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In the final stage of the regular season, the Lakers lost to the Suns twice at home and away.

The Suns players are all healthy, playing in the best lineup, and showing people that the way to beat the Lakers is to have a better offense than them. However, there are only a few teams in the league that dare to compete with the Lakers.

The Suns won 125-110 at home and 108-107 on the road. The second game was the most exciting. Nash hit a quasi-winner and Kobe Bryant's buzzer-beating mid-range shot missed the basket due to Marion's interference.

Against a run-and-gun team like the Suns, it's difficult for Yao Ming to play an effective role. He's pretty good on offense, but often can't get back on defense.

As a guest center like O'Neal, someone who can jump from the frame can restrain Yao Ming. If Yao Ming goes out, he will break through. If he doesn't go out, he will jump. He can also attract defensive assists to his teammates.

Odom is injured, so he can't feel any change when playing against a slow-paced team. If he doesn't play against the Suns, the team as a whole will be affected.

On April 20, the Lakers defeated the Trail Blazers 123-106 in an away game, ending their regular season journey. Their final record was 71 wins and 11 losses, ranking first in the league.

The global sports media was full of praise. Yang Rui's status in Los Angeles was unmatched. He easily broke the best record in the team's history as soon as he came. Last summer, the management would not dare to think of such a thing.

The Suns' record ranks second in the league, with 62 wins and 20 losses. Because they are in the same conference as the Lakers, they can only be ranked fourth behind the three division champions. They have to compete with the Mavericks in the first round.

The Mavericks are the most unlucky team this season. They are only one game behind the Spurs. Their 57-win record is far better than the 49-win Nuggets, but they can only be ranked fifth. They have no home court advantage and are likely to be eliminated in the first round.

The Spurs and Nuggets ranked 2nd and 3rd respectively.

No. 6 is the Grizzlies, signed, and will play against the Nuggets in the first game. Their record of 51 wins is better than the Nuggets. The Nuggets, ranked third in the Western Conference, are actually only sixth based on record.

As soon as the results were announced, many fans expressed dissatisfaction with the new rules, especially fans of teams such as the Mavericks and Grizzlies, who strongly demanded that the system be changed to allow better teams to meet later. Even if an underdog like the Nuggets ranks high, it's just a meal.

The seventh place is the Warriors. After joining Francis, the team's strength has greatly increased.

The Timberwolves relied on their strength in the second half to overtake the Trail Blazers with a record of 38 wins and 44 losses and entered the playoffs.

The Trail Blazers ranked ninth with 37 wins, and the strength of the Western Conference teams reached a historical peak.

After the Trail Blazers, they were all bad teams, including the Rockets, Clippers, SuperSonics, Kings, Hornets, and Jazz.

The Hornets hired the controversial Byron Scott as their head coach this season and successfully turned the Hornets into the bottom team. The Jazz are worse than them because the lineup is too poor. Okur is still with the Pistons, Kirilenko is with the Raptors, and Boozer, who was hired with a high salary, has only played 51 games due to injuries.

The Jazz management is still willing to believe in Sloan and has no plans to change coaches. Sloan continues to set a new record for the number of years he has coached the same team.

In the Eastern Conference record, the Bulls overtook the Heat in the second half and ranked first, only achieving a record of 59 wins and 23 losses.

The term "Jerry coach" has been mentioned frequently by the media this season. Tom Thibodeau and D'Antoni were both Yang Rui's assistant coaches, and Hornacek seems to be about to leave.

The Heat finished second with 57 wins, and in the end the power forward could only rely on Haslem.

The Celtics are ranked third with 45 wins. This happened because there is no strong team in the Atlantic Division.

The Pistons had 54 wins and could only be ranked fourth. They had to face the Bulls in the second round. Pistons fans also complained about the home team because the schedule was too unfair.

The league has just begun to be divided into six regions, and in just the first year, it is already full of controversy.

