Compared with those opponents who keep taking action, Bobcats also ushered in an important signing after the trading deadline - Hua Lao Er finally made a comeback.

To be precise, it is finally coming back.

Just the morning after the Cavaliers announced that they had signed Atai and Mike Bibby in succession, Li Ke, who was practicing hard in the training hall, saw the sudden appearance of Hua Lao Er.

"Wow, my god, Gerald!"

When Li Ke saw Hua Lao Er, he was stunned.

Then, he reacted, threw away the solid ball in his hand, and spread his arms.

A very heavy hug: "Are you guy finally coming back?"

"Fk, lighter!"

After being hammered by Li Ke twice, Hua Lao Er made an intimate swear word and smiled painfully to confirm:

"The doctor told me that I was cured, and Bickstaff Jr. told me that as long as the training match is in no problem, I can play."

"Good news!"

Although Hua Lao Er swears, Li Ke still happily pats Hua Lao Er on the back.

No matter how Hua Er's condition comes back, as long as he returns, it will be good news for Bobcats.

The already surplus rotation lineup is now even more surplus.

In the last game in February, against the Nuggets without Guagua, Hua Laoer came on as a substitute in the third quarter and returned...

In the return battle, he only scored 6 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 block.

The main reason is that he doesn’t play much time, and in his limited playing time, Hua Lao Er’s contribution is still very large.

Li Ke, Rivers, Hua Lao Er and even Bobcats are also very clear that Hua Lao Er will not have much playing time in the future.

Because the ribs penetrate the lung lobes, the biggest impact is the athlete's endurance.

From this point of view, Hua Lao Er is destined to be no longer the head of Bobcats.

But Li Ke’s nickname for him will not change, he is still the second child in Hua…

...

In the first game in March, the Bobcats played back-to-back against the Trail Blazers away. Li Ke defended Roy, but inside, the big train Lamarcus Aldridge beat the Bobcats to death by himself.

This loss, coupled with the loss against the Knicks, exposed the shortcomings of the Bobcats being more afraid of heavy offensive inside.

But in today's league, there are very few insiders in this style, so the Bobcats have little problem.

There were two victories in between, and on March 5th.

The Bobcats fought against the Pistons at home, and Serena Williams joined forces with Ben Gordon, and suddenly sucked the Bobcats and directly lost them.

After losing these two games, the Bobcats completely missed the regular season victory record because they had lost 11 games.

Even if they win all the next game, they can only win 71, and they will definitely not be able to draw or even surpass the Bulls' 72 wins.

Li Ke doesn't care about this because he missed 18 games this season.

Even though the Bobcats broke the record, people later would only say: Sheldon missed 18 games, but the Bobcats still broke the regular season victory record, and his teammates were so powerful.

But now, the Bobcats have not broken the record, and people who feel sorry will say: If Sheldon did not lack those 18 games, the Bobcats will break the record.

No matter what, the record cannot be broken.

Rivers felt very bored. He felt like he had become a thousand-year-old second this season.

After Li Ke's comeback, he and his team have been winning streaks, and have been winning streaks all the way to 30 consecutive victories.

In the 31st game, they lost the game due to the physical impact of the Spring Festival battle. They were only 4 games away from the record of 33 consecutive victories.

Just because of the gap between these four victories, Rivers and the Bobcats can only rank second in history.

As for the regular season win record that just missed—

"Sheldon, you have to take the blame!"

Rivers came to join forces to question the crime. Although Li Ke had a question mark on his face, he understood what Rivers meant.

"If you hadn't been suspended for 18 games, we would have lost the first 6 games, and at least half of them would not have to lose!"

Half of it is 3 games, which means reducing the current 11 losses in 3 games. The Bobcats are only 8 losses now, and the record still has great potential.

Faced with Rivers' instigation, Li Ke directly retorted: "Don't think too much about it. If the record is gone, the championship is the most important thing. It's time to switch to the playoff mode!"

Rivers was stunned: "Yes, the remaining games in the regular season are no longer important, it's time to switch modes."

Li Ke is talking about switching playoff mode, but Rivers is talking about switching mode.

With one playoff missing, the difference is still big.

Next, Li Ke watched Rivers switch to the "unimportant regular season" mode.

Specifically-

On March 5, the home game was again in the pioneering game. The five starting players of the Bobcats were Curry, Wesley Matthews, Li Ke, Tucker and Jordan Jr. Veteran Captain Jack and Jamison were all rotated.

