End of the 547th Season
"The Pacers are a great team, not only did they have the longest winning streak in history with 35 wins this season, but they also had the best 74-8 record ever, congratulations!"
On April 14, the Pacers defeated the Chicago Bulls, the last opponent of the regular season, 101-89 on the road, thus fixing their record at 74-8.
Because after the home victory over the Knicks, the Pacers have broken the Bulls' single-season record of 72 wins, so in this game, Rick Carlisle took turns to rest all the main players and sent a pure bench lineup to play, and the Bulls, who have already sat in the penultimate in the East, have no desire, but they are very desperate in this game, but even in the face of the Pacers' bench lineup, the Bulls did not show any advantage, and Tyshawn Prince, who played 35 minutes, scored a career-high 33 points, Mutombo, who returned from injury, played just 22 minutes and grabbed 17 rebounds, and in the face of a group of benches from the Pacers, the Bulls only lasted three quarters before surrendering.
Today's final game is basically an inconsequential game for the Pacers, but for the Bulls, today's game has many special meanings, although the Bulls are no longer what they used to be, but when the Pacers break the record set by the Bulls, and continue to refresh this record by stepping on the shoulders of the Bulls, whether it is the management of the Bulls or the players of the Bulls, they will definitely not be willing.
And in today's game, Jordan God, Pippen, Rodman, and even Phil Jackson, who has not appeared at the United Center for a long time, came to the United Center to watch the game, it is said that these guys also walked into the Bulls' locker room before the game started, cheering for the Bulls' little guys, hoping that they can overturn the Pacers today and save the last trace of face for the Bulls, but judging from the final results, the Bulls' guys are obviously not very competitive.
"I'm still saying that, if you can't win the championship, even if it's 80 wins, it's useless!" Before the game, they had a war of words with the Pacers, and even swore that the Bulls would overturn the Pacers' Pi Erye at home, and after the game, they were blocked by many reporters.
"Although the Pacers won two more games than us, I don't think their 74 wins are more valuable than our 72 wins, because we didn't give our best in the season of 72 wins, especially in the final stage, there were several games that we lost, and we deliberately gave up, and if we did our best to the Pacers every game that season, then conservatively, we could have won five more games."
"If it doesn't make any sense at all, I can also say that if we give our best every game, we can win five more games. I understand Scott, their record, their pride, now that we have broken it, so he will not be able to accept this reality for a while, Scott's thinking, we all have to understand. At the post-match press conference, when the reporters on the scene conveyed Pippen's words to Rick Carlisle as they were, Rick Carlisle, who couldn't bear it, couldn't care about his character and low-key, and began to spray Pippen in the air. You must know that before attending the post-game press conference, Rick Carlisle, who was afraid that Meng Xu and Reggie Miller would not be calm and make some big news, directly did not let the two of them attend the press conference, but took Prince and NN-Hilario, two good babies, but he didn't expect that Meng Xu and Reggie Miller hadn't gone crazy yet, and he couldn't help it himself.
However, at this moment, Meng Xu didn't take these war of words to heart at all, unless the two sides could really fight a series, otherwise this kind of argument between Guan Gong and Qin Qiong would not fight for a unified result even if they were old enough to fight for the world.
After taking a shower, Meng Xu was the first to board the bus, although he was listening to music in his ears and holding a book in his hand and looking at it in a fake way, but Meng Xu was now a little impatient, and his mind was full of thoughts about returning to the hotel quickly, because just now, when the whistle sounded at the end of the game, Meng Xu's ears sounded a burst of system prompts.
"Ding, congratulations to the host's team for winning the all-time best record of 74-8 in a single season! The team is A+, the host is A+, congratulations to the host for an epic milestone reward! “
"Ding, congratulations to the host's team for winning 35 consecutive wins in a single season! The team performs A+, the host performs A+, congratulations to the host for receiving an epic milestone reward! “
"Ding, congratulations to the host's team for breaking the Bulls' record of 72-10 in single-season record and winning a milestone reward!"
"Ding, congratulations to the host's team for breaking the Lakers' single-season winning streak of 33 consecutive wins and getting a milestone reward!"
Meng Xu, who hadn't received a system reward for a long time, was now about to be stunned by this series of rewards, so Meng Xu had only one thought now, that is, to return to the hotel as soon as possible.
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After the Pacers vs. Bulls game, the 2003-2004 NBA regular season officially came to an end. This season's Eastern Conference can be said to have experienced a very big reshuffle, with the Heat and Pistons rising strongly, while the Magic, Raptors and 76ers are very regrettable to miss the playoffs, especially the Magic is ranked first in the league with a record of 17 wins and 65 losses.
The Pacers are in first place in the East with a 74-8 record, followed by the Pacers 57-25 Heat and 55-27 Pistons, while the Nets, who were second in the East in the previous two seasons, are fourth in the East with a 44-38 record this season, followed by the Hornets and Bucks at 41-41. Due to the Pacers' too unnatural record, it also led to the Celtics with only 36 wins and 46 losses and the Wizards with 35 wins and 47 losses lying in the playoffs, especially the Wizards, for two consecutive seasons, Jordan worked hard to lead the team into the playoffs, and this season Jordan retired, and the Wizards' record also shrank, but the Wizards entered the playoffs as eighth in the East.
And in the West, the Mavericks are in first place in the West with a 60-22 record, followed by the 58-24 Timberwolves, and the 57-25 Spurs, the Kings, who were once in a mess at the beginning of the season, quickly found their form after the All-Star break, and finally ranked fourth in the West with a 52-30 record, and the Grizzlies, who have the two-star combination of Pau Gasol and Al Harrington, went one step further this season and achieved the best record in team history with 50-32, ranking fifth in the West. The remaining teams in the West that enter the playoffs, if in previous years, whether it is the Rockets with a 42-40 record, or the Nuggets and Jazz with only 40 wins and 39 wins, they will definitely not be able to enter the playoffs.