Chapter 836 The best record in team history
On April 1, the Thunder will face the Spurs at home.
When the bad news of facial paralysis was reimbursed for the season, all the Spurs players seemed a little unsure. It was originally a strong dialogue game, but it ended up being one-sided.
The Thunder team defeated the opponent without bloodshed and ushered in a five-game winning streak.
There is no sympathy for competitive sports, at most it is sympathy and regret, but when you are on the court, you will not show mercy. NBA championships in previous years are not the strongest teams that won the championship, but they are often the healthiest ones.
The Thunder's good form continues. They defeated the Hornets and Bucks in the East in the next two home games, respectively, and ushered in a seven-game winning streak.
After 7 consecutive victories, the Thunder increased their victory to 60 games, becoming the second NBA team to complete 60 wins this season.
During this period, the Thunder's call for winning the championship was comparable to that of the Warriors, and Xie Kai once again beat Harden and ranked first in the latest regular season MVP rankings.
You should know that the Thunder had only 55 wins last season. After leaving Durant this season, the team's operations can be described as perfect. Now as long as they can play better in the playoffs than last season, they will become the team that surpassed last season in all aspects.
Of course, these are not the goals of Thunder players and coaches. They hope to reach the finals and win the championship!
On April 6, the Thunder played back to back against the Grizzlies. With Westbrook's super strong performance, they narrowly defeated their opponents away and ushered in an eight-game winning streak.
In the next three away games, the Thunder defeated the Suns, Timberwolves and Nuggets and ushered in 11 consecutive victories. This is their second time this season to win 11 consecutive victories, and they also improved their record to 64 wins and 17 losses with this 11 consecutive victories, and have firmly won the second place in the West.
April 13 is the last regular season game of the Thunder this season. They rested the Big Three and eventually lost to the Nuggets at home and missed the 12-game winning streak.
At this point, the Thunder's record this season is frozen at 64 wins and 18 losses, second only to the Golden State Warriors, ranking second in the Western Conference.
Although the Thunders' record is second in the West, considering that Kaizi, who has the best record in the East, only has 53 wins and 29 losses, as long as they can enter the finals, they still have a home advantage.
If the history of the supersonics is included, the Thunder have a championship, but even if the history of the supersonics is included, they have never achieved a terrifying record of 64 wins in a single season.
The regular season is over and the team's record rankings are out.
In the West, the top 8 are: Warriors, Thunder, Spurs, Rockets, Clippers, Jazz, Grizzlies, and Trail Blazers.
According to the rules of the match, the Thunder will face the Grizzlies in the first round.
The first round of the Western Conference playoffs this season is very interesting. The Thunder and the Grizzlies are also old opponents, but now the champion Grizzlies boss Xie Kai is in the Thunder. The Rockets and the Clippers are also destined to showdown.
ESPN gave the probability of advancing in the first round, and the probability of the Thunder eliminating the Grizzlies in the first round reached 93%!
Xie Kai never believed in this so-called probability, because it was based on the regular season record of both sides and had no reference value at all. If you were a fool, you would be ranked. After all, the probability of promotion with a good record is greater than that with a poor record!
At the end of the season, the regular season award has not been announced yet, but all the data kings have appeared.
In the 2016-17 season, Xie Kai played 81 games, started 81 games, averaged 37.4 minutes per game, contributed 29.4 points, 6 rebounds, 7.5 assists, 2.5 steals, 1 block, and 2 turnovers. His shooting percentage was 54.1%, his three-point shooting percentage was 41.1%, and his free throw shooting percentage was 93.5%.
Compared with the 2014-15 season, Xie Kai's average score has dropped by nearly 3 points, but his efficiency has improved. He is a member of the "180 Club". His shooting percentage is comparable to that of some inside players, and his three-point shooting percentage is comparable to that of the sharpshooter. With the decline in usage rate, his efficiency has increased instead of falling, which is simply amazing.
When talking about the topic of "Who will win the 2016-17 regular season MVP of Xie Kai or Harden", the two sides had fierce discussions and debates. It was obvious that the Thunder's lineup was better, the record was better, and Xie Kai was more efficient. However, Harden's data was more explosive, with a single-core team leading the team, and the Rockets' record was slightly worse, but not very bad.
As the 2016-17 season began, the league reformed and created an annual awards ceremony. This awards ceremony is a grand ceremony for awards to players who performed well in the season after the end of the season.
Before the 2016-17 season, the NBA will announce the list of winners of major awards, best teams, and best defensive teams in each season after the regular season and during the playoffs, and then hold a press conference for the winners of each individual award to present awards.
In the 2014-15 season, the Players' Union took the lead in introducing the concept of a grand award ceremony. In the 2016-17 season, the NBA League also decided to reform, aiming to build the NBA award ceremony into a grand event.
In this way, the award for the regular season MVP of this season will not be announced until the end of the finals.
Xie Kai found it a little funny. If the team where the person who won the MVP was in was KOed in the first round and won this award after so long, wouldn’t it be embarrassing?
However, the rules were not made by him, and he could not decide who the MVP was awarded to.
The regular season MVP roster has not yet come out, and the data king has come out. Xie Kai defeated Harden (29.1 points) with an average of 29.4 points per game, becoming the league scoring champion this season. This is his fourth scoring champion in his NBA career and is already ranked first in active service.
Xie Kai won the scoring champion one season before he was injured. Unexpectedly, after the injury season was reimbursed, he could still get this honor back, which made people feel quite difficult.
Similarly, Xie Kai regained the steal king with 2.5 steals per game!
When interviewed by reporters, when asked what I felt about winning the fourth scoring champion, Xie Kai sighed: "I am very glad that I can still return to the court and play high-level basketball. When I was injured, I really thought about all the consequences. The scoring champion is an affirmation of my regular season performance. My goal is to playoffs now!"
The Thunder's opponent in the first round of the playoffs was Xie Kai's old club, the Grizzlies. Xie Kai knew the Grizzlies and agreed, and they also knew him.
Conley smiled and said in an interview with a reporter that he wanted to make regular season scoring king Xie Kai feel uncomfortable in the playoffs. Randolph, the Black Bear, said that he would hit Xie Kai in the game!
From interviews with two former teammates, the reporter felt that Xie Kai had always had a good relationship with the Grizzlies players, without the tense atmosphere.
Chapter completed!