In the last part of the regular season, the Celtics, especially Larry Bird, are in better shape.

In the final battle, they once again faced the 76ers of the Eastern Conference Philadelphia. The Celtics fought to the last moment and defeated their opponents 98-94, winning 66 wins.

The Celtics once again scored the league first record.

Moreover, based on the recent MVP simulations, it can basically be confirmed that Bird will win the regular season MVP this season.

In fact, according to the MVP voting rules, it would be fine to give him the MVP last season.

He brought a 29-win team to 62 wins without any difference in the lineup from before. His personal data is also a strong 20+10+5, but the MVP just didn't give him it.

This season, his team has gone further and his data performance is also eye-catching, averaging 23 points, 11 rebounds and 6 assists per game.

If the MVP this season is not him, I can only say that the NBA league is a bit discriminating against white people.

Another thing that Bostonians are happy is that the Detroit Pistons ranked second from the bottom in the league with a record of 21 wins and 61 losses, second only to the 15 wins of the new Dallas Mavericks.

Since the two teams are the worst in the competition for the No. 1 pick, the two teams sent representatives to toss coins, the probability of winning the No. 1 pick and the second to last is the same. The Pistons' second to last means that the Celtics will inevitably win the top two draft pick this year.

A team that has won 66 wins, with a young lineup, Bird and Sampson, two teams that are either super giants in active service or destined to be super giants in the future, are now going to add another elite rookie.

The team with a competing heart can only curse, why didn’t Stepe’s rules come early?

The Celtics continued bye in the first round of the playoffs, and they had enough time to study their opponents in the next round.

Their semi-final opponent will be born between the Bulls and the Knicks.

It is worth mentioning that the two teams that have just entered the Eastern Conference this year, the Bulls and the Bucks, have both entered the playoffs. The Bucks even won 60 wins.

Louis mainly focuses on the progress of the two teams, one is the Lakers and the other is the 76ers.

Their first-round opponents are the Rockets and Pacers.

Louis's memory of the NBA's 80s was vague, and he was sure that the Celtics and Lakers' Finals first matchup in 1984.

Logically speaking, the strength of these two teams should enter the finals every year, so why didn’t they meet until 1984?

Some problems must have occurred.

Louis found that the Lakers didn't look as singing and dancing as they looked on the surface.

Kareem Jabbar almost every day, pay attention to it, every day. He complains about the team's offensive pace, the public opinion in Los Angeles puts too much pressure on him, there is no home here, etc.

In the words of the Los Angeles media: “For Karim, New York shit is also delicious than California burgers.”

Jabbar originally had a character of doing things like heaven and earth. The Lakers have become accustomed to it, but the greater crisis lies in the internal situation.

The magician had a 100-day quit due to a knee injury. After returning, the spotlight will shine on him. Los Angeles media are eager to see the smile on his face release even brighter.

But teammates don't want the Magician to steal all the attention as soon as they return. After all, they are the ones who keep the Lakers in their current rankings, rather than the Magician who has been resting in bed for 100 days.

In the first month, the magician said: "Someone is alienating me."

He did not name the name, he just mentioned this phenomenon.

Then, he had been away from the battle for a long time and was eager to get more ball rights to familiarize himself with the game, which inevitably led to a conflict with Norm Nixon.

Before he was injured, Nixon was his best brother. They shared the ball rights in love and promoted the fast-paced game. Nixon would intimately call the Magician "Faret" ⑴.

An injury seemed to have changed everything.

The magician didn't know why his teammates stayed away from him after he recovered from injury, why Jabbar suddenly didn't like to play fast pace, and why no one except Cooper showed enthusiasm for him anymore.

Of course, it is difficult for him to know that because he lives under the light, he is a perfect superstar, and a bright sunny smile can purify people's hearts, which is something that Jabbar does not have.

Jabbar had reason to be dissatisfied. He fought hard for five finals, but was taken away by the Magician's 42-pointer god descending to earth;

Nixon had reason to be dissatisfied. He worked hard to maintain the fast-paced offense of the Lakers, but none of the media thought about him. Everyone was looking forward to the return of the Magician. He looked at the growing up "Deer" and even hoped that he would give up the ball and hand it over to him;

Other teammates have more reason to be dissatisfied. The Magician is no different from them. They are all players sweating profusely on the court. Why is he a darling, but they can only be "premium black/white"? Why can the Magician drink and talk to Jerry Bass, but Bass can't even remember their names?

Moreover, players and management, and even the boss are too close to each other, which is a taboo in itself. No one wants the whispers in the locker room to spread to their ears.

The magician did nothing wrong, he just continued to be himself and then was isolated.

