The NBA regular season is in full swing, and in the little time left in the second half, all playoff teams are making their final sprint. When the time comes to April, the regular season rankings of the East and West have been completely determined.
The top four teams in the Eastern Conference are the Atlanta Hawks, Cleveland Cavaliers, Chicago Bulls, and Toronto Raptors.
These four teams have the best records and are the most promising to reach the Eastern Conference finals.
Especially after the return of LeBron James, the Cleveland Cavaliers have transformed from an unheralded team into a hot favorite to win the championship. It can be said that they have undergone earth-shaking changes.
The "Big Three" configuration of LeBron James, Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love is also the most threatening combination in the Eastern Conference.
Their presence has undoubtedly attracted the attention of all fans in the Eastern Conference, and also attracted the attention of more NBA fans.
In the Western Conference, the records from first to fourth place are the Houston Rockets, Golden State Warriors, Los Angeles Clippers, and Portland Trail Blazers. These four teams have almost the same number of wins. They are also the Western Conference's top teams. The team with the best chance of reaching the Western Conference Finals.
Among them, although the Golden State Warriors only finished second in the Western Conference, their super core Stephen Curry won this season's regular season MVP with an average of 23.8 points per game and overall leadership ability.
This honor undoubtedly makes the Golden State Warriors look even stronger.
As for Zhao Feiyang's Minnesota Timberwolves, this team was originally just the bottom team in the Western Conference. If it weren't for his arrival, I'm afraid they would have successfully obtained the lottery pick again this season.
Because of his appearance and the joint efforts of other members of the team, the Timberwolves finally rushed to seventh place in the Western Conference before the end of the regular season.
They are only 2 games away from eighth place, which looks really frustrating.
The Eastern and Western divisions are basically formed, and the arrival of the playoffs is only a matter of time.
Zhao Feiyang is looking forward to meeting the Golden State Warriors in the first round of the playoffs. As for the Timberwolves' management, they don't care.
The top four teams in the Western Conference are not easy. No matter who they play, it means difficulty.
It doesn’t look like that much of a difference!
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After the regular season, the Minnesota Timberwolves officially decided to take three days off.
The team has made it clear that players are not allowed to run around during these three days, especially going to other cities. After all, the competition is about to start, and there is only one week to rest. If some players indulge themselves, they will really be weak in the playoffs.
During the three days of vacation, Zhao Feiyang also stayed with Jiang Qiuyue to rest.
The entire season of competition made him feel quite exhausted physically and mentally, so he did not go to other places to play, and basically stayed at home with Jiang Qiuyue.
Even in order to ensure that he was in a better state, Zhao Feiyang tried his best to control his excessive contact with Jiang Qiuyue during the past three days and prevent himself from venting too much energy on things that should not be considered for the time being.
Three days later, Zhao Feiyang, who had recovered, officially returned to the team. Early in the morning, he drove to the arena to start training.
This day's training day seemed to be the same as usual. He arrived at the training hall early and did physical training first, and then conducted shooting training.
However, he had been training for more than an hour, but he still didn't see his teammates, which undoubtedly made Zhao Feiyang a little disappointed.
"Holy crap! What are these guys doing?"
"The playoffs will start in a few days. You still have to train well before playing! Otherwise, how will you fight against the opponent?"
Although Zhao Feiyang complained, he didn't do anything.
He knows very well that everyone's interests and goals are different. For him, chasing a better record and ranking is a goal, but for other players, they don't think so.
Perhaps, for some players, muddling through is also an ideal state.
Uh-huh.
Another three-pointer was thrown into the basket. Zhao Feiyang was sweating profusely on the training ground and his condition was getting better and better.
"Zhao...Zhao..."
"Something big happened...man, why are you still practicing here?"
Zhao Feiyang was training when suddenly, a familiar figure appeared at the door of the training hall.
The person who came was none other than his agent, David Stocker. He ran over all the way, looking very anxious and out of breath.
Zhao Feiyang rarely saw him like this, so he stopped his movements for a moment and said, "David, what's wrong? What happened?"
"Zhao, didn't you read the news? Just now, the Timberwolves management issued an announcement saying that they will give up the playoffs and will choose to specialize you... They will move out of Minneapolis next season. Si City......"
"ah?"
Zhao Feiyang was frightened when he heard David Stock's words.
If this thing is true, then there must be a huge problem with the Timberwolves management, otherwise this situation would never happen at this juncture.
The NBA is a business league, and everything will be considered for profit.
Abandoning the game midway is extremely detrimental to the league and will definitely damage the enthusiasm and interests of the fans. Therefore, if the situation is not very serious, it will not reach this point!
Especially the news of moving out of Minneapolis shocked Zhao Feiyang even more! During his time with the Timberwolves, he had always heard that the management was controversial, and that some of the top executives did have the idea of moving out of this place to revitalize the team.
After all, this place is so icy and snowy that it really can’t attract other players.
If we can move out of here and move to a big city, the team will definitely undergo a fundamental qualitative change!
"well!"
After forcing himself to calm down, Zhao Feiyang couldn't help but sigh heavily.
I thought I could achieve some results this season, but I didn't expect that something like this happened at the last minute!
"David, I'm going to find Mr. Phyllis Sanders. You come with me! No matter what, the team should not give up on the playoffs..."
"I had to convince him, if not for myself, then for the sake of so many fans..."
"Okay, I'll go with you."
Agent David Stock said, "But you'd better go to the locker room and return your training clothes first!"
"good."
At this time, Zhao Feiyang didn't notice at all that agent David Stock had a secret smile on his face after saying these words.
Soon, the two walked to the locker room, and Zhao Feiyang pushed the door open without thinking much.
However, the next second, the scene in the locker room shocked Zhao Feiyang! I saw all the teammates and coaching staff here, including some members of the team's management. They all stood together and cheered and applauded. The atmosphere was extremely lively.
"Zhao, happy birthday!"
"Man, this is our surprise for you..."
"You guy, it's really hard to deceive you..."
