"Win, we win!" As the whistle blew at the end of the game, the Pacers players sitting on the bench rushed onto the court at the TD Mizuya Center, and after the away win over the Magic, the Pacers' final record was fixed at 66-16, thus leading the Spurs by one win to win the regular season this season.

The competition between the Pacers and the Spurs this season has been fierce, from the middle of the season, the two teams have been out of the 30 teams in the entire league, and in the long season that followed, the Spurs and the Pacers went hand in hand, and neither team could get rid of each other, until the end of the season, the two teams gradually slowed down, and even so, the battle for the top spot in the league was not decided until the final round.

"Okay, okay, I don't know if I think we won 76." Looking at the teammates around him who were celebrating wildly, Meng Xu said with a smile on his face, even in the season of 74 wins, the Pacers had never celebrated so excitedly at the end of the last game of the regular season.

"Haha, Meng, we have won the first place in the league again in such a fierce competition, isn't it worth celebrating?" It's true that the Pacers' 66-win record isn't worth mentioning for the Pacers, who have a record of 74-8, but it's worth celebrating to have the last laugh in the battle for the league's top spot that lasted for a season.

"Haha, that's pretty much it, you see Orlando's face is black, the regular season is over, but for us, this is just the beginning." The regular season is over, but for the championship-hungry Pacers, the real test is only now beginting.

"Meng is right, we have only one goal this year, and that is to win the championship!" After Meng Xu finished speaking, James Posey immediately shouted the championship declaration, and after James Posey, the rest of the Pacers players also shouted.

"Rick, the team is looking really good right now!" As you can see from the current scene on the court, the atmosphere in the Pacers team is very good, and everyone's fighting spirit is very high, which is definitely a good thing for the upcoming playoffs.

"Well, maybe we'll be able to lift the trophy again this year." Rick Carlisle is very satisfied with the current mentality and state of the Pacers, but in addition to being satisfied, Rick Carlisle is a little unhappy.

Rick Carlisle has always been a head coach with a strong desire to control, and in Rick Carlisle's heart, he most wants to be a head coach like the Cardinal, but after coaching the Pacers for several seasons, Rick Carlisle suddenly found that he was becoming more and more like a nanny coach.

In the first season at the helm of the Pacers, Rick Carlisle gradually reformed the tactical system left by Larry Bird, and the Pacers of that season achieved unprecedented success, so in the following season, Rick Carlisle decided to continue the good work, but the final result was a little less than ideal, the Pacers' regular season record plunged, and the playoffs were stopped in the Eastern Conference Finals because of the Auburn Hills group fight, the failure of the 04-05 season, and a wave of four consecutive defeats at the beginning of the new season, completely changed Rick Carlisle's mentality, making Rick Carlisle more and more laissez-faire Meng Xu, although the final result was good, but Rick Carlisle was a little unhappy, because he knew very well that with this beginning, he was getting farther and farther away from the cardinal.

After the game between the Pacers and the Magic, the Pacers' opponent in the first round of the playoffs was born, before the start of this round of games, the Bulls, who had the same record as the Magic but were below the Magic, relied on the Pacers to defeat the Magic, so as to jump to eighth place in the East, catching the last train of the playoffs, the Bulls, who were still fourth in the East last season, could only struggle for a playoff spot this season, although they were lucky to catch the last train of the playoffs, but the Bulls with a record of only 41 wins and 41 losses, I'm afraid I won't be able to make any waves in front of the walkers.

After the Pacers, the Detroit Pistons achieved a 58-24 record in the East, and the Pistons, who won 59 last season, are as stable as ever this season, whether it is a change of coach or a thorn swap, it doesn't seem to affect them, although the Pistons have a good record, but affected by the league's new rules, the Pistons can only rank fourth in the East now,

As sad as the Pistons are the Cavaliers, who collapsed at the end of the regular season last season, and after trading Larry Hughes in the middle of this season, they have been soaring all the way to the end of the 52-30 record in the East, but because of the Pacers, the Pistons are in a unified division, and the Cavaliers can only rank fifth in the East now.

Affected by O'Neal's absence, the Heat's record has declined a lot, and finally only achieved a 49-33 record, but as a beneficiary of the new rules, the Heat ranked second in the East with a record that surpassed their own Pistons and Cavaliers. After the Heat, the Nets, who are also beneficiaries of the new rules, are 47-35, and are also ahead of the Pistons and Cavaliers with better records. Behind the Cavaliers, the Bulls are ahead of the Wizards and 76ers, both with 42 wins.

As for the teams that entered the playoffs in the West, the first place in the West is naturally the Spurs, who have been fiercely competing with the Pacers for a season, in order to have a home-court advantage in the Finals, the Spurs have also fought hard this season, sprinting all the way to the regular season, and did not begin to adjust until the end of the season, and finally fell below the Pacers by one game.

Affected by the new rules, the Western Conference record ranking this year is also interesting, thanks to the league's new special ranking rules, the Mavericks with a regular season record of 60-22 have to be ranked behind the Suns with a record of 54-28 and the Nuggets with a 44-38 loss, especially the Nuggets, with a record of 44-38, if you rank according to the difference in wins, the Nuggets' record can only rank eighth in the West at best, but the reality is so unfair, the NBA's existing ranking rules are so cheating, As the only team in the Western Conference Northwest Division to make the playoffs, he can take a place in the top three spots in the West, no matter how bad the Nuggets' record is.

After the Mavericks, the Grizzlies are 49-33 in fifth place in the East, and after the Grizzlies, both the 47-35 Clippers and the 45-37 Lakers have a better record than the Nuggets, who are third in the West.

Such a cheating ranking rule will naturally cause a lot of dissatisfaction, especially the Mavericks as a victim, Mark Cuban, who has always been known for his big mouth, after the end of the regular season, he bombarded the league's ranking rules one after another, and after Mark Cuban was the first bird to attract firepower, the Pistons, Cavaliers, Grizzlies and other teams as victims also jumped out one after another, complaining to the league about many unreasonable aspects of the new rules.