23 points, 12 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 blocks and 1 steal. Although there were 4 turnovers and the shooting percentage was only 8 of 20, the TV commentator said that Zhang Hao played very well in the game against the Spurs.
Of the 23 points, 15 were scored on fast breaks!
However, the key to winning is Van Exel. After the All-Star Weekend, the team adjusted Van Exel's positioning. Van Exel's performance after the All-Star Weekend was significantly better than before the All-Star Weekend, even if it was During the 20-1 season, his performance was not as good as after the All-Star break.
Van Exel steadily scored 20 points under rough confrontation. Most of these 20 points were obtained in positional battles. From the perspective of winning, they were more useful than Zhang Hao's 23 points.
Zhang Hao relies on counterattacks to raise the team's upper limit, which is a useless offense, and to ensure the team's stable output, it is Van Exel who scored 20 points and 6 assists.
After the game between the Lakers and Spurs, Zhang Hao, who returned to the hotel, saw the news that the Bulls lost! Suffered the 11th defeat of the season!
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Originally, the Bulls had three games left. Even if there was a back-to-back, Zhang Hao felt that the Bulls would win completely and enter the playoffs with 72 wins.
But who would have thought that after defeating the Bulls once at the beginning of the season, the Pacers, who had lost by more than 15 points in the past two games against the Bulls, would win 103-100 in the penultimate game, relying on Reggie. - Miller caught the ball and made a three-pointer at the buzzer. He defeated the Bulls at home and did not give the Bulls a chance to force overtime!
Jordan¡¯s mid-range shot that tied the score with 4.2 seconds left became the most tragic background!
This wasn't over yet. On April 19, when the Lakers came to Sacramento, the capital of California, to rest and prepare for the next day's game with the Kings, they beat the Knicks and Bulls back to back, even though Jordan tried his best to shoot 12 of 23 shots. Among them, he made 3 of 5 three-pointers and 10 of 11 free throws. He scored 37 points, 15 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 steals. However, the Bulls' team performance was sluggish, and the team's shooting percentage was only 36%, making 28 of 76 shots. , in turn, the Knicks shot 43-of-80 from the field, losing back-to-back games, 72-104, and suffered their 12th loss of the season!
The last nine games of the Bulls were all broadcast live in the United States. Zhang Hao watched the American cable TV broadcast of Jordan's visit to Madison Square Garden. He listened to the American cable TV commentator crazily praising Jordan. After a round of poisonous milk, Jordan lost. ¡
69 wins and 12 losses!
The Bulls have one game left and the regular season is about to end!
The Bulls were extremely unlucky to have a game where they missed shots at the end of the season, while the Lakers were very lucky.
On April 20, they received the news before the start of their first back-to-back home game against the Kings. In the game against the Magic, the Sonics were beaten by Anfernee Hardaway for 8 consecutive goals at the last moment. Score a comeback.
When O'Neal returned in the first round of the playoffs and was dubbed the "Glass Man" by the Orlando media, Anfernee Hardaway tenaciously hit an 8-2 run on his own at the last moment, helping the Magic win. The SuperSonics reversed the game 97-94 and won the game, winning their 63rd game. They ended the regular season with 63 wins and 19 losses, a perfect ending.
The SuperSonics suffered their 18th loss of the season, with a record of 64 wins and 18 losses!
After receiving the news, the Lakers immediately became excited.
They currently have 63 wins and 17 losses, and their winning rate in the division is slightly higher than the Sonics. As long as they win the 64th game, they will lock in first place in the Western Conference!
The Kings finally managed to reach a record of 39 wins and 42 losses, locking in the eighth place in the Western Conference. They were very happy, and then they ushered in a group of bandits
31 to 13, 27 to 21, after halftime, the Lakers led the Kings by 25 points, 58 to 33.
Although the Kings took advantage of the Lakers nobleman's illness in the second half and staged a 55-44 counterattack, they fell far behind. The Kings could only watch the bandits leave and end the season with a record of 39 wins and 43 losses.
102 to 88, the Lakers easily defeated the Kings and won 5 consecutive victories, improving their record to 64 wins and 17 losses, locking in the Western Conference championship!
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At 6 o'clock in the evening on April 21, the Lakers' regular season finale started with the Trail Blazers.
Zhang Hao, Magic, and Van Exel were sitting on the bench wearing suits.
The three of them, the top three scoring players on the Lakers, did not play in the last game, but the home fans did not complain at all. Instead, they were very happy to see the three of them not playing in the last game.
After Magic returned, he played 53 games, including 35 starts, averaging 13.3 points, 5.7 rebounds, 8 assists and 0.8 steals per game.
Van Exel played 77 games, missing only a few games at the beginning of the season and no other games.sp; "Yes, I am already a professional player. I have played a whole regular season, played 79 games, and have won my first regular season division championship in my career!"
Zhang Hao¡¯s unreal trance quickly dissipated. He now has more goals and pursuits!
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After the last game on April 21, the regular season of the first season of the Iron-Blooded Era ended.
With a record of 70 wins and 12 losses, the Bulls became the first team in NBA history to win 70 games. Jordan also took this opportunity to become the number one favorite for the regular season MVP in his first full season after his comeback.
This is surprising enough. Originally, after the Celtics failed to win 70 games in the 1980s, everyone thought that the Lakers' 69 wins were an unsurpassable myth. But this year, the Bulls did it.
But there is an even more incredible performance. The Lakers relied on a wave of 20 wins and 1 loss. They were 18 wins and 8 losses in the early season and 27 wins and 8 losses after the All-Star break. A record of 65 wins and 17 losses.
If there hadn¡¯t been that explosive 20-1 season, based on the winning rate outside that period, the Lakers would have won 58 games.
But if you get it, you get it. Luck is also part of the strength. At that stage, they had role players who could shoot whatever they wanted, and the core players should be in as good a state as possible.
In the East, the 70-win Bulls, 64-win Magic, 51-win Pacers, 47-win Cavaliers, 47-win Knicks, 46-win Pistons, 44-win Hawks, 41-win The Heat are ranked in the top eight in the Eastern Conference.
In the West, the 65-win Lakers, 64-win Pacers, 60-win Spurs, 52-win Jazz, 47-win Rockets, 44-win Trail Blazers, 41-win Suns, 39-win The Kings are ranked in the top eight in the Western Conference.
That night, the schedule for the first round of the playoffs was released.
On April 24, the Bulls and Heat will kick off the playoffs.
The Lakers will have three days of rest after the regular season. On April 25, they will play against the Kings, another playoff team in California, to start their playoff journey.
Judging from the record, except for the series between the Jazz and the defending champion Rockets in the first round, there is not much suspense in the other seven series. The record gap is indeed a bit outrageous. The teams in the top half of the playoffs The difference between the number of wins and the teams in the bottom half can be up to 29 games.
Therefore, after the regular season, the hottest topic is not the prediction of the first round victory or defeat, but the prediction of awards!
On April 22, the day after the regular season ended and the April schedule ended, the league gave this year¡¯s MVP favorite a surprise!
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