On April 15, 2009, the last day of the NBA, the world-famous battle between the Seattle SuperSonics and the Miami Heat finally came to an end.

Thanks to Yes's winning goal, the Seattle SuperSonics, who were ultimately considered to have a 97% chance of losing, defeated the Miami Heat in the away game and won this crucial game.

Through the victory in this key game, the Seattle SuperSonics also successfully squeezed out the Houston Rockets, who ranked first in the regular season last season, and entered the playoffs!

At the same time, the topic caused by the game between the SuperSonics and the Heat did not end with the end of the game.

This game was a miraculous five-double.

In this game, James' miraculous loyalty to Yes was touching.

And at the end of the game, Wade, who had always supported James, finally broke with James.

All of this makes this game full of topics!

And it's the kind of topic that may continue to be debated.

Of course, no matter how popular the game between the Sonics and Heat is, it is still an ordinary regular season game.

On April 15th, the NBA does not just have one regular season game.

On the last day of the regular season of this season, the key regular season game in the NBA is not just the SuperSonics and Heat game.

For example, the Timberwolves, who were sixth in the Western Conference, and the Suns, who were seventh in the Western Conference, also had a game. In the end, the Suns defeated the Timberwolves and defended their seventh position in the Western Conference.

At the same time, in the playoff competition in the Eastern Conference, in the key battle for sixth place in the Eastern Conference, the 76ers faced the Cavaliers who rested O'Neal in an away game. They defeated Cliff Cliff 111 to 110 in an overtime game.

Lan Cavaliers.

As long as the Bulls lose the game between the Pacers and the Bulls on the other side, the 76ers will become sixth in the Eastern Conference.

But unfortunately, in the other game between the Bulls and the Pacers, the Bulls also defeated their opponents 109-108 at home. Rose defeated the Pacers with a three-pointer. In the end, the Bulls defended their sixth position in the Eastern Conference.

At this point, all NBA rankings for the Eastern and Western Conferences for the 2008-2009 season have been released.

In the East, although the Cleveland Cavaliers suffered the betrayal of James this season, under the leadership of O'Neal, with the help of star players such as David Lee, Richard Jefferson, Deron Williams and Daniel Gibson,

With the help, the Cavaliers achieved a historic result in this year's regular season.

This season, the Cleveland Cavaliers, with 67 wins and 15 losses, overcame the Spurs, which ranked first in the Western Conference, and the Heat, which finished with 26 wins in 27 games in the Eastern Conference, to take first place in the Eastern Conference and first place in the league.

This season O'Neal's strength and the performance of all five Cavaliers starting players averaging over 20 points per game also made Cavaliers fans who lost James even shout "Who is James!" when the Cavaliers' last game started.

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O'Neal and his new Cavaliers completely turned Cleveland into a new country of their own in just one season.

The first place in the Eastern Conference is the well-deserved Cavaliers, while the second place in the Eastern Conference is the Miami Heat with 63 wins and 19 losses.

Although they won 26 of the last 27 games, this invincible Big Five team did have too many things happen in front of them.

So much so that the final performance was greatly affected.

Even after the regular season ended, seeing the rare public infighting between James and Wade, many people wondered whether this Big Five team would encounter any huge trouble in the playoffs.

In the Eastern Conference, the team occupying the third position is the Boston Celtics. The Boston Celtics have been No. 1 in the Eastern Conference in the past few seasons and are well-deserved Eastern Conference hegemons.

But this season, the Boston Celtics, with the Seattle SuperSonics as their imaginary enemy, encountered a lot of trouble. The sudden rise of the Eastern Conference Cavaliers and Heat caught them off guard.

When the team built with the SuperSonics as its imaginary enemy faced the Cavaliers and Heat, the Boston Celtics struggled a bit.

In addition to sweeping the SuperSonics this season, the Celtics have swept the SuperSonics in the regular season for three consecutive seasons.

It can be seen that their idea of ​​building a team with the SuperSonics as their imaginary enemy is very correct, but this season is not very successful. At least, the regular season is not so successful. A record of 58 wins and 24 losses is not good for the Celtics.

It is indeed difficult to call it a success.

If this team wants to succeed this season, it may have to pray that it can break through from the East, while the SuperSonics will break through from the West.

This is very difficult.

In addition to the first three super strong teams in the East, occupying the fourth position is the Washington Wizards with a record of 48 wins and 34 losses.

If the Boston Celtics lost their dominance of the Eastern Conference due to the rise of the Cavaliers and Heat, then the Washington Wizards also lost their position as a strong challenger in the Eastern Conference due to the rise of these two teams.

In the past few seasons, due to the strength of the Celtics, the Wizards, led by Arenas, have always been the number one challenger team.

But this season, although the Wizards are also working hard to become the strongest challenger in the Eastern Conference, it is obvious that the strength gap between the Wizards and the previous three teams is widening.

Because of the existence of Arenas, maybe the Wizards can still beat any team in a certain game.

But this kind of brilliance in a certain game can no longer make the Wizards a challenger in the Eastern Conference that is now filled with strong teams.

Of course, although they have lost their position as the strongest challenger team, the Wizards, under the leadership of Arenas, still firmly occupy the first place in the Eastern Conference's second group.

There is a big gap between them and the previous Big Three in the Eastern Conference, but among the second-tier teams, the Wizards are still outstanding.

The team currently ranked fifth in the Eastern Conference is the Orlando Magic with a record of 42 wins and 40 losses.

This season, the Magic's young center Howard has become more mature.

Coupled with the addition of former SuperSonics and Raptors star player Rashard Lewis, the Magic's performance this season can be considered quite stable.

Because of the existence of the top three in the Eastern Conference and the top nine in the Western Conference, the league has 12 quite super teams.