Even for this starting lineup, Curry and Jordan Jr. only played two and a half quarters.

Only Matthews, Li Ke and Tucker really played the game.

On March 7, Rivers continued to rotate in the home game against the Celtics.

Starting Curry, Li Ke, Captain Jack, Jamison and Tagibson.

With the scores quickly widening, Li Ke and Tagibson only played two and a half quarters.

It was not until March 16 that the Bobcats met the Knights that this brainless rotation stopped.

After the main force killed the Cavaliers, the rotation continued...

The result of this rotation is that the Bobcats won games after games without much consumption, but they also lost some games that shouldn't have lost.

Originally, 11 losses accumulated to 14 games by the end of March.

The last are the last nine games in April, and the disadvantages of the schedule brought by the Spring Festival battle are reflected here.

In less than half a month, I have to play 9 games, and I have to pull all kinds of back-to-back.

With such a high-intensity schedule and Rivers' blind rotation, the Bobcats' losses further accumulated to 17 games in the first 8 games in the 9 games.

With a firm foothold in the league ahead of schedule, the final game of the season was against the Knicks, who had more Guagua Bilups than in the first half of the season.

Rivers waved his hand and directly hit a point guard Livingston, the junior brother of the shooting guard, the second small forward Hua, the second power forward Du, and the center praised the starting lineup for the No. 1 pick.

The Knicks, who were eager to grab the rankings, quickly locked in a score advantage that was enough to ensure the victory.

The Bobcats' main players only played in the last quarter, when the score was no longer suspense.

For Li Ke, who has missed 18 games this season, it is still necessary to win the number of appearances.

Because he missed 18 games, he just missed the competition for heavyweight individual honors such as MVP and DPOY, the selection of the best team and the best defense team. He still has a share after playing 64 games this season.

That's it, the regular season ended.

After missing the regular season win record, the Bobcats played a bit like they were playing badly.

In the last 23 games at the end of the season, they lost 7 games.

A record of 16 wins and 7 losses, with a winning rate of nearly 70%, is actually not low.

But considering the blessing of 30 consecutive victories, the Bobcats performed less outstandingly in the last 23 games.

In terms of winning rate, the Bulls, Cavaliers and the Spurs in the West all caught up, even better than the Bobcats than the same period.

Despite this, the Bobcats became the number one favorite to compete for the championship before the playoffs started.

The reasons given by the Brick reporters are simple and rude and difficult to argue:

"Without Sheldon's 18-game suspension, without the messy end of the season and the almost crazy rotation, the Bobcats would have a chance to break the Bulls' record of 72 wins."

"A team that can break the winning record in the regular season is not the number one favorite for the championship, who is?"

Mei Yang Yang even shouted:

"If the Bobcats really can score 73 wins in the regular season, for me, it will be the championship of this season! It's a pity that they are a little short of it."

The beauty responded quickly: "Isn't this nonsense about you? You have won the championship in 72, can you still be the runner-up in 73?"

Regardless, the Bobcats have had a somewhat magical regular season.

With a record of 64 wins and 18 losses at the end of the season, it is still the number one in the Eastern Conference and the first in the league.

Rivers was so happy because he knew that such a record meant that he would win the second best coaching trophy in his coaching career.

Of course, we cannot ignore the threat of former assistant Tom Siberdu, because although the Bulls this season are not as good as the Bobcats in terms of ranking, they have made more progress.

The League of Doubt will award this best coaching trophy to Tom Siberdu...

In terms of data—

Li Ke, who missed 18 games, played 64 games, averaged 27.5 points, 5.7 rebounds, 4.0 assists, 2.4 steals, 0.6 blocks per game.

Compared to last season, he has made no progress, except rebounds, steals and blocks, and even reduced scores and assists.

However, considering that the Bobcats have scattered ball rights this season, numerous scoring points, and a large rotation at the end of the season, Li Ke's data said it has declined, but it has not actually declined.

Then Curry, who averaged 17.5 points, 3.4 rebounds, 5.9 assists and 1.5 steals in the last season, played 77 games this season, averaging 20.7 points, 3.9 rebounds, 6.8 assists and 1.7 steals per game.

It can be said that Curry has been promoted to the top five point guards this season.