There are also good rule changes. The NBA no longer allows elbows on defense. Only a few people questioned it, namely those ancient players, saying that this would reduce the defensive intensity and make the game not as good as before.

In fact, this rule should have been changed a long time ago. Simply put, the arms cannot come into contact with the opponent. When defending, the main contact surface is on the chest, and the arms cannot rest on the opponent's body.

The NBA allows players to hit opponents with their hands, but they can only be straight and cannot be bent, which is still beneficial to the defender. Under international basketball regulations, a foul will be called as long as your hands are on the opponent's body. Except for the NBA, no other national league allows such defense.

As for what the ancients said, when defending against the frame, you are allowed to use your hands to block the opponent's attack, or even pull people directly. This is definitely an alien basketball rule that has never appeared on earth. When a player has surpassed the defender and blocks with his hands, he will definitely be blocked or pulled...

5-8 in the East are the Wizards, Raptors, 76ers, and Pacers.

The Pacers surpassed the Cavaliers with 43 wins at the last minute, ranking eighth in the Eastern Conference. The Cavaliers, who played well in the first half of the season, suddenly stopped playing and ended up with only 42 wins.

Midway through, the Cavaliers fired head coach Paul Silas. At that time, the Cavaliers suffered a three-game losing streak and their record dropped to fifth place in the Eastern Conference.

The decline in record made new owner Dan Gilbert very dissatisfied. He had just bought the team half a month ago and was eager to lead the team out of trouble and prove that he could do better than the previous owner.

He believes that the way to improve the team's record is to let assistant coach Brandon Malone serve as the new head coach. In an interview, he said: "We firmly believe that we need to make this personnel change to ensure that the Cavaliers can get the best For a playoff spot, we will do everything possible to make improvements to the team.”

Then, Malone successfully took the Cavaliers out of the playoffs and became a scapegoat. The 18 games he led the Cavaliers will be his first and last time as an NBA head coach.

LeBron James is even more depressed. As the No. 1 pick, he was dubbed the "Emperor" before he even entered the league. He has not made the playoffs for two consecutive years. This is really ugly.

10-15 are the Nets, Magic, Knicks, Bucks, Hawks, and Bobcats.

Participating in the NBA game for the first time, and without Gerald Wallace on the team, the Bobcats were so bad that they only won 12 games.

Their coach is Bernie Bickerstaff, who felt that Kobe Bryant was not worthy of being selected with the 10th pick, and he is paired with Michael Jordan, who has a poor vision. The future of this Bobcats team will definitely not be much better.

According to the statistics kings of the regular season, Kobe once again won the scoring title with 31 points, followed by Iverson with 30.7 points. In this way, Kobe has caught up with Iverson, and both have three scoring titles.

Garnett retained the rebounding title, averaging 13.5 times per game. He showed his strength at the last moment and led the team into the playoffs, using his stable performance to defend the team's tradition of making it out of the first round of the playoffs.

Suns Nash leads the league in assists, averaging 11.5 per game.

The block leader surprised everyone. It was Raptors small forward Kirilenko, averaging 3.3 times per game. It is very rare for a small forward to become the block leader.

The steal leader is Larry Hughes of the Eagles, averaging 3 per game. The Hawks were bad from beginning to end. After Walker was sent away in the mid-term, the players took losing as their own responsibility. Hughes was the happiest player on the team, averaging 23.2 points, 6.3 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 steals per game, although his shooting percentage was only 39.4%, but the numbers are an absolute star.

This summer, Hughes is a completely free agent. This report card should help him get a big contract. Anyone who signs him with a high salary will definitely be unlucky.

Experts predicted the first round and believed that the Lakers would easily sweep through and advance. The Timberwolves had zero chance of being upset because they had never won in the playoffs. This is the law of nature.

Yang Rui also feels that the first round can be more relaxed, and it doesn't matter if you eat snacks and watch the show on the sidelines.