Because of the existence of these 12 super teams, it is really not easy for other ordinary teams in the league to achieve a 50% winning rate.

The Magic can be considered an ordinary team, but they have maintained the bottom line of the team's 50% winning rate.

At the same time, the Magic have become one of the only two teams outside of these 12 super teams with a winning rate of more than 50%. The other one is the Wizards, ranked fourth in the Eastern Conference.

It is really difficult for ordinary teams in the NBA this year. Because of the existence of 12 teams (39 in the East and 39 in the West), many ordinary teams in the NBA are joking in private. For them, thirty games in a season is too much.

You will definitely lose.

There are only 82 games in a season, and there are only 52 games that can really win.

There are 52 games that can be won, and 41 must be won to achieve a 50% winning rate, which is quite difficult.

This is also why after the Rockets lost to many ordinary teams that should not have lost due to early running-in problems, even though they performed very well in the second half and performed very well in strong dialogue, they almost failed to enter the playoffs.

reason.

This year, whether it is the east or the west, the polarization is too serious.

Judging from the record, the entire league seems to have only the Wizards and Magic as mid-level teams. Of course, Chris Paul's Thunder also won more than 50% of the games, but after Paul was injured for the season, the Thunder's record collapsed.

The top five records in the Eastern Conference are all teams with a winning percentage of over 50%, but after reaching sixth place in the Eastern Conference, it is completely different.

The current sixth team in the Eastern Conference is the Chicago Bulls, who defeated the Pacers in the last game. Under the leadership of Rose, the Chicago Bulls finally maintained their sixth position in the Eastern Conference and also knocked the Pacers out of the top eight in the Eastern Conference.

The Chicago Bulls' current record is 35 wins and 47 losses. This record is indeed not that good, but considering that the Chicago Bulls were considered one of the weakest teams in the league before the start of the season, they were able to finish sixth in the Eastern Conference. This is already very good.

Very outstanding.

As the successor of Yes, this ranking is better than Yes's first season with the Sonics.

Of course, the SuperSonics entered the playoffs in the Western Conference with a superhuman record of 50 wins.

But no matter what, the Bulls led by Rose can be regarded as one of the most surprising teams in the entire league this season. Rose himself also entered the All-Star due to such outstanding performance, and Bulls head coach Scott Brooks also became the All-Star this season.

One of the biggest contenders for best coach.

Ranked seventh in the Eastern Conference is the Pistons, led by Iverson, who also have 35 wins and 47 losses. Iverson once again achieved the achievement of averaging more than 30 points per game this season. Iverson is now focused on scoring.

Ferson, the goal of 30,000 points is getting closer and closer.

The last spot in the Eastern Conference to enter the playoffs belongs to the 76ers led by Iguodala. The record is also 35 wins and 47 losses. Because the Bulls won the last game, the 76ers even won themselves and defeated O'Neal's rest.

In the end, the Cavaliers could only continue to rank eighth.

In addition to the eight teams in the Eastern Conference that have entered the playoffs, the Pacers are ranked ninth and the Hawks are ranked tenth. These two teams are also quite a pity. Both teams have a record of 34 wins.

With 48 losses, we are really only one step away from the playoffs.

As long as the two teams defeat their opponents in the last game, they can enter the playoffs. Unfortunately, the Pacers lost to the Bulls and the Hawks lost to the Pistons.

In addition to these ten teams, the remaining Charlotte Hornets are 11th in the Eastern Conference, the Nets are 12th, the Raptors are 13th, the Bucks are 14th, and the New York Knicks are 15th.

, the record is quite ugly, except for the Hornets, who are led by Larry Brown, whose record of 25 wins and 57 losses looks like the same thing.

The records of other teams are really hard to look at, especially the New York Knicks, whose record this season is 10 wins and 72 losses.

It’s so crazy to lose the draft pick!

In other words, the Warriors in the Western Conference really can't win, otherwise the New York Knicks' record would definitely be last in the league.

On the Western side, the Spurs, who ultimately ranked first in the Western Conference, were the Spurs with 66 wins and 16 losses. In the second half of the regular season, the record gap between the Spurs and the Dallas Mavericks has always been quite small, even evenly matched.

, but it was not until the last few games that the Spurs and Mavericks decided the winner.

After defeating the Mavericks, the Spurs, who were fourth in the Western Conference last season, finally returned to the first place in the Western Conference this season and became the favorite to win the championship this season.

Because of the Heat's internal strife, the Spurs are indeed the biggest favorites to win the league.

In the Western Conference, the team behind the Spurs is the Los Angeles Lakers with 63 wins and 19 losses.

The Los Angeles Lakers are also one of the teams that has been ranked first in the Western Conference this season. In the first half of the schedule, the Los Angeles Lakers even firmly maintained the first position in the Western Conference.

But in the second half of the season, the Los Angeles Lakers lost a lot.

In fact, it was not just the Los Angeles Lakers who lost a lot in the second half of the season. The Spurs, Mavericks, Lakers, Nuggets, and Grizzlies all lost less.

This is also the reason why the Rockets are the team with the best record in the second half of the Western Conference. There are many strong dialogues in the second half of the Western Conference. Especially the Rockets, Suns, Timberwolves and SuperSonics still have a winning rate in dialogue with the top five in the Western Conference.

Quite high.

For example, the Timberwolves have defeated the Mavericks, Lakers, and Spurs, while the Suns have defeated the Grizzlies, Lakers, and SuperSonics have also defeated the Spurs, Lakers, and Nuggets. As for the Rockets, needless to say, the Mavericks

, Lakers, Nuggets, Grizzlies, Spurs, five teams, the Rockets have won them all!
To be continued...