Curry's progress surprised Li Ke. He thought it would take one or two seasons to become his powerful helper.

But Curry's performance this season is enough to become his powerful helper.

After Curry, Captain Jack averaged 17.2 points, 4.4 rebounds, 5.7 assists and 1.0 steals per game.

It is also surprising that the captain became the core of the Bobcats' organization.

Li Ke originally thought Captain Jack was just here to replace Hua Lao Er, but Captain Jack took out his organizational ability that was much stronger than Hua Lao Er.

The Bobcats' offensive system this season was established based on Captain Jack.

In addition to the outside trio, the Bobcats also have Jamison who averaged 13.7 points per game, Mo Mo who averaged 9.1 points, Wesley Matthews who averaged 9.0 points, and a bunch of "scorers" who averaged about 5 points per game.

It can be said that this season, the Bobcats played an attack that was like a strong wind.

The team averaged 112.7 points per game this season, 5.2 points higher than the second-place Nuggets.

This era of small balls in time and space is about to change to Bobcats.

The reason why many brick players believe that the Bobcats are the biggest champion this season is that the Bobcats have played a far higher offense than the second place and their defense has not yet fallen.

The average game limits the opponent to score 99.7 points, and is still able to rank in the middle of the league.

He averaged 13 points per game, ranking first in the league.

The Bulls, who can achieve this level, scored 98.6 points per game, limited their opponents to score 91.3 points, and averaged only 7.3 points per game.

It can be said that judging from the regular season data, the Bobcats are the only one of this season.

The Bobcats are not that optimistic. The coaching staff also discussed their regular season data, but the conclusion is-

Such a huge difference in gains and losses is precisely what their small ball tactics that lead the era are bringing.

And small ball tactics, when it comes to the playoffs, the advantage is not that big.

Because the intensity of the playoffs has increased...

Of course, the Bobcat has another trump card - Five Smalls.

After Li Ke's comeback, the Bobcats never used the five-small playing style again. It's not that they can't do it anymore, but that they need to use very few games in the five-small games.

Even if it is needed, Rivers will give up using it due to physical fitness and rotation.

The success and failure of using the fifth primary school last season made Rivers understand that the five primary school is only suitable for trump cards and not for conventional tactics.

So, he hid this trump card deeply.

Perhaps, a few coaches such as Siberdu, Mike Brown, and Frank Vogel knew the existence of the five small, but they did not know the power of the five small, so it was difficult to respond equally.

...

The regular season ended, the rankings were released, and the playoffs were also released accordingly.

The Bobcats, who ranks first in the East, will be the 76ers who will focus on the whole nation.

A regular record of 41 wins and 41 losses is a 50% winning rate.

Putting this 76ers in the West can't even touch the side of the playoffs.

Therefore, this first round opponent is not worth worrying about.

emmm, the series has not started yet, and the Bobcats are already considering their opponents in the next round.

The Bobcats' next round opponent will be the winner between the fourth and fifth in the Eastern Conference, namely the winner between the Celtics and the Magic.

After the racial discrimination incident, Li Ke's winning rate against the Celtics was nearly 100%, and the once-dead magician of the Bobcats was completely reversed this season.

No matter which of these two teams enters the second round, it will not be a big threat to the Bobcats.

emmm, the playoffs have not started yet, and the Bobcats are already considering their opponents in the Eastern Conference Finals.

The opponents of the Eastern Conference Finals will emerge from another division in the East. Specifically, the second Bulls in the East will first fight the Hawks, and the winner will meet the winner of the Cavaliers vs. the Knicks. The final winner will be the opponent of the Bobcats East Conference Finals.

emmm, this time the opponents will be analyzed one by one.

The Hawks and the Knicks must be no threat, and the Bulls' threat is not great. After all, if you press Rose to death, it would be equivalent to killing more than half of the Bulls' attack. Li Ke has confidence in his defense.

However, after the Cavaliers of the Big Three made up for Ate and Mike Bibi, the overall lineup strength was already quite impressive.

Although the record of four regular season matches was 1-3, the Cavaliers only stole one victory.

But considering the upper limit of the Big Three, if the Eastern Conference Finals are against the Cavaliers, there is still a lot of uncertainty.

In the Western Conference, the Spurs' first round matchup was less than the Grizzlies who had Tony Allen's previous life. No one knows whether the Black Eight will be staged as scheduled.
Chapter completed!