The Way of Basketball: Never Talk Shit to Him!

A truly terrifying statistic: in 6 games, the New York Knicks made a total of 100 three-point shots!

On average, they can make 16.6 three-point shots per game!

Two words to describe it are:

Madness!

As February ended, the New York Knicks achieved a 7-game winning streak, allowing Su Wan to successfully retain the "Player of the Month" award.

In early March, the New York Knicks continued their momentum from beyond the three-point line, turning the "7-game winning streak" into a "12-game winning streak" before losing their first game after the All-Star weekend.

D'Antoni didn't care at all about this loss.

In his view, the loss tonight for the New York Knicks was entirely due to their poor touch from the three-point line, which could only be attributed to God not wanting them to win this game.

But in other aspects, such as the execution of the "screen tactics," the New York Knicks did very well tonight. Just based on this point alone, it was enough to make D'Antoni feel content.

However, in this world, there is never anything that is always smooth sailing!

The NBA is even more so...

After the All-Star weekend, as the "screen tactics" gradually produced a chemical reaction, the New York Knicks' performance beyond the three-point line was particularly outstanding, which made other teams more focused on defending their outside finishes.

After losing the mid-March game, the New York Knicks experienced a "two-game losing streak."

During this time, every team they encountered began to block the New York Knicks' outside line.

Under such circumstances, the issue of the New York Knicks lacking ball-handlers became exposed.

Even though Su Wan's presence minimized the consequences of this problem,

he still couldn't fully compensate.

It is a fact that the New York Knicks only have him as a reliable ball-handler on the outside!

Stephen Curry has a decent breakthrough ability, but his confrontation under the basket and his ways to handle the ball when facing interference from the opposing team's interior players are too few, which results in him more often opting for outside shooting during ball-handling...

In late March, the New York Knicks lost another 3 games, finishing the month with a 10-4 record.

The Eastern Conference's "Player of the Month" was taken by Chris Bosh!

Seeing him win "Player of the Month," Miami media couldn't help but lament: "If only we hadn't gotten LeBron back then!"

If they hadn't wasted that year's time, who knows, maybe Chris Bosh could have been even better and could have competed for the Regular Season MVP.

This made the Miami media extremely sympathetic towards Chris Bosh while severely criticizing LeBron James.

In the last 7 games of April, the New York Knicks' style became completely fixed; their pattern of mutual screening beyond the three-point line, looking for finishing opportunities, combined with the "Invincible Skill" of giving the ball to Su Wan at crucial moments, made them still the most dominant team in this league.

Finally, as April 15 arrived, the New York Knicks, relying on a 6-1 record in April, finished the season with a 66-16 record!

Ranked first in the league.

Second place was the Oklahoma City Thunder, with a record of 63-19!

Also, as the season ended, the list of the top eight teams of both conferences for this season was officially settled.

In the Eastern Conference, from first to eighth are:

New York Knicks, Heat Team, Pacers, Chicago Bulls, Atlanta Hawks, Celtics, Bobcats, Milwaukee Bucks;

The Eastern Conference's biggest "dark horse" this year is naturally the Bobcats.

No one expected them to enter the playoffs.

Even more unexpected was...

They made it into the playoffs thanks to Michael Jordan's "keen eye"!

What else can be said?

Magic!

Really damn magical!

The day after the regular season ended, Lillard received the "Rookie of the Year" award from the league.

This made him the first player in Bobcats' history to receive the "Rookie of the Year" award.

Originally, the Bobcats achieved this award in their founding year.

It was just Su Wan's sudden emergence that eventually changed the award's recipient.

The Bobcats had to wait until Lillard arrived to finally break that record.

Meanwhile, Lillard is still the player with the most three-point shots made in a single season by a rookie.

His three-point shot percentage is not considered high, not even reaching 40%.

Thus, the media once again couldn't help but say: "The times have truly changed!"

10 years ago, when newcomers just entered the league, where would they dare to shoot three-point shots so wildly?

The Western Conference teams ranked from first to eighth are:

Thunder team, Lakers, Spurs, Forest Wolf, Clippers, Golden State Warriors, Nuggets, Mavericks;

The most unexpected team in the Western Conference is definitely the Thunder.

James Harden's departure meant the dissolution of the "Thunder Three Youngsters," but no one expected that in such circumstances, Kevin Durant and Westbrook transformed into the "Deadly Combo," and the Thunder team relied on these two to charge into first place in the Western Conference.

And then there is the Warriors, which nobody anticipated.

A team composed of a bunch of rookies, plus a "Sixth Man" abandoned by the Thunder team, went on to create the "Golden State Myth," breaking into the playoffs and becoming representatives of another "Youth Army."

Such a story is no less dramatic than the "Black Eight Miracle" created by the Warriors back then.

The Bay Area henceforth dubbed Golden State Warriors as the "Miracle Team"!

As for the disappointing team, it is surely...

Minnesota Timberwolves!

Before the new season began, various media predictions for the Western Conference concluded that the Timberwolves would either be Western Conference second or first, or at the worst, third.

Because the problems with other teams were too numerous.

Most media people looked favorably upon them, yet the "Double No.1 Picks" were just not up to par.

Eventually, they only placed fourth in the Western Conference.

Given the fighting spirit shown by the Clippers, if the schedule were longer, it's feared they wouldn't even hold onto that fourth spot.

LeBron, it is like this!