Chapter 162 [Ranking Confirmed, Fight Magic Again]

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A number of food companies contacted Yang Rui, and he seemed to need an agent. After consulting with Thomas Bentley, he turned down all advertising endorsements, saying that he would wait until the summer to consider it.

If he does well in the playoffs, his commercial value will definitely increase. The NBA allows coaches to shoot commercials, and "Zen master" Phil Jackson has an agent.

The Raptors are no longer a simple fast break, trying to balance offense and defense, defeating the Wizards, Hornets, and Pistons one after another, and losing to the Hawks and Cavaliers after four consecutive wins.

On May 1, the Raptors defeated the 76ers 110-81 away, Larry Brown emphasized that defense wins, and he has to face up to the importance of shooting.

As soon as the Raptors compressed the defense, the 76ers' perimeter shooting was inaccurate, and the offense was seriously hindered.

With Cato in place, the team's No. 2 scorer, Matt Geiger, can't hit the basket with his body, and Ratliff is also lacking in offense and is good at defense.

Brown's tactics are the same as Chuck Daley's, which is to slowly grind the ground with the opponent. He implemented the strategy more thoroughly, with four men defending and Iverson attacking, which can be regarded as creating an alternative mode of tactics.

Iverson is only 183cm tall and weighs 75 kilograms, short and thin like an ordinary person, and his popularity has soared this season. While he benefited from his tactics, it was his teammates who were unlucky, especially players who needed to hold the ball to exert their power, and could only be blue-collar under his halo.

Tim Thomas bore the brunt of the attack, the seventh pick in the first round in '97, and the Nets used to trade for Van Horn's strongman, because of the strong offense and weak defense, he was almost given to the Bucks by the 76ers after only 11 games this season, and replaced the veteran Teylon Hill.

Larry Hughes was drafted with the eighth pick in the first round in '98, taller than Nowitzki and Pierce, and could only be used off the bench this season, averaging 9.1 points, 3.8 rebounds and 1.5 assists per game while shooting 41.1% from the field.

Shooting poorly, Snow, a second-round pick in '95 who had been a marginal man with the SuperSonics, instead secured the 76ers' starting position. He's in charge of playmaking and can defend the No. 2 position, allowing Iverson to focus more on the offensive end and make a natural pair.

This time, Iverson shot 11 of 26, played very happily, scored 31 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists, and continued to compete for the scoring title with O'Neal.

This season is the battle for the scoring title with the fewest points per game in NBA history, so Yang Rui often encourages Carter to shoot more, the Raptors are the first in the league in offensive and defensive conversion speed, and under the premise of a large number of offensive rounds, Carter still only has more than 20 points, which he is very helpless about.

But if he doesn't care about the statistics in his rookie season, then he won't be a selfless Carter.

On May 4, the Raptors lost 108-111 to the Bucks. In order to compete for the final spot in the playoffs, the Bucks players worked hard all over the court, and even Casal chose to make a comeback.

In the final half minute, Ray Allen hit a key three-pointer for the overtake.

After Maddy missed a driving layup, the Raptors were forced to foul tactics, and Dell Curry hit both free throws.

The Raptors still had a chance to go into overtime, and Detreff's buzzer-beating three-pointer missed the basket.

Back-to-back Raptors defeated the Cavaliers 106-89 at home to end the regular season, with a final record of 33-17.

The Knicks played a 10-game winning streak in the second half of the game, and the final record was 35-15, ranking first in the East.

The Raptors have the same record as the Pacers and the Heat, and because both sides are 1-2 against the Raptors, they can only settle for fourth, the Pacers are the division champion and the Heat are third.

The five through eight places are the Magic, Hawks, Pistons and 76ers.

The Bucks and the 76ers have the same record, ranking ninth due to the win-loss relationship between the two sides, becoming the most unlucky team, and Cassel returned early to play four games, doing useless work.

Ten to fifteen are the Hornets, Cavaliers, Celtics, Wizards, Nets, Bulls.

Without Jordan and Pippen, the Bulls' record plummeted, with only 13 wins. Even so, none of them are the worst, with the Western Conference Grizzlies and Clippers winning just 8 and 9, respectively.

The Western Spurs came from behind, winning 37-13 to win the first record in the West.

The Trail Blazers were lacklustre in the late game, winning only 36 and finishing second in the West; The Jazz still won 35 wins with three old men, ranking third in the West.

4-8 are the Lakers, Kings, Suns, Rockets, and Timberwolves.

The SuperSonics, who lost Detreve, fell in strength and slipped in the second half of the season, eventually trailing the Timberwolves by one point and finishing ninth.

Rashad Lewis has only played in 27 games due to injury, averaging 2.4 points and 1.3 rebounds per game. If you add John Wallace's instant combat power, the ending may be completely different, and the supersonic management also regrets it a little.

The 10-14 places in the West are the Warriors, Mavericks, Nuggets, Clippers, and Grizzlies.

Allen Iverson won the scoring title with 26.8 points, setting a record for the shortest scoring champion in NBA history.

Chris Webber, who moved to the Kings, became the rebounding champion and led the Kings back to the playoffs, averaging 13 per game.

Jason Kidd won the assist title, averaging 10.8 per game.

Alonzo Mourning won the block title, averaging 3.9 per game.

The steal king was picked up by Nets point guard Kendall Gill, who averaged 2.7 steals per game.

The playoff schedule is confirmed, and the official start of the tournament will begin on May 8.

Eastern Knicks vs. 76ers, Pacers vs. Pistons, Heat vs. Hawks, Raptors vs. Magic.

Western Spurs vs Timberwolves, Trail Blazers vs Rockets, Jazz vs Suns, Lakers vs Kings.

In the shortened season, most teams have reduced the pace of the game and reduced the number of offensive rounds in order to conserve energy, so the average points per game are not much. The Raptors relied on the rotation lineup to have the fastest pace, averaging 105.7 points per game, becoming the team with the strongest offensive firepower in the league.

Last season, the Raptors averaged the top five points per game and became the strongest, which was called a miracle. Jerry Young is once again in the headlines. Even those who don't like him will not question his ability to lay out offensive tactics.

The Raptors are tied for second place in the East for a win percentage and two old powerhouses, winning 18 more games than last year in a season.

At the same time, people regret the situation of the Raptors, who are obviously very powerful, but they have to fight the Knicks in the second round. That's also bad news for the Knicks, who lost two games to the Raptors in the regular season.

On the 6th and 7th, Yang Rui announced a holiday, and only arranged practice on the 8th, the training volume was very low, and the recovery of physical strength was the mainstay, and the challenge of the Magic team was met at home on the 9th.

The Raptors were injury-free, and after discussions with the coaching staff, small forward Rejay Leicester was left out of the playoff roster. In the 50 games of the regular season, Leicester did not get any chance to perform, his shooting was poor and lacked passing ability, his physical fitness was average, and he could only be a fringe man in any tactics.

Leicester will certainly not get a Raptors contract extension at the end of this season, and it will be a nightmare season for him, as he also started 28 games last season and averaged 8 points and 3.9 rebounds per game last season.

It's no wonder that management, John Wallace can still get useful people, and Leicester has a small contract to expire and can't be traded.

The Raptors' 13-man playoff roster is as follows.

Centres: Brad Miller, Kevin Willis, Cato.

Power forwards: Detreve Schramf, Jermaine O'Neal, John Thomas.

Small forwards: Vince Carter, Ryan Bowen.

Shooting guards: Doug Christie, Tracy McGrady.

Point guards: Di Brom, Chauncey Billups, Alvin Williams.