Louis noticed this unique phenomenon, which will never appear in the Celtics. Moreover, most teams will not have this phenomenon. Only young superstars in metropolitan teams like Los Angeles will arouse the most elusive negative energy deep in human hearts: jealousy.

If it is a conflict of interests or a dispute over words, there can be a way to resolve it.

But if others simply jealous of you and are unhappy with everything you get, it will be difficult to solve.

Some people's malice has no reason. They cannot compare to your greatness, do not have enough talent, and do nothing. Therefore, your eye-catching style and dazzling talent will be the reason why others hate you.

Louis believed that such visible but intangible things would destroy the Lakers.

What he didn't expect was that destruction would come so violently.

The Los Angeles Lakers, the third-ranked defending champion in the West, met the Houston Rockets, who had only won 40 in the first round.

Although Moses Malone's style is a physical flow that Jabbar hates, the two teams have a considerable gap in paper strength, and the Lakers' crushing should be the result of the series.

However, the Lakers had no chemistry, and the great first-round game of the three-inning two-win system gave the Rockets a chance to create miracles.

Especially the last minute of the third game in the first round.

The magician's performance will allow him to live under accusations throughout the summer.

86 to 86

The two sides tied, and the Lakers' offensive time was 5 seconds left, and the ball was as hot as a soldering iron. Until the Magic got it, he made a three-pointer that he was not good at. As a result, he didn't touch it.

15 seconds later, Rockets guard Mike Dunleavy scored a three-pointer, allowing Houston to always lead the series.

They defeated the defending champion!

“We won the championship last year and every team is chasing us this year,” the Magic said after the game. “There are a lot of things to thank for, but now I’m very upset.”

The last week after losing the series, the Magician publicly complained about his teammates' jealousy about his popularity.

Louis was immersed in this period of observation.

He will not submit this observation report, and the team does not need him to record how the Lakers defeated.

He recorded the fall of the defending champions purely out of curiosity, or rather, he wanted to figure out what made these great teams fall.

In 1977, Portland defended the dignity of basketball and made the 76ers who played overwhelmed with bitter fruit. They were as popular as the defenders of the basketball world. The ratings of that finals were also the highest in history at that time.

In the coming year, in order to defend his championship, Walton followed the advice of the team doctor and kept injecting painkillers with injuries on his feet, which eventually led to a big mistake. Although he was elected as the MVP of that season, he suffered irreparable serious injuries. His relationship with the team broke down and left the Trail Blazers that summer, causing a perfect team to collapse instantly.

When Seattle won the championship in 1979, FMVP Dennis Johnson immediately signed a large-scale contract renewal. His contract was envied by the whole team. In less than a year, the conflicts in the team deteriorated to irreconcilable, and the Supersonics had to send him to Phoenix.

Last year, he witnessed the Magic led the team to win the sixth championship in the absence of Jabbar. History remembered his 42 points, but forgot that his teammate Jamal Wilkes also had a 37+10 stunning performance.

It is this intentional or unintentional "forgetting" that has led to the jealousy of the entire Lakers team.

Then, although the magician continued to be himself, just like last year, everyone thought he was cute last year, and this year, everyone felt that he was disgusting.

Louis had no intention of whitewashing the Magicians. In the last game, he made 2 of 11 shots and his free throw percentage was less than 50%. His performance was an important reason for the Lakers' loss. Later fans only knew that Moses Malone averaged 31 points and 18 rebounds per game in this round of the series and beat Jabbar, but he didn't know that Jabbar also averaged 26.7 points and 16 rebounds per game.

Malone indeed suppressed Jabbar on the data.

But Jabbar is not the reason why the Lakers lose.

Judging from the content of the game, Lakers head coach Paul Westhead should be responsible for the loss. He deliberately played a slow-paced game with the Rockets, advocated hand-to-hand combat, and took away the Magician's ball rights and made him play the striker who missed the fourth position, as if teasing him: Didn't you lead the team to win the championship last year? It wouldn't be too embarrassing for you to play the fourth position, right?

This is the reason for the Magicians' miserable performance in the series. Last year, he just jumped like a center in the finals. This time he entered the inside line to fight all the time, and he could not control the ball. He felt miserable and had a shooting percentage of only 38%. However, he also tried his best to grab at least 12 rebounds in each game, and averaged 7 assists per game with limited ball rights.

He tried his best.

Magicians get the most exposure and will naturally get the most criticism, so Westhead's major strategic mistakes will inevitably be selected for being forgotten, which means that they may not even think of the problem themselves.

Will the Lakers have bigger problems in the new season?

Louis is looking forward to it. As for now, he has to focus on the upcoming semifinals.

⑴ Another nickname for the magician.
Chapter completed!