Before the April game, the Warriors held an internal meeting.
The main content of this meeting was to discuss how to play the remaining eight games.
The Warriors currently rank fourth in the Western Conference, two games behind the Lakers, who are third in the Western Conference, and two games ahead of the Oklahoma City Thunder, who are fifth in the Western Conference.
From a long-term perspective, the Warriors should strive to maintain their fourth position in the Western Conference. Not only will they have home court advantage in the first round, but they will not encounter the Mavericks or Lakers in the second round.
Even if they meet the Spurs, the No. 1 team in the Western Conference, in the second round, it will be much better than meeting the Mavericks or Lakers.
Sun Yi remembers that in his previous life, the Spurs were defeated by the Grizzlies and performed a miracle of eight.
If this result remains unchanged in the future, the Warriors can pick up the slack.
Even if the Spurs are lucky enough to advance to the second round, they will consume a lot of energy from the Grizzlies.
Facing the exhausted Spurs, the recharged Warriors had an absolute advantage.
Sun Yi did not speak out his thoughts directly. He knew that there were many smart people in the coaching staff. What he could think of, others could also think of.
In fact, Sun Yi's guess was correct. The coaching staff had already discussed the best plan and just came to inform the players to prepare.
On behalf of the coaching staff, Nelson announced to the players how to play the next game.
Sun Yi and others naturally had no objection after hearing this. They felt that the plan drawn up by the coaching staff was very good and they would go all out to implement it.
After the meeting, all the Warriors players wasted no time and immediately threw themselves into training and actively prepared for the next game.
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On April 1, the Warriors faced the Thunder at home.
This game is related to the ranking of the two teams, so both sides attach great importance to this game.
After the game started, the two teams directly used all their strength to fight with bayonets without any testing.
Sun Yi and Durant, the core players of the two teams, competed with each other and soared in points.
The two of them not only have to help the team win, but also compete for the scoring title.
The fans at the scene were fascinated by it and thought it was a preview of the playoffs.
When the game entered the second half of the fourth quarter, the two teams finally decided the winner.
Sun Yi scored consecutively with back-up shots, stabilizing the situation on the court and allowing the Warriors to maintain a weak lead.
On the other hand, the Thunder had problems. At the critical moment, Westbrook blindly played in singles and missed consecutive mid-range jumpers, causing the Thunder to miss a good opportunity to take the lead.
This is the disadvantage of multi-core, you don’t know who to attack at the critical moment.
In the end, the Warriors defeated the Thunder 105-98.
Sun Yi scored 36 points, 12 rebounds, 11 assists, 3 steals and 2 blocks.
Durant scored 32 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 steal and 1 block.
This time the battle for the scoring champion ended with Sun Yi's victory.
One day later, the Warriors traveled to Oklahoma City for back-to-back games against the Thunder.
The Warriors did not have the last laugh in this game. Westbrook completed his redemption and led the Thunder back to victory with his outstanding performance.
In terms of statistics, Durant still failed to defeat Sun Yi. His points per game were getting higher and higher, and his hope of retaining the scoring title became increasingly slim.
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On April 5, the Warriors challenged the Grizzlies away from home.
In this game, Nelson took turns resting veterans such as Chandler and Shane Battier, which was an appropriate relief.
Although the Warriors' lineup is uneven, under the leadership of Sun Yi, they still played well with the Grizzlies.
At the critical moment, the Black and White Bears suddenly broke out, destroyed the Warriors' inside line, and won the game.
After losing to the Grizzlies, the Warriors suffered two consecutive losses.
After seeing the Warriors lose, the Thunder felt that their opportunity had come and it was time to narrow the gap between them and the Warriors.
But they encountered the powerful Mavericks and were ultimately defeated.
The Mavericks also have unspeakable difficulties. In order to maintain the home court advantage and maintain the second position in the Western Conference, they have to go all out.
In this way, the teams in the Western Conference have evil intentions, making the Western Conference playoff situation a mess.
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In the next four games, the Warriors had ups and downs and achieved a record of two wins and two losses.
On April 15, the Warriors faced the Clippers at home.
There was no suspense in the final result. The Warriors ended the entire regular season with a big victory.
