of 91.5 per game is no less than the Timberwolves.

Third-year No. 1 pick Yao Ming is one of the most lethal centers in the penalty area this season. Except for the "Big Shark" O'Neal, it is probably difficult for other centers in the league to beat Yao Ming.

Yao Ming averaged 18.4 points, 8.6 rebounds and 2.3 blocks per game this season, and his shooting percentage of 55.7% per game is even more impeccable.

If you really want to find a flaw in the goal, then Yao Ming’s biggest flaw in this period is passing.

That's right, Yao Ming, who has the ability to respond to the top, has only had a pitiful 0.8 assists per game this season.

What caused all this was naturally the tactical system of head coach Jeff Van Gundy, and Yao Ming's future knee injury also had an inseparable relationship with Jeff Van Gundy's use.

Jeff Van Gundy is a typical defensive coach, and he is even more convinced to hit the ball to the basket on the offensive end and reduce shots outside the three-point line.

This season, the Rockets have only 15.4 shots per game outside the three-point line, making them one of the teams with the least three-point shooting in the league.

In order to increase Yao Ming's dominance in the penalty area, Van Gundy has asked the trainers to keep increasing his weight, making Yao Ming's weight this season reach 143 kilograms.

What is 143 kilograms? Currently, the "big shark" O'Neal weighs 147 kilograms, so people will clearly find that Yao Ming's weight has reached the red line.

Even though Yao Ming did become more fierce in the penalty area after gaining weight, his excessive weight also made Yao Ming lose his previous flexibility, and his knees and ankles would bear greater pressure to fight.

Yao Ming's shooting percentage at the basket this season has reached 78%, which is really outrageous for Yao Ming, who has a soft feel and mid-range shooting.

In Jeff Van Gundy's tactical system, Yao Ming is a ruthless low-post machine, so Yao Ming's average assists per game this season is only a pitiful 0.8 times, even worse than the rough guy Howard.

Yao Ming will become a glassman center in the future, and head coach Jeff Van Gundy will take at least half of the blame.

Weight gain is not a bad thing for Yao Ming, but excessive weight gain is just Jeff Van Gundy to satisfy his offensive philosophy.

However, Jeff Van Gundy is an excellent defensive coach. As of now, he has never had a winning rate of less than 50% in his coaching career.

In this case, Jeff Van Gundy's position as coach is naturally hard to shake, and all Yao Ming can do is to survive in the cracks!

Even though it is not that friendly to the Timberwolves in the first round of the playoffs, no team that enters the playoffs will be good.

Even the Dallas Mavericks, ranked seventh, are even more troublesome, but the current problem of Mavericks is naturally the Sun for it.

No matter who will advance to the semifinals in the end, it will be a good thing for the Timberwolves.

The most popular team Luke wants to meet in the top eight of the West is naturally the Supersonics. After all, teams like Supersonics that mainly focus on outside shooting are the team Luke likes to play the most.

It’s just a pity that in today’s league, outside teams like Supersonics, are like an alien.

Except for Luke, who has many years of experience in small balls, other teams were somewhat confused when they met the Supersonics. They either defended the three-and-two joint defense on the defensive end, or attacked Lewis and Ray Allen.

So except for the feel, there is no obvious supersonic speed of the nemesis, it can only be successful in the West. In the end, it will reach the fourth place in the West. In the first round, it will face the King who just sent Chris Webber away.

As for the Timberwolves, they can only solve the Rockets' problem first. Even if the Timberwolves scored the first record in the league in the regular season, the regular season and the playoffs are two different concepts after all.

Even Luke didn't dare to be careless at all. He made plans with the coaching staff before the series started to avoid being caught off guard by the Rockets.

If the Timberwolves were completed by the Rockets in the first round of this year, Luke may become a joke for the entire league. Luke naturally has to stop such things from the source.

The first match between the two sides' first round of the series will officially start on April 25, local time in the United States.
Chapter completed!