At this point, the 2010/2011 NBA regular season has come to an end.
The Warriors rank fourth in the Western Conference with a record of 54 wins and 28 losses.
In addition, the other seven teams that reached the Western Conference playoffs are ranked as follows:
1. San Antonio Spurs, 2. Dallas Mavericks, 3. Los Angeles Lakers, 5. Oklahoma City Thunder, 6. Portland Trail Blazers, 7. Denver Nuggets, 8. Memphis Grizzlies.
The eight teams in the Eastern Conference entering the playoffs are:
1. Chicago Bulls, 2. Miami Heat, 3. Boston Celtics, 4. Orlando Magic, 5. New York Knicks, 6. Atlanta Hawks, 7. Philadelphia Numbers, 8. Milwaukee Bucks.
At the end of the regular season, the rankings of the Eastern and Western Conferences are determined, and the matchups in the first round of the playoffs are also announced.
In the East: Bulls vs. Bucks, Heat vs. Numbers, Celtics vs. Hawks, Magic vs. Knicks.
In the West: Spurs vs. Grizzlies, Mavericks vs. Nuggets, Lakers vs. Trail Blazers, Warriors vs. Thunder.
The matchup in the East is the same as in history, but the matchup in the West has changed.
Due to the emergence of Sun Yi, the Warriors have turned from a weak team into a powerful team, squeezing the Hornets out of the playoffs after originally being able to enter the playoffs.
If Paul knew the truth, he would definitely cry and faint in the toilet.
In addition, Dayao joined the Mavericks, which greatly increased his strength, so the ranking rose one place from the original history.
The Warriors' first playoff game will officially begin on April 17 at Oracle Arena.
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The playoffs are approaching, and the league has announced the first wave of awards for the season.
In the battle for the scoring champion, Sun Yi averaged 32.8 points per game, narrowly defeating Durant and winning the scoring title.
The rebounding king is won by Kevin Love, who averaged 15.2 rebounds per game this season, which is worthy of being a big success.
The assists king belongs to Steve Nash, who averaged 11.4 assists per game this season and has won this honor for two consecutive years.
The shot-blocking king was retained by Howard, who averaged 2.7 blocks per game this season and won this honor for three consecutive years.
The steals king was won by Sun Yi, who averaged 2.8 steals per game this season and won this honor for the first time.
The best head coach award was won by Tom Thibodeau of the Bulls. After all, he led the Bulls to the league's best record.
The Sixth Man of the Year award was won by Lamar Odom of the Lakers.
The Most Improved Player was won by Sun Yi.
After this wave of honors were awarded, the system prompts sounded in Sun Yi's mind.
"Ding! Congratulations to the host for winning the scoring title for the first time. Reward: +5 offensive attribute points, +100 advanced nutrient solution, and 100,000 training points."
"Ding! Congratulations to the host for winning the Stealing King for the first time. Reward: +5 points added to the Stealing Attribute, +100 advanced nutrient solution, and 100,000 training points."
"Ding! Congratulations to the host for winning the honor of Most Improved Player for the first time. Reward: +5 points for non-attribute points, +200 advanced nutrient solution, and 500,000 training points."
Sun Yi received the reward and then opened the system panel to add points.
It took 5 opportunities to add offensive attribute points to increase the mid-range shooting attribute to 90 points.
Immediately afterwards, use 5 steal attribute points to increase the steal attribute to 80 points.
Finally, the five non-attribute point-adding opportunities were used on the ball-control attribute.
After adding points, Sun Yi checked his personal attribute panel.
Personal attributes:
Technical attributes; ball control: 90, passing: 80+3
Offensive attributes; three-pointers: 70, mid-range shots: 90, layups: 85, free throws: 98
Defensive attributes; rebounds: 85, steals: 80, blocks: 75, lateral speed: 88
Physical attributes; Speed: 90+3, Stamina: 100+3, Bounce: 90+3, Strength: 90+3
After checking his personal attributes, Sun Yi felt very satisfied.
In addition to adding points for improvement, his training in the past few months has not been in vain, and some low attributes have been effectively improved.
With a happy mood, Sun Yi devoted himself to training and actively prepared for the next playoffs.
The regular season has come to an end and the playoffs have begun!
